15th Hockey World Cup Series Germany beat Belgium to win the title
- The 15th Men's World Cup Hockey Series was held in Odisha's Bhubaneswar - Rourkela from 13th to yesterday (Jan 29). 16 teams including India, Australia, Belgium and Netherlands are participating in this series. They are divided into 4 categories.
- All league, quarter-final and semi-final results saw defending champions Belgium and former champions Germany qualify for the finals. After that, the Belgium team and the Germany team faced each other in the finals held yesterday.
- At the end of the game, the score was tied at 3-3 and the game went to a penalty shoot-out. Germany won the trophy for the 3rd time after defeating Belgium 5-4 in a penalty shootout. The two teams have faced each other 35 times at the international level. Belgium has won it 15 times and Germany 14 times. 7 matches ended in draws.
- Novak Djokovic of Serbia (35 years old, ranked 4) defeated Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas (24 years old, ranked 3) in the Australian Open men's singles final yesterday, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7- 6 (7-5) in straight sets to win the Aussie title for the 10th time. Open kissed the cup.
- The match lasted for 2 hours and 56 minutes. With the win, he tied Spanish star Rafael Nadal's record for most Grand Slam titles (22 titles). Also, it is noteworthy that Djokovic has regained the No. 1 status in the ATP singles rankings. He was awarded the first prize of Rs 16.5 crore. The 2nd runner-up, Chitsibas, earned Rs 9.25 crore.
- This is the first edition of the Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup series. The series was held in South Africa. This started on the 14th. A total of 16 teams participated. The series was held in round robin and knock-out format.
- In the final match, England played a multi-test today. The Indian team won the toss and chose to bowl. England scored only 68 runs in 17.1 overs. India reached the target of 69 runs with the loss of 3 wickets at the end of 14 overs. India won by 7 wickets.
- Sadhu won the player of the match award after bowling 4 overs and taking 2 wickets for just 6 runs.
- UNESCO annually declares certain places as heritage sites to protect natural sites, heritage buildings with their historical uniqueness. It stipulates that it is the duty of human society to protect it from any harm.
- The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on since February last year. In this case, beyond the wars, the United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has decided to add the port city of Odessa in the Black Sea region of Ukraine to the list of World Heritage Sites.
- 6 out of 21 member countries of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee voted in favor of it. Both countries protested. Another 14 countries abstained. Russia has repeatedly tried to delay the vote and delay the move to recognize the site's 'outstanding universal value'. But eventually declared a heritage site.
- This will allow Ukraine to receive enhanced technical and financial support from the international community to protect the site, a UNESCO report said.
- The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has launched a special mobile application (Mobile App) for the Khelo India Youth Games. Participating athletes, coaches, support staff, parents and officials of the athletes can easily get all the information related to the tournament through this app.
- This is the first time that a dedicated app has been launched for Khelo India Youth Sports. This app has a dedicated login feature for players. Players are fully supported from the moment they sign up.
- The app provides an opportunity to check whether the players' documents have been uploaded before the match starts. This will ensure greater transparency in the registration process for athletes.
- In this process, when a sportsperson registers for sports and arrives at the sports venues in Madhya Pradesh, they can check the status of their sports equipment, accommodation for the players and transportation plan for the athletes.
- It also contains important contact numbers for athletes to contact in case of emergency. Also, a Whatsapp Chatbot has been developed to ensure immediate responses to the queries raised by the athletes during the games.
- For sports fans, this app provides information like match schedules, medal count, address of sports venues and photo galleries. This app can be used on Android and Apple phones. It can be downloaded for free.
