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Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year 2019

• Indian Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman Smriti Mandhana won the Wisden India Almanack Cricketer of the Year award.

• The other 3 winners are Pakistan's Fakhar Zairian, Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne and Afghanistan's Rashid Khan.

• Smriti Mandhana became the third woman to win 'Cricketer of the Year', after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma.

• Former Indian cricketers Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath were inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame.

• The book titled "Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team" by Prashant Kidambi was adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year 2019 (Published by Penguin India).

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019-20

• Karnataka has won the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Karnataka defeated Tamil Nadu by 9 wickets in the finals of Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru.

• Karnataka won their 4th Vijay Hazare Trophy title with a dominant display against Tamil Nadu.

• Abhimanyu Mithun took a hat-trick in the summit clash.

Most decorated gymnast in World Championships

• Simone Biles of USA became the most decorated gymnast in the world championships' history on October 13, 2019 with a gold medal on the balance beam in Stuttgart, Germany.

• She won her 25th career world medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, surpassing Belarusian Vitaly Scherbo's career total of 23.22 years old Biles took home five of the six golds to be won in Stuttgart, Germany, winning the top of the podium in team competition, all-around, and vault in addition to floor and beam.

First Indian to play 100 T20Is

• Harmanpreet Kaur has become the 1st Indian to play 100 T20 International matches.

• She has joined the club of 10 female players who have reached the three figure mark in terms of appearances.

• New Zealand's Suzie Bates and Australia's Ellyse Perry are on top of the list with 111 appearances.

• Harmanpreet Kaur has 2 more appearances in T20's than MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, who have played the highest number of matches for India in men's cricket.

Asian Body Building Sports Championship 2019

• Maj Abdul Quadir Khan of the Corps of Signals brought laurels to India by winning a Silver Medal at the prestigious 53rd Asian Body Building & Physique Sports Championship held at Batam Indonesia in Oct 19.

• He participated in the Indian Body Building Federation (IBBF) selection trials held at Khammam, Telangana in July 2019 and got selected to represent India. This was his maiden event.

Fit India Plog Run

• Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on October 2, 2019 flagged off `Fit India Plog’ run at Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi to mark Gandhi Jayanti.

• Plogging is a concept brings together fitness and cleanliness as participants pick up plastic and other waste from the road while jogging.

• The run is being organised at over two thousand places all over the country including 225 places in the national capital.

• Nehru Yuva Kendras, NSS centers and government and private institutions across the country are also organising the Plog Run to ensure that fitness and cleanliness become a way of life for people.


India's first floating basketball court

• National Basketball Association (NBA) brought to India the first-ever Floating Basketball Court in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, Maharashtra. NBA India on December 20, 2018, had announced that the first-ever NBA game in the country would be organized on October 4 and 5, 2019in Mumbai.

SAFF U-18 football C'ship 2019

• On September 29, 2019, India won the 3rd edition of South Asian Football Federation Under-18 (SAFF U-18) football championship 2019 title for the first time by defeating Bangladesh in the finals held in the host country Nepal, in Kathmandu's Halchowk Stadium.

• India's Vikram Partap Singh and Ravi Bahadur Rana, each scored a goal to make up to the maiden championship title by defeating Bangladesh for 2-1.

• India's Ninthoinganba Meetei is adjudged as the most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament.

• Fair play award was given to team Bhutan.

• The most successful nation in winning the SAFF U-18 championship multiple times was Nepal (2 times) Recently in the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship held in March 2019, Indian women's team emerged as the champions by defeating Nepal.

Op-Blue Freedom

• Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and former India football captain Baichung Bhutia flagged off the Delhi leg of Op-Blue Freedom on August 21, 2019.

• After the success of the Chandigarh leg, the group of eight veterans, including from the elite special forces of PARA regiment and MARCO, dived at SPM Swimming Pool Complex in Delhi.

• Op-Blue Freedom is an initiative in which a group of armed forces veterans train sports enthusiasts in survival training and self-defense.

• It is a nation-wide adaptive scuba diving programme for people with disabilities as well as the able bodied.

• The program aims to train adventure enthusiasts in special forces skills like survival techniques, emergency first response skills, unarmed combat, endurance and fitness.

Basketball World Cup

• Spain defeated Argentina by 95-75 to win the Basketball World Cup held in Beijing, China.

• This was its second title win after 13 years. The next world cup will held in 2023 in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.

• Spain had won the title last time in 2006 with a 70-47 win over Greece.

• With 32 teams, this was the biggest Basketball World Cup ever.

First woman to claim two hat-tricks in white-ball cricket

• Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt scripted history by becoming the first woman to claim two hat-tricks in white-ball cricket.

• The right-arm medium-pacer claimed an ODI hat-trick to become the first Australian woman to achieve the feat.

• She became the first Australian women to claim a hat-trick in ODIs.

• Schutt had claimed her first hat-trick in a T20 game against India.

Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame 2019

• Managing Director and Chairman of Hero MotoCorp, Pawan Munjal will be inducted into the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame.

• He will be inducted for his support to "Golf" in India and around the world.

• The induction ceremony will be held at the 2019 Asian Golf Awards Gala Banquet.

• With the honour, he will join the legendary players such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and other leading personalities such as David Chu who were bestowed with the highest honour in the Asia Pacific golf industry.


Duleep Trophy Title 2019

• India Red beat India Green by an innings and 38 runs to clinch the Duleep Trophy title at Bengaluru.

• India Red had scored 388 in their first innings. On the other hand, India Green compiled 231 runs in their first innings and 119 in their second innings.

• Abhimanyu Eswaran, who made a brilliant 153 for India Red, was named player of the match.

US Open 2019 Winner List

Event Winner Runner-up 1. Men's Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

2. Women's Singles Bianca Andreescu (Canada) Serena Williams (USA)

3. Men's Doubles Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah (Colombia)

Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Horacio Zeballos (Argentina)

4. Women's Doubles Elise Mertens (Belgium) & Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)

Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)

5. Mix Doubles Jamie Murray (Great Britain) & Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Michael Venus (New Zealand) & Chan Hao -ching (Chinese Taipei)

French Open 2019 Winner List

Event Winner Runner-up 1. Men's Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem (Austria)

2. Women's Singles Ashleigh Barty (Australia) Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)

3. Men's Doubles Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies (Germany) Fabrice Martin and Jeremy Chardy (France)

4. Women's Doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) and Timea Babos (Hungary)

Duan Yingying and Zheng Saisai (China)

5. Mix Doubles Latisha Chan (Taiwan) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia)

Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) and Mate Pavic (Croatia)

Wimbledon Championships 2019

Event Winner Runner-up 1. Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) R. Federer (Switzerland)

2. Women's Singles S. Halep ( Romania) Serena Williams (LISA)

3. Men's Doubles Juan Sebastian Cabal (Colombia) and Robert Farah (Colombia)

Nicolas Mahal (France) and Edouard Roger Vasselin (France)

4. Women's Doubles S W. Hsieh (Taiwan) and B. Strycova (Czech Republic)

G Dabrowski (Canada) and Y. Xu (China)

5. Mix Doubles I. Dodig (Croatia) and L. Chan (Taiwan) R. Lindstedt (Sweden) J. Ostapenko (Latvia)

Australian Open-2019

Event Winner Runner-up 1. Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain)

2. Women's Singles Naomi Osaka (Japan) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)

3. Men's Doubles Pierre-I-fugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France)

Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers (Australia)

4. Women's Doubles Samantha Stosur (Australia) and Mang Shuai (China)

Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)

5. Mix Doubles Barbora Krejeikova (Czech Republic) and Rajeev Ram (United States)

Astra Sharma (Australial and John-Patrick Smith (Australia)


Yashaswini Deswal wins gold at ISSF World Cup

• Indian shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal won gold in the women's lOmeter Air Pistol event at the ISSF World Cup at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. she has also secured an Olympic quota for India. This is India's 9th quota in shooting for 2020 Tokyo Games.

PV Sindhu becomes first Indian to win World Championships gold

• Ace Indian shunter PV Sindhu has won the World Championships title defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the final at Basel, Switzerland.

• Sindhu defeated her Japanese opponent Nozomi Okuhara to 21-7, 21-7. This was Sindhu's third straight World Championships final.

• With this victory, the 24-year-old shuttler has become the first Indian to book a gold medal at the World Championships.

3rd Indian to register a hat trick in Test cricket

• Indian pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the third Indian to register a hat-trick in Test cricket.

• He took 3 wickets in 3 successive balls in the 2nd test against West Indies, held in Kingston, Jamaica.

• He dismissed Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks and Roston Chase to claim the hat trick.

• This was the third test hat-trick by an Indian bowler after Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan.

SAFF Under-15 title

• A convincing India U-15 team thrashed Nepal 7-0 to lift the SAFF U-15 title at the Kalyani Stadium in Kolkata.

• Striker Sridarth Nongmeikapam scored a hat-trick while Maheson Singh, Amandeep, Sibajit Singh and Himanshu Jangra scored one goal apiece.

• The victory also meant that India is now the most successful team in the tournament's history.

• They won the title for a record third time after previous wins in 2013 and 2017, both of which came in Nepal.

Highest paid women in sports list 2019

• 23-time Grand Slam singles winner and American tennis superstar Serena Williams tops the highest-paid women sports list 2019 for the 4th straight year released by Forbes magazine with earnings 529.2million.

• Japan's Naomi Osaka who is currently standing second in the list with earnings of $24.3 million, became the fourth woman to earn more than $20million after Serana Williams, Russia's Maria Sharapova and China's Li Na.

• Indian badminton player PV Sindhu (13th) and Thai golfer Ariya Jutanugarn were the non-tennis players in the top 15 rankings.

Junior Track Cycling World Championships 2019

• Cyclists Esow Albeit, Ronaldo Singh and Rojit Singh of India won the first cycling gold by defeating Australiain men's team sprint event at UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Junior Track Cycling World Championships 2019 held in Frankfurt, Germany.

• Bronze was won by Great Britain. The event was held from August 14-18, 2019. The women's team of Triyasha and Nikita finished 5th in the women's team sprint event. 2020 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

UEFA Super Cup 2019

• On August 15, 2019, Football club, Liverpool produced their best to win the 44th UEFA Super Cup 2019 by beating Chelsea with 5-4 on penalties at the Vodafone Park, Istanbul, Turkey.

• The match was the first all-English UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Super Cup & it was Liverpool's 4th Super Cup victory with the previous victories in the year of 2005, 2001& 19


AWARDS

No. Name of the Sportsperson Discipline

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019

1. Bajrang Punia Wrestling

2. Deepa Malik Para-athletics

Arjuna Awards

1. Ravindra Jadeja Cricket

2. Mohammed Anas Yahiya Athletics

3. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu Football

4. Sonia Lather Boxing

5. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam Hockey

6. S Bhaskaran Bodybuilding

7. Ajay Thakur Kabaddi

8. Anjum Moudgil Shooting

9. Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth Badminton

10. Tajinder Pal Singh Toor Athletics

11. Pramod Bhagat Para sports -badminton

12. Harmeet Rajul Desai Table tennis

13. Pooja Dhanda Wrestling

14. Fouaad Mirza Equestrian

15. Simran Singh Shergill Polo

16. Poonam Yadav Cricket

17. Swapna Burman Athletics

18. Sundar Singh Gurjar Para sports-athletics

19. Gaurav Singh Gill Motorsports

Dronacharya Awards

1. Mohinder Singh Dhillon Athletics

2 . Sandeep Gupta Table Tennis

3. Vimal Kumar Badminton

4. Sanjay Bhardwaj Cricket

5. Rambir Singh Khokar Kabaddi

6. Mezban Patel Hockey

Dhyan Chand Award

1. Manoj Kumar Wrestling

2. C Lalremsanga Archery

3. Amp Basak Table tennis

4. Nitten Kirrtane Tennis

5. Manuel Fredricks Hockey

Three new sports including in the CWG 2022 The Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022 which is to be held in Birmingham, England will be the first major multi-sport event to give additional spot to women's medal thus making more Women's medal than men's medal. A The medal classification are- 135 medals for women and 133 medals for men. The three newly added sports are :

• Women's T20 (twenty-twenty) cricket.

• Beach volleyball and

• Para-table tennis


First Indian woman to win FIM Bajas World Cup 2019

• 23-year-old Indian motorsport rider, Aishwarya Pissay from Bengaluru became the first woman from India as well as the first Indian to win the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) Bajas World cup 2019 with a tally of 65 points.

• Aishwarya Pissay also finished second in the FIM junior category with 46 points. She was the only one to compete for all the four rounds over her rivals and represented TVS (Thiruklcunmgudi vengaram Sundaram) motors. She finished 4th in the final level of the 2019 Bajas world cup to win the championship-leading with four points.

• A total of 5 participants competed in the 2019 FIM Bajas World cup with Portugal's Rita Vieira (61 points) finishing in the second spot.

Women's Singles Rankings in Badminton

• In the recently released women's singles ranking by Badminton World Federation, India's star players PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have retained 5th spot and 8th spot respectively. The ranking is topped by Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.

• Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying was overtaken by Akane Yamaguchi to become the new world no. I champion.

• Japan's Nozomi Okuhara is ranked second and Tai Tzu Ymg is ranked third in the BWF rankings.

• In BWF men's ranking Japan's Kento Momota is ranked first whereas India's Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma are ranked 10th and 13th respectively.

ICC World Cup 2019

• The ICC Men's World Cup 2019 was the 12th Cricket World Cup held in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019. It was administered by International Cricket Council (ICC).

• The cricket format was One Day Internationals (ODIs). 10 teams participated in the cricket tournament with a total of 48 matches played between the teams.

• The Finals were held at the Lord's Cricket Ground between New Zealand and England.

• England lifted the first World Cup title beating New Zealand on boundary count after both the match and the subsequent Super Over finished as ties.

• Eoin Morgan : World Cup-winning captain

• Kane Williamson : Runners-up captain

Awards

• Kane Stuart Williamson of New Zealand was named as the Player of the Tournament with 578 runs who received the award from Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar.

• Stokes of England was awarded the Man of the Match.

Most wickets

• With record-shattering 27 wickets, Australian left-arm pacer Mitchell Stare topped the table of wicket-takers.

• He also bagged two four-wicket and two five-wicket hauls in just 10 games.

Most runs

• Rohit Sharma scored 648 runs from the nine games at an average of 81 including 67 fours and 14 sixes.

• David Warner followed Sharma in the second position with 647 runs and Shakib Al Hasan stood third in the list of tournament's leading run scorers.

Highlights of ICC Men's World Cup-2019

• ICC had released its official song 'Stand By'.

• The ICC launched the Crib Campaign on the eve of the Men's World Cup 2019. It brought together 460 million people who play cricket globally to celebrate the magnificent diversity of cricket.


Records created at ICC Men's World Cup 2019

MS Dhonl

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India became the first wicket-keeper to keep wickets in 600 international innings during the opening match against South Africa.

• He held another record of Most Dismissals (33) in World Cup behind Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka (54) and Adam Gilchrist of Australia (52).

• He has 139 list A stumpings to his name equaling the record of Pakistan’s Moin Khan during the same match.

• He became the second Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to play 350 ODIs.

Virat Kohli

• Virat Kohli of India became the fastest Asian to win 50 ODIs as captain in 69 matches.

• He became the fastest batsman to score 11,000 ODI runs breaking the record of Sachin Tendulkar of India.

• Kohli took 222 innings whereas Tendulkar had taken 276 innings to achieve it.

• He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lam of the West Indies to become the fastest batsman to score 20,000 International runs.

• He became the first captain to score five straight fifties in the history of World Cup. He went past Rahul Dravid to become the highest run-scorer in England in ODIs, amongst the Indian batsmen.

• Rahul Dravid had scored 1238 runs in England. He became the third Indian to score 1,000 runs in World Cup history after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

Rohit Sharma

• Rohit Sharma of India became the highest scorer in World Cup 2019 with 648 runs.

• He became the only batsman in the 12th edition of the Cricket World Cup who scored 5 centuries.

• Rohit also broke the record of Kumar Sangakkara who registered a record of 4 centuries in a single WC tournament in the last edition of World Cup 2015.

• He became the fastest Indian to score 2000 runs against Australia in ODIs in 37 innings. 2- He broke the record held by MS Dhoni to hit most International sixes by an Indian with 358 sixes. MS Dhoni held the record with 355 sixes.

• He became the second fastest Indian World Cup hundred scorer against Pakistan in 85 balls. Virendra Shewag was the first Indian who scored the fastest World Cup hundred with 80 balls in 2008 & 84 balls in 2005 against Pakistan. He became the Second Indian in history to smash 3 hundreds in a World Cup after Sourav Ganguly.

• He became the third fastest batsman to score 25 ODI hundreds after South Africa's Hashim Arnie and India's Virat Kohli.

• He became the first Indian to cross 1000 runs in World Cup 2019. He hit highest sixes and scored 4 centuries which equaled the record of Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara of hitting four centuries in a World Cup. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul scored the highest opening partnership with 180 runs in the World Cup 2019 against Bangladesh. He set the World Record of maximum hundreds in single World Cup which was equaled to Sachin Tendulkar's record accounting to six hundreds.

Other Records

• Shikhar Dhawan became the third Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly to smash at least three hundreds in World Cup.

• Aaron Finch of Australia smashed 153 runs off 132 balls against Sri Lanka to record the highest ever score by an Australian captain in a World Cup match breaking the record of Ricky Ponting.

• Rashid Khan of Afghanistan became the most expensive bowler in World Cup history accounting 110 runs in nine overs without a single wicket, breaking the record held by New Zealand's Martin Snedden (2/105 off 12 overs).


• Mohammed Shami of India became the second Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in World Cup history after Chetan Sharma. Jasprit Bumrah became the second fastest Indian to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket in his 57th ODI match with 18 wickets after Mohammed Shami.

• India rose to the top of the ICC ODI rankings with 123 points, followed by England (122) and New Zealand (114). Babar Azam of Pakistan became the second-fastest batsman to reach 3,000 ODI runs in 68 innings after Hashim Amla, who had reached the milestone in 57 innings. Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh became the third cricketer in history to score 600+ runs in a World Cup Sachin Tendulkar and Mathew Hayden of Australia.

• Afghanistan's Ikram Ali Khil (86 runs off 92 balls) brook Sachin Tendulkar's 27-year-old World Cup record (84 runs) for the highest score by an I S-year-old at an ICC World Cup.

Krist of Milak breaks the Phelps record in 200m butterfly stroke

• Krist of Milak shattered Michael Phelps' long-standing world record in the 200 metres butterfly at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju.

• Hungarian teenager Milak won the final in 1:50.73, breaking the previous record of 1:51.51, set by Phelps in 2009.

Hima Das returns to 400m run, grabs 5th gold

• Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09 seconds in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.

• She is fondly called the `Dhing Express'.

Shooting Junior World Cup

• Shooting Junior World Cup, Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar clinched gold with a junior world record in the final of rifle 3-position event in Suhl Germany.

• India finished the ISSF tournament on top of the table with 10 gold, nine silver and five bronze for a total of24 medals.

Indian Men & Women's teams win Commonwealth Table Tennis title

• India has made a record by winning gold in both men's and women's category of the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship taking place in Odisha.

• The Indian men's team won the final match defeating England 3-2. The Indian women's team defeated England 3-0 in final match to won the gold for the first time in the history of the commonwealth games.

6th Indian to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame

• international Cricket Council has inducted India's batting icon Sachin Tendulkar, South African pace legend Allan Donald and two-times World Cup-winning Australian woman cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick into the ICC's Hall of Fame.

• Other Indians on the list are Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev,Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid. Sachin Tendulkar has 34,357 runs across formats and is the only batsman to have 100 internationals hundreds under his belt.

Rohan Bopanna and Smriti Mandhana got Arjuna Award

• Sports and Youth Affairs Minister conferred Arjuna Awards to tennis player Rohan Bopanna and Women cricketer Smriti Mandhana. Bopanna who won the Gold medal in tennis men's double category in Asian Games 2018 and Mandhana was the ICC women's player of the year 2018.

Vinesh Phogat wins gold at Yasar Dogu International

• India wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won her second consecutive gold in 53kg, at Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul. Phogat beat her Russian opponent Ekaterina Poleshchuk in the final match to bag the gold medal.


England scripts history, claims maiden ICC World Cup title 2019

• England lifted the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy 2019 at the Lord's cricket stadium in London. England defeated New Zealand with more number of boundaries in the Super Over thriller in the grand finale of ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy 2019.

• Player of the tournament: Kane Williamson (New Zealand).

• Player of the Match Award: Ben Stokes (England).

• Highest run scorer of the tournament: Rohit Sharma (India).

• Highest wicket taker of the tournament: Mitchell Stare (Australia). The 13th edition of ICC Cricket World Cup will be held in India from February 9 to March 26, 2023

Vinesh, Divya wins gold at Wrestling Grand Prix of Spain

• Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won a gold medal in the 53 kg category, while Divya Kakranhas won the gold medal in the 68 kg category at the Grand Prix of Spain.

• Pooja Dhanda (57 kg) has won a silver after losing the title clash to Russia's Veronika Chumikova.

FIFA Women's World Cup 2019

• United States wins FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 held in Lyon, France.

• They defeated the Netherlands with a scrore of 2-0. This is the 4th world cup title for the US's women football team.

Kutno Athletics Meet

• Indian athletes have won 4 gold medals in the Kutno Athletics Meet held in Poland. Following is the list of winners in the different categories: Hima Das won the gold while V.K. Vismaya bagged the silver in the women's 200 m race.

• Muhammed Anas won the gold in men's 200 in race. M P Jabir won the gold while Jithin Paul bagged the bronze medal in the men's 400 m hurdles. P Saritaben (gold), Sonia Baishya (silver) and R Vithya (bronze) won the women's 400 m race.

Copa America 2019

• Ten-man Brazil held on to win the Copa America on home soil despite Gabriel Jesus's dismissal with a 3-1 victory over Peru. Jesus scored the decisive goal after a penalty from Peru captain Paolo Guerrero canceled out Everton's opener for hosts Brazil at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium.

Fastest cricketer to score 20,000 international runs

• Virat Kohli becomes the fastest cricketer to score 20,000 international runs. He took just 417 innings to reach the milestone and bettered the time taken by legends such as Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara.

• The India captain reached the milestone when he reached the score of 37 in India's 6th match in World Cup tournament against West Indies.

Apurvi Chandela bags gold medal in 10m Air Rifle in ISSF World Cup

• Indians had a good day at the year's third International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle and Pistol tournament in Munich, Germany, Apurvi Chandela grabbed a gold, winning the women's 10m Air Rifle competition after a closely-fought contest. She shot a score of 251 in the final to outshine Wang Luyao of China, who shot 250.8.

• This was Apurvi's second ISSF World Cup gold of the year followed by a world record score in New Delhi in February. This was also her career's fourth ISSF medal.

Sudirman Cup 2019

• China won the badminton world mixed-team championship, Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning, China.

• They beat Japan in men's doubles, women's singles and men's singles to clinch the title for the 11th time.

• In the latest Men' singles match, Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Kento Momota 15-21, 21-5, 21-11.

• Japan have never won the Sudirman Cup.


CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019

• CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) Awards 2019 were announced in Mumbai. India captain Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer and Batsman of the Year award during the CCR International awards.

• Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was adjudged as International Bowler of the Year. Here is the complete list of winners of CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019:

CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2019 1. International Cricketer and Batsman of the Year Virat Kohli 2. International Bowler of the Year Jasprit Bumrah 3. International Test Cricketer of the Year Cheteshwar Pujara 4. International ODI Cricketer of the Year Rohit Sharma 5. International T20 Player of the Year Aaron Finch 6. Outstanding Performance of the Year Kuldeep Yadav 7. International T20 Bowler of the Year Rashid Khan 8. Lifetime Achievement Award Mohinder Amamath 9. Domestic Player of the Year Ashutosh Aman 10. International Woman Cricketer of the Year Smriti Mandhana 11. Junior Cricketer of the Year Yashasvi Jaiswal

India's GS Lakshmi becomes 1st ever female ICC Match Referee

• India's GS Lakshmi has become the first ever woman to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees and will be eligible to referee international games with immediate effect.

• The 50-year-old first officiated as a match referee in domestic women's cricket in 2008/09.

• Lakshmi has overseen three women's ODI matches and three women's T201 matches.

Highest Wicket-Taking Spinner in ODI

• Pakistan off-spinner Sana Mir has become the most successful women's ODI spinner in history after she took her 147th wicket, highest ever by any spinner in One-day International cricket.

• Currently, Mir is placed on the third position in the ICC's ODI bowling ranking, which is topped by Indian pacer Milan Goswami.

IPL 2019

• Mumbai Indians became IPL champions for the fourth time after defeating Chennai Super Kings by one run in a thrilling final in Hyderabad.

• Kieron Pollard top-scored with his unbeaten 41-run knock.

• Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the most successful wicket-keeper in the history of IPL by taking his dismissals tally to 132.

Statistics of IPL 2019: 1. Orange Cap- David Warner of Sunrisers Hyderabad scored most runs: 692 Runs in 12 Matches. 2. Purple Cap- Imran Tahir of Chennai Super Kings took most wickets: 26 Wickets in 17 Matches. 3. Jonny Bairstow of Sunrisers Hyderabad Highest Individual Score: 114 Runs.

World's 1st Exclusive Women's Cricket Magazine

• Inaugural issue of world's first exclusive women's cricket magazine `Criczone' was released with Indian team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana featuring as the cover story.

• It is a one-stop solution, exclusively dedicated to providing updates, articles, news, interviews, etc. from the world of women's cricket.

• Publisher of the magazine is Yash Lahoti.

8th Asian youth women Handball Championship 2019

• Jaipur will host the 8th Asian Youth Women Handball Championship in which 10 teams will be participating.


• It will be played in August 2019. The previous edition in 2017 was held at Jakarta in Indonesia where South Korea was the champion while Japan and China were placed second and third respectively.

1st Indian Wrestler to Fight At Madison Square Garden

• Bajrang Punia is set to become the first wrestler from India to fight at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York.

• The 25-year-old has recently won the gold medal in the 65-kg category at the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships.

• He is the first Indian wrestler to be invited by the American governing body. Punia will take part in the "Grapple at the Garden - Beat the Streets" fight night.

Asian Wrestling Championship 2019

• India wrapped up then campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championships on a resounding note with 16 medals after Harpreet Singh settled for a silver in 82kg on the final day of competitions.

• Only Bajrang Punia won the gold medal after defeating Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov by 12-7 in 65kg men's freestyle.

• Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 was held at Xi'an, China.

List of Top 3 Countries in The Medal Tally 1. Iran 2. China 3. Japan

First Female Umpire In Men's ODI

• Australia's Claire Polosak will become the first female umpire to officiate in a men's one-day international at the ICC World Cricket League Division Two match.

• The 31-year-old became the first woman to umpire an Australian men's domestic fixture in October 2017. She will stand in the final between tournament hosts Namibia and Oman.

23rd Asian Athletics Championships

• The 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was the 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships.

• The 4-day event was held from at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar.

• Bahrain topped the medal tally with 11 Golds followed by China (9 Gold) and Japan (5 Gold).

• India clinched the 4th spot with 17 total medals including 3 Gold. PU Chita won gold in Women's 1,500 metres race.

Asian Athletics Nation Championships Top 4 country 1. Bahrain 2. China 3. Japan 4. India

ISSF World Cup

• Abhishek Verma won the 10m air pistol gold medal at the ISSF World Cup at Beijing, China.

• Russia's Artem Chernousov took silver. His brilliant performance in the Shooting World Cup Final also secured a fifth Olympic quota for India.

Asian Amateur Boxing Championship

• India won 13 medals, including 2 gold, 4 silver, and 7 bronze at the Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Bangkok.

• Boxers Pooja Rani and Amit Panghal gave India 2 gold medals. While the men won 1 gold, 3 silver, and 3 bronze, the women bagged 1 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze medals.


Asian Athletics Championships 2019

• Asian Athletics Championships 2019 held at Doha in Qatar.

• It was the 23rd edition of the Championships. India ended at the fourth spot in the medals tally with 3 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze. Bahrain topped the table with 11 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze. China was second while Japan was third.

• Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (Shot put), Gomathi INIa ri th u (800 metres) and P. U. Chitra (1500 metres) won gold for India. India had won 29 medals - 12 Gold, 5 Silver and 12 Bronze in the last edition in Bhubaneswar in 2017, topping the medal tally for the first time.

Lewis Hamilton wins formula one's 1000th Race

• In motor racing, Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix for a record sixth time.

• He seized the overall lead from his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One's 1,000th world championship race.

• The comfortable win was the 75th of Hamilton's career, and second in a row.

Boxing World Cup 2019

• India bagged a Gold and two Silver medals at the Boxing World Cup at Cologne in Germany.

• Meena Kumari Maisnam (from Manipur) claimed the Gold medal in the 54 kg category.

• The 2014 Asian Championships bronze medalist defeated Thailand's Machai Bunyanut in the final.

• Sakshi in 57 kgs and Pwilao Basumatary in 64 kgs had to settle for Silver medals after they lost their final bouts. India finished the tournament with five medals.

Wisden's Leading Women's Cricketer of the year

• Team India opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as the Wisden Almanack's 'Leading Women's Cricketer of the Year'.

• The 22-year-old is currently the top-ranked player in women's ODIs and third in T201s. In 2018, Mandhana scored 669 runs at an average of 66.90 in 12 ODIs and 622 runs at a strike-rate of 130.67 in 25 T20Is.

• Team India captain Virat Kohli has been named as the Wisden Almanack's 'Leading Cricketer of the Year' for the third straight time.

• The 30-year-old smashed 2,735 runs in 47 international innings at an average of 68.37 in 2018, including 11 hundred and nine fifties.

Azlan Shah Hockey Cup 2019

• South Korea defeated India in the penalty shootout in the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup2019.

• 17th Ranked South Korea defeated World number 5, India to win the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup which was held at AzIan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia. India lost the match by 4-2 in the penalty shootout after regulation time ended 1-1.

India Open 2019

• The 2019 India Open, officially the YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2019, was a badminton tournament which took place at K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi, India and had a total purse of $350,000.

• Viktor Axelsen of Denmark defeated India's Srikanth Kidambi to win in men's singles category while gptchanok Intanon of Thailand won in Women's singles category.

Suresh Raina 1st cricketer to score 5,000 runs in IPL

• Chennai Super Kings' Suresh Raina has become the first ever cricketer to reach 5,000 runs in Indian Premier League.

• The 32-year-old left-handed batsman achieved the feat after scoring 15 runs in the IPL 2019 opener against Royal Challengers Bangalore.


India Clinch SAFF Women's Championship for 5th time

• India has lifted South Asian Football Federation SAFF Women's Championship 5th time in a row. Keeping its winning streak India defeated host Nepal in the final by 3-1 in Biratnagar, Nepal.

• India's Dalmia Chhibber scored 1st goal of the match in 26th minute.

• India's Indumathi Kathiresan and Sabitra Tamang of Nepal remained top scorer of the tournament.

Special Olympics Games 2019

• India returned with 368 medals (85 gold, 154 Silver, and 129 Bronze) at the Special Olympics World Summer Games, held at Abu Dhabi, UAE.

• Indian powerlifters bagged the maximum number of medals 20 gold, 33 silver and 43 bronze.

• Roller Skating earned India 49 medals 13 gold, 20 silver and 16 bronze.

• In cycling, the Indians won II gold, 14 silver and 20 bronze to total 45 medals.

Asian Youth Championship 2019

• In Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, boys medley relay team won a gold medal for India on the final day to help Indian youth team finish second in the overall medals tally with a total of 26 medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.

• China topped the overall medals tally with 31 medals that included 12 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals and Japan finished third with 20 medals that included 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 bronze.

Mascot for National Games-2022

• The Sports and Youth Ministry in the meeting of Executive Committee of the National Games-2022 has chosen the Smiling Clouded Leopard to be the Mascot for the National Games-2022.

• Meghalaya will host the 2022 National Games, which is coinciding with its 50 years of statehood.

• Clouded Leopard is among the wild cats that live throughout the forests of Garo, Khasi, and Jaintia Hills.

1st Indian to smash 100 sixes in T20 Cricket

• Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the first man from his country to smash a century of sixes in T201 cricket in the second T20 between India and New Zealand held in Eden Park in New Zealand.

• He made his 1201 debut against England but played his first innings against South Africa in 2007 T20 . Rohit Sharma surpassed Martin Guptill to become the highest scorer in T20 Internationals with 102 sixes.

India's Fastest-ever T201 Fifty

• Indian opener Smriti Mandhana hammered the fastest fifty for India in Women's T20.

• The left-handed batswoman struck a half-century in just 24 balls in the 1st T20 against New Zealand at Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

• New Zealand's Sophie Devine holds the record of the quickest half-century in women's T20Is. She set the record in 2005 against India when she hammered an 18-ball fifty.

Smriti Mandhana Becomes World No.1 Women's ODI Batter

• Indian women's cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana has become the top-ranked batter in women's ODI cricket, as per the latest rankings released by the ICC.

• The 22 years-old moved up three spots in the batters' rankings to reach the top spot.

• In the 15 ODIs, Smriti has played since the beginning of 2018, she has scored two centuries and eight half-centuries.

First Woman to Play 200 ODIs

• India captain Mithali Raj has become the first woman cricketer to play 200 ODIs, adding another achievement to her illustrious career.

• The 36 year-old is also the highest run-getter in ODIs with 6622 runs at an average of 51.33, including 7 hundreds.

• Mithali made her ODI debut way back in 1999. She has also played 10 Tests and 85 T20s.


First Indian to Grab Australian LPGA Card

• Golfer Vani Kapoor has become the first Indian to grab Australian Ladies PGA Tour (LPGA) after securing 12th Rank tied with three others in the first-ever qualifying tournament at the Ballarat Golf Club in Australia.

• Total 81 players participated in the Qualifying tournament, out of which top-20 earned the card for LPGA.

Fastest Indian Bowler to Reach 100 ODI Wickets

• Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets, during the first one-dayer against New Zealand at Napier.

• Shami reached the milestone in his 56th match, with the wicket of opener Martin Guptill.

• The Indian record was previously held by Kan Pathan, who got there in his 59th match., against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi in 2006.

• The world record is currently held by Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who needed only 44 games to reach the mark.

ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year

• India's stylish opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Cricketer of the Year.

• The 22-years-old, who has also been named as the ICC Women's ODI Player of the Year, achieved the feat by giving some exceptional performances throughout the year. She is currently ranked fourth in the ICC Women's Players Rankings for ODI Batters and 10th in the ICC Women's Players Rankings for T201 Batters.

• Smriti Mandhana has won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for the ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year.

• Australia's wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy voted ICC T201 Player of the Year. England's Sophie Ecclestone named ICC merging Player of the Year.

1st Indian to Win BWF World Tour Finals

• PV Sindhu made history, becoming the first Indian to win the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals tournament.

• Sindhu came up against a familiar foe in Nozomi Okuhara in the title clash.

IAAF Athletes of the Year

• Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian long and triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen have been named male and female world athletes of the year.

• The pair were honoured by the IAAF (The International Association of Athletics Federations) at a ceremony in Monaco.

• Sweden's 19-years-old pole vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men's rising star award while the women's award went to American 400m runner Sydney McLaughlin.

India's 1st International Medal in Ultra Running

• Ullas Narayan became the first ever Indian individual medal winner in an international ultra-running event by clinching a bronze in the 2018 International Association of Ultra Running (IAU) 24 Hours Asia & Oceania Championships in Taipei.

• Japan won the team event gold with a distance of 756 km and Australia (684 km) got the silver.

Mary Kom Wins Sixth World Championship Title

• MC Mary Kom has created history by becoming the first woman to win six boxing world titles by clinching the 48 kg gold at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships in New Delhi.

• The 35-years-old Indian legend got the better of Ukrainian Hanna Okhota in the summit clash. 16 years after winning her maiden World Championship —and eight years since her last — Mary overtakes Ireland's Katie Taylor as the first female boxer to win six gold medals, and becomes only the second pugilist ever (male or female) to achieve the feat after Felix Savon.


Women's World Twenty 20

• Australia clinched Women's World Twenty 20 title as they attained an easy win over England in the final of the Women's World T20 tournament.

• This is Australia's 4th title win at Women's World T20 in 6 editions of the tournament. The Southern Stars have won the trophy previously in 2010, 2012 and 2014. West Indies hosted the event.

• On 24th October 2018, Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 10,000 one-day international (ODI) runs in 205 innings.

• He surpassed the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who achieved this mark in 259 innings. He reached this feat during the 2nd OD1 against West Indies in Visakhapatnam.

• Sachin Tendulkar was the first in history to reach 10,000 runs in ODIs in 2001.

Hockey Men's World Cup-2018 Inaugurated at Kalinga Stadium

• On 27th November, 2018 the 14th edition of Hockey Men's World Cup kicked off with a grand opening ceremony at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik declared the Hockey World Cup open.

• The event is being held from 281h November to 16th December, 2018. 2,- A total of 16 teams are playing and are drawn into four groups, each containing four teams. Turtle 'Oily' was the official mascot for the Odisha Men's Hockey World Cup.

• It represents the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles that travel thousands of miles in the ocean and arrive in millions every year on Odisha's beaches for their annual nesting.

Asian Games 2018

• 18th Asian Games were held from August 18 to September 2, 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang cities of Indonesia.

• This is the first time that Asian Games were organized in two cities.

• The mascots Bhin Rhin, Atung, and Kaka represent the Eastern, Central, and Western regions of Indonesia and also strategy, speed and strength respectively. The theme of Asian games 2018 was 'Feel the Energy of Asia'.

• 45 nations participated in 18th Asian Games. There are 465 events in 40 sports.

• The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Kamo Main Stadium in Jakarta.

• For the first time, eSports and Canoe Polo were contested as demonstration sports.

• China received a total of 289 medals including 132 Gold, 92 Silver and 65 Bronze medals and topped in medal standing for the consecutive 10th time. China, Japan is the only country that has topped the medal standing of Asian Games.

• 18 year old young swimmer Rikako Ikki of Japan was selected as the most valuable player of the 18th Asian Games (MVP).

• Rikako received 6 gold medals and 2 silver medals. 2022 Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China.

India in Asian Games 2018

• India got 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 30 Bronze medals with a total of 69 medals and grabbed 8th place in the medal standings. This was India's best performance ever in Asian Games.

• India has bettered its previous best medal count of 65 at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

• In the first Asian Games (1951, New Delhi), India won 15 gold, 16 silver and 20 bronze medals, including a total of 51 medals and secured second position in the medal standings.

• In 2018 Asian games, India won the most medals in athletics, including 7 Gold, 10 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. Shooters Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela won the first medal (Bronze) for India.

• Indian wrestler Bajrang Poonia won first gold medal for India by defeating Takatani Daichi of Japan in 65 kg weight categoric by 11-8.

• Indian women wrestler Vinesh Phogat became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold medal at Asian Games.


• Meerut's 15-year-old shooter, Shardul Vihan, won silver medal (240.7 points) in double trap competition and became the youngest player to win a medal for India in Asian Games.

• Rahi Samobat won gold medal in women's 25 meter pistol event. With this, Rahi became the first Indian shooter to win a gold medal in the Asian Games. India got the 15th and final gold medal from Pranav Vardhan and Shivnath Sarkar duo in the bridge competition.

• 60-year-old Pranav has become the oldest player to win a medal for Indian team.

• 21-year-old Swapna Burman became the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in the Heptathlon Games. India won its 69th and final medal a bronze, in men's hockey competition.

• Indian flag bearer in the inaugural ceremony, Neeraj Chopra, gave India the first gold medal of the Asian Games in a javelin throw event.

• Rani Rampal, the captain of the women's hockey team, was the Indian flag bearer in the finale.

Hangzhou to Host 2022 Asian Para Games

• The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) confirmed that Hangzhou in China will host the fourth edition of Asian Para Games in 2022.

• The confirmation came following a visit to Hangzhou in July by APC President Majid Rashed and CEO Tarek Souei.

Swimmer Rikako Ikee of Japan

• On September 4, 2018, Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee became the first female athlete to be named the Most Valuable Player in the 18" Asian Games by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

• She had won 6 gold medals which is the most for a female athlete at a single Game. She will get a trophy and a cheque for $50,000.

• She became the fourth Japanese athlete to win the award since it's inception at the 1998 Bangkok Games.

• Only North Korean shooter So Gin-man, who won seven golds and a silver at New Delhi in 1982, has won more titles at one Asian Games.

First Olympics to deploy facial recognition technology

• On August 8, 2018, it was announced that the Tokyo 2020 will be the first Olympics to deploy facial recognition technology to increase security.

• The Olympic organizers have partnered with NEC, a Japanese telecommunications and information technology firm, to develop the first system of this kind.

Women's Hockey World Cup 2018

• From 21st July to 5th August 2018, Women's Hockey World Cup 2018 was held in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

• Defending champions the Netherlands defeated Ireland 6-0 in the finals and won the Women's Hockey World Cup 2018 title.

• The Netherlands have emerged as the world champions in Women's hockey for a record 8th time. They have extended their unbeaten performance in all competitions to 32 matches. Kitty van Male, one among the 6 different goal scorers emerged as the top scorer of the tournament with 8 goals.

• Spain won the third place match by defeating Australia 3-1 and won their first World Cup medal. India finished the tournament at 8th position.

Djokovic wins fourth (2011/2014/2015/2018) Wimbledon title

• The event took place in All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom from 2nd July to 15th July 2018.

• Djokovic wins fourth (2011/2014/2015/2018) Wimbledon title.

• Overall it is his 13th tide Grand slam.


FIFA World Cup 2018

• FIFA 2018 was the 21st edition of the tournament.

• This was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe.

• The official emblem was designed by Brandin Central, a brand consulting agency based in Lisbon, Portugal.

• The official emblem has an outline of World Cup trophy and has bold use of red, gold, black and blue representing Russian art and Russian flag.

• Zabivaka — "the one who scores" (in Russian) is a wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence was the official mascot of FIFA World Cup 2018. It has brown and white fur, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "RUSSIA 2018" and orangse sports goggles. This was designed by Ekaterina Bocharova.

• It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018 in 12 venues at 11 Russian cities. There were 32 teams from 5 confederations. Finals took place on 15th July at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, between France and Croatia.

• FIFA World Cup-2022 will be hosted by Qatar

• Champions: France (2nd title)

• Runners-up: Croatia Third place, Belgium 2,- France won the title with a 4-2 score against Croatia. This is their second world cup title since 1998. This result marked the first time that nations from the same continent won four consecutive tournaments (following Italy in 2006, Spain in 2010 and Germany in 2014).

• FIFA Fair Play Award Spain

Category Winner Country

1. Golden Ball Luka Modric Croatia

2. Silver Ball Eden Hazard Belgium

3. Bronze Ball Antoine Griezmann France

4. Golden Boot Harry Kane (6 goals, 0 assists) England

5. Silver Boot Antoine Griezmann (4 goals, 2 assists) France

6. Bronze Boot Romelu Lukaku (4 goals, 1 assist) Belgium

7. Golden Glove Thibaut Courtois Belgium

8. Best Young Player Kylian Mbappe France

Highlights:

• This was the first World Cup to be held in Eastern Europe and 11th time to have been held in Europe.

• For the first time, the tournament took place on two continents — Europe and Asia.

• All but two of the stadium venues, Sochi and Yekaterinburg, were in European Russia.

• At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it is the most expensive World Cup ever.

• It was also the first World Cup to use the video assistant referee (VAR) system.

• Iceland and Panama made their first appearances at a FIFA World Cup.

• 64 matches were played. 169 goals were scored.

21st Commonwealth Games-2018

• 21st Commonwealth Games was organized in Gold Coast, Queensland (Australia: 4th-15th April, 2018). The opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games was held on April 4th 2018 at the Carrara Stadium in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The aim of these games was 'Share the Dream'. The theme of the opening ceremony was 'Hello Earth'.

• The mascot of these games was as Borobi, a blue colored male Koala. This animal, which looks lace a bear, is a vegetarian marsupial native living on trees, found in Koala Australia.

• In this 11-day event, Australia topped the medal tally with a total of 198 medals including 80 gold, 59 silver and 59 bronze medals.


• Canadian female swimmer Taylor Ruck won the most 8 medals in the 21st Commonwealth Games. (Competition-swimming).

• This includes 1 gold (women's 200 m freestyle), 5 silver and 2 bronze medals. > Australian swimmer Mitch Larkin won the maximum number of gold medal (5 golds) in the 21st Commonwealth Games.

• In this Commonwealth Games Canada's full-bore shooter Robert Pitcairan debuted at the age of 79 years and 9 months and participated in the Queens Prize Competition.

• Thus, Robert became the oldest player ever to participate in the Commonwealth Games.

• Anna Hersche 11-year-old table tennis player of Wales became the youngest player to participate in Commonwealth Games. ›- New Zealand's weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became the first transgender player to take part in the Commonwealth Games.

• Australia's 68-year-old Ken Hanson made his debut in the Commonwealth Games and won the gold medal, becoming the senior-most gold medalist in the history of Commonwealth Games. Australia became the world's first country hosting the Commonwealth Games maximum 5 times.

• The Commonwealth Games Federation's flag was handed over by the top executives of the Gold Coast 2018 Organizing Committee to Birmingham (England), where the 22nd Commonwealth Games will be held from July 27 to August 7th in 2022. India in Commonwealth Game-2018

Medal Table: Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

No. Country Total Medals

1. Australia 198

2. England 136

3. India 66

4. Canada 82

5. New Zealand 46

• In the opening ceremony the Indian team's flag bearer was Badminton player P V Sindhu.

• India achieved its third best performance in Commonwealth Games and won total 66 medals including 26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze medals.

• Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu gave India the first gold medal in Commonwealth Games.

• Chanu in 48 kg category lifted total of 196 kg of weight. The last 26th gold medal for India won by Saina Nehwal in the Badminton women's singles event, defeating P.V. Sindhu.

• Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to win the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games.

• She has won the Gold medal in 45-48 kg weight category. This was her first Commonwealth game. For the first time, Manika Batra gave India a gold medal in the table tennis singles event.

• Neeraj Chopra gave gold medal to India for the first time in a javelin throw event. For India, the maximum of 4 medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze) was won by Manika Batra in table tennis. Shreyasi Singh, who won India's 12th gold medal, has made history. She is the country's first woman shooter, to win gold medal for India in the double trap event. In the closing ceremony the Indian team's flag bearer was female boxer M.C. Mary Kom.

First Indian woman to win a medal in international skiing competition

• Internationally organized skiing competition 'Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup' concluded in Turkey.(6-9 January, 2018) On January 9th, 2018, India's Aanchal Thakur won the bronze medal in the Slalom (Skiing race on spiral path) race category. She is first Indian player to win a medal in the international skiing competition.

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