FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to be hosted by which of the three states?
• Odisha, Maharashtra & Goa
• The final of World cup will be held in Mumbai - DY Patil Stadium
• Total of 16 teams to participate in tournament
• The tournament will be held in India from October 11-30, 2022
• Mascot – Ibha (Asiatic lioness to showcase women power)
• It is the biennial international women's youth football championship
• First FIFA under-17 world cup was held in 2008 in New Zealand and was won by North Korea
• North Korea has won highest number of titles – 2 (2008 and 2016)
• Last World cup (2018) was won by Spain
• 2020 FIFA women world up was cancelled due to Covid
• India is participating for the first time in the event
Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022 winner?
• Max Verstappen
• Verstappen became the most successful driver in the Red Bull of all time
• The 24-year-old now has 66 podiums for Red Bull
Which state won Khelo India Youth Games 2021 title?
• Haryana
• Haryana also won the inaugural title in 2018
• Host state – Haryana
• This was 4th edition of Khelo India Youth games
• Total Gold medal – 52, silver - 39 and bronze medals ¬– 46
• 2nd and 3rd spot was occupied by Maharashtra and Karnataka
• Most athletes were from Haryana – 398, followed by Maharashtra – 357
French Open 2022 winner?
• Venue - Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France
• Rafael Nadal won 14 French Open title by winning 2022 edition
List of Winners French Open 2022:
Title | Winner | Runner up |
Men’s Singles | Rafael Nadal (Spain) | Casper Ruud (Norwegian) |
Women’s Singles | Iga Świątek (Poland) | Coco Gauff (US) |
Men’s doubles | Marcelo Arévalo ( El Salvador), Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) | Ivan Dodig (Croatian), Austin Krajicek (US) |
Women’s doubles | Caroline Garcia (French), Kristina Mladenovic (French) | Jessica Pegula (US), Coco Gauff (US) |
Mixed doubles | Ena Shibahara (JAPAN), Wesley Koolh of (Netherlands) | Joran Vliegen (Belgium), Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway) |
Monaco F1 Grand Prix 2022 winner is?
• Sergio Perez from Mexico
• He represents Red Bull
• Sergio Pérez becomes the first Mexican to win the Monaco Grand Prix
• He also became the first North American to win it since Gilles Villeneuve in 1981.
Reykjavik Open 2022 winner?
• Rameshbabu Praggnanandha
• Venue – Iceland
Thomas Cup 2022 winner is?
• India
• India defeated Indonesia by 3-0
• This is for the first time India won Thomas cup title
• Venue – Bangkok, Thailand
• Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and India’s doubles pair Satwik and Chirag played exceptionally well
2022 IBS Women’s World Boxing Championships gold medal winner is?
• Nikhat Zareen
• She defeated Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas by 5-0
• IBS stands for international boxing association
• Venue – Antalya, Turkey
• She became the 5th woman from India to win a world title after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL, and Lekha KC
• She hails from Nizamabad city of Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana)
Uber Cup 2022 winner is?
• South korea
• S. Korea defeated China
• Venue - Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand
• South Korea won the Uber Cup for the first time in 12 years
• They defeated India by 5-0 to qualify group round, and then defeated Denmark and Japan in quarter finals and semi finals
Miami Open 2022 winners
• Men’s single – Carlos Alcaraz defeated Casper Ruud, 7-5, 6-4
• Women’s Single- IGA Swiatek defeated Naomi Osaka, 6-4, 6-0
• Venue - Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens Florida
• It was 37th edition of the men’s and women’s event
Swiss Open 2022 Winner is?
- P.V Sindhu
- defeated Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand
- Venue - Basel, Switzerland.
- In 2021, she was defeated by Carolina Marin
- Saina Nehwal has won Swiss Open in 2011 and 2012.
- P.V Sindhu
- She won under women's single badminton category
- She defeated Malvika Bansod of India
- Venue - Lucknow
- West Indies
- The Indian Cricket team is the first in the world to complete 1000 ODI matches followed by Australia with 958 ODI matches
- Out of 1000 matched team India has won 519 ODI matches.
Australian Open 2022 men’s title winner is?
- Australian Open 2022 men’s title winner is?
- Rafael Nadal
- Rafael Nadal won his 21st Grand Slam title
- Nadal has become the first player to win 21 grand slam titles
- Roger Federer of Switzerland and Novak Djokovic of Serbia have won 20 Grand slams
- He defeated Daniil Medvedev
ICC Women’s cricketer of the year 2021 is?
- Smriti Mandhana
Which team won under-19 cricket world cup 2022?
- India
- India defeated England
- Venue - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua (West Indies)
- Yash Dhull became the fifth Indian captain to win the title after Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand and Prithvi Shaw
Italian Open 2022 winner in the men's category is?
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
- He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas
- This was 79th edition of the Italian Open
- Venue Rome
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 winner is?
- Australia beat England by 71 runs in finals
- 7th Women’s World Cup for Australia
- Venue - Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Player of the tournament 2022: Alyssa Healy
- It was 12th edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup.
Men's Hockey Asia Cup winner is?
- South Korea
- South Korea defeated Malaysia by 2-1
- They won the Hockey Asia cup 5th time. They won in year 1994, 1999, 2009, 2013 and 2022
- India won bronze medal by defeating Japan by 1-0
- Venue - GBK Sports Arena, Jakarta, Indonesia
Which country hosted Winter Olympics Games 2022?
- China
- 109 events were organized across 15 categories
- Norway topped the medal tally with 37 medals, including 16 golds
- Germany finished second with 27 medals overall
- The Indian team at the game was represented by one male alpine skier, Arif Khan.