చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు డిసెంబరు 25

*🔥ఐక్యరాజ్యసమితి సెక్రెటరి జనరల్స్*:🌎

1. _ట్రిగ్విలీ (NORWAY) 1946-52_

2.  _డాగ్ హమ్మర్స్ జోల్డ్  (SWEEDEN) 1953-61_

3. _యూథాoట్  (MYANMAR) 1962-71_

4. _కుర్ట్ వాల్డెమ్ (AUSTRIA) 1972-81_

5. _జేవియర్ పెరిజ్ డిక్యూలర్ (PERU) 1982-91_

6. _బౌత్రోస్ ఘలీ (EGYPT) 1992-96_

7. _కోఫి అన్నన్  (GHANA) 1997-2007_

8. _బాన్ కి మూన్ (SOUTH KOREA

9.ఆంటోనియో గుటరెస్ ( పోర్చుగల్)

*🔥శ్రీకృష్ణదేవరాయలు ఆస్థానంలో అష్టదిగ్గజాలు🔥*

1.అల్లసాని పెద్దన

2.మదయ గారి మల్లన

3.నంది తిమ్మన

4.ధూర్జటి 

5.పింగళి సూరన

6.రామరాజ భూషనుడు

7.అయ్యలరాజు రామభద్రుడు

8.తెనాలి రామకృష్ణుడు

*🔥దేశాలు-జాతీయ క్రీడలు🔥*

1.అమెరికా-బేస్ బాల్

2.స్పెయిన్-బుల్ ఫైట్

3.కెనడా-లాక్రోస్

4.జపాన్-జూడో

5.చైనా-టేబుల్ టెన్నిస్

6.భారత్,పాకిస్తాన్-హాకీ

7.ఇంగ్లాండ్-క్రికెట్,రగ్బి,ఫుట్ బాల్ 

8.ఆస్ట్రేలియా-క్రికెటర్,టెన్నిస్

9.స్కాట్లాండ్-రగ్బి,ఫుట్ బాల్

10.మలేషియా-బ్యాడ్మింటన్

11.రష్యా-చెస్

*🔥భారతదేశపు మహిళా ముఖ్యమంత్రులు🔥*

1.సుచేతా క్రుపలాని-ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్

2.నందినీ శతపతి-ఒరిస్సా 

3.శశికళా కదోకర్ -గోవా

4.సైదా అన్వరాతైమూర్-అస్సాం

5.జానకీరామచంద్రన్-తమిళనాడు

6.జయలలిత-తమిళనాడు

7.మాయావతి-ఉత్తరప్రదేశ్

8.రాజీoదర్ కౌల్ బట్టాల్-పంజాబ్

9.రబ్రిదేవి-బీహార్

10.సుశ్మాస్వరాజ్-ఢిల్లీ

11.షీలా దీక్షిత్-ఢిల్లీ

12.వసుంధరరాజే-రాజస్థాన్

13.ఉమాభారతి-మధ్యప్రదేశ్

14.మమతా బెనర్జీ-వెస్ట్ బెంగాల్

15.అనందీ బెన్ పటేల్-గుజరాత్

*🔥దేశాలు అధికారిక పుస్తకాలు🔥*

1.ఆరెంజ్ బుక్స్-నెదర్లాండ్స్

2.ఎల్లో బుక్స్-ఫ్రాన్స్

3.గ్రీన్ బుక్స్-ఇటలీ,ఇరాన్

4.బ్లూ బుక్స్-బ్రిటన్

5.వైట్ బుక్స్-పోర్చుగీస్,చైనా

6.గ్రే బుక్స్-జపాన్,బెల్జియం

7.శ్వేతపత్రం-ఇండియా,ఇతర దేశాలు

*🔥ప్రముఖుల సమాధులు (ఘాట్) లు🔥*

జవహర్లాల్ నెహ్రూ _శాంతి వనం_

ఇందిరాగాంధీ  _శక్తిస్థల్_

రాజీవ్ గాంధీ  _వీరభూమి_

మహాత్మా గాంధీ  _రాజ్ ఘాట్_

చరణ్ సింగ్  _కిసాన్ ఘాట్_

మొరార్జీ దేశాయ్ _అభయ్ ఘాట్_

అంబేద్కర్  _చైత్ర భూమి_

జైల్ సింగ్  _ఏక్తాస్థల్_

బాబు జగ్జీవన్ రామ్ _సమతాస్తల్_

లాల్బహదూర్ శాస్తి  _విజయ్ ఘాట్_

 కృష్ణకాంత్  _నిగంబోది ఘాట్_

 గుల్జారీలాల్ నందా  _నారాయణ్ ఘాట్_

 దేవిలాల్  _సంఘర్ష్ స్థల్_

ఎన్టీఆర్  _బుద్దపూర్ణిమ_

 పి.వి.నరసింహారావు _జ్ఞానభూమి_

*🔥ఖండాలు ఎత్తైన శిఖరాలు🔥*

 ఆసియా - ఎవరెస్ట్

ఆఫ్రికా - కిలిమంజారో

 ఉత్తర అమెరికా  మెకిన్లి

 దక్షిణ అమెరికా అకన్ కాగ్వా

ఆస్ట్రేలియా  కోషియాష్కో

ఐరోపా ఎల్ బ్రజ్

అంటార్కిటికా విన్సన్ మాసిఫ్

*🔥జనరల్ సైన్స్🔥*

🌵పెరిడాక్సిన్ ----
🍁ఎనీమియా, రక్తహీనత

🌵రెటినాల్--- 
🍁జీరాఫ్తాల్మీయా, పొడి కళ్లు

🌵ఆస్కార్బిక్ ఆమ్లం ---
🍁స్కర్వీ

🌵ఫిల్లోక్వీనోన్--- 
🍁రక్తస్రావం

🌵ఎమల్షన్లు ---
🍁లేటెక్స్, పాలు

🌵రైనాలజీ---- 
🍁ముక్కు

🌵ఇథాలజీ ----
🍁జంతువుల ప్రవర్తన

🌵ప్లూరాలజీ----- 
🍁ఊపిరితిత్తులు

🌵కాలేయం విధులు 
🍁పైత్యరసం ఉత్పత్తి 
🍁విషపదార్థాలు తటస్థీకరణ 
🍁యూరియా సంశ్లేషణ

🌵ఫార్మిక్ ఆమ్లం ---
🍁చీమలు

🌵ఎసిటిక్ ఆమ్లం (వెనిగర్) --
🍁పులిసిన ద్రాక్ష

🌵లాక్టిక్ ఆమ్లం 
🍁పాలు పులిసిన పెరుగు

🌵సిట్రిక్ ఆమ్లం ---
🍁-నిమ్మ నారింజ

🌵సహజ పాలిమర్లు 
🍁సెల్యులోజ్, ఉన్ని

🌵అంతరిక్ష యాత్రికులతో సంబంధమున్న శైవలం (నాచు)
🍁క్లొరెల్లా

🌵జాతీయ అటవీ విధానం --
🍁1952

🌵జీవవైవిధ్య చట్టం--
🍁2002

🌵అటవీ హక్కుల రక్షణ చట్టం--
🍁2006

🌵మగవారిలో అనువంశిక వ్యాధులు ఎక్కువగా కనిపిస్తాయి
🍁హీమెఫిలీయా, వర్ణాంధత

🌵కూరగాయలు పెంపకాని
🍁ఒలెరికల్చర్

🌵పౌల్ట్రీ లో పెంచే కోళ్లలో సాధారణంగా ఏ వైరస్ వ్యాధి కనిపిస్తోంది 
🍁రానికెట్ వ్యాధి

🌵భారతదేశంలో ఏ నగరంలో మొదటి ఆమ్ల వర్షం కురవడాన్ని గమనించారు
🍁ముంబై

🌵మిశ్రమ గ్రంథి అని దేనిని అంటారు 
🍁క్లొమం

🌵మానవుడిలో అత్యధిక పునరుత్పత్తి ఉండే అవయవం 
🍁కాలేయం

🌵హిమాలయ ఫారెస్టు రీసెర్చ్ ఇనిస్టిట్యూట్ ఎక్కడ ఉంది
🍁సిమ్లా

🌵2017 ఎర్త్ డే నేపధ్యం (ధీమ్)
🍁ఎన్విరాన్మెంట్ అండ్ క్లైమెట్ లిటరసీ

🌵ప్రపంచంలోని మొత్తం ఎకలాజికల్ హాట్ స్పాట్ల సంఖ్య ఎంత
🍁35

🌵గ్రీన్ పీస్ ప్రధాన కార్యాలయం ఎక్కడ ఉంది
🍁నెదర్లాండ్స్

🌵అంతర్జాతీయ జీవ వైవిధ్య సంవత్సరంగా  అని ప్రకటించింది
🍁2010

🌵ఎలక్ట్రానిక్ వ్యర్ధాల ఉత్పత్తిలో భారతదేశం ఎన్నో స్థానంలో ఉంది
🍁5

🌵ఉష్ణమండల అడవులు పరిశోధన సంస్థ ఎక్కడ ఉంది
🍁జబల్పూర్

🌵బేసల్ ఒప్పందం దేనికి సంబంధించింది
🍁హానికర వ్యర్థాలు

🌵సైలెంట్ వ్యాలీ ఉద్యమానికి నాయకత్వం వహించిన సంస్థ
🍁కేరళ శాస్త్ర సాహిత్య పరిషత్తు

🌵వాటర్ మ్యాన్ ఆఫ్ ఇండియా పేరొందినవారు 🍁రాజేంద్రసింగ్

🌵అంతర్జాతీయ విపత్తు నివారణ దినోత్సవం 🍁అక్టోబర్ 13

🌵తాగునీటి పీహెచ్ విలువ ఎంత
🍁6.5-8.5

🌵బ్రంట్ లాండ్ కమిషన్ రిపోర్టు ఏ విధంగా పిలుస్తారు
🍁అవర్ కామన్ ఫ్యూచర్

🌵భారత అటవీ విధానం ప్రకారం కొండ ప్రాంతంలో ఎంత శాతం అడవులు ఉండాలి
🍁60

🌵మన దేశంలో 50వ పులుల సంరక్షణ ప్రాంతంగా దీనిని ప్రకటించారు 
🍁బక్సార్-- పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్

🌵భారత్లో మొదటి కార్బన్ రహిత రాష్ట్రం ఏది 
🍁హిమాచల్ ప్రదేశ్

🌵ప్రపంచంలో తొలిసారిగా కార్బన్ డయాక్సైడ్ వాయువు ను గ్రహించే ప్లాంట్ ఎక్కడ ఏర్పాటు చేశారు
🍁జ్యూరీచ్

🌵ప్రపంచ ఆకలి సూచీ 2017 నివేదిక ప్రకారం భారత దేశం ఎన్నో స్థానంలో ఉంది
🍁100

🌵కార్బన్ సింకులు గా పేర్కొనే ఏవి
🍁సముద్రాలు

🌵నగోయా ప్రోటోకాల్ ప్రధాన ఉద్దేశ్యం 
🍁జీవ వైవిధ్య సంరక్షణ

🌵ఏనుగు గర్భావధి కాలం 
🍁600 రోజులు

🌵మానవుడి గర్భవధి కాలం 
🍁280 రోజులు

🌵రేణుక చిత్తడి ప్రాంతం 
🍁హిమాచల్ ప్రదేశ్

🌵భోజ్ చిత్తడి ప్రాంతం
🍁మధ్యప్రదేశ్

🌵ఆష్టముడి చిత్తడి ప్రాంతం 
🍁కేరళ

🌵కొల్లేరు సరస్సు చిత్తడి ప్రాంతం
🍁ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్

🌵భారతీయ ఆవరణశాస్త్ర పితామహుడు గా ఎవరిని పేర్కొంటారు 
🍁రాందేవ్ మిశ్రా

🌵ప్రస్తుతం మనదేశంలో ఎన్ని బయోస్పియర్ రిజర్వు లు ఉన్నాయి
🍁18

🌵ఎలక్ట్రిక్ బల్బులు ఏ వాయువును నింపుతారు
🍁ఆర్గాన్

🌵భారతదేశంలో తొలి బయోస్ఫియర్ రిజర్వ్ ఏది 
🍁నీలగిరి

🌵భారత్ లో పులుల సంఖ్య అత్యధికంగా ఉన్న రాష్ట్రమేది 
🍁కర్ణాటక

🌵మనదేశంలో మడ అడవుల పరిశోధన కేంద్రం ఎక్కడ ఉంది 
🍁ఒడిస్సా

🌵తెలంగాణలో టైగర్ రిజర్వ్ సంఖ్య 
🍁2

🌵2014 గణాంకాల ప్రకారం భారత్ లో పులుల సంఖ్య
🍁2226

🌵చేపల ద్వారా లభించే విటమిన్ 
🍁ఎ, డి

🌵జీర్ణాశయంలోని హైడ్రోక్లోరిక్ ఆమ్లం పీహెచ్ విలువ ఎంత
🍁2.5

🌵పాలల్లో ఉండే చక్కెర ఏది
🍁ల్యాక్టోజ్

చరిత్రలో ఈ రోజు డిసెంబరు 26

*🌹చరిత్రలో ఈరోజు/ డిసెంబరు 26🌹*    
                                                                    *🌺◼డిసెంబర్ 26, గ్రెగొరియన్‌ క్యాలెండర్‌ ప్రకారము సంవత్సరములో 360వ రోజు (లీపు సంవత్సరములో 361వ రోజు ). సంవత్సరాంతమునకు ఇంకా 5 రోజులు మిగిలినవి.*

*🌺సంఘటనలు*🌺

*🌹1893: పీపుల్స్‌ రిపబ్లిక్‌ ఆఫ్‌ చైనా పునర్నిర్మాణానికి పాటుపడిన మావోజెడాంగ్‌ జన్మదినం.*

*🌹1907: భారత జాతీయ కాంగ్రెస్‌ 23వ మహాసభలో పార్టీ సభ్యులు అతివాద, మితవాద వర్గాలుగా చీలిపోయారు. అతివాద వర్గానికి బాలగంగాధర తిలక్‌, మితవాదులకు గోపాలకృష్ణ గోఖలే నాయకత్వం వహించారు.*

*🌹2004: హిందూ మహాసముద్రంలో వచ్చిన పెను భూకంపం కారణంగా సునామి వచ్చింది. వివిధ దేశాల్లో సునామి సృష్టించిన విధ్వంసంలో దాదాపు 2,75,000 మంది వరకు చనిపోయారు.*

*🌹2009: ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ గవర్నర్ నారాయణ్ దత్ తివారీ పదవికి రాజీనామా సమర్పించాడు.*

*🌹1982: టైమ్‌ మ్యాగజైన్‌ ఏటా ఇచ్చే 'మ్యాన్‌ ఆఫ్‌ ద ఇయర్‌' పురస్కారాన్ని ఆ ఏడాది 'పర్సనల్‌ కంప్యూటర్‌'కు ఇచ్చింది. మనిషికి కాకుండా ఆ గౌరవాన్ని ఒక యంత్రానికి ప్రకటించడం అదే మొదటిసారి.*

*🌹2004: హిందూ మహాసముద్రంలో వచ్చిన భూకంపం కారణంగా వచ్చిన సునామి పలుదేశాల్లో విధ్వంసం సృష్టించింది. దాదాపు 2,75,000 మంది చనిపోయారు. రిక్టర్‌ స్కేలుపై భూకరప తీవ్రత 9.3గా నవోదైంది. ఈ భూకంపంలో విడుదలైన శక్తి 0.8టీఎన్‌టీలకు సమానం.*

*🌺జననాలు*🌺

*🌹1893: మావో జెడాంగ్, చైనాలో కమ్యూనిష్టు నాయకుడు.*

*🌹1899: ఉద్దమ్ సింగ్, భారత స్వాతంత్ర్య సమరయోధుడు.*

*🌹1914: మరళీధర్ దేవదాస్ ఆమ్టే, సంఘసేవకుడు. (మ.2008)*

*🌹1915: జూపూడి యజ్ఞనారాయణ, ప్రముఖ న్యాయవాది, రాజకీయవేత్త మరియు కళాకారుడు*

*🍃మరణాలు*🍃

*🌹1986: అంట్యాకుల పైడిరాజు ప్రముఖ చిత్రకారుడు మరియు శిల్పి. (జ.1919)*

*🌹1981: కొమ్మారెడ్డి సావిత్రి, తెలుగు సినీ ప్రపంచంలో మహానటి. (జ.1936)*

*🌹1988: వంగవీటి మోహనరంగా*

*🌹2010: ఏ.వి.సుబ్బారావు, తెలుగు రంగస్థల నటుడు మరియు పద్య గాయకుడు. (జ.1930)*

*🔥పండుగలు మరియు జాతీయ దినాలు*🇮🇳 *

*🌹జాతీయ వినియోగ దారుల హక్కుల పరిరక్షణ దినోత్సవం*.

SPORTS DECEMBER 2017

SPORTS DECEMBER 2017

• Kidambi Srikanth, Mithali Raj and PV Sindhu bagged awards at Indian Sports Honours in Mumbai
  Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who won four Super Series titles this year, bagged the Sportsman of the Year award at the inaugural edition of Indian Sports Honours held in Mumbai. Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu was the Sportswoman of the Year award in the individual sport category.
  
  Ravichandran Ashwin, who became the fastest bowler to reach 'Club 300' in Test cricket was awarded Sportsman of the Year award while women's cricket team skipper Mithali Raj was awarded Sportswoman of the Year award in the Team Sport category.
  
  The Indian Women's Cricket Team, which ended as runners-up in the ICC Women's World Cup, were named as the Team of the Year.
  
  While star tennis player Sania Mirza was awarded the Inspirational Honour by the jury, country's first Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra was honoured with the Transformational Contribution to Sport award. Indian Sports Honours is an initiative partnered by India skipper Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Goenka, in line with their vision to support the development of Indian sports.
• International Olympic Committee bans five more Russians for life over Sochi doping
  Five more Russian competitors from the 2014 Sochi Olympics were banned for life over anti-doping rule violations. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a press statement on 27th November that the banned athletes include Dmitrii Trunenkov and Aleksei Negodailo, both in the gold-medal winning four-man bobsleigh team, plus biathlon relay silver medalists Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina, who also won silver in the 7.5 kilometers event. Sergei Chudinov, who came fifth in the men's individual skeleton, was also disqualified for doping breaches.
  
  It said the five athletes punished were also banned from competing at any future Winter Olympics. The IOC's announcement comes following hearings by an IOC commission into allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia at the 2014 Games, hosted by Russia. The IOC has punished 19 Russian Olympians so far on the recommendation of the commission. The latest sanctions come just a week before a crucial IOC meeting on 5th to 7th of next month to decide whether Russia can compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
• Competition Commission imposes Rs 52-crore penalty on BCCI
  Competition Commission of India CCI, on 29th November imposed a fine of over 52 crore rupees on BCCI, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, for anti-competitive practices with respect to IPL media rights. In its 44-page order, the CCI has found the cricket body to be in contravention of competition norms for its assurance to the broadcasters of Indian Premier League.
  
  The BCCI had assured the broadcasters that it will not organize or support another professional domestic Indian T20 competition that is competitive to IPL for a period of ten years.
  
  After a detailed investigation, CCI found that BCCI enjoys a dominant position in the market for the organisation of professional domestic cricket league events in India and described the board as an enterprise in view of its nature of activities. CCI held that the impugned restriction with regard to media rights had no nexus to the legitimate interest of cricket in the country and it was pursued to enhance the commercial interest of the bidders of IPL broadcasting rights.
  
  The CCI also directed the BCCI to desist from indulging into the conduct which contravenes competition norms. It has also ordered the BCCI not to place blanket restriction on the organization of professional domestic cricket league and events by non-members. This will, however, not preclude BCCI from stipulating conditions for approval or granting specific approvals that are necessary to serve the interest of the sport.
• IOA formally recognises Boxing Federation of India
  The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) was on 29th November recognised as a national body by the Indian Olympic Association, which removed the terminated Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) as its affiliate after months of indecision.
  
  The BFI, already recognised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and the Sports Ministry, finally got the IOA's nod, which had IABF registered as the official body till now. The IOA's decision is expected to end the IABF's attempts at reviving itself.
  
  The body, which was first suspended and then terminated by AIBA for manipulation in elections, has been trying to keep itself afloat by organising a couple of meetings with its former members in the past few months. The Sports Ministry had earlier barred IABF from representing India as it was no longer a national federation.
• Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record of fastest 300 Test wickets
  India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 300 Test wickets on 29th November in his 54th match, breaking Dennis Lillee’s record during India's win over Sri Lanka in the second Test.
  
  Australian fast bowling legend Lillee had reached the milestone in 56 Test matches way back in 1981 and it took 36 years for another bowler to eclipse the record. Ashwin is only the fifth Indian bowler to complete a career 300 wickets in Test cricket behind Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) and Zaheer Khan (311).
• Kohli Becomes Fourth Fastest Indian to Reach 5,000 Test Runs
  On 2nd December, during the third Test between India and Sri Lanka, Kohli reached the mark of 5,000 runs in Test cricket. He is the 11th Indian to cross the mark. Kohli also managed to cross the barrier of 16,000 international runs, across all formats.
  
  Kohli is the fourth quickest Indian to reach the 5,000 club. The ones reaching the mark before him are Sunil Gavaskar (95 innings), Virender Sehwag (98 innings), Sachin Tendulkar (103 innings), while Kohli reached there in 105 innings, before Rahul Dravid (108 innings).
• Mirabai Chanu wins gold medal at World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA
  Mirabai Chanu on 30th November became the first Indian in over two decades to claim a gold medal at the World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA. Chanu lifted 85kg in snatch and 109kg in clean and jerk to total an impressive 194kg in the women's 48kg, in the process setting a new national record.
  
  Olympic bronze medalist Karnam Malleshwari had won the top prize in worlds twice - in 1994 and 1995. Some of the world's top weightlifting nations such as Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Azerbaijan could not take part in the competition due to issues related to doping.
  
  President Ram Nath Kovind has congratulated Mirabai Chanu for winning a gold medal in the World Weightlifting Championship.
• Odisha CM unveils logo and mascot of Hockey World Cup 2018
  Logo and mascot of Hockey World Cup 2018 have been unveiled at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
  
  As many as 16 countries, including hosts India, will participate in the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup. The Chief Minister also launched the countdown timer for the international event scheduled to be held in Bhubaneshwar late next year.

SPORTS NOVEMBER 2017

SPORTS NOVEMBER 2017

• ICC bans Mohammad Hafeez of Pakistan from bowling in international matches
   The International Cricket Council, ICC has barred Pakistan off-spinner Mohammad Hafeez from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect. The sport's governing body said in a statement that the decision to suspend Hafeez was taken after their findings that his action was illegal in the third ODI against Sri Lanka last month.
  
  The ICC said their assessment revealed that the majority of his deliveries exceeded the 15 degree level of tolerance permitted under the regulations. Hafeez had been suspended on two previous occasions also for the same offence and he served a 12-month ban from July, 2015.
  
• Yuki Bhambri beats Ramkumar Ramanathan to win ATP Challenger
  India's tennis star Yuki Bhambri clinched his first title of the 2017 season on the ATP Challenger Tour following a come-from-behind win over compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the final of the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger in Pune, on 18th November.
  
• Indian women's hockey team wins Asia Cup title
  The India women's hockey team on 5th November qualified for next year's World Cup by winning the Asia Cup hockey title. In a nail-biting final at Kakamigahara in Japan, they overcame China 5-4 via a shootout. At full time, both teams were level One-One. South Korea secured third place with a 1-0 win over Japan earlier in the day.
  
• Indian golfer Shiv Kapur wins Panasonic Open India
  Shiv Kapur has clinched his first Asian Tour title in India. At the Delhi Golf Club in New Delhi on 5th November, he bagged the Panasonic Open by three strokes after bringing home a card of four-under 68 in the fourth and final round.
  
• India wins T-20 series against New Zealand
  India has won T-20 series against New Zealand. Three matches were held in series. First one was won by India, and second was won by New Zealand. The last Twenty-20 was won by India and clinched the series.
  
  Bumrah was declared as Man of the match and the Man of the series.
  
• Mary Kom wins gold medal in Asian Women's Boxing Championships
  Five time world champion, Mary Kom notched up her fifth gold medal in 48 kg category in Asian Women's Boxing Championships at Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on 8th November. This was Mary Kom’s fifth final in only six appearances, which means she remains unbeaten in the summit clash of the continental championship.
  
  Up against North Korea's Kim Hyang Mi, the five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist, Mary Kom prevailed in a unanimous 5-0 verdict to add another accolade to her already crowded cabinet. This is Mary Kom's first international gold medal since the 2014 Asian Games and her first medal in over a year.
  
• HS Prannoy, Saina Nehwal win national titles in Badminton
  H S Prannoy outwitted World No 2 and title favourite Kidambi Srikanth in a thrilling finale to claim the men's singles title at the 82nd Senior National Championship in Nagpur on 8th November.
  
  Second seed Prannoy, achieved his career-best ranking of World No 11.
  
  The pair of Satwik Sai Raj R and Ashwini Ponnappa showed beat top seed and World No 16 Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy 21-9, 20-22, 21-17 to clinch the mixed doubles crown.
  
  Saina Nahwal clinches the women's singles title beating P.V.Sindhu in straight sets at the 82nd Senior National Championship in Nagpur. Saina defeated fifth seed Anura Prabhudesai while Sindhu beats Ruthvika Shivani in the semifinals.
  
• Virat Kohli consolidates top spot in ICC rankings
  Team India Captain Virat Kohli consolidated his position at the top of the table, while openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan moved up in the latest ICC T20I Player Rankings released in Dubai on on 8th November. Kohli scored 104 runs in the T20I series to guide India to a 2-1 win over New Zealand.
  
  He gained 13 points and increased the gap with Australia's Aaron Finch to 40 points. Rohit and Dhawan who scored 93 and 87 runs in the three- match series moved up three places to 21st and 20 places to 45th respectively.
  
  The Indian bowlers who moved up in ranking are pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, up two places to 26th, leg- spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, up 22 places to 30th and left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, up 17 places to 62nd.
  
  In the ICC T20I Team Rankings, India has gained three points from the series but remain behind England on decimal points, in fifth place.
  
• BCCI rejects NADA demand of testing Indian cricketers
  In a stern response to India's anti-doping body NADA, the BCCI has said that they have no jurisdiction to conduct dopes tests on Indian cricketers.
  
  In a letter written on November 8 to NADA chief Navin Agarwal, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri made it clear that there is no requirement for NADA to test its cricketers since the board is not a National Sports Federation (NSF) and its present anti-doping system is robust enough.
  
  The BCCI response was prepared with instructions from Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators. Besides responding to the NADA chief, Johri also wrote back to the sports secretary, who had approached the BCCI in October to cooperate with NADA.
  
  Mr. Johri also reasoned that since BCCI is an autonomous body affiliated to the International Cricket Council (ICC), it is only required to operate within the rules and regulations of the ICC.
  
• French Open badminton: Kidambi Srikanth wins men's singles title
  Eighth seeded Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth lifted the men's singles title of the French Open Superseries badminton in Paris on 29th October. This is his fourth title in the fifth superseries final. Srikanth beat Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in the final.
  
  Greysia POLL and Apriyani Rahayu won the Women's doubles title, defeating Lee Sottee and SHIN Seung Chen.
  
  The Mixed Doubles title went to Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana NATSIR who beat Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen.
  
• India beat New Zealand by 6 runs in 3rd ODI, clinch series 2-1
  India beat New Zealand by 6 runs in the final ODI to win the three-match series 2-1. Chasing a victory target of 338 runs set by India in the third ODI game in Kanpur on 29th October, New Zealand made 331 for seven in 50 stipulated overs.
  
  In the match Virat Kohli became the sixth Indian to complete 9,000 ODI runs, making him the fastest to get there.
  
• Bopanna wins Erste Open, Myneni-Prashanth clinch Vietnam Open trophy
  Rohan Bopanna won the Erste Open title in Vienna with Pablo Cuevas while the team of Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth clinched the Vietnam Open trophy at the Ho Chi Minh City.
  
  In Vienna, unseeded Bopanna and Cuevas beat Sam Querrey and Marcelo Demoliner. It was third title of the season for Bopanna, having won Chennai Open with Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Monte Carlo Masters with Cuevas.
  
• Mithali Raj rises to top spot in ICC batswomen ranking
  India captain Mithali Raj on 30th October moved up one place to occupy the number one spot in the latest ICC ODI Cricket rankings for batswomen.
  
  Ellyse Perry of Australia and Amy Satterthwaite of New Zealand also jumped one place each to be at second and third spots while Meg Lanning of Australia has dropped from first to fourth after missing the series against England due to injury. Among women bowlers, Jhulan Goswami remained on second spot behind Marizanne Kapp of South Africa.
  
  Meanwhile, defending champion Australia's 2-1 victory over England in the ICC Women's Championship series helped them regain the top spot in the women's team rankings. England had displaced Australia from the top spot for the first time after the annual update earlier this month.
  
• Virat Kohli regains top spot in ICC ODI rankings
  Indian captain Virat Kohli has regained the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen after logging career-high rating points, going past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar in the process. Kohli scored 263 runs in the New Zealand series, has reached 889 points, which is the best ever by an India batsman.
  
  Kohli had lost the top spot 10 days ago to South African batsman AB de Villiers. Rohit Sharma's 174 runs in the series saw him reach a career-high rating of 799 points, though he remains in seventh position. Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has risen one place to 11th in the rankings.
  
  Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has reached a career-best third after finishing with six wickets in the series against New Zealand. The list for bowlers continues to be led by Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali.
  
• Heena Sidhu wins 10-metre air pistol gold medal at Commonwealth Shooting Championships
  Heena Sidhu clinched the 10-metre air pistol gold medal to give India a perfect start at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships in Brisbane on 1st November.
  
  Sidhu shot a combined score of 626.2 to claim the top honours.
  
  This was Sidhu's second successive international gold after she along with Jitu Rai, claimed the top position in the 10-metre air pistol mixed team event in the ISSF World Cup Finals in Delhi earlier this month.
  
  Among other Indians, Deepak Kumar won a bronze medal in the 10-metre air rifle event.
  
  London Olympic bronze-medallist Gagan Narang finished fourth, while Ravikumar ended fifth.
  
• India's K Srikanth achieves career-best World No 2 ranking in badminton
  India's shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has achieved career-best World Number 2 ranking. Srikanth has been rewarded for his sensational run this season as he grabbed the No. 2 ranking after jumping two places in the latest BWF ranking released on 2nd November.
  
  Srikanth, who reached five finals and clinched four titles this year so far, now has 73,403 points, 4527 points away from World Champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, who heads the ranking list.

SPORTS OCTOBER 2017

SPORTS OCTOBER 2017

• India beat Malaysia to clinch third Asia Cup hockey title
  
  • India on 22nd October became the Asia Cup Hockey champion after defeating Malaysia 2-1 in Dhaka.
  • India won Asia cup hockey, third time. Earlier India had won in 2003 and in 2007.
  • In 2017, it was held from 11 to 22 October 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 World Cup in India.
  
  
• Virat Kohli surpasses Rickey Ponting with 31st century
  • Virat Kohli on 22nd October surpassed Ricky Pointing to become the second highest century maker in ODIs en route his 31st hundred during the opening match against New Zealand in Mumbai.
  • Kohli, who scored 121, got to a double milestone by scoring a hundred on his 200th ODI, a feat only achieved by Ab de Villiers of South Africa.
  • Kohli is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar, who amassed 49 ODI hundreds besides a staggering 51 centuries in Tests.
  • The Indian captain has 17 hundred to his name in the five-day format.
  • By reaching the three-figure mark, he also became only the third Indian to score an ODI hundred at Wankhede after Tendulkar (1996 against South Africa) and Mohammad Azharuddin (1987 against Sri Lanka).
  
  
• Kidmabi Srikanth clinches Denmark Open title
  • India's Kidmabi Srikanth has clinched his third Super Series Premier badminton title.
  • In the final of men's singles in the Denmark Open at Odense, the ace shuttler defeated Korean veteran Lee Hyun II in straight games
  • Korea's women's doubles pair of Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan won the title outwitting Japanese sixth seeds Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto in the final.
  • In the men's doubles final, fifth seeded Chinese pair of Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan defeated second seeded Indonesian combo of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
  
  
• Indian women bag silver in archery world championships
  The Indian women’s compound team has bagged a silver medal in the World Archery Championships in Mexico City.
  
  Trisha Deb, Lily Chanu Paonam and Jyothi Surekha Vennam were defeated 228-234 to the fourth-seeded Colombian team in the final played.
  
  This was India’s fifth medal at the World Championships and all of them have been silver.
  
  It was also the first time India won any medal in the compound team archery section at the World Championships.
  
  Colombia's gold was their second ever world archery title. Korea, took bronze beating Germany.
  
• Jitu, Heena won gold in air pistol mixed team event at ISSF World Cup Final
  Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu gave India their first gold medal of the ISSF World Cup Final in New Delhi, clinching the top honours in the 10m air pistol mixed team event on the opening day of competitions.
  
  Rai, a Commonwealth and Asian Games gold-medallist, and Sidhu, former Commonwealth Games gold-winner, picked up their third gold together in the mixed team event, being held officially for the first time at an ISSF World Cup.
  
  The mixed team competitions were organised as test events in the World Cups held earlier this year and will be making their Olympic debut in the Tokyo 2020 Games. France secured the silver medal, while China settled for the bronze medal in the event.
  
• India's Sangram Dahiya, Amanpreet Singh win medals in shooting at ISSF World Cup Final
  Sangram Dahiya and Amanpreet Singh won a silver and a bronze each in the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final in New Delhi on 27th October.
  
  Double trap exponent Sangram clinched his first-ever senior medal in the tournament after years of toil, while Amanpreet bagged a well-deserved bronze after scoring 202.2 in the men's 50m pistol event.
  
  Both shooters were taking part in the prestigious event for the first time. Sangram shot 76 out of 80 targets, three behind gold medallist Hu Binyuan of China. Italy's Gasparani Davi took the bronze. Sangram had won a gold medal at the Asian Shooting Championship for junior way back in 2009. Amanpreet finished behind gold medallist Damir Mikec of Serbia and silver winner Oleh Omelchuk of Ukraine.
  
  In the women's 25m pistol event, Korea's Kim Minjung won the gold beating China's former world champion Jingjing Zhang in the final. Zorana Arunovic of Serbia won the bronze.
  
• Federer beats Nadal in straight sets to win Shanghai Masters
  Roger Federer on 15th October defeated his old rival Rafael Nadal in Shanghai Masters. It was a 94th title for the Swiss legend, drawing him level with the great Ivan Lendl. Federer is now close to world number one Nadal in terms of rankings points.
  
• Selena Selvakumar wins triple gold at Egypt Junior Table Tennis Championship
  Selena Selvakumar won triple gold medal at the Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Championship. She won singles and doubles gold medal apart from the team championship gold. In the final, she beat second seeded Marwa Alhodaby.
  
• Kerala High Court restores life ban imposed on Sreesanth by BCCI
  A division bench of the Kerala High Court on 17th October restored the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
  
  The bench, comprising Chief Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh and Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan, gave the verdict on a petition filed by the BCCI against a single-judge bench's order, lifting the life ban imposed on Srishanth.
  
• India defeats Malaysia 6-2 in Asia Cup hockey tournament
  India defeated Malaysia 6-2 in their second Super 4 stage match of the Asia Cup hockey tournament at Dhaka on 19th October.
  
  In their first Super 4 stage match on 18th October, India drew with defending champions South Korea 1-1.
  
• South Africa displace India from top of ODI rankings
  India on 20th October lost their top status in ICC ODI rankings to South Africa following the Proteas' win over Bangladesh in the second match of the series.
  
  According to the updated ICC ODI rankings, by virtue of South Africa's 104-run win over Bangladesh in the second ODI in Paarl, the Proteas jumped to the top spot, leapfrogging India.
  
  While India and South Africa have identical 120 points against their names, India are placed second on the basis of decimal points.
  
  India had claimed the top spot in the ICC rankings following their 4-1 win over Australia at home recently. Meanwhile, India skipper Virat Kohli has slipped a place to be at No. 2 in ODI batsmen's rankings, behind South Africa's AB de Villiers.
  
  Another Indian to be ranked in top-10 is Rohit Sharma, who has also dropped down two spots to be at seventh. In the bowlers' list, Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel are the two Indians who figure in top-10.
  
  ODI bowlers' table is topped by Pakistan's Hasan Ali, who has moved up as many as six places to become the fifth bowler at the No. 1 place of the ODI rankings this year.
  
  However, in the ICC All-rounder rankings, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja are the only two Indians in the top 20.
  
• India defeat Pakistan 4-0 to reach final of Asia Cup hockey
  India continued their unbeaten run in the Asia Cup Hockey match 2017 as they thrashed Pakistan 4-nil, to advance to the final.
  
  Pakistan in the first two quarters was the better team as they enjoyed the lion's share of the possession along with repeated inner circle penetration.
  
  However, India bounced back in the third quarter to regain possession and score four goals.
  
  Satbir Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Gurjant Singh were the goal scorers for India.
  
• Anupama Ramachandran clinches World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship title
  India's Anupama Ramachandran has clinched the World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship title at St. Petersburg in Russia. In the girls category, second seed Anupama Ramachandran of India knocked out her compatriot and top seed Keerthana Pandian to become World Open Under-16 champion.
  
  Dylan Emery of Wales has claimed the title in the boys category. Federation of Billiards Sports of Russia hosted this first ever World Open championships for Under-16 boys and girls. Total 73 cueists from across the world have participated in this championship.
  
• US becomes first team to enter knock out round of FIFA Under-17 World Cup
  In the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, the United States have secured their passage into the round of Sixteen. In Group A game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on 4th October, they beat two-time champions Ghana by One-Nil.
  
  With two wins in as many games, the USA became the first team to make it to the knock out stage in the present edition of the tournament.
  
  In their campaign opener, the United States defeated hosts India 3-0. Ghana had won their first match against Colombia. In another match played at Navi Mumbai, African champions Mali outclassed Turkey 3-0 in Group B.
  
  At present, two matches are in progress. At New Delhi, India and Colombia were goalless at half-time. At Navi Mumbai, New Zealand were leading 2-1 against Paraguay at the half-way stage.
  
• Rafael Nadal Wins China Open Title
  World number one Rafael Nadal won his China Open Title that is sixth title of this year. He defeated Nick Kyrgios (Australia) at the China Open 2017. He won a 16-time Grand Slam winner and came to the Chinese capital Beijing on the back of winning his third US Open.
  
• Female assistant referee to be seen in U-17 World Cup for first time
  The U-17 World Cup will set a record of sorts as it will see for the first time a female assistant referee in a FIFA men's competition this time.
  
  FIFA, the world governing body of football, said it's time for elite female support referees to be involved in a men's competition. The FIFA said, for the first-ever time, they have selected female referees for a men's tournament.
  
  FIFA's Head of Refereeing Massimo Busacca said, the results and improvements seen in the joint preparations have shown the time has come for elite female referees to officiate in men's competitions together with their male colleagues.
  
  Seven female assistant referees from across the world, one from each continent, have been chosen by FIFA along with 70 male referees to officiate the 52 matches in the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be played in six Indian cities from October 6-28.
  
• Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore announces launch of National School and College Games to tap talent
  Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has announced the launch of National School and College Games to tap talent from every nook and corner of the country.
  
  The minister said the government has decided to start for the first time the Khelo India National School Games in December 2017 and Khelo India National College Games in January 2018. He added these will be annual events and the government is doing this to tap talent at the school and college levels. The minister said from these Games, 1000 children will be selected and be given 5 lakh rupees for eight years for their training. He said 1000 more children will be added each year.

SPORTS SEPTEMBER 2017

SPORTS SEPTEMBER 2017

• India clinched series against Australia
  India have clinched the ongoing five-match ODI series against Australia by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead. India beat the visitors by 5 wickets in the third ODI at Indore on 24th September. India had won the first and second encounters played at Chennai and Kolkata by convincing margins.
  
• Vaishnavi Jakka Reddy clinches Belgian Junior badminton title
  Indian shuttler Vaishnavi Reddy has clinched the women's singles Under-19 title at the Belgian Junior Open badminton tournament. She defeated top seed Vivien Sandorhazi in a three-game final at Herstal, Belgium on 24th September.
  
• FIFA U-17 World Cup: Goa stadium handed over to FIFA
   The Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa, was on 24th September handed over to FIFA for the Under-17 Football World Cup, beginning October 6. Local organising committee tournament director Javier Ceppi, who arrived at Margao on 23rd September along with other officials, inspected the stadium and was satisfied.
  
  The stadium will be managed by the FIFA team from now on. With a capacity of 19,000, the stadium is the smallest of all stadiums hosting the Under-17 World Cup.The stadium will play host to European giants Germanny and Asia's formidable side Iran respectively. Joining them will be the West African nation of Guinea and the Central American team of Costa Rica. The stadium will also host two Round of 16 encounters as well as a quarter-final match. 
  
  
• Wrestler Bajrang wins gold in Asian Indoor Games
   In Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Indian wrestler Bajrang beat Daichi Takatani of Japan in the men's freestyle 65kg final to win the gold. Indians added four medals including gold on the ninth day of the games at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan on 24th September. Two women wrestlers Sheetal Tomar and Navjot Kaur also grabbed a bronze each.
  
  Krishnan Sasikiran won the third bronze in men's standard individual chess. India now stands at 12th place in the medals tally with 6 gold, 7 silver and 11 bronze.
  
• India become world no. 1 in both ODIs and Tests
  After winning third One Day International against Australia, in the ongoing one day series, India is the no. 1 spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) rankings. This is India’s ninth consecutive ODI win while it is Australia 11ts successive defeat. The three Top three teams in ODI are India, South Africa, and Australia.
  
• ICC's new cricket rules to come into effect on 28th September
  Players being sent off for misconduct is all set to become a reality in cricket with the ICC's revamped playing rules, which will be effective in all series starting 28th September or later.
  
  The significant changes also include a restriction on the dimensions of the bat, and changes to the Decision Review System. However, the ongoing India-Australia limited-overs series will continue to be played as per the old rules.
  
  All of these rules will come into effect from the two upcoming Test series -- when South Africa host Bangladesh and Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates.
  
  Also, in the new the DRS rules a review will now not be lost in case of a decision that remains unchanged, solely as the result of an 'umpire's call'.
  
  For boundary catches, airborne fielders making their first contact with the ball will need to have taken off from within the boundary, otherwise a boundary will be scored.
  
  Besides, a batsman can now be out caught, stumped or run out even if the ball bounces off the helmet worn by a fielder or wicket-keeper.
  
• India to host South Asian boxing Championship in Guwahati
  India will be hosting the South Asian boxing Championship for the first time in Guwahati from December 6 to 10. Boxing Federation of India, BFI, after its executive committee meeting on 26th September said, the country will also host the 'India International Open tournament' in New Delhi in the third week of January.
  
  In a release BFI said, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will participate in the Championship with other SARCC countries.
  
  The India international tournament will also see countries like Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine among other top boxing nations participating.
  
• India wins nine gold medals at 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
  The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games concluded at Ashgabat in Turkmenistan on 27th September. On the concluding day Indians grabbed four medals, including a gold through tennis player Sumit Nagal, to end at 11th place.
  
  Nagal bagged the men's singles gold medal in the tennis event as he outplayed compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-1 6-1 in the all-Indian final. It was the second medal for Prashanth in the tournament, having won a gold in the men's doubles with reigning singles national champion Vishnu Vardhan
  
  In chess, India collected two bronze - in men's blitz team and men's blitz team under-23. The pair of K Sasikiran and Surya Sekhar Ganguly lost to the Vietnam duo of Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son in the semifinals of men's blitz team event to settle for a bronze.
  
  In the men's blitz team under-23, the duo of Diptayan Ghosh and Vaibhav Suri lost to the Iran pair of Alireza Firouzja and Parham Maghsoodloo in the semifinals to be content with the bronze.
  
  With 9 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze, India finished at 11th position in the Games.Hosts Turkmenistan topped the medals tally with 89 gold, 70 silver and 86 bronze, followed by China and Iran.
  
• PV Sindhu wins Korea Open title
   India's P V Sindhu has lifted the women's singles title at the Korea Open Super Series badminton tournament. In the final at Seoul on 17th September, Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in three sets. World no. 4 Sindhu had also clinched the 2016 China Super Series Premier and India Super Series.
  
• One gold, four silver, and three bronze medals for Indian women boxers in Ahmet Comert youth boxing Championships
  India have signed off with a rich haul of one gold, four silver, and three bronze medals at the Ahmet Comert Boxing Championships for youth women boxers. In the competitions held in Istanbul, Turkey, India's lone Gold came through Soniya in the 48kg category. She defeated Kazakhstan's Zhazira Urakabeva in her summit clash.
  
  The silver medal winners for India were Niharika Gonella (75kg), Shashi Chopra (57kg),Parveen (54kg), and Ankushita Boro (64kg). All the four lost in their respective final bouts. Tilotama Chanu (60kg), Jyoti Gulia (48kg), Lalita (64kg) and Manisha (69kg) had to be content with bronze medals after losing their respective semifinal bouts.
  
• Virat Kohli maintains top spot in latest ICC rankings of T20 batsmen
  India skipper Virat Kohli has maintained his top spot in the latest ICC rankings of T20 batsmen. Kohli leads number-two ranked Aaron Finch of Australia by 39 points, while Evin Lewis of West Indies has grabbed a career-best third position after jumping up a place.
  
  In the bowlers' table, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has climbed up a place to be at second position, overtaking South Africa's Imran Tahir. The table is headed by Imad Wasim of Pakistan. India's star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin remains static at 10th position.
  
  In the team rankings, India hold on to the fifth position. The West Indies have toppled England after a 21-run win at Chester-le-Street. The Windies team who were in fourth position with 117 points before the match on 18th September, are now third with 120 points. On the other hand, England have lost four points to slip from second to fourth with 119 points.
  
  In the batsmen's chart, Pakistan's Babar Azam has risen 21 spots to be at career-best sixth position after his player of the series performance helped complete a 2-1 win over the World XI in the recent Independence Cup series at Lahore.
  
• Indian shuttler PV Sindhu is World No 2 in BWF women's singles rankings
  Indian shuttler PV Sindhu jumped two places to World No 2 in the latest Badminton World Federation women's singles rankings. Sindhu's climb came on the back of her title triumph at the Korea Open Super Series on 17th September.
  
  This is the second time in her career that Olympics silver medallist has occupied the second spot. She last reached her best ranking following her win at the India Open Super Series back in April, this year. London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th spot.
  
  Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying retained her top spot. The reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain also remained at fifth while world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan moved up one place to eighth.
  
  In the men's singles rankings, K Srikanth remained unchanged at eighth while B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy dropped one place each to be at 17th and 19th positions. Ajay Jayaram also lost three places to be at 20th spot.
  
• FIFA Women World Cup France 2019 official slogan, emblem launched
  Official emblem and slogan for FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 were unveiled at the Musee de l'Homme, Paris, France. Emblem is - To symbolise the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, competition trophy wrapped in blue and white, with eight shards of light around football at the top of the trophy. Slogan is - "Dare to Shine".
  
• Lewis Hamilton won Singapore Grand Prix
  Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his 60th career won at the Singapore Grand Prix. He defeated Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel score and reached the top of the table with 28 points. Daniel Ricciardo won the second place in the race.
  
• Mary Kom to be AIBA representative at IOC athletes' forum
  Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be picked as the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes' Forum scheduled in November.
  
  She has been invited to attend the 8th International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Forum in Lausanne from November 11th to 13th
  
  AIBA has sent an invitation letter to the Boxing Federation of India , in this regard. The event, however, overlaps with the Asian Championship in Vietnam, which is scheduled from November 2 to 12.
  
  If Mary Kom is selected for the tournament after trials later this month, her participation at the IOC event would become uncertain.
  
• India wins 4 medals in 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
  In the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, India bagged four medals on 22nd September. Sajan Prakash of India finished second with silver medal in the Men's 100 metre butterfly event.
  
  Divya Gurling Shilwant and Pratiksha Chandrakant Parhar bagged a bronze each in women's Alysh classic in 70 kg and 75 kg categories in the Belt Wrestling Discipline
  
  Wrestler Keduovilie Zumu from Nagaland won bronze medal in the 90 kg category of Kazakh Kuresh style belt wrestling.
  
  Meanwhile, Sourav Kothari assured himself of a medal after winning his semifinal contest in men's billiards singles against Thailand's Thawat Sujaritthurakaran 3-0. India are at 11th spot in the medals tally with 5 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze.
  
• India win 2nd SABA U-16 Championship
  India has won 2nd South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under - 16 Championship. India defeated Bhutan by 131-50 in its last league match at Kathmandu on 9th September.
  
  India remained unbeaten in its all four matches and accumulated 8 points. Bangladesh finished second and hosts Nepal third. The championship was played on a round robin league format. India has now qualified for 2017 International Basketball Federation, FIBA, Under-16 Asian Championship to be played in Malaysia later this year.
  
• Los Angeles to host 2028 Olympics
  Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympics. The evaluation commission of International Olympic Committee, IOC gave the formal go ahead to its bid on 11th September. On 12th September, the full IOC will award the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles.
  
  Los Angeles had originally bid for 2024, but because of the new date, it had to make changes to its host contract.The evaluation commission said that although details need to be finalised, it is confident LA can host Olympics in 2028.
  
• Sports Ministry announces Rs 50 thousand per month to elite athletes
  Sports Ministry has announced 50 thousand rupees per month stipend to the elite athletes preparing for Tokyo Olympic, Asian Games and Common Wealth Games to meet their pocket expenses.
  
  The stipend will be given to 152 elites players from this month. The Olympic Task Force has made recommended in this regard which was accepted by the government.
  
  The announcement was made by Sports Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore. He said the Centre is committed to providing all resources to champions
  
• Rafael Nadal won 2017 US Open title
  Rafael Nadal of Spain won the 2017 US Open title in men’s single category. He defeated Kevin Anderson from South Africa.
  The other category winners are: 
  • Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) and Horia Tecau won the Men's Double Championship.
  • Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) won Women's Double Championship.
  • Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) won the Mixed Doubles Championship.
  
  
• India wins One Day International cricket series 5-0 with Srilanka
  India has whitewashed host Sri Lanka 5-nil in One Day International cricket series. On 3rd September, in the fifth and final match at Colombo India defeated Sri Lanka by six-wickets. By winning all games, India became the first visiting country to inflict a 5-0 defeat on Sri Lanka.
  
• Dhoni creates record: Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 3rd September became the first wicketkeeper in world cricket to effect 100 stumpings in One Day Internationals. Dhoni achieved the feat in his 301st ODI in Colombo on 3rd September when he whipped off the bails to remove Sri Lankan batsman Akila Dananjaya off leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's bowling.
  
  Dhoni has also taken 281 catches apart from scoring 9,657 runs so far. Dhoni played 90 Tests and 77 T20 Internationals as well. In 90 Tests, Dhoni has taken 256 catches and effected 38 stumpings. In T20 Internationals, Dhoni has taken 43 catches and affected 23 stumpings.
  
• Konsam Ormila Devi bags gold at Commonwealth Youth weightlifting Championship
  India's Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships, held at Gold Coast, Australia.
  
  Ormila lifted 57kg in snatch and 76kg in clean and jerk for an overall effort of 133kg, to finish on the top of the podium. With this effort, Ormila has registered her best lift so far. 
• India on top in latest ICC Test rankings
  India continues to be at the top in the latest ICC Test rankings released in Dubai on 7th September. India, which white-washed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the recent away Test series, have 125 points. Australia who are scheduled to tour India from next week to play 5 ODIs and 3 T-20 matches, slipped one rung to fifth after drawing the two-Test series against Bangladesh 1- 1.
  
  Australia is now on 97 points, the same as New Zealand, but are behind on decimal points. South Africa is placed second at 110 points while England are third with 105 points. Bangladesh who gained five points from the recent series against Australia, reached an aggregate of 74 points to remain at ninth.
  
• India bags 5 medals on final day of Commonwealth Youth, Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships
  On the fifth and final day of the Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior Weightlifting Championships at Gold Coast, Australia on 9th September, India bagged two yellow metals, one silver and two bronze to wrap up their successful campaign in style with a total haul of 37 medals, including 23 gold.
  
  In the last five days of the Championships, 34 new records were created by the Indians. Pardeep Singh on 9th September qualified for next year's Commonwealth Games with a gold medal. He finished on the top of the podium in the 105 kilogram category after lifting 147 kilograms in snatch and 195 kilograms in clean & jerk for a total of 342 kilograms.
  
  In the process, he also overhauled the national senior record in the snatch event. In the men's junior division 105 kilogram category, Lovepreet Singh finished with a gold medal with a total effort of 325 kilograms while Tejpal Singh Sandhu claimed a bronze. Gurdeep Singh who settled for a bronze medal, also created a new record in the snatch section. In the junior women plus 90 kilogram category, Purnima Pandey clinched a silver.
  
• James Anderson of England takes 500 Test wickets
  James Anderson (35-year-old) became the third pacer, sixth bowler overall and first Englishman to take 500 Test wickets when he clean bowled West Indies’ Kraigg Brathwaite for four on Day 2 of the third Test at Lord’s. Windies' pacer Courtney Walsh was the first fast bowler to achieve the feat, followed by Australia's Glenn McGrath.

SPORTS AUGUST 2017

SPORTS AUGUST 2017

• Sania settles for bronze at World Badminton Championships
  At the World Badminton championships, Saina Nehwal has settled for a bronze medal. In the first women's singles semi-final at Glasgow on 26th August, she lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in three games. Okuhara is the first shuttler from Japan to reach the finals of World Championship. Saina had won a silver medal two years ago in the World championship at Jakarta.
  
• Ronaldo First to be named Men's Player of the Year for Three Times
  Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Men's Player of the Year award for the 2016/17 season. Ronaldo received 482 points in the poll, with Messi (141 votes) and Buffon (109 votes) finishing second and third respectively.
  
• P V Sindhu bags silver at world championship
  P V Sindhu's gallant effort to become India's first ever World Champion ended in a heart- wrenching defeat against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in an epic final on 27th August.
  
  In the longest match of the tournament, which tested the physical and mental strength of both the players, Sindhu lost 19-21 22-20 20-22 after battling hard for one hour and 49 minutes.
  
  After closing the second game by winning an incredible 73-shot rally, Sindhu saved one championship point in the decider but it was the Rio Olympic bronze medallist who had the last laugh.
  
• India wins Series against Srilanka
  An all-round performance helped India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the 3rd ODI in Pallekele on 27th August. As India sealed the 5-match ODI series 3-0, they also registered their seven consecutive bilateral series win against Sri Lanka.
  
• Sania settles for bronze at World Badminton Championships
  At the World Badminton championships, Saina Nehwal has settled for a bronze medal. In the first women's singles semi-final at Glasgow on 26th August, she lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in three games. Okuhara is the first shuttler from Japan to reach the finals of World Championship. Saina had won a silver medal two years ago in the World championship at Jakarta.
  
• Ronaldo First to be named Men's Player of the Year for three times
  Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Men's Player of the Year award for the 2016/17 season. Ronaldo received 482 points in the poll, with Messi (141 votes) and Buffon (109 votes) finishing second and third respectively.
  
• India won test series 3-0 with Sri Lanka
  India on 14th August completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka with an innings and 171-run defeat in the third and final cricket Test at Pallekele, Kandy. Hardik Pandya was declared Man of the Match while Shikhar Dhawan emerged as Man of the Series. None of the three matches lasted five days, with the final one being the shortest, lasting just two and a half days.
  
  Records
  • This is the first time India have whitewashed the opposition in an away Test series of 3 or more matches.
  • This win (innings and 171 runs) is India's second biggest away win. The previous best was against Bangladesh (innings and 239 runs), at Dhaka 10 years ago.
  • Virat Kohli is now second on the list of captains with the most wins after their first 29 Tests at the helm. In comparison to Kohli’s 19 wins, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh had 21 Test wins each.
  • This was only the second time that Sri Lanka have been whitewashed at home. The previous instance was against Australia in 2004.
  
  
• Committee of Administrators seeks removal of current BCCI office-bearers
  The Committee of Administrators (COA) has sought the removal of current BCCI office-bearers, including acting president, secretary and treasurer for non-compliance of Lodha Panel reforms. In its fifth Status Report submitted to the Supreme Court, the two-member COA comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji - has asked that "governance, management and administration" of the board be handed over to them along with a professional group headed by CEO Rahul Johri till the elections are held.
  
  In the 26-page report , the biggest takeaway was that acting president CK Khanna, secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry should be removed just like former BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke, who were ousted for failing to ensure implementation of Lodha reforms.
  
  The report contends that the current office-bearers are not in position to make good on their undertakings and ensure that reforms mandated by the apex Court is implemented. The COA also mentioned that the Supreme Court order on July 24 was "deliberately misconstrued" during the BCCI's Special General Meeting on July 26 where office-bearers asked CEO Rahul Johri, the administrative staff and the legal team to leave the meeting.
  
  The status report mentions about BCCI's failure to appoint an Ombudsman since Justice AP Shah's tenure ended in September, 2016. The other issue mentioned is "failure to adopt new conflict of interest" rules.
  
  The report mentions that there has been resistance to adopt a new fund disbursement policy as the addition of members would reduce the share of the existing units.
  
• Lakshya Sen wins Bulgaria Open International Series
  Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on 17th August clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title after notching up a hard-fought win over Croatia's Zvonimir Durkinjak in the men's singles final in Sofia, Bulgaria.
  
• Virat Kohli continues to top ICC ODI rankings for batsmen
  India captain Virat Kohli continued to be the world's top-ranked One-day batsman in the latest ICC ODI rankings, released in Dubai on 18th August.
  
  Having 873 points in his kitty, Kohli will have a chance to increase the 12-point lead over second-placed Australian David Warner at the upcoming five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, starting in Dambulla on 20th August. Other Indian batsmen in the top-15 are former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni 12th, Shikhar Dhawan 13th and vice- captain Rohit Sharma 14th. However, no Indian bowler figure in the top-10 list. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar 13th is the lone Indian in top 15.
  
  As for the ICC ODI Team Rankings, India are currently at number three and they would have to win the upcoming series at least by a 4-1 margin to ensure that they stay at that position, ahead of England.
  
  At 114 points, India, even if win the series 3-2, will slip to 113 points and behind England on decimal points. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will by eyeing the chance to seal direct qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 during the upcoming series.
  
• Justin Gatlin claims gold in Usain Bolt's 100-metre farewell race
  American veteran Justin Gatlin won in the 100m world title in London. In the same race Usain Bolt wins Bronze. It is the last 100m race of Usain Bolt. Gatlin, who has served two doping bans and won silvers behind Bolt at the last two world championships, clocked 9.92 seconds, with teammate Christian Coleman winning silver in 9.94sec.
  
  Usain Bolt: Of his 19 global golds, 13 have come in individual events and allied with a charismatic personality, it has guaranteed Bolt recognition as one of the world's most successful sportsmen.
  
• Colombo Test: India beat Sri Lanka and won series
  India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in the second cricket Test in Colombo on 6th August to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Virat Kohli is the only India captain to have won two Test series in Sri Lanka.
  
• Kerala High Court lifts BCCI's life ban on Sreesanth
  Kerala High Court on 7th August lifted the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
  
  In his order, Justice A Muhamed Mustaque also set aside all proceedings against Sreesanth initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
  
  The court had earlier sought the BCCI's stand on the plea by the cricketer challenging the life ban imposed upon him by the game's governing body following the scandal.
  
  The BCCI had filed a counter-affidavit on the issue in the court in response to the plea by Sreesanth, who had challenged the life ban despite a court dropping all charges against the Sreesanth.
  
  All the 36 accused, including Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were let off in the spot-fixing case by a Patiala House court in July 2015. The BCCI, however, had refused to alter its disciplinary decision even after the verdict.
  
• 2 silver, 6 bronze medals for India at Asian Junior boxing
  India finished the Asian Junior Boxing Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines on 7th August with two silver and six bronze medals. Satender Rawat and Mohit Khatana settled for silver medals after losing their final bouts in the Championships.
  
  Satender lost to Uzbekistan's Almatov Shokrukh in the 80 plus kilogram category in a split verdict, while Mohit went down to Kazakhstan's Togambay Sagyndyk in the 80 kilogram category.
  
  Earlier, Ankit Narwal, Bhavesh Kattimani , Sidhartha Malik , Vinit Dahiya , Akshay Siwach and Aman Sehrawat claimed bronze medals after losing in the semifinals in their respective weight categories.
  
• Olympics: LA approves host city contract for 2028 Games
  Los Angeles city council rubber-stamped the host city contract on 11th August, paving the way for bringing the 2028 Summer Olympics to southern California and ceding the 2024 Games to Paris.
  
  The members voted 12-0 in favour of signing off on the memorandum of understanding and host city contract documents which would see the city host the Summer Games for the third time in history.
  
  Los Angeles started off competing with other cities around the world for the 2024 Games, but eventually all bidders except for Los Angeles and Paris dropped out.
  
  Last month the International Olympic Committee had approved the idea of awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously.
  
• Davinder Singh Kang Qualify for Javelin Throw Finals
  Davinder Singh Kang becomes the first Indian to qualify for the final round of the javelin throw World Championships. He had an 82.22m in his opening throw and then came up with 82.14m in his second. He is the first ever Indian who is qualified in the men’s javelin throw final round in any World Championship
  
• Ravindra Jadeja tops ICC ranking among all-rounders in Test Cricket
  India's Ravindra Jadeja on 8th August edged out Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to claim the top-rank among all-rounders apart from maintaining top position in the bowlers' chart in the latest ICC test match rankings. Jadeja currently has 438 points among the all-rounders while Shakib has 431 points. Cheteshwar Pujara gained a place to be third among batsmen while Virat Kohli maintained his fifth position.
  
  Steve Smith and Joe Root are still at No 1 and 2 position in batsmen rankings. The significant gainer is Ajinkya Rahane, who has climbed five places to be sixth in the list. Opener K L Rahul is at number 11 with 737 points. In the bowlers' list Ravichandran Ashwin dropped a place to be third with Jimmy Anderson a notch below Jadeja. Pacers Mohammad Shami at 20th and Umesh Yadav at 22nd have also made notable gains.
  
• Shiva, Manoj won Gold at Czech Boxing Tournament
   Indian boxers at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinched five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic.
  
  World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa in 60 kg, former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar in 69 kg, Amit Phangal in 52 kg, Gaurav Bidhuri in 56 kg and Satish Kumar in +91 kg category claimed gold medals after winning their respective summit clashes
  
  Kavinder Bisht in 52 kg and Manish Panwar in 81 kg settled for silver medals. Earlier, Sumit Sangwan had claimed a bronze in 91 kg category after going down in the semifinals.
  
• India bags 24 medals at Jordan Open TT
  India has bagged a rich haul of 24 medals at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament. The tally includes seven Gold, seven Silver and 10 Bronze medals. In the event held at Amman, India ended as the second best finishers.
  
• Summer Olympics: Los Angeles agrees to host 2028 Games; Paris gets 2024
  Los Angeles formally announced its bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics on 31st July after agreeing on a deal that paves the way for Paris to host in 2024.
  
  The Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic bid committee in cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced it on 30th July. The LA bid committee said in a statement that Los Angeles will host the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games 2028. Los Angeles had been in a race with Paris to host the 2024 Games, with the winner to be named by the IOC on September 13 in Lima.
  
• Caeleb Dressel becomes first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals
  The 20-year-old Caeleb Dresselas of America became the first swimmer to win three gold medals on a single night at either the worlds or the Olympics. Caeleb Dressel accomplished this feat at 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

SPORTS JULY 2017

SPORTS JULY 2017

• Roger Federer won a record 8th Wimbledon title beating Marin Cilic in Men's singles
   Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament's oldest champion on 16th July with a straight-sets victory over Marin Cilic. Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title beating Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4. The 36-year old Federer is also Wimbledon's oldest men's winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when he won in 1976.
  
  This was Swiss superstar's 11th Wimbledon final and 29th title at the majors.With this victory, Federer also became the first player since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win Wimbledon without dropping a set in the entire tournament.
  
• I H Manudev wins National Masters snooker tournament
  I H Manudev has won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai. In final he defeated former National Men’s Champion Alok Kumar.
  
• Sandeep Kumar wins gold in men's 20 km race walk
  Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometer race walk on Day 2 of the National Inter State Championships athletics meet in Guntur. Sandeep clocked a timing of one hour 27 minute and 1.52 seconds to pocket the yellow metal.
  
  In the event, Odiya sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick won the men's 200 meter run in 21.65 seconds. The women's 200 meter race was also clinched by Odisha athlete Srabani Nanda finished with a timing of 24.18 seconds.
  
• Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet fails dope test
  Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur has been caught in the dope net after testing positive for a banned stimulant. She has been tested positive for stimulant dimethylbutylamine.
  
  The test was conducted by National Anti-Doping Officials during the Federation Cup National Championships held in Patiala from 1st to 4th June.
  
  She has not been put under provisional suspension as dimethylbutylamine is a specified substance under the WADA Code but India will lose the gold medal she won in Bhubaneswar if her confirmatory urine sample 'B' test also returns positive.
  
  Manpreet has already qualified for next month's World Championships to be held in London. Since, Dimethylbutylamin comes under the unspecified category of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Kaur is eligible to take part in the world meet.
  
  Manpreet had set a national record in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix meet in Jinhua (China) with a throw of 18.86m which fetched her a gold as well as a World Championships berth.
  
  Later, she won a gold each in the Federation Cup, Asian Championships and the National Inter-State Championships which concluded at Guntur on 18th July.
  
• Gokulnath becomes first Indian to finish toughest cycle race RAAM
   Lt Col Srinivas Gokulnath on 9th July said power of the mountains helped him become the first Indian to finish the toughest cycle race, Race Across America (RAAM). Gokulnath became the first Indian to complete the 4,900 kilometre RAAM in solo category.
  
• India tops medal tally in Asian Athletics Championships
  India has topped the medal tally for first time in the history of Asian Athletics Championships. In a stunning show of dominance on the fourth and final day of competitions in Bhubaneshwar, India clinched five gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. With that, the hosts ended the championships on top with a haul of 29 medals which included 12 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze.
  
  India's earlier best came way back in the 1985 Jakarta edition where they had won 22 medals which included 10 gold, 5 silver, seven bronze. With their most successful campaign in the continental flagship event, India pushed China to second spot.
  
  China ended this edition with a tally of 8 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze. Kazakhstan finished third with 4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze while Iran ended on fourth with 4 gold and 1 bronze.
  
  Heptathlete Swapna Barman gave India the first gold of the day as she collected a total of 5942 points from the seven events. Japan's Meg Hemphill was second, while another Indian Purnima Hembram was third in the event.
  
  Lakhsmanan Govindan grabbed his second gold of the championships by winning the men's 10,000 metre event in 29 minute and 55.87 seconds. His Indian compatriot Gopi Thonkanal won the silver winner. Lakhsmanan had already won a gold in the 5000 metre race on the opening day.
  
  World junior record holder javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinched the gold with a final throw of 85.23 metres. Devinder Singh Kang came third in the event.
  
  India fittingly wrapped up the championships by winning gold in the men's and women's 4x400 metre relay races to send the packed crowd to wild celebrations. In men's 800 metre race, India won a bronze through Jinson Johnson.
  
• BCCI names Ravi Shastri as new coach
  The BCCI named Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of the Indian cricket team till ICC World Cup 2019 with former fast bowling great Zaheer Khan being appointed the bowling coach for a period of two years. Former Indian Captain Rahul Dravid has appointed as batting consultant for specific overseas tours.
  
  It will be third stint with the national team for Shastri, who was earlier a Cricket Manager during 2007 tour of Bangladesh and then Team Director from August 2014 to June 2016 during which India reached the semi-finals of 2015 World Cup and World T20 semi-finals in 2016.
  
  Virat Kohli-led Indian cricket team has been without a head coach after Anil Kumble resigned from the post after the ICC? Champions Trophy 2017.
  
• Mithali Raj created Record
  Mithali Raj added yet another feather in her cap. When she scored 34 runs, in the match against Australia, she created history by becoming the leading run-getter in ODIs, going past England player Charlotte Edwards’ record of 5992 ODI runs.
  
• Asian Athletics Championships: Manpreet Kaur wins gold in short put event
  Asian Athletics Championships at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, on the opening day on 6th July, India's Manpreet Kaur won a gold in short put event in women's category. Nayana Gems won a silver in Women's Long Jump. India opened the account with a bronze medal when Vikash Gowda won it in Men's discuss throw.
  
  Ace sprinter Dutee Chand exploited the home advantage to enter into semi finals in 100m women category. Dutee clocked 11.40 seconds in the qualifying round to cover the distance where she stood first. Similarly, Amiya Mallick also qualified for the next round in the 100 meter race.
  
• Harinder Sandhu wins South Australian Open title
  India's Harinder Pal Sandhu has won the South Australian Open squash title. In the final at Adelaide on 8th July, the Indian, a former national champion, defeated Rhys Dowling of the host nation.

SPORTS JUNE 2017

SPORTS JUNE 2017

• Kidambi Srikanth wins Australia Open Super Series
   Kidambi Srikanth clinched his fourth Super Series title with an incredible straight-game triumph over reigning Olympic and world champion Chen Long in the Australian Open final in Sydney on 25th June.
  
  The triumph is his second successive after clinching the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier title last week. Entering the summit showdown, Srikanth was only the fifth player in the world to contest three successive Super Series finals (Singapore and Indonesia prior to this).
  
• Kavita Devi to compete in WWE
  Former Indian powerlifter and South Asian Games gold medal winner, Kavita Devi became the first Indian woman to appear in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event is set to take place on July 13 and July 14 in Full Sail Live in Orlando, Florida. The May Young Classic (July 13-14) will feature 32 of the top female competitors from around the world participating in a single-elimination tournament.
  
• Srinivas Gokulnath becomes 1st Indian to finish solo race across America
  Srinivas Gokulnath from Maharashtra created history by becoming the first Indian to complete the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in solo category. Considered to be the toughest cycle race in the world, he cycled for eleven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
  
  Among the nine men who finished, Gokulnath stood 7th while Samarth was right on his heels at number 8. The race was won by Christoph Strasser.
  
  Unlike a stage race like the famed Tour de France, the clock is constantly ticking at RAAM, and the riders have to pedal over 400 km a day to finish the race in the stipulated 12 days. They can rest for only a couple of hours a day.
  
  In its over three-decade history, only three Indians had attempted RAAM solo, but no one could finish. Gokulnath, a doctor by training, is an aerospace medicine specialist working with the Army in Nashik.
  
• India finish second in Junior Shooting World Championship
  The Indian shooting squad has finished a creditable second at the ISSF Junior World Championship with three gold, two silver and three bronze medals in Suhl, Germany.
  
  India picked up a gold and silver in the team and individual sections of the 25m pistol junior men's event. India also won team bronze in the 25m pistol junior women's event to shore up their tally on the fourth and final day of competitions. Anish Bhanwala won three medals, one of each colour. China topped the tally in the rifle/pistol tournament with 19 medals, including eight gold.
  
• BCCI forms Committee to oversee Lodha Panel Reforms
  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the formation of a special seven-member committee to identify the ‘few critical points’ for the general body of the cricket board to consider before they are submitted to the Supreme Court. The seven-member committee has Rajeev Shukla, Sourav Ganguly, Naba Bhattacharjee, TC Mathew, Jay Shah, Amitabh Choudhary and Anirudh Chaudhary.
  
• K Srikanth lifts Indonesia Open
   India's K Srikanth has lifted the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton title by defeating Japanese qualifier Kazumasa Sakai in straight games in the Men's Singles final at Jakarta on 18th June. For World No.22 Srikanth, it is his third Super Series title. He had earlier won the 2014 China Open and 2015 India Open.
  
• Pakistan won their maiden Champions Trophy in Cricket beating India in final
  Pakistan have won their maiden Champions Trophy cricket title by defeating defending champions India by a margin of 180 runs in the final in London on 18th June.
  
• Indian Wushu Team bags six medals in BRICS Games
  India won six medals in the Wushu competition of the first ever BRICS Games, which concluded in Guangzhou, China 19th June.
  
  The medals haul comprised two each in gold, silver and bronze. M. Gyandas and Anjul Namdev won one gold each. The two silver medals came through Bidheswari Devi and Toshibala while L. Sanatgombhi Chanu and Sajan Lama settled for bronze in the Wushu competition. The first edition of the BRICS Games opened on 17th June.
  
  It featured some 300 athletes from five countries- Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa with 10 events in 3 sports - men's basketball, women's volleyball and Wushu.
  
  The launch of the first BRICS Games marked an important consensus reached at the 8th BRICS summit in Goa, India, last October. China will host the 9th BRICS summit in September this year in the coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian province.
  
• Anil Kumble steps down as team India coach
  Anil Kumble has stepped down as the coach of the Indian cricket team. This comes after Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decided to not renew his one-year contract and invited fresh applications for the post. Kumble's contract as the head coach of the Indian team ended after the ICC Champions Trophy and it is understood that he was not interested in an extension.
  
  Kumble, who was appointed as the head coach last year, has had a good run. Under his guidance, India won 10 out of the 13 home Tests with two draws and a single defeat. India also won a Test series comprehensively in the West Indies. Under Kumble, India also won the ODI series against New Zealand and the limited-overs series against England.
  
• Rafael Nadal beats Stan Wawrinka to win French title
   Rafael Nadal had defeated Stan Wawrinka limb and won French open title. It is his tenth victory of this event.
  
• Jitu Rai-Heena Sidhu clinch gold medal in ISSF World Cup
  India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to clinch the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup, beating Russia in the final in Gabala, Azerbaijan on 12th June. France beat Iran by an identical score to win the bronze in the event.
  
  430 athletes from 45 countries are competing for medals in the ongoing World Cup, which is the last chance for rifle and pistol shooters to qualify for the ISSF World Cup Finals.
  
• England won the FIFA U - 20 World Cup
  England won the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) under-20 World Cup final at Suwon World Cup Stadium.
  
  In final, England defeated Venezuela. The FIFA U- 20 is the world championship of Football for male players under the age of 20.
  
• Virat Kohli reclaims top spot in ICC ODI rankings for batsmen
  India captain Virat Kohli has reclaimed the top spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings for batsmen. With brilliant knocks of 81 not out against Pakistan and 76 not out against South Africa in the Champions Trophy, Kohli leapfrogged de Villiers and Warner into the number one spot. Kohli had earlier held the top spot for four days in January 2017.
  
  Opener Shikhar Dhawan has returned in the top 10. The left-hander vaulted five places to 10th following scores of 68 against Pakistan, 125 against Sri Lanka and 78 against South Africa. Rohit Sharma and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have slipped one place each to 13th and 14th, respectively, while Yuvraj Singh has gained six places to be at 88th spot.
  
  Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has led the charge of India's bowlers by vaulting 13 places to share 23rd spot with Afghanistan's Hamza Hotak. Umesh Yadav has gained two places to be at 41st position, while Jasprit Bumrah is at 43rd after climbing up three spots. However, Indian spinners have slipped in the latest rankings with Ravichandran Ashwin dropping two places to 20th and Ravindra Jadeja falling three places to 29th.
  
• Thailand Grand Prix Gold: Praneeth lifts Men's Singles Crown
   India's B Sai Praneeth has lifted the Men's Singles Crown in the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament. In the final in Bangkok on 4th June, third seeded Praneeth defeated Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in three games. This is the first Grand Prix Gold title for Sai Praneeth.
  
• Sasikiran wins Capablanca memorial chess
  Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran earned 6.5 points from 10 rounds to become the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Varadero, Cuba.
  
  Sasikiran played out a quick draw against Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez of Cuba in the 10th and final round to win the title with 6.5 points ahead of top seed Vasily Ivanchuk of Ukraine, who secured 5.5 points.
  
• 2017 Forbes list of 'The World's highest paid athletes'
  Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is the sole sportsperson from the country to feature among the world's 100 highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
  
  Kohli, has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes list of 'The World's highest paid athletes' with a total pay of USD 22 million that includes USD three million from salary and winnings and another 19 million from endorsements.
  
  The list has been topped by Ronaldo with a total pay of 93 million dollars. American basketball star LeBron James comes in at the second spot with USD 86.2 million, followed by Argentine footballer Lionel Messi with 80 million, tennis star Roger Federer (4) with 64 million and American basketball player Kevin Durant.
  
  However, in a troubling indication of gender inequality, the list of 100 has only one woman sports star. Forbes noted that the top 100 athletes are a boys' club more than ever, with tennis star Serena Williams, who comes in at the 51 spot with USD 27 million, the lone female athlete to make the cut this year.
  
• Bopanna wins maiden Grand Slam title at French Open
  Rohan Bopanna lifted his maiden Grand Slam title by winning the French Open mixed doubles trophy with Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski, becoming only the fourth Indian ever to clinch a major. Bopanna and Dabrowski, seeded seventh, won the title following a stunning turnaround in the final.
  
• C A Bhavani wins gold in Turnoi satellite fencing championship
  India's C A Bhavani Devi has won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland. In the final, she beat Sarah Jane Hampson of Great Britain. She had beaten her British opponent Jessica Corby 15-11 in the semifinal. The release said Bhavani Devi became the first Indian to win a gold medal in an international fencing event.
  
• South Korea wins Badminton's Sudirman Cup
  South Korea on 28th May won badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years with an emotional 3-2 victory over 10-time champions China at Australia's Gold Coast.
  
  The South Koreans Choi Sol-Gyu and Chae Yoo-Jung beat Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of China in the mixed doubles match. The victory, their first in the biennial tournament since Eindhoven in 2003, ended China's 14-year grip on the Sudirman Cup.
  
  In other events, however, China maintained its lead.Rio Olympic champions Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan won the men's doubles match. The pair of Chang Ye-Na and Lee So-Hee also won the women's doubles rubber.
  
• ICC Rankings: Kohli only Indian in top 10 of ICC ODI rankings
   India captain Virat Kohli is the lone cricketer from the country to feature in the top 10 of the ICC Players Rankings for ODIs as he managed to hold on to his third spot in the batsman's chart. The intense competition in the individual rankings justifies the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy's significance as players from the eight participating teams feature prominently in it and not much separates the top players in the fray.
  
  The top three batsmen - South Africa's AB de Villiers (874 rating points), Australian David Warner (871) and Kohli (852) are separated by just 22 points. Among other Indians to feature in the top 20 of the ICC Players Ranking for ODI batsmen are Rohit Sharma (12th), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (13th) and Shikhar Dhawan, who dropped a place to 15th.
  
  However, there was disappointment for India in the bowlers chart as not a single cricketer from the country features in the top 10 list which is being headed by Kagiso Rabada of South Africa. Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel finds himself at joint 11th spot along with New Zealand's Matt Henry while Amit Mishra (13th) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (joint 18th) are the other two Indian bowlers to feature in the top 20 list.
  
  The top five ODI teams are close to each other with South Africa (122), Australia (118), India (117), New Zealand (114) and England (112) all having a lot to play for in the eight- team tournament.
  
• Kohli, Dhoni and Yuvraj in ESPN World Fame 100 List
  India cricket captain Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina have found places in 2017 ESPN World Fame 100 list that made its debut in 2016.
  
  While Kohli is placed in the 13th spot and Dhoni in the 15th, Yuvraj and Raina have been ranked 90th and 95th, respectively.
  
  The top ranking sport personality is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo followed by NBA star Lebron James. Footballer Lionel Messi is followed by tennis ace Roger Federer.
  
  The ranking is based on a formula devised by ESPN director of sports analytics Ben Alamar, which combines endorsements, social media reach and other data to create a comparative ranking system.
  
  The ESPN World Fame 100 has been released on 31st May on ESPN digital editions.