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The 6th Khelo India Youth Games will be held from 19 to 31 January 2024 in Tamilnadu. It will be organised in Chennai, Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore. For the first time, Squash will be included in these games.

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Dean Elgar is the former captain of South Africa. He has announced his retirement from international cricket after a test series against India concludes early January 2024.

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Rohit Sharma, Team India’s captain, created history by being the first male player to participate in 150 T20 International matches during the second T20I against Afghanistan at Holkar Cricket Stadium. In a triumphant return to the T20I squad after the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, Sharma led India to a convincing 6-wicket victory in the first T20I in Mohali. Notably, he also achieved a milestone by securing 100 T20I victories, highlighting his leadership skills and team success.

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Renowned Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh has officially retired from all forms of cricket. Starting his career in Western Australia, Marsh’s traditional batting style led to significant success in various formats. His international career featured notable performances in 38 Tests, 73 ODIs, and 15 T20Is for Australia, with impressive averages. In domestic cricket, Marsh excelled in the Big Bash League, scoring 2,810 runs, and had a notable IPL stint with Kings XI Punjab, amassing 2,477 runs in 71 matches, including a standout debut season in 2008.

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On January 17, 2024, Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa became India’s top-ranked men’s chess player, surpassing five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand. The 18-year-old chess prodigy achieved this milestone after defeating the current world champion, China’s Ding Liren, in the fourth round of the Tata Steel Masters tournament.

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Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei won the India Open 2024 women’s singles title against China’s Chen Yu Fei, the reigning Olympic champion. Ying won in straight sets, 21-16, 21-12. Ying, a Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, also beat Singapore’s Jia Min in straight games to advance to the final. The 2024 India Open badminton tournament took place from January 16–21 and had total prize money of US$850,000.

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Tanmay Agarwal set the record for the fastest triple century in first-class cricket in January 2024. Agarwal scored 323 runs off 160 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy Plate Group game. Agarwal’s innings included 33 boundaries and 21 sixes. Agarwal’s 147-ball triple century broke the previous record held by Marco Marais, who scored a triple century in 191 deliveries in 2017.

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Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra won the National Boxing Association’s (NBA) intercontinental super featherweight title by defeating American Gerardo Esquivel in Toppenish City, Washington. The 30-year-old is undefeated in his professional career and is trained by former Olympic silver-medallist Roy Jones Jr. For the title fight, Jangra moved down from his previous 75kg weight class.

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The mascot for the 2024 Khelo India Winter Games is the snow leopard, named “Sheen-e She” or “Shan” in the Ladakh region. The mascot was chosen to reflect the region’s biodiversity and tradition. The games will be held in Ladakh from February 2–6, and in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir from February 21–25. The mascot symbolizes the spirit of the games and highlights the need to conserve this endangered species.

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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) have issued substantial suspensions to two athletes. Rachna Kumari, a hammer thrower, received a 12-year suspension for her second anti-doping violation, underscoring the gravity of doping offenses. Quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran, with a history of violations, faces an eight-year suspension from NADA for her second offense, emphasizing the strict consequences for those breaching anti-doping rules in athletics.