Current Affairs - March 2020 to May 2020 Month May 2020 Type Sports 20 Current Affairs were found in Last Three Months for Type - Sports (Showing 16 Important Ones) Sports 1. 1st Khelo India University Games held at KIIT University (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology University) in Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Official mascots were ‘Jay and Bijay’ - Panjab University named winner of with 45 medals, followed by Savitribai Phule Pune University and Punjabi University. 2. 2019–20 Indian Super League season (sixth season) won by ATK (previously known as Atlético de Kolkata) FC, as their 3rd Title. They defeated Chennaiyin FC in Final. 3. 2020 All England Badminton Open (112th Edition) - Men's Singles - Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) Men's Doubles - Japan's Hiroyuki Endo AND Yuta Watanabe Women's Doubles - Japan's Yuki Fukushima AND Sayaka Hirota Mixed Doubles - Indonesia's Praveen Jordan AND Melati Daeva Oktavianti 4. 2020 Mexico Open (Abierto Mexicano Telcel) - Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain). He defeated Taylor Fritz (United States) Women's Singles - Heather Watson (United Kingdom). She defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez (Canada) Men's Doubles - Łukasz Kubot (Poland) AND Marcelo Melo (Brazil) Women's Doubles - Desirae Krawczyk (United States) AND Giuliana Olmos (Mexico) 5. 2nd leg of 1st Khelo India Winter Games 2020 concluded in Gulmarg (J & K). Around 900 players participated in the event which comprised of skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, ice hockey, snowshoeing, ice stock, snow rugby and snow baseball. 1st Leg of 1st Khelo India Winter Games 2020 was held in Ladakh at Leh. 6. Feifei has been named as mascot for 4th Asian Para Games to be held in Hangzhou (China) in 2022. It will feature 22 sports with Taekwondo and Para-Canoe as debutant games. 7. England’s Ben Stokes is named as leading cricketer in world in 2020 by Cricket Magazine Wisden. In Women’s category, Australia’s Ellyse Perry is named Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in World. 8. ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup (Australia) - Australia won its 5th Women's T20 World cup title, defeating India in Final. 10 Teams had participated. Australia's Beth Mooney named player of the tournament, who also scored most runs. 9. Indian Badminton Player P V Sindhu has been named ambassador of campaign “I am Badminton”, launched by Badminton World Federation (BWF). 10. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka became highest-paid female athlete in sporting history, raking in $37.4 million in prize money and endorsements in past 12 months, according to Forbes. However, Osaka ranks only 29th overall among sports stars in terms of total earnings in past year. Swiss Tennis Star Roger Federer is top earner athelete (106 Million USD), Followed by Portugese Footballer Cristianpo Ronaldo (105 Million USD). Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli is top ranked Cricketer in List (66th), with earnings of 26 Million USD. 11. Misc. Sports Events (April 2020) - China will host third edition of Asian Youth Games in November 2021, as announced by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). 2021 World Games that were to be held in Birmingham in Alabama (US), are postponed to 2022. This is being done to avoid clash with Tokyo Olympics that have been postponed to 2021 amid COVID-19 Outbreak. 2021 World Athletics Championships are also pushed to 2022 for the same reason. Noted American Basketballer Kobe Bryant, who passed away recently, has been named into this year’s list of inductees into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. International Weightlifting Federation suspended Malaysia & Thailand weightlifters from competing in Tokyo Olympics (Shifted to 2021). India will host Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December 2020, assuming coronavirus pandemic to ve wiped out by then. BCCI suspended Indian Premier League 2020 indefinitely, amid COVID-19 Outbreak. BCCI also created a campaign named Team Mask Force, to spread awareness about wearing masks amid Pandemic. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won Formula One Esports Chinese Virtual Grand Prix championship. Due to Coronavirus pandemic, actual F1 races are not being held. The virtual races will run instead of each delayed Grand Prix, using official F1 2019 PC video game. Iran's Alireza Firouzja beaten World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in Banter Blitz Cup 2020, to claim $14,000 prize. T10 League Sindhi Franchise Owner Deepak Agarwal has been banned for 2 years for breaching ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for a 3 years, on corruption charges. Indian Middle-distance runner Jhuma Khatun has been banned for 4 years by World Athletics, for doping Violation. India lost hosting rights of 2021 Men’s World Boxing Championship, after Boxing Federation of India (BFI) failed to pay host fee to International Boxing Association (AIBA), amounting approx 30 Crores INR. Now hosting rights of the same are given to Serbia. 12. Misc. Sports Events (Mar 2020) - Indian Badminton Players Tasnim Mir and Mansi Singh won a bronze each in girls' singles Badminton event at Yonex Dutch Junior International 2020 in Haarlem (Netherlands). Indian Men's Hockey Team ranked 4th in International Hockey Federation (FIH) World Rankings 2020, as India's best ranking ever. Sports Authority of India and Hockey India announced first edition of Khelo India Women's Hockey League Under-21, to be held in 3 phases between March to November 2020, In New Delhi, Bengaluru and Bhubaneswar. Badminton Asia Championships will be held in Manila (capital of Philippines), which were earlier scheduled to be held in Wuhan (China). It has been done Due to Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China. India Cricketer Shafali Verma became world number one batsman in Women’s T20I cricket. Shafali is 2nd Indian batswoman after Mithali Raj to top Women’s T20I rankings. West Indies' Cricketer Kieron Pollard became 1st player to play 500 T20 matches. Indian Sprinter Prachi choudhary suspended by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), for a doping violation. Hockey India joined 38 other national associations as a member of the World Masters Hockey (WMH). Hockey India appointed R.P. Singh as convener of Hockey India Masters Committee and Harbinder Singh as chairman of committee. American Golfer Tiger Woods elected to World Golf Hall of Fame as first member of Class of 2021. World Athletics Council fined Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) USD 10 million for breaching sport's anti-doping rules. Also, maximum 10 Russian track and field athletes will be allowed to compete at Tokyo Olympics as neutrals. Indian Female Umpires Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi named in ICC's International Panel of Development Umpires. Indian shot-putter Navin Chikara has been suspended by World athletics body’s (formerly known as International Association of Athletics Federations-IAAF) for 4 years,for using a prohibited substance. 13. Misc. Sports News (May 2020) - India lost its top spot to Australia in ICC test rankings, dropping to third. Sania Mirza became first Indian to win Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to court post motherhood. Sania won the award for Asia/Oceania zone. Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) postponed 7th season of Commonwealth Youth Games from 2021 to 2023, following a clash with Tokyo Olympics, which were earlier postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic. Other major events postponed - Badminton World Championships (2020 to November 2021). Swimming world governing body Federation Internationale de Natation(FINA) rescheduled 2021 Fukuoka aquatics world championships to May 2022. World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Indian discus thrower Sandeep Kumari for 4 years after failing a drug test. Tennis Integrity Unit banned Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam from professional tennis for life. China won inaugural $180,000 FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup, following a 2-2 draw against USA. French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio has been banned for 4 years by International Cycling Union (UCI). All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) nominated N Bala Devi and Sandesh Jhingan for Arjuna Award 2020. Germany’s Football league Bundesliga became world’s first major sports competition to resume, post nationwide lockdown imposed to contain coronavirus pandemic. ICC Cricket Committee (Headed by Anil Kumble) banned use of saliva to shine the ball. The practice meant for swing bowling is now primarily held as health risk due to threats of COVID-19. Powerlifters Savita Kumari & Ankit Shishodia have been provisionally suspended by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA), for violating anti-doping rules. World Health Organization (WHO) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) signed an agreement to work together to promote health through sport and physical activity. India’s long-distance runner Kiranjeet Kaur has been handed a four-year ban by World Athletics’ anti-doping body for testing positive for a banned substance (Enobosarm). 36th National Games, planned for October-November in Goa, have been deferred indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Lankan Cricketer Shehan Madushanka has been suspended from all forms of cricket, for alleged possession of heroin. Sports Authority of India (SAI) deposited NR 30,000 each to 2,749 Khelo India athletes as out of pocket allowance (OPA) amid COVID-19 lockdown. Cricketer Rohit Sharma has been nominated by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for Top sports Honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020. BCCI Also nominated Shikhar Dhawan, Deepti Sharma and Ishant Sharma for Arjuna Awards. 14. New Zealand Cricketer Ross Taylor won Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his 3rd time, given to player of the year in New Zealand. Ross became first player from any nation to play 100 international matches in all three formats. Other Winners - ANZ International Women’s ODI Player of the Year - Suzie Bates ANZ International Men’s ODI Player of the Year - Kane Williamson ANZ International Women’s T20 Player of the Year - Sophie Devine ANZ International Men’s T20 Player of the Year - Ross Taylor 15.