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1. 2019 FIFA Club World Cup (16Th Edition, Hosted by Doha (Qatar)) - England's Football Club Liverpool Won the Title (As Their 1St Title) 1/8/2020 Current Affairs - December 2019 Current Affairs - December 2019 Month December 2019 Type Sports 18 Current Affairs were found in Month - December 2019 for Type - Sports Sports 1. 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. 2. 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 3. 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) 4. 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. 5. 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 6. India won Tie match with Pakistan for International Tennis Federation’s (ITF’s) Davis cup 2020, held in Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan). https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Dec.html?Month=Dec2019&&Type=Sports 1/4 1/8/2020 Current Affairs - December 2019 India's Leander Paes 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. 7. Indian Badminton Player Maisnam Meiraba Luwang won Men’s singles at Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka. 8. Indian Chess Player Koneru Humpy become 2019 Women’s World Rapid Champion, defeating China’s Lei Tingjie in Moscow (Russia). 9. 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. 10. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has withdrawn its threat to boycott 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham over Shooting's exclusion. India will also bid to host either 2026 or 2030 edition of CWG Games. 11. 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. 12. 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 Argentina’s Martin Bentancor. 13. 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. 14. International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Australia’s Ashleigh Barty 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 Colombia’s Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. 15. 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 https://linkingsky.com/government-exams/Preparation/Current-Affairs/Quizzes/PDF_Dec.html?Month=Dec2019&&Type=Sports 2/4 1/8/2020 Current Affairs - December 2019 Round Grand Prix Winner date 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 16. 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 New Delhi. 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 golf 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. 17. 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. 18. 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.
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