Current Affairs
All about Sports in 2014
(01) Asian Games 2014
(02) Commonwealth Games 2014
(03) FIFA 2014
(04) 2014 World Cup Hockey
(05) 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
(06) 2014 Winter Olympics
(07) 2014 World Badminton Championships
(08) 2014 World Basketball Championships
(09) 2014 Hockey India
(10) 2014 World
University
(11) Lusophony Games 2014
(12) Indian Super League
(13) Pro Kabaddi League
(14) Chess Olympiad 2014
(15) Sport Mascots
(16) Tennis & IPTL
(17) Sport Institutions / Awards
(18) Other Sport News
(19) Trophies / Cups
(20) Sport Persons in News
20.1 – Mary Kom
20.2 – Miroslav Klose
20.3 – Jitu Rai
20.4 – Other Sport Persons
(21) Macau Open 2014
(22) WTA
(21) Macau Open 2014
(22) WTA
(23) ICC Cricketer of the Year
(24) Brand Ambassadors of ICC World Cup 2015
(25) World Chess Championships 2014
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(01) Asian Games 2014:
·
2014 Theme “Diversity shines here”
·
2014 Mascot: Vichuon (light), Barame (Wind) and Chumuro (Dance)
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2014: Games at Incheon ,
South Korea
·
2018: Games at Indonesia
·
India
·Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino was named as Samsung Most Valuable Player of the 17th Asian Games. He won 4 Gold + 1 Silver + 2 Bronze
Top 3 countries are: China,South Korea and Japan; India finished at 8th position
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Top 3 countries are: China,South Korea and Japan; India finished at 8th position
(02) Commonwealth Games 2014:
·
Venue: Glasgow ,
Scotland
·
Participated Countries: 71
·
Events: 261 in 18 sports
·
Mascot: Clyde
·
England , Australia
and Canada
·
India
(03)
FIFA 2014:
·
12 June - 13 July
·
Host: Brazil (Brazil France and Germany
·
Teams: 32 (certainly, India
·
Slogan: "All in One Rhythm"
·
Mascot: Fuleco
·
Ball: Brazuca
·
Official Instrument: Caxirola
·
New Technology: Goal Line Technology
·
2018 @ Russia
and 2022 @ Qatar
·
Winner – Germany ;
Runner – Argentina ; III Place Netherlands (It is Germany
·
Prize Money – Germany
($35 million) and Argentina
·
Philipp Lahm - the captain of Germany
Category
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Winner
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Golden Boot
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James Rodriguez (
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Golden Ball
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Lionel Messi (
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Golden Glove
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Manuel Neuer (
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Best Young Player
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Paul Pogba (
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Fair Play Award
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FIFA latest rankings:
1. Germany Argentina Netherlands Colombia Belgium
6. Uruguay Brazil Spain Switzerland France
FIFA Suspends Nigeria
·
FIFA suspended Nigeria Nigeria was suspended on account of government
interference in running Nigeria
·
Nigeria reached the second round of
the World Cup 2014 in Brazil
v Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released commemorative postage stamps on the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
v The Prime Minister also urged
the Department of Posts to develop a website on the history of Indian football
in lieu of India
v
India by default qualified for the
1950 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil London India
(04) 2014 World Cup Hockey:
·
13th edition
·
31 May - 15 June
·
Host: The Hague , The Netherlands (Third time, Netherlands
·
Mascot: Storkey, the Stork
·
Teams: 12
·
Venue(s): Kyocera Stadium, GreenFields Stadium
2014 World Cup Hockey
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Men
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Women
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Winner
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The
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Runner
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The
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III
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Other Awards in 2014 World Cup Hockey (Men)
Top
Goalscorer
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Gonzalo
Peillat (
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Player
of the Tournament
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Mark
Knowles (
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Goal
of the Tournament
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Sebastien
Dockier (
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Goalkeeper
of the Tournament
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Jaap
Stockmann (The
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Youngplayer
of the Tournament
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Jeremy
Hayward (
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(05) 2014 Summer Youth Olympics:
Venue: Nanjing ,
China
Mascot: Nanjinglele
2014 Youth Olympics – Medal
Tally
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Rank
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Nation
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Gold
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Siler
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Bronze
|
Total
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1
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38
|
13
|
14
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65
|
|
2
|
27
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19
|
11
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57
|
|
3
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
22
|
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
9
|
20
|
|
5
|
7
|
9
|
5
|
21
|
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
8
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23
|
|
7
|
7
|
8
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6
|
21
|
|
8
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6
|
6
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11
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23
|
|
9
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6
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6
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1
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13
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10
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5
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6
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1
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12
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Summer Youth Olympics
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Year
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Olympiad
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Games
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Location
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2010
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XXIX
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I Summer Youth Olympics
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2014
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XXX
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II Summer Youth Olympics
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2018
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XXI
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III Summer Youth Olympics
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Competitors: 32 in 15 sports
Final Ranking: 63rd position
Medals: 2 (1 silver + 1 bronze)
Silver Medal: Venkat Rahul Ragala in Boy’s Weight
Lifting
Bronze Medal: Atul Verma in Boy’s Archery [with this,
Atul Verma becomes the first Indian player to win Olympic medal in Archery for India
National Flag bearer in Opening Ceremony: Shyam Kumar
(06) 2014 Winter Olympic Games:
·
Venue: Sochi ,
Russia
·
Motto: “Hot. Cool. Yours”
·
Countries participated: 88
·
Events: 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
·
Next edition: 2018 at city of Pyeongchang , South Korea
#
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Countries
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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1
|
13
|
11
|
9
|
33
|
|
2
|
11
|
5
|
10
|
26
|
|
3
|
10
|
10
|
5
|
25
|
|
4
|
9
|
7
|
12
|
28
|
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
24
|
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
19
|
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
11
|
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
6
|
|
9
|
4
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8
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5
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17
|
|
10
|
4
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4
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7
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15
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(07) 2014 World Badminton Championships:
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Venue: Copenhagen (Denmark
·
Winners:
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Men’s Singles - Cheng Long (China
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Women’s Singles - Carolina Marin (Spain
·
India's P V Sidhu won
Bronze medal in Women's Singles
(08) 2014 World Cup basketball:
·
Venue: Madrid (Spain
·
Winner: USA
(it is USA
·
Runner: Serbia
·
III Place France
(09) 2014 Hockey India
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IPL style of Hockey
·
Winner: Delhi
·
Runner: Silver: Punjab Warriors
·
Bronze: Ranchi
·
Most Valuable Player: Jaap Stockmann – The Netherlands (Punjab
Warriors)
·
Most Prominent Player: Akashdeep Singh – India (Delhi
·
Highest Goal Scorer Team: Punjab
Warriors (40 in 12 matches)
Teams in HIL:
Team
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City
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Kalinga
Lancers
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Mumbai
Magicians
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Mumbai
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Mohali
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Uttar
Pradesh Wizards
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(10) 2014
·
Venue: Chennai (First time, India
·
Entries: 45 entries including 18 women from 12 countries (Canada,
Egypt, France, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Slovenia, South
Africa, UK and Czechoslovakia)
Winner
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Runner
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Men
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Mazen Sabri
(
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Zahed Mohammed
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Eddie Charlton
(
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Women
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Camilla Tomlinson
(
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Olga Ertlova
(
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Farah Abdel Megid
(
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(11) Lusophony Games 2014:
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Multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which
involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries (but
also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a
common past with
·
Venue: Goa (India
·
12 countries participated
·
Mascot: Jojo
·
9 sports
·
India
·
Next in 2017 at Mozambique
Results:-
#
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Country
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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1
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37
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27
|
28
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92
|
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2
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18
|
20
|
12
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50
|
|
3
|
15
|
9
|
14
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38
|
|
4
|
7
|
11
|
13
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31
|
|
5
|
5
|
8
|
14
|
27
|
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
13
|
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
|
8
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
|
9
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
12
|
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
11
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0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
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91
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88
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95
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274
|
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(12) Indian Super League:
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IPL style of Football
·
Will be held in October 2014
ISL Teams
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Team
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Location
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Franchise
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Atletico de Kolkata
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Kolkata
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Sourav
Ganguly, La Liga and Atletico Madrid
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Chennai Titans
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Chennai
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Abhishek Bachchan, Inter
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DEN Networks
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FC Pune City
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Pune
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Salman Khan
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FC Goa
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Margao,
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Videocon
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Kerala Blasters FC
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Sachin Tendulkar, PVP Ventures
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Mumbai City FC
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Mumbai
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Ranbir Kapoor
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NorthEast United FC
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Guwahati
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John Abraham
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(13) Pro Kabaddi League:
Winner: Jaipur Pink Panthers
Runner: U Mumba
Club Name
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City
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Owner(s)
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Kolkata
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Kishore Biyani Future Group
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Bengaluru Bulls
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Bengaluru
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Kosmik Global Media
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Dabang Delhi
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Radha Kapoor
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Jaipur Pink Panthers
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Jaipur
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Abhishek Bachchan
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Rajesh Shah
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Puneri Paltan
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Pune
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Sumanlal Shah
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Telugu Titans
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Vizag
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Veera Sports
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U Mumba
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Mumbai
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Ronnie Screwvala
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(14) Chess Olympiad 2014:
·
Venue: Tromso (Norway
·
Top 3 (men): (1) China
(2) Hungary (3) India
·
Tope 3 (women): (1) Russia ,
(2) China (3) Ukraine [India
(15) Sport Mascots:
Game
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Mascot
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Venue
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FIFA 2014
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Fuleco, the Armadillo
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World Cup Hockey 2014
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Storkey, the Stork
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The
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Winter Olympics 2014
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Polar Bear, Snow Leopard and Snow Hare
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Commonwealth Games 2014
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Asian Games 2014
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Light, Wind and Dance
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Incheon (
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(16) Tennis & IPTL:
·
Grand Slam involves four “Opens”- Australian, French, Wimbledon , US ,
Wimbledon
·
US Open 2014: Men's Doubles - Bryan Brothers won their 100th
title
·
Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori - First time made it to US
Open Finals. Modi wished him best of luck
·
Chinese tennis star Li Na - Two grand slams winner, announced her
retirement in Sep 2014.
·
Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski won the ATP Malaysian Open
men’s doubles title. This was the first title of the season for India
·
Chennai Open 2014 – won by Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland
·
Golden Grand Slam (or) Golden Slam = winner of Olympic Gold Medal
and Four Grand slams in a single year [so for, only one such player – Steffi Graff
in 1988]
·
Career Grand Slam = Winner of Olympic Gold Medal and Four Grand
Slams in his/her career [19 players so far won ‘Career Grand Slam’; Serena Williams
– only player to win ‘Career Grand Slam’ in both Singles and Doubles title]
·
Bryan Brothers (Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan) achieve “Masters Slam”;
first pair to win all nine ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Tournaments
9 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Tournaments:
(i)
Indian Wells Masters (USA
(ii)
Miami Masters (USA
(iii)
Monte-Carlo Masters (France)
(iv)
Madrid Masters (Spain
(v)
Rome Masters (Italy
(vi)
Canada Masters (Canada
(vii)
Cincinnati
(viii) Shanghai Masters (China
(ix)
Paris
Defending Champions of 9 ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Tournaments:
ATP World Tour
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2014 Winner
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Indian Wells Maters
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Novak Djokovic
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Novak Djokovic
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Monte-Carlo Masters
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Stanislas Wawarinka
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Rafael Nadal
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Novak Djokovic
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Jo-Wilfred Tsonga
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Roger Federer
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Shanghai Masters
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Roger Federer
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Novak Djokovic
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Grandslam
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Court type
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Started in
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Australian
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Hard
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1905
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French
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Clay
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1891
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Grass
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1877
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US
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Hard
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1881
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IPTL:
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International Premier Tennis League
·
IPL style of Tennis
·
To be launched in Nov 2014
·
Cities: Manila , Dubai ,
Delhi and Singapore
·
Brainchild of Mahesh Bhupathi
·
4 teams
·
Novak Djokovic, Roger
Federer and Serena Williams will participate
Team
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Important Players
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Manila Mavericks
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Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova
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UAE Royals
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Novak Djokovic, Caroline Wozniacki
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Indian Aces
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Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Rohan Bopanna, Sania
Mirza
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Andre Agassi, Thomas Berdych
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CTL:
·
Champions
Tennis League
·
IPL
style of Tennis
·
Launched
in Nov 2014
·
Held
in 6 Indian Cities: Mumbai, Hyderabad , Delhi , Pune, Bengalurur and Chandigarh
·
Brainchild
of Vijay Amritraj
Team
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Important Players
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Mumbai Tennis Masters
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Balaji
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JeevanNedunchezhiyan, Martina Hingis
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Ramkumar Ramanathan, Venus Williams
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Pune Marathas
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Saketh Mynei
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Sanam Singh
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Punjab
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Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman
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Winner of 2014 CTL is Pune Marathas
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Grand slam winners -2014 :
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Men Singles – 2014
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Winner
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Runner
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Australian Open
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Stansilas Wawarinka
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Rafael Nadal
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French Open
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Rafael Nadal
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Novak Djokovic
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Novak Djokovic
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Roger Federer
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US Open
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Marin Cilic
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Kei Nishikori
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Women Singles – 2014
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Winner
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Runner
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Australian Open
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Li Na
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Dominika Cibulkova
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French Open
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Maria Sharapova
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Simona Halep
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Eugine Bouchard
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US Open
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Serena Williams
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Caroline Wozniacki
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Most Grand Slam titles (Men Singles):-
(Table updated till US Open 2014)
Player
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Grand Slam
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Australian Open
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French Open
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Roger Federer
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17
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4
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1
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7
|
5
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Pete Sampras
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14
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
5
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Rafael Nadal
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14
|
1
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9
|
2
|
2
|
Roy Emerson
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12
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6
|
2
|
2
|
2
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Bjorn Borg
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11
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0
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
Rod Laver
|
11
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3
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
Bill Tilden
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
3
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7
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Ken Rosewall
|
08
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4
|
2
|
0
|
2
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Fred Perry
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08
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1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
Jimmy Connors
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08
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1
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
Most Grand Slam titles (Women Singles):-
(Table updated till US Open 2014)
Player
|
Grand Slam
|
Australian Open
|
French Open
| ||
24
|
11
|
5
|
3
|
5
| |
Steffi Graf
|
22
|
4
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
Helen Wills Moody
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19
|
0
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
Chris Evert
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18
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
6
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Martina Navratilova
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18
|
3
|
2
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9
|
4
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Serena Williams
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18
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5
|
2
|
5
|
6
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2009-2014 winners of Grand Slam:-
Men Singles
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Year
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Australian Open
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French Open
| ||
2009
|
Rafael Nadal
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Roger Federer
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Roger Federer
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Juan Martin del Porto
|
2010
|
Roger Federer
|
Rafael Nadal
|
Rafael Nadal
|
Rafael Nadal
|
2011
|
Novak Djokovic
|
Rafael Nadal
|
Novak Djokovic
|
Novak Djokovic
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2012
|
Novak Djokovic
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Rafael Nadal
|
Roger Federer
|
Andy Murray
|
2013
|
Novak Djokovic
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Rafael Nadal
|
Andy Murray
|
Rafael Nadal
|
2014
|
Stansilas Wawarinka
|
Rafael Nadal
|
Novak Djokovic
|
Marin Cilic
|
Women Singles
| ||||
2009
|
Serena Williams
|
Svetlana Kunzetsova
|
Serena Williams
|
Kim Clijsters
|
2010
|
Serena Williams
|
Francesca Schiavone
|
Serena Williams
|
Kim Clijsters
|
2011
|
Kim Clijsters
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Li Na
|
Samantha Stosur
| |
2012
|
Victoria Azarenka
|
Maria Sharapova
|
Serena Williams
|
Serena Williams
|
2013
|
Victoria Azarenka
|
Serena Williams
|
Marion Bartoli
|
Serena Williams
|
2014
|
Li Na
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Maria Sharapova
|
Serena Williams
| |
(17) Sport Institutions/Academics:
·
Union Minister of Sports (Sarbananda Sonowal) inaugurated two
Sports Academies – National Academy for Athletics and National Academy
·
Quoting Swami Vivakananda, the Minister said, “playing
football will make you understand the meaning of Bhagavat Geeta”.
(18) Other Sport News:
·
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the inhalation of xenon and argon gas, saying it could illegally
enhance the performance of athletes.
(19) Other Trophies/ Cups:
Cup
|
Sport
|
Venue
|
Winner
|
Runner
|
Other
|
Thomas
Cup
|
Badminton
|
Japan’s maiden Thomas Cup
|
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Uber Cup
|
Badminton
|
||||
World Snooker 2014
|
Snooker
|
Mark Selby
|
Ronnie O Sullivan
|
Maiden title for Mark Selby
|
(20) Sport Persons in News:
(20.1)Mary Kom:
Hot topic for competitive exams because of the movie.
Just like in past, Milkha Singh was hot favorite because of his movie. Here is
the brief biography of Mary Kom.
·
Full name Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
·
Coach: Narjit Singh.
·
Hails from Imphal, Manipur
·
Five time World Boxing Championship
·
Plays in the flyweight category. (Her weight ~51 kg)
·
Won bronze in London
·
Won gold at Asian games 2014, at Incheon South Korea
·
Autobiography “Unbreakable”
·
Priyanka Chopra played her role in the movie Mary Kom. Director Omung Kumar, Producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
·
Civilian awards: Padma Shree, Padma Bhushan, Arjun Award, Rajiv
Khel Ratna.
(20.2) Miroslav Klose:
· Sport: Football
· Country: Germany
· Became the World Cup's
all-time leading scorer (16 goals) in world cup (Ronaldo of Brazil
· He is the all-time top scorer
for Germany
· Announced his retirement
after FIFA World Cup2014
Goals of Miroslav Klose:
Year
|
Venue
|
Total Goals
|
Against
|
2002
|
5
|
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2006
|
5
|
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2010
|
4
|
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2014
|
2
|
||
Total Goals
|
16
|
||
World Cup’s leading Scorers:
Player
|
Country
|
No of Goals
|
Miroslav Klose
|
16
|
|
Ronaldo
|
15
|
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Gerd muller
|
14
|
|
Just Fontaine
|
13
|
|
Pele
|
12
|
(20.3) Jitu Rai:
·
Sport: Shooting
·
Country: India
(Uttar Pradesh -Lucknow
·
By winning Silver medals at the World Shooting Championships, he
qualified for 2016 Olympics
·
First Indian shooter to qualify for the 2016 Olympics (Rio de Janeiro
·
Current world ranking of Jitu Rai is fifth
·
Won Gold Medal in CWG 2014
·
Won Gold Medal in Asiad 2014 and also a bronze medal in Asiad
2014
(20.4) Other Sport Persons in News:
Sport
|
Player
|
In News
|
Chess
|
Magnus Carlsen (
|
First rejected, then agreed to play against
|
Athletics
|
Oscar Pistorius
(
|
Physically Challenged Athlete. Guilty of culpable
homicide of his girlfriend in
|
Basket ball
|
----
|
Sikh Players allowed to wear turbans.
|
Football
|
* Maria Rebello Piedade
* Uvena Fernandes
|
First ever Indian women football referees; they
served at Asian Games 2014.
|
Athletics
|
Dutee Chand (Indian)
|
Rejected in CWG-2014, after a test showed higher
level of androgen (male hormone) in her body.
|
Squash
|
Kush Kumar became the first Indian player to reach
the semi-final of World Junior Squash Championship
|
|
Cricket
|
Saeed Ajmal
|
|
Athletics
|
Anju BobbyGeorge
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Won Silver medal in 2005 Monaco World Athletics
Now upgraded to Gold medal (dope violation by a
Russian competitor Tatyana Kotova)
With this, Anju became the first Indian track and
field athlete to win a gold medal in a major world event
Anju, whose fifth place finish in the 2005 Helsinki
World Championships was also upgraded to fourth following disqualification of
Kotova (who finished second)
Anju expressed that, the same upgradation must be
done in 2004 Athens Olympics too.
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Chess
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Viswanathan Anand
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Won Candidates Chess Tournament. This win
confirmed, he will face
By becoming the challenger, Anand also becomes the
first player to be in the world title matches eight times and winning in all
three formats — knockout, double-round robin and match-play.
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Squash
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Saurav Ghoshal
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Won DatoAlex Lee Award 2013.
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Athletics
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Asafa Powell
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Billiards
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Pankaj Advani
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Became the first player to win world titles in the
longer and shorter formats of billiards and snooker
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Squash
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Joshna Chinnappa
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Won
Winner of CWG 2014
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Tennis
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Roger Federer
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Won Shanghai Masters open 2014
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Badminton
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Saina Nehwal
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Won 3 Series
in 2014
à Indian Open Grand Prix 2014
à Australian Super Series
2014
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Coach: Pullela Gopichand and Atik Jauhari
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Ajay Jayaraman
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Won Dutch Open Grand Prix 2014
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Won Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold medal.
Third Indian shuttler
to win a GP Gold title in 2014 after Saina Nehwal (Indian GP Gold in Jan
2014) and Arvind Bhat (German Open GP Gold in Mar 2014)
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K Srikanth
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Won
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(23) ICC Cricketer of the Year
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Also
called as, Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy
·
Mitchell
Johnson (Australia
·
It
was his second time to win this award; earlier won in 2009
(24) Brand Ambassadors of ICC World Cup 2015
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India
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Australia
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New Zealand
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Sri Lanka
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Australia
(25) World Chess Championship 2014
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Held
at Sochi , Russia
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Nothing
changed from the 2013 World Chess Championship held at Chennai , India
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Winner:
Magnus Carlsen (Norway
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Runner:
Viswanathan Anand (India
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