1. Senior National Badminton championship
• The 83rd edition of Senior National Badminton Championship begin in the Assamese city of Guwahati.
• Defending champion Saina Nehwal and last edition`s runner-up PV Sindhu will be the biggest attractions in Women`s Singles.
• This is the first time the Nationals is returning to the North-East since Guwahati last hosted it in 2010.
2. Clouded leopard to be mascot of National Games
• Meghalaya State animal clouded leopard is chosen to be the mascot for the National Games 2022.
• The decision was taken at the first National Games 2022 executive committee meeting, chaired by Meghalaya Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Banteidor Lyngdon.
• Clouded leopard is a wild cats living throughout the forests of Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills.
• The games coincide with the 50th year of the creation of the State.
3. Latest FIFA rankings
• The Indian football team slipped out of the top 100 in the latest FIFA rankings.
• The change in rank is due to their back to back group league defeats during the AFC Asian Cup in the UAE.
• In the FIFA rankings released, skipper Sunil Chhetri and team slumped six places to be ranked 103 with 1219 points.
4. Ranji Trophy
• Vidarbha lifted their second successive Ranji Trophy title with a comfortable 78-run win over Saurashtra.
• Left arm spinner, Sarwate was adjudged man of the match.
• Vidarbha is only the sixth team in the tournament’s long history to have defended the title.
5. Prajnesh Gunneswaran breaks into men`s singles top 100
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran has made it to the top-100 of Men`s Singles Tennis rankings with a jump of six places that took him to 97.
• Prajnesh is the third Indian player to break into the top-100 barrier in the past decade after Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri.
• He reached the semifinals of the ATP Chennai Challenger last week to ensure his entry into the coveted bracket. If Prajnesh can maintain his rank inside top-100, it will secure him entry into Grand Slam singles main draws.
• In the doubles, Rohan Bopanna stayed put at 37 and was followed by his partner Divij Sharan at 39.
• In the Women`s Tennis Association charts, Ankita Raina continues to be country`s top singles player at number 165 after climbing three places in the ladder and was followed by Karman Kaur Thandi, who dropped a place to 211.
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