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About men’s Cricket World Cup 1975

Edition: First

Format: One Day International (ODI)

Venue: England

Winner: West Indies (First title)

Runners-up: Australia

Participating teams: 08

Total Matches: 15

Most runs: Glenn Turner (total 333 runs)

Glenn Turner belonged: New Zealand

Most wickets: Gary Gilmour (total 11 wickets)

Gary Gilmour belonged: Australia

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Explanation

The initiative titled Let's Move and Celebrate is announced by International Olympic Committee (IOC) to encourage the players participating in the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

Know about 2024 Summer Olympics

Host: France, Paris

Opening: 26 July 2024

Closing: 11 August 2024

Mascot: Phrygian Cap

Official Song: Games Wide Open 

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About SAFF Under-19 Women's Football Championship 2024

Edition: 5th

Opening date: 2 February

Closing date: 8 February

Venue: Bangladesh

Winners: Bangladesh & India (joint champion)

Note: SAFF stands for South Asian Football Federation

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Explanation

• Chess was called the Game of Kings in a past era in India (where the game originated) because the central figure is the Shah or King.
• The game ends in Shahmat (literally, The King is Dead).
• It also enjoyed the reputation of being an idle pastime for Royalty.

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Men’s French Open 2023

Champion: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner-up: Casper Ruud (Norway)

Note: tennis tournament 'French Open' is generally held in the month of June 

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• Wanindu Hasaranga won the ICC Men's Player of the Month award for June 2023.

• Wanindu Hasaranga belongs to Sri Lanka.

• Ashliegh Gardner declared ICC's Women’s Player of the Month for June 2023.
• Ashliegh Gardner belongs to Australia. 

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2021 Pakistan Super League

Edition: Sixth

Dates: 20 Feb – 24 June 2021

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: Pakistan & UAE

Winner: Multan Sultans (1st title)

Multan Sultans won by: 47 runs

Runner-up: Peshawar Zalmi

Participants: 6

Matches: 34

Player of the series: Sohaib Maqsood (Multan Sultans)

Sohaib Maqsood made: 428 runs

Most runs: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)

Babar Azam made: 554 runs

Most wickets: Shahnawaz Dahani (Multan Sultans)

Shahnawaz Dahani took: 20 wickets

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• About Asia Cup 2022
• The 2022 Asia Cup was the 15th edition of the Asia Cup cricket tournament. 
• Host country: UAE
• Champion: Sri Lanka
• Runner-Up: Pakistan 
• Participants: 6
• Matches: 13
• Player of the series: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
• Most runs: Muhammad Rizwan (281)
• Most Wickets: Bhuneshwar Kumar (11) 

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Sophia Popov became the first female golfer from Germany to win this title in 2020.

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Men’s Hockey World Cup Winners (1971-2023)

• 1971 (Spain): Pakistan (Runner-up: Spain)
• 1973 (Netherlands): Netherlands (Runner-up: India)
• 1975 (Malaysia): India (Runner-up: Pakistan)
• 1978 (Argentina): Pakistan (Runner-up: Netherlands)
• 1982 (India): Pakistan (Runner-up: West Germany)
• 1986 (England): Australia (Runner-up: England)
• 1990 (Pakistan): Netherlands (Runner-up: Pakistan)
• 1994 (Australia): Pakistan (Runner-up: Netherlands)
• 1998 (Netherlands): Netherlands (Runner-up: Spain)
• 2002 (Malaysia): Germany (Runner-up: Australia)
• 2006 (Germany): Germany (Runner-up: Australia)
• 2010 (India): Australia (Runner-up: Germany)
• 2014 (Netherlands): Australia (Runner-up: Netherlands)
• 2018 (India): Belgium (Runner-up: Netherlands)
• 2023 (India): Germany (Runner-up: Belgium)