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Top 5 Sports News 2014: Updated on: Nov 14, 2014

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Similar to 2013, managed to grab headlines in 2014 as well. However, unlike last year when he was in news because of his retirement, this year he made headlines because he released his autobiography which led to a full-blown controversy due to his remarks regarding the ulterior motives of Greg Chappell, former Indian Cricket Team coach.

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Apart from this, the year 2014 saw a lot happening on the Sports front with big headlines being around medals won by India at the as well as 2014 being the year of comeback for Indian sports such as and Hockey. So, in continuation of our series on the top events that took place in India and abroad in various beats such as politics, entertainment, business and general news, here we will be listing the top five sports news that made headlines in India in 2014. Sachin Tendulkar releases Autobiography The cricket icon’s autobiography – Playing It My Way hit the stands on November 6, 2014. The book is published worldwide by Hodder and Stoughton and in Indian sub- continent by Hachette India.

Boria Majumdar, a renowned cricket historian as well as media personality has co-authored Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography. However, the autobiography created a huge controversy because in the book, Tendulkar stated that former Indian coach, Greg Chappell was the “ringmaster” during his reign. After this declaration Indian cricketers such as

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Sourav Gangully, , and VVS Laxman supported what Sachin mentioned in his book. Indian Sportspersons among the Top 10 in different World Rankings The year 2014 say many Indian Sportspersons marking a spot for themselves in various top international rankings. : Currently holds rank 6 in International Tennis Federation (ITF) Doubles ranking. She retired from ‘singles’ in 2013. In her 11 year career, Mirza has had notable wins over Vera Zvonareva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Marion Bartoli. She also defeated former World No 1s – Martina Hingis, Victoria Azarenka and Dinara Safina. She is also the highest ranked female player from India. Her career high rankings are singles rank of 27 and doubles rank of 5.

Pankaj Advani: On his debut tournament in 2014, Pankaj Advani won IBSF World 6-Red Snooker Championship. He also helped India win the first ever World Team Billiards Championship held in on August 14, 2014. Other members in the team were Devendra Joshi,

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Rupesh Shan and Ashok Shandilya. He is the only Indian to have won 10 world titles in any sport. The Government of India awarded Advani, the Arjuna Award in 2004 followed by the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2006 as well as the Padma Shri in 2009. He has also achieved a “hat-trick of hat-tricks” in English billiards wherein he won the World (2012), Asian (2008), and Indian National Championship (2008) titles simultaneously. He started playing snooker professionally in 2012. : Currently holds rank 5 in World Federation (BWF) Women’s Singles Rankings 2014.

She attained rank 2 (her career best ranking) in BWF in December 2010. She is also the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in Badminton.

Nehwal is also the first Indian to have won the World Junior Badminton Championship. Apart from this, she was the first Indian to have won a “Super Series tournament” which she did by winning the Open in June 2009.

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. PV Sindhu: Currently holds rank 10 in Badminton World Federation (BWF) Women’s Singles Rankings 2014.

Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a medal in World Championship singles. She won a bronze medal in Sub-Junior Asian Badminton Championships in 2009. She also won the silver medal in Fajr International Badminton Challenge in 2010. Kabaddi, Hockey and Football Leagues make headlines

Sports such as Hockey and Kabaddi made a comeback in India due to the establishment of the and the .

Hockey India League 2014: This tournament was conducted from January 25, 2014 to February 23, 2014. Waveriders won the league in 2014.

Team City Owner Delhi Wave Delhi Wave Group Riders Kalinga Industrial Lancers Infrastructure Development Corp of Odisha

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. (IDCO) & Mahanadi Coalfield Ltd. (MCL) Mumbai DoIT Sports Management Punjab Jalandhar Jaypee Group Warriors Pune Deccan Water Treatment Pvt Ltd Uttar Pradesh Sahara India Wizards Pariwar Rays Ranchi Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Sahara Adventure Sports Limited

Pro Kabaddi League: This tournament’s first edition commenced on July 26, 2014. Abhishek Bachchan’s team won the tournament this year.

Team City Owner Bengal Kolkata Kishore Biyani Warriors (Future Group

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Bengaluru Bengaluru Kosmik Global Bulls Media Delhi Radha Kapoor DO IT Sports Management Jaipur Pink Jaipur Abhishek Bachchan Panthers Patna Rajesh Shah Puneri Paltan Pune Sumanlal Shah Insurekot Sports Telugu Titans Vizag Veera Sports U Mumba Mumbai Ronnie Screwvala Unilazer Sports

Indian Super League (ISL): This first season of this tournament was conducted in 2013. The current season of this tournament commenced on October 12, 2014 and is expected to conclude on December 20, 2014. ISL made headlines because the league got many international football players to India and also because most of the teams are owned by celebs.

Team City Owner Atlético de Kolkata Spanish La Liga

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Kolkata side, Atlético Madrid and . Chennaiyin Chennai Vita Dani, Abhishek Bachchan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Delhi Dynamos Delhi DEN Networks. Goa Goa Venugopal Dhoot, , Dattaraj Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo. Kerala Blasters Kerala Sachin Tendulkar and Prasad V Potluri. Mumbai City Mumbai Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh. NorthEast United Represents eight John Abraham states – Assam, and I-League Nagaland, club, Shillong

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Manipur, Lajong. Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram

Pune City Pune Hrithik Roshan, Wadhawan Group and Italian football club ACF Fiorentina.

Dhoni among top 100 richest athletes in the world Captain of the Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the only Indian sportsperson to feature on Forbes' list of “world's 100 highest paid athletes”. Last year Dhoni featured at number 16 on this list but this year he has fallen to a spot at number 22. Dhoni’s total earnings as per Forbes is USD 30 million and endorsements are worth USD 26 million. Asian Games Medals won by India India won a total of 57 medals at the Asian Games held in in 2014. India won 11 gold medals, 10

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. silver medals and 14 bronze medals across categories. The Asian games were also in news because Sarita Devi, an Indian boxer refused to accept the bronze medal awarded to her as a mark of protest against a controversial decision made against her by the judges in her semifinal bout.

Medal Name Sport Event Gold Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Gold Rajat Chauhan Archery Men's team Sandeep Kumar compound Abhishek Verma Gold Saurav Ghosal Squash Men's team Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu Kush Kumar Gold Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Gold Seema Punia Athletics Women's

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Gold Sania Mirza Tennis Mixed doubles Saketh Myneni Gold Boxing Women's 51 kg Gold Men's hockey Field Men team hockey Gold Priyanka Pawar Athletics Women's 4 x Tintu Luka 400 metres Mandeep Kaur relay M. R. Poovamma Gold Women's kabaddi Kabaddi Women team Gold Men's kabaddi Kabaddi Men team Silver Saurav Ghosal Squash Men's singles Silver Pemba Tamang Shooting Men's 25 Vijay Kumar metre center Gurpreet Singh fire pistol team Silver Dipika Pallikal Squash Women's team Joshna Chinappa Anaka Alankamony

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Silver Abhishek Verma Archery Men's individual compound Silver Khushbir Kaur Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk Silver Manju Bala Athletics Women's hammer throw Silver Sanam Singh Tennis Men's doubles Saketh Myneni Silver Bajrang Kumar Wrestling Men's freestyle 61 kg Silver Vikas Gowda Athletics Men's discus throw Silver Tintu Luka Athletics Women's 800 metres Bronze Shweta Shooting Women's 10 Chaudhary metre air pistol Bronze Jitu Rai Shooting Men's 10 Samaresh Jung metre air pistol Prakash team Nanjappa

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Bronze Saina Nehwal Badminton Women's team P. V. Sindhu P. C. Thulasi Pradnya Gadre N. Siki Reddy Ashwini Ponnappa Bronze Rahi Sarnobat Shooting Women's 25 Anisa Sayyed metre pistol Heena Sidhu team Bronze Dipika Pallikal Squash Women's singles Bronze Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's 10 Ravi Kumar metre air rifle Sanjeev Rajput team Bronze Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle Bronze Sanathoi Devi Wushu Women's Yumnam sanda 52 kg Bronze Narender Grewal Wushu Men's sanda 60 kg Bronze Dushyant Rowing Men's Chauhan lightweight

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Bronze Sawarn Singh Rowing Msienng'lse sicnuglles sculls Bronze Kapil Sharma Rowing Men's coxed Ranjit Singh eight Robin Panachithanathu Ulahannan Sawan Kumar Kalkal Mohammad Azad Maninder Singh Davinder Singh Mohammed Ahmed Bronze Shagun Shooting Women's Chowdhary double trap Shreyasi Singh team Varsha Varman Bronze Sandeep Sejwal Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Bronze Trisha Deb Archery Women's team Purvasha Shende compound Jyothi Surekha Vennam Bronze Chain Singh Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions Bronze Trisha Deb Archery Women's individual compound Bronze Vinesh Phogat Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Bronze Geetika Jakhar Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg Bronze Lalita Babar Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Bronze Yuki Bhambri Tennis Men's singles Bronze Yuki Bhambri Tennis Men's doubles Divij Sharan Bronze Sania Mirza Tennis Women's

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Prarthana doubles Thombare Bronze M. R. Poovamma Athletics Women's 400 metres Bronze Rajiv Arokia Athletics Men's 400 metres Bronze O. P. Jaisha Athletics Women's 1500 metres Bronze Narsingh Wrestling Men's Pancham Yadav freestyle 74 kg Bronze Naveen Kumar Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Bronze Laishram Sarita Boxing Women's 60 Devi kg Bronze Pooja Rani Boxing Women's 75 kg Bronze Varsha Gautham Sailing Women's two Aishwarya person dinghy Nedunchezhiyan Bronze Women's hockey Field Women team hockey

Disclaimer: This PDF is auto-generated based on the information available on Shiksha as on 04-Jun-2020. Bronze Annu Rani Athletics Women's javelin throw Bronze Satish Kumar Boxing Men's +91 kg

Bronze Vikas Krishan Boxing Men's 75 kg Yadav Bronze Inderjeet Singh Athletics Men's

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