General Asim Munir assumed the command of the Pakistan Army as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) in November 2022. He is the 17th Chief of Army Staff, succeeding General Qamar Javed Bajwa.

Lionel Scaloni was the head coach who led Argentina to victory in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Kylian Mbappé won the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup 2022 for scoring the most goals (8) in the tournament.

Tenpin Bowling is often rotated, but Cricket is a notable inclusion. However, based on the specific 2026 program, Baseball/Softball is a key highlight for Japan. (Note: Bowling was in 2018, out in 2022. Japan has a strong bowling tradition, but the official list highlights Baseball). Let's stick to the confirmed inclusion: Baseball is a major focus for Nagoya.

Pakistan won a Silver medal in the Men's Team Squash event at the Hangzhou Asian Games (held in 2023).

The 14th South Asian Games were originally set for 2023 (and informally delayed from 2021/2022 cycles) before being pushed to 2024, 2025, and finally Jan 2026.

Nooh Dastgir Butt won Pakistan's first Gold medal of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in the +109kg weightlifting category.

Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless were awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

The 2022 prize was awarded for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.

The capital of Kazakhstan is Astana. It was renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019 but reverted to the name Astana in 2022.