Sports GK MCQs

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P.V.Sindhu is the first Indian badminton player to become the Badminton World Champion. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player. Having made her international debut in 2009, she rose to a career-high ranking of no. 2 in April 2017. Over the course of her career, P. V. Sindhu has won medals at multiple tournaments including Olympics and on the BWF circuit including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. She is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion and the first Indian woman to earn an Olympic Silver medal.

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International Basketball Federation is the highest governing body of the basketball game. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organises international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees.

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The game of basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in December 1891. Naismith was a Canadian physical education instructor who was trying to create a new game to keep his students active during the winter months. He came up with the idea of basketball while working at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The game quickly gained popularity and was soon being played by people of all ages around the world.

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The “FIBA AmeriCup” is a basketball competition. The FIBA AmeriCup (formerly known as the FIBA Americas Championship) is the American Basketball Championship that takes place every two years between national teams of the Western Hemisphere continents.

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Indonesia, Japan, Philippines will jointly host the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for national men’s basketball teams. This will be the second tournament under the new cycle which started in 2019.

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Breanna Stewart became the most-valued player of the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. The 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA’s premier international tournament for women’s national basketball teams, was held in Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to use the name of FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

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“Fan Zhendong” is a Chinese table tennis player. Fan Zhendong is a Chinese professional table tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 for men’s singles by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). After joining the Chinese National Table Tennis Team in 2012 as the youngest member of the team, he went on to become the youngest ITTF World Tour Champion and the youngest World Table Tennis Champion.

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The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships will be held in Busan, South Korea from 28 February to 7 March 2021.

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Ding Ning won the gold medal in table tennis women’s singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 17 August 2016. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on seven previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In addition to men’s and women’s singles, the team events were staged for the third time since replacing doubles events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Deng Yaping is a Chinese table tennis player, who won eighteen world championships including four Olympic championships between 1989 and 1997. She is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.