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Tennis Grand Slams 2022-2023

Category	Australian Open, 2023	French Open, 2023	Wimbledon, 2023	US Open, 2022
Men’s Single (Winner)	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Women’s Single (Winner)	Aryna Sabalenka(Belarus)	Iga Swiatek (Poland)	Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)	Iga Swiatek (Poland)

Wimbledon-2023 (July 03-16, 2023)

• It is the oldest tennis tournament in the world (since 1877).
• It is the only Grand Slam tournament which played on grass.
• Carlos Alcaraz has won his first Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam trophy overall.
• Carlos is the third youngest men’s champion at Wimbledon in the Open Era after Bjorn Borg (Sweden) and Boris Becker (Germany).
• Marketa Vondrousova has won her first Grand Slam tournament.
• She has become the first unseeded women player in the Open Era to lift the coveted Venus Rosewater Dish.

French Open, 2023 (May 28-June 11, 2023)

• Novak Djokovic has won 23 Grand Slam titles and the third French Open title.
• Now, he has become the most Grand Slam title winner male player in the Open Era.
• Djokovic has 10 Australian Open titles, Wimbledon, 3 US Open, and now 3 French Open titles.
• At 36 years 20 days, he has become the oldest French Open Men’s Champion.
• Iga Swiatek has won her 3 French Open (2020) 2022 & 2023) and 4th Grand Slam title.

World Athletics Championships,2023 (August 19-27, 2023)

• Place – Budapest, Hungary
• Important Result: Men’s Javelin throw-
  • Winner Neeraj Chopra (India), 88.17 m
  • Runner-up – Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan), 87.82 m
• Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian athlete to become a world champion.
• Indian men’s 4×400 m relay team (Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amob Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, and Rajesh Ramesh) shattered the Asian record in the qualifying round (2:59.05 minutes).
  • The team finished 5th in the finals.
• Noah Lyles (USA), six-time world champion, completed a hat-trick of gold medals at the championship.
  • He has won gold medals in men’s 100 m, men’s 200 m, and men’s 4×100 m relay team in World Championship 2023.
• Armand Duplantis (Sweden) has been crowned world champion in men’s pole vault for the second year in a row.
• Parul Chaudhary (India) finished 11 in the women’s 3000 m steeplechase final.
  • She set a new National Record with 9 minutes 15.31 seconds.

Medal Table (Top 5 & India)
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	12	8	9	29
2	Canada	4	2	0	6
3	Spain	4	1	0	5
4	Jamaica	3	5	4	12
5	Kenya	3	3	4	10
18	India	1	0	0	1

16th Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 (March 31 May 29, 2023) –

• IPL Chairman – Arun Singh Dhumal
• Opening Ceremony – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on March 31, 2023 (First Ceremony since 2018)
• Final Match and Closing Ceremony – At Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on May 29, 2023.
  • Winner – Chennai Super Kings (5^th title)
  • Runner-up – Gujarat Titans
• With 5^th title, CSK now equals the record of Mumbai Indians.
• CSK has won IPL titles in the years 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023.

Individual Awards –

• Most Valuable Player – Shubman Gill (GT)
• Orange Cap (Most Runs) – Shubman Gill (GT), 890 Runs
• Purple Cap (Most Wickets) – Mohammad Shami (GT), 28 wickets
• Fairplay Award – Delhi Capitals
• Emerging Player of the Season – Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR)

16th IPL: Important Facts

• Only Hat-trick of the Season – Rashid Khand (GT) Vs. KKR
• Total number of centuries 12 (All time record); Shubman Gill (3), Virat Kohli (2), H. Klasen (1), Hary Brook (1), Yashasvi Jaiswal (1), Venkatesh Iyer (1), Simran Singh (1), Suryakumar Yadav (1), Cameron Green (1)
• Fastest fifty of the Season – Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR), 13 balls

Virat Kohli (RCB) has become the first batsman to cross the 7000 runs mark in IPL. He has scored 7263 runs in 237 matches. (30 May, 2023) Yuzvendra Chahal has become the most wicket-taker in IPL history. He has taken 187 wickets in his IPL career. Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) has created history by becoming an uncapped player with the most runs in a single season of the IPL history. Ambati Rayudu (MI & CSK) has announced his retirement from the IPL, after the 2023 final. He has scored 4348 runs in 204 IPL matches with the help of 1 century and 22 fifties.

1^st Women’s Premier League 2023 (March 4-26, 2023)

• Place – Mumbai and Navi Mumbai
• Mascot –  Shakti (A Tigress)
• Title Sponsor – TATA Group
• Number of Teams – 5; Total Matches -22
  • Winner – Mumbai Indian’s (Women)
  • Runner-up – Delhi Capitals (Women)
• Individual Awards –
  • Most Valuable Player – Hayley Mathews (Mumbai Indians)
  • Orange Cap (Most runs) – Meg Lanning (Delhi Capitals), 345 runs
  • Purple Cap (Most wickets) – Hayley Matthews (Mumbai Indians), 16 wickets

ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 (June 07-11, 2023)

• Place – The Oval London (UK)
• Edition – Second
  • Winner – Australia (1″ Title)
  • Runner-up – India
  • Player of the Match – Travis Head (Australia), 163 and 18 runs

1^st ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup, 2023 (January 14-29, 2023)

• Place – South Africa (Final at Potchefstroom)
• Edition – First; Teams – 16
  • Winner – India U19 (First Title)
  • Runner-up – England U19
  • Player of the Series – Grace Scrivens (England)
  • Most Runs – Shweta Sehrawat (India), 297 runs.
  • Captain of India U19 Women’s team – Shafali Verma

Khelo India University Games, 2022

• Dates– May 25 June 3, 2023 (Kabaddi began on 23rd May at Noida)
• Place – Four cities of Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Noida) and Delhi (Shooting)
• Mascot – Jeetu (A Barasingha/Swamp Deer, State Animal of U.P.)
• Torch – Shakti’
• Anthem – ‘Khelo India – Har Dil Mein Desh’ (Composed and Sung by Palash Sen)
• Athletes – Around 4000 from 203 Universities
• Sports – 21
• Debut Sport – Rowing/Water Sport (At water sports complex, Gorakhpur)
• Opening Ceremony – Lucknow on May 25, 2023 (Virtually by P.M. Modi)
• Closing Ceremony – Varanasi on June 3, 2023 (Simple ceremony due to Balasore Train Accident)

Medal Table (Top 5)
Rank	University	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Punjab University, Chandigarh	26	17	26	69
2.	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	24	27	17	68

FIH Hockey Men’s W

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orld Cup 2023 (January 13-29, 2023)

• Places – Bhubaneswar and Rourkela (Odisha)
• India has hosted the Hockey Men’s World Cup for a record fourth time (1982, 2010, 2018, and 2023).
• Odisha hosted consecutive two world cups 2018 & 2023.
• Debuts teams – Chile and Wales (total teams-16)
• Official Song (Anthem) – Hockey Hai Dil Mera
• Composed by Pritam and sung by a group of 11 singers.
• Mascot – Olly (An Olive Ridley Turtle)
  • Odisha has adopted Olly as a permanent mascot for the sporting events held in Odisha since 2017
• First Edition– 1971
• Winning Teams-6
• Most Winning Team
  • Pakistan – 1971, 1978, 1982 & 1994
  • India – 1975

15^th Men’s Hockey World Cup

• India finishes the 2023 World Cup at number 9 jointly with Argentina.
• Germany the Champion –
• The final match of the 2023 World Cup has been played between Germany and Belgium.
• Germany won the third hockey World Cup title after 2002 and 2006.
• Awards –
  • Best player – Niklas Wellen (Germany)
  • Top Scorer – Jeremy Hayward (Australia), 09 Goals
• Top scorer Indian Player – Harmanpreet Singh(04 Goals)
• Captain of Indian Team – Harmanpreet Singh
• Next Edition –
  • Belgium and the Netherlands will co-host the men’s and women’s Hockey World Cups in 2026.

8th ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 (February 10-26, 2023)

• Place – South Africa (1st Time)
• Teams – 10
• Total Matches – 23
• Title Winner Teams – Australia (6 title), England (2009) and West Indies (2016)
• First Edition – 2009
• Winner – Australia-W (6th title)
• Runner-up– South Africa-W
• India-W team had to face defeat in the semi-final match against Australia-W by 5 runs.
• Awards and Stats
  • Player of the Series – Ashleigh Gardner(Australia)
  • Most Run Scorer Indian – Smriti Mandhana,151 runs
  • Most Wickets by Indian Player – Renuka Thakur, 7 wickets
  • Captain of Indian-W team – Harmanpreet Kaur
• Next Edition (9^th) – 2024, Bangladesh
• 10^th Edition – 2026, England

FIFA World Cup 2022

• Only 8 teams have won the title at least once –
  • Brazil (5 titles) – 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 & 2002
  • Germany (4 titles) – 1954, 1974, 1990 & 2014 (*1954, 1974, 1990 titles was won by West Germany)
  • Italy (4 titles) – 1934, 1938, 1982 & 2006
  • Argentina (3 titles) – 1978, 1986 & 2022
  • France (2 titles) – 1998 & 2018
  • Uruguay (2 titles) – 1930 & 1950
  • England (1 title) -1966
  • Spain (1 title) – 2010
• Brazil is the only team that participated in all twenty-two editions.

22nd FIFA Men’s World Cup, 2022

• It was organized in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022.
• Qatar is the first Arabic country to host the Football World Cup.

Official Soundtrack It was the first time that Qur’an had been recited as part of the opening ceremony. The FIFA World Cup 2022 official soundtrack contains the following 6 songs- Hayya Hayya (Better Together): Performed by Trinidad Cardona, Davido, and AISHA. Arhbo: Performed by Ozuna and Gims The world is yours to Take: Performed by Lil Baby Tukoh Taka: Performed by Nicki Minaj; Maluma and Myriam Fares Light the Sky: Performed by Rahma, Balqees, Nora Fatehi and Manal Dreamers: Performed by Fahad Al Kubaisi and JungKook (BTS Member) Official Mascot: La’eeb La’ceb is an Arabic word meaning ‘Super-skilled player’. Official Emblem The FIFA World Cup 2022 emblem incorporates burgundy and white colors that are synonymous with the Qatar national flag. It also depicts the infinity symbol (0) reflecting the FIFA World Cup nature fusing tradition with modernity. Official balls: Al Rihla & Al Hilm ‘Al Rihla’ was the official FIFA World Cup 2022 ball. It means ‘the journey’ in Arabic. For the final match between Argentina and France, a variation of Al Rihla was named ‘Al Hilm’. ‘Al Hilm’ is an Arabic word that means – the dream.

Argentina the Champion

• The final match, between Argentina and France, was held at Lusail Stadium, Lusail on 18 December 2022.
• Argentina was playing her sixth final (1930, 1978, 1986, 1990, 2014, and 2022) whereas France’s fourth (1998, 2006, 2018, and 2022).
• Leonel Messi captained Argentina while France was led by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
• Argentina’s goal scorers were Lionel Messi (2) and Angel Di Maria (1), whereas Kylian Mbappe of France recorded his hat-trick.
• This is Argentina’s third World Cup title after 1978 and 1986.

Awards

• Golden Ball (Player Of The Tournament) – Lionel Messi (Argentina)
  • Silver Ball – Kylian Mbappe (France)
• Golden Boot (Most Goal Scorer) – Kylian Mbappe, 08 goals
  • Silver Boot – Lionel Messi, 07 goals
• Golden Glove (Goalkeeper Of The Tournament) – Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)

World Cup 2022: Important Facts

• Youngest player to score in 2022 World Cup – Gavi(Spain) (18 years 110 days)
• First woman referee in the history of FIFA men’s World Cup – Stephanie Frappart (France)
• Debut team/teams – Qatar

Lionel Messi: World Cup 2022

• Lionel Messi became the first player to win two Golden Ball awards (2014 and 2022).
• Messi won the most ‘man of the match‘ award (5 times) in a single World Cup (2022).
• Messi also has a record of most ‘Man of the Match’ awards (11 times) during the World Cup.
• Messi has scored the most goals (13) in World Cups for Argentina (2006, 2014, 2018 & 2022)

36th National Games 2022

• Date – 29 September – 12 October, 2022
• Place – Gujarat (First time)
• Mascot – Savaj (representation of The Asiatic Lion)
• Anthem – Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat (Judega – Indian Jitega India)
• Motto – Celebrating Unity through Sports
• New Sports – Mallakhamb, Yogasana, Softball, Soft Tennis and Golf.
• 37th National Games – Goa, 2023
• Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) won Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy at the National Games 2022
• Maharashtra won the Indian Olympic Association’s Best State trophy for finishing first among the States and Union Territories.
• Hashika Ramchandra: 14-year-old Karnataka Swimmer Hashika Ramchandra won the ‘best female athlete’ award at the National Games, in 2022.
• Sajan Prakash: The 29-year-old Kerala’s Swimmer Sajan Prakash won 8 medals (5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze).
  • He has been named the ‘best male athlete at the National Games 2022’.
  • Sajan Prakash has bagged the honor second consecutive time after Kerala, in 2015.

Medal Table
Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Services Sports Control Board (SSCB)	61	35	32	128
2.	Maharashtra	39	38	63	140
3.	Haryana	38	38	40	116
4.	Uttar Pradesh	20	18	18	56

 

New National Records- 1. Ram Baboo: Uttar Pradesh athlete Ram Baboo set a New National Record in a 35 km walk (2 hrs 36 minutes and 34 seconds). 2. Rosy Meena Paulraj: Tamil Nadu’s Rosy Meena Paulraj set a New National Record in the women’s pole vault with a 4.20m jump at the 36th National Games. 3. Shauryajit Khaire: 10-year-old Shauryajit Khaire from Gujarat created history by becoming the youngest medalist of the 36th National Games with a bronze in the Individual Apparatus-Pole event of Mallakhamb.)

8th ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 (16 October-13 November, 2022)

• Host – Australia
• Winner – England (2nd Title)
• Runner-up – Pakistan
• England became the first men’s cricket team to win consecutive ODI World Cup (2019) and T20 World Cup (2022).
• Player of the Tournament – Sam Curran (England),13 wickets
• First Edition Men’s T20 World Cup – 2007
• Winners – India (2007), Pakistan (2009), Sri Lanka (2014), Australia (2021), West Indies (2012 and 2016). England (2010 and 2022)
• Captain of England Cricket Team – Jos Buttler
• Most Fifties – Virat Kohli (India), 4 fifties
• Fastest half-century – Marcus Stoinis (Australia), 17 balls, against Sri Lanka
• 9th ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – 2024, West Indies and USA
• 10th ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – 2026, India and Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli Virat Kohli became the most run scorer player in the history of ICC Men’s T20 World Cups. He scored a total of 1141 runs with the help of 14 half-centuries in 5 T20 World Cups between 2012-2022 (27 Matches, 25 innings).

Upcoming Sports Events

Sports Name	World Cup /Champions Trophy/Asian Games/Olympic Games	Country Names
Cricket	113 ICC Men’s OD World Cup-202 14 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup-2021 15 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup-2037 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 9 ICC Men’s T201 World Cup-2024 10th ICC Men’s T201 World Cup-202e 11 ICC Men’s T201 World Cup-2028 12 ICC Men’s T201 World Cup-2030 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy-2025 ICC Men’s Champions Trophy-2029 ACC Asia Cup-2023	India South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia India & Bangladesh India West Indies and USA India & Sri Lanka Australia & New Zealand England, Wales, Ireland & Scotland Pakistan India Pakistan & Sri Lanka
Football	23 FIFA Men’s World Cup-2026	Canada, Mexico & USA
Hockey	FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup-2026 FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup-2026	Belgium & Netherlands Belgium & Netherlands
Miscellaneous	19 Asian Games 2022 (Postponed) 20 Asian Games-2026 21 Asian Games-2030 22 Asian Games-2034 23 Commonwealth Games-2026 33 Olympic Games-2024 34 Olympic Games-2028 35 Olympic Games-2032 45 FIDE Chess Olympiad-2024 46 FIDE Chess Olympiad-2026 Kabaddi World Cup-2025	Hangzhou, China Aichi-Nagoya, Japan Doha, Qatar Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Victoria, Australia Paris, France Los Angeles, USA Brisbane, Australia Budapest, Hungary Uzbekistan West Midlands, England

Cricket

India Tour of Ireland, 2023 (August 18-23, 2023)

• A bilateral T20I series (3 matches) was organized during the tour.
  • Winner – India (2-0)
• Individual Awards –
  • Player of the Series – Jasprit Bumrah (India)
  • Most Runs – Ruturaj Gaikwad (India), 77 runs
  • Most Wickets – Jasprit Bumrah, 4 wickets
  • Captain of Indian team – Jasprit Bumrah

India Tour of West Indies & USA, 2023 (July 12-August 13, 2023)

• During the tour a Test series (2 matches) – India won (1-0), an ODI series (3 matches) – India won (2-1), and T20 I series (5 matches) – West Indies won (3-2) have been organized between India & West Indies.
• Most Runs in Test – Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), 266 runs
• Captain of India Team (Test) – Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli Virat Kohli equaled Sir Don Bradman’s 29 test centuries. (July 21, 2023) It is Virat’s 76 hundred in the 500 International match.

 

Highest Wicket takers for India in International Cricket (Test + ODI + T201)
S.No.	India Cricket Players Name	Matches
1.	Anil Kumble	956 (403 matches)
2.	R. Ashwin	712 (272 matches)
3.	Harbhajan Singh	711 (367 matches)

• Player of the series (ODI) – Ishan Kishan (India)
• Player of the Series (T-20) – Nicholas Pooran (West Indies)
• Captain of Indian Team (ODI & T-20) – Hardik Pandya
• Kuldeep Yadav has become the fastest Indian to pick 50 wickets in a T20 international (30 T-201).

Men’s Ashes Series, 2023 (June 16-July 31, 2023)

• Place– England
• Matches-05; Draw (2-2)
• Compton-Miller Medal (Player of the Series) – Chris Woakes (England)
• Most Runs-Usman Khawaja (Australia), 496 Runs
• Most Wickets – Mitchell Starc (Australia), 23 wickets
• Stuart Broad (England) has become only second fast bowler (overall fifth) to breach the 600 wicket mark in a test, after James Anderson (England).

ACC Men’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup, 2023 (July 12-23, 2023)

• Place – Sri Lanka
  • Winner – Pakistan-A
  • Runner-up – India-A

Duleep Trophy, 2023 (June 28, July 16, 2023)

• Place – Bengaluru, Karnataka
  • Winner – South Zone
  • Captain of South Zone – Hanuma Vihari

Women’s Ashes Series, 2023 (June 22 – July 18, 2023)

• Place – England
• Result of Only Test
  • Winner – Australia-W
  • Player of the Match – Asleigh Gardner(Aus-W)

1^st Women’s T-20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup, 2023 (June 12-21, 2023)

• Place – Hong Kong (China)
• Teams – 8 (National Women A teams from India, – Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Hong Kong UAE and Malaysia)
• Administrator – Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
  • Winner – India A Women
  • Runner-up – Bangladesh A Women
  • Player of the Series – Shreyanka Patil (India A)
  • Captain of India A Women – Shweta Sehrawat

Australia Tour of India (9 February 22 -March 2023)

• Result of Border – Gavaskar Trophy (Test Series)
• Winner – India (2-1)
• Individual Awards –
  • Player of the Series – Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja jointly.
  • Most Runs – Usman Khawaja (Australia), 333 Runs
  • Most Wickets – Ravichandran Ashwin (India), 25 wickets
  • Highest Individual score (In a single inning) – Virat Kohli (India), 186 runs
• Result of ODI Series –
  • Winner-Australia (2-1)
• Individual Awards –
  • Player of the Series – Mitchell Marsh – (Australia)
  • Most wickets – Mitchell Starc (Australia), 8 wickets
• Suryakumar Yadav became the first Indian to register three consecutive golden ducks in ODI.
• Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the fastest Indian bowler to reach the milestone of 450 Test wickets.

Irani Cup 2023 (01-05 March, 2023)

• Place – Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
  • Winner – Rest of India
  • Runner-up – Madhya Pradesh
  • Player of the Match – Yashasvi Jaiswal (ROI) (213 & 144 Runs)
  • Yashasvi Jaiswal becomes the first batsman to score double a hundred and a hundred in the same Irani Cup Match.
  • He also became the highest run scorer in a single Irani Cup edition.

Ranji Trophy 2022-23 (December 13, 2022- February 20, 2023)

• Winner – Saurashtra (Second title)
• Runner-up – Bengal
• Player of the Series – Arpit Vasavada (Saurashtra)
• Most Runs – Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka), 990 runs

Jaydev Unadkat Saurashtra Skipper Jaydev Unadkat became the first bowler in the History of Ranji trophy to pick up a hat-trick in the first over of a match. He picked a hat-trick against Delhi on January 3, 2023.

Vijay Hazare Trophy, 2022-23 (12 November – 02 December, 2022)

• Winner – Saurashtra (2 Title)
• Runner-up – Maharashtra
• Player of the Series – Ruturaj Gaikwad (Maharashtra)
• Most Runs – N. Jagadeesan (Tamil Nadu)
• Ruturaj Gaikward: Maharashtra captain Ruturaj
  Gaikwad sashed 7 sixes in an over against Uttar Pradesh to set a List A world record.

India Tour of Bangladesh

• During the tour, an ODI series of 3 matches (won by Bangladesh 2-1) and a test series of 2 tests (won by India 2-0) matches have been organized between 04-26 December 2022.

Ishan Kishan During the 3d match of the series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram (10 December 2022) Ishan Kishan completed the fastest double century (126 balls) of the ODI cricket. He broke the previous record of Chris Gayle (138 balls). Ishan Kishan is the 9th International and 4th Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, and Rohit Sharma (3 double century) batsman to score a double century in an ODI match.

CABI (Blind) T20 World Cup, 2022 (6-17 December, 2022)

• Hosted by – India
• Organiser – Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)
• Teams – 06 (India, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal)
• Winner – India (3^rd title)
• Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh was appointed as the Brand Ambassador for this World Cup.

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022 (11 October-5 November, 2022)

• First Edition: 2007
• Winner – Mumbai (First Title)
• Player of the Final Match – Tanush Kotian (Mumbai)
• Most Runs – Yash Dhull (Delhi), 363 runs

8th Women’s T20 Asia Cup 2022 (October,2022)

• Host – Bangladesh
• Teams – 7 (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia and UAE)
• Winner – India (7th title) Runner-up – Sri Lanka
• Player of the Series – Deepti Sharma (India)
• Most Runs – Jemimah Rodrigues (India), 217 Runs
• Most Wickets – Deepti Sharma (India) & Inoka Ranaweera (Sri Lanka) – 13 wickets each.

Tennis

Washington Open, 2023 (July 31 – August 06, 2023)

• Place – Washington DC, USA
• Results –
  • Men’s Single (Winner) – Daniel Evans (Great Britain)
  • Women’s Single (Winner) – Coco Gauff (USA)

Hamburg European Open, 2023 (July 23-30, 2023)

• Place – Hamburg, Germany
• Men’s Single (Winner) – Alexander Zverev(Germany)
• Women’s Single (Winner) – Arantxa Rus(Netherlands)

WTA German Open, 2023 (June 19-25, 2023)

• Place – Berlin, Germany
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
• Women’s Doubles (Winner): Caroline Garcia (France) and Luisa Stefani (Brazil)

ATP Queen’s Club Championship, 2023 (June 19-25, 20023)

• Place – London, UK
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
• Men’s Doubles (Winner): Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Austin Krajicek (USA)

ATP Halle Open, 2023 (June 19-25, 2023)

• Place – Halle, Germany
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Alexander Bublik(Kazakhstan)
• Men’s Doubles (Winner): Marcelo Melo (Brazil) and John Peers (Australia)

Italian Open 2023 (May 09-21, 2023)

• Place – Rome, Italy
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

Madrid Open 2023 (April 25-May 07, 2023)

• Place – Madrid, Spain
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Carlos Alcaraj (Spain)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Aryna Sabalenka(Belarus)

ATP Barcelona Open, 2023 (April 17-23, 2023)

• Place – Barcelona, Spain
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

Monte-Carlo Masters-2023 (April 09-16, 2023)

• Place – Monte-Carlo, Monaco
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Andrey Rublev (Russia)

Miami Open 2023 (March 21-April 2, 2023

• Place – Miami, United States
• Men’s Singles: Winner – Danil Medvedev (Russia)
• Women’s Singles: Winner – Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

Dubai Tennis Championships 2023(February 19 – March 4, 2023)

• Place – Dubai, UAE
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
  Women’s Singles (Winner): Barbora Krejcikova(Czech Republic)
• It was the last international tennis tournament of Sania Mirza.
• The women’s doubles pair of Sania Mirza (India) and Madison Keys (USA) was defeated in the first round by Russian duo Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova.

Qatar Open 2023 (February 13-25, 2023)

Place – Doha, Qatar
Results-

• Men Singles (Winner): Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Iga Swiatek (Poland)

ATP Chennai Open 2023 (February 13-19, 2023)

• Place – Chennai, India
• Results
  • Men’s Singles (Winner): Max Purcell (Australia)

Tennis Premier League 2022 (Season 4) (07-11 December 2022)

• Place – Pune, Maharashtra
• Winner – Finecab Hyderabad Strikers
• Runner-up – Mumbai Leon Army

ATP Paris Masters-2022

• Men’s Singles –
  • Winner – Holger Rune (Denmark)
  • Runner-up – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Tournament	Men’s Singles		Women’s Singles
	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
Cincinnati Open 2023; Cincinnati, Ohio (USA)	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)	Coco Gauff (USA)	Karolian Muchova (Czech Republic)
Canada Masters (National Bank Open) 2022; For Men’s – Montreal (Canada)	Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)	Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)	Simona Halep (Romania)	Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Hamburg European Open 2022; Germany	Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)	Bernarda Pera (USA)	Anett Kontaveit (Estonia)
Madrid Open (Tennis) 2022; Madrid, Spain	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)	Alexander Zverev (Germany)	Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)	Jessica Pegula (USA)
Italian Open 2022; Rome(Italy)	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)	Iga Swiatek (Poland)	Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Miami Open 2022; Miami (USA)	Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)	Casper Ruud (Norway)	Iga Swiatek (Poland)	Naomi Osaka (Japan)

Hockey

Men’s Asian Champions Trophy, 2023(August 03-12, 2023)

• Place – Chennai (India)
  • Winner– India (Record fourth title)
  • Runner-up– Malaysia
• Japan won the bronze medal match against South Korea.
  • Hero of the Tournament – Mandeep Singh (India)
  • Top Scorer – Harmanpreet Singh (India), 09 goals 00
  • Emerging Player Award – Abdul Shahid(Pakistan)

FIH Hockey Pro League (Men) 2022-23 (October 28, 2022-July 5, 2023)

• Results-
  • Winner-Netherlands
  • Runner-up – Great Britain
• The Indian team finished the league in fourth place.
  • Top Scorer – Harmanpreet Singh (India), 18 goals
  • Most Goal Scoring Team – India, with 51 goals

FIH Hockey Pro League (Women), 2022-23 (November 4, 2022-July 5, 2023)

• Winner – Netherlands
• Runner-up – Argentina

10^th Men’s Junior Asia Cup (Hockey), 2025(May 23-June 1, 2023)

• Place – Salalah, Oman
• Administrator – Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)
  • Winner – India (Record 4 title)
  • Runner-up – Pakistan
  • Player of the Tournament – Abdul Sahid (Pakistan)
  • Player of the Final Match – Uttam Singh (Indian Captain)
  • Goalkeeper of the Tournament – Mohith Honnenahalli Shashi Kumar (India)

8^th Women’s Junior Asia Cup (Hockey),2023 (June 02-11, 2023)

• Place – Kakamigahara (Japan)
  • Winner – India (First title)
  • Runner-up – South Korea
  • Rising Star Player of the Tournament – Anjali Barwa (India)
  • Most Goals – Annu (India), 9 goals

2^nd Khelo India Women’s Hockey League (U-21)-2022 (05-11 April 2023) (Final Phase)

• Place – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Winner – Pritam Siwach Sports Foundation
  • Runner-up – HAR Hockey Academy

Men’s FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup 2023(February 05-11, 2023)

• Place – South Africa
  • Winner – Austria
  • Runner-up – Netherlands

Women’s FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup 2023 (February 05-12, 2023)

• Place – South Africa
  • Winner – Netherlands-W
  • Runner-up – Austria-W

Khelo India U21 Women’s Hockey League 2023 (February 19-24, 2023)

• Place – New Delhi and Lucknow
  • Winner – Pritam Siwach Hockey Academy (Sonepat)

13^th Senior Women National Championship 2023 (February 15-26, 2023)

• Place – Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
  • Winner – Madhya Pradesh (Women Hockey)
  • Runner-up – Maharashtra (Women Hockey)
  • Best Goalkeeper – Sonal Minj (Jharkhand)

FIH Hockey Nations Cup (Women’s) 2022

• Dates– December 11-17, 2022
• Place – Valencia, Spain
• Edition – First
• Winner – India

124^th All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament 2022 (11-18 December, 2022)

• Place – Kolkata, West Bengal
• Organiser – Hockey Bengal
• Winner – Indian Navy (First Title)
• Runner-up– Punjab National Bank

Sultan of Johor Cup 2022 (22-29 October,2022)

• Place – Johar, Malaysia
• Winner – India (3rd title)

Football

9^th FIFA Women’s World Cup, 2023 (July 20 – August 20, 2023)

• Host – Australia and New Zealand
  • Winner – Spain Women (First Title)
  • Runner-up – England Women
  • Golden Ball (Best Player) – Aitana Bonmati(Spain)
  • Golden Boot (Most goals) – Hinata Miyazawa(Japan), 5 Goals
  • Golden Glove (Best Goalkeeper) – Mary Earps (England)

14^th SAFF Championship, 2023 (June 21 – July 04, 2023)

• Place – Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru(Karnataka)
• Debut teams in the Tournament – Kuwait and Lebanon
  • Winner – India (Record 9^th title)
  • Runner-up – Kuwait
  • Most Valuable Player Of The Competition – Sunil Chhetri (India)
  • Highest Goalscorer award (Golden Boot) – Sunil Chhetri (India), 05 Goals

23rd FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2023 (May 20- June 12, 2023)

• Host – Argentina (Replaced Indonesia)
• Next Edition – 2025
• First Edition – 1977
• Most Successful Team – Argentina (6 titles)
  • Winner – Uruguay (First title)
  • Runner-up – Italy

3^rd Intercontinental Cup, 2023 (June 09-18, 2023)

• Place – Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneshwar (Odisha)
  • Winner – India (2 title)
  • Runner-up – Lebanon
  • Hero of the Tournament – Sandesh Jhingan(India)
• The Intercontinental Cup was introduced by AIFF in 2018 to replace the Nehru Cup.

Indian Women’s League (IWL), 2023 (April26-May 21, 2023)

• Place – Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• Winner – Gokulam Kerala-W (Third consecutive title)
• Runner-up – Kickstart FC Karnataka-W

9^th Indian Super League-2022-23 (7 October 2022-18 March 2023)

• Total Matches – 117; Teams – 11
• Organiser – All Indian Football Federation (AIFF)
  • Winner – ATK Mohun Bagan (1″ Title)
  • Runner-up – Bengaluru FC
  • Hero of the League – Lallianzuala Chhangte(Mumbai City FC)
  • Golden Boot – Diego Mauricio (Odisha FC), 12 Goals
  • Emerging Player of the League – Sivasakthi Narayanan (Bengaluru FC)

AIFF Santosh Trophy 2022-23 (23 December 2022-04 March 2023)

• Places – Group Stage & Final Round – India
• Knockouts (01-04 March 2023) – Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
• Teams – 36; Edition – 76
• First Edition – 1941
• Most Successful Team – West Bengal (32 titles)
  • Winner – Karnataka
  • Runner-up – Meghalaya
• Individual Awards –
  • Best Player of the Championship – Robin Yadav (Karnataka)
  • Best Goalkeeper of the Championship – Rajat Paul Lyngdoh (Meghalaya)

19^th FIFA Club World Cup 2022 (February1-11, 2023)

• Place – Morocco, Teams-7
  • Winner – Real Madrid (Record 5 title) (Spain)
  • Runner-up – Al-Hilal (Saudi Arab)

Badminton

BWF Australia Open, 2023 (August 01-06, 2023)

• Place – Sydney, Australia
• Results –
  1. Men’s Single –
     • Winner – Weng Hong Yang (China)
  2. Women’s Single –
     • Winner – Beiwen Zhang (USA)

Japan Open, 2023 (July 25-30, 2023)

• Place – Tokyo, Japan
• Men’s Single (Winner) – Viktor Axelson (Denmark)
• Women’s Single (Winner) – An Se Young (South Korea)

BWF Canada Open, 2023 (July 04-09, 2023)

• Place – Calgary, Canada
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Lakshya Sen (India)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

US Open, 2023 (July 11-16, 2023)

• Place – Council Bluffs, USA
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Li Shi Feng (China)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Supanida Katethong (Thailand)

BWF Korea Open, 2023 (July 18-23, 2023)

• Place – Yeosu, South Korea
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): An Se Young (South Korea)
• Men’s Doubles (Winner): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Both India)
• Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have risen to the second spot in the BWF ranking on 25 July 2023; their career best.

BWF Thailand Open, 2023 (May 30-June4, 2023)

• Place – Bangkok, Thailand
• Results-
  • Men’s Singles (Winner): Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
  • Women’s Singles (Winner): An Se Young (South Korea)

BWF Indonesia Open, 2023 (June 13-18, 2023)

• Place – Jakarta, Indonesia
• Results –
  • Men’s Singles (Winner): Viktor Axelsen(Denmark)
  • Women’s Singles (Winner): Chen Yu Fei (China)
  • Men’s Doubles (Winner): Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Both India)
• Indian top duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 title.
• They have become the first doubles pair from India to win a Super 1000 title.

Badminton Asia Championship-2023 (April 25-30, 2023)

• Place – Dubai, UAE
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan)
• Men’s Doubles (Winner): Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Both India)
• Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj became the first Indian badminton players to win the Asian Championship since Dinesh Khanna won the men’s singles title in 1965.

German Open-2023 (07-12 March 2023)

• Place – Mulheim, Germany
• Men’s Single (Winner) – Ng Ka Long Angus(Hong Kong)
• Women’s Single (Winner) – Akane Yamaguchi – (Japan)

BWF Swiss Open-2023 (21-26 March, 2023)

• Place – Basel, Switzerland
  • Men’s Single (Winner) – Koki Watanabe – (Japan)
  • Women’s Single (Winner) – Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
• Indian men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have won their first title of the year and the fifth World Tour title of their career.

84^th Senior National Badminton Championship 2023 (February 22-28, 2023)

• Place – Pune, Maharashtra
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Mithun Manjunath
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Anupama Upadhyay

Peru Para Badminton International 2022 (29 November-04 December, 2022)

• Place – Lima, Peru
• Indian para-shuttlers shone at the Peru para- badminton International by clinching a total of 14 medals (6 Gold, 1 Silver, and 7 Bronze).
• Mandeep Kaur defeated world champion Oksana Kozyna (Ukraine) in the final. Indian male para-shuttler Nehal Gupta claimed two gold medals.

BWF Player of the Year Awards 2022 (04-05 December, 2022)

• Place – Bangkok, Thailand
• Male Badminton Player of the Year – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
• Female Badminton Player of the Year – Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
• Male Para badminton Player of the Year – Daiki Kajiwara (Japan)
• Female Para badminton Player of the Year Manisha Ramadass (India)

BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2022 (01-06 November 2022)

• Place: Tokyo, Japan
• India ended its campaign with 2 gold, 2 silver, and 12 bronze medals, a total of 16 medals.
• Indonesian para shuttlers bagged the highest – 6 gold medals in the World Championship.

Gold Medals –
1. Pramod Bhagat (Men’s Singles-SL3)
2. Manisha Ramdass (Women’s Singles-SU5)

Pramod Bhagat Pramod Bhagat has appeared in his 7th badminton World Championship in 2022. para-badminton world championship in 2022 He has won 6 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals in singles and doubles events during his career.

Thailand Para-Badminton International, 2023 (May 09-14, 2023)

• Place – Pattaya, Thailand
• Indian para-shuttlers have won a total of 16 medals (4) Gold, 4 silver, and 8 Bronze) at Pattaya.

Important Results –

• Men’s Singles (SL3) (Winner): Pramod Bhagat (India)
• Men’s Singles (SL4) (Winner): Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj (India)

Tournament	Men’s Singles		Women’s Singles
	Winner	Runner-up	Winner	Runner-up
Indonesia Masters-2023	Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)	Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo (Indonesia)	An Se Young (South Korea)	Karolian Muchova (Czech Republic)
Hylo Open 2022; Germany	Anthony Sin Ginting (Indonesia)	Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan)	Han Yue (China)	Zhang Yi Man (China)
Australian Open (Badminton) 2022; Australia	Shi Yu Qi (China)	Lu Guang Zu (China)	An Se Young (South Korea)	Gregoria Ma Tunjung (Indonesia)
BWF World Junior Championship 2022; Spain	Kuo Kuan Lin (Taiwan)	S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian (India)	Tomoka Miyazaki (Japan)	Yuan An Qi (China)
BWF World Championships 2022; Japan	Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)	Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)	Akane Yamaguchi Japan)	Chen Yu Fei (China)
Singapore Open 2022; Singapore	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia).	Kodai Naraoka (Japan)	P.V. Sindhu (India)	Wang Zhi Yi (China)
Syed Modi India International 2022; India	Note: The match was declared No match as the finalist was covid positive	–	P. V. Sindhu (India)	Malvika Bansod (India)

Chess

FIDE Chess World Cup, 2023 (July 29. August 25, 2023)

• Place – Baku, Azerbaijan
• Open Category (Men’s –
  • Winner – Magnus Carlsen (Norway) (First title)
  • Runner-up – R. Praggnanandhaa (India)
• Fabiano Carvana (USA) won the bronze medal.
• Women’s Category
  • Winner – Alkeksandra Goryachkina (Russia)
  • Runner-up-Nurgyul Salimova (Bulgaria)
• Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) has won the bronze medal.

V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM Chess Tournament, 2023 (July 11-19, 2023)

• Place – Budapast, Hungary
• Results-
  • Men’s Single-
    • Winner-R. Praggnanandhaa (India)

Global Chess League, 2023 (June 21 – July 2, 2023)

• Place – Dubai, UAE
• Results-
  • Winner – Triveni Continental Kings
  • Runner-up – UpGrad Mumba Masters
• Players of the Tournament –
  • King of the Tournament – Praggnanandhaa R. (SG Alpine Warriors)

23^rd Dubai Open, 2023 (May 27 – June 04, 2023)

• Place – Dubai, UAE
  • Winner – Aravindh Chithambaram (India)
  • Runner-up – Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan)

6^th Sharjah Masters International, 2023(May 17-25, 2023)

• Place – Sharjah, UAE
• Winner – Arjun Erigaisi (India)

FIDE Women’s Grand Prix (3^rd Tournament)(March 24-April 6, 2023)

• Place – New Delhi
  • Winner – Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia),
  • Runner-up – Bibisara Assaubayeva(Kazakhstan)
  • FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-23 is a series of four tournaments exclusively for women.

59^th Senior National Chess Championship 2022 (22 December 2022-03 January 2023)

• Place – New Delhi
  • Winner – Karthik Venkataraman
  • Runner-up – Abhijeet Gupta

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2022 (December 25-30, 2022)

• Place – Almaty, Kazakhstan
• Result: Open Blitz
  • Winner – Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
• Result: Women’s Blitz-
  • Winner – Assaubayeva Bibisara (Kazakhstan)
• Result: Open Rapid-
  • Winner – Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
• Result: Women Rapid –
  • Winner – Tan Zhongyi (China)

Swimming/Miscellaneous

World Aquatics Championships, 2023 (July 14 – 30, 2023)

• Place – Fukuoka, Japan

Medal Table (Top-3)
Rank	Nations	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	20	8	12	40
2.	Australia	15	9	6	30
3.	United States	7	22	15	44

76^th Senior National Aquatic Championships, 2023 (July 02-05, 2023)

• Place – Hyderabad, Telangana

Medal Table (Men + Women) Top-3
Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Karnataka	16	10	12	38
2.	Maharashtra	8	10	7	25
3.	Gujarat	5	2	2	9

• Best Swimmers –
  • Men – Aryan Nehra (Gujarat) (4 Gold)
  • Women – Lineysha A.K. (Karnataka) (2 Gold and 1 Silver)

Basketball

72^nd National Basketball Championship 2022 (27 November-4 December, 2022)

• Place – Udaipur, Rajasthan
• Men Result (Winner): Punjab
• Women Result (Winner): Indian Railways Women

Weightlifting

Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship (Senior, Junior, and Youth), 2023

• Dates -July 12-16, 2023
• Place – Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Senior Medal Table
Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	India	9	9	2	20
2.	Samoa	4	1	0	5
3.	Australia	2	0	3	5

Wrestling

Asian Wrestling Championship-2023 (April) 09-14, 2023)

• Place – Astana, Kazakhstan
• Indian wrestlers have won a total of 14 medals (1 Gold, 3 Silvers and 10 Bronze)
• Kazakhstan, Japan, and Iran have secured the first three ranks respectively.
• Aman Sehrawat (Men’s 57 kg Freestyle) – Gold
• Rupin (Men’s 55 kg Greco-Roman) – Silver
• Nisha Dahiya (Women’s 68 kg Freestyle) – Silver

Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 (09-14 April 2023)

• Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 has been organized in Astana (Kazakhstan) between 09-14. April, 2023.
• Aman Sehrawat (India) (defeated Almaz Smanbekov, Kyrgystan) has won the gold medal in the men’s 57 kg freestyle event.
• India finished at number 7 in the medal tally (14 medals with 1 Gold) while Kazakhstan has topped the list.

Marathon

Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon 2022 (16 October, 2022)

• Place – New Delhi
• Elite Categories Men: Winner – Chala Regasa (Ethiopia)
• Indian Finishers Men’s: Winner – Avinash Sable(1:04:00 hours)
• Elite Categories Women: Winner – Irine Cheptai(Kenya)
• Indian Women’s Finishers: Winner – Sanjivani Jadhav (1:17:53 hours)

37th Indira Marathon 2022 (19 November 2022)

• Place – Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
• Winner (Men’s) – Sher Singh (Rajasthan)
• Winner (Women’s) – Sudha Singh (Raebareli, U.P.)

Golf

US Women Open (Golf), 2023 (July 6-9,2023)

• Place – Pebble Beach, California (USA)
• Results-
  • Winner – Allisen Corpuz (USA)

Women’s World Championship (Golf)-2023 (02-05 March, 2023)

• Place – Singapore
• Winner – Jin Young Ko (South Korea)

World Golf Championship 2023 (22-26 March, 2023)

• Place – Texas, USA
• Winner – Sam Burns (USA)

Queen Sirikit Cup 2023 (February 20-24, 2023)

• Place – Manila, Philippines
• Winner (Individual) – Avani Prashant (India)
• Winner (Team) – South Korea
• Avani Prashant is the first Indian golfer who wins the Queen Sirikit Cup (Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship).

PGTI Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational 2022(13-16 October, 2022)

• Place – Chandigarh
• Winner – Gaganjeet Bhullar (Punjab)

Squash

4^th Squash World Cup, 2023 (June 13-17, 2023)

• Place – Chennai, Tamil Nadu (Second time after 2011)
  • Winner – Egypt (2^nd consecutive title)
  • Runner-up – Malaysia
• Indian team has finished the World Cup in third spot.

1^st Asian Squash Mixed Double Championship, 2023 (June 26-30, 2023)

• Place– Hangzhou(China)
• Winners – Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu (Both India)

Squash World Championship, 2023 (May 03-11, 2023)

• Place – Chicago (USA)
• Men’s Championship-
  • Winner – Ali Farag (Egypt)
  • Runner-up – Karim Abdel Gawad (Egypt)
• Women’s Championship –
  • Winner – Nour El Sherbini (Egypt)

78^th Senior National Squash Championship, 2022; Chennai (04-10 December, 2022)

• Winner (Men’s) – Abhay Singh (Tamil Nadu)
• Winner (Women’s) – Joshna Chinappa (Tamil Nadu)

Archery

World Archery Para Championship Pilsen, 2023 (July 17-23, 2023)

• Place – Pilsen, Czech Republic

Medal Standing
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	7	1	3	11
2.	Italy	2	6	0	8
3.	Turkiye	2	2	1	5
4.	Great Britain	2	1	1	4
5.	India	1	1	1	3

• Indian Medal Winner
  1. Rakesh Kumar and Sarita (Compound Open Mixed Team) – Gold
  2. Sheetal Devi (Compound Women Open) – Silver

18^th World Archery Youth Championships, 2023 July 03-09, 2023)

• Place – Limerick, Ireland

Medal Table (Top-2)
Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	South Korea	6	4	0	10
2.	India	6	1	4	11

Indian Gold Medal Winners-

1. Parth Sushant Salunkhe (U21: Recurve Men)
2. Pryansh (U21: Compound Men)
3. Adin Gopichand Swami (U18: Compound Women)

Archery World Cup (Stage 3), 2023

• Dates – June 13-18, 2023
• Place – Medellin, Colombia

Medal Standing (Top Teams)
Rank	Team/ Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	6
2.	USA	3	1	2	6
3.	Colombia	1	2	0	3
4.	India	1	0	3	4

Indian Medal Winners-

1. Abhishek Verma (Compound Men) – Gold
2. Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar, and Abhishek Verma (Compound Men Team) –
   Bronze

Aditi Gopichand Swami Indian archer Aditi has set under 18 compound world record. She has scored 711/720 during the 72-arrow compound qualification round.

Archery World Cup (Stage-2), 2023

• Dates – May 16-21, 2023
• Place – Shanghai, China
• Indian archers have bagged 3 medals (2 gold & 1 Bronze) at the second stage of the World Cup.

Medal Table (Top-3)
Rank	Team/ Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	South Korea	5	4	2	11
2.	India	2	0	1	3
3.	Netherlands	1	1	1	3

Indian Medal Winners –

1. Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar (Compound Men) – Gold
2. Jyothi Surekha Vennam & Ojas ( Compound Mixed Team) – Gold

Shooting

ISSF World Championship (Juniors), 2023(July 14-25, 2023)

• Place – Changwon, South Korea

Medal Table
Rank	Nations	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	12	9	7	28
2.	India	6	6	5	17
3.	Ukraine	5	3	2	10

WSPS World Cup-Osijek, 2023 (July 04-13, 2023)

• Place – Osijek (Croatia)
• Indian para-shooters have topped the medal standings at Osijek with 18 medals.

Medal Table (Top-3)
Rank	Nations	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	India	7	7	4	18
2.	Spain	3	3	1	7
3.	Slovakia	3	1	4	8

India’s Gold Medal Winners –

1. Rudransh Khandelwal (P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1)
2. Rahul Jakhar (P3 Mixed 25m Pistol SHI)
3. Rudransh Khandelwal (P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1) *Rudransh Khandelwal has set a New World Record in this event with a score of 231.1.
4. Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar (R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SHI)
5. Avani Lekhara (R2 Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SHI)
6. Manish Narwal, Santosh Vithoba Gadhe, and Rudransh Khandelwal (P1 Men’s 10m Air Pistol SHI)
7. Nihal Singh, Rudransh Khandelwal, and Rahul Jakhar (P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SHI)

ISSF World Cup Junior (Rifle/Pistol Shotgun), Suhl, 2023 (June 01-09, 2023)

• Place – Suhl, Germany
• Indian junior shooters have won 15 medals, including six golds, at Suhl.

Medal Table (Top-5)
Rank	Team/ Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	India	6	6	3	15
2.	South Korea	6	5	1	12
3.	USA	5	5	1	11

ISSF World Cup Shotgun, Cairo, 2023 (April 25-May 05, 2023)

• Place – Cairo, Egypt
• Indian team has won one medal (gold) and ranked third in the medal table.

Medal Table (Top-3)
Rank	Team/ Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Italy	1	3	1	5
2.	China	1	0	1	2
3.	India	1	0	0	1

• Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon (Skeet Mixed Team) – Gold

ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol Baku, 2023 (May 08-15, 2023)

• Place – Baku, Azerbaijan
• Indian shooters have won 4 medals in the World Cup.

Medal Table (Top-3)
Rank	Team/ Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	4	1	2	7
2.	India	1	2	1	4
3.	Iran	1	1	0	2

• Sarabjot Singh and Divya TS (10m Air Pistol Mixed Team) – Gold Medal

ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) Bhopal 2023(20-27 March 2023)

• Place – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Indian shooters have won 7 medals, including 1 gold, and finished 2nd in the medal tally.

Medal Standing (Top 4)
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	8	2	2	12
2.	India	1	1	5	7
3.	Germany	1	1	1	3
4.	Hungary	0	2	0	2

• India’s Gold Medal Winner –
  • Sarabjot Singh (10 m Air Pistol Men)

Boxing

IBA Mens World Boxing Championships, 2023(April 30-May 14, 2023)

• Place – Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Indian boxers have won three bronze medals in the championship.
• India has ranked 12″, jointly with Spain, on the medal table.

IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023 (15-26 March, 2023)

• Place – K.D. Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi
• Indian boxers have been awarded the Best Team of the tournament.
• India is also the most successful team with 4 gold medals.

Medal Standing (Top 3)
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	India	4	0	0	4
2.	China	3	1	3	7
3.	Russia	1	1	1	3

Important Results –

• Elite Women 48-50 kg (Light Fly Weight) –
  • Winner– Nikhat Zareen (India)
  • Runner-up – Nguyen Thi Tam (Vietnam)
• Nikhat Zareen has become the second Indian women boxer to win two gold medals (2022 & 2023) at the women’s World Boxing Championship.
• Mary Kom won 6 gold medals (2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2018) in this Championship.

Kabaddi

9^th Asian Kabaddi Championship, 2023(June 27-30, 2023)

• Place – Busan, South Korea
• First Edition – 1980
  • Winner – India (Record 8^th title)
  • Runner-up – Iran
  • Captain of the Indian Team – Pawan Sehrawat

Pro Kabaddi (Season 9) 2022 (07 October-17 December, 2022)

• Places – Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and Mumbai
• Winner – Jaipur Pink Panthers (2 title)
• Runner-up – Puneri Paltan
• Most Valuable Player – Arjun Deshwal (Jaipur Pink Panther)

Athletics

10^th Para Athletics World Championships, 2023 (July 08-17, 2023)

• Place – Paris, France
• This is India’s best-ever performance in the Championship.

Medal Table (Top-3 & India)
Rank	Country/Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	16	16	13	45
2.	Brazil	14	13	20	47
3.	United States	10	14	15	39
19.	India	3	4	3	10

• India’s Medal Winners (Gold)
  • Summit Antil (Men’s Javelin Throw F64).
  • Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Men’s Shot Put F46)
  • Ajeet Singh (Men’s Javelin Throw F46)

National Open 400m Championships 2023 (05-06 March 2023)

• Place – Trivandrum, Kerala
• Men’s Championship (Winner) – V. Muhammed Ajmal
• Women’s Championship (Winner) – Jyothika Sri Dandi

10^th National Open Race Walking Championships 2023 (February 14-15, 2023)

• Place – Ranchi, Jharkhand
• Results-
  • Men’s 35 km (Winner) – Ram Baboo (Uttar – Pradesh)
  • Women’s 35 km (Winner) – Manju Rani (Punjab)
  • Ram Baboo (2:31.36 hours) and Manju Rani (2:57.54 hours) have set New National Records in Men’s 35 km and Women’s 35 km races, respectively.

Table Tennis

ITTF World Table Tennis Championship, 2023 (May 20-28, 2023)

• Place – Durban, South Africa
• Men’s Singles (Winner): Fan Zhendong (China)
• Women’s Singles (Winner): Sun Yingsha (China)

TP Mexican Open, 2023 (27 February – 04 March, 2023)

• Place – Acapulco, Mexico
• Men’s Single (Winner) – Alex de Minaur (Australia)
• Men’s Doubles (Winner) – Alexander Erler & Lucas Miedler (Both Austria)

Indian Wells Masters-2023 (8-19 March,2023)

• Place – Indian Wells (USA)
• Men’s Single (Winner) – Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
  Women’s Single (Winner) – Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
• Rohan Bopanna became the oldest player to win the Masters 1000 title.
• The 43-year-old Bopanna broke the record of Daniel Nestor of Canada.

Snooker & Billiards

Asian Team Snooker Championship, 2023 (June 17-21, 2023)

• Place – Tehran, Iran
  • Winner – India B
• The gold medal-winning India B team was represented by Kamal Chawla, Brijesh Damani and Sparsh Pherwani.

World Snooker Championship, 2023 (April 15-May 01, 2023)

• Place – Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England – (U.K.)
• Winner – Luca Brecel (Belgium)

Asian Snooker & English Billiards Championships-2023 (11-19 March, 2023)

• Place – Doha, Qatar
• Result: Asian Men’s Billiards (Winner) – Pankaj Advani (India)
• Result: Asian Men’s Snooker (Winner) – Amir Sarkhosh (Iran)

World Women’s Snooker Championship-2023 (February 28-March 04, 2023)

• Place – Bangkok, Thailand
• Winner – Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Thailand)

Baulk Line 2.0 All India Snooker Open 2023

• Dates – 2-15 January, 2023
• Place – Mumbai
  • Winner – Laxman Rawat
  • Runner-up – Aditya Mehta

Miscellaneous

31^st FISU World University Games, 2023

• Dates – July 28- August 08, 2023
• Place – Chengdu, China
• Governing Body – International University Sports Federation (FISU)
• First Edition – 1959
• This is India’s best performance in the history of this tournament.

Medal Table
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	China	103	40	35	178
2.	Japan	21	29	43	93
3.	South Korea	17	18	23	58
4.	India	11	5	10	26

• Indian athletes have won a total of 26 medals including 11 gold and place at number 7 in the medal table.

69^th Nehru Trophy Boat Race, 2023

• Dates – August 12, 2023 (Each year on second –
  Saturday of August)
• Place – Punnamda Lake, Alappuzha (Kerala)
• Mascot – A baby elephant rowing a snake boat
  • Winner – Veeyapuram boat (Captain – Allen Moonnutaikkal)

Tour de France, 2023 (Cycling) (July 1-23, 2023)

• Place – France
• Starting Point – Bilbao (Spain)
• Last Point – Paris (France)
• Total Distance – 3404 km
  • Winner – Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo Visma)
  • Runner-up – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

3^rd FIFAe Nations Cup, 2023 (July 11-14,2023)

• Place – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• It is an e-sports series organized by FIFA and EA Sports.
• Winner – Brazil

Dream 11 becomes the Team India Lead Sponsor

• BCCI has announced Dream 11 as Team India’s lead sponsor for the period of three years. (July 1, 2023)
• Dream 11 has replaced the education portal Byju as the lead sponsor for Team India.

1^st Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav, 2023

• Dates – June 09-12, 2023
• Place – Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
• Mascot – Bheema
• Athlete – About 5,000 tribal athletes from across India
• Odisha has emerged as the champion in men’s and women’s divisions, placed at the top in the overall standings.

Special Olympics World Games, 2023

• Dates – June 17-25, 2023
• Place – Berlin, Germany
• Athletes – 7000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from approximately 190 countries for 26 sports.
• Mascot – Unity
• Motto – Unbeatable together

Wisden Cricket Awards – 2023

• Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year 2023– Tom Blundell (New Zealand), Ben Foakes (England), Harmanpreet Kaur (India Women), Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand) and Matthew Potts (England):
  Note: Harmanpreet Kaur is the first Indian Woman Cricketer to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

Sharjah Stadium and SCG Have Honoured Sachin Tendulkar

• West Stand at Sharjah Cricket Stadium has been renamed after Sachin Tendulkar in a special ceremony in the UAE (April 24, 2023)
• The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) has named Gates after Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium

• Situated at Rourkela, Odisha
• It is officially recognized by the Guinness World Record as the largest fully seated hockey arena in the world.
• It has a seating capacity of 20011 spectators.

4^th Asian Kho-Kho Championship-2023 (20- 23 March 2023)

• Place – Tamulpur, Assam
• Men’s Championship (Winner) – India
• Women’s Championship (Winner) – India Women

FIFA World Cup 2026: A New Format (14 March, 2023)

• The FIFA Council unanimously approved the proposed amendment to the FIFA World Cup 2026 competition format.
• The 2026 World Cup will be the first edition in which 48 teams take part (previously 32 teams).
• The group stage will be comprised of 12 groups of 4 teams (previously 8 groups of 4 teams).
• The 2026 World Cup will have 104 matches(previously 64 matches).
• The United States, Canada, and Mexico will co-host the 2026.

4^th Khelo India Youth Games-2022

• Dates – January 30-February 11, 2023
• Place – Madhya Pradesh (8 Cities) and New Delhi
  • Edition – 5th (Khelo India School Games, 2018 and Khelo India Youth Games 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022)
  • Mascot – Asha (A Cheetah) and Mowgli
  • Torch – Amarkantak (First Smart Torch)
  • Anthem – Hindustan Ka Dil Dhadka Do (by Shaan)
  • Sports – 27
  • Debut Sports – Fencing and 2 water sports – Canoeing & Kayaking, Rowing.

Medal Table (Top 3 and Uttar Pradesh)
Rank	States	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	Maharashtra	56	55	50	161
4.	Rajasthan	19	10	19	48
24.	Bihar	1	1	5	7

Players in News

Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus

• Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
• Olympic Order’ has been awarded to him by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (June 20, 2023).

Ajit Agarkar

• Former Indian pacer.
• He has been appointed the Chairman of the senior men’s selection committee by BCCI.

Leon Marchand

• 22-year-old Leon Marchand (French) has broken Michael Phelps’ world record in the men’s 400-meter individual medley in a time of four minutes, 2.50 seconds.
• Phelps set the old record of 4:03.84 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Harmanpreet Kaur

• India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been suspended for her team’s next two international matches following two separate breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Bangladesh in Dhaka.
• Harmanpreet Kaur becomes 1^st women cricketer to breach ICC Code of Conduct.

Shalini Singh

• Lucknow, UP-based female NCC cadet.
• She has become the first female NCC cader in the country to successfully complete the advanced mountaineering course in the Himalayan region (May 30, 2023)

Faith Kipyegon

• Female athlete from Kenya.
• She has broken two world records in a week.
• She set a new 1500m world in Florence, Italy (June 2, 2023)

Tajinderpal Singh Toor (India)

• He has set a new Asian shot put record with his throw of 21.77m (June 19, 2023).

Cristiano Ronaldo

• He became the first men’s footballer to play 200 international matches.
• He achieved the milestone in Reykjavik against Iceland (June 20, 2023).

Neeraj Chopra

• Indian javelin throw athlete.
• He has won the Lausanne Stage of Diamond League, 2023 (June 30, 2023).
• He threw 87.66 m and obtained the top spot.
• He became the first Indian to win a Diamond League meeting in Lausanne in 2022.

Neeraj Chopra

• He has won the first stage of the Diamond League, 2023, convened at Doha (May 5, 2023).
• He won the gold medal with an effort of 88.67 m.

Mark Nicholas

• Former England cricketer and veteran commentator.
• He has been elected as the next President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (May 03, 2023)
• His 12-month term will begin on October 1, 2023.

Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary.

• Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary have set new 5000m national records in men’s and women’s categories respectively in Los Angeles, USA (May 06, 2023).

Praveen Chithravel

• He won the men’s triple jump event with a national record-breaking mark of 17.37m in Havana, Cuba. (May 06, 2023)

Pasang Dawa Sherpa

• A Nepali Sherpa (born in 1998 in Pangboche).
• He has scaled Mt. Everest 27 times. (May 22, 2023)
• He has equalized a world record for the highest number of ascents set earlier by Kami Rita Sherpa.

K. Govindraj

• K. Govindraj of Karnataka has been elected as the President of FIBA Asia (May 22, 2023).

Sunil Kumar

• India’s Sunil Kumar won the gold medal in the men’s decathlon at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in (Hechcon, South Korea) (June 6, 2023)

Pankaj Singh

• He has been elected as the President of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) (April 23, 2023)

Mahavir Singh Phogat

• An Indian amateur wrestler and coach.
• He has been appointed as the Chairman of the MMA-1 Federation (April 21, 2023)

Abhilash Tomy

• A former commander in the Indian Navy.
• He has finished second in Golden Globe Race 2023 (April 29, 2023)

MCC Lifetime Membership

• In April 2023, the iconic Marylebone Cricket Club, owner of the famous Lord’s Cricket stadium in England, revealed the names of its latest members on whom the club has bestowed honorary life membership.
• The members’ list has five names from India. They are as follows-Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mithali Raj, and Jhulan Goswami.

Sanjita Chanu

• In April 2023, the two-time Commonwealth Games champion and Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu was handed a four-year ban by India’s National Anti-
  Doping Agency (NADA).

R.P. Singh

• Uttar Pradesh Sports Director.
• He has been appointed as Chairman of Hockey India’s Selection Committee. (11 April, 2023)

Kim Cotton

• In April 2023, New Zealand’s Kim Cotton became the first woman on-field umpire in a full-member men’s T201 during New Zealand’s second match against Sri Lanka in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Armand Duplantis

• Armand Duplantis of Sweden has set a New World Record of 6.22 meters in the pole vault. (25 February 2023)
• He also won the All-Star Perche 2023 in France.

Akshdeep Singh

• Indian athlete Akshdeep Singh won the gold medal in the Men’s 20 km event at the Race Walking Championships held in Nomi, Japan. (19 March, 2023)

Rani Rampal (Hockey)

• She has become the first woman hockey player of India to have a stadium named after her. (21 March, 2023)
• The MCF Raebareli has renamed the hockey stadium as Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf’.

Dipa Karmakar

• Tripura-based Indian women gymnast has been serving a 21-month ban after a positive dope test. (February 4, 2023).
• She is the first Indian woman gymnast to win a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games (2014).

MC Mary Kom

• MC Mary Kom has led a six-member oversight committee to probe allegations against the Wrestling Federation of India. (23^rd January, 2023)

Craig Fulton (South Africa)

• He is appointed as the new Chief Coach of the Indian men’s hockey team. (03^rd March, 2023)

Preeti Muske (Women Cyclist)

• She has created a new record by traveling from Srinagar to Kanyakumari (3676 km) in 11 days. (23^rd February, 2023).

Vidhi Chaudhary

• Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh-based Vidhi Chaudhary has been appointed as Coach of Indian Shuttler P.V. Sindhu. (February, 2023)

Pele

• Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the greatest football player of Brazil, better known as ‘Pele‘ and ‘Black Pearl‘.
• He was the only player in history to have won three FIFA World Cup Titles (1958, 1962, and 1970).
• He was the youngest player in the history of the FIFA World Cup to score a goal (1958), score a hat-trick, play the final, and score in the final.
• ‘Pele’ and Diego Maradona (Argentina) were joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th century.
• Guinness World Records recognized him as the most goals scorer (1279 goals) in a specific period (1956-1977).

Dutee Chand

• A 26-year-old woman Olympian of India, national 100m record holder.
• She has been provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) due to a positive dope test. (18 January, 2023)

PT Usha

• Former athlete PT Usha has been elected unopposed as the President of the Indian Olympic Association(IOA). (10 December, 2022)
• Usha is the first woman to occupy the top job at IOA.
• She is also the first international medalist to take over the top post.

Pankaj Advani

• Pankaj Advani has claimed his 25th gold medal at the world level. (08 October, 2022)
• He won the IBSF World Billiards Championship 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Roger Binny

• Former cricketer Roger Binny has been elected as the 36th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). (18 October, 2022)
• He replaces Sourav Ganguly, who held the post since 2019.

Roger Federer

• The Swiss tennis giant Roger Federer announced his retirement on 15 September 2022.
• Federer made his ATP debut in 1998 during the Swiss Open.
• French Open 1999 was his first Grand Slam tournament.
• During his two decades-long career he won 20 Grand Slam Singles titles; 8 Wimbledon, 6 Australian, 5 U.S. Open, and 1 French Open.
• During the Beijing Olympics 2008, Roger Federer along with his Swiss fellow Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal in the men’s doubles event.

Mithali Raj

• The Captain of the Indian Women’s Cricket Team, Mithali Raj (39 years) announced her retirement from all formats of cricket on 8 June 2022 (debut in 1999).

Format	Matches	Runs	Highest score	Century	Half Century
Women Test	12	699	214	1	4
Women ODI	232	7805	125	7	64
Women T201	89	2364	97	0	17

• She is the highest run-scorer in the world in women’s cricket ODI. (7805 runs)
• Leading run-scorer in women’s international Cricket (10868 runs in 333 matches)
• Only Indian women cricketer to score a double century in a test.
• Only woman cricketer to play in six world cups. Third after Sachin Tendulkar and Javed Miadad (Pakistan).
• Awards: 2003 – Arjun Award; 2015 – Padma Shri; 2017-Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the world; 2021-Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. (First Woman Cricketer).

Sunil Chhetri

• Indian Football Captain Sunil Chhetri (now the 5th highest goal scorer) equals the 84 goals record of Hungarian great Ferenc Puskas.