1. Himanta Biswa Sarma re-elected as BAI president
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Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma was reelected unopposed as the President of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) for a new four year term from 2022 to 2026.
The general body meeting of the BAI was held in Guwahati, Assam on 25 March 2022.
He is also the Vice-President of the Badminton Asia Council.
Badminton Association of India (BAI)
Badminton Association of India (BAI) is the governing body for Badminton in India.
It was formed in 1934 and has been holding national-level tournaments in India since 1936.
- Its Headquarters : New Delhi
2. India win the SAFF U 18 WOMEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 title
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The Indian women's team emerged as champion of the 3rd South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-18 Women’s Championship 2022. This is the first time India has won this title.
India was crowned champion on a better goal difference as compared to Bangladesh. India enjoyed a better goal difference of +11 in comparison to +3 of Bangladesh.
The highest goal scorer of the championship, Lynda Kom of India was declared the most valuable player of the tournament. She scored 5 goals in the championship.
The SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship 2022 was held in JRD Tata sports complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from 15 to 25 March 2022.
Three teams India, Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the championship.
SAFF (South Asian Football Federation)
The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) is an organization working to develop and make football more accessible for everyone within the South Asian region.
SAFF was formed in 1997 by founding Member Associations from Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and SriLanka.
SAFF is now composed of seven Member Associations including Bhutan.
- Headquarters of SAFF: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
3. India won two medals at the WTT Contender Doha 2022
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Indian Table Tennis players won two medals at the recently concluded World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Doha 2022. The WTT Contender took place at Lusail Sports Arena, Doha from 21-24 March 2022.
Medal winners for India
G Sathiyan and Manika Batra finished as runner-up in the mixed doubles of WTT Contender Doha 2022, losing to the top-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Ching.
Achanta Sharath Kamal won the bronze medal in the men’s singles after he lost the semi final match against Yuan Licen of China.
Men’s Singles Final
Dang Qiu of Germany won the gold medal by defeating the Chinese player Yuan Licen in final
Women’s Singles Final
Fan Siqi of China won the gold medal by defeating the fellow Chinese Zhang Rui in the final
Men’s Doubles Final
The Swedish pair of Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Falck won the gold medal by defeating the German pair of Ricardo Walther/Killian Ort in the final .
Women’s Doubles Final
The Japanese pair of Miyuu Kihara/Miyu Nagasaki won the gold medal by defeating the Chinese pair of Huang Yi-Hua/Chen Szu-Yu in the final.
4. Service and Kerala win 34th Federation Cup volleyball championships
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The 34th Federation Cup volleyball championships was held at the KIIT indoor stadium, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.
Men’ winner
Service team defeated Railway to win the title
Odisha team came third after defeating National Champion Haryana
Women winner
National champion Kerala won the women's title after defeating Railways 3-0 in the round-robin decider. Railways finished runner-up.
5. R. Praggnanandhaa shocks World Champion Magnus Carlssen
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16 years old chess prodigy from Chennai, India R. Praggnanandhaa defeated World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament,
Earlier he defeated world no 4 player Levon Aronian of Armenia.
The Airthings Masters is a 16-player online rapid tournament.
6. Mumbai to host IOC session in 2023
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Mumbai was selected as the host of the 2023 International Olympics (IOC) session.
It was selected at the 139th IOC session held at Beijing, China where the 24th winter olympics came to an end on 20 February 2022.
A total of 82 IOC members were eligible for voting, out of which 6 voted for abstention, while 75 members voted yes. Only one vote went against Mumbai as the host of the next IOC Session.
This is the second time India will host the IOC session after the 86th session was held in 1983 at New Delhi.
The Mumbai session is expected to announce the host of the 2030 winter olympics.
President of the Indian Olympic Association : Narendra Batra
President of the International Olympic Committee : Thomas Bach
Headquarters of IOC : Lussanne , Switzerland
7. Beijing winter olympics 2022 comes to an end
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The 24th winter olympics came to an end on 20 February 2022 at a colourful ceremony in the “Bird Nest” stadium Beijing, China.The Chinese President Xi Jingping was the chief guest at the occasion along with the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
Thomas Bach officially declared the games as over and symbolically handed the games to the next winter olympics host Milano-Cortina.
The Italian city of Milano-Cortina will host the event in 2026.
Winter olympics 2022 medal Tally
Serial No | Country | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Total Medal |
1 | Norway | 16 | 8 | 13 | 37 |
2 | Germany | 12 | 10 | 5 | 27 |
3 | China | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
- | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
From India there was only one competitor, Arif Khan from the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. He is the first ever Indian to qualify for winter olympics.
He participated in two events. In the giant slalom event he finished 45th while he was unable to complete the men’s slalom event.
For details and additional information also see the 5 February 2022 post
Fact File Winter Olympics
The winter olympics is organised by the International Olympic Committee every four years on snow or ice.
The first winter olympics was held in Chamonix (France), in 1924. Initially called the “International Winter Sports Week”, this event was renamed the “1st Olympic Winter Games” only in 1926 at the IOC Session in Lisbon(Portugal).
The decision to create a separate Winter Games cycle was taken at the 1925 IOC Session in Prague(Czech Republic).
It was not held in 1940 and 1944 due to the second world war and resumed in 1948 at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Until 1992 the winter and the summer olympics were held in the same year but a decision was taken to separate the events. The next winter olympics took place in 1994 and since then it has been held in even years, that is 1998. It is usually held in the month of February.
The winter olympics has been held in three continents: North America, Europe and Asia.
The United States has hosted the event a maximum 4 times (1932,1960,1980, 2002) followed by France in (1924, 1968, 1992).
As of 2022, twelve countries have participated in every Winter Olympic Games – Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Britain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
Norway has till date (2022) won the maximum medal in the Winter Olympics . It has won a total of 405 medals.
8. Argentina and Brazil to replay their World Cup qualifier football match
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FIFA has ordered Argentina and Brazil to replay their world cup qualifier match after the match in september 2021 was suspended just minutes after kickoff due to breach in covid protocol.
The match at NeoQuimica Arena in Sao Paulo was halted after five minutes when Brazilian health officials invaded the pitch to stop Argentina's England-based players from playing, saying they had breached the country's COVID-19 quarantine rules.
Facts
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international body which governs International football.
It will organise the 22nd Men’s FIFA world cup 2022 in Qatar .
The 21st Men’s FIFA world cup 2018 was held in Russia which was won by France .
Headquarters of FIFA : Zurich, Switzerland
President of FIFA : Gianni Infantino
9. ICC January player of the month 2022
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International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced its player of the January month 2022.
Men player of the month : South African batter Keegan Petersen
Women player of the month : England team captain , Heather Knight
ICC
Headquarters of ICC: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay of New Zealand
CEO of ICC: Geoff Allardice of Australia
10. Ishan Kishan the highest priced player at the IPL 2022
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Wicket- keeper batsman Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai India for Rs 15.25 crores. He became the highest priced player for the 15th Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Deepak Chahar was the second highest priced player and he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14 Crore.
Fact Files
Chris Morris of South Africa , holds the record for being the highest priced player in IPL when Rajasthan Royals bought him for Rs 16.25 crores in the IPL 2021.
The highest priced Indian player is Yuvraj singh . He was bought by Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) for the IPL 2015 season for Rs. 16 crore.
The IPL 2022 will see the participation of ten teams . The two new teams are
Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans.
The other teams are :Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings ,Kolkata Knight Riders ,Chennai Super Kings , Royal Challengers Bangalore ,Sunrisers Hyderabad ,
Indian Premier League (IPL),
IPL is a twenty-twenty overs professional cricket league organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that was started in India in 2008.
The first season was won by Rajasthan Royals in 2008.
The 14th Season of IPL 2021 was held in the United Arab Emirates which was won by Chennai Super King .
Mumbai Indians is the most successful team in the IPL. It has won the titles 5 times(2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020) while the second most successful team is Chennai Super King which has won it 4 times(2010, 2011, 2018, and 2021).
