Sports Current Affairs - August 2022

Prabath Jayasuriya and Emma Lamb won the ICC Player of the Month Awards for July 2022
Tennis legend Serena Williams announced their retirement
The 44th Chess Olympiad concluded; India’s men’s & women’s teams won a bronze medal
Sunil Chhetri and Manisha Kalyan were named AIFF Footballer of the Year
Bhavani Devi won a gold medal at Commonwealth Fencing Championships – 2022
The First edition of Women’s IPL will be held in March 2023
1st Khelo India Women’s Hockey League (U-16) to be held in New Delhi
Asia’s Oldest tournament Durand Cup starts on August 16
Indian men’s volleyball team won a bronze medal in the 14th Asian U-18 Championship

VVS Laxman named India’s Interim Head Coach for Asia Cup 2022
Satwik & Chirag won 1st medal for India in World Badminton Championship
Arjun Erigaisi won the Abu Dhabi Masters Chess tournament
Virat Kohli to become the only player to play 100 matches for his country
Neeraj Chopra won Lausanne Diamond League Meet title in the Javelin throw
James Anderson becomes the most successful pacer in international cricket
Max Verstappen won the Belgian F1 Grand Prix 2022
Viktor Axelsen clinched the 2022 BWF World Championships singles title
Linthoi Chanambam won Gold at Judo World Championships
India spinner Rahul Sharma announced his retirement
Rohit Sharma becomes highest run scorer in T20I cricket
FIFA suspended the All India Football Federation
Kevin O’Brien announced their retirement from international cricket
Paralympian Rahul Jakhar won Gold in WSPS Shooting World Cup 2022
Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in UEFA League
FIBA U-18 women Asian Basketball championship to be held in Bengaluru
R Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, in FTX Crypto Cup
Antrim Panghal won a gold medal at U-20 World Wrestling Championship
Indian para shuttlers Pramod Bhagat & Sukant Kadam clinched the gold medal

Sebastian Vettel announced their retirement from Formula One
‘Games Wide Open’ unveiled as Paris Olympics 2024 official slogan
Asia Cup 2022 shifted out of Sri Lanka to UAE
The government approved the signing of guarantees for hosting the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022

CWG 2022: Bhavana Patel won a gold medal and Sonalben won a bronze medal in Para Table Tennis
CWG 2022: Naveen Kumar won the gold medal in the 74 Kg Category
CWG 2022: Vinesh P Hogat won the gold medal in the women’s 53kg category
CWG 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya won the gold medal in the 57kg category
CWG 2022: Jasmine Lamboriya won a bronze medal in the Boxing Lightweight category
India won a silver medal in the men’s fours lawn bowls event
Avinash Sable won the silver medal and becomes the first-ever Indian to win CWG steeplechase medal
India defeated Bangladesh to win SAFF Under-20 Football Championship 2022
CWG 2022: Nitu Ghanghas won the gold medal in the women’s 48kg category
CWG 2022: Amit Panghal clinched the gold medal in flyweight boxing
CWG 2022: India won a bronze medal in Women’s Hockey and defeated New Zealand
CWG 2022: Eldhose Paul won the gold medal in the triple jump & Abdulla Aboobacker clinched silver
CWG 2022: Annu Rani won a historic bronze medal in the women’s Javelin throw
CWG 2022: Lakshya Sen won the gold medal in men’s singles badminton
CWG 2022: Satwik and Chirag pair won gold in men’s doubles badminton
CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal won the gold medal in Table Tennis men’s singles
CWG 2022: India finished fourth with 61 medals comprising 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze
CWG 2022: Sandeep Kumar won a bronze medal in the men’s 10000m race walk.

CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen won a gold medal in Women’s Light Flyweight Boxing
CWG 2022: India won the silver medal after losing to Australia in cricket
CWG 2022: Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula clinched the gold medal in mixed doubles Table Tennis
CWG 2022: Kidambi Srikanth clinched a bronze medal in the men’s singles event in badminton
CWG 2022: PV Sindhu won the gold medal in women’s singles badminton
Sanket Mahadev Sargar won India’s first medal in Commonwealth Games 2022
Mirabai Chanu won the first gold medal for India at CWG 2022
Max Verstappen won Hungarian Grand Prix 2022
England defeated Germany to win the Women’s European Championship 2022
Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Razia Dhillon won gold in each shooting meet
Anahat Singh: India’s youngest athlete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Tania Sachdev won 44th Chess Olympiad
India’s Bajrang Punia clinched the gold medal in men’s 65kg wrestling
India’s Anshu Malik won a silver medal in women’s 57kg freestyle wrestling
Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men’s long jump final
India’s Sakshi Malik won the gold medal in women’s 62 kg wrestling
V Pranav becomes India’s 75th Chess Grandmaster

Sports Current Affairs – August 2022