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January
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Russian rhythmic gymnast, Yana Alexeyevna announced her retirement at the age of 19, following
Kudryavtseva, several leg injuries
Cue sports Ace Pankaj Advani . clinched the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker
Championship 2017
The Indian 72 basketball player Satnam Singh Shown interest in the World Wrestling Entertainment
Bhamara (WWE).
The 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon - First position in mens elite category while Kenyas Bornes
Mumbai. Kitur won the womens title
The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Inaugurated the Khelo India National level
Shri Vijay Goel Competitions on various sports for Under-14 and Under-17
children in New Delhi.
The NCR Punjab Royals won the Pro Wrestling League Season 2 defeating Haryana
Hammers at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
Formula One player Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new One world champion in place of
Nico Rosberg
Tajikistans chess player Grandmaster (GM) Farrukh won the 15th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess
Amonatov tournament
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and entered into a long-term partnership through 2028. This
Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group makes Alibaba the worldwide sponsor of OlympicGames
through 2028.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Taken away the Olympic gold medals from three Chinese
women weightlifters for doping at 2008 Beijing Games
Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain Mens singles title of the 2017 Chennai
Open defeating Daniil Medvedev.
Mumbai youngster, Shreyas Mehta Won the Scottish Junior Open Squash championship at
Edinburgh.
Indian pair of RohanBopanna and Won mens doubles title defeating Indias DivijSharan and
JeevanNedunchezhiyan Purav Raja in Chennai Open.
Rising Indian squash star Velavan Senthilkumar. winning the first-ever all-Indian Boys Under-19 final at
the British Junior Open in Sheffield
Sergey Karjakin of Russia Defeated Norways Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker to
win Gold in the World Blitz Chess Championship title in
Doha, Qatar
Robert Marchand (105) Made a record by cycling 22.547km (14 miles) in 1 hour.
In 2012 he had already set a record of cycling 26.927km in
1 hour.
Yoga Sports Ministry derecognizes Yoga after 15 months being
declared a sport.
Arjun Bhati . Won the first position in the Kids Golf World
Championship in Malaysia
Shiva Keshavan, - India, won his third gold in Asian Luge Championship at Nagano,
Japan
Sixteen-time world champion, PankajAdvani bagged the National title in 6-red Snooker, the shorter
format of the game.
Valtteri Bottas Mercedes named the new teammate who replaced Nico
Rosberg
St. Petersburg 2020 Euro Cup football tournament The official emblem was unveiled in St.Petersburdepicts
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CRICKET
Karun Nair Scores triple century in test against England, He is the
second Indian to do so after VirendraSehwag.
Lords Cricket Ground has 4 Indians got place in the Released its top 20 players for this calendar year. Indian
ranking. test skipper Virat Kohli got the number 1 spot.
Shaheed Vijay Singh Parthik(SVSP) Sports ICC has granted approval for conducting International
Stadium in Greater Noida cricket matches between full time member countries of the
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game.
India has been ranked as the No.1 Team in the ICC Test Championship after posting a 4-0
wins over England in the five-match series. The side at the
topof the rankings on April 1, 2017 will receive USD 1
million.
Rajasthan Cricket Association Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha
Committee as per Supreme Court directive.
Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club Hall of Fame at the Cricket
Club of India
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Became the fastest player in Pakistans One Day
International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21
innings
Gujarat won its maiden Ranji Trophy title Beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of
the Match: Parthiv Patel.
Kane Williamson and ViratKohli Two batsmen to feature in the top 5 of the ICC rankings in
all three formats of the game.
The former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting Australias coaching staff as an assistant to coach the team
for next months home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka.
Australian Cricketer Arthur Morris (Posthumously) Inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Morris, who
became the 82nd player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket
Hall of Fame
Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni . Stepped down as the captain of the Indian team in limited
over formats Virat Kholi Replaced Him.
India beat hosts Sri Lanka Cinched the Under-19s Asia Cup title on December 23,
2016 at the R Premadasa Stadium, Srilanka.
Two of Australias batsmen, David Boon and Matthew Inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame (ACHoF
Hayden, and the brilliant womens all-rounder Betty
Wilson
The International Cricket Council (ICC) 4 women to be inducted in the strong group of B to conduct
the ICC Womens World Cup Qualifier 2017 in February
2017 in Colombo.
Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 season Bengal won against Delhi in the final at the Feroz Shah
Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
Virat Kohli Fastest batsman in the world to score 1,000 runs as captain
in One-Day Internationals (ODIs
Rajasthan Cricket Association in an Emergent General Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha
Meeting (EGM) Committee
Cricket icon Kapil Dev Inducted into Legends Club Hall of Fame at the Cricket
Club of India
Pakistani batsman Babar Azam Fastest player in Pakistans One Day International (ODI)
history to score 1,000 runs in 21innings during the 3rd ODI
against Australia.
Ranji Trophy Gujarat won its maiden title by 5 wickets after beating
Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the
Match: Parthiv Patel.
TENNIS
Chinas Grand Slam Champion Li Xiaoxia Announces Retirement from Table Tennis
Australian Open - 2017 Overview The 105th edition of the Australian Open tournament
2017 was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2017.
Mens Singles Roger Federer Rafael Nadal
Womens Singles Serena Williams Venus Williams
Mens Doubles Henri Kontinen /John Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan
Peers
Womens Doubles BethanieMattek- Croatias Ivan Dodig/Sania
Sands /Lucie Mirz
Safarova
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February
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CRICKET
Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell Banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code
violation
India defeated England by 75 runs to clinch the Twenty20 International series 2-1 at M.Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bengaluru.
Yuzvender Chahal (23) First Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul in t20
in the history of Indian cricket.
Alastair Cook Resigned as England Test captain after a record 59
matches
Indian off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin Fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches.
He achieved this feat in his 45th test match.
India defeated Pakistan to clinch the T20 World Cup for Blind tournament at
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Pakistan-- Nasir Jamshed Suspended from all forms of cricket by the Pakistan
Cricket Board (PCB) for violating its anti-corruption
code.
Joe Root New Englands Test captain
Australian cricketer Adam Voges Retire from all formats of international cricket
Legendary Pakistani cricket Shahid Afridi. retired from all forms of international cricket
ICC batswomens rankings. The top batter Harmanpreet Kaur was placed in
the tenth spot.
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara 16th player worldwide and 2nd Asian Batsman to
play 1000 matches across all forms of Cricket.
Virat Kohli First Indian sports person had signed an eight-year
deal worth Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a
sports apparel brand Puma
Mohammad Nabi - Sunrisers Hyderabad For the first time in the history of Indian Premier
Rashid Khan - Mumbai Indians League (IPL) Auction, two Afghanistan players were
selected
Ravichandran Ashwin Surpassed Indias former legendary allrounder Kapil
Dev to become the highest wicket-taker in a home
Test season. He scored 67 wickets from 10 Tests in
2016-17
Virat Kohli First player to score double century in four
consecutive Test series
Cheteshwar Pujara Took his season tally to 1,605 in just 21 innings
21-year-old Mohit Ahlawat First batsman in the world to score a 300 in a T20
match in Delhi.
Virat Kohli Tops T20 batsman list in the Latest ICC rankings
BADMINTON
Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen Created history after he attained World No. 1 Rank in
the latest Junior Badminton World
Federation (BWF) ranking
Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das Clinch the Mens Singles and womens Sigles title in
the 81st Senior National Badminton Championships
held in Patna
Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu Achieved her career best Badminton World
Federation (BWF) womens single ranking by being
placed at 5th spot
Indian Badminton ace Saina To represent the panel of International Olympic
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March
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TENNIS
Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova Granted wild card Italian Open as makes her return
from a doping ban.
Rafel Nadal Miami open tournament won against 31st seeded
player, German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. With
this win he has registered a win in his 1000th match
which is very big achievement in his career.
Swiss Professional Tennis Player Roger Federer Won his fifth BNP Paribas Open Tennis
Tournament crown
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Mens Double (Spain) Pablo Juan Sebastin Cabal / Robert Farah (Colombia)
CarrenoBusta/Pablo Cuevas
(Uruguay)
2017 Dubai Tennis Championships
Category Winner Runner
Mens Singles Andy Murray (United Fernando Verdasco(Spain)
Kingdom)
Womens Singles ElinaSvitolina(Ukraine) Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark)
Mens Doubles Netherlands Pair Rohan Bopanna (India) / Marcin Matkowski
Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania (Poland)
HoriaTecu
Womens Doubles Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) / Andrea Hlavkov (Czech Republic) / Peng
Elena Vesnina(Russia) Shuai ( China)
2017 Brasil Open Overview
Singles Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Albert Ramos Violas
Doubles Brazil Rogrio Dutra Silva / New Zealand Marcus Daniell / Brazil Marcelo
Brazil Andr Demoliner
2017 Mexican Open Overview
Mens singles Sam Querrey (United States) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Womens singles LesiaTsurenko (Ukraine) Kristina Mladenovic (France)
Mens Doubles Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno John Isner / Spain Feliciano Lpez, (United States
Soares (United Kingdom Pair)
Pair)
Womens Doubles DarijaJurak (Croatia) / VernicaCepedeRoyg (Paraguay) / Mariana
Anastasia Rodionova Duque Mario (Colombia)
(Australia)
FOOTBALL
Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi Received a 4-match ban after using insulting
words at an assistant referee in the match
against Chile
The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar To be transformed into modern football stadium
In the latest FIFA ranking for the month Indian Football team dropped two places and is
now ranked at 132nd spot as compared to 130 in
February FIFA ranking..Argentina is at the top
Punjab defeated Railways by a 2-1. Group B final round league match of
the 71st Santosh Trophy football tournament
Portugals Luis Norton de Matos The All India Football Federation (AIFF)
appointedas the head coach of the India U-17
World Cup team
Santosh Trophy West Bengal beat Goa (1-0) to clinch the 71th title
record 32nd time at the GMC Bambolim Stadium,
Goa.
SHOOTING
List of Winners of the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2017.
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 6 6 0 12
2 Italy 2 3 0 5
3 Australia/Japan 2 0 1 3
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ISSF Shooting World Cup
Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly
included 10m pistol
Indias PoojaGhatkar. Clinched bronze medal in the womens 10m air
rifle
Indias Deepak Kumar. Gave an impressive performance in the Mens
10m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Cup in New
Delhi
Jitu Rai. Won gold medal in the 50-metre free pistol event
on March 1, 2017 in the ISSF World Cup
CRICKET
India stayed strong in its No.1in ICC Rankings India clinched its final test series in home against
Australia this season and retained its ICC Test
Championship Maze.
Pakistan bowler Mohammad Irfan Banned for 1 year for bookie Link
Tamilnadu State cricket team Won the Deodhar Trophy by beating India Red.
Shaun Tait Australian fast bowler officially announced
his retirement from the Game
Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara(29) First Indian batsman to face 500 balls in the
second innings of the 3rd Test against Australia at
Ranchi. Pujara has played 525 balls in his 202 run
Indias spin-bowler Ravindra Jadeja Attained the top spot in the list of the Test bowlers
as per the latest ICC Test Ranking
Tamil Nadu Won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 at the Feroz
Shah Kotla, Delhi on March 16, 2017 by
beating Bengal
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) The Mumbai Cricket Association and the
Saurashtra Cricket Association which were Full
Members earlier were downgraded to Associate
membership.
Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte Announced her retirement from all forms
of cricket
Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO Mobiles Sponsorship rights for a five-year period for INR
1079 crore
HOCKEY
Bhubaneswar To host the 2017 Mens Hockey World League
Final as well as the Mens World Cup in 2018 at
the Kalinga Stadium.
Indian womens hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 in their fifth test to clinch the five-match Test series 5-0
in Bhopal.
MISCELLANEOUS
Chris Bertish, a South African surfer and a sailor First person in the worldto cross the Atlantic
Ocean
Top seeded Lee Chong Wei Won All England Championship in mens singles
event by beating Shi Yuqi from China
SSP Chawrasia Only Indian Golfer to retain his Hero Indian
Open title for the second time
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed a lifetime ban on Sergei Portugalov from sports for
his role in providing illicit substances to Russian athletes.
Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand. Announced her retirement from international
cycling
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Indias Billiards Champion Vidya Pillai Settled for silver medal in the 2017 World Women
Snooker Championship held in Safra Toa
Payoh, Singapore
Indias KT Irfan Won the bronze medal in mens 20km race walk
event at the Asian Race Walking Championships
in Nomi, Japan
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal Won the gold medal at the International Shooting
Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup in the mens
double trap event at Acapulco, Mexico
The 9th edition of Fazza International IPC Athletics Grand Prix Competition began in Dubai, UAE
Indian team. Finished in a high note in the 2017 Special
Olympics World Winter Games with a triumphing
73 medals held in Austria (tally of 37 gold, 10
silver and 26 bronze with total tally of 73 medals.)
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Win the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand
Prix in Melbourne
The Indian shuttle players Purva Barve and Varun Bagged double delight by winning in the Li Ning-
Kapur. Israel Open 2017 which was held at Sports
Hall, RishonLe Zion in Israel.
GaurviSinghvi 14 year old Udaipur girl became the first to swim
across BandraWorli Sea Link to the Gateway of
India route in Arabian Sea in a record time of 6
hours and 30 minutes.
Srinath Narayanan 46th Grandmaster in the history of this sport
defeating GM David Anton Guijarro from Spain at
the Sharjah Masters 2017 chess tournament.
Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkish long-distance runner stripped of Two
Olympic silver medals and One Championship
medal after she was found positive in re-analysis
of an in-competition doping test
22nd Asian Athletics Championships will be hosted by Bhubaneswar which is going to be conducted.
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy the Indian men doubles team won the title at the Vietnam
International Challenge Badminton tournament at Hanoi.
2017 World Womens Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by India in November for the first time
since 2010.
Kripa Shankar Bishnoi Appointed as an international match referee
by United World Wrestling (UWW), the sports
global governing body.
The Indian mens Rugby team, Piped Pakistan by 14-12 to claim the 7th rank at
the Asia Mens Rugby Sevens Trophy held at
Aspire Rugby Field in Doha, Qatar.
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April
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CRICKET
MashrafeMortaza(33) - Bangladesh Announced retirement from T20Is
New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott Confirmed his retirement from international cricket
A right handed Indian international Named as the Leading Cricketer in the World for the
cricketer ViratKolhi(28) year 2016 by Wisden India Almanack.
Ellyse Perry of Australia Named as Leading Woman Cricketer in the World
The IPL team owned by Royal Challengers Sports Announced online cricket game named RCB Star
Private Ltd, Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) Cricket on April 7, 2017
joined with the gaming entity Nazara Games
Former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Younis Announced to retire from international cricket
Khan(39)
Former Ranji cricketer TusharArothe Appointed as the coach of the Indian womens cricket
team
Cricket, Skateboarding, Sambo and Surfing Removed from the 2018 Asian Games to be held
in Jakarta .Total number of events has been reduced
from 493 to 431.
Chris Gayle The first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
SouravGanguly and former Australian Cricket Commentators for the upcoming Champions Trophy,
Team Captain, Ricky Ponting scheduled to be held in England from 1-8 June
2017.ICC
Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the Indian Offered honourary life membership of Marylebone
womens Test Cricket Team Cricket Club (MCC)
GRAND PRIX
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won a Baharain Grand Prix
Mercedes team Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for Mercedes
FOOTBALL
Indian football team has risen 2017. Brazil retained its top position.
to 101st from 132nd in the latest FIFArankings
The US, Mexico and Canada Announced the details for a joint bid for the 2026
FIFA World Cup
BANDMINTON
Sai Praneeth. Won the Mens Single at Singapore Open Badminton
championship defeating K Srikanth in Singapore.
Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu . Achieves a career-best world number two ranking in
the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF)
rankings list Chinese Taipeis Tai Tzu Ying stayed
at first position.
PullelaGopichand a National Badminton coach won both single and double crown at the
daughter Gayatri teamed up with Samiya Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta.
Five Indian Badminton players have been upgraded in the latest BWF rankings released on April 20, 2017.
Notably PV Sindhu: Moved to number 3 position.
Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu won championship in India Super Series tournament
defeating the Olympic champion Carolina Marin
2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier Overview
Mens Singles Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei
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May
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TENNIS
Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh Bagged both the singles and doubles gold at
the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in
Santiago, Chile.
Table Tennis -India Win all 10 gold medals in South Asian Junior Table
Tennis Championships held in Mount Lavinia, near
Colombia in Sri Lanka
Spains Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem to win Mutua Madrid Open at La
CajaMgica in Madrid, Spain. This is Nadals fifth
Mutua Madrid Open title win and 30th ATP World Tour
Masters 1000 crown.
Rafael Nadal Beat Dominic Thiem of Austria in the final to win the
Barcelona Open for a record 10th time.
Indian tennis player Leander Paeshas won Tallahassee Challenger Mens Doubles title
defeating Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez.
Italian Open 2017
Category Winner Runners-up
Mens Singles Alexander Zverev (Germany) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Womens Singles ElinaSvitolina (Ukraine) Simona Halep (Romania)
Mens Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) Ivan Dodig (Croatia)
Nicolas Mahut (France) Marcel Granollers (Spain)
CRICKET
Harmanpreet Kaur First Indian women cricketer to play in Englands T20
league
ICC ODI Batsman Rankings India captain ViratKholi place third in the top 10 of the
ICC Players Rankings for ODIs. The Same List topped
by AB De Villiars of SA.
ESPN World Fame 100 Rankings Indian cricketers ViratKohli(13th), Mahendra Singh
Dhoni (15th) Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have
featured in this years Footballer Cristiano
Ronaldo topped the list.
Diary Major Amul Will be prime sponsor of the New Zealand cricket team
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Indian fast bowler, JhulanGoswami Made record as highest wicket-taker in womens one-
day international (181 wickets in 153 matches).
GRAND PRIX
Mercedes Finnish driver ValtteriBottas Won Russian Grand Prix
Mercedes Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won Monaco Grand Prix
Arjun Maini First Indian to Win a GP3 Race Series in Barcelona,
Spain
FOOTBALL
Football club Manchester United Won the Europa League title after defeating Ajax
Amsterdam in the final match.
Aizawl FC Script history, become first north-east club to win I-
League title beating Mohun Bagan by 1-0.
Arsenal Team beat Chelsea 2-1 to win FA Cup for 13th time. The
match was held at Wembley Stadium in London,
England.
FIFA rankings Indian football team has raised to be ranked 100th for
the first time ever in over two decades. Brazilian Team
topped the list.
Harpreet Singh Wins bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship the K.D.
Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex
in New Delhi.
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Unveils logo(Olly Turtle is the mascot), Mascot for
22nd Asian Athletics Championship, It will be held
at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar.
WRESTLING
Indias Performance at Asian Wrestling Championship, New Delhi
Indian wrestlers bagged total 10 medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze).
In men's freestyle category, Iran won the championship title with 71 points, followed by Japan with 55
points and Uzbekistan with 49 points. India finished at eight position with 33 points.
Among womens teams, Japan won the title. Indian women's team finished second.
INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS
Gold Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) BajrangPunia
Silver Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Sakshi Malik, VineshPhogat, DivyaKakran and Sarita
Silver Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Sumit
Bronze Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Jyoti and RituPhogat
Bronze Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Harpreet Singh and Anil Kumar
SQUASH
JoshnaChinappa First Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a
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India Para Athletics Team Claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal at the World
Para Athletics Grand Prix being held in Beijing, China.
Grand Prix of Liberation Heena Sindhu wins bronze, India come back with 7
medals
Javelin thrower Devender Singh 2nd Indian javelin thrower to qualify for London
Worlds
Mohammad Anas from Kerala Breaked the national record in men's 400m race
and won a gold medal at the third leg of the
Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in New Delhi.
Vaishnavishone Won 2 gold medals in the first Asia level yoga
competition in Thailand. She has won in the junior
category (13 to 15 years).
Bengaluru FC Beat Mohun Bagan 2-0 to be crowned the Federation
Cup champions at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack,
Odisha.
A High-Level Committee on 7-member Scouts and Guides has submitted its Final Report to Minister for State
(Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Vijay Goel with various recommendations. A committee was
headed by Harsh Malhotra.
Egyptian Omar Hegazy First amputee to swim across Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba
South Korea Win 2017 Sudirman Cup defeating China won
badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14
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CRICKET
ViratKohli Fastest to 8000 ODI runs
Yuvraj Singh Fifth Indian to play 300 ODIs
ICC Next edition of World T2O will only be held in 2020.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, Announced his retirement from the international game.
(New Zealand)
The eight top teams of the world will be competing for a winner's prize of USD 660,000 in the ICC Women's World
Cup.
India cricket coach Anil Kumble Stepped down from his position
Pakistan Team Won ICC Champions Trophy 2017 beating India.
Ireland and Afghanistan International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred Test match status
Indian captain ViratKohli Stood at world number one position in the ODI batting rankings-MRF
Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings.
West Indies Cricket team Officially changed their name to WINDIES.
Kuldeep Yadav Become first male Chinaman bowler to represent India in One Day
Internationals (ODI).
Board of Control for Cricket in To analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being
India (BCCI) formed a special seven- opposed by the Board's state units. The committee will be headed by Indian
member committee Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla
MuttiahMuralidaran becomes first Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
ViratKohli. only Indian in Forbes top 100 paid athletes
OTHER SPORTS
Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen DucHoa bagged a decisive win against Indian GM Neelotpal Das on 10th Mumbai
Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament
Lewis Hamilton Won Canadian Grand Prix
The Iranian wrestlers won 7 medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) and 69 points to win the Junior Asian
Championships title in Taichung, Taiwan.
India bagged five medals, Five medals include gold in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling
Championships in Taiwan.
Professional wrestler Jinder Mahal Retained World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship at St
Louis, Missouri, US.
Indian Wushu team Won 6 medals -- two golds, two silvers and two bronzes -- in the Wushu
competition of the BRICS Games, which concluded in Guangzhou, China.
Former Indian powerlifter and South First Indian woman to appear in WWE.
Asian Games gold medal winner, Kavita
Devi
Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala won a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship in the 25m
Standard Pistol category in Germany
India shooters Have won a bronze medal in men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event at
the ISSF Junior World Championship held in in Suhl, Germany
Col Dr Srinivas Gokulnath of Nashik First Indian to complete solo Race Across America (RAAM) cycle race of
became the 5,000 kms
Yashaswini Singh Won Gold Medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol at the end of day two of
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Deswal of Chandigarh the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World
Championship Rifle/Pistol, in Suhl, Germany.
Bhumika Sharma. Become Miss World in bodybuilding championship in Venice, Italy
The fast-rising AnkushDahiya (60kg) clinched a gold medal and L Devendro Singh (52kg) got a silver medal in
Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia
The Indian men's and women's throw ball Have created history by bagging a gold medal in the World Games. It was
teams held at Kathmandu
Wayde Van Niekerk Break the World Record in 300m at Golden Spike Meet in the Czech
Republic.
The International Olympic Has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a number
Committee (IOC) of mixed-gender competitions
India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu have won the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF
World Cup at Gabala, Azerbaijan
Shashikant Kutwal . has won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship
in Slovakia
21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships- Punjab.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold in men's javelin throw (throw of 85.63m) contest on the
second day
Sarita Singh of Uttar Pradesh Set a new national record in the women's hammer throw with an effort
of 65.25m to claim the gold medal
Javelin thrower Anu Rani smashed her own national record and won the gold medal on the fourth
and final day
BADMINTON
B Sai Praneeth Won the Thailand Grand Prix Gold beating Indonesian Jonatan Christie.
India shuttler KidambiSrikanth Won the Australia Open Super Series men's singles title beating Chinese
Chen Long.
KidambiSrikanth Ranked into the top-10 at eighth in the latest World Badminton
Rankings released.
Winners of Indonesia Open 2017
Category Winners
Men Singles KidambiSrikanth (India)
Mens Doubles Li Junhui (China) / Liu Yuchen (China)
Womens Singles Sayako Sato (Japan)
Womens Doubles Chen Quingchen (China) / JiaYifan (China)
Mixed Doubles Tontowi Ahmad (Indonesia) / LiliyanaNatsir (Indonesia)
FOOTBALL
Real Madrid Retained the UEFA Champions League title by defeating Juventus in the
final match at Cardiff, UK.
Englands Team Won the U-20 World Cup final against Venezuela in Suwon (South
Korea).
FIFA is set to shift India's Under-17 World Cup matches from Mumbai to the Delhi.
Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker Nominated as the '2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the
JejeLalpekhlua Year.
TENNIS
Rafael Nadal Ranked No. 2 spot in the ATP rankings.The top position is retained by Andy
Murray.
Swiss Tennis maestro Roger Federer Won ninth Halle Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final
match played at Halle, Germany
Tennis star Leander Paes Won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger trophy with Canadian partner
AdilShamasdin on 25th of June 2017. It was held in Ilkey UK.
Indian wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha Win the boys singles title of HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship
held in Pune.
GaneshanNeelakantaIyer First Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees
Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
Dhanya Shah and Sanmay Gandhi Won the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships
held at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune.
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Indian tennis player Ramkumar Won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore
Ramanathan.
French Open 2017
Category Winner Runners-up
Mens Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Womens Singles Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Simona Halep (Romania)
Mens Doubles Ryan Harrison (US) & Michael Donald Young (US) & Santiago Gonzalez
Venus (New Zealand) (Mexico)
Womens Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia)& Casey Dellacqua
Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) (Australia)
Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Anna-Lena Grnefeld (Germany) & Robert Farah
Rohan Bopanna (India) (Colombia)
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