Important Sports Events from July to October
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IMPORTANT SPORTS EVE NTS FROM JULY TO OCTOBER : JULY: 1. Indian Spin bowler RaviChandran Ashwin has won the international cricketer of the Year Award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards for the year 2017. 2. Shubhman Gill from Punjab has been awarded with Young player award for the year 2017. He got award performance during the India-England U-19 ODI series 3. Germany won maiden FIFA Confederation Cup Football. In the final match Germany won title by defeating Chile. The tournament was held in St. Petersburg, Russia 4. India rank in FIFA-96. Previously India stands in 100th position 5. Former Indian Capitan Ravi Shastri has been appointed as Coach for Indian cricket team by BCCI. 6. BCCI also appointed Zaheer Khan as bowling coach for a period of two years 7. Indian Shuttler, B Sai Praneeth has won Gold title of Thailand Prix. In the final match he defeated Indonesian’s Jonatan Christie. 8. In World Para Athletics Championships held in London, India’s Sundar Singh Gurjar won gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event. 9. Indian Women Cricket team Capitan, Mithali Raj becomes first player in the history of women’s ODI cricket to score more than 6000 career runs. She also became all-time leading run- getter in women’s ODI. 10. 2017 WIMBLEDON WINNERS: Men’s single- Roger Federer Women’s single- Garbine Muguruza from Spain Men’s doubles- Luksaz Kubot and Marcelo Melo Women’s doubles- Ekaterina Makarova and Mixed doubles- Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis 11. In Victorian Open squash tournament held in Melbourne, Australia, India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu won the Victorian Open squash tournament. 12. 2017 ICC Women’s world cup winner in cricket- England 13. Indian Shuttler H S Prannoy won the 2017 Yonex US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament title 14. India’s Karamjyoti Dalal has won bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in the discus-throw. In the women’s F55 category of discus-throw. 15. Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships held at Kathmandu, Nepal Indian player Ajay Singh has won bronze medal. 16. 2017 Men’s Hockey Asian cup was held in Bangladesh. Indian team won the Asia cup by defeating Malaysia in the final match. AUGUST: 1. In 2017 World Badminton Championship held at Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom), Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu won the silver medal. 2. India’s First Sports Museum will be established at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium New Delhi by union Ministry of Youth and sports affairs. 3. National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29th 4. Lewis Hamilton wins 2017 Belgian Grand Prix. 5. Jelena Ostapenko from Latvia has won French open in Women Singles category by defeating Simon Halep. 6. Los Angeles to host 2028 summer Olympics. 7. Alexander Zurev win 2017 Rogers cup. 8. Para Athlete Devendar and hockey player Sardar Singh won Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award SEPTEMBER: 1. Rafael Nadel from Spain has won 2017 US open in men’s single category. 2. Goa will host 36th National Games 3. Badminton Association of India conferred life time achievement award for Prakash Padukone for his contribution to Badminton 4. Ronaldo won UEFA men’s player of the year award. 5. India wins South Asian Football federation in Under-15 category. OCTOBER: 1. 2017 Men’s Hockey Asian cup was held in Bangladesh. Indian team won the Asia cup by defeating Malaysia in the final match. 2. 2017 French open badminton: WINNERS: Men’s single category- Kidambi Srikanth from India by defeating Kenta Nishimoto from Japan Women’ Single category- Tai Tzu-lying Men’s double category- Lee Jhe-huei and Lee Yang 3. Indian Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth from India won Denmark open title. 4. Ronaldo won Best FIFA men’s player award. 5. Virat Kohli becomes fastest batsman to reach 9000 runs mark. 6. International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) was held at Gabla, Azerbaijan. In this world cup Indian players Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event. 7. Kavita Devi becomes first Indian woman to sign with World Wrestling Environment. 8. England Will host 2018 International Table Tennis Federation Team world cup .