Sports - General Knowledge Questions

Correct Answer :   LeBron James

LeBron James becomes the all-time leading scorer in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

* He has surpassed a record held by the great Kareem Abdul Jabbar since 1984.

* He pushed his career total to 38,388 points.

* He has won four NBA titles and competed in 10 NBA finals.

* He has a career average of 27.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 7.3 assists.

* Abdul-Jabbar took 1,560 games to record his total, and James set his record in just over 1,400 appearances...

Source : CNN

Correct Answer :   Kamran Akmal

Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper "Kamran Akmal", on Tuesday (7th February 2023), announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.

* Prior to the 2023 edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), he spoke to the reporters and said that it’s time for the youngsters to take charge.

* Akmal was earlier named as the batting consultant for the Peshawar Zalmi, led by Babar Azam, for the upcoming edition of the PSL.

* The 41-year-old said that he is keener on taking up managerial roles with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

* Akmal made his debut for Pakistan back in 2002 and went on to play until 2017.

* In 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is, the right-handed batter scored 2648, 3236 and 987 runs respectively, with the help of 11 hundreds and 27 fifties.

* Akmal also remains second in the list of leading run-scorers in the history of the PSL. From 2016 to 2022, he played for the Zalmi, where he scored 1972 runs at an average of 27.38 and a strike-rate of 136.94 with three hundreds and 12 fifties to his name.

* Babar is the leading run-scorer with 2413 runs from 66 innings with 23 half-centuries. In first-class cricket, Akmal was a stalwart as he notched over 13000 runs with 33 hundreds and 62 fifties...

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Mumbai

Correct Answer :   Aaron Finch

Correct Answer :   Kerala

Kerala has crowned to their bulging cabinet of national football trophies, putting on a show in the final of the National Beach Soccer Championships and overwhelming Punjab 13-4, to win the title, at Dumas Beach, Surat on 1st Feb 2023.

In the third place game played earlier in the day, Delhi beat Uttarakhand 3-1.

The game was a rematch of the group stage, where Punjab had won a close affair 6-5.

On this occasion though, Kerala left them no chance, dominant from the first minute to the last. Kerala captain Kamaludheen opened the scoring for Kerala, blasting in a shot from the right 24 seconds after kick off to give them the lead.

For the crowd that had arrived to watch this final, it was a precursor for the goal rush to come.

National Beach Soccer Championships :

* Kerala’s goalkeeper Santhosh Kasmeer was awarded the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

* Rajasthan’s Amit Godara was the highest goalscorer, with 27 goals.

* The best player of the tournament was awarded to Kerala’s Siju S...

Source : The Bridge

Correct Answer :   Aditi Ashok

India’s Aditi Ashok won her fourth Ladies European Tour title at the Kenya Ladies Open 2023 golf tournament at Vipingo Ridge, Kenya on Sunday (5th Feb 2023).

Aditi Ashok carded a 12-under (67-70-69-74) to win the contest ahead of England’s Alice Hewson and Thailand’s April Angurasaranee, who finished with identical final scores of 3-under.

Aditi Ashok had a six-stroke lead over second-placed Angurasaranee heading into the fourth and final day of the golf tournament.

However, Angurasaranee hit a double-bogey and three bogeys on the back nine to finish joint-second with Alice Hewson.

The 24-year-old Aditi Ashok, meanwhile, was consistent throughout the four rounds. She made a brilliant start to the Kenya Ladies Open golf tournament scoring 6-under 67 in the first round, which included an eagle and five birdies and remained in the lead throughout.

The Indian golfer cemented her position on the top of the leaderboard after a bogey-free third round on Saturday (4th Feb 2023) and on Sunday (5th Feb 2023), Aditi Ashok comfortably clinched the title despite hitting two bogeys on the back nine.

India’s Avani Prashanth, meanwhile, finished tied-ninth with a score of 3-over (75-75-73-72) and Amandeep Drall came tied-52nd with a 16-over (74-74-83-77).

While the Kenya Ladies Open was the fourth title for Aditi Ashok on the Ladies European Tour, it was her first since winning the 2017 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open in Abu Dhabi, UAE...

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer :   Saudi Arabia

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia won the hosting rights of the 2027 Asian Nations Cup.

* It was announced during the 33rd Congress of the Asian Football Confederation, which was held on 1st February in Bahraini, Manama.

* Saudi Arabia has obtained votes from 43 countries to organize the 2027 Asian Cup out of 45 votes.

* 2023 AFC Asian Cup : Qatar (from June 26 to July 16, 2023)..

Source : Siasat

Correct Answer :   Raphael Varane

World Cup-winning defender Raphael Varane has announced Thursday (2nd Feb 2023) his retirement from international duty with France to focus on his career with Manchester United.

* Varane's international career spanned a decade, and while he will be missed by Deschamps, France is fortunate to have a number of emerging central defensive talents.

* Varane was a key starter for Les Bleus as they won the World Cup in 2018 and helped Didier Deschamps guide his team to the 2022 showpiece in Qatar.

* It has now been revealed that his last international match was France's thrilling defeat in the final against Argentina in December.

* Varane began his international career almost ten years ago, on March 22, 2013, when France defeated Georgia in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. At the time, he was still a teenager, but he had established himself as a regular starter for Real Madrid...

Source : Indiatoday

Correct Answer :   Murali Vijay

Murali Vijay (38), the India opener, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on January 30, 2023.

* Vijay played in the first two Tests of India's 2018-19 tour of Australia, with the second Test in Perth being his farewell outing for the side.

* He had played 61 Tests, 17 ODIs, and 9 T20Is for India since making his debut in November 2008 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

* He scored 3,982 runs for India in the longest format that including 12 centuries and 15 fifties.

* In the one-day, he had 339 runs that included a half-century...

Source : Times of India

Correct Answer :   6,000

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister "Shivraj Singh Chouhan" on Monday (30th Jan 2023) evening inaugurated the fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) at a glittering function here, kick-starting a sporting extravaganza that will see participation from nearly 6,000 athletes from across the country in 27 disciplines.

The CM declared the Games open at the Tatya Tope stadium in the state capital Bhopal.

“The Khelo India Youth Games will be historic in Madhya Pradesh,” Chouhan said on the occasion.

Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs "Anurag Singh Thakur" and Madhya Pradesh Sports Minister "Yashodhara Raje Scindia", among others, were present on the occasion..

Source : Indian Express