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January Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners Russian rhythmic gymnast, Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva,

announced her retirement at the age of 19, following several leg injuries

Cue sports Ace Pankaj Advani . clinched the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017

The Indian 7’2” basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara

Shown interest in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).

The 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon - Mumbai.

First position in men’s elite category while Kenya’s Bornes Kitur won the women’s title

The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel

Inaugurated the Khelo India National level Competitions on various sports for Under-14 and Under-17 children in New Delhi.

The NCR Punjab Royals won the Pro Wrestling League Season 2 defeating Haryana Hammers at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.

Formula One player Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new One world champion in place of Nico Rosberg

Tajikistan’s chess player Grandmaster (GM) Farrukh Amonatov

won the 15th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess tournament

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group

entered into a long-term partnership through 2028. This makes Alibaba the worldwide sponsor of OlympicGames through 2028.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Taken away the Olympic gold medals from three Chinese women weightlifters for doping at 2008 Beijing Games

Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain Men’s singles title of the 2017 Chennai Open defeating Daniil Medvedev.

Mumbai youngster, Shreyas Mehta Won the Scottish Junior Open Squash championship at Edinburgh.

Indian pair of RohanBopanna and JeevanNedunchezhiyan

Won men’s doubles title defeating India’s DivijSharan and Purav Raja in Chennai Open.

Rising Indian squash star Velavan Senthilkumar. winning the first-ever all-Indian Boys’ Under-19 final at the British Junior Open in Sheffield

Sergey Karjakin of Russia Defeated Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker to win Gold in the World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar

Robert Marchand (105) Made a record by cycling 22.547km (14 miles) in 1 hour. In 2012 he had already set a record of cycling 26.927km in 1 hour.

Yoga Sports Ministry derecognizes Yoga after 15 months being declared a sport.

Arjun Bhati . Won the first position in the Kids Golf World Championship in Malaysia

Shiva Keshavan, - India, won his third gold in Asian Luge Championship at Nagano, Japan

Sixteen-time world champion, PankajAdvani bagged the National title in 6-red Snooker, the shorter format of the game.

Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new teammate who replaced Nico Rosberg

St. Petersburg 2020 Euro Cup football tournament The official emblem was unveiled in St.Petersburdepicts

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the Palace Bridge. Dhruv Sunish . Won ITF Juniors title at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad clay

courts Ronnie O’Sullivan Won a record seventh Masters title against Joe Perry 10-

7 in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched its first ever Indian Women’s League (IWL) Japan based sumo wrestler Kisenosato Promoted to the highest rank of the wresting, "Yokozuna" Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt Have to hand back one of his nine

Olympicgold medals won in the 4x100m relay event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to his Jamaican team-mate Nesta Carter who was tested positive for a banned substance.

The Tokyo Olympic Committee Announced that Son Goku, a cult anime character from Dragonball Z, will serve as one of its brand ambassadors.

The TOP Committee has been reconstituted To identify and support potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under the “Target Olympic Podium” scheme.

Siliguri based Abul Hossain won the Kolkata Full Marathon The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Constituted an 8-membered committee on January 30, 2017

that would work to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games to be held in 2020, 2024 and 2028.

Top seeded Ace cue Pankaj Advani Won his seventh national title in the finals of Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship

FOOTBALL Atletico de Kolkata. Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi

wins 2016 Hero Indian Super League beating Kerala Blasters 5-4

Match Awards: 1.Club award: Atlético de Kolkata 2.ISL Emerging Player of the Match: LalrindikaRalte (Atlético de Kolkata) 3.Hero of the Match: Henrique Sereno Fonseca (Atlético de Kolkata)

Argentina topped in the FIFA’s Team of the 2016 Year title with 1634 points.

However India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135.

Indian football team jumped six places up to 129th in January 2017 which is the best FIFA ranking in over a decade.

The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina, Brazil and Germany

Indian Women Football Team won their fourth consecutive (South Asian Football Federation) SAFF Women’s Championship title defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the finals at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal

MohunBagan and Chennaiyin FC striker JejeLalpekhlua

Nominated as the ‘2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.

FIFA ranking The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina, Brazil and Germany & Indian football team jumped six places up to 129th .

Indian footballer Jayesh Raimalani signed a deal through Indo-Spanish football venture called Spaindia to join the Spanish Football Team

CRICKET Karun Nair Scores triple century in test against England, He is the

second Indian to do so after VirendraSehwag. Lord’s Cricket Ground has 4 Indians got place in the ranking.

Released its top 20 players for this calendar year. Indian test skipper Virat Kohli got the number 1 spot.

Shaheed Vijay Singh Parthik(SVSP) Sports Stadium in Greater Noida

ICC has granted approval for conducting International cricket matches between full time member countries of the




game. India has been ranked as the No.1 Team in the ICC Test Championship after posting a 4-0

wins over England in the five-match series. The side at the topof the rankings on April 1, 2017 will receive USD 1 million.

Rajasthan Cricket Association Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee as per Supreme Court directive.

Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket Club of India

Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Became the fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21 innings

Gujarat won its maiden Ranji Trophy title Beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the Match: Parthiv Patel.

Kane Williamson and ViratKohli Two batsmen to feature in the top 5 of the ICC rankings in all three formats of the game.

The former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting Australia’s coaching staff as an assistant to coach the team for next month’s home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka.

Australian Cricketer Arthur Morris (Posthumously) Inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Morris, who became the 82nd player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni . Stepped down as the captain of the Indian team in limited over formats Virat Kholi Replaced Him.

India beat hosts Sri Lanka Cinched the Under-19s Asia Cup title on December 23, 2016 at the R Premadasa Stadium, Srilanka.

Two of Australia’s batsmen, David Boon and Matthew Hayden, and the brilliant women’s all-rounder Betty Wilson

Inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame (ACHoF

The International Cricket Council (ICC) 4 women to be inducted in the strong group of B to conduct the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 in February 2017 in Colombo.

Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 season Bengal won against Delhi in the final at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.

Virat Kohli Fastest batsman in the world to score 1,000 runs as captain in One-Day Internationals (ODIs

Rajasthan Cricket Association in an Emergent General Meeting (EGM)

Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee

Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket Club of India

Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21innings during the 3rd ODI against Australia.

Ranji Trophy Gujarat won its maiden title by 5 wickets after beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the Match: Parthiv Patel.

TENNIS China’s Grand Slam Champion Li Xiaoxia Announces Retirement from Table Tennis Australian Open - 2017 Overview The 105th edition of the Australian Open tournament

2017 was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2017.

Men’s Singles Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Women’s Singles Serena Williams Venus Williams Men’s Doubles Henri Kontinen /John

Peers Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan

Women’s Doubles BethanieMattek-Sands /Lucie Safarova

Croatia’s Ivan Dodig/Sania Mirz




Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears /Juan Sebastián Cabal

Andrea Hlaváčková/Peng Shuai

Qatar Open Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) United Kingdom Andy

Murray Men’s Doubles French pair JérémyChardy

and Fabrice Martin Canada VasekPospisil / Czech Republic RadekŠtěpánek,

HOCKEY India surpassed South Korea Finishes with the bronze medal at the 4th Women’s U18

Asia Cup 2016 hockey tournament in Bangkok India Beat Belgium Wins 2016 FIH Junior Hockey World

Cupat Lucknow’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium and reclaimed the crown after 15 long years.

The Captain of Indian men’s Hockey Team, PR Sreejesh

Selected as a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee by the FIH Executive Board.

BOXING Boxer-Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of

professional boxing. The Indian Women’s boxing team Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas,

Serbia on January 15, 2017. India won total six medals. Kazakhstan won the tournament at first spot.

AbbuAmmaz (8) A class 2 student from Jammu and Kashmir has bagged the gold medal in Thai Boxing Championship

AIBA has voted unanimously to grant full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Indian boxing star Vijendrasingh Defeats Francis Cheka to Retain WBO-Asia Pacific

Super Middleweight Title in New Delhi. Asian games Bronze-Medallist boxer, Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of

professional boxing. The Indian Women’s boxing team coached by Gurbax Singh Sandhu

Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas, Serbia

BADMINTON Syed Modi International Grand Prix

women’s singles title PV Sindhu Gregoria Mariska Men’s Single Sameer Verma B Sai Praneeth mixed doubles Pranaav Jerry

Chopra /N Sikki Reddy Ashwini Ponnappa/ B Sumeeth Reddy

2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Men’s Singles Ng Ka Long(Hong Kong) Lee Hyun-il(South Korea) Women’s Singles Saina Nehwal(India) Pornpawee

Chochuwong(Thailand) Men’s Doubles Berry Angriawan &

Hardianto9 Indonesia) Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin(Malaysia)

Women’s Doubles Jongkolphan Kititharakul &Rawinda Prajongjai(Thailand)

Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet(Hong Kong)

Mixed Doubles Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Jing9 Malaysia)

Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai(Malaysia)


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CRICKET Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell Banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code

violation India defeated England by 75 runs to clinch the Twenty20 International series 2-1 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Yuzvender Chahal (23) First Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul in t20

in the history of Indian cricket. Alastair Cook Resigned as England Test captain after a record 59

matches Indian off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin Fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches.

He achieved this feat in his 45th test match. India defeated Pakistan to clinch the T20 World Cup for Blind tournament at

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Pakistan-- Nasir Jamshed Suspended from all forms of cricket by the Pakistan

Cricket Board (PCB) for violating its anti-corruption code.

Joe Root New England’s Test captain Australian cricketer Adam Voges Retire from all formats of international cricket Legendary Pakistani cricket Shahid Afridi. retired from all forms of international cricket ICC batswomen’s rankings. The top batter Harmanpreet Kaur was placed in

the tenth spot. Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara 16th player worldwide and 2nd Asian Batsman to

play 1000 matches across all forms of Cricket. Virat Kohli First Indian sports person had signed an eight-year

deal worth Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a sports apparel brand Puma

Mohammad Nabi - Sunrisers Hyderabad Rashid Khan - Mumbai Indians

For the first time in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction, two Afghanistan players were selected

Ravichandran Ashwin Surpassed India’s former legendary allrounder Kapil Dev to become the highest wicket-taker in a home Test season. He scored 67 wickets from 10 Tests in 2016-17

Virat Kohli First player to score double century in four consecutive Test series

Cheteshwar Pujara Took his season tally to 1,605 in just 21 innings 21-year-old Mohit Ahlawat First batsman in the world to score a 300 in a T20

match in Delhi. Virat Kohli Tops T20 batsman list in the Latest ICC rankings

BADMINTON Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen Created history after he attained World No. 1 Rank in

the latest Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking

Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das Clinch the Men’s Singles and women’s Sigles title in the 81st Senior National Badminton Championships held in Patna

Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu Achieved her career best Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s single ranking by being placed at 5th spot

Indian Badminton ace Saina To represent the panel of International Olympic




Committee’s Athletes’ Commission (AC) in the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Indian shuttler duo Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis Won the Men’s Double title at the 2017 Uganda International Series by defeating Aatish Lubah and Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius

TENNIS Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal and Madhurika Patkar

won the men’s singles title after defeating Soumyajit Ghosh and won the women’s singles title in Table Tennis Nationals held at the Manesar Sports Club in Haryana

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the 44t edition of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.

Second-seeded French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Won the finals of Open 13 Marseille in France on February 26, 2017. This was his 14th career title at the indoor event and 2nd title of the year 2017

Bangalore has been chosen to host the next Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone group-1 tie against Uzbekistan from April 7 to 9, 2017.

FOOTBALL English professional footballer Frank Lampard Announced his retirement from professional soccer. The official Mascot for the 2017 FIFA U17 World Cup India

A clouded leopard named Kheleo with young and charismatic face has been launched as the Mascot.

HOCKEY Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai Won their maiden Hockey India League title in

Chandigarh Hockey Stadium. Fuerste Moritz - ‘Man of the Match’

OTHER SPORTS Olympic game medals will be made from recycled mobile phones for the year 2022 to promote sustainability said by 2020 Olympic Games organizers, Japan. Indian Squash Team outclassed Rival Pakistan At the 18th Asian Junior Team Squash

Championship 2017 in Hong-Kong. Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 29th Indian National Snooker

Championship titleat the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune.

Sports Minister Vijay Goel laid the foundation stone of the India’s first Center of Excellence for Para Sports in Gujarat

India will host FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball tournament in July 2017 in Bengaluru. India also set to host the FIBA U-16 Women’s Asian Championship from October 22 to 28 in Hyderabad

India’s boy team defeated Malaysia to clinch the gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash championship in Hong Kong

Iran lifted up the ban it had imposed on United States Wrestlers, thus allowing them to participate in the Freestyle World Cup to be held in Iran.

The Billiards and Snoooker Federation of India (BSFI)

Will host the World Billiards Championship for the next four years.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Announced

Russia has been barred from the 2017 summer World Athletics Championships in London.

Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba Created the world’s record by becoming the fastest athlete to complete the women’s indoor 2,000 metres at the indoor

The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Launched the Mission XI Million, the biggest school




Sports Shri Vijay Goyal sport outreach programme, in New Delhi National Basketball Association (NBA) creating a brand new e-sports league called NBA

2K e-League in partnership with Take-Two Interactive Software Inc

Netherland’s Germaine de Randamie Claimed UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion at the UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York.

Jehan Daruvala First ever Indian to claim the New Zealand Grand Prix at the Chris Amon Circuit in Manfeild, New Zealand

Haryana defeated Railway

to win the first edition of the three-day Pandit Deen Dayal Updhyay All India National style Kabaddi Championship held at Haryana

Mumbai based Kush Bhagat awarded the Candidate Master (CM) title by the World Chess Federation body, FIDE

India Women’s Rugby Team won the silver medal at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Vientiane, Laos. South Korea won gold medal by beating India 29-0 in the finals

Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar stepping up to enter professional boxing. Athelete Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the Men’s 50km event of

the National Race Walking Championships held in New Delhi

India will be hosting the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019. German Sportswear giant Adidas Ties up with FIFA U-17 World Cup Local Organising

Committee for the Mission XI Million programme. Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel announced that the first Gramin Khel Mahotsav will

be held from March 25-31, 2017 in New Delhi. Team 61 Cavalry Won the Army Polo Championship by

defeating Army Service Corps (ASC) at the Delhi Cantt’s Army Equestrian Centre Polo Ground.

India made historic start at the sixth Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship by winning all the three medals at Bahrain. Rio Olympian Thanackal Gopi and Monika Athare from Nashik

Won the Men’s and Women’s Full Marathon title in the second edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon

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TENNIS Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova Granted wild card Italian Open as makes her return

from a doping ban. Rafel Nadal Miami open tournament won against 31st seeded

player, German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. With this win he has registered a win in his 1000th match which is very big achievement in his career.

Swiss Professional Tennis Player Roger Federer Won his fifth BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament crown


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Rio Open 2017 Winner List Title Winner Runner Men’s Single Dominic Thiem (Austria) Pablo CarrenoBusta (Spain)

Men’s Double (Spain) Pablo CarrenoBusta/Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)

Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (Colombia)

2017 Dubai Tennis Championships Category Winner Runner Men’s Singles Andy Murray (United

Kingdom) Fernando Verdasco(Spain)

Women’s Singles ElinaSvitolina(Ukraine) Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark) Men’s Doubles Netherlands Pair

Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania HoriaTecău

Rohan Bopanna (India) / Marcin Matkowski (Poland)

Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) / Elena Vesnina(Russia)

Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) / Peng Shuai ( China)

2017 Brasil Open – Overview Singles Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas Doubles Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva /

Brazil André New Zealand Marcus Daniell / Brazil Marcelo Demoliner

2017 Mexican Open – Overview Men’s singles Sam Querrey (United States) Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women’s singles LesiaTsurenko (Ukraine) Kristina Mladenovic (France) Men’s Doubles Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno

Soares (United Kingdom Pair)

John Isner / Spain Feliciano López, (United States Pair)

Women’s Doubles DarijaJurak (Croatia) / Anastasia Rodionova (Australia)

VerónicaCepedeRoyg (Paraguay) / Mariana Duque Mariño (Colombia)

FOOTBALL Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi Received a 4-match ban after using insulting

words at an assistant referee in the match against Chile

The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar To be transformed into modern football stadium In the latest FIFA ranking for the month Indian Football team dropped two places and is

now ranked at 132nd spot as compared to 130 in February FIFA ranking..Argentina is at the top

Punjab defeated Railways by a 2-1. Group B final round league match of the 71st Santosh Trophy football tournament

Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos The All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointedas the head coach of the India U-17 World Cup team

Santosh Trophy West Bengal beat Goa (1-0) to clinch the 71th title record 32nd time at the GMC Bambolim Stadium, Goa.

SHOOTING List of Winners of the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2017. Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 6 6 0 12 2 Italy 2 3 0 5 3 Australia/Japan 2 0 1 3




5 India 1 2 2 5

ISSF Shooting World Cup Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly

included 10m pistol India’s PoojaGhatkar. Clinched bronze medal in the women’s 10m air

rifle India’s Deepak Kumar. Gave an impressive performance in the Men’s

10m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi

Jitu Rai. Won gold medal in the 50-metre free pistol event on March 1, 2017 in the ISSF World Cup

CRICKET India stayed strong in its No.1in ICC Rankings India clinched its final test series in home against

Australia this season and retained its ICC Test Championship Maze.

Pakistan bowler Mohammad Irfan Banned for 1 year for bookie Link Tamilnadu State cricket team Won the Deodhar Trophy by beating India Red. Shaun Tait Australian fast bowler officially announced

his retirement from the Game Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara(29) First Indian batsman to face 500 balls in the

second innings of the 3rd Test against Australia at Ranchi. Pujara has played 525 balls in his 202 run

India’s spin-bowler Ravindra Jadeja Attained the top spot in the list of the Test bowlers as per the latest ICC Test Ranking

Tamil Nadu Won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on March 16, 2017 by beating Bengal

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) The Mumbai Cricket Association and the Saurashtra Cricket Association which were Full Members earlier were downgraded to Associate membership.

Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte Announced her retirement from all forms of cricket

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO Mobiles Sponsorship rights for a five-year period for INR 1079 crore

HOCKEY Bhubaneswar To host the 2017 Men’s Hockey World League

Final as well as the Men’s World Cup in 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium.

Indian women’s hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 in their fifth test to clinch the five-match Test series 5-0 in Bhopal.

MISCELLANEOUS Chris Bertish, a South African surfer and a sailor First person in the worldto cross the Atlantic

Ocean Top seeded Lee Chong Wei Won All England Championship in men’s singles

event by beating Shi Yuqi from China SSP Chawrasia Only Indian Golfer to retain his Hero Indian

Open title for the second time The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed a lifetime ban on Sergei Portugalov from sports for his role in providing illicit substances to Russian athletes. Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand. Announced her retirement from international

cycling




India’s Billiards Champion Vidya Pillai Settled for silver medal in the 2017 World Women Snooker Championship held in Safra Toa Payoh, Singapore

India’s KT Irfan Won the bronze medal in men’s 20km race walk event at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan

Indian shooter Ankur Mittal Won the gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup in the men’s double trap event at Acapulco, Mexico

The 9th edition of Fazza International IPC Athletics Grand Prix Competition began in Dubai, UAE Indian team. Finished in a high note in the 2017 Special

Olympics World Winter Games with a triumphing 73 medals held in Austria (tally of 37 gold, 10 silver and 26 bronze with total tally of 73 medals.)

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Win the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne

The Indian shuttle players Purva Barve and Varun Kapur.

Bagged double delight by winning in the Li Ning-Israel Open 2017 which was held at Sports Hall, RishonLe Zion in Israel.

GaurviSinghvi 14 year old Udaipur girl became the first to swim across BandraWorli Sea Link to the Gateway of India route in Arabian Sea in a record time of 6 hours and 30 minutes.

Srinath Narayanan 46th Grandmaster in the history of this sport defeating GM David Anton Guijarro from Spain at the Sharjah Masters 2017 chess tournament.

Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkish long-distance runner stripped of Two Olympic silver medals and One Championship medal after she was found positive in re-analysis of an in-competition doping test

22nd Asian Athletics Championships will be hosted by Bhubaneswar which is going to be conducted. Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy the Indian men doubles team won the title at the Vietnam International Challenge Badminton tournament at Hanoi. 2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by India in November for the first time since 2010. Kripa Shankar Bishnoi Appointed as an international match referee

by United World Wrestling (UWW), the sport’s global governing body.

The Indian men’s Rugby team, Piped Pakistan by 14-12 to claim the 7th rank at the Asia Men’s Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Aspire Rugby Field in Doha, Qatar.

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CRICKET MashrafeMortaza(33) - Bangladesh Announced retirement from T20Is New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott Confirmed his retirement from international cricket A right handed Indian international Named as the Leading Cricketer in the World for the


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cricketer ViratKolhi(28) year 2016 by Wisden India Almanack. Ellyse Perry of Australia Named as Leading Woman Cricketer in the World The IPL team owned by Royal Challengers Sports Private Ltd, Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) joined with the gaming entity Nazara Games

Announced online cricket game named RCB Star Cricket on April 7, 2017

Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Younis Khan(39)

Announced to retire from international cricket

Former Ranji cricketer TusharArothe Appointed as the coach of the Indian women’s cricket team

Cricket, Skateboarding, Sambo and Surfing Removed from the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta .Total number of events has been reduced from 493 to 431.

Chris Gayle The first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. SouravGanguly and former Australian Cricket Team Captain, Ricky Ponting

Commentators for the upcoming Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in England from 1-8 June 2017.—ICC

Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the Indian women’s Test Cricket Team

Offered honourary life membership of ‘Marylebone Cricket Club’ (MCC)

GRAND PRIX Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won a Baharain Grand Prix Mercedes team Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for Mercedes

FOOTBALL Indian football team has risen to 101st from 132nd in the latest FIFA rankings

2017. Brazil retained its top position.

The US, Mexico and Canada Announced the details for a joint bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

BANDMINTON Sai Praneeth. Won the Men’s Single at Singapore Open Badminton

championship defeating K Srikanth in Singapore. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu . Achieves a career-best world number two ranking in

the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings list …Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying stayed at first position.

PullelaGopichand a National Badminton coach daughter Gayatri teamed up with Samiya

won both single and double crown at the Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta.

Five Indian Badminton players have been upgraded in the latest BWF rankings released on April 20, 2017. Notably PV Sindhu: Moved to number 3 position. Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu won championship in India Super Series tournament

defeating the Olympic champion Carolina Marin 2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier –Overview

Men’s Singles Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei Women’s Singles Tai Tzu-Ying Carolin Marin Men’s Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon &

Kevin SanjayaSukamuljo Fu Haifeng& Zheng Siwei

Women’s Doubles Yuki Fukushima &Sayakahirota

Huang Yaqiong& Tang Jinhua

Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwel& Chen Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong




Qingchen HOCKEY

The Indian School team Beat Malaysia to lift the title at the Fifth Asian School Hockey Championship in Bhopal at the Aishbagh Stadium.

MICELANEOUS JoycilineJepkosgei of Kenya Broke three world records by winning the Prague

Half Marathon in Czech Republic US based National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its first basketball school in Mumbai Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar (49kg) won a gold medal for the second time

The Indian camp finished the Thailand International Tournament with two medals includes 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in Bangkok.

Indian Chess Team Finished Top in Asian Youth Chess Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has granted affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), a long-standing tie made between the two bodies. Marouane Fellaini (Belgian professional) First Muslim to captain Manchester United. He is

the world’s most expensive player. Pankaj Advani Won his 7th Title by defeating Sourav Kothari in

the Asian Billiads Championship held in Chandigarh

Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes historic Boston Marathon Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Launched a new feature called Video gaming as a

full sport at the 2022 Asian Games which is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China

101-year-old Man Kaur won Gold Medal for 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland

Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur Clinched gold in the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. It was held in Jinhua, China.

Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani Won silver -Asian Snooker Championship at Doha, Qatar. He lost the finals to China's LvHaotian

Actress Gul Panag First Indian woman to drive a Formula E racing car. She drove the M4Electro at the Circuit de Calafat in Catalonia,Spain.

JehanDaruvala 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European Championship in Monza, Italy.

Haryana beats Kerala At the National Youth Athletics Meet at Hyderabad.

India has won 16 medals US Open karate Championship and grabbed 3 gold 2 silver and 11 bronze medals in Las Vegas

TENNIS 33rd edition - Miami Open 2017 at Crandon Park, Florida in USA - An Overview CATEGORY WINNER’s RUNNER’s Men’s single Roger Federer(Switzerland) Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women’s single Johanna Konta (Great Britain) Caroline Wozniacki




(Denmark) Men’s doubles ŁukaszKubot (Poland)/ Marcelo Melo

(Brazil) Nicholas Monroe (USA)/Jack Sock (USA)

Women’s doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) /Xu Yifan (china)

Sania Mirza (India)/BarboraStrýcová (Czech Republic)

Spain’s Rafal Nadal wins Men’s Singles and Bopanna and Cuevas Lift men’s doubles in the Monte Carlo Masters

May Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners

TENNIS Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh Bagged both the singles and doubles gold at

the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in Santiago, Chile.

Table Tennis -India Win all 10 gold medals in South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships held in Mount Lavinia, near Colombia in Sri Lanka

Spain’s Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem to win Mutua Madrid Open at La CajaMágica in Madrid, Spain. This is Nadal’s fifth Mutua Madrid Open title win and 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown.

Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem of Austria in the final to win the Barcelona Open for a record 10th time.

Indian tennis player Leander Paeshas won Tallahassee Challenger Men’s Doubles title defeating Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez.

Italian Open 2017 Category Winner Runners-up

Men’s Singles Alexander Zverev (Germany) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Women’s Singles ElinaSvitolina (Ukraine) Simona Halep (Romania) Men’s Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France)

Nicolas Mahut (France) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Marcel Granollers (Spain)

CRICKET Harmanpreet Kaur

First Indian women cricketer to play in England’s T20 league

ICC ODI Batsman Rankings India captain ViratKholi place third in the top 10 of the ICC Players Rankings for ODIs. The Same List topped by AB De Villiars of SA.

ESPN World Fame 100 Rankings Indian cricketers ViratKohli(13th), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (15th) Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have featured in this year’s Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list.

Diary Major Amul Will be prime sponsor of the New Zealand cricket team in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy

Annual update of ICC Twenty20 International team rankings (May 1, 2017).

India has dropped two places to slip to fourth position. The Rankings topped by New Zealand.

Mumbai Indians

Win IPL title for third time beating Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the Grand Finale at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.

India retained its No.1 position In the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team





rankings. The International Cricket Council (ICC) Hiked the prize money for 2017 Champions Trophy by

$500,000, making it $4.5 million with a winner’s share of $2.2 million.

RavichandranAshwin Bagged with International Cricketer of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards for 2017.

India women’s cricketers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut

The first-ever pair to share a record 320-run partnership in One-Day International in a match against Ireland.

Indian fast bowler, JhulanGoswami Made record as highest wicket-taker in women’s one-day international (181 wickets in 153 matches).

GRAND PRIX Mercedes’ Finnish driver ValtteriBottas Won Russian Grand Prix Mercedes’ Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won Monaco Grand Prix Arjun Maini First Indian to Win a GP3 Race Series in Barcelona,

Spain FOOTBALL

Football club Manchester United Won the Europa League title after defeating Ajax Amsterdam in the final match.

Aizawl FC Script history, become first north-east club to win I-League title beating Mohun Bagan by 1-0.

Arsenal Team beat Chelsea 2-1 to win FA Cup for 13th time. The match was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

FIFA rankings Indian football team has raised to be ranked 100th for the first time ever in over two decades. Brazilian Team topped the list.

Harpreet Singh Wins bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship the K.D. Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Unveils logo(Olly Turtle is the mascot), Mascot for 22nd Asian Athletics Championship, It will be held at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar.

WRESTLING India’s Performance at Asian Wrestling Championship, New Delhi

• Indian wrestlers bagged total 10 medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze). • In men's freestyle category, Iran won the championship title with 71 points, followed by Japan with 55

points and Uzbekistan with 49 points. India finished at eight position with 33 points. • Among women’s teams, Japan won the title. Indian women's team finished second.

INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS Gold Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) BajrangPunia Silver Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Sakshi Malik, VineshPhogat, DivyaKakran and Sarita Silver Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Sumit Bronze Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Jyoti and RituPhogat Bronze Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Harpreet Singh and Anil Kumar

SQUASH JoshnaChinappa First Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a

thrilling win over compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the women's final held in Chennai.

Indian squash player RamitTandon Won his first professional title in squash on 14 May 2017. He beats his Indian counterpart, Kush Kumar in the Sys Open 2017.

HOCKEY Great Britain wins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup beating Australia; India




finishes third. The final match was held on May 6, 2017 in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Hockey Him crowned champions of 7th Junior Women's Hockey C'ship beating Hockey Mizoram in the 7th Junior National Hockey Championship 2017 (Women).

Sweden won the Ice Hockey World Championship title for the 10th Time. This win is Sweden's first in four tries against Canada.

CHESS R.R. Laxman of Integral Coach Factory Won the All India Open Rapid World Chess

Federation (FIDE) Rating Chess Tournament. India's R Vaishali

won the women's title in the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, on May 21, 2017. She drew her final round game against Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya of Mongolia.

Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna Registered his first win at the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix.

Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna won against RussianGM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Pentala Harikrishna beats Ian Nepomniachtchi in 8th round was held in Moscow.

MISCELLELANEOUS Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa won a silver medal at the Asian Boxing

Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost the final match to Elnur Abduraimov from Uzbekistan.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) -the governing body of Basketball in US inaugurated its first ever academy in India in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The South African government had lifted a ban on the country's rugby union after it made progress improving racial diversity in the sport. It gets approval to bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup. India Para Athletics Team Claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal at the World

Para Athletics Grand Prix being held in Beijing, China. Grand Prix of Liberation Heena Sindhu wins bronze, India come back with 7

medals Javelin thrower Devender Singh 2nd Indian javelin thrower to qualify for London

Worlds Mohammad Anas from Kerala Breaked the national record in men's 400m race

and won a gold medal at the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in New Delhi.

Vaishnavishone Won 2 gold medals in the first Asia level yoga competition in Thailand. She has won in the junior category (13 to 15 years).

Bengaluru FC Beat Mohun Bagan 2-0 to be crowned the Federation Cup champions at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha.

A High-Level Committee on 7-member Scouts and Guides has submitted its Final Report to Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Vijay Goel with various recommendations. A committee was headed by Harsh Malhotra. Egyptian Omar Hegazy First amputee to swim across Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba South Korea Win 2017 Sudirman Cup defeating China won

badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years on 28th of May, 2017 in Gold Coast Australia.

Fencer Bhavani Devi Become first Indian to win a Gold Medal in an International fencing tournament held at Reykjavik in Iceland.




June

Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners CRICKET

ViratKohli Fastest to 8000 ODI runs Yuvraj Singh Fifth Indian to play 300 ODIs ICC Next edition of World T2O will only be held in 2020. Wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, (New Zealand)

Announced his retirement from the international game.

The eight top teams of the world will be competing for a winner's prize of USD 660,000 in the ICC Women's World Cup. India cricket coach Anil Kumble Stepped down from his position Pakistan Team Won ICC Champions Trophy 2017 beating India. Ireland and Afghanistan International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred Test match status Indian captain ViratKohli Stood at world number one position in the ODI batting rankings-MRF

Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings. West Indies Cricket team

Officially changed their name to WINDIES.

Kuldeep Yadav Become first male Chinaman bowler to represent India in One Day Internationals (ODI).

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) formed a special seven-member committee

To analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being opposed by the Board's state units. The committee will be headed by Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla

MuttiahMuralidaran becomes first Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame ViratKohli.

only Indian in Forbes top 100 paid athletes

OTHER SPORTS Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen DucHoa bagged a decisive win against Indian GM Neelotpal Das on 10th Mumbai

Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament Lewis Hamilton Won Canadian Grand Prix The Iranian wrestlers won 7 medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) and 69 points to win the Junior Asian Championships title in Taichung, Taiwan. India bagged five medals, Five medals include gold in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling

Championships in Taiwan. Professional wrestler Jinder Mahal Retained World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship at St

Louis, Missouri, US. Indian Wushu team Won 6 medals -- two golds, two silvers and two bronzes -- in the Wushu

competition of the BRICS Games, which concluded in Guangzhou, China. Former Indian powerlifter and South Asian Games gold medal winner, Kavita Devi

First Indian woman to appear in WWE.

Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala won a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship in the 25m Standard Pistol category in Germany

India shooters Have won a bronze medal in men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship held in in Suhl, Germany

Col Dr Srinivas Gokulnath of Nashik became the

First Indian to complete solo Race Across America (RAAM) cycle race of 5,000 kms

Yashaswini Singh Deswal of Chandigarh

Won Gold Medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol at the end of day two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, in Suhl, Germany.

Bhumika Sharma. Become Miss World in bodybuilding championship in Venice, Italy The fast-rising AnkushDahiya (60kg) clinched a gold medal and L Devendro Singh (52kg) got a silver medal in

Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia





The Indian men's and women's throw ball teams

Have created history by bagging a gold medal in the World Games. It was held at Kathmandu

Wayde Van Niekerk Break the World Record in 300m at Golden Spike Meet in the Czech Republic.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a number of mixed-gender competitions

India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu have won the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup at Gabala, Azerbaijan

Shashikant Kutwal . has won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship in Slovakia

21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships- Punjab. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra

won the gold in men's javelin throw (throw of 85.63m) contest on the second day

Sarita Singh of Uttar Pradesh Set a new national record in the women's hammer throw with an effort of 65.25m to claim the gold medal

Javelin thrower Anu Rani

smashed her own national record and won the gold medal on the fourth and final day

BADMINTON B Sai Praneeth Won the Thailand Grand Prix Gold beating Indonesian Jonatan Christie. India shuttler KidambiSrikanth Won the Australia Open Super Series men's singles title beating Chinese

Chen Long. KidambiSrikanth Ranked into the top-10 at eighth in the latest World Badminton

Rankings released. Winners of Indonesia Open 2017

Category Winners Men’ Singles KidambiSrikanth (India) Men’s Doubles Li Junhui (China) / Liu Yuchen (China) Women’s Singles Sayako Sato (Japan) Women’s Doubles Chen Quingchen (China) / JiaYifan (China) Mixed Doubles Tontowi Ahmad (Indonesia) / LiliyanaNatsir (Indonesia)

FOOTBALL Real Madrid Retained the UEFA Champions League title by defeating Juventus in the

final match at Cardiff, UK. England’s Team Won the U-20 World Cup final against Venezuela in Suwon (South

Korea). FIFA is set to shift India's Under-17 World Cup matches from Mumbai to the Delhi. Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker JejeLalpekhlua

Nominated as the '2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.

TENNIS Rafael Nadal Ranked No. 2 spot in the ATP rankings.The top position is retained by Andy

Murray. Swiss Tennis maestro Roger Federer Won ninth Halle Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final

match played at Halle, Germany Tennis star Leander Paes Won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger trophy with Canadian partner

AdilShamasdin on 25th of June 2017. It was held in Ilkey UK. Indian wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha Win the boys singles title of HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship

held in Pune. GaneshanNeelakantaIyer First Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees

Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Dhanya Shah and Sanmay Gandhi

Won the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships held at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.

Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore

French Open 2017 Category Winner Runners-up Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)




Women’s Singles Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Simona Halep (Romania) Men’s Doubles Ryan Harrison (US) & Michael

Venus (New Zealand) Donald Young (US) & Santiago Gonzalez (Mexico)

Women’s Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) & Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)

Ashleigh Barty (Australia)& Casey Dellacqua (Australia)

Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Rohan Bopanna (India)

Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) & Robert Farah (Colombia)

July Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners

FOOTBALL Sudan Football Association (SFA) World football's governing body FIFA has lifted the ban. Germany win first Confederations Cup title beating Copa America

winners Chile held at Saint Petersburg. India Football team 96th in FIFA World ranking, its best in 21 years. Brazil Topped Francesco Totti- a footballer legend from Italy confirmed his retirement Mission Football Meghalaya CM launches at JN Sports Complex in Shillong Indonesia- To host AFC U-19 championship 2018.

FORMULA ONE Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton wins recordequalling fifth British GP Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian Grand Prix

BADMINTON Rahul, Manu-Sumeeth Clinch titles at Lagos Open at Lagos International challenge

held in Nigeria. Indian woman badminton player Ritika Thaker.

Wins the singles title in the Ivory Coast International badminton tournament at Abidjan.

H S Prannoy wins US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title at Anaheim, California USA.

SQUASH India- Finishes 6th in 2017 World Junior Squash held in Tauranga,

New Zealand. Mumbai teens Joshi, Ananya Dabke Wins Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship held in

Amsterdam, Netherlands. Harinder Pal Sandhu Wins Victorian Open squash title in Melbourne.. Harinder Sandhu. Won South Australian Squash Open title at Adelaide,Australia

TENNIS Team India Bags 24 medals at Jordan Open TT at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table

tennis tournament Jordan. (7 Gold, 7 Silver and 10 Bronze medals) Chennai Open renamed to Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune John Isner(From USA) won his fourth ATP Atlanta title

131st edition -Wimbledon Championships 2017 – Overview. Category Winner Runners-up Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia) Women’s Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams (US) Men’s Doubles Lukasz Kubot (Poland) &

Marcelo Melo (Brazil) Oliver MArach (Austria) & Mate Pavic (Croatia)

Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) Monica Niculescu (Romania) & Chan Hao-





& Elena Vesnina (Russia) ching (Taiwan) Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray (UK) & Martina

Hingis (Switzerland) Heather Watson (UK) & Henri Kontinen (Finland)

Winners of Eastbourne Aegon Championship-UK Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) GaenMonfils (France) Women’s Singles KarolínaPlíšková (Czech

Republic) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan (US) & Mike Bryan (US)

Rohan Bopanna (India) & Andre Sa (Brazil)

Women’s Doubles Chan Yung-jan (Taipei) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Casey Dellacqua (Australia)

CRICKET England Won ICC women world cup 2017 beating India. The

Player of the Series title has been awarded to Tammy Beaumont of England

Misbah-ul-Haq To get honorary life membership by Marylebone Cricket Club

Harmanpreet Kaur- breaks into top 10 of ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings(6th position)

Mithali Raj Becomes leading run-getter in Women’s ODIs (6000 ODI runs when she hit a six off Kristen Beams)

MS Dhoni First Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs MICELLANEOUS

Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Overview - India finish on top in medals tally- Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 India 12 5 12 29 2 China 8 7 5 20 3 Kazakhstan 4 2 2 8 Shot putter Manpreet Kaur Grabbed the gold medal with a throw of 28m on the opening

day Long distance runner G Lakhsmanan Wins gold with an unexpected win in men's 5000m race V Neena and Nayan James Bagged a silver and bronze in women's long jump while Vikas

Gowda, Sanjivini Yadav, Annu Rani added a bronze each in the men's discus throw, women's 5000m race and javelin throw respectively.

India to host next edition of Theatre Olympics first time ever from February 17 – April 08, 2018. Indian judokas Bag 3 medals in Asian Cadet Championships, Kyrgyzstan H Manudev from Karnataka Won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in

Chennai. Kargil International Marathon “Run for Sarhad” concluded. The winner of 60 km is ZaheerAbass. Indian Damneet Singh Wins silver medal at IAAF World U18 Championships in

hammer throw held in Nairobi, Kenya. Kerala Emerged champions with 159 points at the 57th National Inter-

State Championships that was held in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Indians win gold and bronze at first global robotics Olympiad organised by ‘FIRST Global’ in Washing D.C., US. Russia's Kazan To host 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships

in Budapest.

Indian team won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017, London India ranked at 34th position on medal table. Indian




team won 5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) in this championship. China Topped with 65 medals.

Boxer Sachin Siwach wins Gold at Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau Bahamas. Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi wins gold in Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting

Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal. India To host their first Men’s World Championship in 2021. Caeleb Dressel Becomes first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals in one

night at worlds Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Peaty & Masse Sets world record at 2017 World Aquatic Championship,

Hungary. In medal tally US topped with 39 medals(17 gold, 12 Silver and 10 bronze)

Manoj Kumar, Shiva Thapa Strike gold in Czech Republic tournament at the 48th Grand Prix at Usti Nad Labem in Czech Republic.

Australia's Jeff Horn Stunned Pacquiuao to claim a unanimous 12-round decision and win the WBO world welterweight title at Lang Park.

Jehan Daruvala Becomes 1st Indian to win FIA Formula 3 European Championship race at Norisring

Pankaj Advani-led Indian team -

Beat Pakistan to clinch Asian Snooker Championship held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Asian champion Govindan Lakshmanan Won a gold medal in men’s 5000m race on the opening day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.

Atthaya Thitikul Youngest Ladies European Tour winner held in Thailand at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.




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