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•  Australian Open men's doubles champions 2024
• Winners: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden

• Rohan Bopanna is a tennis player from India

• Matthew Ebden is a tennis player from Australia.
• Note: Australian Open (grand slam) men's doubles 2024 held in January 2024.

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• Saudi Arabia is set to host an annual Esports World Cup, featuring popular video games and the largest prize pool in esports history.
• This tournament will commence in 2024 and aims to become a recurring event in Riyadh. Various clubs will participate in different game genres to compete for the title of Esports World Cup champion.

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Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2024 US Open.

Sinner became the first Italian man to win the US Open singles title and the first Italian man in the Open Era to win multiple major titles.

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Additional Info:

The US Open Tennis Championships, commonly called the US Open, is a tennis tournament organized by the United States Tennis Association annually in New York City

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Kazakhstan and Tajikistan led the medals table with seven golds each Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 

Additional Info:

MMA Asian Championship 2024 held in Pakistan.

Starting date: Aug 18, 2024

Closing date: Aug 22, 2024

Participants: 12 countries

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In May 2024, Ukraine appointed AI diplomat for the first time in the world.

World's first AI diplomat is named Victoria Shi

Victoria Shi will represent Ukraine on behalf of its foreign ministry

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Oleg Kononenko set a world record by spending 1,000 days in space.

Oleg Kononenko is a Russian cosmonaut.

His latest mission will end on Sep 15, 2024

Note: Roscosmos is the space agency of Russia. 

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Pakistan is the permanent member of Washington Accord.

Pakistan has become permanent member of Washington Accord for six years.

In June 2024, International Engineering Alliance (IEA) approved the extension in Pakistan’s membership during its at New Delhi, India.

China, Turkiye, and Hong Kong supported Pakistan in the IEA session.

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Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup 2024

Edition: 30th

Venue: Malaysia

Winner: Japan (first title)

Runner-up: Pakistan

Starting date: 4 May 2024

Closing date: 11 May 2024

Participating teams: 06

Total matches played: 12

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Know about Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024

Edition: 9th

Started: 17 Feb 2024

Ended: 18 Mar 2024

Champions: Islamabad United (3rd title)

Runners-up: Multan Sultans

Participants: 6

Matches: 34

Final venue: National Stadium, Karachi 

Hanif Muhammad Cap winner: Babar Azam

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Explanation

In March 2024, five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani driver have been killed after a suicide attacker rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy in Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.