FIFA World Cup 2022: Argentina won its third World Cup title by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout. Official Mascot: La’eeb was the Official Mascot for FIFA WC 2022. ‘La’eeb’ in Arabic translates to ‘super-skilled player’. FIFA announced a number of awards to recognize the great performance of players throughout the WC including Golden […]
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Semi-Automated Offside Technology : Football World Cup
Semi-Automated Offside Technology : Football World Cup Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is using Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) for offside decisions in the ongoing football world cup. The point of the offside rule is to prevent attacking players from perpetually camping in front of the opponent’s goal. Semi-Automated Offside Technology is a support tool […]
First Woman President Of The Indian Olympic Association
First Woman President Of The Indian Olympic Association: PT Usha is set to become the first woman President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). She will also become the first Olympian and first international medallist to head the IOA in its 95-year-old history. The Indian Olympic Association is the governing body for the Olympic Movement […]
National Sports Awards 2022
National Sports Awards 2022: Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports recently announced National Sports Awards 2022. India’s Table Tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal has been conferred with the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award for 2022. Seema Punia and Lakshya Sen were amongst the Arjuna Award winners for this year. Eldhose Paul, Avinash Mukund Sable, and […]
World Puzzle Championship 2022
World Puzzle Championship 2022: Prasanna Seshadri has won India’s first silver medal after 11 years of trying at the World Puzzle Championship (WPC). The WPC gold this year went to Japan’s Ken Endo. The World Puzzle Championship is an annual international puzzle competition run by the World Puzzle Federation. All the puzzles in the competition […]
Pay Equity Policy : BCCI
Pay Equity Policy : BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced a “pay equity policy”, saying that its centrally-contracted men and women players would get the same match fees. The step is a significant move towards bringing gender pay parity as, according to Global Gender Gap Index 2022, at the current […]
Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022
Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022: The Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022 is set to be organized in Madhya Pradesh from January 31 to February 11 next year. The Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022 is set to be held in 8 cities across Madhya Pradesh It would witness the participation of 8,500 athletes. […]
7th Women’s Asia Cup
7th Women’s Asia Cup: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the Indian women cricket team for winning the 7th Women’s Asia Cup. The Asian Cricket Council Women’s Asia Cup is a women’s One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket tournament. It was established in 2004 and is a biennial tournament. The tournament is […]
Marathon
Marathon: Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, who is regarded as the world’s greatest marathon runner, broke his own world record by 30 seconds at the Berlin Marathon. It was a major improvement over his 2:01:39 set four years ago in Berlin. The Berlin marathon course is considered the fastest in the world because of the flat smooth […]
36th National Games
36th National Games: The 36th National Games was inaugurated by the Prime Minister in Gujarat. The Olympic movement, which garnered the attention of the nation in the 1920s, includes the National Games. The National Games in India were first envisioned as the Indian Olympic Games with the goal of promoting Olympic sports in the nation. […]
