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.