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All Latest Current Affairs Month All Type Sports Showing 375 Important Ones. 473 Current Affairs were found in Month ­ All for Type ­ Sports Sports 1. 12th South Asian Games 2016 ­ Host cities ­ Guwahati (Assam) and Shillong (Meghalaya) Motto is Play for Peace, Progress and Prosperity Nations participating ­ 8, Athletes participating ­ 2,672 Mascot ­ Tikhor (baby Rhino) India ended up as overall champions with record 308 medals (Gold ­ 188, Silver ­ 90 and Bronze ­ 30). Followed by Sri Lanka (186) and Pakistan (106 Medals) India also completed winning 1000 gold medals in South Asian Games. Nepal will host the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) in 2018. 2. 12th South Asian Games 2016 will be jointly hosted by Guwahati and Shillong from February 6­16, 2016. TIKHOR, a one­horned rhino will br mascot of the games. Logo of the event is a flower with eight petals representing 8 ­ participating nations. 3. 12th South Asian Games will be held in Guwahati and Shillong from December 10 ­ 20, 2015. 4. 12th UWW World Wrestling Championships 2015 (Las Vegas ­ United States) Russia Topped with 14 Medals. USA Second wtih 7 Medals while Turkey Third with 6 Medals. India ranked 24th with One bronze medal in Mens 74 kg Freestyle won by Wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav. He also won a place in Indian Squad in 2016 Rio Olympics. 5. 13th Asian Shooting Championships in Kuwait (Qatar)­ Important ­ Women's 10 m Air Pistol ­ India's Heena Sindhu won Gold and Shri Nivetha Paramanantham won Gold in Junior Individual. Men's 50 m Pistol ­ Jitu Rai won Silver in Individual Category. 6. 15­year­old cricketer Pranav Dhanawade created world record by scoring 1009 runs (not out) in HT Bhandari Cup, an under­16 inter­school tournament in Mumbai (Maharashtra). 7. 15th IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) World Championships in Athletics Beijing (China) 1933 Atheletes from 206 countries particpiated in 47 Events. Kenya topped the medal tally for the first time, Followed by Jamaica on second and USA at Third. Host China was 11th. Russia, the overall winner of 2013 ended at 9th place. India stayed at 65th place in overall medal tally with no medals won. However, India's Lalita Babar finished eighth in 3000m steeplechase (Obstacle) event and earned one point for India. This one point gave india 65th place in medal tally. India has won only 2 medals in all 15 Athletics world championships held so far. Both by long jumper Anju Bobby George. One bronze was won by her in 2003 championships in Paris and one gold medal in 2005 championships in Monaco. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) won 3 golds in 100m and 200m events and as a part of 4*400m relay. Next (16th) IAAF world Athletics Championships will be held in London in 2017. Medal Tally Top 10 Countries ­ Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Kenya 7 6 3 16 Jamaica 7 2 3 12 USA 6 6 6 18 Great Britain 4 1 2 7 Ethiopia 3 3 2 8 Poland 3 1 4 8 Canada 2 3 3 8 Germany 2 3 3 8 Russia 2 1 1 4 Cuba 2 1 0 3 8. 17th edition of FIFA under­17 World Cup football tournament 2017 will be hosted by India. It will be first time India will host an international football competition. 9. 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia (capital of Samoa) ­ 1000 Atheletes from 63 Nations Participated in Nine Events. 25 Indian athletes partipating in eight disciplines. 10. 2015 MTB Himalaya Bike Race ­ Luis Leao Pinto (Portugal) won in Men and Catherine Williamson (UK) won in women's category. 11. 2015 WTA Finals women's tennis tournament at Singapore ­ Singles ­ Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) won by defeating Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic). Doubles ­ Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Sania Mirza (India) defeated Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro. 12. 2015 World Archery Championships ­ Organized in Copenhagen (Denmark). 623 Competitors from 96 nations Participated. South Korea remaied at the top with 9 Medals. Denmark second with 2 Medals. India won 2 Silver Medals. One by womens recurve archery team consisting of Laxmirani Majhi, Deepika Kumari, and Rimil Buriuly. Other silver medal was won by Rajat Chauhann the compound category. 13. 2016 All England Super Series Badminton Championships ­ Men's Singles ­ Lin Dan (China) won by defeating Tian Houwei (China) Womens singles ­ Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) won by defeating Wang Shixian (China) Mens Doubles ­ Russian pair Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov won by defeating Japanese pair Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa. Womens Doubles ­ Japanese pair Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi won by defeating Chinese pair Tang Yuanting and Yu Yang Mixed Doubles ­ Indonesian Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto defeated Denmark's Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen 14. 2016 Brisbane International Tennis ­ Men's Singles ­ Milos Raonic (Canada) Women's Singles ­ Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) Men's Doubles ­ Henri Kontinen (Finland ) / John Peers (Australia) Women's Doubles ­ Martina Hingis (Switzerland ) / Sania Mirza (India) 15. 2016 Commonwealth Judo Championships held in South Africa. India will host Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur (Rajasthan) in 2018. 16. 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title ­ Men's Sunlges ­ Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) won by defeating Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) Womens Singles ­ Sara Errani (Italy) won by defeating Barbora Strýcová (Czech Republic) Mens Doubles ­ Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi Womens Doubles ­ Chuang Chia­jung (Chinese Taipei) and Darija Jurak (Croatia) 17. 2016 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament ­ Men's Singles ­ HS Prannoy (India) Womens Single ­ He Bingjiao (China) Mens Doubles ­ Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark) Womens Doubles ­ Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito (Japan) 18. 2016 Syed Modi International Grand prix Gold Championship Badminton Title ­ Mens singles ­ Kidambi Srikanth by defeating Huang Yuxiang of China. Womens singles ­ Title Sayaka Sato (Japan) won by defeating Sung Ji Hyun (South Korea). 19. 2016 Wimbledon Championships winners (130th edition) ­ Mens Singles ­ Andy Murray (Britain) won by defeating Canadas Milos Raonic. It was his second Wimbledon title after 2013. Womens Singles ­ Serena Williams (USA) won by defeating Germanys Angelique Kerber. It is Williams seventh Womens Singles Wimbledon title (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015) and overall 22nd Grand Slam title. Mens Doubles ­ French pair of Pierre­Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut defeated French pair Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger­Vasselin. Womens Doubles ­ USA pair of Serena Williams and Venus Williams defeated Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan). Mixed Doubles ­ Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (UK) defeated Robert Farah (Colombia) and Anna­Lena Grönefeld (Germany). 20. 2019 AFC Asian Cup to be hosted by United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is a quadrennial (once in 4 years) men’s football championship organised by Asian Football Confederation. 21. 3­member Indian women's archery team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi named for Rio Olympics after several selection trials. 22. 34th National Rowing Championships held in Hyderabad (Telangana). 23. 59th National Shooting Championships in New Delhi ­ Elizabeth Susan Koshy ­ Gold in Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Vijay Kumar ­ Gold in centre fire pistol Gurpreet Singh ­ 25m standard pistol Pemba Tamang ­ Rapid fire pistol Achal Pratap Singh Grewal ­ 25m sports pistol Apurvi Chandela ­ Gold in 10 metre Air Rifle Chain Singh ­ Gold in 50m rifle 3­position 24. 6th Senior Mens National Hockey championship 2016 won by Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) by defeating Hockey Punjab. 25. 73rd Senior National Squash Championship (held in Mumbai (Maharashtra))­ Mens singles ­ Saurav Ghosal won by defeating Harinderpal Singh Sandhu (he won this title for 11th time). Women's Singles ­ Dipika Pallikal Karthik won by defeating Joshna Chinappa. 26. 9th International Abilympics (IA) Games started at Bordeaux, France. Abilympics, coined from ‘Olympics of abilities’ of persons with disabilities, is a global work skills competition held every four years. 27. Australia Green won Hopman Cup 28th edition by defeatig Ukraine in Australia. 28. A cheerful white tiger cub “Soohorang” has been named as official mascot for South Korea’s 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. 29. Abhinav Bindra won gold in 10m Air Rifle event in Asian Air Gun Championships (New Delhi). Gurpreet Singh won silver medal. 30. According to Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, Indian Siril Verma is been ranked as World No. 1 in junior men's singles category. 31. Aditi Chauhan bacame First Indian footballer to play English league football. She made her debut for womens team of West Ham United affiliated with West Ham United FC. 32. Ajay Jayaram of India won 2015 Dutch Open Mens Singles badminton title by defeating Estonias Raul Must. 33. American Golfer Jordan Spieth has been named as PGA Tour's Player of Year. 34. Andhra Pradesh won bid to host 2019 National Games. Goa will hosting next (36th) National Games in 2016. National Games are held once in two years, year for next national games (37th) is adjusted to 2019 after Andhra Pradeshs request. 35. Andy Murray (UK) received 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in London. 36. Anirban Lahiri became first Indian golfer to qualify for a Presidents Cup and will be part of International Team in 2015 championships to be held at Incheon in South Korea in October 2015. 37. Argentina's Lionel Messi won 2015 Ballon dOr award for worlds best football player for record fifth time. USAs Carli Lloyd won women's world player of the year award. 38. Ashok Kumar became first Indian Kabaddi Refree to officiate in 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 39. Asian Boxing Championships 2015 in Bangkok (Thailand). India's Vikas Krishan won Silver while Shiva Thapa, Devendro Singh and Satish Kumar won bronze medals. 40. Asian Youth Chess Championships 2015 (Suwon ­ South Korea) ­ India stayed a top with 17 medals (5 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze) out of total 36 Medals.
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