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LaureusWorldSportAwards
Cricket
Tennis
Badminton
Athletics
Olympics
Paralympics
OtherSportsNews

ThisarticlecontainssportsrelatedCurrentAffairsdevelopmentsfromApril2015.Examutility:
CAPF,IBPS,SSC,SBI&similarnonUPSCexamsanddozensofcollegeadmissionentrance
exams.

LaureusWorldSportAwards
WorldSportsmanoftheYear
WorldSportswomanoftheYear
WorldBreakthroughoftheYear
WorldComebackoftheYear
WorldSportspersonoftheYearwithaDisability
WorldActionSportspersonoftheYear
SportforGoodAward
SpiritofSportAward
ExceptionalAchievementAward

WorldSportsAcademyinductees

WorldTeamoftheYear

NovakDjokovic(Serbia)
GenzebeDibaba(Ethiopia)
DanielRicciardo(Australia)
SchalkBurger(SouthAfrica)
TatyanaMcFadden(USA)
AlanEustace(USA)
OliverPercovich(Australia)
YaoMing(China)
LiNa(China)
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TeglaLoroupe(Kenya)
SachinTendulkar(India)
YaoMing(China)
YangYang(China)
LiXiaopeng(China).

Germanmensfootballteam

Cricket
ICCchiefN.SrinivasanwarnsBCCIthatitssecretaryAnuragThakurseenwithbookie
Mr.KaranGilhotra.Thakurdeniesknowinghim.
HarbhajanSinghInstituteofCricket(HSIC)HarbhajanSinghhasopenedhisfirstcricket
academyintheDelhiPublicSchool,Rajarhat(WestBengal)
ExPakistanTestcaptainSalmanButtwasbannedforspotfixing.Hellappearbefore
ICCIsanticorruptionunittogethisbanreduced.
PepsiIPL2015beginsattheSaltLakeStadiuminKolkata.

AnkitKeshriapromisingBengalbatsmandiedbecauseofaninjuryduringamatch.He
playedU19andleadU23BengalteaminC.K.NaiduChampionstrophy.
SupremeCourtconstitutedthreemembercommitteeunderchairmanshipofJusticeR.M.
LodhatoseeBCCIsConstitution.Subsequently,onLodhasrecommendationCBI
officerVivekPriyadarshitoinvestigateIPLCEOSundarRamanintheIPLspotfixing
andbettingscam
MohammadNabiremovedfromcaptainshipoftheAfghanistancricketteamforweak
performanceinworldcup2015
InBritain,theclubmatchbetweenNantwichandCaldy.LiamLivingstone(Nanwich)
madehistorywith350runsin138balls.Histeamstotalscore579/7in45overs.Caldy
alloutinjust79runs.

Tennis
WTAMiami
Won
Lost
Singlemens
NovakDjokovic(Serbia)
AndyMurray(UK)
SingleWomens SerenaWilliams(US)
Notimportantforexams
DoubleWomens SaniaMirzaandMartinaHingis Notimportantforexam.
SaniaandMartina
WonIndianWells,MiamihardcourtandCharlestontitle.
SaniabecomesfirstIndianwomantoclaim#1indoublesranking
OtherTennisgames
The2015FrenchOpenbeganonMay24.
ThisseasonprizemoneyattheRolandGarroswillrise.Themensandwomens
championswillreceive1.8millioneach,
Game

Won
lost
AsianJr.Girls
Y.Pranjala
WushuangZheng(China)
ITFMensfuture,Karshi,Uzbekistan YukiBhambri DzmitryZhyrmont(Belarus)

Badminton
InMalaysiaOpenMenChenLongofChinadefeatedKentoMomotaofJapan
MalasiyaOpenBadmintonheldatKUALALUMPUR.Winners:MaleChen
Long(China),FemaleCarolinaMarin(Spain)
BadmintonWorldFederation(BWF)SainaNehwalspositionchangesinWorldranking
announcementindifferentweek
2/4/2015
9/4/2015
23/4/2015
30/4/2015

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Athletics

ChinasgreatestathleteLiuXiangannouncedhisretirement.
ThefastestrunnerofAsiaYoshihideKiryu,(japaneseteenager)hasbeeninvitedtorace
inthe100metresagainstworldrecordholderUsainBoltattheDiamondLeagueNew
YorkGrandPrixinJune
Theworldsfastestman,UsainBolt,hascriticisedthestupiddealunderwhich
AmericansprinterTysonGaywasgivenareducedbanfordoping.
EthiopiasLelisaDesisawonBostonMarathontitle
LondonMarathon2015:WinnersMen:1.EliudKipchoge(Kenya)andWomen:1.Tigist
Tufa(Ethopia)
FormarU.S.OlympicchampionBruceJennerrevealedheistransitioningfrommaleto
female.RightnowworkinginRealityTVshows.

Olympics
In2013,ThomasBachisappointedaspresidentofIOC.HeisfromGermany.
InternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)presidentThomasBachhassignedMemorandum
ofUnderstanding(MoU)ensuringmoreIOCfundingforIndianathletes.
HeadvisedtokeepUnity,autonomyandgoodgovernanceintheNationalSports
Federations(NSFs).
Governmentalsogivespromisesformorefundingtoplayersparticipatingin2016
olympics.
PMNarendraModiisnotfavourtoorganise2024OlympicsinIndiadespitehypecreated
byMediathatModiwillproposetoorganise2024olympicsinAhmedabad.

Paralympics
UnionSportsMinistryhasderecognisedtheParalympicCommitteeofIndia(PCI)and
InternationalParalympicCommittee(IPC)hassuspendedPCIaswellforinternal
mismanagement.
TheParalympicCommitteeofIndia(PCI)suspendeditspresidentRajeshTomaraspoor
conductofthe15thNationalparaathleticschampionshipinGhaziabadduringMarch
month.
AretiedHCjudgeCommitteewillinvestigatePCImismanagement.

OtherSportsNews

Basketball

Boxing

GursimranSimBhullarselectedinSacramentoKingsownedbyan
Indian.HellplayinNationalBasketballAssociations(NBA).
SimBhullarisFirstIndianoriginplayertoplayinNBA(National
BasketballAssociation)ofUSA.
OnMay2,BoxingmatchbetweentwoWorldchampionstowin
welterweighttitleatLasVegas
EmmanuelMannyPacquiaoofPhilippinesV/SFloydMayweatherJr.
ofUSA
GovernmentofPhilippinesorderedsomehouseholdtokeepvoluntarily
theirRefrigeratorturnoff,sothatelectricitycouldbesavedthatcanbe
usedforenjoyingMatch

ResultofmatchFloydMayweathewonthetitle.

Chess

WorldWomensteamchesschampionshipatChengdu,China.
DronavalliHarikaSilvermedal
KoneruHumpyBronzemedal
Fritzsoftwaremanyonlinechessplayerscheatsoneanotherusingthis
software
StartingofnewgrandchesstouratSaintLouis(UnitedStates)includes
threemajorevents:
NorwayChess2015Stavanger,Norway
SinquefieldCupSaintLouis,USA
LondonChessClassicLondon,England

Hockey

CanadianMathiasAhrenappointedascoachofWomensHockeyTeam
India.
AzlanShahHockeyIndiawonbronze

SAI

Shooting

Weightlifting

SportsAuthorityofIndiaDirectorGeneralInjetiSrinivas
CommonwealthGameschampionApurviChandelawonthewomensair
riflebronzeandtheOlympicquotaplaceintheshootingWorldCupin
Changwon,Korea
AbhinavBindra+GoSportsFoundationpresentedFivetalentedyoung
shooterstoWaltherrifiestoimprovetheirskills.
WladimirKlitschko(Ukrain)wonheavyweightworldtitlebeatingBryant
Jennings(USA)

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