1. Harbhajan Singh retires from cricket
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- Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has announced retirement from all forms of competitive cricket.
- The 41-year-old from Punjab took 417 wickets in 103 Tests, 269 wickets in 236 ODIs and 25 wickets in 28 T20Is in his illustrious career. In the IPL across 13 seasons for Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, and Kolkata Knight Riders, he took 150 wickets in 163 matches.
- Harbhajan, who made his India debut during an ODI against New Zealand at Sharjah in 1998, last played for the country in March, 2016 during a T20I against the UAE at Dhaka.
2. Indians Shine in Asian Junior Chess Championship 2021
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- India's V S Raahul (18) won the boys titles in the Asian Junior chess championship 2021.
- He also earned his first GM-norm.
- Savitha Shri B won the girls title.
- The Asian Junior Chess Championship 2021 was held in Sri Lanka
3. Men’s Asian Championship Trophy 2021
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To the point:
- Indian Hockey team beat Pakistan’s Hockey team with a scoreline of 4-3 and secured the third position (bronze medal) in Men’s Asian Champions trophy 2021.
- South Korea emerged as the champion after beating Japan.
- The Men’s Asian Champions trophy 2021 was held at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 14th to 22nd December 2021.
- The tournament was organized by the Asian Hockey Federation.
Asian Championship Trophy
The Men's Asian Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features Asia's top six field hockey teams competing in a round robin format.
- Asia’s top six hockey teams are:
- India
- South Korea
- Japan
- Pakistan
- China
- Malaysia
4. Zverev named Germany’s Sportsman of the Year
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World’s No. 3, Alexander Zverev (24 years old tennis player) of Germany was awarded with the German’s Sportsman of the year at the 2021 German Athlete Awards.
- He became the first tennis player, since 1991, to win the award.
- The 75th edition of the awards was organized by the Internationale Sport-Korrespondenz (ISK), a sports journalist agency in Germany.
- It was held on 19th December 2021 at the prestigious Kurhaus Baden-Boden.
5. 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship
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- Hockey Punjab defeated Hockey Uttar Pradesh 2-1 to clinch the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship.
- The tournament was held at Pimpri Chinchwad , Pune from 11 to 21 December.
- Karnataka defeated Maharashtra 5-2 to finish third .
- Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men and women hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India.
Founded in: 2009;
Headquarters: New Delhi, India
President: Gyanendro Nigombam
6. Pankaj Advani defends the National Billiards Champion title
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- Pankaj Arjan Advani of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board ,won the Senior National Billiards Championship by defeating his teammate Dhruv Sitwale.
- It was the 11th National Billiards title of Pankaj Advani.
- The 88th National Billiards Championship was held at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- The Championship was organized by the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI), the governing body for cue sports in India.
7. Kyle Win Silver in Rotax Karting Grand Finals
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- Peregrine Racing's Kyle Aditya Kumaran won the silver trophy at the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals, the annual Karting competition for Rotax National champions from over 100 countries around the world.
- The Karting competition concluded at Sakhir, Bahrain on December 18.
- Kart racing or karting is a variant of motorsport road racing with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits.
8. BWF Badminton World Championship
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- Kidambi Srikanth’s fine run in the BWF World badminton Championship ended with a silver-medal finish after he lost the men’s singles summit clash to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew.
- Srikanth etched his name in the history books by becoming the first Indian man to reach the finals of the championships.
- The 2021 BWF World Championship began on 12th December and ended on 19th December.
- It was a badminton championship which took place at Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marin in Huelva, Spain.
9. Sulayem became the first non-European president of motorsport’s governing body FIA.
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- Mohammed Ben Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been elected as the new president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
- He has been the chairman of the United Arab Emirates motorsport federation since 2006.
- FIA organises the motor car racing championship Formula One.
10. Racism in South Africa cricket
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Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) Commission has held Cricket South Africa (CSA) administration, former captain and current director Smith, current head coach Mark Boucher and former batter AB de Villiers of racism and being unfairly discriminating against black cricket players.
The South Africa and Nation Building commission was set up by the Cricket South Africa to investigate the issue of racism in South African cricket.
The head of the Commision was Mr. Dumisa Ntsebeza
