1. BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu settles for silver
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Indian badminton star PV Sindhu lost the final of the BWF World Tour Finals to South Korea's An Seyoung in straight games 21-16 21-12.
- The season-ending HSBC BWF World Tour Finals was held in Bali, Indonesia, from 01-05 December 2021.
2. Sports News
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1. Ram Kumar wins his maiden Challenger Tennis title
- Indian tennis player Ram Kumar Ramanathan won his maiden Challenger level singles title at the first edition of the Association of tennis professionals (ATP’S) Bahrain ministry of interior tennis challenger 2021 held in Manama, Bahrain.
- He defeated Evgeny Karlovskiy from Russia.
- He secured 186th rank with his victory.
- He became the highest ranked India on the ATP Singles ranking chart.
2. FIFA Club World Cup to be held in UAE in February 2022
World Football’s Governing Body announced that the FIFA Club World Cup which was initially set to be held in December 2021 - January 2022 in Japan, will now be held in the United Arab Emirates in February 2022.
3. Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Harbhajan’s Record
Indian Off Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin broke the record of Harbhajan Singh to become the third-highest test wicket-taker in India.
He took his 418 test wicket when he dismissed New Zealand player Tom Latham in the first Test match played at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur.
4. WTA suspends event in China over Peng issue
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has taken the unprecedented step of immediately suspending all of its events in China, citing the failure of the authorities to take up Chinese star Peng Shuai’s allegations of sexual abuse by a former senior Communist Party leader.
5. FIFA announces Women Football World cup 2023 schedule
- It will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand
6. Sage National Billiards & Snooker Champions 2021
Ladies’ 6-Red Snooker Champion:
Vidya Pilai
Mens’ 6-Red Snooker Champion:
S. Shrikrishna
3. Perfect ten for Ajaz Patel
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New Zealand bowler Ajaz Patel became the third player in the history of test Cricket to take all ten wickets in an innings.
He took all ten Indian wickets in the first innings of the India In the Second Test Match of the series being played at Mumbai, Wankhede Stadium.
He was born in Mumbai before his family migrated to New Zealand.
Before him, Jim Laker of England took ten wickets against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 and Anil Kumble against Pakistan in Delhi in 1999
4. Sage National Billiards & Snooker Champions 2021
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88th NATIONAL BILLIARDS & SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2021, was hosted by SAGE University in association with the Sports and Youth Welfare Department MP & MP Billiard & Snooker Association in Bhopal
The Championship was organized by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI), the governing body for cue sports in India.
Ladies’ 6-Red Snooker Champion:
Vidya Pilai of Karnataka beats Varsha Sanjeev in the finals.
Mens’ 6-Red Snooker Champion:
Shrikrishna of PSPB beats Manan Chandra in the finals.
5. Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Harbhajan’s Record
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Indian Off Spinner Ravichnadran Ashwin broke the record of Harbhajan Singh to become the third highest test wicket taker in India.
He took his 418 test wicket when he dismissed New Zealand player Tom Latham in the first Test match played at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur, which ended in a draw.
Top Test wicket-taker for India
- Anil Kumble 619 wickets in 132 matches.
- Kapil Dev 434 wickets in 131 matches.
- R. Ashwin 418 wickets in 80 matches.
- Harbhajan Singh 417 wickets in 103 matches.
