Sports Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 US Grand Prix of F1 to clinch third world title o Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain has won 2015 United States Grand Prix title of Formula One for the fourth time. Earlier he had won it in 2007, 2012 and 2014 o Lewis Hamilton has won highest number of titles as compared to any other British driver in the history of F1 o The WDC is awarded to the most successful F1 racing car driver over a particular season. o Michael Schumacher from Germany holds the record for winning most WDC titles i.e. for seven times Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Russian Grand Prix title of Formula One. Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Japanese Grand Prix title of Formula One Sebastian Vettel wins 2015 Singapore Grand Prix of Formula One Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of F1 Lewis Hamilton wins Bahrain Grand Prix of Formula One Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton from Britain on 12 April 2015 won Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One on the Shanghai International Circuit in China Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the Austrian Grand Prix Formula One (F1) World Championship title. o Nico Rosberg had also won the Austrian Grand Prix of 2014 season which was maiden win for Mercedes on this track. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One (F1) World Championship title. Englishman Lewis Hamilton, driving for Mercedes, won the inaugural Russian Formula One Grand Prix held at Sochi Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany defeated main rival Lewis Hemilton of Britain to win 2014 Monaco F1 Grand Prix Rankings after 2015 Russian Grand Prix o 1st position: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) of Mercedes. o 2nd position: Sebastian Vettel (Germany) of Ferrari. o 3rd position: Sergio Perez (Mexico) of Force India. US Abhishek Verma wins Silver medal at Archery World Cup Final o Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar associated with archery Himachal Pradesh to host India’s first Paragliding World Cup o Bir Billing near Baijnath town in Kangra district of HP o Snow leopard is the official mascot of this World Cup First World Indigenous Games begins in Palmas, Brazil o The lavish opening ceremony of the multi-sport event was attended by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Union Government appoints VK Malhotra as President of All India Council of Sports (AICS) Virender Sehwag announces retirement from International Cricket on 20-Oct-2015 Great Britain wins 2015 Sultan of Johor Cup of Hockey Sports Cricketer Zaheer Khan announces retirement from International cricket on 15-Oct-2015. Winners of 2015 China Open (tennis) o Men’s Singles title: Novak Djokovic of Serbia o Women’s Singles title: Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain o Men’s double: Vasek Pospisil (Canada) and Jack Sock (US) o Women’s double: Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) Ajay Jayaram wins 2015 Dutch Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament Ajay Jayaram wins silver medal in 2015 Korea Open Badminton tournament Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win 2015 China Open Women’s Doubles Title of tennis Sergey Karjakin wins 2015 World Cup Chess Championship o He holds the record for being world’s youngest Chess Grandmaster at the age young of 12 years and 7 months Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win 2015 Wuhan Open Women’s Doubles Title of Tennis Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win 2015 Guangzhou Open women’s doubles title Shashank Manohar elected unopposed as President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president. o He was elected after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya o BCCI was established as BCCI in 1928 by replacing Calcutta Cricket Club o It is a private club consortium, registered as a society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 Luis Leao Pinto of Portugal has won 2015 MTB Himalaya Title, Asia’s premier mountain biking race for the second time in the Solo Men’s category. o With this victory he received the crown tile of ‘King of the Himalaya’ which he had earlier won in year 2013. Heena Sidhu wins gold medal at Asian Air Gun Championships India’s Gurpreet Singh wins silver medal at 2015 Asian Air Gun Championship Pankaj Advani wins 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship Hangzhou City of China chosen to host 2022 Asian Games i.e. XIX edition of games. o Asian Games is also known as Asiad. o It was first held in 1951 in New Delhi, India under the aegis of Asian Games Federation (AGF) o Hangzhou is also home base of Chinese Internet (ecommerce) giant Alibaba o Incheon, South Korean city had hosted last Asian Games in 2014, while Indonesia’s Jakarta is going to host in 2018 Asian Games o It is often described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games Sports Ministry Grants Recognition to Indian Kalarippayattu Federation as RSF o Kalaripayattu sport is a Martial art played/performed in Southern state of Kerala and in contiguous parts of Tamil Nadu. o It is considered to be one of the oldest fighting system in existence and each warrior in the Sangam era received regular military training of it Winners of 2015 US Open Titles of Tennis o Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic of Serbia o Women’s Singles Title: Flavia Pennetta of Italy o Men’s Doubles Title: French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut o Women’s Doubles Title: Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) o Mixed Doubles Title: Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) Indian Wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav has secured quota for India in the 2016 Olympic Games o This is also the first time that an Indian wrestler has earned an Olympic berth by winning medal at the World Championship Sports Anirban Lahiri becomes 1st Indian golfer to qualify for prestigious President’s Cup of Golf o The biennial Cup is a series of men’s golf matches between a team representing United States (US) and an International Team representing the rest of the world excluding Europe. In case of European counterparts, the matches are played for the Ryder Cup which is older than President’s Cup Weightlifter Deepak Lather wins gold in Commonwealth Youth Games held in Apia, Samoa. o The Commonwealth Youth games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games o It was for the first time in Scotland in August 2000 and since then it takes place every four year. India had hosted third edition of CYG in 2008 in Pune, Maharashtra Union Government recognizes Yoga as Sports discipline and place it in the Priority category. o The sport of Fencing was upgraded from Others to General category based on the major past performance at international events Ethiopia’s Mare Dibaba has won the gold medal in the women’s marathon event at the World Athletics Championships 2015 held in Beijing, China. Indian wrestler Anil has clinched gold medal in Cadet Wrestling World Championships in the 50 kg freestyle competitions Indian women hockey team qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics Usain Bolt wins 200 meters title at World Championships held in Beijing, China o This victory is Bolt’s fourth consecutive world 200 metre title which he had won earlier in 2009 (Berlin, Germany), 2011 (Daegu, South Korea) and 2013 (Moscow, Russia). o Usain Bolt is the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting event and a ten-time World champion Government announces Dronacharya, Dhyan Chand, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar awards 2015 Roger Federer wins seventh Cincinnati Masters title of Tennis o It is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city started in September 1899 Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt has won world 100 metre title in the World Athletics Championships held in Beijing, China o In the blue riband event, Bolt ran a season’s best of 9.79 seconds winning gold medal. While Justin Gatlin of United States finished at the second spot in 9.80sec, taking silver medal o Usain Bolt is regarded as the fastest person in the world. He is the first athlete to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records. Golfer Aditi Ashok-first Indian to win Ladies British amateur stroke-play Championship (Golf) o She also had claimed the overall title called ‘The Nicholls Trophy’ and ‘Dinwiddy Trophy’ which are given for the under-18 golfer with lowest score Bangladesh has won maiden Under-16 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship title 2015. Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe from United Kingdom has been elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). o IAAF is an international governing body for the sport of athletics o Headquarter: Since 1993, IAAF has been headquartered in Monaco Badminton World Championship 2015: Saina Nehwal wins silver medal o It should be noted that Saina Nehwal is first Indian women badminton player to reach finals of Badminton World Championship o India’s PV Sindhu had won the bronze medal twice in World Badminton Championship in 2013 and 2014. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the bronze in women’s doubles in 2011. Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win a bronze in 1983. Abhishek Verma wins gold medal in Archery World Cup. International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially recognised ‘Frisbee’ as an Olympic sport Ace Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar has won bronze medal in women’s vault event at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships held in Hiroshima, Japan. India’s ace female squash player Joshna Chinappa won the prestigious US 15,000 dollars Victorian Open squash competition.