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1. Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will not be taking part in the Commonwealth Games-2022 in Birmingham due to an injury sustained during the finals of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
2. France’s 18-year-old opener Gustav McKeon has created history by becoming the first-ever cricketer to smash two hundreds in a row in T20I cricket. Gustav smashed 101 against Norway, two days after having smashed 109 runs against Switzerland.
3. Four times world champion Sebastian Vettel announces his retirement from Formula One at the end of the season.
4. The World Athletics website has announced the entry list of all the countries set to take part in the upcoming World Athletics U-20 Championships in California. A 37-athlete team from India can be seen as per the website’s list.
5. Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Highlights: PV Sindhu, Manpreet-led Indian Contingent Finishes Rally;
b. The second biggest multi-discipline sports extravaganza after the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games of Birmingham 2022 has 6,500 sportspersons and competitors from 72 nations and territories entered to compete.
c. 280 medal events to be contested across 19 sports.
d. Birmingham will have 136 women’s events as compared to 134 events for men. There will be 10 mixed team events.
e. All in all 61 nations have won medals at the Commonwealth Games so far and the organisers are hoping that there will be a few more countries bagging their maiden medals in 2022.
5. Commonwealth Games 2022: India to meet mighty Australia as inaugural women’s T20I competition begins
The reigning T20 World Cup champions Australia and the 2020 finalists India will be the history makers as they clash in the sold-out women’s cricket curtain-raiser on Friday (July 29).
6. West Indies vs India, 1st T20I: Chance for Arshdeep, Kishan, to strengthen their case for T20 WC as India get set for opener
WI vs IND, 1st T20I: India and the West Indies are set to lock horns in the five-match T20I series, starting July 29 at Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad. Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant return for series
The absence of Virat Kohli, who has been rested for the entire tour of West Indies, will pave the way for Shreyas Iyer to get some more opportunities at No. 3 in the line-up.
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