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CLAT 2021 21 Year Experienced Team

f Khelo India Ice Hockey Tournament organised at Chiktan in Kàrgil, Ladakh. For the first time, the women
team of Chiktan also participated in the Khelo India Games in Kargil district. There are 13 teams from
different villages of Chiktan participating in the tournament, which include 11 men's teams and 2
women's teams.
f Australia's Claire Polosak is set to become the first female match official in a men's Test match when she
takes up the fourth umpire's role in the third Test between India and Australia. Former India striker
Abhishek Yadav has been appointed as the first deputy general secretary of All India Football Federation
(AIFF) after the sports body decided to create a new post in its hierarchy.
f Jay Shah has been named as the official representative of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for
the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board meetings. Shah is the Secretary of the Board of Control for
Cricket in India (BCCI).
f Jigmet Dolma from India secured the fourth position in the Dhaka Marathon 2021. Jigmet Dolma is an
SPO of Ladakh police. In the marathon, Hicham Lakohi of Morocco came first in the elite competition of the
marathon in men's category while Angela Jim Asunde from Kenya won the women's category in the same
event.
f The oldest surviving Olympic champion, Ágnes Keleti, celebrates her 100th birthday. She is one of her
country's most successful Olympians, having won 10 medals for Hungary in gymnastics, at the Olympic
Games Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956. Her haul included five golds.
f In Ladakh, the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Zanskar Winter Sport & Youth Festival 2021 kicked off
on 18th January 2021. The 13- Day Zanskar Winter Sports Festival aims to open a new arena in Ladakh
for adventure and Nature loving tourists and a boost for local Youth to hone up their skills in winter sports
to represent India.
f Reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin bolstered her chances of defending her title in Tokyo later this
year after claiming the Thailand Open in Bangkok over top seed Tai Tzu-Ying. Men's Category: Viktor
Axelsen (Denmark) defeated Angus Long (Hong Kong) to clinch the Men's Singles Title.

Australian Open 2021

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka wins Australian Open 2021 In tennis, Japan's Naomi Osaka won her fourth
Grand Slam title on February 20, 2021, after she beat American Jennifer Brady in the women's singles game
of the Australian Open final 2021. The four Grand Slam title for Osaka comes two Australian Open titles
(2021 and 2019) and two US Open title (2018 and 2020). In Men's singles final, Novak Djokovic claimed his
ninth Australian Open crown and the 18th Major Grand Slam overall, as he defeated Daniil Medvedev.

Winners
f Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
f Women's Singles: Naomi Osaka (Japan) defeated Jennifer Brady (US)
f Men's Doubles: Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Filip Polášek (Slovakia )defeated Rajeev Ram (US) and Joe
Salisbury (UK)
f Women's Doubles: Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) defeated Barbora
Krejčíková (Czech Republic) and Kateřina Siniaková(Czech Republic )

f Mixed Doubles: Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram of the US defeated the Australian
pair of Samantha Stosur and Matthew Ebden.

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