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Sports Current Affairs June 2020:
- Kiren Rijiju launches “NADA App” for athletes
- Former Germany footballer Mario Gomez retires from sport
- Indian umpire Nitin Menon inducted in ICC Elite Panel
- Rahul Dravid beats Sachin Tendulkar in Wisden India’s poll
- Liverpool wins English Premier League 2019-20 title
- Australia and New Zealand named as hosts of FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023
- Rachel Priest retires from International Cricket
- Niki Poonacha elected as player member to ITF Men’s player panels
- Bahrain to host 4th Asian Youth Para Games 2021
- Mamedyarov wins Sharjah Online International Chess Championship
- Sports Ministry to set up “Khelo India State Centres of Excellence”
- FIFA’s latest ranking: India retains 108th slot
- Ukranian boxer Oleksandr Gvozdyk retires from sport
- IWF cleared K Sanjita Chanu from anti-doping violation
- Alexander Shustov of Russia gets 4-year ban for doping
- Gomathi Marimuthu gets four-year doping ban by AIU
- 2022 Women’s Asian Cup will held in India
- Kiren Rijiju inaugurates “Khelo India e-Pathshala” programme
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Sports Current Affairs May 2020:
- SAI’s extends Sandip Pradhan tenure as DG for 2 year
- WADA hands 4 year bans to Kiranjeet Kaur for doping
- 36th National Games postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19
- Sri Lanka’s Shehan Madushanka suspended after heroin arrest
- American tennis star Jamie Hampton announces retirement
- Spanish football player Aritz Aduriz announces retirement
- NADA provisionally suspends powerlifters Savita Kumari & Ankit Shishodia
- Bundesliga becomes 1st major sports event to resume post COVID-19 lockdown
- ICC cricket committee set to ban the use of saliva to shine ball
- French cyclist Remy Di Gregorio banned by UCI for 4 years
- China team wins FIDE chess.com Online Nations Cup
- FIFA postpones U-17 Women’s World Cup India to 2021
- Para-athlete Deepa Malik announces retirement
- FIH extends Narinder Batra term as President till 2021
- Badminton World Championships 2020 postponed to November 2021
- Egypt’s tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life time ban from TIU
- FINA postpones 2021 world championships to May 2022
- Sandeep Kumari banned for 4 years for failing dope test
- New Zealand Cricket announces ANZ Cricket Awards
- Former World Snooker champion Peter Ebdon announces retirement
- Australia restrict use of saliva to shine ball under COVID-19 guidelines
- FIFA launches #WeWillWin campaign to pay tribute to health workers
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Sports Current Affairs April 2020:
- Deepak Agarwal banned by ICC from all cricket for 2 years
- India loses hosting rights of men’s World Boxing Championships 2021
- Jhuma Khatun banned for 4 years for failing dope test
- PCB bans Umar Akmal over corruption charges
- Former Pakistan skipper Sana Mir announces retirement
- Iran’s Alireza Firouzja beats Magnus Carlsen in Banter Blitz Cup final
- World Games unveil new logo for 2022 edition
- BWF selects Sindhu as ambassador for ‘i am badminton’ campaign
- Charles Leclerc wins Chinese Virtual Grand Prix
- “Feifei” to be the mascot for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games
- BCCI suspends IPL 2020 indefinitely due to Covid-19
- Tour de France postponed due to Coronavirus Pandemic
- India will host Asian Boxing Championship in November
- Ben Stokes named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World 2020
- FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup postponed due to Covid-19
- Thailand & Malaysia weightlifters banned from Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Kobe Bryant inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- “The Smart Triplets” to be the mascot 19th Asian Games
- World Athletics championship shifted to 2022
- Wimbledon 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus
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Sports Current Affairs March 2020:
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 rescheduled to year 2021
- Indian shot putter Navin Chikara banned for four years by IAAF
- Shilpa Shetty partners with “Fit India Movement”
- Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021
- Two Indians named in International Panel of ICC Development Umpires
- French Open delayed due to coronavirus pandemic
- ATK FC wins record 3rd Indian Super League title
- Viktor Axelsen & Tai Tzu Ying wins All England Championship
- Achanta Sharath Kamal wins men’s singles title in Oman Open
- Saurashtra lift their 1st-ever Ranji Trophy title
- World Golf Hall of Fame to induct Tiger Woods in Class of 2021
- PV Sindhu wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of Year Award
- Wasim Jaffer announces retirement from all forms of cricket
- Defending champion Australia wins Women’s T20 World Cup title
- West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard becomes 1st player to play 500 T20s
- SAI announces 1st edition of Khelo India Women’s Hockey League
- Philippines will host the Badminton Asia Championships
- Tasnim & Mansi wins bronze at BWF Yonex Dutch Junior International
- All India Police Athletic Championship commenced in Haryana
- Azlan Shah Cup postponed due to Coronavirus threat
- 1st Khelo India University Games concludes in Bhubaneswar
- Rafael Nadal wins Mexican Open title 2020
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Sports Current Affairs February 2020:
- India will host Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships 2022
- ICC bans Omani player Yousuf Abdulrahim Al Balushi from cricket for 7 years
- Russia to host new edition of AIBA World Cup 2020
- PM Narendra Modi launched 1st Khelo India University Games
- FC Goa becomes 1st club from India to qualify for AFC Champions League
- Ross Taylor becomes world’s first cricketer to play 100 matches in all 3 formats
- Pragyan Ojha announces retirement from all forms of cricket
- IPL 2020: Schedules, Venues & Teams of IPL
- ESPN India Awards 2019 announced
- India will host AFC Women’s Asian Cup in 2022
- FIFA U-17 Women’s Football World Cup will be held in 5 Indian cities
- AIFF gets AFC “Grassroots Charter Bronze Level” membership
- India will host junior men’s Hockey World Cup 2021
- Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess tournament
- ‘United by Emotion’ chosen as Tokyo 2020 Olympics motto
- Delhi host Asian Wrestling Championship 2020
- NADA bans Haryana’s javelin thrower Amit Dahiya for 4 years
- Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa Clinched 77th Senior National squash championships
- ICC penalizes 3 Bangladesh and 2 India U-19 cricketers
- Kiren Rijiju announces Ladakh and J&K will host Khelo India Winter Games 2020
- FIH names Lalremsiami as 2019 FIH Women’s Rising Star of Year
- Australia presented with ICC Women’s Championship trophy
- Aditya Mehta & Vidya Pillai wins National Snooker Championship
- Armand Duplantis breaks Pole Vault World Record
- Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest girl to climb Mt Aconcagua
- Ladakh Scouts wins Khelo India Ice Hockey Championship
- Bangladesh wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2020
- Hockey India & SAI to establish High Performance Hockey Centres
- Weightlifter Sambo Lapung wins gold with national record of 188kg
- Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020: List of Highest Run Scorers
- NADA suspends two Indian athlete
- Under 19 World Cup 2020: List of Highest Wicket Taker
- Australia Open 2020: Complete List of Winners
- Serbia’s Novak Djokovic Wins Australian Open 2020
- Goa 2020 National Games unveils ‘Rubigula’ as official mascot
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Sports Current Affairs January 2020:
- India hockey captain Rani Rampal named 2019 World Games Athlete of the Year
- Esow Alben wins gold at Berlin cycling tournament
- Rowing Federation of India lifts ban over Dattu Bhokanal
- World Archery conditionally lifts suspension on India
- Khelo India Youth Games 2020: Maharashtra tops the medal tally
- Indian shooters Divyansh & Apurvi wins gold medal at Meyton Cup
- Paralympian Deepa Malik and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt inducted in AlCS
- India wins Diplomat Cup Cricket Championship 2020
- Vinesh Phogat triumph gold at Rome Ranking Series
- Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon wins Indonesia Masters title 2020
- Sania Mirza and Nadiia Kichenok wins WTA doubles title in Australia
- ICC U-19 World Cup Cricket 2020 begins in South Africa
- Kento Momoto wins Malaysia Masters 2020 title
- Ladakh wins 7th National Ice Hockey Championship women trophy
- World Cup winner Daniele De Rossi from Italy retires from football
- P Magesh Chandran wins 95th Hastings International Chess title
- Leo Carter becomes 7th cricketer to hit six 6s in an over
- Srikkanth & Anjum Chopra to get CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
- Saurabh Chaudhary wins gold at 63rd National Shooting C’ship
- All-rounder Irfan Pathan retires from all forms of cricket
- National Ice Hockey Championship-2020 begins in Leh
- Lawn bowls & Cycling to be included in 3rd Khelo India Games
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Sports Awards in India
Sports Achievements
Winners of Arjuna Awards:
Arjuna Award Winners 2020 | |
Category | Name |
Hockey | Shivendra Pratap Santosh Singh |
Arjuna Award Winners 2019 | |
Athletics | Sundar Singh Gurjar (Para Athlete) |
Athletics | Swapna Barman |
Athletics | Tajinder Pal Singh |
Athletics | Mohammed Anas Yahiya |
Badminton | Pramod Bhagat (Para Athlete) |
Badminton | Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth |
Boxing | Sonia Lather |
Cricket | Ravindra Jadeja |
Cricket | Poonam Yadav |
Equestrian | Fouaad Mirza |
Football | Gurpreet Singh Sandhu |
Hockey | Chinglensana Kangujam |
Kabaddi | Ajay Thakur |
Polo | Simran Singh Shergill |
Shooting | Anjum Moudgil |
Table Tennis | Harmeet Desai |
Wrestling | Pooja Dhanda |
Arjuna Award Winners 2018 | |
Athletics | Ankur Dhama (Para Athlete) |
Athletics | Neeraj Chopra |
Athletics | Hima Das |
Athletics | Jinson Johnson |
Badminton | Sikki Reddy |
Cricket | Virat Kohli |
Golf | Shubhankar Sharma |
Hockey | Manpreet Singh |
Hockey | Savita Punia |
Kabaddi | G.Pranav sai reddy |
Lawn Tennis | Rohan Bopanna |
Polo | Ravi Rathore |
Shooting | Shreyasi singh |
Shooting | Ankur mittal |
Shooting | Rahi sarnobat |
Table Tennis | Manika Batra |
Table Tennis | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran |
Wrestling | Sumit Malik |
Wushu | Pooja Kadian |
Arjuna Award Winners 2017 | |
Archery | Vennam Jyothi Surekha |
Athletics | Khushbir Kaur |
Athletics | Arokia Rajiv |
Athletics | Mariyappan Thangavelu (Para Athlete) |
Athletics | Varun Bhati (Para Athlete) |
Basketball | Prashanti Singh |
Boxing | Laishram Debendro Singh |
Cricket | Cheteshwar Pujara |
Cricket | Harmanpreet Kaur |
Football | Oinam Bembem Devi |
golf | Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia |
Hockey | Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil |
Kabaddi | Jasvir Singh |
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Winners of Dronacharya Award:
Year | Recipient(s) | Discipline(s) |
1985 | Bhalachandra Bhaskar Bhagwat | Wrestling |
1985 | Om Prakash Bhardwaj | Boxing |
1985 | O. M. Nambiar | Athletics |
1986 | Desh Prem Azad | Cricket |
1986 | Raghunandan Vasant Gokhle | Chess |
1987 | Guru Hanuman | Wrestling |
1987 | Gurcharan Singh | Cricket |
1988 | No award | |
1989 | No award | |
1990 | Ramakant Achrekar | Cricket |
1990 | Syed Naeemuddin | Football |
1990 | A. Ramana Rao | Volleyball |
1991 | No award | |
1992 | No award | |
1993 | No award | |
1994 | Ilyas Babar | Athletics |
1995 | Shyam Sunder Rao | Volleyball |
1995 | Karan Singh | Athletics |
1996 | Wilson Jones | Billiards & Snooker |
1996 | Pal Singh Sandhu | Weightlifting |
1997 | Joginder Singh Saini | Athletics |
1998 | G. S. Sandhu | Boxing |
1998 | Hargobind Singh Sandhu | Athletics |
1998 | Bahadur Singh Chouhan | Athletics |
1999 | Kenneth Owen Bosen | Athletics |
1999 | Hawa Singh | Boxing |
1999 | Ajay Kumar Sirohi | Weightlifting |
2000 | S. M. Arif | Badminton |
2000 | Gudial Singh Bhangu | Hockey |
2000 | Bhupender Dhawan | Powerlifting |
2000 | Gopal Purushottam Phadke | Kho kho |
2000 | Hansa Sharma | Weightlifting |
2001 | Michael Ferreira | Billiards & Snooker |
2001 | Sunny Thomas | Shooting |
2002 | Maharaj Krishan Kaushik | Hockey |
2002 | Renu Kohli | Athletics |
2002 | Homi Motivala | Yachting |
2002 | E. Prasad Rao | Kabaddi |
2002 | Jaswant Singh | Athletics |
2003 | Sukhchain Singh Cheema | Wrestling |
2003 | Robert Bobby George | Athletics |
2003 | Anoop Kumar | Boxing |
2003 | Rajinder Singh Jr. | Hockey |
2004 | Cyrus Poncha | Squash |
2004 | Arvind Savur | Billiards & Snooker |
2004 | Sunita Sharma | Cricket |
2005 | Ismail Baig | Rowing |
2005 | Maha Singh Rao | Wrestling |
2005 | Balwan Singh | Kabaddi |
2005 | M. Venu | Boxing |
2006 | Koneru Ashok | Chess |
2006 | Damodaran Chandralal | Boxing |
2006 | R. D. Singh | Athletics |
2007 | Jagdish Singh | Boxing |
2007 | Jagminder Singh | Wrestling |
2007 | Sanjeeva Kumar Singh | Archery |
2007 | G. E. Sridharan | Volleyball |
2008 | No award | |
2009 | Jaydev Bisht | Boxing |
2009 | Pullela Gopichand | Badminton |
2009 | S. Baldev Singh | Hockey |
2009 | Satpal Singh | Wrestling |
2010 | Subhash Agarwal | Billiards & Snooker |
2010 | Ajay Kumar Bansal | Hockey |
2010 | Captain Chandrup | Wrestling |
2010 | A. K. Kutty | Athletics |
2010 | L Ibomcha Singh | Boxing |
2011 | Devender Kumar Rathore | Gymnastics |
2011 | Kuntal Kumar Roy | Athletics |
2011 | Ramphal | Wrestling |
2011 | Inukurthi Venkateshwara Roy | Boxing |
2011 | Rajinder Singh Jr. | Hockey |
2012 | Jasvinder Singh Bhatia | Athletics |
2012 | Sunil Dabas | Kabaddi |
2012 | B. I. Fernandez | Boxing |
2012 | Bhawani Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
2012 | Virender Poonia | Athletics |
2012 | Satyapal Singh | Athletics |
2012 | Harendra Singh | Hockey |
2012 | Yashvir Singh | Wrestling |
2013 | Purnima Mahato | Archery |
2013 | Narender Singh Saini | Hockey |
2013 | Mahavir Singh | Boxing |
2013 | Raj Singh | Wrestling |
2013 | K. P. Thomas | Athletics |
2014 | Gurcharan Gogi | Judo |
2014 | Jose Jacob | Rowing |
2014 | N. Lingappa | Athletics |
2014 | Ganapathy Manoharan | Boxing |
2014 | Mahabir Prasad | Wrestling |
2015 | Nihar Ameen | Swimming |
2015 | Anoop Singh | Wrestling |
2015 | Harbans Singh | Athletics |
2015 | Naval Singh | Athletics |
2015 | Swatantar Raj Singh | Boxing |
2016 | Sagar Mal Dhayal | Boxing |
2016 | S. Pradeep Kumar | Swimming |
2016 | Bishweshwar Nandi | Gymnastics |
2016 | Mahavir Singh Phogat | Wrestling |
2016 | Nagapuri Ramesh | Athletics |
2016 | Rajkumar Sharma | Cricket |
2017 | R. Gandhi | Athletics |
2017 | Heera Nand Kataria | Kabaddi |
2017 | G. S. S. V. Prasad | Badminton |
2017 | Brij Bhushan Mohanty | Boxing |
2017 | P. A. Raphel | Hockey |
2017 | Sanjoy Chakraverty | Shooting |
2017 | Roshan Lal | Wrestling |
2018 | Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Kuttappa | Boxing |
2018 | Vijay Sharma | Weightlifting |
2018 | A. Srinivasa Rao | Table Tennis |
2018 | Sukhdev Singh Pannu | Athletics |
2018 | Clarence Lobo | Hockey |
2018 | Tarak Sinha | Cricket |
2018 | Jiwan Kumar Sharma | Judo |
2018 | V.R. Beedu | Athletics |
2019 | Mohinder Singh Dhillon | Athletics |
2019 | Rambir Singh Khokar | Kabaddi |
2019 | U. Vimal Kumar | Badminton |
2019 | Sandip Gupta | Table Tennis |
2019 | Sanjay Bhardwaj | Cricket |
2019 | Merzban Patel | Hockey |
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Sports Question and Answers
Ques1: India’s Lakshya Sen won a __________ medal in the BWF World junior badminton championship at Markham, Canada.
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
- None of the Above
Ans: 3
Ques2: Which country tops in the FIFA global ranking 2018?
- Belgium
- Brazil
- India
- France
Ans: 1
Ques3: Which team won the first ever World Cup title in Odisha?
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Australia
- Egypt
Ans: 2
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Ques4: Which team won the 115th Aga Khan Gold Cup tournament in New Delhi?
- Madhya Pradesh Team
- SHA Team
- Army XI Danapur
- SAIL Hockey Academy
Ans: 4
Ques5: Which team won the Admiral’s Cup 2018?
- Nigeria
- Singapore
- Italy
- Poland
Ans: 3
Ques6: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has submitted a formal expression of interest to host __________ Olympics.
- 2028
- 2026
- 2024
- 2032
Ans: 4
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Ques7: Recently, Delhi Daredevils was renamed as __________.
- Delhi Riders
- Delhi Squad
- Delhi Smoggers
- Delhi Capitals
Ans: 4
Ques8: Which country win the FIH Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy?
- Argentina
- Netherlands
- Australia
- Britain
Ans: 2
Ques9: Saina Nehwal wins ___________ at Syed Modi International 2018.
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
- None of the Above
Ans: 2
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Ques10: The International Cricket Council has renamed ICC World T20 as;
- ICC 2020 World cup
- ICC T20
- ICC T20 World Cup
- ICC 2020
Ans: 3
Ques11: Sandeep Michael, who passed away recently, was the noted player of which sports?
- Tennis
- Boxing
- Hockey
- Wrestling
Ans: 3
Ques12: India wins __________ bronze medals in Acrobatic Gymnastics world cup.
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
Ans: 4
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Ques13: The Indian tennis pair who won the women’s doubles title of WTA Taipei Open Championship held in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Luksika Kumkhum and Natela Dzalamidze
- Olga Doroshina and Lidya Joanes
- Ankita Raina and Karman Kaur Thandi
- Gabrielle Sollis and Lynette Scavo
Ans: 3
Ques14: Name the Indian shuttler who won bronze medal at Li Ning BWF World Junior Badminton Championships 2018 held at Markham, Canada.
- Lakshya Sen
- Saili Rane
- Parupalli Kashyap
- Ajay Jayaram
Ans: 1
Ques15: Which team won the 2018 Club World Cup and record fourth in total?
- Real Madrid
- Team Wellington
- Guadalajara
- Kashima Antlers
Ans: 1
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