1. Sarabjot Singh, Esha Singh win gold in junior Air Pistol
• Sarabjot Singh won the 10m Air Pistol men`s junior event and Esha Singh women`s junior event.
• Their victories bolster India`s overall gold haul to eight at the end of day four of the 12th Asian Airgun Championships in Taoyuan, Taipei.
• Sarabjot also partnered Arjun Cheema and Vijayveer Sidhu to win the junior team gold.
• India has so far won eight gold, four silver and two bronze medals with two days of competition left.
2. South Korea defeat India in Azlan Shah Cup final
• India has lost to South Korea in the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia.
• South Korea lifted the title, defeating India in a shootout 4-2.
• Till the stipulated time both the teams had a score of 1 goal each.
• Hosts Malaysia defeated Canada 4-2 and secured the 3rd place.
3. World Cup 2022 Security Deal
• FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup 2022 security agreement aimed at building a strategic partnership for the preparation of the world cup and management of the security of event, signed between Qatar and France.
• The agreement was signed after the meeting of Qatar Prime Minister, Sheikh Abdallah bin Khalifa al-Thani and French Prime minister, Edouard Philippe.
• The 2022 FIFA World Cup is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men`s football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
• It is scheduled to take place in Qatar in 2022. This will be the first World Cup ever to be held in the Arab world and the first in a Muslim-majority country. This will be the first World Cup held entirely in geographical Asia since the 2002 tournament in South Korea and Japan (the 2018 competition in Russia featured one geographically Asian venue, Yekaterinburg).
• In addition the tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled for the 2026 tournament. However, FIFA President Gianni Infantino indicated that this change may come earlier for the 2022 World Cup. The reigning World Cup champions are France.
4. Saurav Ghosal scripts history, beco`mes first Indian male squash player to enter top 10 of PSA rankings
• Saurav Ghosal scripted history after he became the first Indian male squash player to enter the top 10 in the latest PSA world rankings.
• It was a first of sorts for any Indian male squash player as before Saurav it was only two Indian women players, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal had made it to the top 10 in the world rankings.
• Riding on his recent run of good performances, Ghosal has moved up two places to a career-high ranking of 10.
• Egypt`s world champion Ali Farag maintains his position at the top of the ladder.
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