2. Games 2023

Games/Sports 2023

....tells of all important Games/Sports Events Held in the year 2023

👉5 games/sports inducted in Olympics: which will be played in 2028 Olympics at Los Angeles.These 

5 new sports are:

Baseball/softball, cricket (T20), flag football, lacrosse (sixes) and squash 

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👉Cricket is recognised as an OLympics Event: Cricket among Olympic Games sports approved by IOC for Los Angeles 2028. Cricket's only previous appearance at the Olympics was at Paris 1900, when Great Britain beat France in the final. It was also the only match after the Netherlands and Belgium withdrew.

👉All major honors on which India laid its hands-on: 

👉India is at the 1st rung in the ranking of all 3 Format of Cricket: After their 5-wicket win against Australia, India became the number 1 ranked team in all three formats i.e. Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

👉Men's Asian Cricket Cup 2023: won by India, defeating Srilanka.India won it 8th time. It was 16th version.

👉Various major Sports Cups won by India in 2023:

👉US Open 2023:

Men's: Novak Djokovick

Women's: Coco Gauff

👉Hockey Asia Cup 2023: India won the 5th title of Hockey Asia cup. India has won it 4 times out of 5. India defeated Pakistan to claim it.

👉Durand Cup 2023: Mohan Bagan lifted the title defeating East Bagan.

👉Neeraj Chopra at World Atheletics Championship: Indian superstar Neeraj Chopra created history by winning the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest. With a remarkable throw of 88.17m, Chopra not only secured his first-ever world championship gold but also became the first Indian to achieve this feat at such a prestigious event.

👉IBSA World Games 2023: India women's blind cricket team beats Australia in final to claim gold medal  Blind team's Cricket Gold Medal at IBSA

👉Spain won FIFA's women world cup: Spain secured their first-ever Women’s World Cup title with a 1-0 win over England at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.

👉Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2023: India won the title for 4th time out of 5 titles held up to today, by defeating Malaysia, organized at Chennai.

👉World Archery Championships 2023: held in Berlin, Germany. Aditi Swami created history by becoming the 1st ever Indian to clinch the Individual world title.

Aditi, Ojas win gold; Jyothi takes bronze in the compound individual event.

👉World University games: Manu Bhakar won the gold medal in 10-meter air pistol.

👉Indian shuttler duo Satwik-Chirag won the Korean Open2023:  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated world no. 1 Indonesian duo Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in a thrilling three-game men's doubles final 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in Yeosu, Korea on Sunday.

👉Wimbledon 2023:  Carlos Alcaraz grabbed the honor, defeating Novak Djokovic.

 20 years old, he is the 3rd youngest to win the Wimbledon title.

Other Wimbledon Winners: 

👉Asian athletic championship 2023: held in Bangkok, India was placed at 3rd place after Japan and China. India grabbed 27 medals.

👉Indian Suttler Lakshya Sen: lifted the Canada Open title.

👉SAFF Championship 2023: India won the title by defeating Kuwait, held at Bengaluru. India has done so 9 times.

👉Neeraj Chopra grabbed gold: at Lusan from Diamond League.

 👉Indonesia Open(Badminton) 2023: India duo  Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the title.

👉Asian Kabbadi Championship 2023: India won the title defeating Iran, played at Busan(Korea).  This is India's eighth title in the last nine editions. Iran and India share a vibrant rivalry in the world of kabaddi. The last time these two teams faced each other was in the Asian Games semifinal in 2018, where India lost 18-27. Iran's victory meant India failed to make the final for the first time in the tournament's history.

Voyage of  Indian team:

👉Bhawani Devi: an Indian fencer from Rajasthan won a bronze medal in the Asian championship. She is the 1st person to achieve it

👉Know more about Olympic Games:

👉Sunil Chhetri the Goal canon: Indian footballer Sh. Sunil Chhetri becomes the 3rd footballer with a maximum no. of Goals, he has fired on with a total of 90 International goals. Now, he is led by Ronaldo & Messi only.

👉Tennis Grand Slams 2023:

Novak Djokovic is the only person who won each of the 4 grand slams three times,

👉World test championship 2023: won by Australia, defeating India. The final of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship was the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship, being played from 7 to 11 June 2023 at the Oval, London, England, between Australia and India.

👉India wins Junior Asia Cup(Man's): held at Salalah, Oman, by defeating Pakistan. 

👉IPL 2023: IPL winners list from 2008 to 2023. IPL started as an ambitious project 16 years ago and is now considered the best Twenty-20 cricket league in the world. The Indian Premier League began in 2008,

👉Khelo India University Games 2023: This is the 3rd version of the events, being held in Uttar Pradesh.

👉1st Women Premier League: Mumbai Indians won the inaugural Women's Premier League title on March 26, after registering a thrilling seven-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals at Brabourne stadium. Batting first, Team Delhi could only manage 131 runs in 20 overs. In response, Mumbai Indian achieved the target by losing just 3 wickets with 3 balls to spare

👉Indians Women bagged 4 Gold Metals: India notched the top position in the 13th IBA Women World Shooting Championship 2023,

👉Border-Gawaskar Trophy: India won it for the fourth consecutive time.

read more, here: Border-Gavaskar Trophy

👉15th Men's Hockey Cup 2023: being organized at Bhuvneshwar(Orisa), India. Won by Germany for the 3rd time defeating Belgium.

👉No.1 ODI (ICC) cricket baller(2022:) Mohammad Siraz.

👉ICCI's emerging cricketer of the year 2022: Renuka Singh.

👉ICC T 20 Best cricketer(2022): Suryakumar.👉India won ICC's under 19 woman cricket world cup: by defeating England by 7 wickets, Played in South Africa.

👉Thomas Cup Title(Badminton): India beats Indonesia 3-0: India’s men’s badminton team wins the Thomas Cup title for the first time ever with a stunning 3-0 win over powerhouse Indonesia in the final. India took on 14-time winners Indonesia in the final of the Thomas Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. 

👉Hurrey Moment in Cricket India: India reached at the global top ranking of No. 1 in all 3 formats viz. ODI, T 20 & Test cricket.

👉Khelo India 2023 concluded: with Maharastra bagging maximum medals & Haryana emerged as the no. 2.

👉Khelo India winter games(3rd version): will be held in gulmarg(J & K).

👉ICC T20 women World Cup(Cricket) 2023: was organized in South Africa, Australia won it defeating South Africa. That was Australia's 6th title.