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Argentina captain Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or 2023 for the best player in the world.

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Asian Games 2022

Edition: 19th

Venue: Hangzhou, China

Dates: 23 Sep to 8 Oct 2023

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Know about Men’s Hockey Under-18 Asia Cup 2025

Venue: Dazhou, China

Winner: Japan

Runners-up: Pakistan

Final held on 13 July 2025.

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Mondo Duplantis belongs Sweden who has won the 2024 Paris Olympic Games men's pole vault gold medal.

He not only broke the Olympic record but also set a new world record while retaining his title.

He raised the bar to 6.25 meters, breaking his own world record of 6.24 meters.

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During the ICC World Cup 2023, all-rounder Angelo Mathews made an unusual entry into the record books, becoming the first player to be timed out in international cricket.

Angelo Mathews hails from Sri Lanka. 

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Sahil Chauhan has become the fastest batsman to score century in T20 international cricket.

He set a new world record by scoring a century off 27 balls against Cyprus in 2024.

Sahil Chauhan is a cricketer from Estonia. 

Note: Previously, Chris Gayle held the record for the fastest century in T20, taking just 30 balls for his century in 2013.

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FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2023

Edition: 23rd

Venue: Argentina

Final held: 11 June 2023

Winner: Uruguay (1st title)

Runners-up: Italy

Third place: Israel

Fourth place: South Korea

Matches played: 52

Goals scored: 154

Top scorer: Cesare Casadei from Italy (7 goals)

Best player: Cesare Casadei (Italy)

Best goalkeeper award: Sebastiano Desplanches (Italy)

Fair play award: USA 

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• World Junior Squash Championship 2023

• Winner: Hamza Khan (Pakistan)

• Runner-Up: Mohamed Zakaria (Egypt)

• Venue: Melbourne, Australia

• Final held: 23 July 2023
• Note: This was Pakistan's first World Junior Squash title in nearly four decades as the last Pakistani player to lift this trophy was Jansher Khan, who won the title 37 years ago in 1986.
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Clive Lloyd of West Indies and Ricky Ponting of Australia are the only captains to win the trophy twice. Lloyd clinched the cup in 1975 and 1979 while the legendary Australian batsman won in 2003 and 2007. 

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• About ACC men's Emerging Asia Cup 2013

• Edition: First

• Venue: Singapore

• Winner: India

• Runner-Up: Pakistan