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The International Olympic Committee has said that there will be no ban on wearing hijab in the Olympic Village during the Olympic Games to be held in 2024.

The Olympic Games will be held in France in the year 2024 and hijab is banned for the players there.

French Sports Minister Emilie Ode-Castera has said that 'Hijab is banned in her country out of respect for the principles of secularism. But the International Olympic Committee has decided that the rule banning hijab will not apply to countries participating in the Paris Olympics to be held in 2024.'

An International Olympic Committee spokesperson said, "Only International Olympic Committee rules will apply to the Olympic Village. There is no restriction on wearing hijab or any religious-cultural dress here. But during sports matches, only the existing rules of the International Federation will apply."

The United Nations Human Rights Office has criticized the ban on athletes wearing hijab.

Tennis player Novak Djokovic has won the US Open by defeating Daniil Medvedev and with this he has become the tennis star to win 24 Grand Slams.

Djokovic has equaled the record of Margaret Court, considered the best player in the world of tennis.

In this match held in New York on the evening of Sunday, September 10, 2023, Serbian player Djokovic defeated Russian player Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 in a match of 3 hours 17 minutes.

The win is Djokovic's third Grand Slam title of the season after winning the Australian Open and French Open. He has lost only Wimbledon this season.

In the year 2021, Djokovic lost this match to Medvedev. Sports experts are saying that he has taken revenge for his defeat against the Russian player after two years. Djokovic did not participate in this tournament in the year 2022 due to not taking the Covid vaccine.

On Sunday, 10 September 2023, the Indian football team became the champion by defeating Bangladesh 2-0 in the final match of SAFF Under-16 Championship Football.

For India, Bharat Larenjam scored the first goal in the eighth minute of the match.

In the 74th minute, Lewis Zangminlun scored on a brilliant pass from Samson Ahongshangbam to put India ahead 2-0.

With this, India won this championship for the fifth time.

Aryana Sabalenka of Belarus has won the Australian Open 2023.

In the final match of the women's singles event, Aryana Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. This is Sabalenka's first Grand Slam title.

Sabalenka was playing under a neutral flag due to Belarus' support of Russia in the Russo-Ukraine war.

At the same time, Rybakina won her first Grand Slam in 2022 as Wimbledon.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has made many changes in the rules of the game. These changes were sent by the Chief Executive Committee (CEC) based on the recommendations of the Sourav Ganguly-led Men's Cricket Committee (MCC). The MCC's recommendations were shared with the Women's Cricket Committee, which agreed to these suggestions.

The main changes in the conditions of playing cricket from October 1, 2022 -

- New batsman to come when catch out

When any player is catch out, the new batsman who comes will take the strike. Even though before this both the batsmen had changed ends by running.

- Use of spit to shine the ball

The use of spit to shine the ball was banned for the last two years due to the Corona epidemic, now it has been made permanent.

- The incoming batsman should be ready to bat immediately

A batsman coming to bat in Test and ODI matches will have to be ready to strike within two minutes. However, the one-and-a-half minute rule will remain in place for T20 matches.

- Striker's right to play the ball

Part of the bat or person (batsman) must remain within the pitch.

If the batsman or bat goes off the pitch, the umpire shall declare it a dead ball. A ball on which the bowler is forced to go outside the pitch, it will be a no ball.

- Improper activity of the fielding team

When the bowler begins to run for the bowling, the umpire may declare the ball a deadball and award five runs to the batting team for any intentional or improper behavior at that time.

- Run out to non striker

Under the current rules, a non-striker can be run out, but it is called 'run out from unfair play'. Now it will be called run out.

- The bowler throwing the ball at the striker's end before the ball is bowled

Until now, before throwing the ball, the bowler could try to run out the striker out of the crease. Now it will be called a dead ball.

- Other major changes

The system of penalty during the match, which was implemented in T20 in January 2022 (in which the fielding team does not bowl their overs in the stipulated time, then they have to put an extra fielder inside the circle for the remaining overs), this rule will also be applicable in ODIs after the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League to be held in 2023.

It has also been decided that the playing conditions for all men's and women's teams in ODIs and T20 matches will be changed. So that if both the teams are ready then hybrid pitch will be used.

At present, hybrid pitches can be used only in women's T20 matches.

The draw has come about which team is in which pool for the Hockey World Cup 2023.

This tournament will be held from January 13 to January 29 in the year 2023 in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela in the state of Odisha, India.

The Indian men's hockey team has been placed in Pool 'D' in the draw drawn in the presence of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday, 8 September 2022. England, Wales and Spain are included in this pool along with India.

At present, Indian men's hockey is ranked fifth in the world and in this sense it is the top seeded team in this pool. Despite India being the highest ranked team in this pool, their road to the quarter-finals will not be easy.

Hockey matches between India and England are often high scoring and in major tournaments, England have beaten India on most of the occasions. However, it is expected that India will definitely get the benefit of playing in their home conditions.

The top teams from the different pools will advance directly to the quarter-finals, while their futures will be decided by clashes between the other teams.

In Pool 'A', Commonwealth Games winners Australia have been placed along with Argentina, France and Chile, while in Pool 'B', current world champion Belgium, Asian champion South Korea, fourth seed Germany and Japan have been placed. While Pool 'C' has teams from Netherlands, New Zealand, Malaysia and Chile.

Just before the match with Pakistan, the head coach of the Indian cricket team, Rahul Dravid, has recovered from Corona.

Rahul Dravid has joined the Indian team in Dubai after the investigation report of Corona came negative.

At the same time, VVS Laxman, who has been acting as interim head coach till now in his absence, has returned to Bengaluru to look after the 'A' team of India.

According to the news agency PTI, this information has been given in the official statement issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday, August 28, 2022.

Earlier, Rahul Dravid was found infected with Corona in a routine investigation conducted before the Indian team left for Dubai for the Asia Cup.

VVS Laxman, who then became India's head coach for the first time on the Zimbabwe tour, was given the role of the team's interim head coach.

The Indian team began their campaign against Pakistan in the second match of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday, August 28, 2022. In their first match, India defeated Pakistan.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has announced the withdrawal of the suspension of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect.

This information has been given in a tweet from AIFF's official Twitter handle Indian Football Team. The organization has also shared a letter sent by FIFA to AIFF in this regard.

At the same time, in another tweet, AIFF has also told that now the Under-17 Women's World Cup Football 2022 will be organized as per the schedule.

Soon after this news came, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur also expressed happiness in a tweet on the night of Friday, 26 August 2022.

He wrote, “The Bureau of the FIFA Council has today decided to lift the suspension of AIFF with immediate effect. Now the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022, to be held from October 11 to 30, 2022, will be organized as per the pre-determined plan. This is a win for all football fans!

The AIFF has said in its statement that the FIFA Council has decided to lift the suspension of AIFF due to undue influence of third parties.

According to the statement, the decision came as "it became clear to FIFA that the Committee of Administrators, formed to take over the powers of the AIFF Executive Committee, had been abolished and that the AIFF Administration had gained full control over its day-to-day affairs." Is.''

The statement also said that FIFA and the Asian Football Federation (AFC) will continue to monitor the situation and assist AIFF in conducting the elections at the right time.

After this decision, AIFF Acting General Secretary Sunando Dhar said, "The darkest time of Indian football is finally over. The suspension imposed on the AIFF at midnight of August 15, 2022 has been lifted by FIFA.

India's pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have created history in the Badminton World Championship.

The pair of Satwik and Chirag defeated Japan's Yugo Kobayashi and Takuro Hoki in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals.

With this, he has ensured a medal for India. This will be India's first medal in men's doubles at the World Championship.

The first game of the quarterfinals was very exciting. Players from India and Japan performed brilliantly. Japan's pair is also the current champion. But in the end, the pair of Satwik and Chirag won the first game 24-22.

But in the second game, the odds were reversed. The Indian pair did not perform well. Japan eventually won the game 21-15. Now the match was tied at 1-1.

In the third game, the Indian pair was ahead from the start. At one point they were leading 4-1 and maintained this lead. They made it to the semi-finals by winning the match 21-14.

The pair of Satwik and Chirag also won the gold medal in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

VVS Laxman has been appointed as the interim head coach of the Indian cricket team for the Asia Cup 2022 in the absence of Rahul Dravid.

Actually head coach Rahul Dravid is infected with Covid-19 and he will join the Indian cricket team only after recovering. Dravid will join the team only after being Covid negative and getting permission from the BCCI medical team.

During this, VVS Laxman will oversee all the preparations related to the team's Asia Cup.

The Asia Cup is starting from August 27, 2022 in the United Arab Emirates.

VVS Laxman, who is heading the National Cricket Academy, Vice-Captain KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda and Avesh Khan will reach Dubai from Harare.

Laxman was the coach of the Indian team on the Zimbabwe tour while KL Rahul was the captain.

India begins its campaign in the Asia Cup 2022 with a match against Pakistan on Sunday, August 28, 2022.