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Current Affairs - December 2019 to May 2020

Month May 2020 Type Sports

80 Current Affairs were found in Last Six Months for Type - Sports

Sports 1. 1st Khelo University Games held at KIIT University (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Official mascots were ‘Jay and Bijay’ - Panjab University named winner of with 45 medals, followed by Savitribai Phule University and Punjabi University. 2. 1st edition of University Games will be held at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) between February 22nd - March 1st 2020. 3. 2019 FIFA Club World Cup (16th Edition, Hosted by Doha (Qatar)) - England's Football Club Liverpool won the title (as their 1st title). 's Flamengo remained the Runner-ups. 4. 2019 South (13th edition) held in and () - 2715 Athletes from 7 Nations participated in 317 events of 26 sports. Medal Table -

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 India 174 93 45 312

2 Nepal 51 60 95 206

3 Sri Lanka 40 83 128 251

4 Pakistan 32 41 59 132

5 19 33 90 142

6 Maldives 1 0 4 5

7 Bhutan 0 7 13 20

5. 2019–20 Indian Super League season (sixth season) won by ATK (previously known as Atlético de Kolkata) FC, as their 3rd Title. They defeated Chennaiyin FC in Final. 6. 2020 Australian Open (Melbourne, 108th edition) Winners - Men's Singles - (). He defeated Dominic Thiem (Austria). It was 8th Australian Open title for Novak Djokovic, and his 17th title overall. Women's Singles - Sofia Kenin (US). She defeated Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain). It was First Grand slam title for Sofia Kenin. Men's Doubles - Rajeev Ram (US) AND Joe Salisbury (UK) Women's Doubles - Tímea Babos () AND (France) Mixed Doubles - Barbora Krejčíková () AND Nikola Mektić (Croatia) Boys' Singles - Harold Mayot (France) Girls' Singles - Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (Andorra) 7. 2020 All England Open (112th Edition) - Men's Singles - () Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) Men's Doubles - Japan's AND Yuta Watanabe Women's Doubles - Japan's AND Mixed Doubles - Indonesia's AND 8. 2020 Asian Championships Held in New - 274 competitors from 23 nations competed. China was barred due to coronavirus outbreak. North Korea and Turkmenistan were also unable to participate. Champions - Freestyle (Iran), Greco-Roman (Iran), Women (Japan) Medal Table -

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Japan 8 4 4 16 2 Iran 7 3 7 17 3 India 5 6 9 20 4 5 2 12 19 5 2 3 6 11 6 2 2 6 10 7 1 4 1 6 8 Mongolia 0 4 4 8 9 Tajikistan 0 2 2 4 10 Iraq 0 0 1 1 Indian Medalists - Gold - Ravi Kumar Dahiya (Men's 57 kg freestyle) Sunil Kumar (87 kg Men's Greco-Roman) Pinki (55 kg women's Freestyle) Sarita Mor (59 kg women's Freestyle) Divya Kakran (68 kg women's Freestyle) Silver - (65 kg women's Freestyle) Nirmala Devi (50 kg women's Freestyle) Satyawart Kadian (97 kg men's Freestyle) Gourav Baliyan (79 kg men's Freestyle) Jitender Kumar (74 kg men's Freestyle) Bajrang Punia (65 kg men's Freestyle) 9. 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships (Manila, ) - Men's Teams - Indonesia (Beating Malaysia) Women's Teams - Japan (Beating South Korea) Indian men's team won Bronze at the event. 10. 2020 Hobart International Women's Tennis (Australia) - Singles - Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) Doubles - Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine) AND (India) 11. 2020 ICC Under-19 World Cup () - Bangladesh won the title, as their 1st ICC U-19 World Cup. Bangladesh Defeated India in Final. Player of the series was India's Yashasvi Jaiswal, who also scored Most runs. Next U-19 will be hosted by West Indies, in 2022. 12. 2020 Badminton - Men's Singles - (Indonesia) Women's Singles - () Men's Doubles - Indonesia's AND Women's Doubles - Indonesia's AND Mixed Doubles - China's AND 13. 2020 Mexico Open (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) - Men's Singles - (Spain). He defeated (United States) Women's Singles - Heather Watson (). She defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez (Canada) Men's Doubles - Łukasz Kubot () AND (Brazil) Women's Doubles - Desirae Krawczyk (United States) AND Giuliana Olmos (Mexico) 14. 2nd leg of 1st 2020 concluded in Gulmarg (J & K). Around 900 players participated in the event which comprised of skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, ice hockey, snowshoeing, ice stock, snow rugby and snow baseball. 1st Leg of 1st Khelo India Winter Games 2020 was held in at Leh. 15. 3rd edition of held in (). adjudged as champion with 256 medals, including 78 gold. Medal Tally -

Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Maharashtra 78 77 101 256 2 68 60 72 200 3 Delhi 39 36 47 122 4 32 26 22 80 5 29 28 30 87 16. 63rd National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) 2019 held at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), organized by National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) & MP State Shooting Academy. 17. 71st edition of International Tournament Strandja 2020 held in Sofia (Bulgaria) - India ranked 9th, with 3 medals (1 Silver, 2 Bronze). List was topped by Ukraine with 10 medals. Indian Medals - Mohammed Hussamuddin - Silver (57 KG) Sonia Lather - Bronze (57 KG) Shiva Thapa - Bronze (63 KG) 18. 72nd men and 35th women's' Senior National Weightlifting Championships Held in Kolkata (West Bengal). Notably - Rakhi Halder won gold in Women's 64kg category. Former world champion Mirabai Chanu won gold in women's 49kg, bettering her own national record by lifting 203 KG. Jeremy Lalrinnunga won men's 67kg Gold. Sambo Lapung won gold medal men’s 89kg event, with new national record of 188kg in clean and jerk event in men’s 89kg. 19. Rubigula, the Flame-Throated Bulbul, has been named as official mascot for Goa 2020 National Games (36th edition of National Games), to be held in Oct - Nov 2020. Flame-Throated Bulbul is state bird of Goa. 20. Feifei has been named as mascot for 4th to be held in Hangzhou (China) in 2022. It will feature 22 sports with and Para-Canoe as debutant games. 21. Asian/Oceanian Boxing Olympic Qualifiers event 2020 held in Amman (Jordan) - 9 Indian boxers qualified in this event for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. India ranked 9th with 8 medals (2 Silver, 6 Bronze). China topped at top with 6 medals (4 gold,2 bronze). 22. BWF World Tour Badminton Finals 2019 (Guangzhou, China) - Men’s Singles - (Japan) Women’s Singles - (China) Men’s Doubles - (Indonesia) AND (Indonesia) Women’s Doubles - (China) AND (China) Mixed Doubles - Zheng Siwei (China) AND Huang Yaqiong (China) 23. Belgium has been named FIFA ‘Team of the Year’ for 2nd successive time. France remains in second place and Brazil 3rd. India ranked 108th in year ending FIFA Rankings. 24. Bengaluru Raptors won (PBL) title 2020 for the 2nd time in a row, defeating North Eastern Warriors. 25. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual Awards presented in 25 different categories for 2018-19 - Pacer Jasprit Bumrah received highest prize of Indian cricket – Polly Umrigar Award for the best international cricketer (2018-19) in men’s category. It carries cheque for 15 lakh. Poonam Yadav clinched the top prize in women’s category and was awarded the best international cricketer. Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Anjum Chopra were awarded Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award and BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award for women respectively. Other Notable Winners -

Award Winner Dilip Sardesai Award for highest run getter in Test cricket Cheteshwar Pujara (2018-2019) Dilip Sardesai Award for highest wicket-taker in Tests Jasprit Bumrah (2018-19) Best International Debut – Men Mayank Agarwal Best International Debut- Women Shafali Verma Best Performance In Bcci Domestic Tournaments Of 2018- Vidarbha C A 19 26. Canadian Female footballer Christine Sinclair became all-time top scorer in international soccer, with her 185th goal against St. Kitts and Nevis. This is a record for both male ane female category. She got past mark held by American Abby Wambach. 27. England’s Ben Stokes is named as leading cricketer in world in 2020 by Cricket Magazine Wisden. In Women’s category, Australia’s Ellyse Perry is named Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in World. 28. FC Goa became first Indian club to qualify for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League group stage. 29. FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry) India Sports Awards 2019 Winners - Sports Person of the Year (Female) - Rani Rampal (Hockey). Sports Person of the Year (Male) : Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting). Best National Sports Federation - National Rifle Association of India Best Company Promoting Sports (Public Sector) - Railway Sports Promotion Board Best Para-athlete - Sandeep Chaudhary (javelin). Breakthrough Sports Person - Amit Panghal (boxing) Lifetime Achievement (Administrator) - Govindaraj Kempareddy Lifetime Achievement - Pankaj Advani (cue sport) Best State promoting sports - Odisha Best Sports Journalist - Kamesh Srinivasan 30. FIFA Under 17 women’s world cup has been rescheduled from February 17 to March 7, 2021. It will be hosted by India. 31. Female Hockey Player Rani Rampal has been nominated for “ Athlete of the Year”award 2019, by International Hockey Federation (FIH). 2019 will be the 6th edition of the IWGA. 32. Former England Cricketer Alastair Cook and ex-West Indies team manager Richard ‘Ricky’ Skerritt are appointed as members of England's Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)'s World Cricket Committee. 33. Former Indian cricketer 's lap around Wankhede Stadium after World Cup 2011 win has been nominated in Laureas's list for most inspiring sporting event in last twenty years. Apart from Tendulkar, England's Andrew Flintoff is other cricketer to feature in list. In 2005, England defeated Australia in an Ashes Test, but Flintoff chose to first shake hands with Brett Lee rather than celebrate with his side. Campaign has shortlisted 20 sporting stories from last 20 years that have left their mark on world. Winner will be decided on public vote. 34. Fouaad Mirza became 1st Indian equestrian (Horse rider) since 2000, to qualify for Olympics. He will be particpating in 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (Japan). Earlier, Imtiaz Anees participated in Sydney Olympics in 2000. Fouaad Mirza was conferred with Arjuna Award in 2019. 35. Harshvardhan Sadgir defeated Shailesh Shelke to win 63rd Maharashtra Kesari Wrestling Championship. 36. Haryana Government will provide Rs 6 crores to gold medal winners at , only for players representing Haryana. It will also provide Rs 15 lakhs to every player participating at Olympic Games 2020. Also, Gold Medalists of Asian Games will be provided with Rs 3 crores and winners of Common Wealth Games are to be provided with Rs 1.5 crores. 37. ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup (Australia) - Australia won its 5th Women's T20 World cup title, defeating India in Final. 10 Teams had participated. Australia's Beth Mooney named player of the tournament, who also scored most runs. 38. India won Tie match with Pakistan for International Tennis Federation’s (ITF’s) 2020, held in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan). India's bettered his own Davis Cup record which he created in 2018 by winning 43rd doubles match, surpassing Italian Nicola Pietrangeli. He has now extended record by winning his 44th doubles match along with debutant Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. In singles match, India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Shoaib in opening singles match. Sumit Nagal defeating Huzaifa Abdul Rehman in second singles match. 39. India's P Magesh Chandran won the title at 95th edition of Hastings International Congress at Hastings in England. He remained unbeaten in all the nine rounds. 40. Indian Badminton Player Maisnam Meiraba Luwang won Men’s singles at Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka. 41. Indian Badminton Player P V Sindhu has been named ambassador of campaign “I am Badminton”, launched by Badminton World Federation (BWF). 42. Indian Chess Player become 2019 Women’s World Rapid Champion, defeating China’s Lei Tingjie in Moscow (Russia). 43. Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli is named in Cricketers of the decade list by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac. Apart from Kohli, South African duo of Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, Australia’s Steve Smith and women’s all-rounder Ellyse Perry also named in list. Also, Virat Kohli and Bowler Jasprit Bumrah are two Indians in Wisden’s T20 International team of the decade. 44. Indian D Gukesh defeated Harutyun Barseghyan of France to win 34th Cannes Open Chess in France. 45. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has withdrawn its threat to boycott 2022 in Birmingham over Shooting's exclusion. India will also bid to host either 2026 or 2030 edition of CWG Games. 46. Indian Player Achanta Sharath Kamal won ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open, defeating Marcos Freitas of Portugal. His last title was Egypt Open in 2010. 47. Indian Table Tennis Player Manav Thakkar has been ranked world no.1 in latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings in the Under-21 men’s singles category. He achieved this after winning title at ITTF Challenge Plus Benemax-Virgo North American Open in Markham (Canada). Thakkar is 4th Indian to achieve this, after Harmeet Desai, G Sathiyan and Soumyajit Ghosh. 48. Indian Wrestlet Deepak Punia is named 2019 ‘Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the Year‘ by United World Wrestling (UWW). Punia is first Indian wrestler in 18 years to win a junior world title at Junior World Championships held in Talinn, Estonia in August 2019. 49. Indian boxers has clichéd 5 medals (4 silver, 1 Bronze) at the 64th “Bocskai Istvan Memorial, in Debracen (Hungary) - Silver -Gaurav Chauhan (91 kg), Jyoti Gulia (51 kg), Manisha (57 kg), PL Prasad (52 kg) Bronze - Sachin (57 kg) 50. Indian female footballer Ngangom Bala Devi became first Indian woman to earn a professional football contract abroad after signing for Scottish giant Rangers FC. She is also Rangers’ first-ever Asian international footballer. 51. Indian shooters at Meyton Cup in Innsbruck (Austria) - Divyansh Singh Pawar and Apurvi Chandela won gold, in men's 10m air rifle and 10m air rifle women's category. Deepak Kumar and Anjum Moudgil won bronze in same events respectively. 52. Indian table tennis player Manav Thakkar won U-21 men’s singles title at ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) Challenge Plus Benemax-Virgo North American Open Series held in Markham (Canada), defeating ’s Martin Bentancor. 53. Indian table tennis players Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won silver in men’s doubles event at ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open. 54. Indian world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won women’s 49kg category gold medal at 6th Qatar International Cup in Doha. Other Indian Medalists - Jeremy Lalrinnunga won silver medal in men’s 67 kg weight category. Rakhi Halder won bronze medal in women’s 64kg category along with two new national records. 55. Indian wrestlers won 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and a bronze) at 1st UWW (United World Wrestling) Matteo Pellicone Rome Ranking Series 2020 held in Rome (Italy) - 2020 ranking series consists of two events - 1st, which already held in Rome, Italy and 2nd will held i June 2020 in Warsaw (Poland). Indian Medalists -

Bajrang Punia 65kg freestyle Gold Ravi Kumar Dahiya 61kg freestyle Gold Vinesh Phogat 53kg Gold Gurpreet Singh 82kg -Greco-roman Gold Anshu Malik 57kg Silver Sunil Kumar 97kg Silver Sajan Bhanwal 77 kg Bronze 56. India’s Koneru Humpy won Cairns Cup chess tournament held at St.Louis (US). 57. International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced India as hosts for 16 team FIH Junior Men’s World Cup 2021. South Africa will host women’s edition. 58. International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Australia’s and Rafael Nadal (Spain) as 2019 ITF World Champions in Female and Male categories respectively. Barty is the first Australian to be named ITF Women’s World Champion, while Nadal is named ITF World Champion for 4th time. Timea Babos of Hungary and France’s Kristina Mladenovic will receive award in women’s doubles category. Men’s doubles World Champions are ’s Juan Sebastian Cabal and . 59. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka became highest-paid female athlete in sporting history, raking in $37.4 million in prize money and endorsements in past 12 months, according to Forbes. However, Osaka ranks only 29th overall among sports stars in terms of total earnings in past year. Swiss Tennis Star is top earner athelete (106 Million USD), Followed by Portugese Footballer Cristianpo Ronaldo (105 Million USD). Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli is top ranked Cricketer in List (66th), with earnings of 26 Million USD. 60. Mercedes's British Racer Lewis Hamilton won Season Ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2019 - Earlier, Lewis Hamilton (UK) had won his 6th F1 world championship by winning 2019 F1 Season, only behind Michael Schumacher in all time list. Formula 1 Season 2019 -

Round Grand Prix Winner date

1 Australian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 17 March

2 Bahrain Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 31 March

3 Chinese Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 14 April

4 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 28 April

5 Spanish Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 12 May

6 Monaco Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 26 May

7 Canadian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 9 June

8 French Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 23 June

9 Austrian Grand Prix Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) 30 June

10 British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 14 July

11 German Grand Prix Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) 28 July

12 Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 4 August

13 Belgian Grand Prix Charles Leclerc (Monaco) 1 September

14 Italian Grand Prix Charles Leclerc (Monaco) 8 September

15 Singapore Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 22 September

16 Russian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 29 September

17 Japanese Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 13 October

18 Mexican Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 27 October

19 United States Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Finland) 3 November

20 Brazilian Grand Prix Max Verstappen (Belgian-Dutch) 17 November

21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (UK) 1 December

61. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports de-recognised Rowing Federation of India (RFI) because of violating the Sports Code of 2011 in four areas during RFI elections. 62. Misc. Sports Events (April 2020) - China will host third edition of in November 2021, as announced by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 2021 World Games that were to be held in Birmingham in Alabama (US), are postponed to 2022. This is being done to avoid clash with Tokyo Olympics that have been postponed to 2021 amid COVID-19 Outbreak. 2021 World Athletics Championships are also pushed to 2022 for the same reason. Noted American Basketballer Kobe Bryant, who passed away recently, has been named into this year’s list of inductees into Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame. International Weightlifting Federation suspended Malaysia & Thailand weightlifters from competing in Tokyo Olympics (Shifted to 2021). India will host Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December 2020, assuming coronavirus pandemic to ve wiped out by then. BCCI suspended Indian Premier League 2020 indefinitely, amid COVID-19 Outbreak. BCCI also created a campaign named Team Mask Force, to spread awareness about wearing masks amid Pandemic. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won Esports Chinese Virtual Grand Prix championship. Due to Coronavirus pandemic, actual F1 races are not being held. The virtual races will run instead of each delayed Grand Prix, using official F1 2019 PC video game. Iran's Alireza Firouzja beaten World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in Banter Blitz Cup 2020, to claim $14,000 prize. T10 League Sindhi Franchise Owner Deepak Agarwal has been banned for 2 years for breaching ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for a 3 years, on corruption charges. Indian Middle-distance runner Jhuma Khatun has been banned for 4 years by World Athletics, for doping Violation. India lost hosting rights of 2021 Men’s World Boxing Championship, after Boxing Federation of India (BFI) failed to pay host fee to International Boxing Association (AIBA), amounting approx 30 Crores INR. Now hosting rights of the same are given to Serbia. 63. Misc. Sports Events (Dec 2019) - Former India cricketer GS Lakshmi became first woman match referee to oversee a men's ODI, after she officiated in a game between UAE and US in World Cup League 2 in UAE. Indian Chess Player Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won London chess classic 2019 in FIDE Open category, sharing title with Anton Smirnov of Australia. 63rd edition of National Shooting Championship Competitions (NSCC) in shotgun events organised by National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges in . Cricketer Wasim Jaffer became first player in Indian cricket to play 150 Ranji matches. Former South African captain Graeme Smith has been appointed as the nation’s first acting director of cricket. He has been appointed to the post by Cricket South Africa.Graeme Smith will be holding the position temporarily for a period of three months, as he has already committed to serve as a commentator for the 2020 IPL season. In the new role, the veteran cricketer will be required to preside over men’s and women’s cricket as well as junior cricket in the country. He will also be required to select the head coach and team directors for the sides. Saudi Arabia will host its first ever tournament for women in March 2020, in Jeddah. Polynesian island of Tahiti will host surfing events at 2024 Paris Olympics, located in southern part of Pacific Ocean. It lies 15000 kilometres from Paris. Indian chess Player Koneru Humpy finished 2nd in FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) women’s Grand Prix (WGP) 2019 in Monaco. She also retained World No 3 position. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) won the title. Pakistani cricketer Abid Ali became first batsman to score hundreds on both Test and One-Day International (ODI) on his debut. Kuldeep Yadav become first Indian bowler to take two ODI hat-tricks, taking his second against West Indies. 84-year-old Canadian Roy Jorgen Svenningsen became oldest person to complete Antarctic Ice Marathon. Antarctic Ice Marathon is the planet's southernmost race and is considered one of the toughest. International Cricket Council (ICC) extended its partnership with UNICEF through to Women's T20 World Cup 2020 (Australia) with focus on empowering women and girls through cricket. During Men's World Cup in England in 2019, UNICEF raised $180000, and directed it to fund a girls' cricket project in Afghanistan. Australian Cricketer Pat Cummins became most expensive overseas player in Indian Premier League (IPL) as he was sold to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for 15.50 crores. Golfer Abhinav Lohan won Bengaluru Open golf championship. Indian Cricketer MS Dhoni named captain of Cricket Australia (CA) ODI team of decade. The team also has 2 more Indian Players - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Afghanistan Cricketer Mujeeb Ur Rahman became youngest to take 100 wickets in T20 cricket, breaking his Afghan teammate Rashid Khan's record. Indian Commonwealth silver medalist Weightlifter Seema has been banned for 4-years by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), for a doping violation. 64. Misc. Sports Events (Feb 2020) - National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) banned Indian weightlifter Ramshad AR for 2 years. Also, wrestler Ravinder Kumar was banned for 4-years. Noted Cricketer and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly will be Goodwill Ambassador of Indian contingent at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. India's junior Boxers won 14 Medals (with 6 Golds), at Golden Girl Championship in Boras (Sweden). Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India announced establishment of the High-Performance Centres in seven places across country, aimed at grooming young talent. National Hockey Academy at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, SAI Sundergarh, Odisha, SAI UDMCC, Bhopal, and SAI Bengaluru will be active within 3 months and remaining 3 centres will within 1 year. Haryana defeated Sports Authority of India to win 10th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2020 (A Division). Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre (LSRC) Red won first Men’s section Khelo India Ice Hockey tournament 2020. Australia have been presented with ICC Women's Championship trophy, which they have retained by taking a winning lead in the eight-team ODI competition played from 2017 to 2020. India's woman Tennis player Ankita Raina won her 10th ITF singles title, winning summit clash of USD 25000 event in Nonthaburi (Thailand). She had also won doubles title with Dutch partner Bibiane Schoofs. All India Tennis Association (AITA) named Rohit Rajpal to continue as India’s non-playing Davis Cup captain 2020. India will travel to Croatia for their next tie in March 2020. Referred to as World Cup of Tennis, Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men’s tennis. Present champions are Spain, who won Davis cup for 6th time in 2019. Aditya Mehta won National Snooker championship held at Pune, defeating multiple time world champion Pankaj Advani. In Women’s Snooker Finals, Vidya Pillai won the title. Sweden’s Pole Vaulter Armand Duplantis broke Pole Vault World Record set by Renaud Lavillenie of France in 2014. Armand Duplantis took jump of 20 feet 2.9 inches (6.17 metres) at Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland. Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami inaugurated Salem Cricket Foundation (SCF) cricket ground in Valapadi (Salem). Indian boxer Amit Panghal ranked No.1 in 52kg weight category in International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Boxing Task Force rankings for Olympics Qualifiers. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) banned national javelin thrower Amit Dahiya for four years, for a disciplinary violation. Indian athletes finished with three medals in different categories in World SnowShoe Championship at Myoko, Japan. Ayan Bin Shahnaz bagged silver, while Zain Ali and Muzamil Hussain Mir, bagged bronze medals. United by Emotion has been revealed as Official Motto of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Earlier, Miraitowa and Someity were named as official mascot for 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics. India's female race walker Bhawna Jat qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2020, in 20km RaceWalk event after setting a new national record at National Race Walk Championships. She clocked record time of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 54 seconds. India won 11 medals at BWF Brazil Para Badminton International in Sao Paulo, With 4 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze. 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will be hosted by India in 5 cities, in November 2020. Cities are , Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolkata and Navi . Finals will be held in Navi Mumbai. Official slogan of tournament is Kick Off the Dream. India will host Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup in 2022. All India Football Federation (AIFF) has also been allotted Asian Football Confederation's Grassroots Charter Bronze Level membership, which will allow AIFF to promote its basic- level events as AFC recognised. India will host Commonwealth shooting and championships in January 2022. International Cricket Council (ICC) banned Oman player Al Balushi from all formats of cricket for 7 years, for match fixing charges. India pulled out of Shotgun shooting World Cup to be held in in March 2020, citing novel coronavirus threat there. Ministry of Home Affairs amended provisions of Arms Act 1959 and Arms Rules 2016 to provide adequate firearms and ammunition to shooters for their practice. It has increased number of additional weapons kept by International Medalists/Renowned Shooters to 12 from 7 under exempted category. 65. Misc. Sports Events (Mar 2020) - Indian Badminton Players Tasnim Mir and Mansi Singh won a bronze each in girls' singles Badminton event at Yonex Dutch Junior International 2020 in Haarlem (Netherlands). Indian Men's Hockey Team ranked 4th in International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Rankings 2020, as India's best ranking ever. Sports Authority of India and Hockey India announced first edition of Khelo India Women's Hockey League Under-21, to be held in 3 phases between March to November 2020, In New Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar. Badminton Asia Championships will be held in Manila (capital of Philippines), which were earlier scheduled to be held in Wuhan (China). It has been done Due to Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China. India Cricketer Shafali Verma became world number one batsman in Women’s T20I cricket. Shafali is 2nd Indian batswoman after Mithali Raj to top Women’s T20I rankings. West Indies' Cricketer Kieron Pollard became 1st player to play 500 T20 matches. Indian Sprinter Prachi choudhary suspended by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), for a doping violation. Hockey India joined 38 other national associations as a member of the World Masters Hockey (WMH). Hockey India appointed R.P. Singh as convener of Hockey India Masters Committee and Harbinder Singh as chairman of committee. American Golfer Tiger Woods elected to World Golf Hall of Fame as first member of Class of 2021. World Athletics Council fined Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) USD 10 million for breaching sport's anti-doping rules. Also, maximum 10 Russian track and field athletes will be allowed to compete at Tokyo Olympics as neutrals. Indian Female Umpires Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi named in ICC's International Panel of Development Umpires. Indian shot-putter Navin Chikara has been suspended by World athletics body’s (formerly known as International Association of Athletics Federations-IAAF) for 4 years,for using a prohibited substance. 66. Misc. Sports News (May 2020) - India lost its top spot to Australia in ICC test rankings, dropping to third. Sania Mirza became first Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to court post motherhood. Sania won the award for Asia/Oceania zone. Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) postponed 7th season of from 2021 to 2023, following a clash with Tokyo Olympics, which were earlier postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic. Other major events postponed - Badminton World Championships (2020 to November 2021). world governing body Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) rescheduled 2021 Fukuoka aquatics world championships to May 2022. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Indian discus thrower Sandeep Kumari for 4 years after failing a drug test. Tennis Integrity Unit banned Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam from professional tennis for life. China won inaugural $180,000 FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup, following a 2-2 draw against USA. French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been banned for 4 years by International Cycling Union (UCI). All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) nominated N Bala Devi and Sandesh Jhingan for Arjuna Award 2020. Germany’s Football league Bundesliga became world’s first major sports competition to resume, post nationwide lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus pandemic. ICC Cricket Committee (Headed by Anil Kumble) banned use of saliva to shine the ball. The practice meant for swing bowling is now primarily held as health risk due to threats of COVID-19. Powerlifters Savita Kumari & Ankit Shishodia have been provisionally suspended by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA), for violating anti-doping rules. World Health Organization (WHO) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) signed an agreement to work together to promote health through sport and physical activity. India’s long-distance runner Kiranjeet Kaur has been handed a four-year ban by World Athletics’ anti-doping body for testing positive for a banned substance (Enobosarm). 36th National Games, planned for October-November in Goa, have been deferred indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lankan Cricketer Shehan Madushanka has been suspended from all forms of cricket, for alleged possession of heroin. Sports Authority of India (SAI) deposited NR 30,000 each to 2,749 Khelo India athletes as out of pocket allowance (OPA) amid COVID-19 lockdown. Cricketer Rohit Sharma has been nominated by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for Top sports Honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020. BCCI Also nominated Shikhar Dhawan, Deepti Sharma and Ishant Sharma for Arjuna Awards. 67. Misc. Sports events (Jan 2020) - Ladakh won 7th National Ice Hockey Championship Women trophy held at the Karzoo Ice Hockey Rink in Ladakh. “Lawn bowls” and “cycling” events will be included in 3rd edition of Khelo India Games to be held in Guwahati (Assam) in January 2020. New Zealand Cricketer Leo Carter became 7th cricketer in world to score six sixes in an over, during New Zealand's tournament Super Smash. Australian Wade Ormsby won Hong Kong Open Golf Title. International Hockey Federation unveiled a new world ranking system for 2020, as a match-based instead of tournament-based calculation. It is expected to remove subjectivity surrounding continental weighing by creating a system which is fair to all. As per International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), India fnished Shooting Nation in World in 2019, with 21 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze. India secured first position in all Rifle-pistol World Cups and Finals in 2019. 's Aashman Taneja has set a Guinness World Record in sport of Taekwondo, for most number of full-contact knee strikes in one hour., with over 1200 knee strikes in an hour. Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen has set a world record of 111 unbeaten classical games. Team of Indian Consulate won Diplomat Cup Cricket Championship of 2020 held in Sharjah (UAE), defeating Pakistan Consulate. Jacqueline Williams of Jamaica became first woman third umpire in men’s international cricket match, when she oversaw T20 matches between West Indies and Ireland. Australia will host 11th Indoor cricket World Cup in Oct 2020. Dattu Bhokanal’s two-year suspension on charges of tanking a race during 2018 Asian Games, has been lifted by Rowing Federation of India (RFI). Indian cyclist Esow Alben won gold Medal in men’s Keirin individual event at Berlin Tournament in Germany. Mizoram defeated Sikkim to win North East Dr T Ao Football Trophy 2020. 68. Mumbai will host International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in 2023, to encourage and support National Olympic Committee of India and all National Federations to promote and strengthen Olympic . 69. New Zealand Cricketer Ross Taylor won Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his 3rd time, given to player of the year in New Zealand. Ross became first player from any nation to play 100 international matches in all three formats. Other Winners - ANZ International Women’s ODI Player of the Year - Suzie Bates ANZ International Men’s ODI Player of the Year - Kane Williamson ANZ International Women’s T20 Player of the Year - Sophie Devine ANZ International Men’s T20 Player of the Year - Ross Taylor 70. Olympic Council of Asia announced Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen which are collectively known as “The Smart Triplets”, as official mascots of 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in 2022. 71. Russia will be first country to host new format of AIBA Team World Cup in 2020, with participation of Best national teams globally. 72. Saurashtra won Ranji Trophy Cricket title for first time in 70 years, beating Bengal. 73. Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa won 77th Senior National championships in Men’s and women’s category respectively in . 74. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain to make Serbia champion of 1st edition of ATP Cup 2020 held at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney (Australia). 75. Sports Ministry approved holdihng Commonwealth Games shooting and archery events in India, to be held under aegis of Commonwealth Games (CWG) Friendship Program in March 2022. 76. Swiss Tennis Player Roger Federer became first ever living Swiss to have his face engraved in Swiss coin. Roger’s image was engraved in a 20-Franc silver coin by Swissmint, official mint of Swiss Confederation. 77. Switzerland based International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) Football Observatory released list of the most valuable football players - France's Kylian Mbappe topped list with €265 million, followed by Raheem Sterling (England) with €223.7 million and Mohammed Salah (Egypt) with €175.1 million. Lionel Messi raked 8th with €125.5 million. 78. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia for four years, from participation in global sporting events. It includes 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Ruling means Russian athletes will still be allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutrals, but only if they can demonstrate that they were not part of what WADA believes was a state-sponsored system of doping. Earlier, WADA accused Russia of tampering with a Moscow laboratory database to hide several doping cases and falsely shift blame onto whistle-blowers. 79. World Archery conditionally lifted suspension on India, after elections were held for India’s controversy-ridden Archery Association and Arjun Munda was elected as new President. World Archery had appointed Kazi Rajib Uddin Ahmed Chapol as observer for elections of Archery Association of India (AAI). Observer submitted his report and based on that, World Archery considered 'conditional lifting' of suspension on Indian Archery Federation, which was put in July 2019. 80. Wrestler and Paralympian Deepa Malik are among new inductees in government's All India Council of Sports (AICS), from which Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and chess player Viswanathan Anand have been omitted for not being "active" enough. Tenure of AICS (formed in 2015) is extended by 3 years and it will continue to be led by sports administrator V K Malhotra. Other Noted new entrants in Council are former shooter Anjali Bhagwat, footballer Renedy Singh, mountaineer Bachendri Pal and Cricketer Harbhajan Singh. Top Read Important Ones