ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-JAN2014) SBI CLERK adarshaducation • Heena Sandhu’s - score of 203.8 in 10 m Air Pistol set at the Munich World Cup in November 2013 was recognized as World record on 30 January 2014. . Heena, thus, became the first Indian woman ever to hold the world record in Shooting World Cup. • Kathy Cross of New Zealand on 30 January 2014 became the first woman to be appointed in an International Cricket Council (ICC) umpires panel. • Saina Nehwal won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014on 26 January 2014. • Vijay Amritraj, was presented the Davis Cup Commitment Award on 1 February, at Indore. • Karnataka won its seventh Ranji Trophy title after beating a spirited Maharashtra by seven wickets on the fifth and concluding day of the final match in New Delhi on 2 February. • Indian women team won the three ODI series 3-0 by defeating Sri Lankan women team. • Canadian veteran Daniel Nestor and Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic have combined for their second grand slam mixed doubles title, defeating Horia Tecau and Sania Mirza in the Australian Open final on 26 January. • Nikhat Zareen, the 17-year-old Andhra Pradesh pugilist, won a gold medal in the third Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia on 12 January. • Anju Bobby George was declared winner of the World Athletics Championships final held in Monte Carlo in 2005. The decision was given by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on 13 January 2014.The decision of the IAAF came following the disqualification of the Gold Medalist Tatyana Kotova of Russia for doping • Abhijeet Gupta won his second Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament on 16th January 2014. • Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013 on 13th January 2014. • The other awards are- o FIFA Presidential Award 2013: Jacques Rogge (Belgium) o FIFA Player of the Year (Men): Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) o FIFA Player of the Year (Women): Nadine Angerer (Ger) o FIFA Fair Play Award: Afghanistan • The Netherlands clinched the Hero Hockey World League Final by crushing New Zealand 7-2 in the finals held in New Delhi on 18th January • ONGC on 9 December 2014 won the men’s title of the IMG-Reliance 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship. • The 75th Senior National table tennis championship was concluded on 9 January 2014 at the Patliputra Sports Complex. The PSPB (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board) men retained the Barna Ballack cup by winning over West Bengal. PSPB Women regained the Jayalakshmi Cup by beating North Bengal. • Serena Williams won the Brisbane International title in Queensland, Australia on 4 January 2014. • New Zealands Corey Anderson has made world record by his name by blasted the fastest century in One Day International • Young shuttler Aditya Joshi from Madhya Pradesh on 6 January 2014 became the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world. • • Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been awarded one of Portugals highest honours by the countrys president. • FEB2014 • ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 • GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-FEB 2014) SBI CLERK • adarshaducation • Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championships held in Lucknow on 26 February 2014. • Somdev Devvarman beat top seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the mens singles final to win the $100,000 ONGC GAIL Delhi Open ATP Challenger in New Delhi on 22 February. • Roger Federer has won his sixth Dubai ATP title, defeating Thomas Berdych of Chez Republic on 2 February. • The biggest event of card games comes to India as the country will host the next World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men) and Venice Cup (women) in October 2015. • Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie on 15 February broken Sergey Bubkas 21-year-old pole vault world record with a 6.16m leap in the Ukrainians home city of Donetsk. • Shot putter Om Prakash Karhana on 15 February gave the lone gold to India in the 6th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, as he won the gold medal on the second and final day of the event at Hangzhou, China. • Venus Williams beat Alize Cornet in straight sets to win the Dubai Championships title for a third time on 21 February. • Rafael Nadal beat Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 7-6 (7-3) in the Rio Open final on 22 February. • Ousted from the Olympic movement due to tainted officials and government interference more than a year ago, Indias exile came to an end on 11 February, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) welcomed the country back into the fold within days of fresh elections in the scam-riddled IOA. • favorable report to the IOC president”. The most immediate effect of this would be seen at the ongoing Winter Olympics in Sochi, where the Indians would now be allowed to carry the tri-color during the closing ceremony after parading through the opening ceremony under an IOC flag. • The Sports Authority of India (SAI) set up 14 different high-level expert committees on 14 February 2014. The committees have been mandated to identify the countrys medal prospects and provide them with specialised training in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games to be held in 2015. • World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran was unanimously named as the new president of the IOA in the elections held in the presence of three observers from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) — Pere Miró, IOC Director of NOC Relations, Jérôme Poivey, • The main office-bearers are- President: N. Ramachandran; Senior vice-president: Virendra Nanavati; vice-president:Janardhan Singh Gehlot, Birendra Prasad Baishya, Akhilesh Das Gupta, Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Tarlochan Singh, Anurag Thakur, R. K. Anand, G. S. Mander; General secretary: Rajeev Mehta • Karnataka won the Irani Cup for the fifth time beating Rest of India in the final held at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on 12 February 2014. • The Supreme Court appointed committee on IPL spot-fixing submitted its report to the court on 9 February 2014. The committee was headed by Mukul Mudgal who is the former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court • N.Srinivasan, the President of BCCI on 8 February 2014 was elected as the new Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). His tenure of the office will begin in July 2014 for a period of 2 years. This decision was taken by the ICC Board during their meet in Singapore. He will succeed Alan Raymond Isaac. • Srilankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara, on 7 February 2014 became the second person in the history of Cricket to score a triple century and a century in the same test match. • Indian Squash player Joshna Chinappa won the Winnipeg Winter Club Open title on 3 February 2014. • MARCH 2014 • ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 • GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-MAR 2014) SBI CLERK • adarshaducation • • Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) beat defending Champions Haryana 4-0 to clinch the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (Division A) on March 22 held in Bhopal. Jharkhand won the match playing for the 3rd position against Punjab. o West Zone on 27 March 2014 won the Deodhar Trophy 2014. o Deodhar Trophy is a 50-over over inter zonal knockout Indian domestic cricket tournament. o The one-day zonal championship, established in 1980s has been named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar, who is known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket. o The tournament is annually played among five zonal teams namely North Zone, South Zone, East Zone, West Zone and Central Zone. • After coming up of the report submitted by the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel in a sealed cover, the Supreme Court on 25 March, asked Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan to step down on his own to ensure a fair inquiry into allegations of betting in the Indian Premier League. • Serbian Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal by 6-2,6-3 to win fourth Miami open title on 30 March . • Karnataka for the first time won the Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy 2013-14 by defeating Railways by four wickets at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16 March 2014. Earlier in the year 2014; Karnataka has already won the Ranji Trophy and Irani Trohy. Vijay Hazare Trophy was started in 2002-03 • The world’s number two Novak Djokovic on 16 March 2014 defeated Roger Federer to win the BNP Paribas Open Final in Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters in California. BNP Paribas Open Women’s singles title won by Italian Flavia Pennetta by defeating second seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-1 • Indian archers on 13 March 2014 bagged 2 gold and a silver in the team events in 1st Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships at Bangkok. • Indias ace shooter Heena Sidhu produced some excellent shooting to clinch the air pistol womens gold medal while Chain Singh bagged a gold medal in mens air rifle event at the 7th Asian Championship in Kuwait on 10 March. • Pooja Ghatkar asserted the Indian supremacy against tough Chinese competition by clinching the gold in women’s air rifle in the seventh Asian air gun championship in Kuwait City on 8th March. • The results:Men: Air pistol: 1. Pang Wei (Chn) 202.3 (FWR) 585; 2. Wang Zhiwei (Chn) 201.9 (591); 3. Mai Jiajie (Chn) 180.3 (583). Team event: 1. China 1759 (EWR); 2. India 1732; 3. Saudi Arabia 1716. • Women: Air rifle: 1. Pooja Ghatkar 208.8 (413.1); 2. Du Bei (Chn) 207.2 (415.7); 3. Yi Siling (Chn) 186.2 (417.2). Team event: 1. China 1244.4; 2. Mongolia 1236.3; 3. India 1235.6. • One of the greatest batsmen of all time, Sachin Tendulkar was on 14 March, voted Cricketer of the Generation as he faced stiff competition from spin legend Shane Warne and all-rounder Jacques Kallis at the ESPNcricinfo awards function in Mumbai. • Mizoram on 9 March 2014 won the 68th senior National football championship of Santosh Trophy by defeating Railways 3-0 in the final match played at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal. • The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 4 march, given recognition to ‘Hockey India’ as National Sports Federation (NSF) for the sport of Hockey. • Graeme Smith, the South African cricket team Captain on 4 March 2014 announced that he will retire from international cricket at the end of the test match against Australia at Newlands. • He holds the world record as the most test wins as skipper (53) by defeating the record held by Australian Ricky Ponting of 48 wins as a Test captain. • Ragala Venkat Rahul won 2 Gold and 1 Silver on the second day of the 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship on 6 March 2014. • Tamil Nadu (TN) men, Railways women won the 27th Federation Cup Volleyball Titles on 5th March 2014. The finals held at Kizhakkambalam, Ernakulam in Kerala. • Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on 5 March 2014 inaugurated the Sports Authority of India National Cycling Academy (SAI NCA) at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. • Australia on 5th March 2014 replaced India’s second position in the Test team rankings of cricket. • Sri Lanka on 9 March, won the Asia Cup championship for the fifth time, equalling the record held by India. Pakistan failed to defend the Asia Cup title as they were defeated by Sri Lanka in the final held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium Mirpur, Bangladesh. • • Arvind Bhat of India by defeating Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark 24-22, 19-21, 21-11 in an epic final won the German Open Grand Prix Gold titlein Mulheim an der Ruhr on 2 March. By stunning the 11th seed Danish player in an hour, Bhat became only the second Indian shuttler to win a GP Gold title outside India. K Srikanth won the Thailand GP Gold last year to break the jinx. • APRIL 2014 • ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 • GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-APRIL 2014) SBI CLERK • The United Nations (U.N.) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 28th April signed a historic agreement to use the power of sports to promote peace and economic development. IOC President is Thomas Bach whereas U.N. Secretary-General is Ban Ki-moon. • Grand Master Adhiban won silver medal at the Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Sharjah on 26th April 2014 • Sania Mirza and Cara Black won the WTA Portugal Open which was held in Oeiras, Portugal. • Manavjit Singh Sandhu, the Indian trap shooter on 2nd May 2014 took the third position in the world rankings. • Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad won two Bronze and one Silver at the IDM Berlin 2014. • The Asian Squash Federation on 24th April, named India’s champion squash player Saurav Ghosal as the winner of the Dato Alex Lee Award for being the ‘Outstanding Asian Men’s Player of the Year 2013. • Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Indonesian Masters title in Jakarthaon 27th April. This is his fourth Asian Tour title. The prize money is $750,000.He defeated Baek Seuk-hyun of Korea. • Chitra Magimairaj of India won the world’s senior snooker championshipon 22nd April 2014 at Leeds, Britain. • All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 23rd April launched the AIFF Academy Certification which aims to set a standard of youth development in the country through a certification model • Indian Grandmaster B Adhiban has won the silver medal in the Asian Continental Chess Championships held in Sharjah on 27th April. • Indian woman squash player Joshna Chinappa of India beat Australias former world champion Rachael Grinham to win the inaugural $10,000 Richmond Open held at Verginia on 19th April. World No.21 Chinappa beat 16th-ranked opponent Rachael 11-9, 11-5, 11-8. • Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Swiss compatriot Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 on 20th April to win the Monte Carlo Masters title.. • India’s squash player Dipika Pallikal on 14 April 2014 got the runner-up title at the Women’s Champion Fiberlass Texas Open squash tournamentheld at Houston, United States. Dipika Pallikal was defeated by Nour El Sherbini od Egypt. Dipika is the world 12th rank Squash player. • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) established a Sport Integrity Unit on 15 April 2014 to investigate the cases related to fraud in sports.Betting and Match fixing are the most common cases of sports fraud • The 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack published on 9th April 2014 carries a picture of Sachin Tendulkar on its cover page. • The Interim President of BCCI-IPL Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) chairman Deepak Parekh as his special advisor for the seventh edition of the Indian Premier League. • Heena Sindhu, the Indian shooter on 7th April 2014 got the World’s Number One position in 10 meters air pistol event. • The Sports Ministry of India on 1st April derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation with immediate effect, because of the boxing bodys refusal to comply with its directives on holding a re-election. • Sports apparel company Adidas on 1st April, signed up Indias top ranked female squash player Dipika Pallikal, the World No.11, for its latest womens campaign all in for my girls. Dipika pallikal joins tennis star Sania Mirza and cricketer Mithali Raj for adidas and will inspire young female athletes to follow their passion. Dipika will sport the iconic street-wear label - adidas Originals. o Dipika Pallikal was born on 21st September 1991 in Kerala and she had won the German Open, Dutch Open, French Open, Australian Open, and Scottish Open on the European Junior Squash Circuit. • Lewis Hamilton has won Formula One’s Malaysian Grand Prix on 31st March. Second and third positions were placed by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso finished fourth. • Serena Williams defeated Li Na of China in straight sets to win the Sony Open and secure a seventh Miami title. Serena won this title last year also. This is the second title of the season to her. • Sri Lanka on 6th April 2014 won the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 title after defeating India by six wickets in the final match held in Mirpur, Dhaka. This is the maiden trophy of Sri Lanka of T20 tournament. In 2009 and 2012 it remained the runners-up in World Twenty20 events. o Man of the match – Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka o Player of the Tournament – Virat Kohli for hitting 319 runs in the tournament. o Two-time defending champions Australia won the women’s World Twenty20 championship by defeating England in Dhaka on 6th April. o England had won the inaugural women’s World T20 competition at London in 2009. o Australia won the next two Championships in 2010 and 2012. • Defending champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won the finals of the $250,000 Yonex Sunrise Metlife India Super Series on 6th April by defeating Chen Long of China in New Delhi. In the womens category All England champion Shixian Wang of China won the title by defeating the Olympic champion and top seed Li Xuerui of China. • MAY 204 • ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 • GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-MAY 2014) SBI CLERK • adarshaducation • • Sachin Tendulkar on 27th May 2014 was selected as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games. National Games are scheduled to be held in Kerala from January-February 2015.The National Games were held every two years.34th National games held in Ranchi, whereas 36th national games will be held in Goa in 2015. • Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany on 25 May 2014 won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One. • Japan won the Thomas Cup 2014 of badminton on 25 May 2014. • The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on 1 June 2014 won the seventh Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by three wickets in the final • China won the Uber Cup (ladies World team championship) with a 3-1 triumph over Japan on 24 May, which is held in New Delhi. China won its 13th Ubercup title. Japan finished runner-up for the second time. The Indian women won the bronze medal after it was defeated by Japan 2-3. Saina and Sindhu won the first two singles to put the Indian team 2-0 ahead but they failed to win the third singles and the two doubles match. o The Uber Cup is the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by womens national badminton teams. o The Thomas Cup is the world mens team championship. • World No. 1 Rafael Nadal on 11th May 2014 won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Tennis Open final • Maria Sharapova of Russia on 11th May 2014 won the Mutua Madrid Open women Tennis title. Sharapova defeated the Romanian Simona Halep 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the finals. With this win, Sharapova has captured 31st career title. In 2013, Sharapova lost the finals of Madrid to Serena Williams. • Manipur has won the 20th Senior National Women’s Football Championships title at the Golaghat Stadium in Assam. • The Supreme Court of India on 16th May 2014 appointed three-member panel headed by Justice (retd.) Mukul Mudgal to further probe the IPL spot fixing scandal involving N. Srinivasan and 12 others. • Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been given honorary life membership of the Els Club at Dubai Sports City as he sets out to improve his golfing skills. Tendulkar, who retired from cricket, last November as the most capped player and the leading run-scorer of all-time at international level, received the award from Dubai Sports City Partner Abdul Rahman Falaknaz. • Mark Selby of England won the World Snooker Championship 2014 held in Sheffield, England on 6th May 2014. • Virat Kohli was ranked no 1 in ICC list of One Day International (ODI) rankings released in Dubai on 4th May 2014. • JUN • ADARSHA BANKING COACHING CNTER ANANTAPUR 952142909 • GENERAL AWARENESS(SPORTS-JUN2014) SBI CLERK • • Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful (29) on 18 June 2014 was banned for eight years by the disciplinary panel set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. . • Norway’s Magnus Carlsen has won the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Dubai on 18 June. • Indian cricket team on 19th June 2014 won the three One Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh 2-0. • Jitu Rai of India on 11th June 2014 won Silver Medal in men’s 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Shooting in Munich. The Gold medal was won by Pablo Carrera of Spain and Bronze was bagged by Pavlo Korostylov of Ukraine. • Second seed Roger Federer won his 14th grass-court title with a 7-6(2), 7-6(3) victory over Alejandro Falla in the final of the Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament held at Halle on 15 June. This was Federer’s seventh title at Halle. • Olympic gold medalists The Netherlands defeated Australia 2-0 in the title fight to clinch the womens hockey World Cup at the Kyocera Stadium in the Hague on 14th June. • Australia retained the mens hockey World Cup title by defeating Olympic silver medallists The Netherlands 6-1 in the final held at the Kyocera Stadium in the Hague on 15 June. • Indian wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar on 1 June 2014 won Gold and Silver respectively at the International wrestling tournament held in Sassari city of Italy • Maria Sharapova of Russia on 7 June beat Simona Halep in the final to win her second French Open title. Sharapova won with 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 in three hours and two minutes at Roland Garros. She has now won five Grand Slam titles. • Rafael Nadal of spain on 8 June beat Novak Djokovic to win his ninth French Open title and a record fifth in succession. Nadal won by 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 in three hours and 31 minutes. Nadal is the first man ever to win a major title nine times, taking his Grand Slam total to 14. • The Justice Mudgal IPL Probe Committee on 7 June named former India captain -Sourav Ganguly to assist the committee in its investigation into the betting and spot-fixing scandal in last years Indian Premier League. Please visit adarshaducation
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