Correct Answer : Option (D) - Rhythm Sangwan

India’s Rhythm Sangwan has won the bronze medal in the women’s 10-metre air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup 2023 for rifle and pistol shooters in Baku, Azerbaijan.

* She scored 219.1 in the final to finish third behind Anna 2016 Rio Olympic champion Anna Korakaki of Greece and 2004 Athens Olympics gold medallist Olena Kostevych of Ukraine.

* It was Sangwan’s first individual senior medal at the shooting World Cup..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Fakhar Zaman

* Pakistan star "Fakhar Zaman" has been named the ICC Men's Player of the Month for April 2023, beating out tough competition from Sri Lanka spin wizard Prabath Jayasuriya and emerging New Zealand batter Mark Chapman.

* Fakhar led Pakistan's charge to their second-highest ODI run chase in Rawalpindi late in the month. The opener hit an unbeaten 180 to help Pakistan chase down a 337-run target against visiting New Zealand to take a 2-0 lead in the series. In a high-scoring contest, Pakistan won with 10 balls to spare thanks to Fakhar's knock of 17 boundaries and six massive sixes.

* Meanwhile, Thailand batter "Naruemol Chaiwai" has been adjudged the ICC Women's Player of the Month for April 2023, beating out competition from Zimbabwe's Kelis Ndhlovu and UAE's Kavisha Egodage for the coveted monthly award.

* Thirty-two-year-old Chaiwai turned into the rock of Thailand's middle order, underlined by reliable innings across her team's ODI series win against Zimbabwe. The right-hander struck two unbeaten half-centuries in the 3-0 series win, the first saving Thailand from a precarious position of 21/4, finishing 57* as the hosts fell to 154 all out..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 3

Indian weightlifters finished the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea, with three silver medals.

* On Monday (8th May 2023), Ajith Narayana and Achinta Sheuli were the only two Indian weightlifters competing in the men’s 73kg category. However, the duo failed to add to India’s medals tally.

* Ajith Narayana, who was competing in his first international weightlifting event, topped Group B with a combined lift of 307kg (snatch 139kg + clean & jerk 168kg). Commonwealth Games 2022 gold medallist Achinta Sheuli, meanwhile, finished second in Group B with a total lift of 305kg (snatch 140kg and clean & jerk 165kg).

* However, after the final standings were announced following the completion of Group A, Ajith Narayana and Achinta Sheuli could only rank ninth and tenth, respectively.

* On Sunday (7th May 2023), weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga managed to bag a silver medal in the snatch section of the men’s 67kg category despite failing to log a valid clean & jerk attempt for an overall ranking.

* Bindyarani Devi had opened India’s medals account at the Jinju meet with a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category on Saturday (6th May 2023). She also won a silver in the clean & jerk section with a lift of 111kg..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Jeremy Lalrinnunga

On Sunday (7th May 2023), weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga managed to bag a silver medal in the snatch section of the men’s 67kg category despite failing to log a valid clean & jerk attempt for an overall ranking.

The 20-year-old Lalrinnunga won the silver medal in the snatch event by lifting 141 kg in the 67 kg weight category.

In the World Boxing Championships, India's Mohammad Hasamuddin defeated Russia's Savin Eduard 5-0 to enter the 57kg quarter-finals.

The Indian Weightlifting Federation is the national governing body for the sport of weightlifting in India.

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Praveen Chitravel

Indian athlete Praveen Chithravel won the men’s triple jump event at an athletics meet in Havana, Cuba , on Saturday (6th May 2023) with a national record-breaking mark of 17.37m.

* The previous men’s triple jump national record of 17.30m was set by Renjith Maheswary at the third Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore in 2016.

* Praveen Chithravel achieved his record-breaking mark with his fifth jump at the Prueba de confrontacion 2023 with a headwind reading of -1.5m/s. The permissible wind assistance for official records is +2.0m/s

* All national records, however, are subject to ratification by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

* The jump also qualifies Praveen Chithravel for the World Athletics Championships 2023, scheduled in Budapest from August 19 to 27. The men’s triple jump qualifying standard for Budapest23 is set at 17.20m.

* The 21-year-old Tamil Nadu athlete also comprehensively beat the Asian Games 2023 qualifying standard of 16.60m set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Praveen, however, had already breached the mark March with a 17.17m leap at the second Indian Open Jumps Competition in Bellary.

* Before Saturday (6th May 2023), Praveen Chithravel’s personal best in the triple jump was 17.18m, recorded in Chennai last year (2022)..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Virat Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore's star batsman Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer in IPL history to score 7,000 runs.

Virat Kohli achieved this feat in the match (6th May 2023) against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023 and also completed his 50th half-century of IPL.

Virat has achieved the feat of 7,000 runs in 225 innings. The number of Shikhar Dhawan (6,535), David Warner (6,211) and Rohit Sharma (6,063) comes after him.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Carlos Alcaraz

World number two Carlos Alcaraz continued his good work from the Barcelona Open and successfully defended his title at Madrid Open 2023 on Sunday, 7th May 2023.

Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 3-6 6-3 and win his fourth ATP Tour trophy of the year and his tenth overall.

The 20-year-old Spaniard had an injury-plagued start to the season but came back in top form last month to win the Barcelona Open for the second consecutive year.

The victory was the fourth ATP Masters 1000 trophy for Alcaraz, who became the youngest world number one last September when he won the US Open and held that spot for 20 weeks until Novak Djokovic took it back in January.

He could reclaim the world number one spot from Djokovic if he shows up to play in Rome later this week, as he has no points to defend and the Serbian would be defending his crown and 1000 points in Italy.

In Madrid, the 20-year-old Spaniard had to play his best tennis to beat a relentless Struff in three sets in a packed Caja Magica.

While Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus has clinched the Women's singles title at Madrid Open 2023.

Other winners :

Men's doubles : Karen Khachanov /  Andrey Rublev
Women's doubles : Victoria Azarenka / Beatriz Haddad Maia.

Source : India Today

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bindyarani Devi

India’s Bindyarani Devi clinched a silver medal in the women’s 55kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Jinju, South Korea on Saturday (6th May 2023).

* Sorokhaibam Bindyarani Devi registered a combined lift of 194kg (83kg in snatch and 111kg in clean & jerk) to finish second on the podium.

* The Commonwealth Games 2022 medallist began with a snatch of 80kg. In the second attempt she registered a lift of 83kg. In the final attempt she lifted 85kg but it was declared a no lift.

* In the clean & jerk, the 24-year-old Bindyarani Devi started with a successful lift of 109kg and then went for 111kg in her second attempt. Her third attempt of 115kg was declared a no lift.

* The lift of 111kg was enough for Bindyarani Devi to bag the silver medal in the clean & jerk section as well. At the Asian and world championships, medals are awarded for total lifts as well as the snatch and clean and jerk sections.

* Bindyarani Devi, who competed in the 59kg division at the 2022 World Championships, moved back to the non-Olympic 55kg division for the Asian meet.              

* China’s Chen Guan Ling won the gold medal with a combined lift of 204kg (snatch 90kg + clean & jerk 114kg) while the bronze went to Vietnam’s Vo Thi Quynh Nhu, who logged a total lift of 192kg (snatch 88kg + clean & jerk 104kg)

* Meanwhile in the men’s 61kg category Group B, Shubham Todkar lifted a combined weight of 263kg (snatch 116kg and clean & jerk 147kg) to finish sixth among nine competitors..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Neeraj Chopra

Olympic gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra has secured victory with 88.67 m throw at Doha Diamond League 2023. Chopra’s first throw was 88.67 which was a great way to start the new season.

* His first throw was enough to seal the victory for him but he still tried to push ahead. Chopra’s second throw resulted in an 86.04m distance, maintaining his lead in the charts over Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch, who was able to reach 88.63m, and world champion Anderson Peters, whose best attempt is 85.88m.

* The Czech Republic thrower moved up to second place, overtaking Anderson Peters. Neeraj made a foul on his fourth attempt.

* On the other hand, India’s Eldhose Paul, who is a champion in triple jump at the Commonwealth Games, secured the 10th position in a field of 11 men during his Diamond League debut.

* His first attempt resulted in a jump of 15.84m, which was his best distance throughout the event.

* The 26-year-old athlete from India attempted 13.65m and 14.70m in his next two jumps, but couldn’t advance to the medal round. His personal best in this discipline is 16.99m, which he achieved at the Federation Cup in India last year.

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Babar Azam

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Friday (5th May 2023) became the fastest batter to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi.

* The 28-year-old beat South African Hashim Amla's record when he took a single to reach 19 during Pakistan's innings after they were sent in to bat by New Zealand.

* This is Azam's 97th innings in 99 one-day internationals, improving on Amla's feat of reaching the milestone in 101 innings from 104 matches.

* Last year he narrowly missed equalling Amla's record for fastest 4,000 ODI runs in 81 innings.

* Azam has been the number one batter on the International Cricket Council's rankings for ODIs for the last two years.

* He is the 14th Pakistani to complete 5,000 or more runs in ODI cricket, with former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq at the top of the list with 11,701 runs.

* The unassuming Azam made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in his hometown of Lahore in May 2015.

* He is also the only batter to twice score consecutive hundreds in three ODIs, having achieved the feat in 2016 and 2022..

Source : The Peninsulaqatar