1. India defeat West Indies 3-0 to win ODI series
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India has defeated the West Indian Cricket team to win the 3 match One Day International (ODI ) series 3-0.
Due to Covid all the three matches were played at the Narendra Modi cricket stadium, Ahmedabad ,Gujarat . All the three matches were Day/Night matches.
First ODI was held on 6 February 2022. It was won by India by 6 wickets
Man of the match :Yuzvendra Chahal of India
Second ODI was held on 9 February 2022. It was won by India by 44 runs .
Man of the match : Prasidh Krishna
Third ODI was held on 11 February 2022. It was won by India by 96 runs
Man of the match : Shreyas Iyer
Man of the Series : Prasidh Krishna
Captain of Indian cricket Team : Rohit Sharma
Captain of West Indian Cricket Team : Nicholas Pooran for the 2nd and third match
Kieorn Pollard was the West Indies captain for the first match.
2. Senegal wins maiden Africa Cup of Nation 2021
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Senegal defeated Egypt in a penalty shoot-out to win its first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021 on 7 February 2022.
The score in the final match was 0-0 even after extra time. The result was decided by a penalty shoot out which was won by Senegal 4-2 .
The final was played in the Cameroon capital . Yaounde’s Olembé stadium.
The 31st Africa Cup of Nation football tournament was held in Cameroon from 9 January to 7 February 2022.
The Africa Cup of Nations football tournament is held every two years and the first tournament was held in 1957 in Sudan.
Egypt has won the cup a maximum of 7 times .
It is located in Western Africa and is also called the “Gateway of Africa" .
Capital of Senegal : Dakar
Currency of Senegal : West African CFA franc . The West African franc is the common currency of eight African countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea- Bissau ,Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
3. India wins its 1000th International ODI cricket match
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- The Indian cricket team led by Rohit Sharma comfortably defeated the West Indian team by six wickets to win its 1000th international ODI (One Day International ) cricket match played at the Narendra Modi stadium ,Ahmedabad on 7 February 2022.
- India now lead the 3 match ODI series 1-0.
- India also became the first cricket playing nation to play 1000 th ODI match in the world .
Fact files
- One Day International or limited overs cricket match was first played between England and Australia in 1971 in Melbourne, Australia.
- India played its first ODI match against England at Leeds in June 1974. Ajit Wadekar was the captain of the Indian side which lost the match.
- India won its first ODI match against East Africa in 1975 at the first world cup 1975 played in England.
- India has won two ODI world cups , 1983 played in England and 2011 ,hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh .
- The 1983 team was captained by Kapil Dev and the 2011 team was captained by Mahender Singh Dhoni.
4. China won the AFC Women Asian Cup 9th time
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The Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean women's football team 3-2 in the Asian Football Confederations(AFC) women Asian cup final held at the D.Y.Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai on 6 February 2022. This was the 9th title win for the Chinese women's football team also known as “Steel Roses”.
Earlier the host Indian women football team was forced to withdraw from the tournament mid-way after several of their players tested covid positive .
Total 12 teams participated in the tournament which was held from 20 January to 6 February 2022.
The tournament matches were played in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune .
India was hosting the tournament for the second time after 1979.
- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women Asian cup is held every four years.
5. India won the ICC-U19 World Cup 2022
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India lifted a record fifth International Cricket Council Under -19 (ICC U19) World Cup title after defeating England by 4 wickets in the final at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, played on 5 February 2022..
The 14th Edition of the ICC U19 World Cup was held in the West Indies from 14 January to 5 February 2022 in a 50 -50 overs format. 16 countries participated in the tournament.
The Indian team captained by Yash Dhull became the fifth Indian captain after Mohammad Kaif(2000), Virat Kohli(2008), Unmukt Chand(2012) and Prithvi Shaw(2018), to hold the winner’s trophy.
The captain of the England team is Tom Prest.
The coach of the Indian team is Hemant Kanitkar.
The player of the final was the India all rounder ,Raj Angad Bawa and The Player of the series was Dewald Brevis of South Africa .
The first U19 World Cup was played in 1988 as McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, It was hosted by Australia and 8 teams competed in the event . It was won by Australia.
The second world cup was held in South Africa in 1998, under the name of the ICC-U19 world cup. 16 teams participated in the event.
Since then the ICC U-19 world cup is held every two years with 16 teams.
6. Therese Johaug of Norway win the first gold medal of Beijing Winter Olympics
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The first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics was won by Norwegian Therese Johaug in the 15-kilometer women skiathlon cross country race.
The silver medal was won by the Russian Natalya Nepryayeva and the Bronze medal was won by Teresa Stadlober of Austria.
7. Beijing the first city in the world to host both Winter and Summer Olympics
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With the inauguration of the 24th Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing by the Chinese President Xi Jingping on 4 February,Beijing became the only city in the world to host Summer and Winter Olympics .
It hosted the 29th Summer Olympics 2008.
The opening ceremony was held at the Beijing National Stadium also called the Birds Nest which incidentally also hosted the 2008 summer olympics .
The opening ceremony was attended by 22 world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The Indian flag was carried by the lone Indian participant Arif Khan who will compete in the Slalom and Giant Slalom event .
Points to remember
It is 24th Winter Olympics Games
The 23rd game was held in Tokyo, Japan in 2018.
The 25 th Winter games will be held in the Italian cities of Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in 2026.
The Mascot of the Beijing Olympics : Bing Dwen Dwen -- a panda dressed in a full-body "shell" made out of ice.
Motto of the games : Together for a shared future
Total participating country : 91
Closing ceremony on 20 February 2022.
8. Inaugural World Legends Cricket League won by World Giants
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The inaugural World Legends League was organised for the retired cricketers of the world who were grouped in 3 teams. The Indian player played under the Indian Maharaja team and there were Asian Lions and World Giants teams.
- Muhammad Kaif was the captain of Indian Maharaja team.
- The matches were played in the T 20 format from 20 to 29 January 2022 at the Al Amerat Cricket stadium in Muscat, in Oman.
- The final was played on 29 January 2022 and World Giants defeated Asain Lions by 25 runs
- Morne Morkel of World Giants was declared as the Player of the series and Corey Anderson of World Giants was declared the Man of the Match of the final.
9. Odisha open Badminton Championship 2022
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For the first time, Odisha hosted a BWF(Badminton World Federation ) 100 tournament . It was held from 25-30 January 2022 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium Cuttack, Odisha .
Winners of the Odisha open 2022:
Male singles:
Kiran George of India defeated Priyanshu Rajawat of India .
Female Singles:
Unnati Hooda defeated Smit Toshniwal (both are Indians).
Mens Double:
Nur Mohammed Ayub and Lim Khim Wah (both Malaysian) defeated Ravikrishnan PS and Shankar Prasad Udaykumar(both Indian).
Women’s Double:
Sanyogita Ghorpade and Shruti Mishra (both are Indians ) defeated Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly (both are Indians).
Mixed Doubles:
Arjun M.R and Treesa Jolly(both are Indian) defeated Sachin Dias and Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa(both are Sri Lankan).
10. Australian Open Grand Slam Tennis Tournament 2022
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The Australian Open is the first of the four annual grand slam tennis tournaments held in a calendar year . The Australian open is followed by the French open ,Wmbledon(played in England) and the U.S open.
- The Australian Open was held from 9 January to 30 January 2022.
- It is always held at the Australian city of Melbourne and it is now played on a Hard Court.
The winners of 2022
Men's Singles Title
The winner of the men’s singles is given Norman Brookes Challenge Cup
This year winner
Rafeal Nadal of Spain defeated Danill Medvedev of Russia
Women Single Title
The winner of the single’s open is given Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup
This year winner
Ashleigh Barty of Australia defeated Daneille Rose Collins of the United States in the final.
Men’s Doubles winner
Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nicholas Hilmy Nicholas defeated Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell (all the four players are from Australia)
Women’s Doubles winner
Barbara Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (both from Czech Republic ) defeated Anna Danilina (Kazakhstan) and Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil.
Mixed Doubles
Kristina Mladenovic(France )/Ivan Dodig of Croatia defeated Jaimee Fourlis(Australia)/Jason Murray Kubler(Australia)
Records of Rafael Nadael
- This was the second singles Australian open title for Nadal(2009,2022)
- He has become the first male player to win 21 singles Grand slam titles.
- He is the second player after Novak Djokovic to win all the four grand slam singles titles twice in the open era and fourth in history after Rod Laver(Australia) and Roy Emerson(Australia) and Novak Djokovic.
- He has won a record 13 singles titles at the French Open .
NOTE :
In Tennis or sports “ OPEN” means that any player can play in the tournament regardless whether the player is a professional or an amateure.
- Before 1968 only mature players were allowed to participate in the tennis grand slam tournament . Since 1968 professional players have also been allowed to participate in the tournament, hence now they use the word” OPEN”.
- Professional player means players who play for money and that sport is their profession. Amateure means they donot play for money and sport is not their profession.
