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Feb 11, 2023

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay Submit Joint 2030 World Cup Bid

Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay officially submitted a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, calling for the tournament to return "where football was born" 100 years after the first World Cup was held in Montevideo.
During a ceremony at the Argentine Football Association (AFA), officials of the four countries were joined by Alejandro Dominguez, president of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), who said that he hopes FIFA can show a "gesture of greatness" toward the region and allow it to organise the tournament.

Gary Ballance Becomes Second Player in Test History to Set Rare Record

Gary Ballance, who represented England across all three formats, scored a superb century for Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies in Bulawayo. Gary's outstanding 137 means he is just the second player in the history of the game to have scored Test centuries for two different countries, following in the footsteps of former Australia and South Africa international Kepler Wessels. He hit four Test hundreds for Australia and two for South Africa.

Feb 10, 2023

Paris Olympics: Nordic Nations Oppose Russian, Belarusian Athletes' Participation

The Nordic Olympic Committees wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reiterate their opposition to Russian and Belarusian athletes being allowed to take part in international sports.
The IOC said last month that athletes from Russia and Belarus might be allowed to earn slots for the Olympic Games in Paris next year through Asian qualifying.
Athletes from Russia and neighbouring Belarus, which aided Moscow's invasion of Ukraine a year ago, have been banned from many international competitions since, and organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said they will abide by the IOC's decision on who is allowed to take part in the Games.

Feb 09, 2023

Second ICC WTC Final to be Played from June 7-11 at The Oval, England

The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship Final will be played between June 7-11, 2023 at the Oval in London, England.
The Oval has hosted over 100 Test matches in its rich history, and in June will welcome the top two Test sides in the ICC World Test Championship standings, which will compete for the ICC World Test Championship Mace following two years of hard-fought competition.
The ICC World Test Championship final is the pinnacle event in the Test calendar and is a week-long celebration of the longest format of the game. Termed as the "Ultimate Test" by the ICC, the final is the culmination of two years of intense competition in the cycle spanning 61 Test matches over 24 series played till date.

Pakistan Wicketkeeper-Batter Kamran Akmal Retires from All Forms of Cricket

Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Prior to the 2023 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Akmal was earlier named as the batting consultant for the Peshawar Zalmi, led by Babar Azam, for the upcoming edition of the PSL. Akmal is keener on taking up managerial roles with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Akmal made his debut for Pakistan back in 2002 and went on to play until 2017. In 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is, the right-handed batter scored 2648, 3236 and 987 runs respectively, with the help of 11 hundreds and 27 fifties. He last donned the national colours in an ODI against the West Indies back in April 2017 at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

LeBron James Becomes NBA's All-time Leading Scorer

LeBron James became the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA), surpassing a record held by the great Kareem Abdul Jabbar since 1984. He pushed his career total to 38,388 points and broke the record that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar held for nearly four decades. He has won four NBA titles, competing in a total of 10 NBA finals. He has a career average of 27.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.3 assists, having played 1409 games over a 20-year-long career that started in 2003. This season LeBron defied age and expectations, averaging 30/8.5/7.1 for the Los Angeles Lakers.
While Abdul-Jabbar took 1,560 games to record his total, James set his record in just over 1,400 appearances.

Feb 08, 2023

Vinesh Listed for Best Sportswoman Award

Wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik, who staged a protest against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and accused him of sexual exploitation and intimidation, were among five athletes nominated for the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award.
The others nominees are weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, shuttler P. V. Sindhu and boxer Nikhat Zareen.
The nominees were selected by a panel of jury consisting of sports journalists and writers.
The winner will be chosen by a public vote, and the winner will be announced on March 5.

Women's Premier League to be Held in Mumbai from 4th to 26th March

The much-awaited inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) will be played from March 4 to 26 in Mumbai.
The Brabourne Stadium and the D. Y. Patil Stadium will host all the matches with the tournament opener expected to be played between Gujarat Giants and Mumbai Indians-owned franchise.

Nepal Cricket Association Appoints Former Indian Cricketer Monty Desai as Head Coach

The Nepal Cricket Association appointed former Indian cricketer Monty Desai as the head coach of the Nepal national cricket team. He replaced another former Indian cricketer Manoj Prabhakar, who resigned from his post in December 2022. Nepal Cricket Association signed a two-year deal with Monty Desai. Monty was the head coach of teams like West Indies, Canada, UAE. Monty also served as the head coach of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Feb 07, 2023

National Ice Hockey Championship: ITBP Wins 3rd Consecutive Time

The central ice hockey team of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) won the 12th edition of the Ice Hockey Association of India (IHAI) National Ice Hockey Championship for men- 2023 organized in Leh, Ladakh. The ITBP team defeated the Ladakh Scouts by a score of 1-0 at the final. This was the third time in succession that the mountain trained Force won this premier national ice hockey championship.
Top teams of the country participated in this national tournament organized at the Ice Hockey Rink in Ladakh which is located in one of the highest altitude regions of the world. The ITBP is a pioneer in the adventure sports in the country and possesses an unparalleled record of mountaineering and allied sports in the country.

Australia's Aaron Finch Retires from International Cricket

Aaron Finch, who led Australia to their first ICC Men's T20 World Cup title in 2021, called time on his international cricket career.
Finch, Australian Men's T20 captain, announced his retirement from all international cricket, 12 years after making his debut.
Having retired from One-Day Internationals in September 2022 after playing 146 matches, Finch has now decided to step away from T20 Internationals after playing 103 matches, where he averaged 34.28 at a strike rate of 142.5. He also played five Test matches in 2018.
Finch first represented Australia in the U19 World Cup in 2006 -- alongside current internationals Usman Khawaja, Matthew Wade and David Warner.
Finch captained Australia in 76 T20 Internationals, more than any other men's player, leading the team to a maiden ICC Men's T20 World Cup title in 2021.

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