Sports Current Affairs-Dec 23, 2022
- Veteran Brazilian defender Thiago Silva claimed that the team’s 2022 World Cup quarterfinal loss to Croatia on penalties was still stinging him.
2-Brazil was one of the favourites going into the tournament in Qatar, but they were defeated by a European opponent in the championship game for the sixth time in a row.
3-Meg Lanning, captain of Australia’s women’s national cricket team, has been reinstated following a protracted leave of absence for the three One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Pakistan Women from January 16–21 in Brisbane and Sydney.
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4-Pakistan and Australia will face off in three one-day internationals on January 16 and 18, as well as on January 21 at North Sydney Oval.
5-Colombo Stars defeated Kandy Falcons by a score of 6-wickets in Qualifier 2 on Thursday, advancing them to the Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2022 championship match. The Falcons scored 168 runs in 20 overs while losing six wickets, while the Stars then completed the chase in 18.5 overs.
6-Indian left-arm quick Jaydev Unadkat, who was making his 12-year Test comeback, claimed his first-ever wicket in the format during the second Test match against Bangladesh. He claimed to have visualised the momentous occasion perhaps a thousand times over the years.
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7-The Chief Ministers of all the states will be invited by the Odisha government to attend the FIH men’s hockey World Cup, which will be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29 of 2019.
8-Despite the crucial Ashes series beginning in mid-June, it is a huge relief for all ten franchises that the Australian and English cricket players will be available for the entire 2023 IPL season.
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9-The eighth iteration of the 9-GoSports Foundation’s prestigious Annual Sports Awards Night was held to commemorate India’s athletic ascent made possible by the outstanding accomplishments of Indian athletes throughout the 2022 campaign.
10- On Thursday, the Royals Sports Group-owned Rajasthan Royals and the television network COLORS announced the premiere of their brand-new cricket reality series, “Cricket Ka Ticket.”
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