1. Shiva Thapa wins silver as India finish with 12 medals at the Asian Boxing Championship 2022
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Shiva Thapa had to settle for silver medal in the men’s 63.5kg category at ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan. In the final match played on 12 November 2022, he lost to Uzbekistan's boxer Ruslan Abdullaev.
This was Thapa’s 6th medal at the Asian Boxing championship. He won the gold medal in 2013, silver in 2017 and 2021, and bronze in 2015, 2019 and 2022 edition.
India finished the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships with 12 medals, four golds, two silvers and six bronze.
The ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan was held from 30 October -13 November 2022.
Medal Winners for India
Player | Category | Medal |
Parveen Hooda | (women’s 63kg) | Gold |
Lovlina Borgohain | (women’s 75kg) | Gold |
Saweety Boora | (women’s 81kg) | Gold |
Alfiya Pathan | (women’s +81kg) | Gold |
Shiva Thapa | (men’s 63.5kg) | Silver |
Minakshi | (women’s 52kg) | Silver |
Govind Sahani | men’s 48kg | Bronze |
Mohammad Hussamuddin | men’s 57kg | Bronze |
Sumit | men’s 75kg | Bronze |
Narender | men’s +92kg | Bronze |
Preeti Dahiya | women’s 57kg | Bronze |
Ankushita Boro | women’s 66kg | Bronze |
2. West Midlands in England to host Kabaddi World Cup 2025 edition
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The West Midlands in England will host the 4th Kabaddi World Cup in the first quarter of 2025. This was announced by the World Kabaddi Federation (WKF) on 12 November 2022. This will be the first time that the Kabaddi World Cup will be held outside Asia.
The first Kabaddi World Cup was held in Melaka, Malaysia from 20-28 July 2019. The men’s and women's title was won by the Indian team.
The 2nd Kabaddi World Cup will be held in 2023 and the 3rd is planned in 2024 but the host of 2023 and 2034 world cup is yet to be announced.
The proposed 4th Kabaddi World Cup 2025 will be organized by England Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British Kabaddi League.
Kabaddi
Kabaddi is an indigenous sport of India. It was included as demonstration sports in 1951 and again in 1982 Asian games held in New Delhi.
Since the 1990 Beijing Asian Games it has been a part of the Asian Games.
World Kabaddi Federation is an association of around 50 International Kabaddi Association and its President is Ashok Das of England.
3. Olympic Double Medalist PV Sindhu Launches Fit India School Week Mascots Toofan & Toofani
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Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu launched mascots Toofan and Toofani for Fit India Movement’s Fit India School Week initiative for the year 2022 on 10 November.
Important facts
The 4th Fit India School Week will commence on 15th November 2022, wherein various schools across India will organise fitness and sports events in various forms for 4 to 6 days during a month.
The Fit India Movement, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the year 2019, launched its annual 'Fit India School Week' program in December the same year.
It is dedicated to encourage schools to develop fitness habits in students and to increase awareness about fitness and sports.
This edition has added two mascots named "Toofan and Toofani" to its flagship, with both representing India's fittest superheroes and superwomen.
To make the mascots more connected to the sport, they have been given superpowers such as wind sprinting (athletics), car lifting (weightlifting) and concentration skills (chess).
They connect with people by narrating various stories about sports and fitness thereby motivating, educating and encouraging them.
Fit India Movement
The Prime Minister on the occasion of National Sports Day on 29 August, 2019 launched the ‘Fit India Movement’ as the People’s Movement & urged people to make fitness their lifestyle.
National Sports Day is celebrated to honour the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh.
4. Olympic Double Medalist PV Sindhu Launches Fit India School Week Mascots Toofan & Toofani
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Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu launched mascots Toofan and Toofani for Fit India Movement’s Fit India School Week initiative for the year 2022 on 10 November.
Important facts
The 4th Fit India School Week will commence on 15th November 2022, wherein various schools across India will organise fitness and sports events in various forms for 4 to 6 days during a month.
The Fit India Movement, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the year 2019, launched its annual 'Fit India School Week' program in December the same year.
It is dedicated to encourage schools to develop fitness habits in students and to increase awareness about fitness and sports.
This edition has added two mascots named "Toofan and Toofani" to its flagship, with both representing India's fittest superheroes and superwomen.
To make the mascots more connected to the sport, they have been given superpowers such as wind sprinting (athletics), car lifting (weightlifting) and concentration skills (chess).
They connect with people by narrating various stories about sports and fitness thereby motivating, educating and encouraging them.
Fit India Movement
The Prime Minister on the occasion of National Sports Day on 29 August, 2019 launched the ‘Fit India Movement’ as the People’s Movement & urged people to make fitness their lifestyle.
National Sports Day is celebrated to honour the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand Singh.
5. Lovlina, Parveen, Saweety and Alifiya win Asian Boxing Championship titles at Amman
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It was a gold medal day for India as Lovlina Borgohain(75kg), Parveen Hooda (63kg), Saweety (81kg) and Alfiya Khan (81+kg) won gold and were crowned Asian champion at the ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on 11 November 2022.
World championships bronze medallist Parveen Hooda (63kg) defeated Japan's Kito Mai to win the first gold for India in the current Asian Boxing championship.
Tokyo Olympic 2020 bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain, won the gold medal in the 75kg category by defeating Ruzmetova Sokhiba of Uzbekistan. It is Lovlina's third Asian Championship medal, she had won the bronze in 2017 and 2021 in the welterweight division.
Saweety and Alifiya then added to the gold rush, defeating Gulsaya Yerzhan of Kazakhstan and Islam Husaili of Jordan respectively.
Minakshi (women’s 52kg) had to settle for Silver medal as she lost to Kinoshita Rinka of Japan in the final.
The ASBC Asian Elite Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan is being held from 30 October -13 November 2022.
6. “Winning the Inner Battle” Book by Shane Watson
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In November 2022, Shane Watson wrote a new book titled "Winning the Inner Battle Bringing the Best Version of You to Cricket".
Important Facts
Shane Watson's new book, Winning the Inner Battle, explores the mental side of the game through his own experiences revitalising his career after contemplating retirement in 2015.
Shane Watson is one of the finest all-rounders in Australian cricket, having represented his country 298 times.
Shane Robert Watson
Shane Watson is an Australian former international cricketer. He has been a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast swing bowler.
He played international cricket between 2002 and 2016.
He was the world's No. 1 T20I all-rounder for a record 150 weeks.
Shane Watson was born on 17 June 1981 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the age of 21, he made his international debut on 24 March 2002, playing an ODI against South Africa at Centurion.
In his ODI career, he scored 5757 runs in 190 matches at an average of 40.54 and took 168 wickets.
Watson played the first Test match of his career on 2 January 2005 against Pakistan in Sydney.
Watson holds many records in T20I, ODI and T20. According to Forbes, Watson was the highest paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years between 2011 and 2015.
On 2 November 2020, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
In 2017, Watson launched Let's Activate, a sports clinic for children. Watson has his own podcast called Lessons Learned with the Greats.
7. 15th Asian Airgun Championship 2022 begins in Daegu, South Korea
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The 15th Asian Airgun Championship 2022 began in Daegu, South Korea from November 9, 2022.
Important facts
This will be the first Rifle/Pistol Asian Shooting Confederation Championship to be counted in the new Asian ranking system.
Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Arjun Babuta and Divyansh Singh Panwar are some of the prominent players in the 36 Indian players participating in the championship.
Manu Bhake is in the 10m Air Pistol (Junior Women) event while Mehuli Ghosh will compete in the women's 10m Air Rifle event.
Yashasvi Joshi will compete in the 10m Air Pistol (Young Female).
Arjun Babuta will compete in the 10m air rifle for men while Divyansh Singh Panwar will compete in the junior men's category.
The Asian Airgun Championship 2022 is scheduled to be held at the Daegu International Shooting Range from November 9 to 19, 2022.
8. 15th Asian Airgun Championship 2022 begins in Daegu, South Korea
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The 15th Asian Airgun Championship 2022 began in Daegu, South Korea from November 9, 2022.
Important facts
This will be the first Rifle/Pistol Asian Shooting Confederation Championship to be counted in the new Asian ranking system.
Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Arjun Babuta and Divyansh Singh Panwar are some of the prominent players in the 36 Indian players participating in the championship.
Manu Bhake is in the 10m Air Pistol (Junior Women) event while Mehuli Ghosh will compete in the women's 10m Air Rifle event.
Yashasvi Joshi will compete in the 10m Air Pistol (Young Female).
Arjun Babuta will compete in the 10m air rifle for men while Divyansh Singh Panwar will compete in the junior men's category.
The Asian Airgun Championship 2022 is scheduled to be held at the Daegu International Shooting Range from November 9 to 19, 2022.
9. FIFA World Cup 2022 to be played from Nov 20 in Qatar
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The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played in five cities of Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022 this year. It is the first Football World Cup to be held in winter, as well as the first Football World Cup to be hosted by an Arab country.
Important facts
In the inaugural match, hosts Qatar will take on South American country Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium on the 20th November.
28 teams have been placed in eight groups, the final will be played at the Lusail Stadium on the 18th of December.
Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli has been included in the list of 12 players dominated by the English Premier League.
Brazil will start their World Cup campaign against Serbia on 24 November.
About FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of members of FIFA, the sport's global governing body.
It was started in the year 1930, after that it is organised every four years.
The defending champions are the France national football team that won the 2018 tournament in France.
The most successful team of the tournament is Brazil which has won the title 5 times.
FIFA World Cup 2022 will be organised in Qatar this year.
Lieb as the official mascot for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Laib is an Arabic word, which means a player with special qualities and abilities.
FIFA World Cup 2026 will be hosted for the first time by three countries which include the US, Mexico and Canada.
10. FIFA World Cup 2022 to be played from Nov 20 in Qatar
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The FIFA World Cup 2022 will be played in five cities of Qatar from November 20 to December 18, 2022 this year. It is the first Football World Cup to be held in winter, as well as the first Football World Cup to be hosted by an Arab country.
Important facts
In the inaugural match, hosts Qatar will take on South American country Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium on the 20th November.
28 teams have been placed in eight groups, the final will be played at the Lusail Stadium on the 18th of December.
Arsenal's Gabriel Martinelli has been included in the list of 12 players dominated by the English Premier League.
Brazil will start their World Cup campaign against Serbia on 24 November.
About FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition played by the senior men's national teams of members of FIFA, the sport's global governing body.
It was started in the year 1930, after that it is organised every four years.
The defending champions are the France national football team that won the 2018 tournament in France.
The most successful team of the tournament is Brazil which has won the title 5 times.
FIFA World Cup 2022 will be organised in Qatar this year.
Lieb as the official mascot for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Laib is an Arabic word, which means a player with special qualities and abilities.
FIFA World Cup 2026 will be hosted for the first time by three countries which include the US, Mexico and Canada.
