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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