SPORTS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Sl. No. Sports Name No. of Players
1 Badminton 1 or 2 players
2 Baseball 9 players
3 Basketball 5 players
4 Billiards/Snooker 1 player
5 Boxing 1 player
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Carrom
Cricket
1 or 2 players
11 players
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Football
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11 players
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Kabaddi
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13 Hockey 11 players
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15 Tennis 1 or 2 players
16 Volleyball 6 players
17 Water polo 7 players

NATIONAL GAMES OF COUNTRIES

Name of Countries National Game
Afghanistan Buzkashi
Antigua and Barbuda Cricket
Argentina Pato
Australia Cricket and Australian Rules Football (AFL)
Bangladesh Kabaddi
Barbados Cricket
Bermuda
Bhutan
Cricket
Archery
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Bulgaria
Canada
Football
Weightlifting
Ice hockey & Lacrosse
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Dominican Republic
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Baseball
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France
Haiti
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Football
Football
Hungary Water polo
India Field hockey
Israel Football
Italy Football
Indonesia Badminton
Lithuania Basketball
Iran Wrestling
Jamaica Cricket
Japan Sumo Wrestling
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Malaysia Sepak Takraw
Mongolia Mongolian wrestling, archery and horse riding.
Mauritius Football
Mexico Charreria
Nepal Dandi Biyo
New Zealand Rugby union
Norway Cross-country skiing
Pakistan Field Hockey
Philippines Arnis
Poland Football
Peru
Russia
Paleta Frontón
Bandy
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Serbia
Golf

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SriLanka
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Tae-kwon-do
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Baseball
Baseball
OLYMPIC GAMES
* Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the
first modern Games in Athens in 1896.
* First olympic games: was hosted in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896. The Games brought
together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events.
* Michael Fred Phelps of the USA won eight swimming gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He
holds the record for the maximum number of gold medals at a single Olympic Games in the history of the
Olympics surpassing the earlier record of Mark Spitz, who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich
Olympics.
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Olympic games were held in ancient Greece in the honour of Greek God Zeus.

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Who was the first winner in modern Olympics?
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What is the distance of the marathon race in the Olympics?

What is the motto of Olympic Games?

A: 'Citius, Altius, Fortius'.
5. What is the meaning of the motto 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' of the Olympic Games?
A: Faster, Higher, Stronger
6. Who is the only athlete to win the Olympic marathon title twice in succession?
A: Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon title in the 1960 Rome Olympics and the 1964
Tokyo Olympics.
7. Who is the athlete to win the Olympic marathon barefoot?
A: Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the marathon title barefoot in the 1960 Rome Olympics clocking a record
 time of 2 hours, 14 minutes and 16.2 seconds.
8. What do the rings on the Olympic Games flag represent?
A: The rings on the Olympic Games flag represent the five continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and
Europe) of the world. North and South America are considered as one continent, and Antartica is not
included. The colors of the five rings are blue, black, red, yellow and green.
9. At what frequency are the Olympic Games held?
A: The Summer Olympic Games have been held every 4 years starting 1896, the exception being 1916,
1940 and 1944 when the games were cancelled due to World Wars.
10. Which country's team always marches last in the March Past at the Opening Ceremony of the Olym-
pics?
A: Greece is always first and the hosting nation is always last in the Parade of Nations (i.e., the March Past
order) at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics.
11. When was the first time the Olympic Games moved to Asia?
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A: The Olympic Games moved to Asia for the first time in 1964. At Tokyo, Japan, the torch was lit by
Yoshinori Sakai who was born in Hiroshima only an hour before the atomic explosion took place in 1945.
12. How often do the Olympics happen?
A: Every 4 years.

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A: Michael Phelps (United States of America) with 28 medals.

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LIST OF OLYMPIC MASCOTS
The Olympic mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures, who
represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking place. The
mascots are often used to help market the Olympic Games to a younger audience, in particular toddlers and
children.
YEAR CITY MASCOT COUNTRY
1972 Munich Waldi West Germany
1976 Montreal Amik Canada
1980 Moscow Misha Russia
1984 Los Angeles Sam USA
1988 Seoul Hodori South Korea
1992 Barcelona Kobi
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Australia
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2008
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Beijing
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FOOTBALL
(FIFA)
* FIFA : Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
* Founded : 1904 (21st May).
* Headquarters : Zürich, Switzerland.
* Membership : 211 national associations
* Current President : Gianni Infantino
 FIFA WORLD CUP
* On 28 May 1928, the FIFA Congress in Amsterdam decided to stage a world championship itself. With
Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and to celebrate their centenary of independence
in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country of the inaugural World Cup tournament.
* From 1930 to 1970, the Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the World Cup winning team.
* After 1970, a new trophy, known as the FIFA World Cup Trophy, was designed.
* The experts of FIFA, coming from seven countries, evaluated the 53 presented models, finally opting for the
work of the Italian designer Silvio Gazzaniga. The new trophy is 36 cm (14.2 in) high, made of solid 18 carat
(75%) gold and weighs 6.175 kg (13.6 lb).

TOP GOALSCORERS IN FIFA WORLD CUP SO FAR

Rank Nation Player Goals scored

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Germany
Brazil
Miroslav Klose
Ronaldo
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France
Brazil
Gerd Müller
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YearHost country Winner

1930 Uruguay Uruguay
1934 Italy Italy
1938 France Italy
1950 Brazil Uruguay
1954 Switzerland West Germany
1958 Sweden Brazil
1962 Chile Brazil
1966 England England
1970
1974
Mexico
West Germany
Brazil
West Germany
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1982
1986
Argentina
Spain
Mexico
Argentina
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Brazil
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2002
2006 Germany
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Italy
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2014
2018
2022
South Africa
Brazil
Russia
Qatar
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Germany

CRICKET (ICC)

* ICC : International Cricket Council.

* Founded
* Headquarters
* Membership
* Current President
* Current Chairman
: 15 June 1909.
: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
: 104 members
: Zaheer Abbas
: Shashank Manohar
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Year Host country Winner
1975 England West Indies
1979 England West Indies
1983 England India
1987 India & Pakistan Australia
1992 Australia & New Zealand Pakistan
1996 India, Pakistan & Srilanka Srilanka
1999 England & Wales Australia
2003 South Africa Australia
2007 West Indies Australia
2011
2015
India, Srilanka & Bangladesh
Australia & New Zealand
India
Australia
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2023
England & Wales
India
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SPORTS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Milkha Singh (Punjab) is also known as “Flying Sikh”.
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French Open is also known as “Rolland Garros”.
India won its first Olympic hockey gold in 1928.
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The Asian Games were held in Delhi for the first time in 1951.
The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympics in 1948.
The ‘Thomas Cup’ is associated with Badminton.
* The 1st ODI match was played in India in Ahmedabad.
* The first captain of Indian Test Team was “CK Nayudu”.
* First Indian women Olympic Medal winner is Karnam Malleshwari.
* Brendon McCullum created a new world record is scoring the fastest century in Test Cricket history in
February 2016.
* Erik Welhenmayer (USA) is the first blind person to conquer the Mt. Everest, the highest peak of the world.
He reach the summit of Mt. Everest on May 25, 2001.
* Arjuna Award is the most prestigous sports award in India with a cash prize of Rs. 5 Lakh.
* FIFA Under - 17 World Cup 2017 (October 6 - 28, 17th edition) will be held in India as host. Luckily the
captain is from Manipur. The captain is Amarjit Singh Kiyam (Thoubal Haokha). 8 players are from

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Boris Singh Thangjam, Md. Shah Jahan, Nongdamba Naorem, Suresh Singh Wangjam & Ningthoinganba
Meetei.

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1984 Los Angeles Olympics, USA in hockey.
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* There are four Tennis Grand Slam tournament in the world. They are US Open, French Open, Wimbledon

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and Australian Open. The oldest Grand Slam among them is Wimbledon (started since 1877).
The fastest man in the world is Usain Bolt (100 metres in 9.58 seconds). He is from Jamaica. Record
broken in IAAF in 2009.

Associated Term
Target
Si LIST OF TERMS USED IN GAMES & SPORTS
Name of Games
Archery
Bull’s Eye Archery
Drop Rowing
Let Badminton
Smash Badminton
Deuce Badminton
Hitter Baseball
Batter Baseball
Pitch Baseball
Pitcher Baseball
Free Throw Basketball
Dribbling Basketball
Jump Ball Basketball
Cue Billiards
Cannon Billiards
Long Jenny Billiards
Jigger Billiards
Cut Boxing
Knockout Boxing
Jab
Welter Weight
Boxing
Boxing
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Suit
Rubber
Bridge
Bridge
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Bishop
Checkmate
Bridge
Chess

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Sicilian Defense
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Chess
Chess
Cover Drive
Boundary
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L.B.W.(Leg Before Wicket)
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Cricket
Cricket
C.W.B.(Caught Behind Wicket) Cricket
Ashes Cricket
Googly Cricket
Mallet Croquet
Track Events Cycling
Tent Pegging Equestrian
Dribble Football
Corner Kick Football
Penalty Football
Yellow Card
Tie-Breaker
Football
Football
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Tee
Par
Golf
Golf
Golf
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Bully Hockey
Stick
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Hockey
Jockey
Punter
Bookies
Chukker
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Horse Racing
Horse Racing
Polo
Lines Rugby Football
Scrum Rugby Football
Plug Shooting
Muzzle Shooting
Double Fault Tennis
Topspin Tennis
Blocking Volley Ball
 LIST OF IMPORTANT CUPS IN THE WORLD
Name of the cup Game
Uber Cup Badminton
Williams Jones Cup Basketball
Todd Memorial Trophy Basketball
American Cup Boat Rowing
Wellington Trophy Boat Rowing
Holkar Trophy Bridge
Ramnivas Ruia Challenge Gold Cup Bridge
Limca Trophy Chess
Linares City Trophy Chess
Ashes Trophy
Benson and Hedges Cup
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Cricket
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Ranji Trophy
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Subroto Cup
B. C. Roy Trophy
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Football
Durand Cup

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Canada Cup (World Championship)
Football
Golf

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Obaidullah Gold Cup
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Prince of Wales Cup (England) Golf
Golf
Hockey
Aga Khan Cup Hockey
Nehru Trophy Hockey
Derby Cup Horse Racing
Winchester Cup Polo
Wellington Trophy Rowing
Welsh Grand Prix Shooting
World Open Squash
British Open Squash
Electra Gold Cup Table Tennis
Grand Prix
Grand Slam Trophy
Table Tennis
Tennis
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Wimbledon Trophy
French Open
Tennis
Tennis
Tennis
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Ambedkar Studium (New Delhi)

Brabourne Studium (Mumbai)

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Football
Shooting
Cricket
Brooklyn (U. S. A.) Baseball
Chepauk Ground (Chennai) Cricket
Eden Gardens (Kolkata) Cricket
Forest Hill (U. S. A.) Lawn Tennis
Green Park (Kanpur) Cricket
Hurlington (England) Polo
Leeds (England) Cricket
Lords (England) Cricket
 Oval (England) Cricket
Salt Lake Stadium (Kolkata) Football
Shivaji Stadium (New Delhi) Hockey
Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai) Cricket
Wimbledon (England) Lawn Tennis

LATEST SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS 2018 - 2019 TILL DATE

* The Social networking giant Facebook launched its first interactive game show, titled “Confetti” in India on
4 June 2019.
* ‘Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge’ book by Ashis Ray released.

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* Liverpool beats Tottenham Hotspur with 2-0 to win UEFA Champions League football trophy final at
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Madrid, Spain. This was Tottenham first ever appearance in the Champions League final.
* India’s Apurvi Chandela won gold in women’s 10m Air Rifle at ISSF World Cup Rifle held in Munich,
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* In Sudirman Cup Badminton title 2019 China beats Japan in men’s doubles, women’s singles and men’s

Open 2019, held in Rome.

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* Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Novak Djokovic of Serbia in finals and won men’s singles title at Italian

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* The Czech Republic’s Karolina Pliskova beats United Kingdom (UK’s) Johanna Konta in finals and won
women’s singles title at Women’s Tennis Association(WTA) Italian Open 2019, held in Rome.
* Football: China to host AFC Asian Cup 2023.
* For the first time in world cup history, each participating team at upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 will have
a dedicated anti-corruption officer attached with it. The move is to deliver a corruption-free tournament.
* India’s G.S. Lakshmi has becomes first woman to be appointed to International Cricket Council’s (ICC)
International Panel of Match Referee.
* Kiki Bertens of Netherlands beats Simona Halep of Romania in finals to win women’s singles title in
Madrid Open tennis.
* The World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece to win men’s singles
title in Madrid Open tennis.

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* Lewis Hamilton won the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix at Circuit de Catalunya, in Barcelona and the

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Mercedes sealed its fifth consecutive one-two finish.
* The Manchester City won the English Premier League football title for second successive year. Liverpool
gained the second place in league.

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* The 2019 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays was a two day biennial
event which held from 11 May to 12 May 2019, in Yokohama, Japan.

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* Former Croatia international Igor Stimac appointed Indian men’s football team coach.
* Sri Lanka’s former captain Kumar Sangakkara will become first Non-British president of Marylebone
Cricket Club (MCC).

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* Indian shooting ace Apurvi Chandela attained world number one position in women’s 10metres Air Rifle
event.
* Barcelona FC has won Spanish La Liga title 2019 by defeating Levante FC by 1-0 goals.
* India finished top of medal tally at ISSF World Cup Rifle/ Pistol 2019 edition held in Beijing, China.
* India’s Bajrang Punia is first Indian wrestler to be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at
iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, USA.
* All India Football Federation (AIFF) recommended names of National team footballers Gurpreet Singh
Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua for the prestigious Arjun Award 2019.
* The Services have lifted the Santosh Trophy, beating Punjab 1-0 in the final at Ludhiana.
* Cricketer Mithali Raj has been named as the goodwill ambassador of the Indian team for the Street Child
Cricket World Cup.
* The winners of the Singapore Open Badminton 2019 are listed below:
Men’s Singles : Kento Momota (Japan)
Women’s Singles : Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan).
* The Wisden has named Virat Kohli as the Leading Cricketer of the Year for 2018.
* The winners of the Malaysia Open Badminton 2019 are listed below:
Men’s Singles : Lin Dan (China)
Women’s Singles : Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan).
* The winners of the Indian Open Badminton 2019 are listed below:
Men’s Singles : Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

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Women’s Singles : Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand).
* The Special Olympics World Games 2019 was inaugurated at Abu Dhabi. The Special Olympics World

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* The winners of the All England Open Badminton 2019 are listed below:

Women’s Singles : Chen Yufei (China).

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* The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has decided to reintroduce Cricket in the 2022 Asian Games to be held
at Hangzhou, China.

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* The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for setting up of a Centre for Disability Sports at Gwalior in
Madhya Pradesh.
* Afghanistan has created history in its second Twenty20 International against Ireland at the Rajiv Gandhi
International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Afghanistan scored 278 for the loss of three wickets
in the 20 overs and registered the highest-ever total in T20s.
* The Chennai Spartans have won the inaugural Pro Volleyball League Title. Chennai Spartans defeated
Calicut Heroes 15-11, 15-12, 16-14 in the summit clash.
* The International Hockey Federation (FIH) Awards 2019
FIH Player of the Year, Men: Arthur van Doren (Belgium).
Women: Eva de Goede (Netherlands).

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* The defending champions Vidarbha won the 85th Ranji Trophy title. The defending champions defeated

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Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final.
* Fast Bowler Mohammed Shami has become the fastest Indian to claim 100 wickets in One-day Internationals.
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* The winners of the Indonesia Masters Badminton Tournament 2019 are listed below:

Women’s Singles : Saina Nehwal (India).

* AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2019:
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: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan).
* ICC AWARDS 2018:
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year: Virat Kohli
ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year : Virat Kohli
ICC ODI Player of the Year : Virat Kohli
ICC Emerging Player of the Year : Rishabh Pant.
T20I Performance of the Year : Aaron Finch.
* FIFA Latest global rankings:
1st : Belgium
2nd : France
 3rd : Brazil
4th : Croatia
5th : England
* Joshna Chinappa won the National Squash Women’s Singles title after she defeated Urwashi Joshi in the
final match.
* PV Sindhu, the 2016 Rio Olympic silver medallist, created history on 16th December 2018 as she became
the first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals. She defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, the 2017 world
champion, by 21-19 21-17 in the final match.
* Belgium Hockey team won their first ever Word cup title on 16th December 2018 after they defeated The
Netherlands in sudden death. Belgium.
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from January 9-20, 2019 in Pune, Maharashtra.
* Croatia’s midfielder Luca Modrich (33) has won prestigious honor of football, Ballon d’Or.
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Weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga (15) won India’s maiden gold medal at 2018 Youth Olympic Games being
held in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina.
Youth Olympics: Thangjam Tababi Devi clinches India’s first judo medal at Olympics.
* National Sports Awards 2018.
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna : S. Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting) and Virat Kohli (Cricket).
* US OPEN TENNIS 2019:
Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan).
* Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has chosen Japanese woman swimmer Rikako Ikee (18) as winner of Most
Valuable Player (MVP) Trophy Award in 2018 Jakarta and Palembang Asian Games.
* India finished at eight position both in terms of gold medals and total tally in 18th Asian Games.
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia (24) won India’s first gold medal at the 18th edition of the Asian Games held in

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* Indian Teen cyclist Esow Alben (17) created history by winning the country’s maiden medal in track cycling

Cycling World Championships held in Aigle, Switzerland.

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* 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP:

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Golden Ball award
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: Harry Kane (England captain) for scoring six goals across six games.
Golden Glove award
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FIFA Young Player award : 19-year-old Kylian Mbappe (France).
FIFA Fair Play Award : Spain for superb disciplinary record.
* WIMBLEDON OPEN TENNIS 2019:
Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles : Angelique Kerber (Germany).