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Dec 16, 2022

Polish Tennis Star Iga Swiatek Wins Maiden WTA Player of Year Award

Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek was chosen for the player of the year award by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the first time after her incredible run in 2022 that also saw her get to the summit of women's singles ranking. Swiatek, who was named Newcomer of the Year in 2020, had an exceptional season in 2022, leading the way in terms of finals appearances, awards won and matches won. She was crowned winner at eight tournaments, including six in a row and a 37-match winning streak.
Among the eigh championships were two Grand Slams, at Roland Garros and the US Open, as well as WTA 1000 titles at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open (Doha), the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells), the Miami Open presented by Ita, Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome), and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Stuttgart). Swiatek won 67 matches this season in total as per the WTA Tour website.

Dec 15, 2022

Tata Steel Signs MoU with Hockey India to Become Official partner of WC

Tata Steel Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hockey India to become an official partner of the FIH Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
The 15th edition of the Hockey Men's World Cup will take place in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela from January 13 to January 29, 2023.
The FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela will be the fourth time that India will be hosting the prestigious tournament after having played hosts in 1982 in Bombay, 2010 in New Delhi, and 2018 in Odisha.

Messi Announces Retirement after Qatar FIFA 2022

Argentina football team Captain Lionel Messi will retire after the FIFA World Cup 2022 final. This was confirmed by the footballer himself after his country reached final after beating Croatia.
It may be mentioned that Messia is playing his fifth World Cup, surpassing the four of Diego Maradona and Javier Mascherano. Along with this he also surpassed Gabriel Batistuta with his fifth goal in Qatar as the top Albiceleste scorer at World Cups.

Ferrari Appoint Frederic Vasseur as Formula One Team Boss

Ferrari appointed Frenchman Frederic Vasseur as Formula One team principal and General Manager, replacing Mattia Binotto whose resignation was announced last month.
Vasseur's departure from Swiss-based Sauber, which runs the Alfa Romeo team, had been announced earlier. Ferrari said he would join them on January 9.
Vasseur and his compatriot Nicolas Todt, son of Jean and manager of Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc, are close and founded the junior series ART racing team together.

Dec 14, 2022

Argentina Beat Croatia to Reach FIFA World Cup Final

The streets of Argentina turned into a party as the national team beat Croatia by a comfortable 3-0 and earned this soccer-crazed South American country a spot in the World Cup final.
Fans poured onto the streets of the capital of Buenos Aires as soon as the match ended, with people waving Argentina flags out of their cars while others jumped and sang in joy amid a sea of wearing the national team's jersey.

Divya Wins Gold in Women's Air Pistol National Champion 2022

Divya T.S. beat Sanskriti Bana 16-14 and clinched the women's air pistol gold in the 65th National shooting championship at the Madhya Pradesh Academy in Bhopal.
It was a dominant performance by Divya as she topped the second stage with 254.2, ahead of a string of top shooters like Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker.

Jos Buttler and Sidra Ameen Named as ICC Player of the Month Award for November

England's T20 World Cup-winning captain Jos Buttler was named ICC men's Player of the Month for the first time following his stupendous show in November. Pakistan's Sidra Ameen became the second successive winner of the women's Player of the Month award from the country, thanks to her brilliant performance in the ODI series win over Ireland.
Buttler, who is one of the destructive batters in white-ball cricket in the world, beat Adil Rashid and Shaheen Shah Afridi to win the ICC Player of the Month award for his brilliant performance in the crunch semi-final match against India and leading England to their first T20 World Cup title since 2010.
Sidra Ameen beat Ireland's Gaby Lewis and Thailand's Natthakan Chantam to win the ICC Women's Player of the Month for her outstanding performance against Ireland in the ODI series, where she amassed 277 runs in three matches at home. She became the second Pakistani cricketer after Mohammad Rizwan (September) to win this award.

Dec 13, 2022

India Qualifies for Semi-finals of FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain

India qualified for the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup in Valencia, Spain. Along with India, Spain has also qualified for the semi-finals. While India pulled out a close 2-1 win over Japan, Spain registered a comfortable 3-0 win over Korea.
Both teams qualified for the semi-finals as their six points could be matched or bettered by two other teams in their pools.

Dec 12, 2022

Air Warrior Corp Amar Singh Devanda Finishes 6th in 24 Hour Ultra Marathon in Taiwan

Air Warrior Cpl Amar Singh Devandar bagged the sixth position in 24 hours Ultra Marathon organized by the Chinese Taipai Association by covering a distance of 204.47 km. He covered 510 laps (400 m each) in the stadium in 24 hours.
The 24 hours Ultra Marathon was organised by Chinese Taipai Association of Ultra runners for 2022 at Soochow University, Taiwan. Cpl Amar Singh Devanda represented India in the event. A total of 31 runners comprising 21 males and 10 females from 5 countries participated in the event.
During Asia-Oceania 24 Hrs Championship 2022 held at Bengaluru, Cpl Amar covered 257.618 Km on July 3, 2022 and created a new national record. The Indian team led by him stood first in the championship.

Morocco Beats Portugal Becomes 1st African Country to Reach WC Semi-finals

Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semi-finals by beating Portugal 1-0, likely ending Cristiano Ronaldo's chances of winning soccer's biggest prize.
Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the 42nd minute to continue Morocco's improbable run that has generated an outpouring of pride in the Arab world during the first World Cup to be staged in the Middle East.
Morocco will play France in the semi-finals.

Indian Batter Ishan Kishan Hits Fastest ODI Double Hundred off 126 Balls

India batter Ishan Kishan smashed the fastest ODI double century in 126 balls against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The wicketkeeper-batsman scored a 150 off boundaries alone, with 24 fours and 10 sixes all around the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Kishan was dislodged on 210 off 131 balls.
Kishan also became the fourth ODI double-centurion Indian after Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar and the seventh batsman overall to achieve the feat, along with Gayle, Martin Guptill and Fakhar Zaman. Kishan added 290 for the second wicket with Virat Kohli, who made his 44th ODI hundred, and his first in the format since August 2019. The Kishan-Kohli stand was India's third-highest partnership in ODIs, and the seventh-highest ever in the format.

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