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Months Covered	All 12 Months Of 2022 & 2021
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Sports Current Affairs 2022 PDF

Questions based on Sports & Games Current Affairs play a very important role in all major competitive exams like SSC, Banking, Railway, UPSC and state government exams. This is one of the easily scoring parts In which aspirants can score good marks.

Candidates must prepare all sports-related current affairs and gk of the last 6 months prior to the exam date. Here we have attached some Important points which are generally asked in exams from the sports  and games section:

• Latest Sports Current Affairs 2022
• Sports Awards 2022
• Indian Sportspersons and Their Related Sports
• No. Of Players In Games & Sports
• Upcoming Sports Events
• Sports & Related Trophies

ICC Player of the Month Award Winners 2022

Month	Male	Female
January	Keegan Petersen (South Africa)	Heather Knight (England)
February	Shreyas Iyer (India)	Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
March	Babar Azam (Pakistan)	Rachael Haynes (Australia)
April	Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)	Alyssa Healy (Australia)
May	Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)	Tuba Hassa (Pakistan)
June	Jonny Barstow (England)	Marizanna Kapp ( South Africa)
July	Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)	Emma Lamb (England)
August	Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)	Tahlia McGrath (Australia)
September	Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)	Harmanpreet Kaur (India)
October	Virat Kohli (NAAM HI KAAFI HAI)	Nida Dar (Pakistan)
November	–	–
December	–	–

36th National Games 2022

• Held at Gujarat
• Mascot: Saavaj
• Theme/Motto: Celebrating Unity Through Sports
• Anthem: It was based on the theme of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’
• Logo: It depicts an Asiatic lion head made up of sporting pictograms and the Statue of Unity.
• Top 3 Ranks: 1. Services 2. Maharashtra 3. Haryana
• The 37th National Games 2023 will be held in Goa.

Commonwealth Games 2022

• Host City: Birmingham (England)
• Motto: Games for Everyone
• Mascot: Perry the Bull (designed by 10-year-old Emma)
• India Position: 4th (22 Gold, 16 Silver, 23 Bronze)
• Top Country: Australia (67 Gold, 57 Silver, 54 Bronze)
• Nations participating: 72
• Opening ceremony: 28 July 2022
• Closing ceremony: 8 August 2022
• Flag Bearer (opening): PV Sindhu & Manpreet
• Flag Bearer (closing): Sharath Kamal & Nikhat Zareen
• Sanket Sargar (MH) was the first Indian to win a medal (silver) in the 55kg Weightlifting event at CWG 2022
• Mirabai Chanu (Manipur) was the first Indian to win gold at CWG 2022
• For the first time ever in CWG Eldhose Paul grabbed the gold medal for India in the triple jump.
• India win their 1st ever CWG Gold medal in Lawn Bowls
• T20 Cricket (Women) included for the first time in CWG 2022.

Indian Gold Medal Winners in Commonwealth Games 2022

Player Name	Category/Sports
Mirabai Chanu	Women’s 49kg – Weightlifting
Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Men’s 67kg – Weightlifting
Achinta Sheuli	Men’s 73kg – Weightlifting
Sudhir	Men’s heavyweight – Para Powerlifting
Bajrang Punia	Men’s 65kg freestyle – Wrestling
Sakshi Malik	Women’s 62kg freestyle – Wrestling
Deepak Punia	Men’s 86kg freestyle – Wrestling
Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Men’s 57kg freestyle – Wrestling
Vinesh Phogat	Women’s 53kg freestyle – Wrestling
Naveen	Men’s 74kg freestyle – Wrestling
Nitu Ghangas	Women’s 48kg minimum weight – Boxing
Amit Panghal	Men’s 51kg flyweight – Boxing
Nikhat Zareen	Women’s 50kg light flyweight – Boxing
PV Sindhu	Women’s singles – Badminton
Lakshya Sen	Men’s Singles – Badminton
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty	Men’s Doubles – Badminton
Eldhose Paul	Men’s Triple Jump – Athletics
Indian Women’s team	Women’s fours – Lawn bowls
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula	Mixed Doubles – Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty	Men’s team – Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal	Men’s Singles – Table Tennis
Bhavinaben Patel	Women’s Singles – Table Tennis

Asia Cup 2022

• Host Nation: UAE (Edition 15th) – From 27 Aug to 11 Sep 2022
• Champion: Sri Lanka (6th title)
• Runner’s up: Pakistan
• Sponsorship: D P World
• The Next edition is in Pakistan (2023)
• Last edition: UAE (2018)
• Player of the series: Wanindu Hasaranga – Srilanka
• Most runs: Mohammad Rizwan (281) – Pakistan
• Most wickets: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11) – India
• Captain of the Indian team: Rohit Sharma

Grand Prix 2022

• Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• F-1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen (Dutch)
• Miami Grand Prix in 2022: Max Verstappen
• Spanish Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen
• Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen.
• Canadian Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen
• Japanese Grand Prix 2022: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
• Australian Grand Prix 2022: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari-Monaco)
• Bahrain Grand Prix 2022: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari-Monaco)
• Monaco F1 Grand Prix 2022: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull – Mexico)
• British Grand Prix Title 2022: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari – Spain)
• Singapore Grand Prix Title 2022: Sergio Pérez (Red Bull – Mexico)
• US Grand Prix Title 2022: Max Verstappen

US Open 2022

1. Men’s singles – Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
2. Women’s singles – Iga Swiatek (Poland)
3. Men’s Doubles – Rajeev Ram (US) & Joe Salisbury (Britain)
4. Women’s Doubles – Barbora Krejcikova (Czech) & Katerina Siniakova (CR)
5. Mixed Doubles – Storm Sanders & John Peers (Australian)

Wimbledon Open 2022 (135th edition)

1. Men’s singles – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2. Women’s singles – Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
3. Men’s Doubles – Matthew Ebden & Max Purcell (Australian)
4. Women’s Doubles – Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova (Czech)
5. Mixed Doubles – Neal Skupski (British) & Desirae Krawczyk (American)

French Open 2022 (126th edition)

1. Men’s singles – Rafael Nadal (Spanish)
2. Women’s singles – Iga Swiatek (Poland)
3. Men’s Doubles – Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) & Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands)
4. Women’s Doubles – Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic (France)
5. Mixed Doubles – Ena Shibahara (Japan) & Wesley Koolhof (N. lands)

Australian Open 2022 (110th edition)

1. Men’s singles – Rafael Nadal (Spanish)
2. Women’s singles – Ashleigh Barty (Australian)
3. Men’s Doubles – Nick Kyrgios & Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australian)
4. Women’s Doubles – Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova (Czech)
5. Mixed Doubles – Kristina Mladenovic (French) & Ivan Dodig (Croatian)

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Retirements In Sports 2022

1. Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez.
2. Sri Lankan Cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa.
3. South African Cricket all-rounder Chris Morris.
4. Sania Mirza Announced Retirement at the End of 2022 Season (Khel Ratna Award in 2015).
5. Netherlands Cricketer Ben Cooper from international cricket.
6. Indian Fast-Bowler Sreesanth Retires from Indian Domestic Cricket.
7. Australian Tennis Player Ashleigh Barty retires from Tennis.
8. Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami announced her retirement.
9. West Indies Cricketer Kieron Pollard from International Cricket.
10. Mithali Raj retires from all forms of International Cricket.
11. England Skipper Eoin Morgan from international cricket.
12. West Indies Cricketer Denesh Ramdin & Lendl Simmons from international cricket.
13. England’s Ben Stokes from ODI cricket.
14. Indian Cricketer Karuna Jain from All forms of Cricket.
15. Serena Williams from Tennis.
16. New Zealand Cricketer Colin de Grandhomme.

Upcoming Sports Events & Venues

• 23rd Commonwealth Games 2026 – Victoria, Australia
• 33rd Summer Olympics 2024 – Paris, France
• 34th Summer Olympics 2028 – Los Angeles, USA
• 35th Summer Olympics 2032 – Brisbane, Australia
• 36th Summer Olympics 2036 – Istanbul, Turkey
• 25th Winter Olympics 2026 – Milan & Cortina, Italy
• 4th Summer Youth Olympics 2026 – Dakar, Senegal
• 22nd FIFA World Cup 2022 (Men’s) – Qatar
• FIFA U-20 Men’s World Cup 2023 – Indonesia
• Women’s FIFA World Cup 2023 – Australia+ New Zealand
• 23rd FIFA World Cup 2026 (Men’s) -Canada, Mexico, US
• 20th Asian Games 2026 – Nagoya, Japan
• 21st Asian Games 2030 – Doha, Qatar
• 22nd Asian Games 2034 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• 36th National Games of India 2022 – Gujarat
• 37th National Games of India 2023 – Goa
• 13th ICC Cricket World Cup 2023(Men’s) – India
• 14th ICC Cricket World Cup 2027(Men’s) – South Africa
• Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 – Trinidad & Tobago
• 19th World Athletics Championships 2023 – Budapest, Hungary
• Hockey World Cup 2023 (Men’s) – Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha
• World Badminton Championship 2026 – India
• ICC World Test Championship Finals 2023 – The Oval, London
• ICC World Test Championship Finals 2025 – Lord’s London

Sports Current Affairs 2021

• The official song for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 – Girl Gang by Gin Wigmore
• Australia batter Beth Mooney was named the leading woman cricketer in the world.
• Virat Kohli has been named Wisden Almanack’s ODI player of the 2010s
• Sachin Tendulkar as the ODI Cricketer of the 1990s.
• West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard was named the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World.
• First player in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen – Ravichandran Ashwin.
• The youngest woman to score twin half-centuries in debut Test – Shafali Verma
• Youngest cricket player from India to make debuts across all formats – Shafali Verma
• Indian Female Cricketer Shafali Verma is set to make her Women’s Big Bash League debut with Sydney Sixers later this year
• Afghanistan’s Mujeeb-ur-Rahman at 17 years and 78 days is the youngest player to play all formats
• Highest run-getter in women’s cricket across formats, overtaking former England skipper Charlotte Edwards – Mithali Raj
• Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to score the most runs inT20 cricket. Scored 14,000 runs in T20 cricket.
• ICC World Test Champions 2021 – New Zealand
• Hashmatullah Shahidi becomes 1st afghan player to score Test double century
• Mirabai Chanu set a new World Record in the women’s 49kg Clean and Jerk with a massive 119kg lift.
• She also recorded a new personal best of 205kg (86+119) to clinch the bronze at the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent. Her previous best was 203kg.
• Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first trans athlete to compete at Olympics

Retirements

• Naman Ojha has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• Faf du Plessis, South Africa – retirement from Test cricket.
• Yusuf Pathan from all formats of Cricket.
• Gary Wilson from Ireland has announced their retirement from professional cricket.
• Harry Gurney from England has announced his retirement from cricket.
• Kevin O’Brien from Ireland has announced his retirement from one-day internationals hails.
• All-rounder Mahmudullah from Bangladesh – retirement from Test Cricket.
• Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic announced retirement from tennis.
• Sami Khedira, Germany, announced his retirement from football.
• Toni Kroos from Germany has retired from international football.

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ICC Men’s Player of the Month

• ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2021 – Rishabh Pant
• ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January 2021 – South Africa’s Shabnim Ismail
• ICC men’s Player for the Month of February – Ravichandran Ashwin
• Women’s Player of the Month – England’s Tammy Beaumont
• ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2021 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
• ICC Women’s Player of the Month for March 2021 – South African camp, Lizelle Lee,
• ICC Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021 – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
• ICC Women’s Player of the Month for April 2021 – Alyssa Healy of Australia
• ICC Men’s Player of the Month for May 2021 – Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
• ICC Women Players of the Month for May 2021 – Scotland all-rounder Kathryn Bryce
• ICC Women’s Player of the Month for June 2021 – Sophie Ecclestone (England)
• ICC Men’s Player of the Month for June 2021 – Devon Conway

Also, Check – Updated List Of Important Books & Authors PDF

Sports & Events 2021 Winners

Thailand Open 2021 & Swiss Open 2021 – Badminton

• Women’s Single – Carolina Marin (Spain)
• Men’s – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

2021 Uganda Badminton International tournament

• Womens – Malvika Bansod (Nagpur)
• Men’s – Varun Kapur (Pune)

All England Badminton Championships 2021

• Men’s – Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
• Women’s – Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)

3rd Sheikh Hamdan bin Al Maktoum Dubai Para-Badminton International 2021 in Dubai

• India topped the tally with 20 medals (4 gold, 6 silver, and 10 bronze medals)
• Pramod Bhagat (Gold)
• Nagar Krishna (Gold)
• Pramod Bhagat & Manoj Sarkar (Gold)
• Nagar Krishna & Raja Magotra (Gold)

Australian Open 2021 – Tennis

• Men’s – Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women’s – Naomi Osaka (Japan)

2021 Qatar Total Open

• It is a professional women’s tennis tournament
• Title – Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

Miami Open 2021 – Tennis

• Men’s singles title – Hubert Hurkacz ( Poland)
• Women’s – Ashleigh Barty (Australia)

Barcelona Open 2021 – Men’s tennis tournament

• Title – Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Madrid Open 2021- Tennis

• Women’s single title – Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
• Men’s single – Alexander Zverev (Germany)

Italian Open 2021 – Tennis

• Women’s Singles – Iga Swiatek (Poland)
• Men’s Singles – Rafael Nadal

Geneva Open tennis 2021

• It is a men’s tennis tournament
• Title – Casper Ruud

2021 Emilia-Romagna Open – Tennis

• Women’s – Coco Gauff (United States)
• Men’s – Sebastian Korda (United States)

82nd Senior National Table Tennis Championships (Venue – Panchkula, Haryana)

• Women’s Single – Manika Batra
• Men’s Single – Gnanasekaran Sathiyan

Other Sports Winners

• Gelfand Challenge chess title – D. Gukesh (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
• India’s 67th chess Grandmaster – Leon Mendonca (Goa)
• Youngest Grandmaster In Chess History – Abhimanyu Mishra (United States)
  ○ 12 years, four months, and 25 days to obtain the highest title in chess.
• Serbia Open Chess Championship in Belgrade & Silver Lake Open chess tournament in Serbia – Nihal Sarin
• Indian Super League 2020-21 – Mumbai City FC
• 2020-21 La Liga title – Atletico Madrid
• 2021 Copa América – Argentina
• UEFA EURO 2020- Italy
• 2020-21 UEFA Champions League title – Chelsea
• 2020-21 UEFA Women’s Champions League title – Barcelona
• First men’s cricket team to win 100 T20I matches – Pakistan
• The third batsman in the history of international cricket to hit six 6s in an over – Kieron Pollard
  ○ With these six 6s, Pollard has joined the likes of Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh in the elusive list.
• First Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over in any form of professional cricket – Thisara Perera
• Wisden’s leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes

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List of Indian Athletes Qualified For Tokyo Olympics 2020

Archery

• Tarundeep Rai – Men’s Recurve
• Atanu Das – Men’s Recurve
• Pravin Jadhav – Men’s Recurve
• Deepika Kumari – Women’s Recurve
• The men’s trio will also compete as a team at Tokyo 2020

Athletics

• KT Irfan, Men’s 20km race walking
• Sandeep Kumar, Men’s 20km race walking
• Rahul Rohilla, Men’s 20km race walking
• Bhawna Jat, Women’s 20km race walking
• Priyanka Goswami, Women’s 20km race walking
• Avinash Sable, Men’s 3000m steeplechase
• Murali Sreeshankar, Men’s long jump

Athletics

• MP Jabir, Men’s 400m hurdles
• Neeraj Chopra, Men’s javelin throw
• Shivpal Singh, Men’s javelin throw
• Annu Rani, Women’s javelin throw
• Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Men’s shot put
• Dutee Chand, Women’s 100m and 200m
• Kamalpreet Kaur, Women’s discus throw
• Seema Punia, Women’s discus throw

Badminton

• PV Sindhu, Women’s singles
• B Sai Praneeth, Men’s singles
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, Men’s doubles

Boxing

• Vikas Krishan (Men’s, 69kg)
• Lovlina Borgohain (Women’s, 69kg)
• Ashish Kumar (Men’s, 75kg)
• Pooja Rani (Women’s, 75kg)
• Satish Kumar (Men’s, 91kg)
• Mary Kom (Women’s, 51kg)
• Amit Panghal (Men’s, 52kg)
• Manish Kaushik (Men’s, 63kg)
• Simranjit Kaur (Women’s, 60kg)

Equestrian

• Fouaad Mirza is the first Indian equestrian to qualify for the Games in 20 years.
  Fencing
• Bhavani Devi became the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics.

Golf

• Anirban Lahiri
• Udayan Mane
• Aditi Ashok

Gymnastics

• Pranati Nayak is only the second Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics.

Judo

• Sushila Devi Likmabam will be India’s only participant in Judo at Tokyo 2020.

Rowing

• Indian rowers Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh qualified in the men’s lightweight double sculls event at the Asian qualifiers in Tokyo, Japan in May.

Sailing

• Nethra Kumanan, Laser Radial
• Vishnu Saravanan, Laser Standard
• KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar, 49er

Swimming

• Sajan Prakash
• Srihari Nataraj
• Maana Patel

Table Tennis

• Sharath Kamal
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
• Sutirtha Mukherjee
• Manika Batra

Tennis

• Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina, Women’s Doubles
• Sumit Nagal

Weightlifting

• Mirabai Chanu becomes 1st Indian weightlifter to win silver in Olympics.
• Chanu managed to lift a total of 202 kg in the women’s 49kg category to become the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to win an Olympic medal.

Wrestling

• Seema Bisla, Women’s Freestyle, 50kg
• Vinesh Phogat, Women’s Freestyle 53kg
• Anshu Malik, Women’s Freestyle 57kg
• Sonam Malik, Women’s Freestyle 62kg
• Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Men’s Freestyle 57kg
• Bajrang Punia, Men’s Freestyle 65kg
• Deepak Punia, Men’s Freestyle 86 kg

Shooting

• Anjum Moudgil, 10m Women’s Air Rifle
• Apurvi Chandela, 10m Women’s Air Rifle
• Divyansh Singh Panwar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle
• Deepak Kumar, 10m Men’s Air Rifle
• Tejaswini Sawant, 50m Women’s Rifle 3 Position
• Sanjeev Rajput, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position
• Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, 50m Men’s Rifle 3 Position
• Manu Bhaker, 10m Women’s Air Pistol

Shooting

• Yashaswini Singh Deswal, 10m Women’s Air Pistol
• Saurabh Chaudhary, 10m Men’s Air Pistol
• Abhishek Verma, 10m Men’s Air Pistol
• Rahi Sarnobat, 25m Women’s Pistol
• Elavenil Valarivan, 10m air rifle women’s Pistol
• Angad Veer Singh Bajwa, Men’s Skeet
• Mairaj Ahmad Khan, Men’s Skeet

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