1. Antim Panghal nominated for the United World Wrestling 2022 Rising Star of the Year award
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Indian women’s wrestler Antim Panghal has been nominated for United World Wrestling 2022 Rising Star of the Year award. Japan’s Nonoka Ozaki, USA’s Amit Elor, Sweden’s Emma Malmgren and Andreea Ana of Romania are the other in the five-woman nominees list for the United World Wrestling 2022 Rising Star of the Year award.
Antim Panghal created history this year by winning India’s first-ever gold medal at the World U20 Wrestling Championships 2022 in August. The 18-year-old freestyle wrestler from Haryana is also the reigning Asian champion in the same age category. She also won the senior category event, Zouhaier Sghaier Ranking Series.
19 year old Nonoka Ozaki of Japan has won gold medals in the senior world championships and the Asian championship this year in the 62 kg category.
18 year old American wrestler Amit Elor, is the reigning U23 and the senior world champion in 72kg.
21 year old Emma Malmgren of Sweden is world No. 4 in 53kg and is the European champion in seniors. Andreea Ana of Romania is the senior European champion in the 55kg.
United World Wrestling
It is the international governing body of amateur wrestling in the world. It was earlier known as the FILA (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées) or International Federation of Amateur Wrestling.
Headquarters: Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
President: Nenad Lalović
2. New Delhi to host the 36th Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 from 28 March to 2nd April: United World Wrestling
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The United World Wrestling (UWW) announced on 20 December 2022 that the 36th Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 will be held in New Delhi, India from 28 March to 2 April 2023. New Delhi will be hosting the event for the 7th time.
The Asian Wrestling Championship will offer ranking points to the wrestlers which will determine their seedings for the World Championships to be held in September 2023.
The World Wrestling Championships is scheduled to take place in Belgrade, Serbia from 16 to 24 September 2023.
The first edition of the Asian Wrestling Championships in 1979 was also held in India with Jalandhar as the host city. Mumbai hosted it once in 1987.
At the 35th Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 held in Mongolia Indian wrestlers won 17 medals - one gold, five silver and 11 bronze.
Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Ravi Kumar Dahiya won India’s only gold medal while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Bajrang Punia settled for silver.
Japan topped the medals tally with 21 medals, including 10 gold medals. Iran came second with 17 medals, which included 10 golds.
Apart from announcing India as the venue for Asian Championships, the UWW also finalised the host cities for the four ranking series tournaments.
Zagreb (Croatia) and Cairo (Egypt) will host the first and second events in February while Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan,) and Budapest (Hungary) will host the next two in June and July, respectively.
United World Wrestling
It is the international governing body of amateur wrestling in the world. It was earlier known as the FILA (Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées) or International Federation of Amateur Wrestling.
Headquarters: Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
President: Nenad Lalovic
3. INSV Tarini to participate in 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023
Indian Navy’s sailboat INSV (Indian Naval Sailing Vessel) Tarini has set sail for an expedition to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in the 50th edition of Cape Town to Rio Race 2023.
This ocean sailing race will be flagged off from Cape Town on 2nd January, 2023 and will culminate at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The expedition is being undertaken by an Indian Navy crew of five officers including two women officers.INSV Tarini is being skippered by Capt Atool Sinha.
The Cape Town - Rio de Janeiro is one of the most prestigious Trans-Atlantic ocean races. The crew, over a period of 5-6 months in this trans-oceanic voyage is expected to face extreme weather and rough sea conditions of the Indian, Atlantic and the Southern oceans.
During the expedition while transiting from Goa to Rio de Janeiro via Cape Town and back, INSV Tarini would be covering a distance of almost 17000 nautical miles.
INSV Tarini is known for circumnavigating the globe with an all-women officer crew in the historic expedition titled ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’ in 2017.
4. PM launches Grih Pravesh programme for over 2 lakh beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 December inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth over 6,800 crore rupees in Tripura and Meghalaya.
Important facts
The projects include 'Grih Pravesh' programme for beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Rural.
These houses, developed at a cost of over Rs 3400 crores, will cover over 2 lakh beneficiaries.
Other projects include connectivity projects for widening of Agartala Bypass (Khairpur-Amtali) NH-08 under PMGSY III, foundation laying of 32 roads with a length of over 230 km and improvement projects of 112 roads with a length of over 540 km.
The Prime Minister also inaugurated the State Institute of Hotel Management at Anandnagar and Agartala Government Dental College.
About Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana rural in 2016.
The scheme was initiated with the objective of ‘Housing for All by 2022’.
The scheme has 2 Components - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Rural).
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Gramin was earlier called Indira Awas Yojana which was renamed in March 2016.
5. Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties, win 3rd FIFA World Cup title
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Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 title third time on 18 December after defeating defending champions France 4-2 on penalties. The final match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Important facts
Argentina has been able to win the World Cup after 36 years. It has now won the title for the third time after 1978 and 1986.
The match remained tied at 2-2 for the stipulated 90 minutes. Lionel Messi scored a goal to put Argentina ahead 3–2, but Kylian Mbappe scored in the 117th minute to level the match at 3–3. After this, Argentina won the match in the penalty shootout.
Lionel Messi scored the first goal in the match on a penalty in the 23rd minute. He became the first footballer in the world to score in all knockout matches of a World Cup.
Messi won the Golden Ball award for the best player in the FIFA World Cup 2022, while Mbappe won the Golden Boot award for being the top goalscorer and Emiliano Martinez of Argentina won the Golden Glove award for being the best goalkeeper.
Embappé technically became France's first Golden Boot winner with a total of 8 goals.
Enzo Fernandez wins the Young Player Award.
2022 FIFA World Cup Awards
Top 4 team Rankings: (Winner), France (2nd), Croatia (3rd) and Morocco (4th)
Golden Boot Award: Kylian Mbappe (France)
Golden Ball Award: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Golden Glove Award: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
FIFA Young Player Award: Enzo Fernandez
FIFA Fair Play Award: England
Silver Boot Award: Lionel Messi
Bronze Boot Award: Olivier Giroud (France)
Silver Ball Award: Kylian Mbappe
Most Goals in FIFA World Cup 2022
Kylian Mbappe (France) - 8
Lionel Messi (Argentina) - 7
Julian Alvarez (Argentina) - 4
Olivier Giroud - 4
Alvaro Morata (Spain) - 3
Bukayo Saka (England) - 3
Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) - 3
6. Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties, win 3rd FIFA World Cup title
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Argentina won the FIFA World Cup 2022 title third time on 18 December after defeating defending champions France 4-2 on penalties. The final match was played at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
Important facts
Argentina has been able to win the World Cup after 36 years. It has now won the title for the third time after 1978 and 1986.
The match remained tied at 2-2 for the stipulated 90 minutes. Lionel Messi scored a goal to put Argentina ahead 3–2, but Kylian Mbappe scored in the 117th minute to level the match at 3–3. After this, Argentina won the match in the penalty shootout.
Lionel Messi scored the first goal in the match on a penalty in the 23rd minute. He became the first footballer in the world to score in all knockout matches of a World Cup.
Messi won the Golden Ball award for the best player in the FIFA World Cup 2022, while Mbappe won the Golden Boot award for being the top goalscorer and Emiliano Martinez of Argentina won the Golden Glove award for being the best goalkeeper.
Embappé technically became France's first Golden Boot winner with a total of 8 goals.
Enzo Fernandez wins the Young Player Award.
2022 FIFA World Cup Awards
Top 4 team Rankings: (Winner), France (2nd), Croatia (3rd) and Morocco (4th)
Golden Boot Award: Kylian Mbappe (France)
Golden Ball Award: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Golden Glove Award: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)
FIFA Young Player Award: Enzo Fernandez
FIFA Fair Play Award: England
Silver Boot Award: Lionel Messi
Bronze Boot Award: Olivier Giroud (France)
Silver Ball Award: Kylian Mbappe
Most Goals in FIFA World Cup 2022
Kylian Mbappe (France) - 8
Lionel Messi (Argentina) - 7
Julian Alvarez (Argentina) - 4
Olivier Giroud - 4
Alvaro Morata (Spain) - 3
Bukayo Saka (England) - 3
Cody Gakpo (Netherlands) - 3
7. 22nd National Athletics Championship of Blinds commences in New Delhi
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The 22nd National Athletics Championship for the Blind commenced at the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi on 14 December 2022. The biennial championship is being organised by the Indian Blind Sports Association from 14-16 December 2022.
The event was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi. She also launched the first book of the IBSA, Play the Dots. The first copy of the book was handed over to Arjuna Awardee and first Indian blind athlete to take part in the Rio Paralympics 2016, Ankur Dhama.
A total of 59 (31 for men, 28 for women) international and indigenous games will be organized at the State and Institution level under three categories – T11, T12, and T13.
A record number of 550 visually impaired athletes along with officials from different states including Tripura, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra, UP, West Bengal, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, M.P, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh will take part in the championship.
Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA)
Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) was founded in 1986 to develop and promote sports for blind youngsters.
It is the sole Indian Affiliate of the International Blind Sports Federation, the apex sports organization for blind sports in the world. It is also affiliated to the Paralympic Committee of India.
Chairman: Radhika Bharat Ram
Headquarters: New Delhi
8. India win’s Women's FIH Nations Cup 2022: qualifies for the Pro League 2023-24
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The Indian women Hockey team led by Captain Savita Punia beat Spain 1-0 in the final to win the inaugural FIH Nations Cup played at Valencia, Spain on 17 December 2022. The winning goal was scored by Gurjit Kaur of India.
The inaugural FIH Nations cup was held in Valencia, Spain from 11-17 December 2022.
With this win the Indian team coached by Janneke Schopman- has qualified for the FIH Pro League 2023-24.
India and Spain had played in the FIH women’s Hockey Pro League 2021-22 season as replacement teams after pull-outs by Australia and New Zealand due to COVID-19 related issues.
India finished third in the 2021-22 FIH Pro League. The team did not qualify for the ongoing 2022-23 Pro League season.
FIH Nations Cup
Top 8 ranked teams which are not part of Women’s FIH Pro League were invited to play in the FIH nation’s cup. The winner of the Nation’s cup will be promoted to the 2023-24 season of the FIH Pro League.
World's top ranked 9 teams are invited to play in the FIH Pro League.
In the Nations Cup 8 teams were placed in two groups.
Group A consisted of Spain, South Korea, and Italy.
Group B consisted of India, Japan, Chile and South Africa.
India remained unbeaten in the tournament.
FIH
FIH (Fédération Internationale de Hockey) is the governing body of men’s and women’s International hockey.
Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
President:Mohammad Tayyab Ikram
Members: 137 countries
9. India wins blind T20 cricket world cup for third consecutive times
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India defeated Bangladesh by 120 runs in the final to win the 3rd T20 World Cup for Blind played at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka on 17 December 2022. It was the third title for India having won it in 2012 and 2017. All the three T20 World Cup for Blind has been hosted by India.
Batting first India made 277 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 20 allotted overs. Indian captain Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sunil Ramesh scored centuries.
In reply Bangladesh could make only 157 runs with the loss of 3 wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Governor of Karnataka Thawar Chand Gehlot presented the winners and runners up trophies.
The 3rd T20 World Cup for Blind was held in India from 6 -17 December 2022. India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh, and South Africa competed in the tournament. The Pakistan team was denied a visa by the Indian government.
It was organised by the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI).
CABI is the apex body for organising, developing cricket for blind in India .It is a member of the World Blind Cricket Council.
The 4th T20 World Cup for Blind will be held in Pakistan in 2023.
10. Cindy Hook appointed CEO of 2032 Olympic organising committee
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American executive Cindy Hook has been appointed as CEO of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The organising committee announced her appointment.
Important facts
She is currently a member of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Singapore Economic Development Board.
US-born Cindy Hook, 58, led Deloitte's Asia Pacific branch for nearly three years before stepping down in June this year with the intention of retiring from corporate work.
She previously worked for the international professional services network in the U.S. and in Australia, moving to Sydney in 2009 to lead the auditing practice for six years and later becoming CEO of the Australian operation in 2015.
Brisbane 2032 chairman Andrew Liveris described Hooke as someone who knows what it takes to run a multi-billion dollar business on time and on budget.
The International Olympic Committee in July last year decided to host the 2032 Games in Brisbane as part of a revised process.
Australia has twice previously hosted the Summer Olympics, at Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
