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January
Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners
Russian rhythmic gymnast, Yana Alexeyevna announced her retirement at the age of 19, following
Kudryavtseva, several leg injuries
Cue sports Ace Pankaj Advani . clinched the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker
Championship 2017
The Indian 7’2” basketball player Satnam Singh Shown interest in the World Wrestling Entertainment
Bhamara (WWE).
The 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon - First position in men’s elite category while Kenya’s Bornes
Mumbai. Kitur won the women’s title
The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Inaugurated the Khelo India National level
Shri Vijay Goel Competitions on various sports for Under-14 and Under-17
children in New Delhi.
The NCR Punjab Royals Won the Pro Wrestling League Season 2 defeating
Haryana Hammers at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi.
Formula One player Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new One world champion in place of
Nico Rosberg
Tajikistan’s chess player Grandmaster (GM) Farrukh won the 15th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess
Amonatov tournament
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and entered into a long-term partnership through 2028. This
Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group makes Alibaba the worldwide sponsor of OlympicGames
through 2028.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Taken away the Olympic gold medals from three Chinese
women weightlifters for doping at 2008 Beijing Games
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain Men’s singles title of the 2017 Chennai
Open defeating Daniil Medvedev.
Mumbai youngster, Shreyas Mehta Won the Scottish Junior Open Squash
championship at Edinburgh.
Indian pair of RohanBopanna and Won men’s doubles title defeating India’s
JeevanNedunchezhiyan DivijSharan and Purav Raja in Chennai Open.
Rising Indian squash star winning the first-ever all-Indian Boys’ Under-19
Velavan Senthilkumar. final at the British Junior Open in Sheffield
Sergey Karjakin of Russia Defeated Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in a tie-
breaker to win Gold in the World Blitz Chess
Championship title in Doha, Qatar
Robert Marchand (105) Made a record by cycling 22.547km (14 miles) in 1
hour. In 2012 he had already set a record of cycling
26.927km in 1 hour.
Yoga Sports Ministry derecognizes Yoga after 15 months
being declared a sport.
Arjun Bhati . Won the first position in the Kids Golf World
Championship in Malaysia
Shiva Keshavan, - India, won his third gold in Asian Luge Championship at
Nagano, Japan
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Sixteen-time world champion, PankajAdvani bagged the National title in 6-red Snooker, the shorter
format of the game.
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new teammate who replaced
Nico Rosberg
St. Petersburg 2020 Euro Cup football tournament The official emblem was unveiled
in St.Petersburdepicts the Palace Bridge.
Dhruv Sunish . Won ITF Juniors title at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad
clay courts
Ronnie O’Sullivan Won a record seventh Masters title against Joe Perry
10-7 in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched its first ever Indian Women’s League (IWL)
Japan based sumo wrestler Kisenosato Promoted to the highest rank of the
wresting, "Yokozuna"
Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt Have to hand back one of his nine
Olympicgold medals won in the 4x100m relay event
at the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to his Jamaican
team-mate Nesta Carter who was tested positive for a
banned substance.
The Tokyo Olympic Committee Announced that Son Goku, a cult anime character
from Dragonball Z, will serve as one of its brand
ambassadors.
The TOP Committee has been reconstituted To identify and support potential medal prospects for
2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under the “Target
Olympic Podium” scheme.
Siliguri based Abul Hossain won the Kolkata Full Marathon
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Constituted an 8-membered committee on January 30,
2017 that would work to prepare an action plan for
the next three Olympic Games to be held in 2020,
2024 and 2028.
Top seeded Ace cue Pankaj Advani Won his seventh national title in the finals of Manisha
National Billiards and Snooker Championship
FOOTBALL
Atletico de Kolkata. wins 2016 Hero Indian Super League beating Kerala
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi Blasters 5-4
Match Awards: 1.Club award: Atlético de Kolkata
2.ISL Emerging Player of the Match: LalrindikaRalte
(Atlético de Kolkata)
3.Hero of the Match: Henrique Sereno Fonseca
(Atlético de Kolkata)
Argentina topped in the FIFA’s Team of the 2016 However India jumped two places to finish 2016 at
Year title with 1634 points. 135.
Indian football team jumped six places up The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina,
to 129th in January 2017 which is the best FIFA Brazil and Germany
ranking in over a decade.
Indian Women Football Team won their fourth consecutive (South Asian Football
Federation) SAFF Women’s Championship
title defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the finals at
the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal
MohunBagan and Chennaiyin Nominated as the ‘2016 All India Football Federation
FC striker JejeLalpekhlua (AIFF) Player of the Year.
FIFA ranking The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina,
Brazil and Germany & Indian football team jumped
six places up to 129th .
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CRICKET
Karun Nair Scores triple century in test against England, He is
the second Indian to do so after VirendraSehwag.
Lord’s Cricket Ground has 4 Indians got place in the Released its top 20 players for this calendar year. Indian
ranking. test skipper Virat Kohli got the number 1 spot.
Shaheed Vijay Singh Parthik(SVSP) Sports ICC has granted approval for conducting International
Stadium in Greater Noida cricket matches between full time member countries of the
game.
India has been ranked as the No.1 Team in the ICC Test Championship after posting
a 4-0 wins over England in the five-match series.
The side at the topof the rankings on April 1, 2017
will receive USD 1 million.
Rajasthan Cricket Association Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha
Committee as per Supreme Court directive.
Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket
Club of India
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Became the fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day
International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21
innings
Gujarat won its maiden Ranji Trophy title Beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of
the Match: Parthiv Patel.
Kane Williamson and ViratKohli Two batsmen to feature in the top 5 of the ICC
rankings in all three formats of the game.
The former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting Australia’s coaching staff as an assistant to coach
the team for next month’s home Twenty20 series
against Sri Lanka.
Australian Cricketer Arthur Morris Inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Morris,
(Posthumously) who became the 82nd player to be inducted into
the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni . Stepped down as the captain of the Indian team in
limited over formatsViratKholi Replaced Him.
India beat hosts Sri Lanka Cinched the Under-19s Asia Cup title on December 23,
2016 at the R Premadasa Stadium, Srilanka.
Two of Australia’s batsmen, David Boon and Inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
Matthew Hayden, and the brilliant women’s (ACHoF
all-rounder Betty Wilson
The International Cricket Council (ICC) 4 women to be inducted in the strong group of B to conduct
the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 in February
2017 in Colombo.
Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 season Bengal won against Delhi in the final at the Feroz Shah
Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
Virat Kohli Fastest batsman in the world to score 1,000 runs as captain
in One-Day Internationals (ODIs
Rajasthan Cricket Association in an Emergent General Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha
Meeting (EGM) Committee
Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket
Club of India
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI)
history to score 1,000 runs in 21innings during the 3rd ODI
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against Australia.
Ranji Trophy Gujarat won its maiden title by 5 wickets after beating
Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the
Match: Parthiv Patel.
TENNIS
China’s Grand Slam Champion Li Xiaoxia Announces Retirement from Table Tennis
Australian Open - 2017 Overview The 105th edition of the Australian Open tournament
2017 was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2017.
Men’s Singles Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
Women’s Singles Serena Williams Venus Williams
Men’s Doubles Henri Kontinen /John Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
Peers
Women’s Doubles BethanieMattek- Croatia’s Ivan Dodig/Sania
Sands /Lucie Mirz
Safarova
Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears /Juan Andrea Hlaváčková/Peng
Sebastián Cabal Shuai
Qatar Open
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) United Kingdom Andy
Murray
Men’s Doubles French pair JérémyChardy Canada VasekPospisil / Czech
and Fabrice Martin Republic RadekŠtěpánek,
HOCKEY
India surpassed South Korea Finishes with the bronze medal at the 4th Women’s U18
Asia Cup 2016 hockey tournament in Bangkok
India Beat Belgium Wins 2016 FIH Junior Hockey World
Cupat Lucknow’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium and
reclaimed the crown after 15 long years.
The Captain of Indian men’s Hockey Team, PR Selected as a member of International Hockey Federation
Sreejesh (FIH) Athletes’ Committee by the FIH Executive Board.
BOXING
Boxer-Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of
professional boxing.
The Indian Women’s boxing team Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas,
Serbia on January 15, 2017. India won total six medals.
Kazakhstan won the tournament at first spot.
AbbuAmmaz (8) A class 2 student from Jammu and Kashmir has
bagged the gold medal in Thai Boxing Championship
AIBA has voted unanimously to grant full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI)
Indian boxing star Vijendrasingh Defeats Francis Cheka to Retain WBO-Asia Pacific
Super Middleweight Title in New Delhi.
Asian games Bronze-Medallist boxer, Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of
professional boxing.
The Indian Women’s boxing team coached Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas,
by Gurbax Singh Sandhu Serbia
BADMINTON
Syed Modi International Grand Prix
women’s singles title PV Sindhu Gregoria Mariska
Men’s Single Sameer Verma B Sai Praneeth
mixed doubles Pranaav Jerry Ashwini Ponnappa/ B
Chopra /N Sikki Reddy Sumeeth Reddy
2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Men’s Singles Ng Ka Long(Hong Kong) Lee Hyun-il(South Korea)
Women’s Singles Saina Nehwal(India) Pornpawee
Chochuwong(Thailand)
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Men’s Doubles Berry Angriawan & Goh Sze Fei & Nur
Hardianto9 Indonesia) Izzuddin(Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles Jongkolphan Kititharakul Poon Lok Yan & Tse
&Rawinda Ying Suet(Hong Kong)
Prajongjai(Thailand)
Mixed Doubles Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Goh Soon Huat & Shevon
Jing9 Malaysia) Jemie Lai(Malaysia)
February
Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners
CRICKET
Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell Banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code
violation
India defeated England by 75 runs to clinch the Twenty20 International series 2-1 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium,
Bengaluru.
Yuzvender Chahal (23) First Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul in t20 in
the history of Indian cricket.
Alastair Cook Resigned as England Test captain after a record 59 matches
Indian off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin Fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches. He
achieved this feat in his 45th test match.
India defeated Pakistan to clinch the T20 World Cup for Blind tournament at M.
Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Pakistan-- Nasir Jamshed Suspended from all forms of cricket by the Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) for violating its anti-corruption code.
Joe Root New England’s Test captain
Australian cricketer Adam Voges Retire from all formats of international cricket
Legendary Pakistani cricket Shahid Afridi. retired from all forms of international cricket
ICC batswomen’s rankings. The top batter Harmanpreet Kaur was placed in
the tenth spot.
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara 16th player worldwide and 2nd Asian Batsman to
play 1000 matches across all forms of Cricket.
Virat Kohli First Indian sports person had signed an eight-year deal
worth Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a sports apparel
brand Puma
Mohammad Nabi - Sunrisers Hyderabad For the first time in the history of Indian Premier League
Rashid Khan - Mumbai Indians (IPL) Auction, two Afghanistan players were selected
Ravichandran Ashwin Surpassed India’s former legendary allrounder Kapil
Dev to become the highest wicket-taker in a home Test
season. He scored 67 wickets from 10 Tests in 2016-17
Virat Kohli First player to score double century in four
consecutive Test series
Cheteshwar Pujara Took his season tally to 1,605 in just 21 innings
21-year-old Mohit Ahlawat First batsman in the world to score a 300 in a T20 match in
Delhi.
Virat Kohli Tops T20 batsman list in the Latest ICC rankings
BADMINTON
Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen Created history after he attained World No. 1 Rank in the
latest Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking
Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das Clinch the Men’s Singles and women’s Sigles title in the
81st Senior National Badminton Championships held in
Patna
Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu Achieved her career best Badminton World
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March
Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners
TENNIS
Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova Granted wild card Italian Open as makes her return from
a doping ban.
Rafel Nadal Miami open tournament won against 31st seeded player,
German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. With this win he
has registered a win in his 1000th match which is very
big achievement in his career.
Swiss Professional Tennis Player Roger Federer Won his fifth BNP Paribas Open Tennis
Tournament crown
Rio Open 2017 Winner List
Title Winner Runner
Men’s Single Dominic Thiem (Austria) Pablo CarrenoBusta (Spain)
Men’s Double (Spain) Pablo Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (Colombia)
CarrenoBusta/Pablo Cuevas
(Uruguay)
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Category Winner Runner
Men’s Singles Andy Murray (United Kingdom) Fernando Verdasco(Spain)
Women’s Singles ElinaSvitolina(Ukraine) Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark)
Men’s Doubles Netherlands Pair Rohan Bopanna (India) / Marcin Matkowski (Poland)
Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania
HoriaTecău
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Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) / Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) / Peng Shuai (
Elena Vesnina(Russia) China)
2017 Brasil Open – Overview
Singles Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas
Doubles Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva / New Zealand Marcus Daniell / Brazil Marcelo
Brazil André Demoliner
2017 Mexican Open – Overview
Men’s singles Sam Querrey (United States) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s singles LesiaTsurenko (Ukraine) Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Men’s Doubles Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno John Isner / Spain Feliciano López, (United States Pair)
Soares (United Kingdom Pair)
Women’s Doubles DarijaJurak (Croatia) / Anastasia VerónicaCepedeRoyg (Paraguay) / Mariana Duque
Rodionova (Australia) Mariño (Colombia)
FOOTBALL
Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi Received a 4-match ban after using insulting words at
an assistant referee in the match against Chile
The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar To be transformed into modern football stadium
In the latest FIFA ranking for the month Indian Football team dropped two places and is now
ranked at 132nd spot as compared to 130 in
February FIFA ranking..Argentina is at the top
Punjab defeated Railways by a 2-1. Group B final round league match of the 71st Santosh
Trophy football tournament
Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos The All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointedas
the head coach of the India U-17 World Cup team
Santosh Trophy West Bengal beat Goa (1-0) to clinch the 71th title
record 32nd time at the GMC Bambolim Stadium, Goa.
SHOOTING
List of Winners of the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2017.
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 6 6 0 12
2 Italy 2 3 0 5
3 Australia/Japan 2 0 1 3
5 India 1 2 2 5
ISSF Shooting World Cup
Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly
included 10m pistol
India’s PoojaGhatkar. Clinched bronze medal in the women’s 10m air rifle
India’s Deepak Kumar. Gave an impressive performance in the Men’s 10m Air
Rifle at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi
Jitu Rai. Won gold medal in the 50-metre free pistol event on
March 1, 2017 in the ISSF World Cup
CRICKET
India stayed strong in its No.1in ICC Rankings India clinched its final test series in home against
Australia this season and retained its ICC Test
Championship Maze.
Pakistan bowler Mohammad Irfan Banned for 1 year for bookie Link
Tamilnadu State cricket team Won the Deodhar Trophy by beating India Red.
Shaun Tait Australian fast bowler officially announced
his retirement from the Game
Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara(29) First Indian batsman to face 500 balls in the second
innings of the 3rd Test against Australia at
Ranchi. Pujara has played 525 balls in his 202 run
India’s spin-bowler Ravindra Jadeja Attained the top spot in the list of the Test bowlers as
per the latest ICC Test Ranking
Tamil Nadu Won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 at the Feroz Shah
Kotla, Delhi on March 16, 2017 by beating Bengal
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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) The Mumbai Cricket Association and the Saurashtra
Cricket Association which were Full Members earlier
were downgraded to Associate membership.
Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte Announced her retirement from all forms of cricket
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO Mobiles Sponsorship rights for a five-year period for INR 1079
crore
HOCKEY
Bhubaneswar To host the 2017 Men’s Hockey World League Final as
well as the Men’s World Cup in 2018 at the Kalinga
Stadium.
Indian women’s hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 in their fifth test to clinch the five-match Test series 5-0 in Bhopal.
MISCELLANEOUS
Chris Bertish, a South African surfer and a sailor First person in the worldto cross the Atlantic Ocean
Top seeded Lee Chong Wei Won All England Championship in men’s singles event
by beating Shi Yuqi from China
SSP Chawrasia Only Indian Golfer to retain his Hero Indian Open title
for the second time
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed a lifetime ban on Sergei Portugalov from sports for his role in
providing illicit substances to Russian athletes.
Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand. Announced her retirement from international cycling
India’s Billiards Champion Vidya Pillai Settled for silver medal in the 2017 World Women
Snooker Championship held in Safra Toa
Payoh, Singapore
India’s KT Irfan Won the bronze medal in men’s 20km race walk event
at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi,
Japan
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal Won the gold medal at the International Shooting Sport
Federation Shotgun World Cup in the men’s double
trap event at Acapulco, Mexico
The 9th edition of Fazza International IPC Athletics Grand Prix Competition began in Dubai, UAE
Indian team. Finished in a high note in the 2017 Special Olympics
World Winter Games with a triumphing 73 medals
held in Austria (tally of 37 gold, 10 silver and 26
bronze with total tally of 73 medals.)
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Win the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
in Melbourne
The Indian shuttle players Purva Barve and Varun Kapur. Bagged double delight by winning in the Li Ning-Israel
Open 2017 which was held at Sports Hall, RishonLe
Zion in Israel.
GaurviSinghvi 14 year old Udaipur girl became the first to swim
across BandraWorli Sea Link to the Gateway of India
route in Arabian Sea in a record time of 6 hours and 30
minutes.
Srinath Narayanan 46th Grandmaster in the history of this sport
defeating GM David Anton Guijarro from Spain at the
Sharjah Masters 2017 chess tournament.
Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkish long-distance runner stripped of Two Olympic
silver medals and One Championship medal after she
was found positive in re-analysis of an in-competition
doping test
22nd Asian Athletics Championships will be hosted by Bhubaneswar which is going to be conducted.
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy the Indian men doubles team won the title at the Vietnam International
Challenge Badminton tournament at Hanoi.
2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by India in November for the first time since
2010.
Kripa Shankar Bishnoi Appointed as an international match referee by United
World Wrestling (UWW), the sport’s global governing
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body.
The Indian men’s Rugby team, Piped Pakistan by 14-12 to claim the 7th rank at the
Asia Men’s Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Aspire
Rugby Field in Doha, Qatar.
April
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CRICKET
MashrafeMortaza(33) - Bangladesh Announced retirement from T20Is
New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott Confirmed his retirement from international cricket
A right handed Indian international Named as the Leading Cricketer in the World for the year
cricketer ViratKolhi(28) 2016 by Wisden India Almanack.
Ellyse Perry of Australia Named as Leading Woman Cricketer in the World
The IPL team owned by Royal Challengers Sports Announced online cricket game named RCB Star
Private Ltd, Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) joined Cricket on April 7, 2017
with the gaming entity Nazara Games
Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Younis Announced to retire from international cricket
Khan(39)
Former Ranji cricketer TusharArothe Appointed as the coach of the Indian women’s cricket
team
Cricket, Skateboarding, Sambo and Surfing Removed from the 2018 Asian Games to be held
in Jakarta .Total number of events has been reduced
from 493 to 431.
Chris Gayle The first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
SouravGanguly and former Australian Cricket Commentators for the upcoming Champions Trophy,
Team Captain, Ricky Ponting scheduled to be held in England from 1-8 June
2017.—ICC
Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the Indian Offered honourary life membership of ‘Marylebone
women’s Test Cricket Team Cricket Club’ (MCC)
GRAND PRIX
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won a Baharain Grand Prix
Mercedes team Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for Mercedes
FOOTBALL
Indian football team has risen to 101st from 132nd in 2017. Brazil retained its top position.
the latest FIFA rankings
The US, Mexico and Canada Announced the details for a joint bid for the 2026 FIFA
World Cup
BANDMINTON
Sai Praneeth. Won the Men’s Single at Singapore Open Badminton
championship defeating K Srikanth in Singapore.
Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu . Achieves a career-best world number two ranking in the
latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings list
…Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying stayed at first position.
PullelaGopichand a National Badminton coach won both single and double crown at the
daughter Gayatri teamed up with Samiya Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta.
Five Indian Badminton players have been upgraded in the latest BWF rankings released on April 20, 2017.
Notably PV Sindhu: Moved to number 3 position.
Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu won championship in India Super Series tournament
defeating the Olympic champion Carolina Marin
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MISCELANEOUS
JoycilineJepkosgei of Kenya Broke three world records by winning the Prague Half
Marathon in Czech Republic
US based National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its first basketball school in Mumbai
Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar (49kg) won a gold medal for The Indian camp finished the Thailand International
the second time Tournament with two medals includes 1 gold medal
and 1 bronze medal in Bangkok.
Indian Chess Team Finished Top in Asian Youth Chess Championship in
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has granted affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), a long-standing
tie made between the two bodies.
Marouane Fellaini (Belgian professional) First Muslim to captain Manchester United. He is the
world’s most expensive player.
Pankaj Advani Won his 7th Title by defeating Sourav Kothari in
the Asian Billiads Championship held in Chandigarh
Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes historic Boston Marathon
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Launched a new feature called Video gaming as a
full sport at the 2022 Asian Games which is
scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China
101-year-old Man Kaur won Gold Medal for 100 metres sprint at the World
Masters Games in Auckland
Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur Clinched gold in the Asian Grand Prix Athletics
Meet. It was held in Jinhua, China.
Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani Won silver -Asian Snooker Championship at Doha,
Qatar. He lost the finals to China's LvHaotian
Actress Gul Panag First Indian woman to drive a Formula E racing
car. She drove the M4Electro at the Circuit de
Calafat in Catalonia,Spain.
JehanDaruvala 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European
Championship in Monza, Italy.
Haryana beats Kerala At the National Youth Athletics Meet at
Hyderabad.
India has won 16 medals US Open karate Championship and grabbed 3 gold
2 silver and 11 bronze medals in Las Vegas
TENNIS
33rd edition - Miami Open 2017 at Crandon Park, Florida in USA - An Overview
CATEGORY WINNER’s RUNNER’s
Men’s single Roger Federer(Switzerland) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s single Johanna Konta (Great Britain) Caroline Wozniacki
(Denmark)
Men’s doubles ŁukaszKubot (Poland)/ Marcelo Melo (Brazil) Nicholas Monroe
(USA)/Jack Sock (USA)
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Women’s doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) /Xu Yifan (china) Sania Mirza
(India)/BarboraStrýcová
(Czech Republic)
Spain’s Rafal Nadal wins Men’s Singles and Bopanna and Cuevas Lift men’s doubles in the Monte Carlo Masters
May
Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners
TENNIS
Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh Bagged both the singles and doubles gold at
the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in
Santiago, Chile.
Table Tennis -India Win all 10 gold medals in South Asian Junior
Table Tennis Championships held in Mount
Lavinia, near Colombia in Sri Lanka
Spain’s Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem to win Mutua Madrid
Open at La CajaMágica in Madrid, Spain. This is
Nadal’s fifth Mutua Madrid Open title win and
30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown.
Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem of Austria in the final to win
the Barcelona Open for a record 10th time.
Indian tennis player Leander Paeshas won Tallahassee Challenger Men’s Doubles title
defeating Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez.
Italian Open 2017
Category Winner Runners-up
Men’s Singles Alexander Zverev (Germany) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles ElinaSvitolina (Ukraine) Simona Halep (Romania)
Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) Ivan Dodig (Croatia)
Nicolas Mahut (France) Marcel Granollers (Spain)
CRICKET
Harmanpreet Kaur First Indian women cricketer to play in England’s
T20 league
ICC ODI Batsman Rankings India captain ViratKholi place third in the top 10
of the ICC Players Rankings for ODIs. The Same
List topped by AB De Villiars of SA.
ESPN World Fame 100 Rankings Indian cricketers ViratKohli(13th), Mahendra
Singh Dhoni (15th) Yuvraj Singh and Suresh
Raina, have featured in this year’s Footballer
Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list.
Diary Major Amul Will be prime sponsor of the New Zealand
cricket team in the upcoming ICC Champions
Trophy
Annual update of ICC Twenty20 International India has dropped two places to slip to fourth
team rankings (May 1, 2017). position. The Rankings topped by New Zealand.
Mumbai Indians Win IPL title for third time beating Rising Pune Supergiant
(RPS) in the Grand Finale at Rajiv Gandhi International
Stadium in Hyderabad.
India retained its No.1 position In the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test
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team rankings.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Hiked the prize money for 2017 Champions
Trophy by $500,000, making it $4.5 million with a
winner’s share of $2.2 million.
RavichandranAshwin Bagged with International Cricketer of the Year
award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR)
International awards for 2017.
India women’s cricketers Deepti The first-ever pair to share a record 320-run
Sharma and Poonam Raut partnership in One-Day International in a
match against Ireland.
Indian fast bowler, JhulanGoswami Made record as highest wicket-taker in women’s
one-day international (181 wickets in 153
matches).
GRAND PRIX
Mercedes’ Finnish driver ValtteriBottas Won Russian Grand Prix
Mercedes’ Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won Monaco Grand Prix
Arjun Maini First Indian to Win a GP3 Race Series in
Barcelona, Spain
FOOTBALL
Football club Manchester United Won the Europa League title after defeating Ajax
Amsterdam in the final match.
Aizawl FC Script history, become first north-east club to win
I-League title beating Mohun Bagan by 1-0.
Arsenal Team beat Chelsea 2-1 to win FA Cup for 13th time. The
match was held at Wembley Stadium in London,
England.
FIFA rankings Indian football team has raised to be ranked 100th
for the first time ever in over two decades.
Brazilian Team topped the list.
Harpreet Singh Wins bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship the
K.D. Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi Stadium
Complex in New Delhi.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Unveils logo(Olly Turtle is the mascot), Mascot
for 22nd Asian Athletics Championship, It will be
held at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar.
WRESTLING
India’s Performance at Asian Wrestling Championship, New Delhi
• Indian wrestlers bagged total 10 medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze).
• In men's freestyle category, Iran won the championship title with 71 points, followed by
Japan with 55 points and Uzbekistan with 49 points. India finished at eight position with 33
points.
• Among women’s teams, Japan won the title. Indian women's team finished second.
INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS
Gold Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) BajrangPunia
Silver Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Sakshi Malik, VineshPhogat, DivyaKakran and
Sarita
Silver Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Sumit
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India Para Athletics Team Claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal at
the World Para Athletics Grand Prix being held
in Beijing, China.
Grand Prix of Liberation Heena Sindhu wins bronze, India come back with
7 medals
Javelin thrower Devender Singh 2nd Indian javelin thrower to qualify for London
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Worlds
Mohammad Anas from Kerala Breaked the national record in men's 400m race
and won a gold medal at the third leg of the
Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in New Delhi.
Vaishnavishone Won 2 gold medals in the first Asia level yoga
competition in Thailand. She has won in the junior
category (13 to 15 years).
Bengaluru FC Beat Mohun Bagan 2-0 to be crowned
the Federation Cup champions at the Barabati
Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha.
A High-Level Committee on 7-member Scouts and Guides has submitted its Final Report to
Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Vijay Goel with various
recommendations. A committee was headed by Harsh Malhotra.
Egyptian Omar Hegazy First amputee to swim across Red Sea's Gulf of
Aqaba
South Korea Win 2017 Sudirman Cup defeating China won
badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14
years on 28th of May, 2017 in Gold Coast
Australia.
Fencer Bhavani Devi Become first Indian to win a Gold Medal in an
International fencing tournament held at
Reykjavik in Iceland.
June
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CRICKET
Virat Kohli Fastest to 8000 ODI runs
Yuvraj Singh Fifth Indian to play 300 ODIs
ICC Next edition of World T2O will only be held in 2020.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, Announced his retirement from the international game.
(New Zealand)
The eight top teams of the world will be competing for a winner's prize of USD 660,000 in the ICC Women's World
Cup.
India cricket coach Anil Kumble Stepped down from his position
Pakistan Team Won ICC Champions Trophy 2017 beating India.
Ireland and Afghanistan International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred Test match status
Indian captain Virat Kohli Stood at world number one position in the ODI batting rankings-MRF
Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings.
West Indies Cricket team Officially changed their name to WINDIES.
Kuldeep Yadav Become first male Chinaman bowler to represent India in One Day
Internationals (ODI).
Board of Control for Cricket in To analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being
India (BCCI) formed a special seven- opposed by the Board's state units. The committee will be headed by Indian
member committee Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla
Muttiah Muralidaran becomes first Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Virat Kohli. only Indian in Forbes top 100 paid athletes
OTHER SPORTS
Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen Duc bagged a decisive win against Indian GM Neelotpal Das on 10th Mumbai
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FOOTBALL
Real Madrid Retained the UEFA Champions League title by defeating Juventus in the
final match at Cardiff, UK.
England’s Team Won the U-20 World Cup final against Venezuela in Suwon (South
Korea).
FIFA is set to shift India's Under-17 World Cup matches from Mumbai to the Delhi.
Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker Nominated as the '2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the
JejeLalpekhlua Year.
TENNIS
Rafael Nadal Ranked No. 2 spot in the ATP rankings.The top position is retained by Andy
Murray.
Swiss Tennis maestro Roger Federer Won ninth Halle Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final
match played at Halle, Germany
Tennis star Leander Paes Won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger trophy with Canadian partner
AdilShamasdin on 25th of June 2017. It was held in Ilkey UK.
Indian wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha Win the boys singles title of HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship
held in Pune.
GaneshanNeelakantaIyer First Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees
Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
Dhanya Shah and Sanmay Gandhi Won the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships
held at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.
Indian tennis Won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore
player RamkumarRamanathan.
French Open 2017
Category Winner Runners-up
Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Women’s Singles Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Simona Halep (Romania)
Men’s Doubles Ryan Harrison (US) & Michael Donald Young (US) & Santiago Gonzalez
Venus (New Zealand) (Mexico)
Women’s Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia)& Casey Dellacqua
Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) (Australia)
Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) & Robert Farah
Rohan Bopanna (India) (Colombia)
July
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FOOTBALL
Sudan Football Association (SFA) World football's governing body FIFA has lifted the ban.
Germany win first Confederations Cup title beating Copa America winners
Chile held at Saint Petersburg.
India Football team 96th in FIFA World ranking, its best in 21 years. Brazil Topped
Francesco Totti- a footballer legend from Italy confirmed his retirement
Mission Football Meghalaya CM launches at JN Sports Complex in Shillong
Indonesia- To host AFC U-19 championship 2018.
FORMULA ONE
Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton wins recordequalling fifth British GP
Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian Grand Prix
BADMINTON
Rahul, Manu-Sumeeth Clinch titles at Lagos Open at Lagos International challenge held in
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Nigeria.
Indian woman badminton player Ritika Wins the singles title in the Ivory Coast International
Thaker. badminton tournament at Abidjan.
H S Prannoy wins US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title at Anaheim,
California USA.
SQUASH
India- Finishes 6th in 2017 World Junior Squash held in Tauranga, New
Zealand.
Mumbai teens Joshi, Ananya Dabke Wins Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship held in Amsterdam,
Netherlands.
Harinder Pal Sandhu Wins Victorian Open squash title in Melbourne..
Harinder Sandhu. Won South Australian Squash Open title at Adelaide,Australia
TENNIS
Team India Bags 24 medals at Jordan Open TT at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis
tournament Jordan. (7 Gold, 7 Silver and 10 Bronze medals)
Chennai Open renamed to Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune
John Isner(From USA) won his fourth ATP Atlanta title
131st edition -Wimbledon Championships 2017 – Overview.
Category Winner Runners-up
Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia)
Women’s Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams (US)
Men’s Doubles Lukasz Kubot (Poland) & Oliver MArach (Austria) & Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) & Monica Niculescu (Romania) & Chan Hao-ching
Elena Vesnina (Russia) (Taiwan)
Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray (UK) & Martina Heather Watson (UK) & Henri Kontinen (Finland)
Hingis (Switzerland)
Winners of Eastbourne Aegon Championship-UK
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Gaen Monfils (France)
Women’s Singles Karolína Plíšková (Czech Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Republic)
Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan (US) & Mike Bryan Rohan Bopanna (India) & Andre Sa (Brazil)
(US)
Women’s Doubles Chan Yung-jan (Taipei) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Casey Dellacqua
Martina Hingis (Switzerland) (Australia)
CRICKET
England Won ICC women world cup 2017 beating India. The Player
of the Series title has been awarded to Tammy Beaumont of
England
Misbah-ul-Haq To get honorary life membership by Marylebone Cricket Club
Harmanpreet Kaur- breaks into top 10 of ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings(6th
position)
Mithali Raj Becomes leading run-getter in Women’s ODIs (6000 ODI
runs when she hit a six off Kristen Beams)
MS Dhoni First Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs
MICELLANEOUS
Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Overview - India finish on top in medals tally- Kalinga Stadium in
Bhubaneswar.
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 India 12 5 12 29
2 China 8 7 5 20
3 Kazakhstan 4 2 2 8
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur Grabbed the gold medal with a throw of 28m on the opening day
Long distance runner G Lakhsmanan Wins gold with an unexpected win in men's 5000m race
V Neena and Nayan James Bagged a silver and bronze in women's long jump while Vikas
Gowda, Sanjivini Yadav, Annu Rani added a bronze each in the men's
discus throw, women's 5000m race and javelin throw respectively.
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India to host next edition of Theatre Olympics first time ever from February 17 – April 08, 2018.
Indian judokas Bag 3 medals in Asian Cadet Championships, Kyrgyzstan
H Manudev from Karnataka Won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai.
Kargil International Marathon “Run for Sarhad” concluded. The winner of 60 km is ZaheerAbass.
Indian Damneet Singh Wins silver medal at IAAF World U18 Championships in hammer
throw held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kerala Emerged champions with 159 points at the 57th National Inter-State
Championships that was held in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Indians win gold and bronze at first global robotics Olympiad organised by ‘FIRST Global’ in Washing D.C., US.
Russia's Kazan To host 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships
in Budapest.
Indian team won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017, London
India ranked at 34th position on medal table. Indian team won 5
medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) in this championship. China
Topped with 65 medals.
Boxer Sachin Siwach wins Gold at Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau Bahamas.
Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi wins gold in Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in
Kathmandu, Nepal.
India To host their first Men’s World Championship in 2021.
Caeleb Dressel Becomes first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals in one night at
worlds Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
Peaty & Masse Sets world record at 2017 World Aquatic Championship, Hungary. In
medal tally US topped with 39 medals(17 gold, 12 Silver and 10
bronze)
Manoj Kumar, Shiva Thapa Strike gold in Czech Republic tournament at the 48th Grand Prix at
Usti Nad Labem in Czech Republic.
Australia's Jeff Horn Stunned Pacquiuao to claim a unanimous 12-round decision and win
the WBO world welterweight title at Lang Park.
Jehan Daruvala Becomes 1st Indian to win FIA Formula 3 European Championship
race at Norisring
Beat Pakistan to clinch Asian Snooker Championship held in Bishkek,
Pankaj Advani-led Indian team - Kyrgyzstan.
Asian champion Govindan Lakshmanan Won a gold medal in men’s 5000m race on the opening day of the
National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
Atthaya Thitikul Youngest Ladies European Tour winner held in Thailand at the
Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.
August
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Summer Olympics Host Paris gets – 2024 , Los Angeles – 2028
SAFF under 15 Championship India beat Nepal by 2-1 in the final
FIFA U-17 World Cup Logo for Kochi The logo represents and reflects Kochi’s identity and will be a
Venue valuable tool in linking the local community in a global World
Cup
First paralympian to be recommended Devendra Jhajharia
for India’s highest sporting honour
World Doubles Squash Championship Joshna and Dipika won bronze
WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title Boxer Vijender Singh
World Athletics Championship Usain Bolt finishes 3rd
Justin Gatlin 1st
Junior World Wrestling Championships Manju Kumari and Veer Dev Gulia wins bronze
MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup ONGC beats Bengaluru Hockey 4-2
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September
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India Junior GP Rahul Bharadwaj is defeated by top seed Thai KunlavutVitidsarn
in the men’s singles
ODI cricket MS Dhoni has become the first wicketkeeper to effect 100
stumpings,surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar
Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches.
Under-12 Chess Cadet Championships Nagpur-based DivyaDeshmukh clinched the gold medal.
in Brazil
Australia’s National Basketball Amritpal Singh created history by becoming the first Indian-born
League player to play professional basketball in the National Basketball
League (NBL).
Commonwealth Youth weightlifting India’s KonsamOrmila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight
C’ship category on the opening day of theCommonwealth Youth (boys &
girls) weightlifting championships.
FIFA U-17 World Cup official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football
tournament was launched by the Local Organising Committee
(LOC) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN).
Song: “KarKeDikhla De Goal”and the song has been written by
lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam
IPL Star India bagged the IPL media rights for TV and digital
broadcast for a consolidated sum of Rs.16, 347.5 crore ($ 2.55
billion) for a period of five years.
The rights from 2018 to 2022.
Italian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton wins &takes lead title from Sebastian Vettel
GauravBidhuri Clinches Bronze Medal at World Boxing
AIBA world boxing championships
Championships:AmitPhangal (49kg) and KavinderBisht (56kg)
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October
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Malaysian Grand Prix Max Verstappen
Japanese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton
United States Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
Mexican GP Max Verstappen
2017 Formula One championship title Lewis Hamilton
National Motorcycle Racing Jagan Kumar
FIFA U-17 World Cup Referee Female assistant referee to be seen
FIFA U17 World Cup Tournament as Hyundai India
Official Partners
Isle of Man Chess Meet Anand finishes joint 2nd
Laver Cup 2017 Europe
International Weightlifting Federation suspends nine countries for doping violations
campaign ‘#HereToCreate’ Adidas unveils for FIFA U-17 World Cup in India
European racing title Mahaveer Raghunathan became the first Indian to win a European
racing championship, by winning the Boss GP Championship
(Formula Class) title, at Imola, Italy
Wushu World Championships Pooja Kadian
Cricket Australian fast bowler John Hastings retires from Tests, ODIs
Cricket Ashish Nehra announces retirement from all forms of cricket
world gymnastics championships American Morgan Hurd won Gold
International Olympic Carlos Nuzman(Olympic Committee suspends Brazilian arm after
Committee (IOC) chief’s arrest)
20th Asia Masters meet India bag 37 gold medals, finish second
Yeangder Tournament Players Ajeetesh Sandhu Wins First-ever Asian Tour Title in Taipei
Championship (TPC) at Taipei
China Open 2017 Nadal win Men’s title
Caroline Garcia win Women’s Singles
Henri Kontinen & John.Peers clinched men’s double
Chan Yung-jan & Martina Hingis bags women double title
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November
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Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Pakistan will host the 2018 Asian Cricket Council
All India Police Championship(women’s wrestling) Geeta Phogat(Gold)
Vietnam Open trophy Bopanna wins Erste Open
Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth pair won
theVietnam Open trophy
8th Basel title Roger Federer
First Asian host of Gay Games Hong Kong has become the first Asian city to host the Gay
Games in 2022.
Badminton India’s K Srikanth achieves career-best World No 2
ranking.
LET title Aditi wins in Abu Dhabi
TT Super League Chennai will host the inaugural edition of Table Tennis
Super League
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JSM Champaign Challenger trophy Leander Paes-Purav Raja lift JSM Champaign Challenger
trophy (tennis)
Nitto ATP Finals (tennis) Grigor Dimitrov beats David Goffin to win the singles title
Senior Men’s National Championship 2017 Hockey Karnataka won the second edition of the Hockey
India 5-a-side Senior Men’s National Championship
2017 title at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium, in Balewadi,
Pune.
Delhi Half Marathon 2017 Ethiopia’s current woman world athlete of the year Almaz
Ayana and Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legese won gold in
the women’s and men’s event respectively at the Delhi Half
Marathon 2017.
i.Almaz Ayana, the world’s leading woman long distance
runner on track, clocked one hour, seven minutes and 11
seconds and became champion in her first half marathon
race, securing the gold medal.
Badminton and Para Badminton World Championships Basel will become the first city to jointly
in 2019 host the Badminton and Para Badminton World
Championships in 2019.
Casino Delta Corp Limited claimed to have set up the first casino
game training course centre in India, at Goa.
Swimmathon The Swimmathon had been accredited by the Swimming
Federation of India as the national selection trials.
Olympian Virdhawal Khade is the brand ambassador of
Swimmathon.
FIFA Indian football team remains 105th in FIFA rankings
Indian football team remains 105th in FIFA rankings The World Youth Women’s Boxing Championship 2017
was inauguratedat Md. Toyabullah Hockey Stadium in
Bhetapara by Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
Senior World Wrestling Championship India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg) clinched the silver medal
in the Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship at
Poland.
Asian Marathon Championship Gopi Thonakal clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 48
seconds and won the gold. Andrey Petrov of Uzbekistan
bagged the silver with a timing of 2:15:51s and Byambalev
Tseveenravdan of Mongolia won bronze by
clocking 2:16:14s
Para-Badminton World Championships India’s Parul Parmar defeated Thailand’s Wannaphatdee
Kamtam in the finals of the women’s singles Standing
Lower (SL3).Other gold was also won by Parul Parmar,
who paired with Japan’s Akiko Sugino in women’s doubles
(SL 3-4) final. Parul Parmar- Akiko Sugino pair beat
Chinese pair of Cheng Hefang and MA Huihui in the finals.
AIBA World Women’s Youth Boxing Championships Nitu (48kg), Jyoti Gulia (51kg), Sakshi
choudhury (54kg), Shashi Chopra (57kg) and Ankushita
Boro (64kg) won gold medals for India in the finals. Jyoti
Gulia also qualified for next year’s Youth Olympic Games
in Argentina. Also, two bronze medals were secured
by Neha Yadav (+81kg)
and Anupama (81kg). Ankushita was named the boxer of
the tournament.
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International military games 7th international military games will be held in Wuhan city
in the central China‘s Hubei Province.
♦ Emblem:consists of a dove, a star, ribbons and other
elements
♦ Mascot:Bing Bing. Its design is based on the Chinese
sturgeon, a critically endangered fish known as the “panda
in water”.
♦ Slogan: Military glory, world peace
61st National Shooting Championship for Shotgun India’s top skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan was
crowned national champion at the 61st National Shooting
Championship Competitions (61st NSCC) for Shotgun
events, at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi.
2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams were both
crowned the champions of Asia at the 2017 Asian Kabaddi
Championship, in Gorgan, Iran
ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open Indian paddler G Sathiyan defeated Japan’s Kazuhiro
Yoshimura 4-2 to clinch the men’s singles gold medal at
the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Almeria, Spain.
world-class football academy UK’s Southall Football Club will jointly set up
an international level football academy with Cordia
Institutes at its campus at Sanghol in Punjab.
U-23 World Wrestling Championship Bajrang Punia lost the 65kg lop-sided final 6-17 to Russian
grappler Kuular and Vinod Kumar lost 1-3 to
American Richard Lewis. Both won silver medals in the
event.
Boxing Federation of India The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has been recognised
as a national body by the Indian Olympic Association
(IOA), which removed the terminated Indian Amateur
Boxing Federation (IABF) as its affiliate.
10th Davis Cup (tennis) France beat Belgium
Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 Odisha Chief Minister unveils logo & mascot of Hockey
Men’s World Cup 2018.
Honorary Doctorate Olympic gymnast Dipa karamakar conferred with D.Litt.
degree from NIT Agartala
Mithali Raj named Sportswoman of the Year (Team
Sports) at the Indian Sports Honours 2017
Indian Sports Honours 2017 Indian Sports Honours is a joint initiative by Indian Men’s
Cricket Team’s Captain Virat Kohli Foundation RP-Sanjiv
Goenka Group to honour Indian sports stars and support the
development of Indian sports.
ii. Indian Badminton players, Srikanth Kidambi and PV
Sindhu were honoured with sportsman and woman of the
year respectively for individual sports.
iii. Off-spinner R Ashwin was awarded Sportsman of the
year for team sportwhereas Indian Women’s Cricket Team
Captain Mithali Raj was awarded Sportswoman of the year
for team sport.
iv. Tennis star Sania Mirza was awarded Inspirational
Honour by the jury.
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