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Lionel Messi secures the coveted title of TIME's Athlete of the Year 2023, surpassing renowned athletes Erling Haaland and Novak Djokovic.

Lionel Messi belongs to Argentina.

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Argentina won FIFA men’s football world cup 2022 under the captaincy of Lionel Messi

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• Know about FIFA World Cup 2022

• Edition: 22

• Held: 20 November 18 December 2022 (Qatar)

• Matches: 64

• Length: 28 days

• First Asian cities to host FIFA world cup: South Korea & Japan (2002)
  
• First Arab country to host FIFA world: Qatar (2022)

• FIFA world cup held in Asia in 2022: Second time

• Venues: 8 (5 cities)

• Country to provide security: Pakistan (sent around 4500 soldiers)
  
• Country to produce ball: Pakistan

• Participating countries from Asia: Qatar, Iran, South Korea, Japan & Saudi Arabia

• Winner: Argentine

• Argentine won: after 36 years (previously won in 1986)

• Runner-up: France

• Argentine won: third time

• Goals scored: 172

• Top scorer: Kylian Mbappe (8 goals)

• Kylian Mbappe belongs: France

• Best player: Lionel Messi (7 goals) (Argentine)

• Golden Ball winner:  Lionel Messi

• Lionel Messi won Ball: Second time

• Lionel Messi won Golden Ball first time: 2014

• Best young player: Enzo Fernendez (Argentine)

• Best goalkeeper : Emiliano Martinez (Argentine)

• Country to get third position: Croatia

• Country to get fourth position: Morocco

• Golden Boot winner: Kylian Mbappe (8 goals)

• Second player to score hat-trick in Final: Kylian Mbappe

• First Arab country to Qualify for semi-final: Morocco

• Final held: Lusail Stadium 

• World Cup trophy showcased by: Deepika Pedukone (Indian actress) & Iker Casillas (Spanish legend footballer)

• Golden Glove winner: Emiliano Martinez (Argentine)

• In 2022, Argentine became the first South American nation to win FIFA World Cup since Brazil in 2002.

• France lost in the final of a World Cup for the second time (First vs Italy in 2006) (second vs Argentine in 2022)

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Dmitry Muratov: the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize  (also journalist) auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine in June 2022.

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman

Katalin Kariko belongs to Hungary

Drew Weissman belongs to USA

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman

Katalin Kariko belongs to Hungary

Drew Weissman belongs to USA

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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Liberty Medal is an annual award administered by the United States to recognize leadership in the pursuit of freedom.

The 2022 Liberty Medal was awarded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Frank Wilczek awarded 2022 Templeton Prize in May 2022.

Frank Wilczek: a professor from USA

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About Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023

Co-winners: Katalin Kariko & Drew Weissman

Katalin Kariko belongs to Hungary

Drew Weissman belongs to USA

For their work which helped develop Covid vaccines in early 2020

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Simon Johnson, James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu have been awarded 2024 Nobel Prize Economics.

Awarded for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.

Their book titled 'Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity'  was published in 2023

Both Simon Johnson and James Robinson are British-Americans.

Daron Acemoglu is a Turkish-American.

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Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 was awarded to Claudia Goldin

She is an American economic historian

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The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the "Love Laws" that lay down "who should be loved, and how. And how much."