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McAfee said. • Left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan was • McAfee, part of Intel Security, has brought named the International Player of the Year out ‘Red Card Club’ list showcasing the while Robin Uthappa, who was part of top 11 Brazil-bound football players the triumphant Karnataka Ranji Trophy whose web pages are considered to be team, clinched the Domestic Cricketer of risky for fans to search for online. the Year honour. • Other names in include Spain’s Iker • Kohli had won the best player award in Cassillas, Karim Ziani (Algeria), Karim 2011-12 too. India’s under-19 cricketer Benzema (France), Paulinho (Brazil), Vijay Zol got the Young Player of the Year Edinson Cavani (Uruguay), Fernando award while yesteryear stumper Syed Torres (Spain), Eden Hazard (Belgium) Kirmani, one of the finest behind the and Gerard Pique (Spain). stumps who was also part of the 1983 National Sports Talent Search System World Cup winning team, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. • Government has promised to facilitate Kirmani played in 88 Tests and 49 ODIs. development and promotion of sports, • Australian Mitchell Johnson, who was particularly rural sports, and said it will instrumental in his country winning the launch a National Sports Talent Search Ashes Series in overwhelming fashion System. against England at home, and compatriot • Addressing the first joint sitting of Glenn Maxwell received the Test Player Parliament after the recent Lok Sabha of the Year and Popular Choice awards polls, President Pranab Mukherjee said respectively, while Bangladesh all- the new government will also formulate rounder Shakib Al Hasan got the T20 a National Education Policy and set up Player of the award. IITs and IIMs in every State. Maintaining that India is the world’s oldest civilisation and today it is also a country with the Click Here to Buy SSC Exams Study Kit in Print Copy: http://sscportal.in/community/study-kit Click Here to Join SSC Exams Online Coaching (at just Rs.100 per month): http://sscportal.in/community/courses Current Affairs 150 largest population of the youth, the Ross Dross was brought down by the President said government must equip goalkeeper and a defender inside the and nurture the youth with the right kind circle. of education, skill-set and opportunity to IOA seeks views on Asiad reap this demographic dividend. • The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Nadal’s ninth title has sought the views of its members about • After all the consecutive victories and the submitting a bid for hosting the Asian confidently clenched fists, after the new Games in 2019. hires and the new attitude, the 2014 • With the deadline for submitting the bid French Open was just another red-clay being July 1, the secretary general of the rerun for Novak Djokovic. IOA, Rajeev Mehta, has written to the • He arrived in Paris full of fresh and members, stating that there was not legitimate hope. enough time to call a general body He will depart again without the trophy, meeting. which is officially called the Coupe des • “The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Mousquetaires but which is clearly in has already shown its keenness in need of a name change at this belief- supporting a bid from IOA to host the beggaring stage of the tournament’s Games. history. Viswanathan • In the modern era, no man has had a Anand joint ninth tighter grip on a Grand Slam event than Rafael Nadal, whose 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 • Five-time world champion Viswanathan victory over Djokovic allowed him to win Anand got off to a sedate start with two his ninth French Open by the age of just draws and ended up joint ninth after the 28. end of the fifth round of World Rapid Seventh women’s hockey World Cup Chess Championship . • A couple of draws at the beginning title against Ivan Salgado Lopez of Spain and • Olympic gold medallists The Netherlands Maxim Matlakov of Russia in the first two defeated Australia 2-0 in the title rounds for Anand were followed by a showdown to clinch the women’s hockey couple of victories coming at the expense World Cup . of his new full time ‘second’ Sandipan • This was the fourth time these two nations Chanda and Russian Vladimir Fedoseev. met in the women’s World Cup final and • But a draw in the fifth round with Viktor The Netherlands has won three of them. Laznicka of Czech Republic saw the Out of 13 women’s World Cups since its Indian ace slump a little in the strongest inception in 1974, the Dutch have won it ever rapid chess tournament of the world. seven times. India fifth in the shooting World Cup • Captain Maartje Paumen, one of the four Dutch players winning her second World • National champion Sanjeev Rajput shot Cup gold, put her team ahead in the 12th 1160 to take the 26th spot in the men’s free minute with a penalty stroke conversion. rifle 3-position event, but India had the The penalty stroke was awarded when honour of finishing fifth in the medals Click Here to Buy SSC Exams Study Kit in Print Copy: http://sscportal.in/community/study-kit Click Here to Join SSC Exams Online Coaching (at just Rs.100 per month): http://sscportal.in/community/courses 151 Current Affairs table, in the shooting World Cup at week’s annual conference in Melbourne. Maribor, Slovenia. • BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel confirmed • Rajput shot 386 in kneeling, 394 in prone that Srinivasan was going to Melbourne. and 380 in standing, 16 points short of his “By the month-end, India will take a national record 1176, and missed the final leading role in the ICC. by 10 points. Sourav Ganguly joined Mudgal • Gagan Narang was in awful form, Committee finished second from last among 52 shooters with a score of 1141. It was his • Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian cricket third lowest total in an international captain, joined the Mudgal Committee on competition in the event. IPL spot-fixing as an expert on cricketing affairs.The Mudgal committee headed by • India was fifth out of 14 countries that Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal is probing won at least one medal, in an overall field IPL betting and spot fixing scandals of of 59 countries, thanks to a gold and silver 2013. by Jitu Rai and a bronze by Ayonika • It is investigating on the 13 names Paul.China (7) and Germany (4) finished submitted by it to Supreme Court in a in that order with three gold medals. sealed envelope in February 2014 after a Amla named South Africa test captain preliminary inquiry. It was appointed in October 2013 by the Supreme Court to • South African cricket broke new ground investigate the fixing allegations that took with the appointment of Hashim Amla as place during the IPL’s 2013 season. test captain, the first black cricketer to • The Supreme Court in its direction asked hold the post permanently in a sport long the probe committee to select a cricketer seen to be dominated by whites. of impeccable repute and integrity to help • Cricket South Africa (CSA) had identified the committee on the cricketing matters related to IPL betting and spot fixing. Amla, one-day skipper AB de Villiers and Twenty20 leader Faf du Plessis as the Saina Nehwal won Australian Open potential successors to Graeme Smith, Super Series title who retired from the international game • Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton ace, on in March. 29 June 2014 won 750000 US dollar • Having initially ruled himself out, Amla Australian Open Super Series by had a change of heart in recent weeks and defeating Carolina Marin of Spain in will now lead the side to Sri Lanka for a straight-game 21-18, 21-11 in final played two-match series next month. at Sydney. • Amla believes it is the right time for him • This is the second title win of the year for to take over after the loss of senior players sixth-seeded, Saina Nehwal. The previous Smith and Jacques Kallis in the past six title for her was Indian Open Grandprix months. Gold in Delhi. On the other hand, this was Srinivasan set to take over as chairman first World Super Series final for World of ICC Number 11, Carolina Marin. 35th National Games to be held in • BCCI’s president-in-exile N. Srinivasan is Kerala set to take over as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at this • 35th National Games dates were Click Here to Buy SSC Exams Study Kit in Print Copy: http://sscportal.in/community/study-kit Click Here to Join SSC Exams Online Coaching (at just Rs.100 per month): http://sscportal.in/community/courses Current Affairs 152 announced at Thiruvananthapuram by Boxing Federation (IABF) and Archery Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Association of India (AAI) for not games will be held at 32 different venues implementing age and tenure directives. across seven districts of Kerala from 31 The court's directive will certainly make January to 14 February 2015.