1. India wins Sultan of Johor Cup for the third time beating Australia in a penalty shoot out
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The Indian junior men’s hockey team held their nerves to win the penalty shootout against the Australian team to win its 3rd Sultan of Johor Hockey cup title, at the final match played at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on 29 October 2022. The 10th edition of the Sultan of Johar cup was held from 22-29 October 2022 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
In the final match India and Australia were tied 1-1 after regulation time. In the penalty shootout India won by 5-4 goals. Sudeep Chirmako (14’) scored the goal for India in regulation time.
India has now equalled the record of Great Britain having won it three times. India has won the titles in 2013 and 2014. The Indian hockey team reached the final of the last edition in 2019 as well but lost 2-1 to Great Britain.
Indian player Sharda Nand Tiwari was the top goal scorer of the tournament with 7 goals and the player of the final was Sudeep Chirmako.
India, Australia, Great Britain, Japan, Malaysia and South African team participated in the 10th Sultan of Johar cup
Sultan of Johar Cup
The Sultan of Johar cup is a u-21 men’s International Hockey championship held annually in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
The cup was started in 2011 and the 2022 edition was the 10th edition of the tournament.
It was not held in 2020 and 2021 due to covid.
India and Great Britain have won it 3 times each.
2. Aman Sherawat wins 1st ever gold for India in the U23 World Wrestling Championship
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16 year old Aman Sehrawat made history as he became the first ever Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships. The U-23 World Wrestling Championships was held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022.
Aman Sehrawat defeated Ahmet Duman of Turkey in the final to win the gold medal.
The U-23 World Wrestling Championships was held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022.
Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar Dahiya had made the final in their categories in previous editions but could only win the silver medal.
Aman Sehrawat won gold at the U23 Asian championship and silver at the U20 Asian championship earlier this year.
India finished with six medals - one gold, one silver and four bronze at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022.
Medal Winners for India
Name | Medal | Category |
Bronze | Greco Roman 77kg | |
Vikas | Bronze | Greco Roman 72kg |
Nitesh | Bronze | Greco Roman 97kg |
Ankush | Silver | Women's 50kg |
Mansi Ahlawat | Bronze | Women's 59kg |
Aman Sehrawat | Gold | Men's 57kg |
3. Western Air Command of IAF wins Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship
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Western Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF) won the Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship 2022-23 held at Head Quarter MC, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur on 21 October.
Important facts
The final match of the team championship was played between Western Air Command and Training Command in which Western Air Command emerged as the winner.
The Open Singles final was played between Corporal Pradeep of Training Command and Sergeant Manolin of Western Air Command and Corporal Pradeep emerged as the winner.
The championship was inaugurated by Air Marshal Vibhas Pandey, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters MC on 17 October 2022.
A total of eight teams comprising 48 players from seven commands of the Indian Air Force participated in the championship.
The championship was held in two events, the team championship and the open singles.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal Vibhas Pandey was the chief guest during the closing ceremony of the championship on 21 October 2022.
4. Western Air Command of IAF wins Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship
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Western Air Command, Indian Air Force (IAF) won the Air Force Lawn Tennis Championship 2022-23 held at Head Quarter MC, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur on 21 October.
Important facts
The final match of the team championship was played between Western Air Command and Training Command in which Western Air Command emerged as the winner.
The Open Singles final was played between Corporal Pradeep of Training Command and Sergeant Manolin of Western Air Command and Corporal Pradeep emerged as the winner.
The championship was inaugurated by Air Marshal Vibhas Pandey, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Headquarters MC on 17 October 2022.
A total of eight teams comprising 48 players from seven commands of the Indian Air Force participated in the championship.
The championship was held in two events, the team championship and the open singles.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal Vibhas Pandey was the chief guest during the closing ceremony of the championship on 21 October 2022.
5. Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022 to be held in Madhya Pradesh
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Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur announced on 20 October 2022 that the fifth Khelo India Youth Games-2023 will be held in Madhya Pradesh.
Important facts
It will be held in eight different cities in the state.
The eight host cities named are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Mandla and Balaghat.
The games will be hosted from 31st January 2023 to 11th February 2023.
More than 8 thousand 500 athletes and sportspersons are expected to participate in this sporting event.
The fourth Khelo India Youth Games was organised from June 4 to 13 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula (Haryana), while some of its matches were also played in Chandigarh.
Khelo India Youth Games winners list
Edition | Host City | Winner | Runner-up |
2018 | New Delhi | Haryana | Maharashtra |
2019 | Pune | Maharashtra | Haryana |
2020 | Guwahati | Maharashtra | Haryana |
2021 | Panchkula | Haryana | Maharashtra |
Khelo India University Games winners list
Edition | Host City | Winner | Runner-up |
2020 | Bhubaneshwar | Panjab University | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
2021 | Bengaluru | Jain University | Lovely Professional University |
6. Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022 to be held in Madhya Pradesh
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Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur announced on 20 October 2022 that the fifth Khelo India Youth Games-2023 will be held in Madhya Pradesh.
Important facts
It will be held in eight different cities in the state.
The eight host cities named are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Maheshwar, Mandla and Balaghat.
The games will be hosted from 31st January 2023 to 11th February 2023.
More than 8 thousand 500 athletes and sportspersons are expected to participate in this sporting event.
The fourth Khelo India Youth Games was organised from June 4 to 13 at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula (Haryana), while some of its matches were also played in Chandigarh.
Khelo India Youth Games winners list
Edition | Host City | Winner | Runner-up |
2018 | New Delhi | Haryana | Maharashtra |
2019 | Pune | Maharashtra | Haryana |
2020 | Guwahati | Maharashtra | Haryana |
2021 | Panchkula | Haryana | Maharashtra |
Khelo India University Games winners list
Edition | Host City | Winner | Runner-up |
2020 | Bhubaneshwar | Panjab University | Savitribai Phule Pune University |
2021 | Bengaluru | Jain University | Lovely Professional University |
7. Sajan Bhanwala becomes the first Indian wrestler to win a Greco Roman medal at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships
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Sajan Bhanwala won the first medal for India at the U-23 World Wrestling Championships 2022 being held in Pontevedra, Spain from 17 -23 October 2022. Wrestler who are below 23 years of age participate in the championship.
Sajan Bhanwala won the bronze medal in the Greco Roman 77kg category by defeating Ukraine’s Dmytro Vasetskyi in a closely-fought match on 19 October 2022.
It is for the first time that India has won a medal in the Greco Roman event at the U23 Wrestling World Championship.
Denial of Visa to Indian wrestler
India is competing with a depleted squad at the ongoing U-23 World Wrestling Championship 2022 in Pontevedra after host country Spain denied visas to 21 of the 30 wrestlers chosen to represent India at the meet. According to the Spanish embassy in Delhi these wrestlers were likely to illegally overstay in Spain.
8. BCCI elects Roger Binny as the new President; to start women IPL
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has unanimously elected former Indian all-rounder Roger Binny as the 36th President of the BCCI at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCCI which was held in Mumbai on 18 October 2022. The BCCI also decided to start the women's IPL and not to participate in the Asia cricket cup to be held in Pakistan in 2023.
Roger Binny who represented Karnataka and India, played 27 Tests and 72 ODIs for India and was also a National selector. He will replace Saurav Ganguly whose three-year tenure as the board chief came to an end.
Other Office Bearers of BCCI
All the other office bearers of the BCCI were also elected unanimously including;
- Jay Shah as Secretary ,
- Rajeev Shukla as Vice-President.
- Ashish Shelar as Treasurer and
- Devajit Saikia as Joint Secretary.
- Arun Dhumal was elected as the new Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman. He will replace Brijesh Patel.
Women's IPL approved
The General Body also approved the inaugural Women's IPL which will consist of five teams and will be held in March 2023 just after the Women's T20 World Cup ends in South Africa on February 26.
India will not tour Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023.
The BCCI secretary Jay Shah who is also the President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) announced that India will not be going to Pakistan next year to participate in the Asia cup.
India have not toured Pakistan since 2006 and have not played bilateral cricket against them since 2012 because of strained relations between the governments of the two countries. Their contests have taken place only at ICC and Asian events.
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
It is the governing body of men’s and women’s cricket in India. It selects the Indian team for International tours and for International Cricket Council (ICC) and Asian Cup tournaments.
The BCCI is an autonomous, private organisation and does not fall under the purview of the National Sports Federation of India.
It was set up in 1928.
Grant Govan was the first President of the BCCI.
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra
9. Jyoti Yaraji creates history in women's 100m hurdles, first Indian athlete to do so
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Jyothi Yaraji set a new record by completing the women's 100m hurdles in less than 13 seconds at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on October 17, 2022.
Important facts
Jyoti has become the first Indian female athlete to complete the 100m hurdles in less than 13 seconds.
Jyoti, representing the Railways, created a new national record by completing the race in 12.82 seconds.
Then the wind gauge was 0.9 metres per second so that she would not lose her national record for the second time.
She had completed the same event in the National Games in Gujarat in 12.79 seconds but then the wind gauge was high and her time was not recorded in the national record.
She had already achieved the meet mark in the heat with a time of 13.18s, breaking the record of 13.38s set by Anuradha Biswal in Chennai 20 years ago.
Jyothi Yaraji was born on August 28, 1999 in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh.
He made his international debut on 10 May 2022 at the Cyprus International Athletics Meet in Limassol.
Jyoti Yaraji eventually set the national record for the women's 100m hurdles with a timing of 13.23s.
10. Jyoti Yaraji creates history in women's 100m hurdles, first Indian athlete to do so
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Jyothi Yaraji set a new record by completing the women's 100m hurdles in less than 13 seconds at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on October 17, 2022.
Important facts
Jyoti has become the first Indian female athlete to complete the 100m hurdles in less than 13 seconds.
Jyoti, representing the Railways, created a new national record by completing the race in 12.82 seconds.
Then the wind gauge was 0.9 metres per second so that she would not lose her national record for the second time.
She had completed the same event in the National Games in Gujarat in 12.79 seconds but then the wind gauge was high and her time was not recorded in the national record.
She had already achieved the meet mark in the heat with a time of 13.18s, breaking the record of 13.38s set by Anuradha Biswal in Chennai 20 years ago.
Jyothi Yaraji was born on August 28, 1999 in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh.
He made his international debut on 10 May 2022 at the Cyprus International Athletics Meet in Limassol.
Jyoti Yaraji eventually set the national record for the women's 100m hurdles with a timing of 13.23s.
