Sports General Knowledge Questions and Answers for SSC and IBPS

India's talented young batter Shubman Gill wins the ICC Men's Player of the Month for September after run-scoring feats in his country's trophy-winning Asia Cup campaign and the subsequent ODI series against Australia, while Sri Lankan icon Chamari Athapaththu claims the ICC Women's Player of the Month crown after her

India's D Gukesh won the Norway Chess Open 2021 Masters category, his second consecutive tournament this month. Gukesh scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 and secured a full point ahead of the competition to win the tournament. Iniyan finished sole second with 8.5/10 points, half a point ahead of top seeds Dimitrij Kollars (Germany) and Valentin Dragnev (Austria). Read more at: https://hindicurrentaffairs.adda247.com/gm-d-gukesh-of-india-wins-norway-chess-open-2021/

1. Was an Indian professional footballer and first-class cricketer. As a footballer, he played as a striker or winger, captaining both the Mohun Bagan club and the Indian national team.

2. Made his first-class debut for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler. After retiring from football, Goswami focused solely on playing cricket for West Bengal.

HYDERABAD: ISL franchise Hyderabad FC on Thursday entered into a new two-year partnership with German football giants Borussia Dortmund and at the heart of this association will be youth development.

Agricultural shot is related to cricket.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body of international cricket. The International Cricket Council is responsible for the organization and governance of cricket's major international tournaments, like Cricket World Cup and the T20 World Cup. The International Cricket Council was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909. Manu Sawhney was the CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the Cricket World Cup 2019. Imperial Cricket Conference was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965. International Cricket Council took up its current name in 1987. The headquarters of the ICC is located in Dubai, UAE. The ICC currently has 105 member nations.

Considered an authority on Indian football, veteran commentator and former Delhi University professor Novy Kapadia died in Delhi on Thursday after a prolonged illness.

Alexander “Sascha” Zverev, a German professional tennis player, won the fifth ATP title of the season (2021) and 18th overall at the Vienna Open 2021 or Erste Bank Open 2021 defeating Frances Tiafoe of the United States of America (USA). At present, Alexander Zverev is ranked 3rd in the ATP World Ranking.

The matching of List-I and List-II regarding the National Sports Awards 2022 is correct.

List-I                                                        List-II

(a) Arjun Award                                   - Seema Punia Teja

(b) Dronacharya Award Regular       - Jiwanjot Singh

(c) Dronacharya Award Life time     - Dinesh Jawahar Lad

(d) Dhiyanchand Award                     - Ashwini Akkunji

Unmukt Chand has become the first Indian player to play in Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) with 2018/19 champions Melbourne Renegades announcing the signing of him on 4 Nov'21. The former India under-19 captain had retired from Indian cricket in August 2021 and has played league cricket in the USA since. Chand captained India to the under-19 World Cup title in 2012.