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Sports 1. 1St Khelo India University Games Held at KIIT University (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) 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 India 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 Pune University and Punjabi University. 2. 1st edition of Khelo India 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). Brazil's Flamengo remained the Runner-ups. 4. 2019 South Asian Games (13th edition) held in Kathmandu and Pokhara (Nepal) - 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 Bangladesh 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 Tennis (Melbourne, 108th edition) Winners - Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia). He defeated Dominic Thiem (Austria). It was 8th Australian Open title for Novak Djokovic, and his 17th Grand slam 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 (Hungary) AND Kristina Mladenovic (France) Mixed Doubles - Barbora Krejčíková (Czech Republic) AND Nikola Mektić (Croatia) Boys' Singles - Harold Mayot (France) Girls' Singles - Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva (Andorra) 7. 2020 All England Badminton Open (112th Edition) - Men's Singles - Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) Men's Doubles - Japan's Hiroyuki Endo AND Yuta Watanabe Women's Doubles - Japan's Yuki Fukushima AND Sayaka Hirota Mixed Doubles - Indonesia's Praveen Jordan AND Melati Daeva Oktavianti 8. 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships Held in New Delhi - 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 Kazakhstan 5 2 12 19 5 Kyrgyzstan 2 3 6 11 6 Uzbekistan 2 2 6 10 7 South Korea 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 - Sakshi Malik (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, Philippines) - 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 Sania Mirza (India) 11. 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup (South Africa) - 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 Indonesia Masters Badminton - Men's Singles - Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia) Women's Singles - Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) Men's Doubles - Indonesia's Marcus Fernaldi Gideon AND Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Women's Doubles - Indonesia's Greysia Polii AND Apriyani Rahayu Mixed Doubles - China's Zheng Siwei AND Huang Yaqiong 13. 2020 Mexico Open (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) - Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain). He defeated Taylor Fritz (United States) Women's Singles - Heather Watson (United Kingdom). She defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez (Canada) Men's Doubles - Łukasz Kubot (Poland) AND Marcelo Melo (Brazil) Women's Doubles - Desirae Krawczyk (United States) AND Giuliana Olmos (Mexico) 14. 2nd leg of 1st Khelo India Winter Games 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 Ladakh at Leh. 15. 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games held in Guwahati (Assam). Maharashtra adjudged as champion with 256 medals, including 78 gold. Medal Tally - Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Maharashtra 78 77 101 256 2 Haryana 68 60 72 200 3 Delhi 39 36 47 122 4 Karnataka 32 26 22 80 5 Uttar Pradesh 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 Boxing 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 Asian Para Games to be held in Hangzhou (China) in 2022. It will feature 22 sports with Taekwondo 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 - Kento Momota(Japan) Women’s Singles - Chen Yufei (China) Men’s Doubles - Mohammad Ahsan(Indonesia) AND Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia) Women’s Doubles - Chen Qingchen (China) AND Jia Yifan (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 Premier Badminton League (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 “World Games Athlete of the Year”award 2019, by International Hockey Federation (FIH).
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