2016 Sports (Jan-July) by AffairsCloud

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF
2016 Sports(Jan - July)

Name of the Sport Events
January
Name of the Winners
ICC ranking
Steve Smith (Aus) 899 points
Top-3 Test batsmen
Kane Williamson (NZ) 889
Joe Root (Eng) 888
RavichandranAshwin (Ind) 871 points
Top-10 Test bowlers
Dale Steyn (SA) 867
Stuart Broad (Eng) 859
RavichandranAshwin (Ind) 406 points
Top-3 Test all-rounders
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 384
Stuart Broad (Eng) 326
National Wrestling Championship
Mens 65kg
First
Bajrang
Second
Rajneesh
Third
Manoj and Bhagat Singh
Mens 57kg
Gold
SandeepTomar
Silver
Ravinder
Womens 48kg
Gold
RituPhogat
Silver
AprnaBishni
Bronze
Pooja and Nirmal
Qatar Masters Open chess tournament
Magnus Carlsen
2015 South Asian Football Federation
India
P T Rajan Gold Cup
Rajsamman
World record by scoring 1009 runs at school level
PranavDhanawade
tournament
Chandela (Gold)
Swedish Air-Rifle Championship
Astrid Steffensen (Silver)
Stine Nielsen(Bronze)
26th LalBahadurShastri Hockey tournament
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)
MCL Title sponsors
Oxigen Wallet
Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
First: SirilVerma(India)
First: Carolina Marin(Spain)
Second:TomaJunior Popov(France)
Second: SainaNehwal(India)
Third: ChiragSen(India)
Third: Li Xuerei(China)
Ninth: KidambiSrikanth(India)
Twelfth: PV Sindhu(India)
FIFA rankings
India 163
2015 England Player of the Year
Wayne Rooney
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month
MiguealTabuena
2016 with Brisbane title
SaniaMirza(India) and Martina Hingis(Swiss)
Qatar Open 2016
Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Doubles
Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Marc Lopez (Spain)
Hopman Cup
Nick Kyrgios (Austrlaia)
Brisbane International
Victoria Azarenka
WTA title
Sloane Stephens
2016 Chennai Open title
StanislasWawrinka from Switzerland
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage
Copyright 2016 @ AffairsCloud.Com
1|Page
Man Double Ranking
Mens Singles
Womens Double
BWF Ranking
Marcelo Melo of Brazil, followed by HoriaTecau of
Romania and Netherlands Jean-JulienRojer.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia ahead of Andy Murray of
Great Britain and Swiss Roger Federer.
Sania and Martina
Bopanna - 9th
Stephen Fleming
Queens Turf
MoneyGram
SaniaMirza and Martina Hingis
Coach of Pune IPL team

Queen Elizabeth Commemoration Cup
ICC Event Partner
World Record by Sania-Martina as they win 29th match
on trot
2nd-fastest 50 in T-20
Colin Munro
Denmarks sportsperson of 2015
Rene HoltenPoulsen
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Marat Safin
2015 German Player of the Year
MesutOzil
Sydney International Title 2016
7000 ODI runs after AB de Villers
ViratKohli
2016 Apia international title
Mens Singles
Viktor Troicki
Womens Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Mens Doubles
Jamie Murray of UK/Bruno Soares of Brazil
Womens Doubles
Martina Hingis of Switzerland/SaniaMirza
1.India
ICC Test Rankings
2.Australia
3.South Africa
Delhi International Open chess title
Ivan Popov(Russia)
2016 Dafabet Masters
UKs Ronnie OSullivan
Badminton League Champion
Delhi Acers
Life time ban by ICC
IPL player AjitChandila
First England bowler in ICC top Bowler
Stuart Broad after Steve Harminson
Lady Wigram Trophy
JehanDaruvala
T20 Fifty Record
Chris Gayle
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Uttar Pradesh
Grand Slam Singles title
Roger Federer 300th win
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Womens Singles
P. V. Sindhu (India)
Mens doubles
Kevin SanjayaSukamuljo (Indonesia) & Markus Fernaldi
Gideon (Indonesia)
Womens doubles
Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) &MisakiMatsutomo (Japan)
Mixed doubles
ZhengSiwei (China) & Li Yinhui (China)
womens world indoor pole vault record
JennSuhr
34th National Rowing Championship
Open single sculls
NavneetKaur (Pun)
Double sculls
HarpreetKaur&NavneetKaur (Pun)
Coxless fours
Odisha (PramilaPravaMinz, PratimaPuhana, Sanjukta
Dung, ManjulaXess)
Pairs
Sanjukta Dung &ManjulaXess (Odi)
Senior Men
Single sculls
Sandeep Kumar (All India Police)
Lt wt double sculls
G. Vishnu Prasad &Arjun B. Panicker (Ker)
Coxless four
Punjab (Lachhman Singh, Sushil Kumar, Robin Mangar,
Rohit Kumar)
2|Page

Lt wt coxless fours
All India Police (DharmendraChoudhary, Nitesh Kumar

Lall, Ravinderjit Singh, Jagsir Singh)
Pairs
Gurwinder Singh &Karamjeet Singh (Pun)
Australian Open 2016
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Mens Doubles
Jamie Murray (UK)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Womens Doubles
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/SaniaMirza (India)
Mixed Doubles
Elena Vesnina (Russia)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Retired from International Cricket
Pakistan - Imran
West Indies Chanderpaul(all form)
BWF ranking
P V Sindhu 11th
th
12 Sub-Junior National Snooker championship
Ishika Shah
Olympic quota with gold medal
HeenaSidhu
2015 FIH Awards
Player of the Year (Men)
Robert Van der Horst
Player of the Year (Women)
LidewijWelten
Rising Star of the Year award (Men)
Chrisopher Ruhr
Rising Star of the Year award (Women)
Lily Owsley
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Men)
David Harte
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Women)
Joyce Sombroek
ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals
IzumoTakuto and Zhu Chengzhu
Blind T20 Asia Cup
India
Fifth spot in ICC batting
Rohit Sharma
National Billiards Championship
Sourav Kothari
February
Name of the Winners

Mens singles category
Womens singles
Mens doubles category
Womens doubles category
2016 Syed Modi Badminton Title

Indian KidambiSrikanth
Sayaka Sato from Japan
Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia
Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan from South Korea
Mixed Doubles Title

2021 World Aquatics Championships
2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000
No 1 batsman in T20 Internationals
Indonesian pair Praveen Jordan and Deby Susanto

Fukuoka
PietroFittipaldi
ViratKohli
` National Snooker Championship 2016
Mens final
Aditya Mehta
womens final
VidyaPillai
womens billiards final
KeerathBhandaal
61st National School Athletics championship
Kerala
World No. 9 in latest BWF ranking
K.Srikanth
ICC Permanent member status
India, England and Australia (removed)
Mumbai International Open Chess tournament Title
Swapnil S Dhopade
ICC suspended for three months
Yasir Shah
Retired from One-Day Internationals
New Zealand cricketer Brendon Barrie McCullum(100th
consecutive Test)
Fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI centuries
De Kock of South Africa
Womens World Cup Final In 2017
Lord
BCCI bans for 5 years
Pakistani umpire AsadRauf
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
3|Page

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016
West Indies
12th South Asian Games
1.India, 2. Sri Lanka 3.Pakistan
Buenos Aires Title
Dominic Thiem
Rio Olympic Games Qualifier
ShortDena Banks Sridhar
National Chess Team Championship
Indian Railways
Clothing supplier for WC T20
Numero Uno
Indonesias first Formula1 Driver
Rio Haryanto
World Rabk 6th in chess
Suhaanialohi
2016 Hockey Title
Japee Punjab Warriors
Asian Wrestling Championship
Iran 1st and India 7th (9medals)
7th WTA career title
Francesca Schiavone
Chief coach of Sri Lanka
Graham Xavier Ford
Wawrinka won Dubai ATP Tennis Title 2016
Womens Singles
Sara Errani from Italy
Mens Doubles
Simone Bolelli and Andreas seppi
Womens Doubles
Chuang Chia Jung from Chinese Taipei and DarijaJurak
from Croatia
2016 Qatar Total Open
Singles
JelenaOstapenko of Latvia
Doubles
Ranji trophy
Record: seven better Olympic qualification time
ICC Test rankings
2016 Nagjee International Club Football Tournament
Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Taipei Chan Yung-jan of China

Mumbai 41st time
Gurmeet Singh
1.Austrlia 2. India 3, South Africa
Dnipro Reserves of Ukraine
March
Name of the Winners
All India Open Invitational Snooker Championship 2016Aurangabad

Aaron Phangiso
Rahul Sachdev
Suspended from bowling in Domestic cricket for suspect

bowling action.
Asia Cup title
Indian Team (6th time)
Amity Polo Cup trophy
Jindal Panther
World Golf Championship
AnirbanLahiri(India) - 28th
Golfer Adam Scott(Australia) 1st
Bubba Watson(USA) 2nd
Irani Cup Cricket Title
Rest of India
Pro Kabaddi title
Patna Pirates
CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 title
Mumbai U 23
Unbeaten 35-Game Record
Lionel Messi
ISSF World cup Thailand
JituRai(India)- Gold
Pang Wei(China) - Silver
Wang Zhiwei(China) - Bronze
Asia title -professional
Vijender Singh
Santosh Trophy football title 2016 -Nagpur
Services
Llyod Pro-Am Championship trophy
Delhi
Miss India title
ShwetaRathore
Australian Grand Prix
NicoRosberg
Street Child Games - 100-metre dash
Chennai girl Hepziba Gold
Dr.GnaniLaksumanan Memorial Cup
Quick Enough
Mens singles title - Swiss Open
HS Prannoy
Hero Indian Open title
SSP Chawrasia
2016 World Chess Candidates Tournament
Sergey Karjakin
BNP Paribas Open titles 2016
4|Page

Mens Singles
Women Singles
Mens Doubles
Womens Doubles
Serbian Novak
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
Pierre Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France
US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco Vandeweghe
Paralympic Games - Arunachal Pradesh
Wheelchair race
Techi Talla
Boys 100 meter race
Tabam Tatak
Girls100 meter race
LiterOri
Mens 100 meter race
Thasang Ajay
World Table Tennis Championship Malaysia
Womens Table Tennis
India
Mens Table Tennis
India
2016 All England Badminton title
Mens Singles
Lin Dan
Womens Singles
NozomiOkuhara
Mens Doubles
Ivan AndreyevichSozonov of Russia with compatriot
VladimirIvanov
Mixed Doubles
Indonesia pair Praveen Jordan and his partner Debby
Susanto
Race walk National Championships Jaipur
50km walk rcae
Junior Women category of 10 Km Race
BasantBahadur Singh Rana (Gold)
Walk Neena(gold)
Chandan Singh (Silver)
BhawnaJat(Silver)
Jitender Singh Rathore (Bronze)
Priyanka Patel(bronze)
Asian 20km walking race
Mens
IndiaGurmeet Singh - Gold
Japans Isamu Fujisawa - Silver
Kazakhstans GeorgiySheiko - Bronze
Womens
Chinas Rui Liang - Gold

Japans Kumiko Okada - Silver
South Korean Jeongeun Lee - Bronze
ICC T20 rankings

Number One T20 Batsman
ViratKohli kept
Number one Bowler
Samuel Badree
Number One Team
India
2022 National Games
Meghalaya
2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup
India
Retrired from International cricket after World T20
Shane Watson
Qualifies for Rio Olympics
YogeshwarDutt
Second fastest player to reach 1,000 T20 runs
Faf du Plessis
Second player to hit century in 2016 T20 World Cup
Promoted as International Umpire
Official tech partner for London Marathon
Suspended after failing drug test at Australian Open
Suspended from bowling in international cricket

Womens &MensWorld Twenty20
world title with record free skate score
40th Paris Aprathon 2016
2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
Chris Gayle
Napoleon Singh
TCS
Maria Sharapova(Russia)
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and pacer
Taskin Ahmed
April
Name of the Winners
West Indies
EvgeniaMedvedeva Gold
Kenyas VisilineJepkesho and Cyprian Kotut
Mercedes driver NicoRosberg
5|Page

Chinese Grand Prix
WLBS World snooker championship
Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament, Abu Dhabi
NicoRosberg
ChitraMagimairaj - Gold
VarshaaSanjeev Gold
India
Hawkes Bay Cup, New Zealand
India beat Canada

Miami Open 2016
Novak Djokovic
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
Pierre Hugues (France)
And Herbert Nicolas (France)
BethanieMattek-Sands (USA) and Lucieafov(Chezh
Republic)
BWF RankingsFIFA World Rankings 2016
14
18
8
10
19
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Mens Doubles
Womens Doubles
KidambiSrikanth
ParuPalliKashyap
SainaNehwal
Pusarla V Sindhu
Manu Attri
B Sumeeth Reddy
JwalaGutta
AshwiniPonnappa
15
BWF RankingsFIFA World Rankings 2016

Rank(Mens)
Country
1
Argentina
2
Belgium
3
Chile
4
Colombia
5
Germany
Malaysian Open 2016
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei ( Malaysia)
Womens Singles
RatchanokIntanon (Thailand)
Mens Doubles
Kim Gi-Jung( South Korea ) and
Kim Sa-rang ( South Korea)
Womens Doubles
Tang Yuanting (China) and
Yu Yang (China)
Mixed Doubles
Tontowi Ahmed ( Indonesia) and LiliyanaNastir (
Indonesia )
world International Boxing Federation title
Anthony Joshua, America
US Masters golf 2016
Danny Willett - First Briton
WTA rankings
Womens Singles
Womens Doubles
Rank
Serena Williams (USA)
Aprtina Hingis (Swiss)
1
AgnieszkaRadwanska (POL)
SaniaMirza (India)
2
Angelique Kerber (GER)
BethanieMattek- Sands
3
(US)
GarbineMuguruza (ESP)
YaroslavaShvedova (Kzh)
4
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Month
S.P. Chawrasia of India
Asian KhoKho Championship Title, MP
Indias mens and womens teams
WTA rankingsWisdens top five cricketers of 2015
Player
Country
Jonny Bairstow
England
Brendon McCullum
New Zealand
Steve Smith
Australia
Ben stokes
England
Rank(Mens)
1
2
3
4
5
Country
Argentina
Belgium
Chile
Colombia
Germany
6|Page

Kane Willamson
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,Malaysia.
Monte Carlo Masters title
withdraw from Sultan of Johor Cup
First champion of the Asian Tennis Tour (ATT)
SidharthRawat
Rio shooting World Cup
First Indian participant at World Kickboxing

Championship
New Zealand
Australia
Rafael Nadalfrom Spain
Hockey India
Vishnu Vardhan
JituRai 6th Spot
OlehOmelchuk of Ukraine Gold
Wang Zhiweiof China Bronze
Tajamul Islam
Baecelona Open
49th Clay court cup and equaled the record with
Rafael Nadal
Guillermo Vilas
Doubles Winners
United States Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament
Womens doubles title
Garcia-Mladenovic
and Kristina Mladenovic
Womens singles title
Angelique Kerber
ISSF World Cup
AprcusSvennson - Gold
Mairaj Ahmad Khan - Silver
TaAprroCasandro - Bronze
FPAI Indian Player of the year Award
JejeLalpekhlua
PFA Player of the Year
RiyadMahrez - first African
First woman rider TVS
Shreya Sunder Iyer
Equals the world record in the womans recurve event at
DeepikaKumari
Archery World Cup in Shanghai.
Commonwealth Judo Championship
GarimaChaudhary Gold
RajwinderKaur - silver
Australias bowling coach
Allan Donald South Africa
New Zealands captain
Kane Williamson
Sri Lanka Crickets Chief Selector
SanathJayasuria
Cricket Association of Nepal
Suspended by ICC
World Championshipbrand ambassadors
MC ApryKom
International Hockey Umpire
Durga Thakur
Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifier
Paddlers SoumyajitGhosh, ManikaBatra
Wrestler SandeepTomar
Indian Rower DattuBhokanal
Sprinter Sudha Singh
Judok Player Avatar Singh and ThoudamKalpana Devi
First Indian Gymnast to Qualify for Olympics
DipaKarmakar
Kansai Nerolac
Mother Dairy
ShahidAfridi
Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament
Retired from international cricket
Retired from international cricket
Retired from ODIs, T20Is
Hong Kong all-rounderIrfan Ahmed
First Day /Night Test
BCCI decided to waive off the financial penalty of
USD 97 million
2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships
Gujarat Lionsassociate sponsor

Delhi Daredevils principal sponsor
Pakistans T20 captain
Shiva Thapa - silver medal
Australia Cricketer Clint McKay
England Cricketer James Taylor
Sri Lankan veteran cricketer RanganaHerath
Suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for
two and a half years
India 7 New Zealand
West Indies Cricket Board
India
7|Page

May
Name of the Winners

2016 UEFA Champions League
International Sports expo(Pune)
Premier League title
2016 Asia Kabaddi Championship Cup
World Snooker Championship
NBAs Most Valuable Player
Bats for 51 hours straight - Guinness record
The Europa League
IAAF World Challenge(China)
Uber Cup 2016
Asian Youth Championships tournament (Kazakhstan)
Monaco Grand Prix

Russian Grand Prix
14th Fed Cup title(Ghuwati)
Thomas Cup badminton tournament(China)
Asian 6-Red Snooker title(Abu Dhabi)
First English batsman to score 10,000 runs in test

matches
First Indian to feature in a top-tier league match in
Europe
2016 French Open Athletics Championship (Paris)
Asian Team Championship campaign(Taipei)
Archery World Cup(Shanghai, China)
Real Madrid FC
Rohit Sharma
English football club Leicester city FC
Pakistan defeated India
Mark Selby defeated Ding Junhui
Stephen Curry
Rwanda captain Eric Dusingizimana
Football club Sevilla
Womens 4x100m relay team breaks national record 4th
position
China Team - First
China - First
South Korea - Second
India - Third
Kazakhstan First
Uzbekistan - Second
India - Third
AnkushDahiya
(60 Kg)
Silver
AshishKulhirya
(64kg)
Silver
ReyalPuri
(81kg)
Silver
Manjeet Singh
(+91kg)
Bronze
Lewis Hamilton
NicoRosberg
MohunBagan
Denmark defeated Indonesia
PankajAdvani
First in the world to hold both world and continental titles at
the same time
England Test captain Alastair Cook
Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Amit Kumar Saroha- gold medal in mens club throw
Malaysia Gold
India - Silver
1.Silver - Womens team comprising DeepikaKumari,
Bombayla Devi Laishram and LaxmiraniMajhi
2.Bronze - Deepika and Atanufrom
3.Bronze - Indian mens recurve team of Atanu Das,

JayantaTalukdar and Mangal Singh Champia
Fifth consecutive knockout win
Formula Ones youngest race winner
1
2
3
4
5
Rank
1
2
3
4
Bowler
Stuart Broad
R. Ashwin
James Anderson
Yasir Shah
Vijender Singh
Max Verstappen(18)
ICC Test Team Rankings
Australia
India
Pakistan
England
New Zealand
Test bowlers ranking
Batsman
Steve Smith
Joe Root
Kane Williamson
HashimAmla
All Rounders
R Ashwin
Shakib Al Hasan
Stuart Broad
Ben Stokes
8|Page

5
DayleSteyn
Younus Khan
Vernon Philander
IPL Session
Vivo-Indian Premier League title
Sunrisers Hyderabad(Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore)
IPL Winner Award Team Name:
Sunrisers Hyderabad
IPL Runner Up Team Name
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Orange Cap Award
Most Runs Scored : ViratKohli (RCB)
Purple Cap Award (Most Wickets)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH)
Most Valuable Player
ViratKohli (RCB)
Emerging Player of the Season
MustafizurRahman (SRH)
ISSF Junior World Cup Suhl, Germany
Gold
Mens 25m standard pistol Rituraj Singh, ShivamShukla
and Arjun Das
Gold
Womens 50m Rifle GaayathriNithyanadamSonikaand

AyushiPodder
Gold
Mens 25m Standard Pistol by Rituraj Singh
Bronze
womens 50m rifle prone competition by
GaayathriNithyanadam
BWF rankings
Chen Long(China)
First
K Srikanth
Mens singles 12th
HS Prannoy
Mens singles 21st
Ajay Jayaram
Mens singles 25th
Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy
Mens Doubles - 20th
SainaNehwal
Womens Singles - 8th
PV Sindhu
Womens Singles - 10th
JwalaGutta and AshwiniPonappa
Womens Doubles 14th
2016 Mutua Madrid Open
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Mens Singles
Netherlands Jean-JulienRojer / Romania HoriaTecu
Mens Doubles
Romania SimonaHalep
Womens Singles
France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic
Womens Doubles
Rome title 2016 UK
Mens singles final
United KingdomAndy Murray
Womens Signles final
United StatesSerena Williams
Mens doubles finals
United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
Womens doubles finals
Switzerland Martina Hingis India SaniaMirza
International Shooting Competition of Hannover - Germany
Men: 10m air rifle
AbhinavBindra 3rd (Bronze)
10m air pistol
HeenaSidhu - 2nd-(Silver)
Women: 10m air rifle
ApurviChandela
11
England womens cricketer of the year award for the
maiden time
Englands Test and One Day International Cricketer of
the year award
England womens Cricket captain
Rio Olympics qualifiers
England Cricketer Anya Shrubsole

England Cricketer Batsman Joe Root
Charlotte Edwards retired
1.Discus thrower:SeemaPunia
2.Shuttlers:
SainaNehwal& PV Sindhu
JwalaGutta&AshwiniPonnappa
Kidambisrikanth
Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy
3.Wrestlers :
RavinderKhatri, Hardeep Singh,
9|Page

BabitaKumariVineshPhogat, Sakshi Malik, SandeepTomar
YogeshwarDuttand NarsinghYadav
4.Archers:
DeepikaKumari, Bombayla Devi and LaxmiraniMajhi
5.Boxer:
M C Mary Kom
June
Name of the Winners

Canadian Grand Prix
2016 European Grand Prix of F1
AIBA Womens World Championships
First professional tennis player to earn $100 million
in prize money in French Open quarter-finals
Queens title (London)
FIFA rankings
Archery World Cup (Antalya)

Affiliation from Commonwealth Boxing Council
Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet(Czech
Republic)
US Open golf tournament title
win the 100m in 9.88 seconds at Racers Grand Prix
2016
FINA women water polo world league (China)
2016 Copa America Football tournament
7thFIH Champions Trophy title
(London)
First Indian captain to lead the team in three ODI
series whitewashes
NHL Calder Memorial Trophy
New national record, clocking 3:02.17
International Sprint and Relay Teams Cup (Turkey)
Best womens player award in the Eurasian Blitz
chess tournament(Kazakhstan)
InternationalBoxing Associations (AIBA)
World Qualifying Tournament
(Azerbaijan)
ISSF World Cup(Azerbaijan)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Nico Rosberg (Germany)
Sonia Lather(57kg) Gold
Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray 5th time
1.Argentina
2.Belgium
3.Colombia
South Korea Gold
India Silver
Indian Boxing Council (IBC)
Track and field athlete Tintu Luka - Silver
Dustin Johnson(US)
Usain Bolt
USA First
Spain - Second
Chile beat Argentina
Argentina defeated Netherland
MS Dhoni
Artemi Panarin (Russia)
Indian mens 4x400m relay team
Harika Dronavalli (India)
Vikas Krishan (75kg) Bronze
Felipe Almeida Wu(Brazil) - Gold

Jitu Rai(India) Silver
Sanjeev Rajput(mens 50-metre rifle) Silver
Racketlon Competitions(Denmark)
Navy Officer and Commodore Ashutosh Pednekar - first
Indian Gold medal
Indian mens hockey teamEnter Final for 1st Time in 36 Years at 36th Hero Champions Trophy Hockey
Gold medal
Australia
Silver medal
India
Bronze medal
Germany
French Open 2016

Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Mens doubles

Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
Feliciano Lpez (Spain) / Marc Lpez (Spain)
10 | P a g e

Womens Doubles
Caroline Garcia(France) / Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Martina Hingis(Switzerland)/
Leander Paes (India)
Mixed Doubles
Australian Open title 2016 - Sydney

Mens Singles
Womens Singles :
HansKristianVittinghus (Denmark)
SainaNehwal (India)
Markus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia) and Kevin
SanjayaSukamuljo (Indonesia)
BaoYixin (China) and Chen Qingchen (China)
Lu Kai (China) and Huang Yaqiong (China)
Mens Doubles
Womens Doubles
Mixed Doubles
IITF Ranking
61st
69th
145th
113rd
Soumyajit Ghosh
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Mouma Das
Manika Batra
ICC Rankings for ODI Bowlers

Rank
Bowlers
1
Sunil Narine (WI)
2
Trent Boult (NZ)
3
Imran Tahir (RSA)
Highest-paid female athlete
2016 Worlds 100 Highest-Paid Athletes
Oldest Olympic torch bearer(Macapa)

7thWorld Carrom Championship
Hockey Junior World Cup 2016
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has
recognized the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)
Retirement from Test cricket
Retirement from International Football
Banned for seven years
Bannedfor two years by the International Tennis
Federation.
Suspended from bowling in international cricket
Goa Cricket Officials
First day-night Test in India
T20 Series
Qualify for Rio Olympics
Official sponsor for the Indian contingent to the Rio

Olympics 2016.
Batsman
AB De Villiers (RSA)
Virat Kohli (IND)
Hasim Amla (RSA)
Serena Williams(USA)
Maria Sharapova(Russia)
Ronda Rousey(USA)
Cristiano Ronaldo Soccer
Lionel Messi - Soccer
LeBron James Basketball
Aida Gemanque 106yr
Host Birmingham
Host India
Rao Inderjit Singh - President
Sri Lankan pace bowler Nuwan Kulasekara
Lionel Messi Announces
West Indies all-rounder Kavon Fubler
Maria Sharapova (Russia- Tennis player)
Sri Lanka Pacer Shaminda Eranga
BCCI Suspends officialsfor Financial Bungling
Indore India VsNewzealand
India defeated Zimbabwe
Judoka Avtar Singh
Tennis star Rohan Bopanna
Boxer Mary Kom
Sprinter Dutee Chand
ArcherAtanu Das
SprinterSrabani Nanda
SprinterMohammad Anas
Long JumperAnkit Sharma
Amul
11 | P a g e

Paralympic Committee of India
Fifth-wicket stand in Twenty 20 cricket of 150
in 92 balls for the Trinbago Knight Riders
Austrian Grand Prix Title 2016
2016 British Grand Prix
Hungarian Grand Prix
IWAS World Games(Prague, Czech Republic)
Spanish Grand Prix Wrestling championship
(Madri)
Fide Womens Grand Prix trophy (Chendu,
China)
oldest player to score a Test century for 82 years
Euro 2016 football championship
EurAsia Hockey Cup 2016
WBO Asia Pacific title(New Delhi)
FIFA rankings
73rd Senior National Squash

Championship(Mumbai)
First Indian to clinch the most desired Mr World
title
First Indian captain to score double century
outside India
World of digital gaming with the
proposed launch of his official game
named Sachin Saga.
1st Indian to set world record in Junior Athletics
Championship
Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy
First clay court singles title by defeating
Netherlands Robin Haase
100m hurdles world record of 12.20 seconds at
the London Diamond League meeting
Second Rio Olympics-bound athlete to fail a
dope test after wrestler Narsingh Yadav
ICC Hall of fame
July
Name of the Winners
Recognised by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Proteas Opener Hasim Amla
West Indies All-rounder Dwayne Bravo
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Niranjan Mukundan - 8 medals
Erdenebat Bekhbayar of Mongolia Gold(57kg)
Sandeep Tomar Silver (74 kg)
Narsingh Yadav Bronze(57 kg)
Harika Dronavalli
MisbahulHaq Pakistan
Portugal
Indian Junior Mens Team
Vijender Singh
Argentina- 1st
Belgium 2nd
Columia 3rd
India 152nd
Dipika Pallikal Karthik
Rohit Khandelwal
Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar
Neeraj Chopra
Manavaditya Rathore - bronze medal
Feliciano Lopez
Kendra Harrison
Inderjit Singh
Muttiah Muralitharan
Arthur Morris
Karen Rolton
George Lohmann
Russia
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)

ban on the weightlifters to compete in the Rio
Olympics.
10th Davis Cup
Rohan Bopanna
Canada open Grand Prix badminton 2016
Mens Single Title
B Sai Praneeth
Mens Doubles Title
Manu Attri andSumeeth reddy
Wimbledon 2016 Championships
12 | P a g e

Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Mens Doubles
Womens Doubles
Mixed Doubles
National record with a massive 59.87m throw at
the 56th National inter-state Senior Athletics
Championships
Olympians Association of India (OAI)
Badminton World Federation Rankings
PSA World Squash Rankings

Rio Olympics Qualifiers
Official nutritional partner for Rio-Olympics

ICC Test Ranking
MRF ICC Test rankings

Dhyanchand Hockey Ground in Rajkot
39th Associate Member of the International
Cricket Council (ICC)
Kabaddi World Cup 2016 In October
New record by diving from 25 000 feet without
parachute
Andy Murray (Britain)

Serena Williams (US)
PierreHugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut
(France)
Serena Williams (US) and Venus Williams (US)
Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (UK)
Javeline thrower Annu Rani
Shiva Keshavan (luge),Viren Rasquinha (hockey),Malav

Shroff (sailing),Adille Sumariwalla (athletics),Ashwini
Nachappa (athletics),Saina Nehwal
(badminton),Hakimuddin Habibulla (swimming) and MC
Mary Kom (boxing)
Saina Nehwal - 5th
Nozomi Okuhara 6th
P V Sindhu 10th
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa 20th
Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy 23rd
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar 29th
Joshna Chinappa -10th
Dipika 19th
Nirmala Sheoran Athlete
Sajan Prakash and Shivani Kataria Swimmers
PR Sreejesh Mens hockey team captain
Sushila Chanu - Womens hockey team captain
Renjith Maheswar - Jumper
Dharambir Singh- 200 meter race(First Indian)
Jinson Johnson - 800 Meters race
Anirban Lahiri - Golf
Shiv Shankar Prasad Chawrasia - Golf
Aditi Ashok- Golf
Ritu Rani - Womens hockey team captain(dropped)
HERBALIFE teams up with IOA
Ravichandran Ashwin All Rounder
First Australia
Second India
Third Pakistan
Pakistani Wrist spinner Yasir Shah has reached the
number one spot
Recognised by the International Hockey Federation
(FIH).
Saudi Arabia
India
Luke Aikins
13 | P a g e

AffairsCloud Important Page Links
Current Affairs Sections
Current Affairs
Current Affairs 2016
Current Affairs Today
Current Affairs PDF
Current Affairs Quiz
Current Affairs Mock Test
Study Materials PDF
Subject-Wise Question Sections
Reasoning Questions
Quantitative Aptitude Questions
English Questions
Computer Questions
Banking Awareness Questions
Study Guide Sections
General Aptitude
Reasoning
Letter Writing
Math Tricks
Computer Awareness
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR EXAMS!!!
Suggestions are welcomed; Contact us any time at

Affairscloud@gmail.com&AffairsCloud1@gmail.com
14 | P a g e

2016 Sports (Jan-July) by AffairsCloud

Enviado por

Dados do documento

Direitos autorais

Formatos disponíveis

Compartilhar este documento

Compartilhar ou incorporar documento

Opções de compartilhamento

Você considera este documento útil?

Este conteúdo é inapropriado?

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

2016 Sports (Jan-July) by AffairsCloud

Enviado por

Direitos autorais:

Formatos disponíveis

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF