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IPL 11th Edition
Final Chennai Super Kings versus Hyderabad
Winner – Chennai Super Kings (3rd Time)
Man of the Match – Shane Watson
Purple cap( Max wicket) – Andrew tye
Orange cap( Max Run)- Kane Williamson
Rising cricketer – Rishabh pant
Most valuable player – Sunil Narine
Perfect catch of the series – Trent boult
21st FIFA Football World Cup 2018
Final – France versus Croatia
Winner – France (2nd Time)
Golden boot – Harry Kane England (6 goals)
Golden ball – Luka Modric (Croatia) (3 Goals)
Golden Glove – Thibaut Courtois (Belgium)
Hosted by Russia (First Time)
Total team 32 ( matches 64)
Official Mascot – Zabivaka, a wolf wearing Specs
First time playing nation – Panama and Iceland
Official Song – ‘Live It Up’ by Nicky Jam, featuring Will Smith and Era Isterefi. Produced by Diplo
Official ball – Telstar 18 by Adidas
FIFA Fair play trophy – Spain
Rising player – Kailine em mbappe ( France)
Man of match (final) – Antoine Griezmann ( France)
FIFA World Cup 2022 – Qatar
Maximum FIFA World Cup winner – Brazil
Commonwealth Games
2018 Commonwealth Games (XXI Commonwealth Games )
Host city in Gold Coast, Australia, Queensland
Country Australia
Motto Share the Dream
Nations participating 71 Commonwealth Teams
Events 275 in 19 sports
Opening ceremony 4 April
Closing ceremony 15 April
Officially opened by Charles, Prince of Wales
Officially closed by Edward, Earl of Wessex
Athlete’s Oath Karen Murphy
Queen’s Baton Final Runner Sally Pearson
Main venue Carrara Stadium
India’s performance at Commonwealth games
Competitors 216 in 15 sports
Flag bearer
Opening: P. V. Sindhu
Closing: Mary Kom
Medals:
Total 66
Gold 26 Silver 20 Bronze 20
Ranked 3rd
coming sports events
Cricket
Women’s T20 World Cup 2018 – West Indies
ICC cricket World Cup 2019 – England
ICC cricket Champions Trophy 2021– India
ICC cricket world cup 2023 – India
Football
22nd FIFA World Cup – Qatar
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019- Poland
8th FIFA Womens World Cup 2019- France
Summer Olympics
32nd Olympic 2020- Tokyo( Japan)
33rd Olympic 2024 – Paris ( France)
Winter Olympics
2022 Winter Olympics – Beijing , China
Commonwealth games
22nd Commonwealth games 2022 – Birmingham (England)