SPORTS 2014

Cricket
ICC BCCI
ICC – International Cricket Council BCCI – Board of Control for Cricket in India
Headquarters – Dubai Headquarters – Mumbai
1st Chairman of ICC – N. Srinivasan (India) Established – 1929
President of ICC – Mustafa Kamal (Bangladesh) Coach of the Indian Cricket Team - Dunkan Fletcher (Zimbabwe)
Present CEO of ICC – David Richards (South
Africa)
 Indian batsman Rohit Sharma created ODI World record by scoring 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Kolkata’s Eden
Garden on 13th November 2014. He also became the first ever batsman to score two double centuries in ODI.
He broke Virendra Sehwag’s record to become highest individual scorer in ODIs.
 Duleep Trophy 2014 : Central Zone lift Duleep Trophy beating South Zone by nine runs.
 Marvan Atapattu : Srilankan New Cricket Coach
 Champions League Twenty-20 , 2014
o Winners : Chennai Super Kings (15.4 Corers)
o Runner : Kolkata Knight Riders (8 Crores)
o Man of the Series : Suresh Raina (234 Runs)
o Most Wickets : Sunil Narine (12)
 IPL – 7, 2014 :
o IPL-7, 2014 Winner : Kolkata Knight Riders (15 Crores)
o Runner : Kings XI Punjab (10 Crores)
o Man of the Series : Glen Maxwell
o Man of the Match : Manish Pandey
o Stadium : M. Chinna Swamy Stadium, Bengaluru
o Orange Cap Award : Robin Utthapa
o Purple Cap Award : Mohit Sharma
 Men’s T20 World Cup 2014 : Sri Lanka defeat India to win the maiden title.
o Man of the match in the final – Sangakkara
o Player of the tournament – Virat Kohli
 Women’s World T20 – 2014 : Australia defeat England in the final to win the title for the third time in a row.
 Asia Cup Title 2014 : Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan to win the title
o Note : It is their fifth Asia Cup success, equalling the record of India
 ICC U-19 World Cup 2014 : South Africa beats Pakistan to lift the title, held in Dubai.
 Ranji Trophy 2014 : Karnataka beat Maharashtra to lift the title. Karnataka have won the trophy for the seventh
time.
 India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the final of the Blind Cricket World Cup at the Wally Wilson Cricket Ground
in Cape Town, South Africa.
o It was the 4th edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup.
o Indian Captain Shekar Naik.
o South Africa won the inaugural edition of the Blind Cricket world Cup in 1998.
 Deodhar Trophy : East Zone lifts Deodhar trophy 2014 by beating West Zone by 24 runs.
 Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli has been placed among 5 ambassadors for 2015 World Cup by ICC along with
Mitchell Johnson, Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakkara and Shane Watson.
 Indian Crickter Virat Kohli becomes Fastest Cricketer to score 6000 Runs in ODIs.
 Chennai Super Kings won the Champions League T-20 Trophy 2014 by beating Kolkata Knight Riders.

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 Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh choosen for Prestigious cricketers’ Panel “Bradman Honorees”
 Irany Trophy 2014 : Karnataka won by defeating Rest of India
 India Claim U-19 Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan in the final .
 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014 : Karnataka won the title by defeating Railways
 Grant Flower named as Pakistan batting coach
 Saeed Ajmal become top bowler in ODI ranking. He is followed by Dale Steyn and Sunil Narin while Ravindra
Jadeja is at fourth.
 Sunil Gavaskar appoints (HDFC chairman) Deepak parekh as his special advisor for 7th edition of IPL
 BCCI recommends Ravichandran Ashwin (off-spinner) for Arjuna Award
 Kumar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri Lankan national team became the second person in the history of Cricket
to score a triple century and a century in the same test match, he joined Graham Gooch, the former skipper of
England team.
 AB de Villers named South African Circketer of the year.
 Corey Anderson of New Zealand set up a new record in One Day International Cricket of scoring fastest century
(in just 36 balls) against West Indies.
 Kathy Cross (New Zealand) has became the First Woman to be included in ICC (International Cricket Council’s)
Umpires’ panel.
 Legendary Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been honoured as “Cricketer of the Generation” in ESPN Crick
Info Awards 2013.
 Australian batsman Philip Hughes died after being struck on his head during a Sheffield Game at the Sydney
Cricket Ground.
 Host Countries :
o ICC World Test Championship Host Countries :
 2017 – London (1st)
 2021 – India (2nd)
o ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Host Countries :
 2015 – New Zealand & Australia
 2019 – England
 2023 – India
o ICC Men’s T 20 World Cup Host Countries :
 2014 – Bangladesh
 2016 – India
 2018 – Australia
o ICC Women’s ODI World Cup Host Countries :
 2017 – England
 2021 – New Zealand
o ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Host Countries :
 2014 – Bangladesh
 2018 – West Indies
 2022 – South Africa
o U 19 World Cup :
 2016 – Bangladesh
 2018 – New Zealand
 2020 – South Africa
 2022 – West Indies

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Lawn Tennis
Event Winners / Men’s Singles Women’s Men’s Women’s
Runners Singles Doubles Doubles
Australian Winner Stanislas Wawrinka Li Na (China) Lukasz Kubot Sara Errani (Italy)
Open 2014 (Switzerland) (Poland) Roberta Vinci
Robert Lindstedt (Italy
(Sweden)
Runner Rafale Nadal Dominika Eri Butorac (USA) Ekaterina
(Spain) Cibulkova Raven Klaasen Makarova (Russia
(Slovakia) (South Africa) )
Elena Vesnina
(Russia)
French Open Winner Rafael Nadal Maria Sharapova Julien Benneteau Hsieh Su-wei
2014 (Spain) (Russia) (France) (Chinese Taipel)
Edourd Roger – Peng Shuai (China)
Vasselin (France)
Runner Novak Djokovic Simona Halep Marcel Granollers S. Errani (Italy)
(Serbia) (Romania) (Spain) R. Vinci (Italy)
Marc Lopez
(Spain)
Wimbledon Winner Novak Djokovic Petra Kvitova Vasek Pospisil Sara Errani (Italy)
Open 2014 (Serbia) (Czech Republic) (Canada) Roberta Vinci
Jack Sock (US) (Italy)
Runner Roger Federer Eugenie Bob Bryan (US) Timea Babos
(Switzerland) Bouchard Mike Bryan (US) (Hungary)
(Canada) Kristina
Maldenovic
(France)
US Open 2014 Winner Marin Cilic Serena Williams Bob Bryan (US) Ekaterina
(Croatia) (US) Mike Bryan (US) Makarova (Russia)
&
Elena Vesnina
(Russia)
Runner Kei Nishikori Caroline Marcel Granollers Martina Hingis
(Japan) Wozniacki (Spain) (Switzerland)
(Denmark) & Marc Lopez & Flavia Pennetta
(Spain) (Italy)

Important Points to Note :

 Serena Williams has won 18 Grand Slam titles. [Australian (5) + French Open (2) + Wimbledon (5) + US Open (6)]
 It was Rafael Nadal’s 9th French Open Title. [Australian (1) + French Open (9) + Wimbledon (2) + US Open (2)]
with this win Nadal has won 14 Grand Slam titles.
 Maria Sharapova won French Open Title second time (this is her 5th Grand Slam title)
 Petro Kvitova 2nd Wimbledon Women’s title winner
 Novak Djokovic 2nd Wimbledon Men’s title winner and 7th Career Grand slam.

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Some Important Tournaments

Tournament Winner Runner-up Host City
China Open Tennis Men’s Singles : Beijing (China)
Tournament 2014 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Tomas Berdych (Czech republic)
Women’ Singles : Petra Kvitova (Czeck Republic)
Maria Shrapova (Russia)
Shanhai Masters Tennis Men’s Singles : Madrid (China)
Tournament 2014 Roger Federer (Switzerland) Gilles Simon (France)
Men’s Doubles :
Bob Bryan (USA) Julian Benito (Switzerland)
Mike Bryan (USA) Edouard Roger (France)
Madrid Master Open 2014 Men’s Singles : Madrid (Spain)
Rafael Nadel (Spain) Kel Nishikori (Japan)
Women’s Singles :
Maria Shrapova (Russia) Simona Halep (Romanian)
Italian Open Title 2014 Men’ Singles : Rome
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Women’s Singles :
Serena Williams (America) Sara Errani (Italy)
BMW Malaysian Tennis Women’s Singles : Kaulalampur
Open 2014 Donna Vekic (Croatian) Dominika Cibulkova (Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles :
Timea Babos (Hungarian) Zheng Sai Sai (China)
Char hao Ching (Taiwan) Chan Yung Jan (Taiwan)
WTA Finals 2014 Women’s Singles : Singapore
Serena Williams (USA) Simona Halep (Romania)
Women’s Doubles :
Cara Black (Zimbabwe) Sania Mirza (India)
Hseih Su-wei (Taiwan) Peng Shui (China)
Miami Masters Crown Men’s Singles : Miami, Florida
2014 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Rafael Nadal (Spain) (USA)
(Sony Open Tennis 2014) Women’s Singles :
Serena Williams (America) Lina (China)
Chennai Open 2014 Men’s Singles : Chennai (India)
Stanislas Wawrinka Roser Vaselin
Men’s Doubles :
Johan Brunstorm & Frederik Mate Pavic & Martin Draganja
Nielson
Portugal Open 2014 Men’s Singles : Oeiras,
Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) (Portugal)
Women’s Singles :
Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia)
Women’s Doubles :
Sania Mirza (India) Eva Hrdinova (Czech Republic)
Cara Balck (Zimbabwe) Valeria Solovyeva (Russia)
Indian Wells Tennis Men’s Singles : Indian Wells,
Masters 2014 Novak Djokovic (Serbian) Roger Federer (Switzerland) California
Women’s Singles : (United States)
Flavia Pennetta (Italian) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)
Dubai Tennis Men’s Singles : Dubai, (United
Championships 2014 Roger Federer (Switzerland) Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) Arab Emirates)

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Women’s Singles :
Venus Williams (America) ALize Cornet (French)
 Sania Mirza (India) and Cara Black (Zimbabwe) win doubles title at WTA Toray Pacific Open 2014 defeated
Garbine Maguruza (Spanish) and Carla Suarez Navarro (Spanish).
 IPTL : International Premiere Tennis League
o IPL is a tennis championship league launched in November 2014. It was held across 4 cities : Manila,
Dubai, Delhi and Singapore.
o Director : Mahesh Bhupathi
o Number of Teams : 4
 Manila Mavericks
 UAE Royals
 Indian Aces
 Singapore Slammers
o Winners : Indian Aces (1st title)

Badminton
 Indian Badminton Player Ajay Jayaram won the Dutch Open Tournament beating Maulana Mustafa (Indonesia)
 H. S. Prannoy won Indonesian masters title defeating Indonesian Firman Abdul Kholik.
 Saina Nehwal (India) won Australian Open Super Series Title 2014 after defeating Caroline Marin (Spain)
 Japan won the Thomas Cup 2014 for the first time after defeating Malaysia.
 China won the Uber Cup 2014 by defeating Japan.
 Simon Santoso (Indonesia) won the Malaysia Grand Prix 2014 after defeating Sourabh Varma (India)
 Kidambi Srikanth won the 78th Senior National Badminton Championship 2014 defeating P. V. Sindhu.
 Wang Tzu –Wei of Chinese Taipe won the New Zealand Open Badminton 2014 after defeating Nozomi Kuhara
of Japan.
 Saina Nehwal won Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold Badminton crown by defeating P. V. Sindhu in
Lucknow.
 Indian Badminton player Arvind Bhat won German Open Grand Prix 2014 tournament by defeating Denmark’s
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus.
 Lee Chong Wei (China) won the All England Badminton Championship by beating Chen Long (China).

Some Important Tournaments

Tournament Winner Runner-up
Singapore Open Super Series 2014
Men’s Singles :
Simon Santoso (Indonesia) Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Women’s Singles :
Wang Yihan (China) Li Xuerui (China)
Asian Badminton Championships Men’s Singles :
2014 (South Korea) Lind Dan (China) Sasaki Sho (Japan)
Women’s Singles :
Sung Jihyum (South Korea) Wang Shixian (China)
Indian Open Badminton Men’s Singles :
Tournament 2014 Li Chong Wei (China) Chen Long (China)
Women’s Singles :
Shiquiang Wang (China) Li Xuerui (China)

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China Open Badminton 2014 Men’s Singles :

Kidambi Srikanth (India) Lin Dan (China)
Women’s Singles :
Saina Nehwal (India) Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
World Badminton Federation Awards 2014

 Best Player (Men) – Lee Chong Ve (Malaysia)

 Best Player (Women) – Lee Jhu Ruy (China)

Hockey
 India (juniors) defeated Great Britain to retain Sultan of Johor Cup title (Hockey). Final was held in Malaysia.
 Punjab won the 4th Hockey India Junior Men International Championship 2014 by defeating Hockey Odisha.
 Netherlands won the Hero Hockey World League beating Newzealand in New Delhi.
 Germany won the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2013 held in New Delhi after defeating France. (next
worldcup will be in 2016)
 Delhi Waveriders won the Hero Hockey India League Cup 2014 after defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors.
 Netherlands has won the women’s Hockey World Cup held in the Hague, Netherlands by defeating Australia.
 Australia has won the men’s Hockey World Cup by defeating Netherlands in the final held at Kyocera Stadium in
the Hague.
o In this tournament, Best Player (Men) of the tournament got by Mark Knowels of Australia while Best
Player (Women) got by Ellen Hoog of Netherlands.
 Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) won the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship
(Division A) in Bhopal after defeating defending champions Haryana.
o In this tournament, Monika (Hayrana) won Best Player of the tournament award.
 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup will be held ain Bhubaneswar, India.
 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup will be held in London, (England)

Chess
 Magnus Carlesn (Norway) won the World Chess Championship 2014 against Viswanath Anand (India)
 Romain Edourd of France won the Dubai International Open Chess Tournament on April 16th, 2014 after
defeating Anton Korobov of Ukraine.
 Viswanathan Anand won 2014 FIDE Candidates Chess tournament by defeating Serjey Karjakin.
 Oliver Barbosa of Philippines won the Sixth Kolkata Open Chess Title.
 World Champion Magnus Carlsen emerged winner of the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 held at Zurich,
Switzerland.
 Magnus Carlsen, reigning world champion form Norway, has won Shamkir Chess 2014 tournament after
defeating Fabiano Caruano of Italy.
 Grand Master Abhijeet Gupta won the Agzamov Memorial International Open Chess tournament in
Tashkent after defeating Russian Grand master Oleg Korneev.

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Foot Ball
 Real Madrid won the Copa Del Rey Cup by defeating Barcelona at Mestalla in Velencia, Spain.
 Bengaluru FC won the I League Championship after defeating Dempo SC.
 Mizoram won the 68th Senior National Football Championship Santhosh Trophy by defeating Railways in
Siligiri, West Bengal.
 Churchill Brothers won maiden Federation Cup by defeating sporting club de Goa.
 Manipur won the 20th National Women Senior Championship.
 Real Madrid has defeated Atletico Madrid at Lisbon to won their 10th UEFA Champion League Football title.
 Bayem Munich claimed their 24th German league (Bundesliga) title win at Hertha Berlin.
 Manchester city won the English Premier League (EPL) title after an easy win over West Ham in the finals.

Football World Cup 2014

 Host Countries
o 2014 – Brazil
o 2018 – Russia
o 2022 – Qatar
 2014 FIFA World Cup :
o FIFA President : Joseph S. Blatter
o 8 Group in FIFA World Cup 2014
o Number of Teams 32
o Brazil country Host city
o Finals : Argentina F-Group and Germany G-Group
o Germany
 Coach – Joachim Loew
 Captain : Lahm
o Argentina
 Coach – Alejandro Sabella
 Captain – Messi
 Mascot : Fuleco
 Winner : Germany [2014, 1990, 1974, 1954]
o 4th Title
o Cash Prize : 210 Crores
 Runner-up : Argentina
o Cash Prize : 150 Crores
 Man of the Match : Mario Goetze (Germany)
 FIFA Fiar Play Award : Colombia
 Best Young Player Award : Paul Pogba (France)
 Official Slogan – All in One Rhythm
 Official Logo – Inspiration
 Official Mascot Song – Tatu Bom de Bola
 Official Song – We Are One (Ole Ola)
 Official Album – One Love, One Rhythm
 First Hatrick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup : Thomas Mueller (Germany)

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 Richest Player in FIFA : Christiano Ronaldo

 Brazuca : Official Match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
 FIFA Awards 2014 :
o Golden ball : Lionel Messi (Argentina) (Best player)
o Silver Ball : Thomas Muller (Germany)
o Bronze Ball : Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
o Golden Boot : James Rodriguez (Columbia) (Top Scorer : 6 Goals, 2 Assists)
o Golden Glove : Manuel Neuer (Germany) (Best Goal Keeper)

Volley Ball
 Tamilnadu won the Federation Cup Volleyball (men) championship by defeating Services while in Women
category, Railways defeated Kerala.
 Tamilnadu won the 62nd National Volleyball Championship (men) by defeating Uttarakhand while in women
category, Railways defeated Kerala.

Squash
 Joshna Chinnappa (India) won the Winnie Peg winter club open title.
 Joshna Chinnappa won the Richmond Open held in Virgina, USA by defeating Rachel Grinham of Australia.
 Nour El Sherbini of Egypt won the Texas open title held in Houstan, USA after defeating Deepika Pallikal of
India.
 Bubba Watson defeated Jordan Spieth to win the 78th Augusta Masters Cup on April 14th, 2014.

Golf
 Oliver Wilson defeated world number one Rory Mcllroy to win first European golf title.
 Irishman Rory Mcllroy won British Golf Open 2014 in Hoyhlake (UK)
 India retained the SAARC Golf Trophy defeating Bangladesh in Kolkata
 Louis Oosthuizen won the Volvo Golf Championship in South Africa.
 Jimmy Walker clinched the Sony Open Golf Title in PGA tour by defeating Chris Kirk.
 Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Hong Kong Open Golf title to extend his record as the oldest winner in
European Tour history.
 Germany’s Martin Kaymer clinched the US Opne Golf Title on 15th June 2014
 American Golfer J. B. Holmes won the PGA Championships In Charlotte on 4th May 2014
 Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Indonesian Masters 2014 title in Jakarta.
 Australian Golfer Matt Jones earned his first victory to win the Houston Open on the PGA tour.
 Hideki Matsuyama became the fourth Japanese player to win the Memorial Golf Tournament 2014
 Bengaluru golfer Sharmila Nicollet registered her first victory I nthe fourth leg of the Hero Women’s
Professional Golf Tour 2014

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Basket Ball
 USA won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 defeating Serbia.
 In Men category, Tamilnadu defeated Punjab to win the 64th National Basketball Championship, while in
women category, Chattisgarh defeated Indian railways.
 ONGC claimed the men’s title while Chattisgarh won the Women’s crown at the 28th Federation Cup
National Basketball Championship 2014
 India won the basket ball gold in the men’s section at the Lusofonia Games by defeating Angola
o In Women’s category, gold was bagged by Mozambique by defeating Angola.

Wrestling
 India got six medals including one silver and five bronze at the Senior Wrestling Championship in Astana,
Kazakhsthan.
 Indian wrestling duo of Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar won a gold and silver medal respectively in the
International Wrestling Competition in Sassari, Italy on June 1, 2014.
 In the Dave Schultz Memorial International Wrestling Tournament, Titan Mercury (USA) lifted the men’s
freestyle trophy. Russia were Runners-up. India satisfied with third position.
 Indian woman grappler Pooja Dhanda won the bronze medal in the 58 KG freestyle category at the Senior
Asian Wrestling Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Shooting
 World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men) and Venice Cup (Women) will be hosted by India for
the first time in October 2015.
 Abhinav Bindra won the third gold medal in the intershoot triseries shooting championship.
 Manavjit Singh Sandhu (India) won the men’s trap gold in the ISSF Shot Gun World Cup in Tucson, USA.
 Heena Sindhu clinched the world’s number one spot in 10 m air pistol event on 7th April 2014
 India’s Jitu Rai won the silver medal in men’s 10 m air pistol in the ISSF World Cup in Munich on 11th June
2014
 Indian Shooter, Pooa Ghatkar won the gold medal in women’s air rifle event at the 7th Asian Air Gun
Championship in Kuwait.
 Kumar from India has won 25m pistol shooting event bronze medal in Suhl, Germany on May 30, 2014.
Pavlo Korostylov (Ukraine) and Timofey Lyapunov (Russia) has won Gold and Silver medals respectively.

Snooker
 IBSF World Billiards Championship :
o Winner : Pankaj Advani (India)
o Runner : Robert Hall (England)
 Indian Amee Kamani won silver in Australian open Snooker Championship 2014. She lost to Jessica Woods
(Australia) in the final.

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 Chitra Magimairaj of India won the World Women’s senior snooker championship on 22nd April 2014 at
leeds, Britain
 In male category, Pankaj Advani defeated Kamal Chawla and in Women category Vidya Pillai defeated
Chitra Magimairaj to win the National Snooker Championship held at Lucknow.
 Pankaj Advani won IBSF-6 Red World Snooker title in Egypt by defeating Kacper Flipiak of Poland.
 Sourav Kothari won the National Billiards Championship.
 Mark Selby of Britain won the World Snooker Championship 2014 beating defending champion Ronnie O
Sullivan.
 Pankaj Advani defeated Dhruv Sitwala to win the Classic Billiards and Snooker Tournament on 14th May
2014.

Boxing
 Wladimir Khitschko (Ukraine) retained his title World Heavy Weight Championship with a fifth round
knockout of Australian Challenger Alex Leapai.
 Akira Yaegashi of Japan knockout Mexican Challenger Odilon Zelta to retain his title World Boxing Council
Flyweight Championship on 6th April 2014
 Indian Boxers L. Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar won the gold and silver medals respectively at the 58th
Bocskai Invitational Tournament held at Hungary.
 AIBA approved a new body Boxing India, as the provisional National Federation to represent the India.
 Canadian heavyweight boxer Bermane Stiverne claimed the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavy weight title
over Arreola on 10th May 2014
 NIkhat Zareen of Andhra Pradesh, won a gold medal in the Third Nations Cup International Boxing
Tournament by defeating Paltceva Ekaternia of Russia.

Table Tennis
 20th Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championship 2014 held in Mumbai, India. China stayed at the top
of tally.
 In male category, China defeated Germany in the final, and in the women category, China defeated Japan to
win the World Team Table Tennis Championship 2014
 Sanil Shetty and Ankita Das won their maiden men’s and women’s singles championships at the 75th Senior
National Table Tennis Championships 2014
 PSPB’s Manika Batra and G. Sathiyan lifted the youth girl’s and boy’s singles crowns in the 75th Junior and
Youth National Table Tennis Championship 2014
 Joe Serfried of France defeated Romain Ruiz in the boy’s singles event and India’s Ayhika Mukherjee
defeated Leila Imre of Hungary in the junior girl’s crown to win the Slovak Open Table Tennis
Championships at Senec on 25th May 2014

Archery
 Deepika Kumari won her sixth consecutive title at the 34th National Archery Championships while Atanu Das
of PSPB claimed the men’s individual title.

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 India won two gold, two silver and four bronze medals in the inaugural Asian Grand Prix Archery
Championship at Bangkok.

Kabaddi
 Indian men and women teams won the fifth Kabaddi World Cup 2014.
 Pro Kabaddi League 2014 :
o Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the
Indian Premier League.
o Owner – Mashal Sports
o Director – Charu Sharma
o Number of Teams – 8
o Champions : Jaipur Pink Panthers by defeating U Mumba
 Captain : Navneet Gautam
 Owner : Abhishek Bachhan

Athletics
 Gatlin from America has won gold in 100 mts. Sprint IAAF World Challenge Athletics 2014 at Tokyo, Japan
on 11th May 2014
 The Jamaican team of Nickel Ashmeade, Yohan Blake, Warren Weir and Jermaine Brown has set a new
world record on 24th May 2014 in 4 x 200 metres running event.
 Meb Keflezighi of USA in men’s category, and Rita Jeptoo of Kenya in women’s category won the Boston
Marathon race held on April 2014.
 Wilson Kipsang of Kenya won the 34th London Marathon held on April 2014, while Staneley Biwott of Kenya
taking second place.
 In Men’s category, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and in women’s category, Flomena Cheyech of Kenya won
the Par is Marathon Race.
o 15th IAAF World Athletic Championship 2017 will be held in London.

Winter Olympics
 The 2014 Winter Olympics officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games were held in Sochi, Russia.
 Both the Winter Olympics and Para Winter Olympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee
(SOC).
 The games official slogan is “Hot, Cool Yours”
 The mascot for winter Olympics were consisting of polar bear, a snow hare and a snow leopard.
 98 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports were included in the 2014 winter Olympics.
 Three Indians are participated in winter Olympics under “IOC” (International Olympic Committee) flag.
 They are Shiva Keshavan (Luger), Himanshu Thakur (Alpine Skier), Nadeem Iqbal (Cross country skier). But
this performance was dismal.
 The next host of winter Olympics (23rd) is Pyeon Chang , South Korea in 2018.
 Summer Olympics :
o 2016 (31st) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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o 2020 (32nd) at Tokyo, Japan

Medal s Tally Top Ten

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

Russia 13 11 9 33
Norway 11 5 10 26
Canada 10 10 5 25
USA 9 7 12 28
The Netherlands 8 7 9 24
Germany 8 6 5 19
Switzerland 6 3 2 11
Belaurus 5 0 1 6
Austria 4 8 5 17
France 4 4 7 15

Formula One Racing

Grand Prix Winner
Russia F1 Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
U. S. Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Japan F1 Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Monaco Grand Prix 2014 Nico Roseberg (Germany)
Chinese Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Malaysian Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Spanish Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Bahrain Grand Prix 2014 Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
Australian Grand Prix 2014 Nico Roseberg (Germany)
Hungarian Grand Prix 2014 Daniel Ricciardo (Australia)

Asian Games
 Asian Games 2014 – Incheon (South Korea) : The 2014 Asian Games, Officially known as the XVII (17th
edition) of Asiad Games.
o Mascot : Harbour Seal Siblings – Barame, Chumuro and Vichuon means wind, dance and light in
Korean Language.
o The theme of the 2014 Asian Games is Meet Asia’s Future.
o Motto – Diversity Shines Here
o Sardar Singh, Captain of the men’s hockey team is the Indian contingent’s flag bearer at 17th Asian
Games.
o Next Asian Games : 2018 will be held in – Jakarta, Indonesia
o Kosuke Hagino of Japan (Swimmer) is announced as the most valuable player.

Asian Games 2014 – Medal Tally (Top 5)

Country + Ranking Gold Silver Bronze Total

China 151 108 83 342

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South Korea 79 71 84 234

Japan 47 76 77 200
Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84
India 11 10 36 57

List of Indian Medal winners :

 Gold (11 Medals in Total)

1. Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre pistol shooting
2. Sandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma: Men's compound team archery
3. Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kumar Kush: Men's team squash
4. Yogeshwar Dutt: Men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling
5. Seema Punia: Women's discus throw athletics
6. Sania Mirza, Saketh Myneni: Mixed doubles tennis
7. M.C. Mary Kom: Women's 48-51 kg boxing
8. Indian team: Men's hockey
9. Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur, M. Poovamma: Women's 4X400m relay athletics
10. Indian team: Women's kabaddi
11. Indian team: Men's kabaddi
 Silver (10 Medals in Total)
1. Saurav Ghosal: Men's singles squash
2. Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar: Men's 25m centre fire pistol team shooting
3. Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony: Women's team squash
4. Abhishek Verma: Men's individual compound archery
5. Khushbir Kaur: Women's 20 km race walk athletics
6. Saketh Myneni, Sanam Singh: Men's doubles tennis
7. Bajrang Kumar: Men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling
8. Vikas Gowda: Men's discus throw athletics
9. Tintu Luka: Women's 800m athletics
10. Manju Bala: Women's hammer throw athletics
 Bronze (36 Medals in Total)
1. Shweta Chaudhary: Women's 10 metre pistol shooting
2. Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung, Prakash Nanjappa: Men's 10 metre air pistol team shooting
3. Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, P.C. Thulasi, Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanvi Lad:
Women's team badminton
4. Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed, Heena Sidhu: Women's 25 metre pistol team shooting
5. Dipika Pallikal : Women's singles squash
6. Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput: Men's 10 metre air rifle team shooting
7. Abhinav Bindra: Men's 10 metre air rifle shooting
8. Yumnam Sanathoi Devi: Women's sanda -52 kg wushu
9. Narendra Grewal: Men's sanda -60 kg wushu
10. Dushyant Chauhan: Men's lightweight single sculls rowing
11. Sawarn Singh: Men's single sculls rowing
12. Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Thakhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan Kumar Kalkal, Mohammad Azad,
Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Mohammed Ahmed: men's eight rowing
13. Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman: Women's double trap team shooting

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14. Sandeep Sejwal: Men's 50m breaststroke swimming

15. Purvasha Sudhir, Surekha Vennam, Trisha Deb: Women's compound team archery
16. Chain Singh: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting
17. Trisha Deb: Women's individual compound archery
18. Vinesh Phogat: Women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling
19. Geetika Jakhar: Women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling
20. Lalita Babar: Women's 3,000m steeplechase athletics
21. Yuki Bhambri: Men's singles tennis
22. Yuki Bhambri, Divij Sharan: Men's doubles tennis
23. Sania Mirza, Prarthana Thombare: Women's double tennis
24. M. Poovamma: Women's 400m athletics
25. Arokia Rajiv: Men's 400m athletics
26. O.P. Jaisha: Women's 1,500m athletics
27. Narsingh Pancham Yadav: Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling
28. Naveen Kumar: Men's 3,000m steeplechase athletics
29. L. Sarita Devi: Women's 57-60 kg boxing
30. Pooja Rani: 75 kg boxing
31. Varsha Gautam, Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan: Women's 29er two person dinghy sailing
32. Indian Women's hockey Team
33. Annu Rani: Women's javelin throw athletics
34. Satish Kumar: Men's +91 kg boxing
35. Vikas Krishan: Men's 75 kg boxing
36. Inderjeet Singh: Men's shot put athletics

Commonwealth Games 2014

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (Officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, from
23rd July to 3rd August 2014. This is the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games.

Important points you should know about Commonwealth Games 2014

 The Commonwealth Games 2014 officially opened by the British Queen (Elizabeth II)
 Famous cyclist Chris Hoy was Queen's baton runner in the Commonwealth Games 2014.
 The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion
 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held at Celtic Park.
 England finished top of the medal table for the first time since the 1986 Commonwealth Games, also held in
Scotland.
 Kiribati (an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean) also won its first ever medal at a
Commonwealth Games, a Gold in the 105 kg men's weightlifting competition.
 There are 71 participating nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games with approximately 4,950 competing
athlets, making it one of the largest Commonwealth Games staged to date.
 Mascot :
o Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river which flows through the centre of Glasgow,
was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
o The Mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour, who won a competiiton run by Glasgow 2014 for
children to design the mascot.

Medals Tally

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RankNation GoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England 58 59 57 174
2 Australia49 42 46 137
3 Canada 32 16 34 82
4 Scotland 19 15 19 53
5 India 15 30 19 64

Indian Gold Medalists :

1. K. Sanjita Chanu :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 48 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : First Gold winner of India in Commonwealth Games 2014. From
Manipur.
2. Sukhen Dey :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 56 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWG 2010 in 56 kg category. From West Bengal
3. Satish Sivalingam :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 77 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : Created a games record with a total lift of 328 kg. From Tamilnadu
4. Yogeshwar Dutt :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 65kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010 and Bronze in Olympics 2012 in 60 kg free style.
From Haryana.
5. Sushil Kumar :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 75kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010 and Silver in Olympics 2012 in 66 kg freestyle. From
Delhi
6. Amit Kumar :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 57kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : 21 years old. From Haryana
7. Babita Kumari
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 55kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWG 2010 in 51 kg freestyle. From Haryana
8. Vinesh Phogat :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 48kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Youngest Indian wrestler, Just 19 years old. From Haryana
9. Jitu Rai
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 50m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Born in Nepal from Lucknow, UP
10. Abhinav Bindra :
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 50m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWE 2010 and Gold in Beijing Olympics 2008. From Punjab
11. Rahi Sarnobat :
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 25m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010. From Maharashtra

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12. Apurvi Chandela :

o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 10m Air Rife
o Important Point to Note : This is her first international medal. From Rajasthan
13. Vikas Gowda
o Discipline : Athletics
o Category : Discus Throw
o Important Point to Note : First Indian man to win a field event Gold medal at the Commonwealth
Games. From Karnataka
14. Parupalli Kashyap
o Discipline : Badminton
o Category : Men's Single
o Important Point to Note : First Indian man in 32 years to win badminton Gold at the Commonwealth
Games. From Hyderabad
15. Dipilka Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa
o Discipline : Squash
o Category : Women's Doubles
o Important Point to Note : Created history by winning India's first ever Gold medal in CWG Squash.
From Tamilnadu

Indian Silver and Bronze Medalists

Event Silver Bronze

Athletics Seema Punia (Discus) Arpinder Singh (Triple Jump)
Badminton Ashwini Ponnappa & Jwala Gutta R. V. Gurusaidutt

P. V. Sindhu
Boxing Devendro Laishram Pinki Rani

Laishram Sarita Devi

Mandeep Jangra

Vinender Singh
Artistic Gymnastics Dipa Karmakar
Judo Navjot Chana Kalpana Thoudam

Sushila Likmabam Rajwinder Kaur

Powerlifting Rajinder Rahelu Sakina Khatun
Shooting Gagan Narang Gagan Narang

Ayonika Paul Mohammed Asab

Anisha Sayyed Lajja Gauswami

Gurpal Singh Manavjit Singh Sandhu

Harpreet Singh

Malaika Goel

Prakash Nanjappa

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Sanjeev Rajput

Shreasi Singh
Table Tennis Anthony Amalraj & Sarath Kamal
Weightlifting M. Chanu Saikhom Chandrakant Mali

Ravi Kumar Katulu Ganesh Mali

Santhoshi Matsa Omkar Otari

Vikas Thakur Punam Yadav

Swati Singh
Wrestling Bajrang Kumar Navjot Kaur

Geetika Jokhar Pawan Kumar

Lalita

Rajiv Tomar

Satyawart Kadian

Sakshi Malik
Hockey Men’s Hockey Team

List of Sport Related Terms and Associated Trophies

Sport Related Trophies Related Terms
Cricket Irani Trophy, Netwest Trophy, ICC Trophy, Hat-trick, Maiden, Follow-on Gully, Yorker, Bouncer,
Ranji Trophy, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Sheesh Pull, Googly, Hook Fick, Stumped
Mahal Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy,
Deodhar Trophy, Rohington Baria Trophy,
Cooch Bihar Trophy, Vinoo Manked Trophy
Lawn Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon Backhand Stroke, Ace, Love, Slice, Volley, Ground
Tennis Open, US Open, Davis Cup, Hoopman Cup Stroke, Deep Volley, Double Fault, Delice, Half Volley,
Let, Slice, Smash
Football Baradoloi Trophy, Santhosh Trophy Central Pass, Back Pass, Mid Field, Goal Keeper, Corner,
(National Championship), DCM Trophy, Mir Free kick, Indirect kick, Striker, Forward, Direct kick,
Iqbal Hussain Trophy, B.C Ray Trophy, Lines Man, Goal Kick, Scissor Kick, Dribble, Extra time,
Nagari Trophy, Ashutosh Trophy, Begum Abbey, Marking, Sliding tackle, Flag, Touch Line, Lines
Hasrat Mahal Trophy man, Volley, Send off, Foul, Cross, Booking, Fair
Change, Sudden Death, Second Half
Hockey Dhyan Chand Trophy, Khan Abdulgaffar Soda Line, Tiebreaker, Infringement , inside Right,
Khan Trophy, K. D. Singh Babu Trophy, D. C. Sudden Death, Hat Trick, Polley, Right Back, Left Back,
M. Srivam Trohpy, Lady Ratan Tata Trophy, Under Cutting, Cricle, Roll in, Push in, Shooting Circle,
B.M.W Trophy Centre Foreward, Gloves, Pad, Half Volley, Long Corner,
Short Corner, Penalty Stroke, Reverse Flick, Lines man,
Scoop, Penalty Corner
Basketball V. C. Gupta Trophy, Golden Eagle Trophy, Pack, Dribbling, Three Point, Head Ball, Lay up, Goal
National Championship, European Tending, Turn Over, Jumb Ball, Assist, Tap, Throw,

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Championship Streal, Pivot, Post Screening, Tip in

Volley ball Mannarket M. M. Joseph Trophy, Poorning Tennis, Hoosk Serve, Lines Man, Double fault, Dig,
Trophy, Indira Pradan Trophy Love, Power serve, Floater, Block, Forearm pass, Set
up, Aerialsmash, Double hit, Rotation, Net ball, Net
fault, Floater, Service, Volley Pass, Base Line, Blocking,
Heave, Foot Fault, Himp Set
Table- Ramanujam Trophy, Padmavati Trophy Foil, End Line, Centre Line, Back Spin, Late Control end,
tennis Penholder Grip, Rally, Reverse Sandwich, Swing Stroke,
Service Top Spene, Net Grip, Chinese Grip, Counter
hitting, Side Spin, Push Stroke
Golf Lincoln Trophy, Paralaondi Trophy, Founsane, Putting, Caddy, Tee, Put, Link, Vrily, Bogey,
Topolino Trophy Hole, Nivilick, Bunker, Best Ball, Fairway, Gred Holes,
Rough, Stymied
Badminton Thomos Cup, Uber Cup, Narang Cup, Drop, Deuce, Smash, Love, Double Fault, Touch, Base
Agarwal Cup, Sudhirman Cup, Challenge Line, Backcourt, Bird, Carry, Clear, Center Line, Court,
Cup, Konica Cup, Yonex Cup Drive, Kill, Rally
Base Ball Perfect Game, Home, Pitcher, Put out, Strike
Billiards & Walker Trophy, Thomas Cup Cue,Canon, Long Jenny, Short Jenny, Frame in-off
Snooker
Boxing Federation Cup, Val Baker Trophy Rounds, Knock Out, Jab, Hook, Punch, Count Down
Bridge Holkar Cup, Rana Gold Cup Rubber, Trump, Little Slam

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