1. Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to score in 5 different World Cups
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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in 5 different World Cups when he scored the first goal against Ghana in the FIFA World Cup on 24 November.
Important facts
In the first match of Group H, Portugal captain Ronaldo scored the first goal in the 65th minute, becoming the first male footballer to score in five different World Cups (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022).
With this record, Ronaldo has left behind Pele of Brazil, Uwe Seeler of Germany and Miraslov Klose who have scored goals in four World Cups.
37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo has increased his international goal count to 118. He scored his eighth career World Cup goal in a 3–2 win against Ghana.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in 15 minutes as Portugal beat Ghana 3-2 in their FIFA World Cup Group H match to open their campaign on a winning note.
2. Telangana's Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri win National U-13 badminton titles
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Telangana's Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri emerged champions in the boys and girls singles respectively at the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships, notching contrasting wins at the UP Badminton Academy, Lucknow on 23 November.
Important facts
Fourth seeded Bhukya came from behind to beat Andhra Pradesh’s Akhil Reddy Boba 19-21, 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes whereas Patri took just 22 minutes to brush aside local challenger and 15th seeded Divyanshi Gautam 21-7, 21-10.
Earlier this month, Petrie won his maiden National U-13 ranking tournament in Maharashtra with a dominant performance against Agra's Gautam.
In the boys' final, Bhukya found it difficult to handle Boba in the first game as the Andhra shuttler raced to a 15-11 lead before winning the game 21-19.
But after the change of ends, fourth seed Bhukya bounced back to beat Boba. In the decisive match, Bhukya won in a close fight.
3. Telangana's Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri win National U-13 badminton titles
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Telangana's Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha’s Tanvi Patri emerged champions in the boys and girls singles respectively at the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships, notching contrasting wins at the UP Badminton Academy, Lucknow on 23 November.
Important facts
Fourth seeded Bhukya came from behind to beat Andhra Pradesh’s Akhil Reddy Boba 19-21, 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes whereas Patri took just 22 minutes to brush aside local challenger and 15th seeded Divyanshi Gautam 21-7, 21-10.
Earlier this month, Petrie won his maiden National U-13 ranking tournament in Maharashtra with a dominant performance against Agra's Gautam.
In the boys' final, Bhukya found it difficult to handle Boba in the first game as the Andhra shuttler raced to a 15-11 lead before winning the game 21-19.
But after the change of ends, fourth seed Bhukya bounced back to beat Boba. In the decisive match, Bhukya won in a close fight.
4. Army Red Team wins 72nd Inter Services Volleyball Championship 2022-23
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Army Red team won the title by defeating Army Green in the 72nd Inter-Services Volleyball Championship held at Eagle Indoor Volleyball Stadium, Secunderabad on 20 November 2022.
Important facts
The Army Red team defeated Army Green by 3-1.
Meanwhile, the Indian Navy downed the Indian Air Force 3-1 in the opening round.
A total of four teams, two each from the Indian Army (Army Red and Army Green), the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force were in the running for the top honours.
The event provided an opportunity to outstanding sportsmen for getting selected to the Services Volleyball team.
Telangana and Andhra Sub Area officiating GoC, Brigadier K Somashankar presented the trophy.
5. Army Red Team wins 72nd Inter Services Volleyball Championship 2022-23
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Army Red team won the title by defeating Army Green in the 72nd Inter-Services Volleyball Championship held at Eagle Indoor Volleyball Stadium, Secunderabad on 20 November 2022.
Important facts
The Army Red team defeated Army Green by 3-1.
Meanwhile, the Indian Navy downed the Indian Air Force 3-1 in the opening round.
A total of four teams, two each from the Indian Army (Army Red and Army Green), the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force were in the running for the top honours.
The event provided an opportunity to outstanding sportsmen for getting selected to the Services Volleyball team.
Telangana and Andhra Sub Area officiating GoC, Brigadier K Somashankar presented the trophy.
6. Former Indian football captain Babu Mani dies aged 59
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Former Indian football captain Babu Mani, who was an integral part of the Indian football team in the 1980s, died after a prolonged battle with liver-related issues. He was 59.
Babu Mani made his India debut against Argentina in Kolkata during the 1984 Nehru Cup and went on to play 55 matches for the country. He was also a part of the first Indian squad to qualify for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 1984 and went on to play in the tournament in Singapore.
Mani was also a member of the Indian team which won gold medals at the 1985 and 1987 editions of the South Asian Games.
Babu Mani, also part of the Bengal Team which won Santosh Trophy in 1986 and 1988.
He also played for and won various domestic football cups like Federation Cup, IFA shield, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup trophies for Kolkata's top three clubs, Mohammedan Sporting, Mohan Bagan and East Bengal.
7. Novak Djokovic wins his record 6th ATP finals title
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The Serbian Novak Djokovic won his sixth ATP finals title at Turin, Italy by defeating the Norwegian player Casper Rudd in the finals played on 20 November 2022. The ATP finals marks the end of the ATP calendar for the year 2022.
With this win Djokovic equalled the record of Swiss great Roger Federer of 6th ATP finals titles. The 21Grand Slam title winner also became the oldest champion of the ATP finals at the age of 35 Years.
Men’s Doubles title
Rajeev Ram (United States) and Joe Salisbury (British) defeated the Tokyo Olympics 2020 champion’s Croatian pair of Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain ended the season as the youngest ranked ATP no.1 player.
ATP finals is the season ending men’s Tennis tournament which was played in a hard court in Turin from 13-20 November 2022.
This was the 53rd edition of the singles and 48th edition of the Doubles title.
Top ranked players on the Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) ranking are invited to play in the event.
8. 22nd FIFA men’s football World cup kicks off in Qatar
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The 22nd FIFA men’s world cup was formally declared open at a colourful ceremony held at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar on 20 November. It is for the first time that an Arab country is hosting the football tournament.
India was represented by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. The opening ceremony witnessed performances of J Balvin, Robbie Williams, Jason Derulo, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, Nora Fatehi, Black Eyed Peas, Jungkook of BTS, Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares.
The noted Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman was the narrator at the opening ceremony.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022.
32 countries from five continents are participating in the Tournaments.
The teams are host Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, the Netherlands, England, Iran, USA, Wales, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland, France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia, Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Canada, Morocco, and Croatia, Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon, Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, and South Korea.
France is the current world champion having won it in 2018 world cup held in Russia.
9. Max Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix for his team Red Bull
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Reigning Formula One (F1) world champion Max Verstappen of Red Bull team won the season ending F1 Abu Dhabi race held on 20 November 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was his record 15th title of the 2022 season. He also ended the 2022 season as the world F1 champion. He won his first F1 world championship title in 2021.
The 25 year old Max Verstappen of Holland created a number of records in the history of F1. Some of his records are as follows;
- He also holds the record for winning a maximum 15 races in a single season. He broke the previous record of 13 race victories in a season jointly held by seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher (2004 season) and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel (2013 season).
- Verstappen also set a new record for scoring the most points in a single season - 454. Previously, the record was held by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton who had amassed 413 points during his championship-winning season in 2019.
F1 2022 season races and winners
Grand Prix | Date (in 2022) | Winner driver | Winner Team |
Bahrain | 20 March | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Saudi Arabia | 27 March | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Australia (Melbourne) | 10 April | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
Emilia Romagna(Italy) | 24 April | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Miami | 8 May | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Spain(Barcelona) | 22 May | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Monaco | 29 May | S.Perez | Red Bulls |
Azerbaijan | 12 June | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Canada | 19 June | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Great Britain(Silverstone Circuit) | 3 July | C.Sainz | Ferrari |
Austria | 10 July | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
France | 24 July | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Hungary | 31 July | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Belgium | 28 August | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Netherlands | 4 September | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Italy | 11 September | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Singapore | 2 October | S. Perez | Red Bulls |
Japan | 9 October | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
United States | 23 October | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Mexico | 30 0ctober | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
Brazil | 13 November | G. Russell | Mercedes |
Abu Dhabi | 20 November | Max Verstappen | Red Bulls |
The Russian Grand Prix was cancelled .
Formula One (F1)
- The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of motor car races, known as the Grands Prix.
- It is organised by FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) or Federation of International Automobiles.
- Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton hold the record for the most F1 world championships titles, both having won the title on seven occasions.
- F1 world Champion 2022: Mark Verstappen of Red Bull team
- FIA Headquarters - Paris, France
10. Govt to set up 100 academies to promote archery amongst tribal children: Arjun Munda
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The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda has said the government has decided to set up 100 archery academies in the country to promote talent amongst tribal children.
While speaking at a function organised to give Janjatiya Gaurav Puraskar in New Delhi on 19 November 2022, he said that his Ministry is continuously working for enhancing educational and health facilities and also focusing on generating employment in the tribal areas.
Some of the famous tribal archers who have made India proud are Deepika Kumari, Limba ram
