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Dec 26, 2022

P. V. Sindhu at Number 12 in World's Highest Paid Female Athletes 2022 List

Two-time Olympic medallist P. V. Sindhu was ranked at number 12 in the World's Highest Paid Female Athletes 2022 list, according to Forbes.
Sindhu, who is a household name in India, clinched a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. The shuttler followed her success at the Commonwealth Games 2022, winning gold in the women's singles event and silver in the mixed team event.
Sindhu is also the only Indian in the World's Highest Paid Female Athletes 2022 list of 25 sportspersons, with a total earning of USD 7.1 million. The Indian shuttler bagged gold at the Singapore Open Super 500 title earlier this year.
The 25-player list is dominated by Japanese star Naomi Osaka with USD 51.1 million. The four-time major singles champion topped the chart for a third consecutive year.

Sangeeta Phogat, Sarita Mor Win Gold at National Wrestling Championship

Sarita Mor (59 kg) and Sangeeta Phogat (62 kg) retained their respective championships on the last day of the National Wrestling Championships 2022, which lasted three days and took place at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
While Sangeeta Phogat, the wife of Tokyo Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia, triumphed against Delhi wrestler Sumitra in her gold medal contest, Sarita Mor, a bronze medalist from the world championships, upset Simran in the women's freestyle 59 kg final.

Harmanpreet Singh to Lead India at World Cup

Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was named the captain of the 18-member Indian squad which will compete at the FIH Men's World Cup, which begins on January 13 in Odisha.
Defender Amit Rohidas will serve as his deputy.
Harmanpreet had also captained the team in the recent five-match series against Australia, which India lost 1-4.
Midfielder Manpreet Singh, who had led India to a historic bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, will feature as a player this time as coach Graham Reid sticks to his policy of handing the armband to different players. In the past, Rohidas has also led India.

Shahid Afridi Named Interim Chief Selector of Pakistan Men's National Team

Former captain Shahid Afridi was named the interim chief selector of the Pakistan men's national team.
Afridi will head an interim committee of selectors that includes former players Abdul Razzaq, Rao Ifthikar Ahmed, and Haroon Rasheed.
For now, the committee selected the team for the home series against New Zealand that includes two Tests and three ODIs.
Both Afridi and Haroon are members of the cricket management committee, headed by Najam Sethi, appointed to run the affairs of the game for the next four months.
The newly-appointed 14-member committee had removed Muhammad Wasim as chief selector, a position he held since December 2020.

Sam Curran Becomes most Expensive Player in IPL History

England all-rounder Sam Curran became the most expensive player in the history of IPL auctions after fetching a whopping Rs. 18.5 crore bid from Punjab Kings.
An intense bidding followed for Curran with Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings raising their paddles frenetically to secure the services of T20 World Cup player-of-the tournament.
In the end, it was Punkab Kings that broke the bank to get Curran, who drew highest-ever bid that bettered the previous best buy of Rs. 16.25 crore that Rajasthan Royals had shelled out to grab South African all-rounder Chris Morris in 2021.
Australia all-rounder Cameroon Green was second-highest earner, fetching Rs. 17.5 crore bid from Mumbai Indians.
England Test skipper Ben Stokes was the third-highest gainer, fetching Rs. 16.25 crore from CSK who pipped Kolkata Knight Riders in another intense bidding war.

Geto Sora Wins Junior International Badminton Championship Title in Malaysia

Budding badminton sensation Geto Sora once again made Arunachal proud by winning the Top Arena Junior International Badminton Championship title in the below 9 years category, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He won the championship title after beating Malaysia's second seed Jaryl Teh in straight sets 21-5, 21-16.
This is Sora's second international badminton title in two months.
In November 2022, he had won the multinational BTY-Yonex-Singha Championship, which was held at the Banthongyord Badminton School in Bangkok, Thailand.

Dec 25, 2022

Indian Female Wrestler Antim Panghal Nominated for United World Wrestling Rising Star of the Year

Antim Panghal, an Indian female wrestler, was nominated for the honour of United World Wrestling 2022 Rising Star of the Year.
By earning India's first-ever gold medal in the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022 in August, Antim Panghal made history this year (2022).
On her journey to the top of the podium, Antim Panghal pinned Japan's Ayaka Kimura, defeated junior European champion, Amory Olivia Andrich of Germany, 11-0, and blanked U20 Asian medalist Altyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan in the 53kg final. She also defeated Nataliia Klivchutska of Ukraine, who won the bronze medal at the U20 European Championships.

Dec 24, 2022

Goa to Host First Ever World Table Tennis (WTT) Series Event in India

Goa will host India's first ever World Table Tennis (WTT) series event from February 27 to March 5. The top tier WTT Star Contender Goa 2023 will take place at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium, located at the Goa University Campus. Stupa Analytics, a homegrown sports analytics firm, will be the tournament host with active support from the Goa government.
WTT Series is the official professional table tennis series of events, with the world's best players facing each other off in various category tournaments throughout the year with the four Grand Smashes being the ultimate prize to win.
World Table Tennis (WTT) was created by the International Table Tennis Federation in 2019 to create and manage professional men's and women's Table Tennis events around the world. The WTT organizes a series of events around the year and the highest ranked tournament being the four Grand Smashes.

Dec 23, 2022

Viacom18 Gets Broadcast Rights of Olympic Games Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Viacom18 Media Private Limited (Viacom18) secured the exclusive media rights to broadcast the Olympic Games Paris 2024, plus non-exclusive rights to the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Through the agreement, Viacom18 will provide multi-platform coverage of the Games, and free-to-air television coverage within the region. In 2024 Olympics will be hosted by France in Paris, beginning from July 26 to August 11.
The IOC works with media companies worldwide to ensure that as many people as possible can experience the magic of the Olympic Games. The Olympic media partnerships also contribute valuable revenue that provides the long-term financial security of the Olympic Movement.
The next Olympic Games will be held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, and in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, in Italy, in 2026.

Dec 22, 2022

Ramiz Raja Removed as Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman

Former cricketer Ramiz Raja was removed as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by the country's government, which appointed a 14-member committee, headed by Najam Sethi, to run the affairs of the game for the next four months.
The Pakistan government removed Raja following the team's 3-0 whitewash by England in the Test series.
The developments confirmed speculation that Sharif, who is the patron-in-chief of the PCB, had decided to appoint Sethi as the new chairman of the country's cricket body.
Raja served as PCB chairman for 15 months after he was appointed by former Premier Imran Khan to head the board in September 2021.

Aman Sehrawat Wins Gold at Senior National Wrestling Championship

World under-23 champion Aman Sehrawat claimed the gold medal in the men's 57 kg freestyle at the Senior National Wrestling Championships at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Kochi, Kerala. Aman defeated Udit of Haryana to finish at the top.
Rahul and Atish Todkar won the bronze medals.

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