Sports
Wimbledon
2015
Category
|
Winner
|
Runner
|
Men’s
Singles
|
Novak
Djokovic
(Serbia)
|
Roger
Federer
(Switzerland)
|
Women’s
Singles
|
Serena
Williams
(USA)
|
Grbine
Muguruza
(Spain)
|
Men’s
Doubles
|
Jean-Julien
Rojer
(Netherlands)
|
Jamie
Murray
(United
Kingdom)
|
Horia
Tecau
(Roamnia)
|
John
Peers
(Australia)
|
|
Women’s
Doubles
|
Sania Mirza
(India)
|
Ekaterina
Makarova
(Russia)
|
Maritna
Hingis
(Switzerland)
|
Elena
Vesnina
(Russia)
|
|
Mixed
Doubles
|
Leander Paes
(India)
|
Alexander
Peya
(Austria)
|
Martina
Hingis
(Switzerland)
|
Timea
Babos
(Hungary)
|
|
Boys’
Doubles
|
Sumit Nagal
(India)
|
Reilly
Opelka
(USA)
|
Ly
Hoang Nam
(Vietnam)
|
Akira
Santillan
(Japan)
|
|
Girls’
Doubles
|
Dalma
Galfai
(Hungary)
|
Vera
Lapko
(Belarus)
|
Fanny
Stollar
(Hungary)
|
Tereza
Mihalikova
(Slovakia)
|
Women World Cup (Football)
·
Host
Country: Canada in 6 cities
(Vancouver,
Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton)
·
Teams:
24
·
Mascot:
Shuéme, a female great white owl
·
Champions:
USA (3rd title)
·
Runner-up:
Japan
·
III
Place: England
·
IV
Place: Germany
·
Top
scorer(s)
o
Celia
Sasic (Germany)
o
Carli
Lloyd (USA)
o
(6
goals each)
Olympic
Games
·
Beijing
became the first city to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. It
hosted Summer Olympics in 2008
Summer Olympics
|
Winter Olympics
|
||
2008
|
Beijing
|
2010
|
Vancouver,
Canada
|
2012
|
London
|
2014
|
Sochi,
Russia
|
2016
|
Rio
de Janeiro
|
2018
|
Pyeongchang,
South Korea
|
2020
|
Tokyo
|
2022
|
Beijing,
China
|
2024
|
*
|
||
*
-> Budapest / Hamburg / Los Angeles / Paris / Rome
|
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Motor
Race – Grand Prix
Grand Prix in 2015
|
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#
|
Grand Prix
|
Winner
|
Country
|
Team
|
1
|
Australian
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
2
|
Malaysian
|
Sebastian
Vettel
|
Germany
|
Ferrari
|
3
|
Chinese
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
4
|
Bahrain
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
5
|
Spanish
|
Nico
Rosberg
|
Germany
|
Mercedes
|
6
|
Monaco
|
Nico
Rosberg
|
Germany
|
Mercedes
|
7
|
Canadian
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
8
|
Austrian
|
Nico
Rosberg
|
Germany
|
Mercedes
|
9
|
British
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
10
|
Hungarian
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
11
|
Belgian
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
12
|
Italian
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
13
|
Singapore
|
Sebastian
Vettel
|
Germany
|
Ferrari
|
14
|
Japanese
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
United
Kingdom
|
Mercedes
|
15
|
Russian
|
|||
16
|
United
States
|
|||
17
|
Mexican
|
|||
18
|
Brazilian
|
|||
19
|
Abu
Dhabi
|
|||
2015
World Athletics Championships
Top 10 countries in
2015 World Championships (Athletics) - @ Beijing
|
|||||
#
|
Country
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
1
|
Kenya
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
16
|
2
|
Jamaica
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
12
|
3
|
USA
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
18
|
4
|
Great
Britain
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
Ethiopia
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
Poland
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
8
|
7
|
Canada
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
Germany
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
Russia
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
10
|
Cuba
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
World
Badminton Championships – 2015
|
2015 World
Badminton Championships
|
||
|
Category
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
|
Men’s Singles
|
Chen Long (China)
|
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
|
|
Women’s Singles
|
Carolina Marin (Spain)
|
Saina
Nehwal (India)
|
|
Men’s Doubles
|
Mohammad Ahsan (Indonesia)
|
Liu Xiaolong (China)
|
|
Hendra Setiawan (Indonesia)
|
Qiu Zihan (China)
|
|
|
Women’s Doubles
|
Tian Qing (China)
|
Christina Pedersen (Denmark)
|
|
Zhao Yunlei (China)
|
Kamilla Rytter Juhl (Denmark)
|
|
|
Mixed Doubles
|
Zhang Nan (China)
|
Liu Cheng (China)
|
|
Zhao Yunlei (China)
|
Bao Yixin (China)
|
|
It
is India's fifth medal at the World Championship. Following are the Indian medal winners at the
World Badminton Championships which started in 1977. Legendary shuttler Prakash
Padukone was the first Indian to win a bronze at the 1983 edition. The
following are the Indian medal winners at the World Badminton Championships
which started in 1977:
•
Silver at 2015 Jakarta: Saina Nehwal (women's singles)
•
Bronze at 2014 Copenhagen: PV Sindhu (women's singles)
•
Bronze at 2013 Guangzhou (China): PV Sindhu (women's singles)
•
Bronze at 2011 London: Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa (women's doubles)
•
Bronze at 1983 Copenhagen: Prakash Padukone (men's singles)
With
this win, Saina Nehwal moved to number 01 position in the latest World
badminton rankings
Commonwealth Youth
Games – 2015
·
Held at Apia (Samoa)
·
Sierra Leone's delegation of seven
athletes, however, have been prevented from taking part, as the Samoan
government refused to grant them visas, citing fears over the spread of ebola.
|
CYG
2015 – Medals Tally
|
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|
#
|
Country
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Australia
|
24
|
19
|
19
|
62
|
|
2
|
South Africa
|
13
|
7
|
15
|
35
|
|
3
|
England
|
12
|
16
|
16
|
44
|
|
4
|
Malaysia
|
11
|
3
|
3
|
17
|
|
5
|
India
|
9
|
4
|
6
|
19
|
US Open 2015
|
Category
|
Winner
|
Runner
|
|
Men’s Singles
|
Novak Djokovic
(Serbia)
|
Roger Federer
(Switzerland)
|
|
Women’s Singles
|
Flavia Pennetta
(Italy)
|
Roberta Vinci
(Italy)
|
|
Men’s Doubles
|
Pierre – Hugues Herbert
(France)
|
Jamie Murray
(UK)
|
|
Nicolas Mahut
(France)
|
John Peers
(Australia)
|
|
|
Women’s Doubles
|
Sania Mirza
(India)
|
Casey Dellacqua (Australia)
|
|
Martina
Hingis (Switzerland)
|
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
(Kazakhstan)
|
|
|
Mixed Doubles
|
Leander
Paes (India)
|
Sam Querrey (USA)
|
|
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
|
Bethanie Mattek Sands (USA)
|
·
Eva
Asderaki – Moore, the first woman to umpire a Men’s
Singles final in Grandslam tournament (US Open 2015)
Durban
to host CWG – 2022
·
The Commonwealth Games Federation
(CGF) General Assembly selected South African city Durban as the host for the
XXII Commonwealth Games.
·
With this, South Africa became the
first country from Africa to host the games in its 85 years history.
·
The games are scheduled to start on 18
July 2022 to mark the birth anniversary of South African anti-apartheid
revolutionary Nelson Mandela.
·
So far, South Africa successfully
hosted the three biggest single-sport events— Rugby world cup (1995), the ICC
ODI world cup (2003), and FIFA world cup (2010).
·
Commonwealth games will be the first
biggest multi-disciplinary event to be held in the country.
Hangzhou
to host Asian Games – 2022
·
The capital city of Zhejiang Province
Hangzhou in East China was chosen by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host
the 2022 Asian Games.
·
The OCA made the decision at its 34th
Congress meeting in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan. Hangzhou was the only candidate
city for the 2022 Asian Games, the XIX edition of games.
·
It will be the third Chinese city to
host the Asian games following Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.
·
Hangzhou is best known for the West
Lake, a placid and tourist attraction. It is also home base of Chinese Internet
(ecommerce) giant Alibaba.
·
In 2014, Incheon, city of South
Korean, hosted the Asian Games, while Indonesia’s Jakarta city is going to host
the 2018 Asian Games.
Korean
Open 2015
·
Winner: Chen Long (China)
·
Runner: Ajay Jayram (India)
·
With this win, Jayaram became the
first Indian badminton player who grabbed a medal in Korea Open Badminton
tournament.
·
At present, Jayram is ranked 32nd in
the Men's Singles world ranking.
Pankaj Advani’s 14th
title
·
India's most successful cueist Pankaj
Advani added another feather to his cap by winning the IBSF World Billiards
Championship by outplaying his opponent in the final to take his world title
count to 14.
·
He defeated Peter Gilchris of
Singapore.
Other
Sport News
·
Indian
shot-putter Inderjit Singh created history by becoming the first Indian to win
a gold medal at the World University Games.
·
Goa
to host Youth Delphic Games in Feb 2016
·
Chile
won its first Copa America Cup football tournament by defeating Argentina
·
10-year
old Shubham Jaglan won World Junior Golf Championships
·
India’s
Abhishek Verma won the Gold medal in the compound men’s individual section in
the World Cup Archery
·
Indian
women's recurve team of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi and Rimil Buriuly won a
silver medal at the World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark
·
Bangladesh
won South Asian Football Federation Cup
·
Lionel
Messi: best UEFA player award; it is second time he won the award
·
India’s
Dipa Karmakar won Bronze medal at the Gymnastics Asian Championships
·
Indian
Men’s Hockey Team won the European tour by defeating Spain
·
U
Mumba team won the Pro – Kabaddi League 2015 title by defeating Bengaluru Bulls
·
South
Sudan: 206th country to become Olympic nation
·
Indian
boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) won the silver medal in the 2015 Asian Boxing
Championships.With Vikas' silver, India finished their campaign with one silver
and three bronze medals. L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Satish
Kumar (+91kg) won the bronze medals.
·
Sania
Mirza and Martina Hingis won the Guangzhou Open title of tennis. It was Sania's
seventh title of the 2015 season and sixth with Hingis.
The
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu
Federation as Regional Sports Federation with a view to promote and give due
acknowledgement and importance to sports having regional spread
pan>Commonwealth games will be the first
biggest multi-disciplinary event to be held in the country.
Indians
Qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics
|
Indians qualified
for 2016 Rio Olympics
|
||
|
1
|
Inderjeet
Singh
|
Men’s
Shot put
|
|
2
|
Manish
Rawat
|
Men’s
20 km walk
|
|
3
|
Sandeep
Kumar
|
Men’s
20 km walk
|
|
4
|
Lalita
Babar
|
Women’s
3000m steeplechase
|
|
5
|
O
P Jaisha
|
Women’s
marathon
|
|
6
|
Lalita
Babar
|
Women’s
marathon
|
|
7
|
Khushbir
Kaur
|
Women’s
20 km walk
|
|
8
|
Hockey
team
|
Men’s
Hockey Team
|
|
9
|
Abhinav
Bindra
|
Men’s
10 m air rifle
|
|
10
|
Gurpeet
Singh
|
Men’s
10 m air pistol
|
|
11
|
Jitu
Rai
|
Men’s
50 m air pistol
|
|
12
|
Prakash
Nanjappa
|
Men’s
50 m air pistol
|
|
13
|
Gagan
Narang
|
Men’s
50 m rifle prone
|
|
14
|
Chain
Singh
|
Men's
50m rifle
|
|
15
|
Apurvi
Chandela
|
Women’s
10 m air rifle
|
|
16
|
Deepika
Kumari
|
Women’s
Archery Team
|
|
Rimil
Buriuly
|
||
|
Laxmirani
Majhi
|
||
|
17
|
Narsingh
Pancham Yadav
|
Men’s
Wrestling
|
Sports in 2015 (January - March)
Sports in 2015 (April - June)
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