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2017 Sports (Jan - Sept )
January
Name of the Sport Events Name of the Winners
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
the Palace Bridge.
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Dhruv Sunish . Won ITF Juniors title at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad clay
courts
Ronnie OSullivan Won a record seventh Masters title against Joe Perry 10-
7 in the final at Londons Alexandra Palace.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched its first ever Indian Womens League (IWL)
Japan based sumo wrestler Kisenosato Promoted to the highest rank of the wresting, "Yokozuna"
Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt Have to hand back one of his nine
Olympicgold medals won in the 4x100m relay event at
the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to his Jamaican team-
mate Nesta Carter who was tested positive for a banned
substance.
The Tokyo Olympic Committee Announced that Son Goku, a cult anime character
from Dragonball Z, will serve as one of its brand
ambassadors.
The TOP Committee has been reconstituted To identify and support potential medal prospects for 2020
and 2024 Olympic Games under the Target Olympic
Podium scheme.
Siliguri based Abul Hossain won the Kolkata Full Marathon
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Constituted an 8-membered committee on January 30, 2017
that would work to prepare an action plan for the next three
Olympic Games to be held in 2020, 2024 and 2028.
Top seeded Ace cue Pankaj Advani Won his seventh national title in the finals of Manisha
National Billiards and Snooker Championship
FOOTBALL
Atletico de Kolkata. wins 2016 Hero Indian Super League beating Kerala
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi Blasters 5-4
Match Awards: 1.Club award: Atltico de Kolkata
2.ISL Emerging Player of the Match: LalrindikaRalte
(Atltico de Kolkata)
3.Hero of the Match: Henrique Sereno Fonseca (Atltico de
Kolkata)
Argentina topped in the FIFAs Team of the 2016 Year However India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135.
title with 1634 points.
Indian football team jumped six places up to 129th in The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina,
January 2017 which is the best FIFA ranking in over a Brazil and Germany
decade.
Indian Women Football Team won their fourth consecutive (South Asian Football
Federation) SAFF Womens Championship
title defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the finals at
the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal
MohunBagan and Chennaiyin Nominated as the 2016 All India Football Federation
FC striker JejeLalpekhlua (AIFF) Player of the Year.
FIFA ranking The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina,
Brazil and Germany & Indian football team jumped six
places up to 129th .
Indian footballer Jayesh Raimalani signed a deal through Indo-Spanish football
venture called Spaindia to join the Spanish Football Team
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
game.
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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
Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears /Juan Andrea Hlavkov/Peng
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Sebastin Cabal Shuai

Qatar Open
Mens Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) United Kingdom Andy
Murray
Mens Doubles French pair JrmyChardy Canada VasekPospisil / Czech
and Fabrice Martin Republic Radektpnek,
HOCKEY
India surpassed South Korea Finishes with the bronze medal at the 4th Womens U18
Asia Cup 2016 hockey tournament in Bangkok
India Beat Belgium Wins 2016 FIH Junior Hockey World
Cupat Lucknows Major Dhyan Chand Stadium and
reclaimed the crown after 15 long years.
The Captain of Indian mens Hockey Team, PR Selected as a member of International Hockey Federation
Sreejesh (FIH) Athletes Committee by the FIH Executive Board.
BOXING
Boxer-Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of
professional boxing.
The Indian Womens boxing team Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas,
Serbia on January 15, 2017. India won total six medals.
Kazakhstan won the tournament at first spot.
AbbuAmmaz (8) A class 2 student from Jammu and Kashmir has
bagged the gold medal in Thai Boxing Championship
AIBA has voted unanimously to grant full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI)
Indian boxing star Vijendrasingh Defeats Francis Cheka to Retain WBO-Asia Pacific
Super Middleweight Title in New Delhi.
Asian games Bronze-Medallist boxer, Sarita Devi First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of
professional boxing.
The Indian Womens boxing team coached Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas,
by Gurbax Singh Sandhu Serbia
BADMINTON
Syed Modi International Grand Prix
womens singles title PV Sindhu Gregoria Mariska
Mens Single Sameer Verma B Sai Praneeth
mixed doubles Pranaav Jerry Ashwini Ponnappa/ B
Chopra /N Sikki Reddy Sumeeth Reddy
2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Mens Singles Ng Ka Long(Hong Kong) Lee Hyun-il(South Korea)
Womens Singles Saina Nehwal(India) Pornpawee
Chochuwong(Thailand)
Mens Doubles Berry Angriawan & Goh Sze Fei & Nur
Hardianto9 Indonesia) Izzuddin(Malaysia)
Womens Doubles Jongkolphan Kititharakul Poon Lok Yan & Tse
&Rawinda Ying Suet(Hong Kong)
Prajongjai(Thailand)
Mixed Doubles Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Goh Soon Huat & Shevon
Jing9 Malaysia) Jemie Lai(Malaysia)
February
CRICKET
Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell Banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code
violation
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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
Committees Athletes Commission (AC) in
the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Indian shuttler duo Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis Won the Mens Double title at the 2017 Uganda
International Series by defeating Aatish Lubah and
Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius
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TENNIS
Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal and Madhurika won the mens singles title after defeating Soumyajit
Patkar Ghosh and won the womens singles title in Table
Tennis Nationals held at the Manesar Sports Club in
Haryana
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the 44t edition of the ABN AMRO World Tennis
Tournament in Rotterdam.
Second-seeded French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Won the finals of Open 13 Marseille in France on
Tsonga. February 26, 2017. This was his 14th career title at the
indoor event and 2nd title of the year 2017
Bangalore has been chosen to host the next Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone group-1 tie
against Uzbekistan from April 7 to 9, 2017.
FOOTBALL
English professional footballer Frank Lampard Announced his retirement from professional soccer.
The official Mascot for the 2017 FIFA U17 World A clouded leopard named Kheleo with young and
Cup India charismatic face has been launched as the Mascot.
HOCKEY
Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai Won their maiden Hockey India League title in
Chandigarh Hockey Stadium. Fuerste Moritz - Man
of the Match
OTHER SPORTS
Olympic game medals will be made from recycled mobile phones for the year 2022 to promote sustainability
said by 2020 Olympic Games organizers, Japan.
Indian Squash Team outclassed Rival Pakistan At the 18th Asian Junior Team Squash
Championship 2017 in Hong-Kong.
Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 29th Indian National Snooker
Championship titleat the PYC Hindu Gymkhana,
Pune.
Sports Minister Vijay Goel laid the foundation stone of the Indias first Center of
Excellence for Para Sports in Gujarat
India will host FIBA Womens Asia Cup basketball
tournament in July 2017 in Bengaluru. India also
set to host the FIBA U-16 Womens Asian
Championship from October 22 to 28 in Hyderabad
Indias boy team defeated Malaysia to clinch the gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash
championship in Hong Kong
Iran lifted up the ban it had imposed on United
States Wrestlers, thus allowing them to participate
in the Freestyle World Cup to be held in Iran.
The Billiards and Snoooker Federation of India Will host the World Billiards Championship for the
(BSFI) next four years.
The International Association of Athletics Russia has been barred from the 2017 summer World
Federations (IAAF) Announced Athletics Championships in London.
Ethiopias Genzebe Dibaba Created the worlds record by becoming the fastest
athlete to complete the womens indoor 2,000
metres at the indoor
The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Launched the Mission XI Million, the biggest school
Sports Shri Vijay Goyal sport outreach programme, in New Delhi
National Basketball Association (NBA) creating a brand new e-sports league called NBA
2K e-League in partnership with Take-Two Interactive
Software Inc
Netherlands Germaine de Randamie Claimed UFC Womens Featherweight Champion at
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the UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York.

Jehan Daruvala First ever Indian to claim the New Zealand Grand
Prix at the Chris Amon Circuit in Manfeild, New
Zealand
Haryana defeated Railway to win the first edition of the three-day Pandit Deen
Dayal Updhyay All India National
style Kabaddi Championship held at Haryana
Mumbai based Kush Bhagat awarded the Candidate Master (CM) title by
the World Chess Federation body, FIDE
India Womens Rugby Team won the silver medal at the Asian Rugby Sevens
Trophy held at Vientiane, Laos. South Korea won
gold medal by beating India 29-0 in the finals
Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar stepping up to enter professional boxing.
Athelete Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the Mens 50km event of
the National Race Walking Championships held in
New Delhi
India will be hosting the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019.
German Sportswear giant Adidas Ties up with FIFA U-17 World Cup Local Organising
Committee for the Mission XI Million programme.
Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel announced that the first Gramin Khel Mahotsav will
be held from March 25-31, 2017 in New Delhi.
Team 61 Cavalry Won the Army Polo Championship by
defeating Army Service Corps (ASC) at the Delhi
Cantts Army Equestrian Centre Polo Ground.
India made historic start at the sixth Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship by winning all the three
medals at Bahrain.
Rio Olympian Thanackal Gopi and Monika Won the Mens and Womens Full Marathon title in
Athare from Nashik the second edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance
New Delhi Marathon
March
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
Rio Open 2017 Winner List

Title Winner Runner
Mens Single Dominic Thiem (Austria) Pablo CarrenoBusta (Spain)
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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
5 India 1 2 2 5
ISSF Shooting World Cup
Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly
included 10m pistol
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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
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
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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.
April
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
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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
Womens Singles Tai Tzu-Ying Carolin Marin
Mens Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Fu Haifeng& Zheng Siwei
Kevin SanjayaSukamuljo
Womens Doubles Yuki Fukushima Huang Yaqiong& Tang Jinhua
&Sayakahirota
Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwel& Chen Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong
Qingchen
HOCKEY
The Indian School team Beat Malaysia to lift the title at the Fifth Asian School
Hockey Championship in Bhopal at the Aishbagh
Stadium.
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MISCELANEOUS
JoycilineJepkosgei of Kenya Broke three world records by winning the Prague
Half Marathon in Czech Republic
US based National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its first basketball school in Mumbai
Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar (49kg) won a gold The Indian camp finished the Thailand
medal for the second time International Tournament with two medals
includes 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in
Bangkok.
Indian Chess Team Finished Top in Asian Youth Chess Championship
in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has granted affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), a
long-standing tie made between the two bodies.
Marouane Fellaini (Belgian professional) First Muslim to captain Manchester United. He is
the worlds most expensive player.
Pankaj Advani Won his 7th Title by defeating Sourav Kothari in
the Asian Billiads Championship held in
Chandigarh
Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes historic Boston Marathon
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Launched a new feature called Video gaming as a
full sport at the 2022 Asian Games which is
scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China
101-year-old Man Kaur won Gold Medal for 100 metres sprint at the World
Masters Games in Auckland
Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur Clinched gold in the Asian Grand Prix Athletics
Meet. It was held in Jinhua, China.
Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani Won silver -Asian Snooker Championship at Doha,
Qatar. He lost the finals to China's LvHaotian
Actress Gul Panag First Indian woman to drive a Formula E racing
car. She drove the M4Electro at the Circuit de
Calafat in Catalonia,Spain.
JehanDaruvala 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European
Championship in Monza, Italy.
Haryana beats Kerala At the National Youth Athletics Meet at
Hyderabad.
India has won 16 medals US Open karate Championship and grabbed 3 gold
2 silver and 11 bronze medals in Las Vegas
TENNIS
33rd edition - Miami Open 2017 at Crandon Park, Florida in USA - An Overview
CATEGORY WINNERs RUNNERs
Mens single Roger Federer(Switzerland) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Womens single Johanna Konta (Great Britain) Caroline Wozniacki
(Denmark)
Mens doubles ukaszKubot (Poland)/ Marcelo Melo Nicholas Monroe
(Brazil) (USA)/Jack Sock (USA)
Womens doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) /Xu Yifan Sania Mirza
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(china) (India)/BarboraStrcov
(Czech Republic)
Spains Rafal Nadal wins Mens Singles and Bopanna and Cuevas Lift mens doubles in the Monte Carlo
Masters
May
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
in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy
Annual update of ICC Twenty20 International team India has dropped two places to slip to fourth position.
rankings (May 1, 2017). The Rankings topped by New Zealand.
Mumbai Indians Win IPL title for third time beating Rising Pune
Supergiant (RPS) in the Grand Finale at Rajiv Gandhi
International Stadium in Hyderabad.
India retained its No.1 position In the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team
rankings.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Hiked the prize money for 2017 Champions Trophy by
$500,000, making it $4.5 million with a winners share
of $2.2 million.
RavichandranAshwin Bagged with International Cricketer of the Year award
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at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards

for 2017.
India womens cricketers Deepti Sharma and Poonam The first-ever pair to share a record 320-run partnership
Raut in One-Day International in a match against Ireland.
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
thrilling win over compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik in
the women's final held in Chennai.
Indian squash player RamitTandon Won his first professional title in squash on 14 May
2017. He beats his Indian counterpart, Kush Kumar in
the Sys Open 2017.
HOCKEY
Great Britain wins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup beating Australia; India
finishes third. The final match was held on May 6, 2017
in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Hockey Him crowned champions of 7th Junior Women's Hockey
C'ship beating Hockey Mizoram in the 7th Junior
National Hockey Championship 2017 (Women).
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Sweden won the Ice Hockey World Championship title for the
10th Time. This win is Sweden's first in four tries
against Canada.
CHESS
R.R. Laxman of Integral Coach Factory Won the All India Open Rapid World Chess
Federation (FIDE) Rating Chess Tournament.
won the women's title in the Asian Continental Blitz
India's R Vaishali Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, on May 21,
2017. She drew her final round game against Uurtsaikh
Uuriintuya of Mongolia.
Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna Registered his first win at the Moscow FIDE Grand
Prix.
Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna won against RussianGM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Pentala
Harikrishna beats Ian Nepomniachtchi in 8th round was
held in Moscow.
MISCELLELANEOUS
Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa won a silver medal at the Asian Boxing
Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost the
final match to Elnur Abduraimov from Uzbekistan.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) -the governing body of Basketball in US inaugurated its first ever
academy in India in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
The South African government had lifted a ban on the country's rugby union after it made progress improving
racial diversity in the sport. It gets approval to bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup.
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
years on 28th of May, 2017 in Gold Coast Australia.
Fencer Bhavani Devi Become first Indian to win a Gold Medal in an
International fencing tournament held at Reykjavik
in Iceland.
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June
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
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
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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.
Indian tennis player Ramkumar Won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore
Ramanathan.
French Open 2017
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
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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)
July
FOOTBALL
Sudan Football Association (SFA) World football's governing body FIFA has lifted the ban.
Germany win first Confederations Cup title beating Copa America
winners Chile held at Saint Petersburg.
India Football team 96th in FIFA World ranking, its best in 21 years. Brazil Topped
Francesco Totti- a footballer legend from Italy confirmed his retirement
Mission Football Meghalaya CM launches at JN Sports Complex in Shillong
Indonesia- To host AFC U-19 championship 2018.
FORMULA ONE
Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton wins recordequalling fifth British GP
Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian Grand Prix
BADMINTON
Rahul, Manu-Sumeeth Clinch titles at Lagos Open at Lagos International challenge
held in Nigeria.
Indian woman badminton player Ritika Wins the singles title in the Ivory Coast International
Thaker. badminton tournament at Abidjan.
H S Prannoy wins US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title at Anaheim,
California USA.
SQUASH
India- Finishes 6th in 2017 World Junior Squash held in Tauranga,
New Zealand.
Mumbai teens Joshi, Ananya Dabke Wins Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship held in
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Harinder Pal Sandhu Wins Victorian Open squash title in Melbourne..
Harinder Sandhu. Won South Australian Squash Open title at Adelaide,Australia
TENNIS
Team India Bags 24 medals at Jordan Open TT at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table
tennis tournament Jordan. (7 Gold, 7 Silver and 10 Bronze medals)
Chennai Open renamed to Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune
John Isner(From USA) won his fourth ATP Atlanta title
131st edition -Wimbledon Championships 2017 Overview.
Mens Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia)
Womens Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams (US)
Mens Doubles Lukasz Kubot (Poland) & Oliver MArach (Austria) & Mate Pavic
Marcelo Melo (Brazil) (Croatia)
Womens Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) Monica Niculescu (Romania) & Chan Hao-
& Elena Vesnina (Russia) ching (Taiwan)
Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray (UK) & Martina Heather Watson (UK) & Henri Kontinen
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Hingis (Switzerland) (Finland)

Winners of Eastbourne Aegon Championship-UK
Mens Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) GaenMonfils (France)
Womens Singles KarolnaPlkov (Czech Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Republic)
Mens Doubles Bob Bryan (US) & Mike Rohan Bopanna (India) & Andre Sa (Brazil)
Bryan (US)
Womens Doubles Chan Yung-jan (Taipei) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Casey Dellacqua
Martina Hingis (Switzerland) (Australia)
CRICKET
England Won ICC women world cup 2017 beating India. The
Player of the Series title has been awarded to Tammy
Beaumont of England
Misbah-ul-Haq To get honorary life membership by Marylebone Cricket
Club
Harmanpreet Kaur- breaks into top 10 of ICC Women's ODI Player
Rankings(6th position)
Mithali Raj Becomes leading run-getter in Womens ODIs (6000
ODI runs when she hit a six off Kristen Beams)
MS Dhoni First Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs
MICELLANEOUS
Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Overview - India finish on top in medals tally- Kalinga Stadium
in Bhubaneswar.
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 India 12 5 12 29
2 China 8 7 5 20
3 Kazakhstan 4 2 2 8
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur Grabbed the gold medal with a throw of 28m on the opening
day
Long distance runner G Lakhsmanan Wins gold with an unexpected win in men's 5000m race
V Neena and Nayan James Bagged a silver and bronze in women's long jump while Vikas
Gowda, Sanjivini Yadav, Annu Rani added a bronze each in the
men's discus throw, women's 5000m race and javelin throw
respectively.
India to host next edition of Theatre Olympics first time ever from February 17 April 08, 2018.
Indian judokas Bag 3 medals in Asian Cadet Championships, Kyrgyzstan
H Manudev from Karnataka Won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in
Chennai.
Kargil International Marathon Run for Sarhad concluded. The winner of 60 km is ZaheerAbass.
Indian Damneet Singh Wins silver medal at IAAF World U18 Championships in
hammer throw held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kerala Emerged champions with 159 points at the 57th National Inter-
State Championships that was held in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Indians win gold and bronze at first global robotics Olympiad organised by FIRST Global in Washing
D.C., US.
Russia's Kazan To host 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships
in Budapest.
Indian team won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017,

London India ranked at 34th position on medal table. Indian
team won 5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) in this
championship. China Topped with 65 medals.
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Boxer Sachin Siwach wins Gold at Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau Bahamas.
Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi wins gold in Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting
Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal.
India To host their first Mens World Championship in 2021.
Caeleb Dressel Becomes first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals in one
night at worlds Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
Peaty & Masse Sets world record at 2017 World Aquatic Championship,
Hungary. In medal tally US topped with 39 medals(17 gold, 12
Silver and 10 bronze)
Manoj Kumar, Shiva Thapa Strike gold in Czech Republic tournament at the 48th Grand
Prix at Usti Nad Labem in Czech Republic.
Australia's Jeff Horn Stunned Pacquiuao to claim a unanimous 12-round decision and
win the WBO world welterweight title at Lang Park.
Jehan Daruvala Becomes 1st Indian to win FIA Formula 3 European
Championship race at Norisring
Beat Pakistan to clinch Asian Snooker Championship held in
Pankaj Advani-led Indian team - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Asian champion Govindan Lakshmanan Won a gold medal in mens 5000m race on the opening day of
the National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
Atthaya Thitikul Youngest Ladies European Tour winner held in Thailand at the
Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.
August
Summer Olympics Host Paris gets 2024 , Los Angeles 2028
SAFF under 15 Championship India beat Nepal by 2-1 in the final
FIFA U-17 World Cup Logo for Kochi The logo represents and reflects Kochis identity and will be a
Venue valuable tool in linking the local community in a global World
Cup
First paralympian to be recommended Devendra Jhajharia
for Indias highest sporting honour
World Doubles Squash Championship Joshna and Dipika won bronze
WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title Boxer Vijender Singh
World Athletics Championship Usain Bolt finishes 3rd
Justin Gatlin 1st
Junior World Wrestling Championships Manju Kumari and Veer Dev Gulia wins bronze
MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup ONGC beats Bengaluru Hockey 4-2
7th Asian Shotgun Championship Ankur Mittal Won Gold
Kynan Chenai won Bronze
Mairaj-Rashmmi pair bags gold
BCCI ordered to lift lifetime ban Cricketer Sreesanth by Kerela HC
The countrys youngest athlete to figure India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj, aged 15
in the governments Target Olympic
Podium (TOP) scheme.
First Indian To Qualify for Javelin Davinder Singh Kang
Throw World Championship Finals
Indias first solo medal in womens Maheshwari Chauhan Bronze
skeet Rashmmi Rathore and Saniya Sheikh have won the silver medal
India Vs SriLanka Series India won(3-0)
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ATP ranking Rafael Nadal return to the number one spot

India Vs Netherland Hockey Cup India Won 2-1
Rogers Cup final Alexander Zverev beats Roger Federer
6th Golden Glove womens Boxing Gold - Jyoti in 51 kg category, and Vanlal haritpuii in 60 kg
Tournament category.
Silver - Anjali in 48kg, Sakshi in 54kg, Ashtha in 69kg and
Anupama in 81kg categories.Mandeep in 57kg, Nisha in 64kg,
Shruti in 75kg
Bronze - Neha in 81+kg category
16th IAAF World Championship 2017 1.U.S. 30 Medals
2.Kenya 11 medals
7th World Dwarf Games Joby Matthew - won six medals, including two golds three silvers
and a bronze.
ArunachalamNalini, - won five medals, including one gold.
CVRajanna- won the gold in the 200 metre sprint event.
Devappa More- won the 100 metre race and becoming the fastest
man at the event.
India had won 15 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals
Bulgaria Open International Series Indian Shuttler Lakhsyasen
Highest paid female athlete of 2017 American Tennis Player Serena Williams
World U-20 Para Athletics Rinku Hooda bags silver
Championships
Western & Southern Open 2017 Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his first Mens singles Masters
1000 title.
Garbine Muguruza of Spain won womens singles
Frenchmen
Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won Mens Cincinnati
Doubles.
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis captured womens double
FIBA Asia Cup Australia has beaten Iran
First Oceanic team to be crowned champions of Asia.
International Shooting Sport Federation Shapath Bharadwaj won a bronze in the double trap event
(ISSF) Junior World Cup Shotgun 2017 Lakshay Sheoran and Manisha Keer from India won the bronze
medal in the mixed team trap
Indias Akash Saharan has completed sixth in the final round of
the mens trap
24th Abu Dhabi International Chess GM Amin Bassem of Egypt is winner, Briton GM Nigel Short
Festival 2017 was runner-up and GM Aryan Chopra from India finished third in
Masters Tournament.
2018 table tennis team World Cup Host : LONDON
SAFF U-15 Championships India beat Nepal by 2-1
23rd BWF World Championship-2017 at Mens Singles viktor axelsen of Denmark
Glasgow (Scotland) Womens Singles Nozomi Okuhara of Japan
Mens Doubles- Liu Cheng and Zhang
Nan of China
Womens doubles Winners are Chen and Jia from China
Mixed doubles-Indonesias Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir
FOOTBALL
ISL FC Goa signs Moroccan International Ahmed Jahouh
Neymer signs world record deal with most expensive player in football history
PSG 222 million euros ($262 million)
UEFA super cup football tournament Real Madrid defeated Manchester United
FIFA rankings India drops one spot to 97th
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1. Brazil
2...Germany
3. Argentina
4. Switzerland
5. Poland
97.India
Spanish Super Cup Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney Retires from international football
UEFA player of season Cristiano Ronaldo
UEFA Womens Player of the Year Lieke Martens
First player to score 350 La Liga goals Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi
ICC Rankings
Test Ranking Batsmen : Steve Smith
Cheteshwar Pujara(4)
Virat Kohli(6)
Bowler : James Anderson
Ravi Jadeja(2)
Ashwin(3)
All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan
Ravi Jadeja(2)
Ashwin(3)
Team: India-1
ODI Ranking Batsmen : Virat Kohli(1)
Bowler : Jasprit Bumrah(4)
All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan(1)
Team: South Africa-1
India-3
T20 Ranking Batsman : Virat Kohli(1)
Bowler : Jasprit Bumrah(3)
All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan(1)
Team : New Zealand-1
India-5
Belgian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
14th World Wrestling Championships 1)Mens freestyle:a)57 kg Yuki Takahashi(Japan)
2017 at Paris, France b)61 kg Haji Aliyev(Azerbaijan)
c)65 kg Zurabi Iakobishvili (Georgia)
d)70 kg Frank Chamizo( Italy)
e)74 kg Jordan Burroughs( United States)
f)86 kg -Hassan Yazdani(Iran)
g)97 kg Kyle Snyder(US)
h)125 kg -Geno Petriashvili (Georgia)
2) Mens Greco-Roman:
a)59 kg Kenichiro Fumita(Japan)
b)66 kg Ryu Han-su(South Korea)
c)71 kg Frank Stbler(Germany)
d)75 kg -Viktor Neme(Serbia)
e)80 kg Maksim Manukyan(Armenia)
f)85 kg Metehan Baar(Turkey)
g)98 kg Artur Aleksanyan(Armenia)
h)130 kg Rza Kayaalp(Turkey)
3) Womens freestyle
a)48 kg Yui Susaki(Japan)
b)53 kg Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Belarus)
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c)55 kg Haruna Okuno(Japan)

d)58 kg Helen Maroulis( United States)
e)60 kg Risako Kawai (Japan)
f)63 kg Prevdorjiin Orkhon (Mongolia)
g)69 kg Sara Dosho (Japan)
h)75 kg Yasemin Adar (Turkey)
September
India Junior GP Rahul Bharadwaj is defeated by top seed Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn
in the mens singles
ODI cricket MS Dhoni has become the first wicketkeeper to effect 100
stumpings,surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar
Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches.
Under-12 Chess Cadet Championships Nagpur-based Divya Deshmukh clinched the gold medal.
in Brazil
Australias National Basketball Amritpal Singh created history by becoming the first Indian-born
League player to play professional basketball in the National Basketball
League (NBL).
Commonwealth Youth weightlifting Indias Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight
Cship category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys &
girls) weightlifting championships.
FIFA U-17 World Cup official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football
tournament was launched by the Local Organising Committee
(LOC) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN).
Song: Kar Ke Dikhla De Goaland the song has been written by
lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam
IPL Star India bagged the IPL media rights for TV and digital
broadcast for a consolidated sum of Rs.16, 347.5 crore ($ 2.55
billion) for a period of five years.
The rights from 2018 to 2022.
Italian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton wins &takes lead title from Sebastian Vettel
Gaurav Bidhuri Clinches Bronze Medal at World Boxing
AIBA world boxing championships
Championships:AmitPhangal (49kg) and Kavinder Bisht (56kg)
2017 had bowed out in the quarterfinal stage:Shiva Thapa, Manoj
Kumar out in first round AIBA:Ukraines Oleksandr Khyzhniak
wins Best Boxer, Cuba win Best team and USAs Billy Walsh
wins Best Coach:
1. Best Boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)
2. Best Team Cuba:.
3. Best Coach Billy Walsh (USA)
Commonwealth Weightlifting India has been selected to host the 2019 edition of the
Championships in 2019 Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting
Championships.
U.S. Open womens singles- Carrom TejasviDuduka from Hyderabad won the womens singles of U.S. Open
Grand Slam Carrom tournament.
mens singles: Vemuri Anil Kumar of India finished runner up for the
second year in the U.S Open.
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The U.S. Open Carrom tournament was won by former National

Champion Radhakrishnan
ISSF Shotgun World Championships Ankur Mittal, AhvarRizvi won silver medals
2017 Russias VitalyFokeev has won the gold medal
World Cadet Wrestling Championship. Indias Sonam Malik bags Gold (54kg)
Neelam bagged a bronze medal and competing in the 43kg category
First dividing retractable football pitch Tottenham Hotspur
Malaysian Squash Tour Harinder Pal Sandhu has won the Malaysian Squash Tour. This is his
21st consecutive international match to win in a row.
SABA U-16 Championship India won the Second South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under 16
Championship, in Kathmandu, Nepal
Road world record JoycillineJepkosgei of Kenya broke her own 10 km road world record,
in Prague, Czech Republic.
BWF World Senior Badminton Kochi is all set to host the BWF World Senior Badminton
Championships Championships from September 11 to 17 2017. The championship will
be held in India for the first time.
137th edition of the US Open Tennis and Mens singles: Rafael Nadal won the title
the 4th and final Grand Slam event of Women singles: Sloane Stephens of US won the title
2017 Mens doubles: Jean-JulienRojer and HoriaTecau won the title
Women Doubles: Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis won the title
Mixed Doubles: Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray won the title.
ITF Futures tournament Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal won
Asian Games Asian Games gold medalist Priyanka Panwar was suspended for eight
years after she tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug,
in New Delhi.
36th National Games Goas Sports Minister Mr.ManoharAjgaonkar said that Goa would host
the 36th National Games, in Goa.
National kickboxing championship Maharashtra has won the Chief Ministers cup at National kickboxing
championship. It has 45 gold medals.
Western Asia Youth Chess Championship Rishabh Shah of Mumbai, bagged two bronze medals in the Under-14
Rapid and Blitz formats of the 2nd Western Asia Youth Chess
Championship in Sri Lanka.
Maharashtra Mission 1 Million Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr.Devendra Fadnavis launched
the Maharashtra Mission 1 Million initiative through which 10 lakh (1
million) students across the state would play football, in Mumbai.
Test Cricket South African all-rounder JP Duminy announced his retirement from test
cricket, in South Africa.
Korea Open title PV Sindhu won the womens singles title at the Korean Open Super
Series 2017 by defeating Japanese player NozomiOkuhara, in Seoul,
South Korea.
Cricket Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva has banned for two-year from
cricket-related activities and for breaching the spirit of the game during a
Tier-B first class match.
T20 series Pakistan beat World XI to clinch the final Twenty20 match and the
series at Lahores Gaddafi Stadium (2-1)
Singapore Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, in Singapore.
T20 West Indies legend Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to hit 100
sixes in the shortest format of the game during their Twenty20
International match.
World Championship motorbike race Ana Carrasco of Spain became the first female to win an
individual World Championship motorbike race, in Portugal.
1st female biker to win World Championship race
FIFA FIFAs Ethics Committee banned Caribbean soccer leader Gordon
Derrick for six years due to financial offenses.
PSL Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a five-year ban and a fine of
one million rupees on batsmanKhalidLatif for his involvement in spot-
fixing during the PSL.
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FIFA Womens World Cup 2019 Official emblem and slogan for FIFA Womens World Cup France 2019
were unveiled in Paris, France.
The slogan of the tournament Dare To Shine reflects the development
of football, especially womens football.
2028 Olympics Los Angeles has received its official go-ahead to host the 2028 Olympics
from the International Olympic Committees evaluation commission.
ODI Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has become the first Indian spinner to
take a hat-trick in ODI cricket during the second match of the ongoing
series against Australia at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
BWF (Badminton World Federation) PV Sindhu becomes world number 2
womens singles ranking TAI Tzu Ying of Taiwan ranks 1
International Boxing Associations Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be selected as the International
(AIBA) Boxing Associations (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes
Forum
ICC launches anti-corruption investigation ICC has confirmed that it has opened an investigation in Sri Lanka into
corruption allegations.
LMW ITF Mens Futures tennis Sasi Kumar Mukund of India had won his second straight Futures title.
tournament He defeated Arjun Khade by 6-3, 6-4 in the singles final
Calcutta Football League East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League (CFL) title for the 8th
consecutive time at the Kanchenjunga Stadium, in Siliguri, West Bengal.
Belgian Junior Open Vaishnavi clinches Belgian Junior Open; Arjun MR and Ramchandran
Shlok win in Ethiopia
India has been ranked as the No.1 both ODIs and Tests
ODI Englands Moeen Ali scored 61 runs off 14 balls including 8 sixes and 2
fours to record the fastest ODI hundred against Windies on English Soil
South Asian boxing Championship Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has presented its 2017-18
calendar which includes the prestigious South Asian Championship to be
held in Guwahati from December 6-10
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games India secured 11th place in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 2017. Indians won a total of 40 medals.This consists of 9 gold, 12 silver
and 19 bronze medals.1st -Turkmenistan.
2nd China 3rd Iran
FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA has launched the official ball for Under-17 football World Cup and
it will be called Krasava, a word generally used by Russian sports fans to
describe a striking performance.
The ball is manufactured by Adidas and the pattern on it features a
striking red design with jagged lines running through it.
Youth Sports Centre Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel
has announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at
Alipur, Delhi
FIFA U-17 World Cup The government announced that it has exempted import duty for
sports items and a wide range of goods for the upcoming FIFA U-
17 World Cup India.
sports stadium Saudi Arabia allows women into sports stadium for the first time
Dhyan Chand Award Samurai Tete first woman from Jharkhand
Sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
British cyclist Mark Beaumont set a new world record by cycling around the world in 79 days, in Paris.
Circumnavigated the world in 79 days:
i. Mark Beaumont travelled around the world in 79 days. He beat the previous record of 123 days.
ii. He has finished it one day ahead of his schedule.
Japan Open 2017 Badminton Championship
Mens singles Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won
Womens singles Carolina Marin of Spain
Mens doubles. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Womens doubles. Misaki Matsutomoto and Ayaka Takahashi
Mixed doubles Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping
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PV Sindhu and SainaNehwal crashed out in second round.

Indian shuttlers Srikanth, Prannoy crashed out of Japan Open
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the UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York.

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Indias PoojaGhatkar. Clinched bronze medal in the womens 10m air

event at the Asian Race Walking Championships

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Indian team won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017,

ATP ranking Rafael Nadal return to the number one spot

c)55 kg Haruna Okuno(Japan)

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PV Sindhu and SainaNehwal crashed out in second round.

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