Thursday, October 24, 2019

2019 Sports – MARCH


Sports/Tournament/Title
Winner
Points to be Noted
Noisiel Open in France
Iniyan Panneerselvam
He became the 61st Grandmaster for India crossing 2500 points in ELO ratings.
Asian Open Laser Sailing Championship in Singapore
Upamanyu Dutta won Bronze medal
India’s first ever medal in the single- handed Laser Standard race for men
Chinese Race Walk Grand Prix in Huangshan
Liu Hong
She broke the world record in the 50 km race walk, finishing in 3 hours, 59 minutes and 15 seconds (3:59:15).She become the first
woman to break the 4-hour barrier in the event.
Ladies European Tour
Diksha Dagar(2nd Indian woman)
The first Indian woman was Aditi Ashok.
Australian F1 Grand Prix 2019
Mercedes Formula One (F1) driver Valtteri Bottas
He was followed by Lewis Hamilton
of Mercedes and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Asian Youth Athletes Championship held in Hong Kong
China topped the championship with 31 medals including 12 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze.
India secured second position in the overall medals tally with 26 medals including 8 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals.
15th Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
India wins 368 medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games including 85 gold, 154 silver and 129 bronze.
Motto “Meet the Determined”. The next Special Olympic Games are set to take place in Sweden in 2021.
Badminton
2019 All England Open Badminton Championships in Arena Birmingham, England
·   Men's Single title bagged by Kento Momota.
·   Women’s Single clinched by Chen Yufei.
·   Men’s Doubles Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
·   Women’s Double Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan(China)
·   Mixed Double Zheng
Siwei and Huang Yaqiong(China)
It was a BWF (Badminton World Federation) World Tour 1000 event with total prize money of US$ 1000000.
2019 Swiss Open badminton championship held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland
·    Shi Yuqi (China) clinched Men’s Singles title by defeating Sai Praneeth (India)
·    Women’s Singles- Chen Yufei (China) won by defeating Saena Kawakami (Japan).
·    Men’s Doubles- Fajar Alfian and Muhammad
The total prize money amounts to USD 150000.
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Rian Ardianto (Indonesia) won by defeating Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin (Taiwan)
·   Women’s Doubles- Chang Ye-na and Jung Kyung-eun (South Korea) won by defeating Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida (Japan)
·   Mixed Doubles- Bay- Smidt and Rikke Soby Hansen (Denmark) won by defeating Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha
Haningtyas Mentari (Indonesia)

2019 Lingshui Masters Badminton Tournament held in Agile Stadium in China
·    Men’s Singles-Weng Hongyang (China)won by defeating Liu Haichao (China)
·    Women Singles Kim Ga- eun (South Korea) won by defeating Zhang Yiman (China)
·    Men’s Doubles Lee Jhe- huei and Yang Po-hsuan (Chinese Taipei) won by defeating Ou Xuanyi and Ren Xiangyu (China)
·    Women’s Doubles Baek Ha-na and Kim Hye-rin (South Korea) won by defeating Liu Xuanxuan and Xiayuting (China)
·    Mixed Doubles Tang Chun Man and Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) won by defeating Guo
Xinwaa and Liu Xuanxuan (China)
This was the first Super 100 Tournament of the 2019 BWF World Tour.The tournament was organized by the Chinese Badminton Association and sanctionedby the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
2nd edition of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships aka Tong Yun Kai Cup 2019 was held in Queen Elizabeth
Stadium, Hong Kong
China won by defeating Japan
The championship was organized by Badminton Asia and Hong Kong Badminton Association
35 years old Badminton player Joachim Persson of Denmark was banned for 18 months by the Badminton World Federation.
Boxing
Makran Cup boxing tournament in Chabahar, Iran
8 medals, including one gold, five silver and two bronze
Gold-Deepak Singh(Haryana) in the (46-49kg) light fly category. Silver -P Lalitha Prasad (52kg), Manish Kaushik (60kg), Duryodhan Singh
Negi (69kg), Sanjeet (91kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg).
38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland
England after claiming 6 gold medals
India claimed one Gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the tournament.



James DeGale retired from boxing at the age of 33.He is Britain’s first boxer to win an Olympic gold medal and
become a world champion.
AIBA (International Boxing Association) proposed certain changes featherweight (57 kg/125 lbs) and
welterweight (69 kg/152 lbs) added for female boxers while in male boxing, light flyweight, bantamweight and light welterweight have been dropped for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Cricket
WODI series of England Women tour of
India 2019
India women’s cricket team
won the series
Smriti Mandhana was named the
Player of the Series.
WT20I series of England Women tour of India 2019
England defeated India
England’s Danielle Wyatt won the Player of the Series.
ODI series of Australia Men tour of India 2019
Australia won 1st bilateral
ODI series against India since January 2017
Usman Khawaja won the player of the series
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar
Cricket Stadium in Indore
Karnataka cricket team
They defeated Maharashtra cricket
team.
West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle became the first player in the world to hit 500 sixes the 14th batsman and second from the Caribbean after Brian Lara, to reach the milestone of 10,000 ODI runs
Australia Cricket Team’s tour to India-T20I Series-Australia won the Series.
Chris Gayle, West Indies opener has signed off his last One Day International in the West Indies with a record
half century against England at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia
Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019’s official partner, TATA Motors, will promote its newly-launched SUV, Harrier, as its lead brand at the event and showcase the SUV by means of the IPL platform.
39-year-old Pakistan-born South African cricket team’s leg-spinner, Imran Tahir retired from One Day International (ODI) cricket after the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. He will continue to play in the T20
internationals and participate in the 2020 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned former Zimbabwe Cricket director Enock Ikope for a period of 10 years for breaching 3 ICC’s anti-corruption codes.
Dream11 as the official partner for VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL)
South African all-rounder Jean Paul Duminy (34) has announced his retirement from ODIs, after the 2019
World Cup
T10 cricket League is set to be played in Zayed Cricket Stadium of Abu Dhabi for the next five years, starting from 2019 season. T10 is the shortest form of cricket which was first played in UAE in 2017.
Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga announced his retirement from international cricket after T20 World Cup 2020.
Suresh Raina, a batsman of Chennai Super Kings became the first batsman to make a record by surpassing 5,000 runs in the Indian Premier League in Chennai. He scored 5000 runs from 177 matches at a strike-rate of
138.15 consisting 35 fifties and one hundred.
Football
Indian Super League (ISL) title
Bengaluru Football Club (FC)
It defeated FC Goa by 1-0.
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship 2019


Mehtab Hossain announced his retirement from professional football. He currently plays for Mohun Bagan in
the Hero I-League.
World football governing body FIFA has imposed a lifetime ban on 72 years old, former Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) President, Luis Chiriboga.
Chelsea and Argentina striker, Gonzalo Higuain retired from international football.
Australia's top goalscorer, 39-year-old, Tim Cahill has announced his retirement from football to focus on a career in media and coaching.
FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football Association) World Cup 2022 security agreement aimed at building a strategic partnership for the preparation of the world cup and management of the security of event,
signed between Qatar and France.
Tennis
Dubai Tennis Championship 2019 commonly known as Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship
Roger Federer won Men’s Singles title over Stefanos Tsitsipas
Belinda Bencic won women’s Singles in Dubai Championship
Mexican open 2019 held in Princess
Australia’s Nick Kyrgios
Women’s Singles: Wang
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Mundo Imperial in Mexico
defeated Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the Men’s Singles
Yafan(China)
Men’s Doubles: Alexander Zverev(Germany) and Mischa Zverev(Germany)
Women’s Doubles: Victoria
Azarenka(Belarus) and Zheng Saisai(China)
Indian Wells Masters 2019 also known as BNP Paribas Open held in California, United States.
Dominic Thiem lifts Men’s Singles title defeating Roger Federer
Bianca Andreescu defeated Angelique Kerber to win Women’s Singles title Nikola Mektic and Horacio Zeballos won Men’s Doubles title in Indian Wells
Elise Mertens and Aryna
Sabalenka won Women’s Doubles title for the first time
Seamaster 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus
commonly called Oman Open table tennis held in Muscat, Oman
Indian player G Sathyan won bronze in men’s Singles
Archana Kamath bags U-21 silver.
India has lost the hosting rights of two international tennis tournaments viz. Junior Davis Cup and Fed Cup which were scheduled to be held in RK Khanna stadium, New Delhi in April. Now both events will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.
IT company Infosys joined hands with Roland-Garros with a three-year partnership agreement to provide
digital solution for French Open tennis tournament, also called Roland-Garros, to be held in Paris, France.
The unique mixed teams Hopman Cup (Tennis tournament) in Perth has been replaced by the ATP
(Association of Tennis Professionals) World Team Cup after 31 years. Now three cities Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth will host the new men-only tournament (ATP World Team Cup) final.
Other Sports News
International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) held in New Delhi.India ranked 1st along with Hungary
Shashank Shekhar won the 10 kilometer race of Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Open Marathon.
57th International Wrestling Tournament ‘Dan Kolov – Nikola Petrov’ in Ruse, Bulgaria. Pooja Dhanda won
gold in 59 kg women’s freestyle category.
Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite Oceania Nations to compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time after a meeting held in Bangkok. Oceania Nations which includes Australia, New Zealand and a swathe of
Pacific islands are expected to Volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball, football, swimming and track cycling events.
Kudo International Federation India (KIFI) has been provisionally recognised as National Sport
Federation by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The recognition shall be granted if it complies with the
provisions of National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 and displays information on the website according to the ministerial guidelines.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has granted provisional recognition to All India Carrom Federation (AICF) as National Sport Federation with immediate in order to facilitate the participation of Indian Athletes in the
forthcoming National/International competitions.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had banned Russia over doping until further notice
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle(49) announced his retirement after the
match at WretleMania 35 in April 2019.
Argentina and Colombia are poised to co-host the 2020 Copa America. It is for the first time in the modern Copa America era that the tournament will be split between two countries.
29-year-old Indian athlete from Kerala, K.T. Irfan has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as he finished fourth in the men’s 20 kilometer category at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.
The United World Wrestling (UWW) has taken away the Junior Asian Wrestling Championship from India,it is
to be held in Thailand
30 years old, Irish Mixed Martial Art (MMA) fighter Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from the
sport.
Paralympic torch was unveiled by the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
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(Tokyo 2020) for Paralympic Torch Relay, which will take place between 13th and 25th August 2020. The torch will be lit on the concept of "“Share Your Light". The torch is made from the same recycled aluminum
and is modeled after the Japanese cherry blossom or “sakura”. The color of the torch is “Sakura Pink”.
35 years old, American professional wrestler, Stephanie Nicole Garcia-Colace aka Nikki Bella has announced
her retirement from WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).
International Olympics Committee (IOC) gave provisional green light for the inclusion of Breakdancing in the
Paris Olympics 2024. Surfing, Skateboarding and sport climbing also got approval for provisional inclusion in Summer Olympics 2024 from IOC.
South Korea won Azlan Shah Hockey Cup by defeating India.Rank of India is 5 and Rank of South Korea is 17.











































2019 Sports – FEBRUARY


Sports/Tournament/Title
Winner
Keynotes
MRF challenge
Jamie Chadwick
She became the first female
driver to win MRF Challenge title in Chennai
EGAT Cup in Chiang Mai city,Thailand
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
She won gold in 48 Kg category
Fourth title of Seattle open title
Ramit Tandon
Tandon defeated Mohamed El


Sherbini of Egypt.
Fourth edition of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL)
Haryana Hammers
They defeated defending champions Punjab Royals
Kochi Area Boat Pulling Regatta 2019
INS Dronacharya

Australian Ladies PGA Tour (LPGA)
Vani Kapoor
First Indian to grab Australian Ladies PGA Tour (LPGA)
Chennai Open ATP Challenger tennis tournament
Corentin Moutet
He defeated Andrew Harris of Australia
Pro Volleyball League (PVL)
Chennai Spartans
The team defeated Calicut
Heroes by 3-0 in Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
Badminton
83rd Yonex Sunrise Senior Badminton Nationals
Saina Nehwal
In Women’s Singles title.
Sourabh Verma won men’s singles title.
Boxing
70th International Boxing Tournament Strandja 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Russia topped the medals tally with 9 medals (5 Gold
and 4 Bronze)
India at 2nd rank with 7 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) and USA at 3rd with 8 medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 5 Bronze).
Cricket
Ranji Trophy 2018-19
Vidarbha
85th season of the Ranji Trophy Vidarbha won by defeating Saurashtra
Irani cup titles
Vidarbha
Defeated Rest of India (RoI)
India Tour to NewZealand-T20I Series(Men’s Team)
New Zealand
Defeated India
India Tour to NewZealand-T20I Series(Women’s Team)
New Zealand
Defeated India
India Tour to NewZealand-WODI Series(Women’s Team)
India
Defeated New Zealand
International Cricket Council (ICC) signed a five-year global partnership deal with beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola Company till 2023.
36 years old India’s Women Cricket team captain, Mithali Raj became the first female player to play
200 ODIs
Nepal’s cricketer Sundeep Jora,became the youngest man to score a half-century in T20 Internationals at the age of 17 years and 103 days.
India’s Smriti Mandhana attained top position in the ICC ODI rankings.
Former captain of the Pakistan women team Sana Mir became the first Asian woman to play hundred T20Is
ODI Series between New Zealand and India: India defeated New Zealand by 4-1.



Indian Cricket Team Vice-Captain, Rohit Sharma became the 14th Indian Cricketer to play 200 One Day International (ODIs)
Former Cricketer, Greg Chappell confirmed to retire after the Ashes 2019.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the first man from his country to smash a century of sixes in T20I cricket
Cricket Australia appointed Ricky Ponting as assistant coach for Australia’s cricket team for 2019 World Cup.
South African pacer Dale Steyn overtook former Indian captain Kapil Dev to become joint 7th highest
wicket-taker.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has announced his retirement from One Day Internationals (ODIs)
Chris Gayle broke Shahid Afridi’s record for “Most Sixes in International Cricket”
Australia’s wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy set a new Guinness World Record after achieving the feat for the ‘highest catch of a cricket ball’ at the Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG).
Sri Lanka cricket team became the first Asian side to win a Test series in South Africa.
Afghanistan cricket team’s leg spinner, Rashid Khan, became the first bowler to take out 4 wickets in 4 balls in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).
Afghanistan created history against Ireland in their second Twenty20 International at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Suresh Raina became the first Indian to score 8000 runs in T20 cricket
Former captain of Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from all forms of cricket for 2 years.
Football
17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup held in UAE
Qatar
Qatar defeated four-time champion Japan 3-1
Midfielder Ki Sung-yueng announced his retirement from the South Korean Football national team.
FIFA Rankings: India drop outside top-100, Belgium remain topped the ranking.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s disciplinary committee has banned the English Premier League club Chelsea from signing players in the next two transfer windows
Tennis
Sofia Open 2019
Daniil Medvedev
He defeated Hungary’s Morton Fucsovics
Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar
Elise Merten

27th edition of the Qatar Open
Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain)
Men’s Singles title
Other Sports News
Azerbaijan Grand Prix have extended the contract to host Formula One races in Baku street circuit till 2023.
International Paralympics Committee (IPC) lifted the ban on Russian Para athletes under certain conditions.
Smiling Clouded Leopard-Mascot of National Games 2022 to be held in Meghalaya.
Derrick Pereira is set to become the coach of the Indian Under-23 football team.
Ethiopian teenager Samuel Tefera broke a 22-year-old indoor world record in the 1,500 meters
Malaysian squash queen,35-year-old and 8-time world champion,Nicol David, announced that she will be retiring at the end of the 2018-19 Professional Squash Association (PSA).
International Cricket Council (ICC) banned(United Arab Emirates) UAE-based coach Irfan Ansari for a period of 10 years, from all forms of Cricket.
India suspended by IOC From Hosting International Sporting Events after Pakistan Shooters were Denied Visa
Abhijeet Gupta won the Cannes International Open held in Cannes,France.


2019 Sports – MARCH

Sports/Tournament/Title Winner Points to be Noted Noisiel Open in France Iniyan Panneerselvam He...