1. 15Th World Wushu Championships 2019 (Shanghai, China) Medal Table - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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Current Affairs - October 2019 Month October 2019 Type Sports 38 Current Affairs were found in Month - October 2019 for Type - Sports Sports 1. 15th World Wushu Championships 2019 (Shanghai, China) Medal Table - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 14 1 1 16 2 Iran 9 2 1 12 3 Hong Kong 5 4 1 10 4 Indonesia 3 0 1 4 5 Macau 2 5 5 12 India Ranked 10th with 4 Medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze). Indian Medalists - Gold - Praveen Kumar (Men's 48 KG) Silver - Y. Sanathoi Devi (Women's 52 KG) and Poonam (Women's 75 KG) Bronze - Vikrant Baliyan (Men's 60 KG) 2. 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships (Ulan-Ude, Russia) - 224 Competitors from 57 nations participated. Medal Table - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia 3 1 2 6 2 China 1 3 1 5 3 Turkey 1 2 0 3 4 United States 1 0 2 3 5 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2 India ranked 9th with 4 Medals (1 Silver and 3 Bronze). Indian Medalists - Manju Rani (Silver) - Light flyweight Mary Kom (Bronze) - Flyweight Jamuna Boro (Bronze) - Bantamweight Lovlina Borgohain (Bronze) - Welterweight 3. 2019 China Open Tennis - Men's Singles - Dominic Thiem (Austria), defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) Women's Singles - Naomi Osaka (Japan), defeated Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Men's Doubles - Croatia Ivan Dodig AND Slovakia Filip Polášek Women's Doubles - Sofia Kenin (US) AND Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) 4. 2019 Denmark Open Badminton Title (Odense, Denmark) - Men's Singles - Kento Momota (Japan) Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) Men's Doubles - Indonesia's Marcus Fernaldi Gideon AND Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Women's Doubles - South Korea's Baek Ha-na AND Jung Kyung-eun Mixed Doubles - Indonesia's Praveen Jordan AND Melati Daeva Oktavianti 5. 2019 Erste Bank Open Men's Tennis (Vienna, Austria) - Singles - Dominic Thiem (Austria) Doubles - Rajeev Ram (US) AND Joe Salisbury (UK) 6. 2019 European Open Men's Tennis Title (Antwerp, Belgium) - Singles - Andy Murray (UK). He defeated Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) Doubles - Germany's Kevin Krawietz AND Andreas Mies defeated Rajeev Ram (US) / Joe Salisbury (UK) 7. 2019 French Open Badminton (Paris) - Men's Singles - Chen Long (China) Women's Singles - An Se-young (South Korea) Men's Doubles - Indonesia's Marcus Fernaldi Gideon AND Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. They defeated Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. Women's Doubles - South Korea's Lee So-hee AND Shin Seung-chan Mixed Doubles - Indonesia's Praveen Jordan AND Melati Daeva Oktavianti 8. 2019 Japan Open Men's Tennis - Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Doubles - France's Nicolas Mahut AND Édouard Roger-Vasselin 9. 2019 Shanghai Masters Men's Tennis Title - Singles - Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Defeated Alexander Zverev (Germany) Doubles - Croatia Mate Pavić / Brazil Bruno Soares 10. 2019 Stockholm Open Men's Tennis Title (Sweden) - Singles - Denis Shapovalov (Canada) Doubles - Henri Kontinen (Finland) AND Édouard Roger-Vasselin (France) 11. 2019 Swiss Indoors Men's Tennis (Basel, Switzerland) - Singles - Roger Federer (Switzerland). It is his 10th Swiss Open Title and Career Title No. 103. Doubles - Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) AND Horia Tecău (Romania) 12. 2019 World Athletics Championships (Doha, Qatar) - 1972 Atheletes from 209 Nations Participated. 27 Indian atheletes participated. India could not win a medal at the events. India had three finalists - Mixed 4x400m relay, men’s 3000m steeplechase (Avinash Sable) and women’s javelin throw (Annu Rani). India was ranked 58th and India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3000m steeplechase event. Medal Table - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 14 11 4 29 2 Kenya 5 2 4 11 3 Jamaica 3 5 4 12 4 China 3 3 3 9 5 Ethiopia 2 5 1 8 13. 49th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2019 held in Stuttgart (Germany), held annually in non-Olympic years. 548 competitors from 92 nations participated in the event. Indian team consisted of 6 members, without winning a medal. 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (50th Edition) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Simone Biles (US) won record-extending 15th World Gymnastics Championship title, becoming event’s most decorated woman. Medal Tally - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 5 2 1 8 Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 Russia 3 3 3 9 3 Great Britain 2 1 1 4 4 Turkey 1 1 0 2 Belgium 1 0 0 1 5 Brazil 1 0 0 1 Philippines 1 0 0 1 14. 7th CISM World Military Games held in Wuhan (China). Medal Table - Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 133 64 42 239 2 Russia 51 53 57 161 3 Brazil 21 31 36 88 4 France 13 20 24 57 5 Poland 11 15 34 60 India ranked 11th with 8 Medals (5 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze). 15. As per Brand Finance Nation Brands 2019 annual report by Brand Finance - India ranked 7th, up from from 9th rank in 2018, with 18.7% growth in brand value to $2562 bn. Top 5 - Rank Nation Brand value 1 USA $27,751 bn 2 China $19,486 bn 3 Germany $4,855 bn 4 Japan $4,533 bn 5 United Kingdom (UK) $3,851 bn 7 India $2,562 bn 16. Asian Junior Boxing Championships 2019 held in Fujairah (UAE) - India won 21 Medals (6 Gold, 9 Silver and 6 Bronze). India won most number of medals but was second behind Uzbekistan in Tally, which had total 20 Medals and 8 Gold. Indian Gold Medalists - Vishvanath Suresh, Bishwamitra Chongtham, Kalpana, Preeti Dahiya, Tashbir Kaur Sandhu, Alfiya Tarannum Pathan. 17. Bahrain International Series Badminton 2019 at Isa Town (Bahrain) - Indian Player Priyanshu Rajawat won men’s singles title, beating Jason Anthony Ho-Shue from Canada. Indian mixed double pair of Juhi Dewangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad also finished at the top. 18. Bangladesh Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has been suspended for two years by International Cricket Council (ICC) for not reporting a corrupt approach. Shakib has been handed a full ban for a year and a 12-month suspended sentence. 19. Bengal Warriors won 7th season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League 2019, as their first title, defeating Dabang Delhi. 20. China has been given Hosting rights by FIFA, for revamped version of Club Football World Cup, having 24 teams. It will be held in June and July 2021. The decision was made despite China’s suppression of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and the internment of more than one million Uighur Muslims in state of Xinjiang. The same is being criticized globally. 21. Dutch Open Badminton 2019 (Almere, The Netherlands) Winners - Men's Singles - Lakshya Sen (India). He defeated Yusuke Onodera of Japan. It is his 1st BWF World Tour title. Women's Singles - Wang Zhiyi (China) Men's Doubles - Russia's Vladimir Ivanov AND Ivan Sozonov Women's Doubles - Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva AND Stefani Stoeva Mixed Doubles - The Netherlands' Robin Tabeling AND Selena Piek 22. Former South African Cricketer Graeme Smith has been elected an Honorary Life Member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in England. 23. Great Britain won Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament 2019 held at Johor Bahru in Malaysia, beating India. 24. India Women's Football team beat Bangladesh to win the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship title, hosted in Thimpu (Bhutan). 25. India won 7 Medals at Olympic Test Event for Boxing . Gold - Shiva Thapa and Pooja Rani. Silver - Ashish. Bronze - Nikhat Zareen, Simranjeet Kaur, Sumit Sangwan and Vahlimpuia. 26. India's Kuhoo Garg and Dhruv Rawat won badminton mixed doubles title at Egypt International 2019 in Cairo, Egypt. They defeated India's Utkarsh Arora and Karishma Wadkar. 27. India's Prithvi Sekhar won men’s final of World Deaf tennis championship in Antalya, Turkey. He defetaed Jaroslav Smedek of Czech Republic in Final. 28. India's Riya Bhatia won ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lagos (Nigeria), defeating Nastja Kolar of Slovenia. 29. Indian Cricketer Jasprit Bumrah and Female Cricketer Smriti Mandhana won Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award. Other winners are Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman, Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne, and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan. Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi was adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year. 30. Indian cyclist Ronaldo Singh won gold medal in men's junior Keirin event at Asian Track Cycling Championships at Incheon in South Korea. James Singh won bronze in same event. India also secured 2 bronze medals in men's and women's Jr. sprint team. 31. International Cricket Council (ICC) anounced that 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup will be held in South Africa in Jan - Feb 2020. 32. International Cricket Council (ICC) changed rules of Super Over and ruled that Super over will be repeated till a winnr emerges. The controversial boundary count rule has been scrapped. In final match of the Cricket World Cup 2019, England was declared winner against New Zealand with a boundary count in super over. 33. Karnataka won 2019–20 Vijay Hazare Domestic Cricket Title, defeating Tamil Nadu. It is karnataka's 4th title of the Vijay Hazare Trophy. 34. Mercedes' British Racer Lewis Hamilton Won Mexican Grand Prix 2019 - 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 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 3 November Round Grand Prix Winner date 20 Brazilian Grand Prix 17 November 21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 1 December 35.