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Sports Last 6 Months 1 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL Spor ts Last 6 Months UP-PSC CURRENT AFFAIR Part - 3 Copyright © Aspire IAS All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of Aspire lAS. 2 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL April 2020 – Important • The official mascots of the 19th Asian Games released at a Sports Current Affairs digital launch ceremony in China to host the 3rd edition of the Hangzhou, China. Asian Youth Games • The three robots, which are • China is to host the third going to be the mascots for the 2022 edition of the Asian Youth Games Hangzhou Asian Games, are (AYG) in Shantou in November collectively known as the smart 2021. triplets. • The announcement was made • The Mascots - Congcong, by the Olympic Council of Asia Lianlian, and Chenchen, which (OCA) on 1 April 2020. reflect the internet prowess of • The third edition was Hangzhou city and Zhejiang supposed to be held in 2017. But was province, were unveiled at a digital postponed to 2021 by OCA. ceremony in the wake of the COVID- PT POINTERS: 19 pandemic. Olympic Council of Asia: PT POINTERS: • Formed on: 16 November China (Capital/Currency): 1982 Beijing/Renminbi • Headquarters: Kuwait City, • President: Xi Jinping Kuwait UEFA postpones all the international • President: Ahmed Al-Fahad matches Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah • UEFA has postponed all the • Membership: 45 National international matches that had been Olympic Committees pushed back to June to further • Official language: English notice. • OCA is the apex body that • The decision was made after governs sports in Asia. Asian Europe's 55 member federations Youth Games: discussions on how to adapt the • AYG is held every 4 years fixture calendar in the face of the among athletes from across Asia. ongoing coronavirus crisis. The games are organized by the UEFA's announcement: OCA. The first edition of the games • The postponed matches was held in 2009 in Singapore. The include the play-off matches for second edition was held in 2013 in UEFA Euro 2020 and qualifying Nanjing, China. China matches for UEFA Women's Euro (Capital/Currency): 2021. Beijing/Renminbi • It has also postponed all the • President: Xi Jinping UEFA competition matches, Official mascots of 19th Asian Games including the centralized unveiled in Hangzhou China international friendly matches. 3 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL • The matches will be held finalized soon to give certainty to when the countries return to athletes and NOCs. normality. Friendly matches that PT POINTERS: were postponed include England's International Olympic Committee: matches in Austria, Champions Type: Sports Federation League final, Europa League final. • Formed on: 23 June 1894 PT POINTERS: • Headquarters: Lausanne, Union of European Football Switzerland Associations (UEFA): • Honorary President: Jacques • Formed on: 15 June 1954 Rogge • Founded at: Basel, • President: Germany Thomas Switzerland Bach • Headquarters: Nyon, FIFA Under-17 Women World Cup Switzerland scheduled in November postponed • President: Aleksander Čeferin • FIFA Under-17 Women's • First vice-president: Karl-Erik World Cup was scheduled to be Nilsson played in India between November • Membership: 55 full member 2nd and 21st postponed due to the associations Coronavirus pandemic. IOC sets new deadline for the • The FIFA-Confederations qualification period of Tokyo working group decided in its first Olympics meeting held yesterday. • The International Olympic • The working group postponed Committee (IOC) announced that 29 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup June 2021 has been set as the new which was scheduled between deadline for the qualification period August and September in Panama of the Tokyo Olympics. and Costa Rica. • The decision was made after • The working group has been discussion with the National recently established by the FIFA Olympic Committee (NOC) Council to address the consequences Presidents, Secretary Generals and of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chef de Missions, IOC Director of • Under-17 Women's World Solidarity and NOC relations. Cup was scheduled to be played in • Tokyo Olympics was India across five host cities - Navi rescheduled to be held in 2021 due Mumbai, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kolkata, and Bhubaneswar. • The revised sport entries PT POINTERS: deadline has now been set for 5 July FIFA: The Fédération Internationale de 2021. Football Association is a non-profit • The committee also organization which describes itself as an announced that the revision of the international governing body of association qualifications systems will be football, fútsal, beach soccer, and efootball. 4 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL It is the highest governing body of football. PM-CARES President: Gianni Infantino PT POINTERS: • Headquarters: Zürich, Hockey India: Hockey India is now the Switzerland governing body with exclusive mandate to • Founded at: Paris, France direct and conduct all activities for both • Founded: 21 May 1904, Rue men and women's hockey in India. It is Saint-Honoré, Paris, France recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs • Senior Vice-President: Salman & Sports, Govt. of India as the sole body bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (AFC) responsible towards promoting Hockey in • Subsidiaries: Confederation of India. African Football, United States • President: Mr. Md. Mustaque Soccer Federation, Early Warning Ahmad System • Headquarters location: New GmbH Delhi Hockey India donates additional 75 • Founded: 20 May 2009 lakh rupees towards PM-CARES Fund • Chairperson: Mr. Jaideep • Hockey India donated an yadav additional Rs 75 lakhs towards the • Sport: Field hockey PM-CARES Fund to take its total • Coach: Sarthak bansal contribution to Rs 1 crore to tackle Kobe Bryant inducted into Naismith worsening COVID-19 pandemic in Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame the country. • The late Kobe Bryant has been • Hockey India earlier donated selected as a member of the Rs 25 lakhs towards the cause in Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall April. Hockey India secretary of Fame. general Rajinder Singh agreed with • He has been selected as the Mushtaq's views. member of the Hall of Fame in his • Hockey India has always first year of eligibility. believed in helping those in need, • The late Kobe Bryant has been and I am proud the Executive Board selected as a member of the took this unanimous decision to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall contribute a total of Rs 1.00 crore of Fame. towards the PM Cares Fund. • He has been selected as the • The millions of Indian lives member of the Hall of Fame in his affected because of this pandemic, it first year of eligibility. was important for us to step up, PT POINTERS: keeping in mind the interest of the The Naismith Memorial Basketball nation. Hall of Fame is an American history • All sportspersons of the museum and hall of fame, located at 1000 country with ace golfer Anirban Hall of Fame Avenue in Springfield, Lahiri being the latest to donate a Massachusetts. It serves as basketball's sum of Rs 7 lakhs most complete library, in addition to 5 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL promoting and preserving the history of • Andrew Flintoff was the last basketball. English player to win the award in • Founded: 1959 2005. • President: John Doleva • Ben Stokes was the hero of the Thailand & Malaysia weightlifters Cricket World Cup 2019 final as he banned from Tokyo Olympics 2020 guided England to their maiden • The Independent Member triumph in the 50-over showpiece Federation Sanctions Panel (IMFSP) tournament at Lord’s on July 14. of the International Weightlifting • In Women’s category, Federation (IWF) has banned the Australia’s Ellyse Perry has been Malaysia & Thailand weightlifters named the Wisden’s Leading Female from competing in Tokyo Olympics Cricketer in the World. 2020. • Perry scored the highest runs • IMSP has imposed the and took the most wickets as disciplinary sanctions on both the Australia successfully retained their countries from participating in Women’s Ashes title against weightlifting events at the Tokyo England last year. Olympics for doping violations. • The other Five Cricketers of • Due to the doping violations, the Year by Wisden’s are Jofra the membership status of Thai Archer (England), Pat Cummins Amateur Weightlifting Association (Australia), Simon Harmer (South (TAWA) has been suspended for a Africa), Marnus Labuschagne period of three years through to 1 (Australia) and Ellyse Perry April 2023 while Malaysian (Australia- female). Weightlifting Federation (MWF) is FIFA’s ranking 2020: Indian football suspended from all IWF activities team stats at 108th position; Belgium for a period 12 months through to 1 on top April 2021. • According to the FIFA PT POINTERS: (Federation Internationale de Malaysia (Capital/Currency): Kuala Football Association)/Coca-Cola Lumpur/ Malaysian ringgit World Ranking 2020, released on Thailand (Capital/Currency): April 09, 2020, Indian football team Bangkok/ Thai baht retained its 108th position with 1187 • Prime Minister: Prayut Chan- points. o-cha • While Belgium ranked first Ben Stokes named Wisden’s Leading and world champion France is in Cricketer in the World 2020 2nd place and Brazil is at 3rd spot. • England’s all-rounder Ben Top three countries: Stokes has been named as the 1. Belgium leading cricketer in the world 2020 2. France by Wisden. 3. Brazil Highlights: 6 UPPSC- CURRENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL • India ranks 108th 2020
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