1. South Africa wins the cricket Test Series 2-1
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South Africa defeated the Indian cricket team in the 3rd and final test match and won the Freedom series 2-1. The Indian team has never won a test series in South Africa.
Dean Elgar was the captain of South Africa and Virat Kohli captained India in the first and the third Test. Vice-Captain K. L. Rahul led India in the second test match as Virat was not fit.
Series at a glance
1st Test was played at Centurion (December 26-30, 2021)
India won the test match by 113 runs and K.L. Rahul was the man of the match
The 2nd Test was played at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg (January 3-6, 2022).
South Africa won the test match by 7 wickets.
South African Captain Dean Elgar was the Man of the match.
The 3rd Test was played at Cape Town (January 11-14, 2022).
South Africa won by 7 wickets and Keegan Petersen of South Africa was the man of the match.
Man of the Series: Keegan Peterson of South Africa.
Freedom trophy
- The Test cricket series between India and South Africa is called as Freedom series and the winner of the series is given Freedom Trophy
- The Freedom Trophy was instituted in memory of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
- It was awarded for the first time in 2015 to the winner of the India -South Africa test series.
- In 2015 it was won by India.
- The 2022 trophy was won by South Africa.
2. Novak Djokovic faces a likely 3-year ban from Australia as his visa is cancelled again
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Novak Djokovic is set to be detained after Australia cancelled his visa for a second time in a row over his right to remain in the country unvaccinated.
- After this decision on “health and good order” grounds, he will face deportation and a three-year visa ban.
- The visa decision put the Serbian world number one's dream of a 10th Australian Open title and a record 21st Grand Slam in peril.
3. India pulls out of Asian Under-22 boxing championship
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The Boxing Federation of India has decided to pull out of the ASBC Asian Under-22 championships for men and women, scheduled to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from January 20-30, 2022.
- This decision is due to the global surge in COVID19 cases.
- Boxers born in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 are eligible to compete in the event that is being held for the first time in the continent.
4. Tasnim Mir ranked No.1 U-19 Badminton player
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16 year old shuttler from Gujarat, Tasnim Mir became the first Indian to be top ranked in the under19 girls singles in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) junior rankings.
Badminton World Federation (BWF)
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
- It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales). In 1981 the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and in September 2006, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation (BWF)
- The BWF currently has 194 member nations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations.
- Headquarters - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- President - Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
5. Tata Group replaces Vivo as the title sponsor of IPL 2022-23 editions
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The Tata Group has replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League 2022 and 2023 editions.
- This decision was taken by the IPL Governing Council after Vivo decided to pull out of its existing contract running till 2023
- The mega auctions for the 15th Edition of IPL will take place in Bengaluru from Feb 12 - 13, 2022.
- The two new teams of Ahmedabad and Lucknow will participate for the first time in the 15th edition of the Indian Premier League.
- Lucknow IPL team is owned by RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group with its home ground as Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh.
- Ahmedabad IPL team is owned by British private equity company CVC Capital with its home ground as Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Gujarat.
- Chairman of IPL Governing Council - Brijesh Patel
6. South African all rounder Chris Morris retires from all forms of cricket
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- 34-year-old South Africa all rounder Chris Morris announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and declared that he is set to take up the new role of coaching the domestic team Titans.
- A right arm pacer and explosive batter, Morris made his Test debut in 2016 and featured in only four games in the traditional format, making 173 runs and taking 12 wickets. He also played 42 ODIs (48 wickets, 467 runs) and 23 T20 Internationals (34, 133).
- Morris played for Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings franchises in the IPL.
7. Court reinstated Djokovic visa
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Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle to stay in Australia to play in the Australian Open to be held from 17th Jan to 30th Jan 2022, despite being unvaccinated against COVID-19, but the government quickly threatened to cancel his visa a second time.
- Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly reinstated Djokovic's visa, which was canceled after his arrival at the Melbourne Airport.
- The judge also ordered the government to release Djokovic within 30 minutes from the Melbourne quarantine hotel where he spent the last four nights.
- But government lawyer Christopher Tran told the judge after the decision that the minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs, Alex Hawke, "will consider whether to exercise a personal power of cancellation" of the visa.
- Government lawyers confirmed that another visa cancellation would mean Djokovic would be banned from Australia for three years.
8. 71st Junior National Basketball Championship
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Punjab and Rajasthan emerged as the “girls” and “boys” champions respectively in the 71st Junior National Basketball Championship held at Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
- Rajasthan boys trounced Chandigarh 82-61, while Punjab withstood a spirited fightback from Rajasthan (57- 52) to win women’s title.
The 71st edition of Championship was hosted by Madhya Pradesh Basketball Association (MPBA) from 4th to 10th January 2022, under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to help in identifying potential basketball stars and providing them with the platform and opportunity to turn their inherent talent into a real-life profession.
- MBPA trains the kids to learn to be great basketball players with 360-degree development. It also trains the underprivileged children to give them equal chances as well.
9. Bharath Subramaniyam is India’s 73rd Chess GM
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Chennai based fourteen-year old Bharath Subramaniyam on 9 January 2022 became India’s 73rd chess Grandmaster, securing the third and final GM norm at Vergani Cup Open in Italy.
- This was the third GM norm for Subramaniyam and he also crossed 2500 Elo rating points. To become a GM a player has to secure three GM norms and 2500 live Elo rating points .
- He finished seventh in the tournament .
- The tournament was won by another Indian M.R. Lalith Babu.
- Viswanathan Anand was the firstIndian Chess GrandMaster in 1988.
Chess rating System
- Chess rating system is used in Chess to estimate the strength of a player .
- In chess ,the Elo rating system is used to grade the players by International chess governing body FIDE.
- The highest rating for a chess player is Grand Master or GM followed by International Masters or IM and then Masters etc.
- Players are invited to various chess tournaments in the world depending upon their gradings.
For Detail on FIDE please see the 11 December 2021 post
10. Bopanna and Ramkumar wins Adelaide International 1 ATP cup 2022
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The unseeded pair of Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat the top seeds, Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the doubles final of the Adelaide International 1 ATP cup 2022 on 9 January 2022.
- Ivan Dodig is from Croatia and Marcelo Melo is from Brazil.
- It was the first ever ATP doubles title for Ramkumar Ramanathan while it was the 21st doubles ATP title for Rohan Boppana .
- The tournament was played at Adelaide , Australia.
