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Russian rhythmic gymnast, Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva, Cue sports Ace Pankaj Advani . The Indian 7’2” basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara The 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon Mumbai. The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel The NCR Punjab Royals Formula One player Valtteri Bottas Tajikistan’s chess player Grandmaster (GM) Farrukh Amonatov The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group International Olympic Committee (IOC) Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain Mumbai youngster, Shreyas Mehta Indian pair of RohanBopanna and JeevanNedunchezhiyan Rising Indian squash star Velavan Senthilkumar . Sergey Karjakin of Russia

Robert Marchand (105)

Yoga Arjun Bhati . Shiva Keshavan, - India, Sixteen-time world champion, PankajAdvani Valtteri Bottas St. Petersburg 2020 Euro Cup football tournament

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announced her retirement at the age of 19, following several leg injuries clinched the 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017 Shown interest in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). First position in men’s elite category while Kenya’s Bornes Kitur won the women’s title Inaugurated the Khelo India National level Competitions on various sports for Under-14 and Under-17 children in New Delhi. won the Pro Wrestling League Season 2 defeating Haryana Hammers at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium, New Delhi. Mercedes named the new One world champion in place of Nico Rosberg won the 15th Parsvnath Delhi International Chess tournament entered into a long-term partnership through 2028 . This makes Alibaba the worldwide sponsor of OlympicGames through 2028. Taken away the Olympic gold medals from three Chinese women weightlifters for doping at 2008 Beijing Games Men’s singles title of the 2017 Chennai Open defeating Daniil Medvedev. Won the Scottish Junior Open Squash championship at Edinburgh. Won men’s doubles title defeating India’s DivijSharan and Purav Raja in Chennai Open. winning the first-ever all-Indian Boys’ Under-19 final at the British Junior Open in Sheffield Defeated Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker to win Gold in the World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar Made a record by cycling 22.547km (14 miles) in 1 hour. In 2012 he had already set a record of cycling 26.927km in 1 hour. Sports Ministry derecognizes Yoga after 15 months being declared a sport. Won the first position in the Kids Golf World Championship in Malaysia won his third gold in Asian Luge Championship at Nagano, Japan bagged the National title in 6-red Snooker, the shorter format of the game. Mercedes named the new teammate who replaced Nico Rosberg The official emblem was unveiled in St.Petersburdepicts the Palace Bridge . 1|Page Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Won ITF Juniors title at the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad clay courts Won a record seventh Masters title against Joe Perry 107 in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace. launched its first ever Indian Women’s League (IWL) Promoted to the highest rank of the wresting, "Yokozuna" Have to hand back one of his nine Olympicgold medals Olympicgold medals won in the 4x100m relay event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics due to his Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter who was tested positive for a banned substance. Announced that Son Goku, a cult anime character from Dragonball Z, will serve as one of its brand ambassadors. To identify and support potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under the “Target Olympic Podium” scheme. won the Kolkata Full Marathon Constituted an 8-membered committee on January 30, 2017 that would work to prepare an action plan for the next three Olympic Games to be held in 2020, 2024 and 2028. Won his seventh national title in the finals of Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship

Ronnie O’Sullivan The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Japan based sumo wrestler Kisenosato Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt

The Tokyo Olympic Committee

The TOP Committee has been reconstituted

Siliguri based Abul Hossain The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Top seeded Ace cue Pankaj Advani

FOOTBALL Atletico de Kolkata. Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi

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Argentina topped in the FIFA’s Team of the 2016 Year title with 1634 points. Indian football team jumped six places up to 129th in January 2017 which is the best FIFA ranking in over a decade. Indian Women Football Team

MohunBagan and Chennaiyin FC striker JejeLalpekhlua FIFA ranking

Indian footballer Jayesh Raimalani

wins 2016 Hero Indian Super League beating Kerala Blasters 5-4 1.Club award: Atlético de Kolkata 2.ISL Emerging Player of the Match: LalrindikaRalte (Atlético de Kolkata) 3.Hero of the Match: Henrique Sereno Fonseca (Atlético de Kolkata) However India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135. The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina, Brazil and Germany won their fourth consecutive (South Asian Football Federation) SAFF Women’s Championship title defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the finals at the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal Nominated as the ‘2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year. The top 3 positions remain unchanged with Argentina, Brazil and Germany & Indian football team jumped six places up to 129th . signed a deal through Indo-Spanish football venture called Spaindia to join the Spanish Football Team

CRICKET Karun Nair Lord’s Cricket Ground has Ground has 4 Indians got place in the ranking. Shaheed Vijay Singh Parthik(SVSP) Sports Stadium in Greater in Greater Noida


Scores triple century in test against England, He is the second Indian second Indian to do so after VirendraSehwag. Released its top 20 players for this calendar year. Indian test skipper Virat Virat Kohli got the number 1 spot. ICC has granted approval granted approval for conducting International cricket matches between full time member countries of the game. 2|Page Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Rajasthan Cricket Association Cricket icon Kapil Dev Pakistani batsman Babar Azam

Gujarat won its maiden Ranji Trophy title Kane Williamson and ViratKohli The former Australian Captain Ricky Ponting Australian Cricketer Arthur Morris (Posthumously)

Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni . India beat hosts Sri Lanka Two of Australia’s batsmen, David Boon and Matthew Hayden, and the brilliant women’s all-rounder Betty Wilson The International Cricket Council (ICC)

Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2016-17 season Virat Kohli Rajasthan Cricket Association in an Emergent General Meeting (EGM) Cricket icon Kapil Dev Pakistani batsman Babar Azam

Ranji Trophy

Team in the ICC Test Championship after posting a 4-0 wins over England in the five-match series. The side at the topof the rankings on April 1, 2017 will receive USD 1 million. Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee as per Supreme Court directive. Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket Club of India Became the fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21 innings Beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the Match: Parthiv Patel. Two batsmen to feature in the top 5 of the ICC rankings in all three formats of the game. Australia’s coaching staff as an assistant to coach the team for next month’s home Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka. Inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Morris, who became the 82nd player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame Stepped down as the captain of the Indian team in limited over formats Virat Kholi Replaced Him. Cinched the Under-19s Asia Cup title on December 23, 2016 at the R Premadasa Stadium, Srilanka. Inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame (ACHoF

4 women to be inducted in the strong group of B to conduct the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 in February 2017 in Colombo. Bengal won against Delhi in the final at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Fastest batsman in the world to score 1,000 runs as captain in One-Day Internationals (ODIs Accepted all the reforms recommended by the Lodha Committee Inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at the Cricket Club of India Fastest player in Pakistan’s One Day International (ODI) history to score 1,000 runs in 21innings during the 3rd ODI against Australia. Gujarat won its maiden title by 5 wickets after beating Mumbai at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Man of the Match: Parthiv Patel.

TENNIS China’s Grand Slam Champion Li Xiaoxia Australian Open - 2017 Overview

Men’s Singles Women’s Singles Men’s Doubles Women’s Doubles

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Announces Retirement from Table Tennis The 105th edition of the Australian Open tournament 2017 was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia from January 16 to January 29, 2017. Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Serena Williams Venus Williams Henri Kontinen /John Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan Peers BethanieMattekCroatia’s Ivan Dodig/Sania Sands /Lucie Mirz Safarova Abigail Spears /Juan Andrea Hlaváčková/Peng 3|Page Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Shuai United Kingdom Andy Murray Canada VasekPospisil / Czech

French pair JérémyChardy and Fabrice Martin Republic RadekŠtěpánek, HOCKEY Finishes with the bronze medal at the 4th Women’s U18 Asia Cup 2016 hockey tournament in Bangkok

India surpassed South Korea

India Beat Belgium

Wins 2016 FIH Junior Hockey World Cupat Lucknow’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium and reclaimed the crown after 15 long years.

The Captain of Indian men’s Hockey Team, PR Sreejesh Boxer-Sarita Devi The Indian Women’s boxing team

Selected as a member of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee by the FIH Executive Board. BOXING First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of professional boxing. Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas, Serbia on January 15, 2017. India won total six medals. Kazakhstan won the tournament at first spot.

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A class 2 student from Jammu and Kashmir has bagged the gold medal in Thai Boxing Championship

AIBA has voted unanimously to grant full membership to the recently-formed Boxing Federation of India (BFI)

Indian boxing star Vijendrasingh

Defeats Francis Cheka to Retain WBO-Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Title in New Delhi.

Asian games Bronze-Medallist boxer, Sarita Devi

First ever female boxer from India to step into the world of professional boxing.

The Indian Women’s boxing team coached by Gurbax Singh Sandhu

Placed third at the 6th Nations Cup held in Vrbas, Serbia

women’s singles title Men’s Single mixed doubles

Men’s Singles Women’s Singles

BADMINTON Syed Modi International Grand Prix PV Sindhu Sameer Verma Pranaav Jerry Chopra /N Sikki Reddy 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Ng Ka Long(Hong Kong) Saina Nehwal(India)

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Berry Angriawan & Hardianto9 Indonesia) Jongkolphan Kititharakul &Rawinda Prajongjai(Thailand) Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Jing9 Malaysia)

Gregoria Mariska B Sai Praneeth Ashwini Ponnappa/ B Sumeeth Reddy Lee Hyun-il(South Korea) Pornpawee Chochuwong(Thailand) Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin(Malaysia) Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet(Hong Kong) Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai(Malaysia)

February Name of the Winners CRICKET

Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell


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Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF India defeated England by 75 runs to clinch the Twenty20 International series 2-1 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Yuzvender Chahal (23) First Indian bowler to record a five-wicket haul in t20 in the history of Indian cricket. Alastair Cook Resigned as England Test captain after a record 59 matches Indian off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin Fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches. He achieved this feat in his 45th test match. India defeated Pakistan to clinch the T20 World Cup for Blind tournament at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Pakistan-- Nasir Jamshed Suspended from all forms of cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for violating its anti-corruption code. Joe Root New England’s Test captain Australian cricketer Adam Voges Retire from all formats of international cricket Legendary Pakistani cricket Shahid Afridi. retired from all forms of international cricket ICC batswomen’s rankings. The top batter Harmanpreet Kaur was placed in the tenth spot. Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara 16th player worldwide and 2nd Asian Batsman to play 1000 matches across all forms of Cricket. Virat Kohli First Indian sports person had signed an eight-year deal worth Rs 100-crore endorsement deal with a sports apparel brand Puma Mohammad Nabi - Sunrisers Hyderabad For the first time in the history of Indian Premier Rashid Khan - Mumbai Indians League (IPL) Auction, two Afghanistan players were selected Ravichandran Ashwin Surpassed India’s former legendary allrounder Kapil Dev to become the highest wicket-taker in a home Test season. He scored 67 wickets from 10 Tests in 2016-17 Virat Kohli First player to score double century in four consecutive Test series Cheteshwar Pujara Took his season tally to 1,605 in just 21 innings 21-year-old Mohit Ahlawat First batsman in the world to score a 300 in a T20 match in Delhi. Virat Kohli Tops T20 batsman list in the Latest ICC rankings BADMINTON Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen Created history after he attained World No. 1 Rank in the latest Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das Clinch the Men’s Singles and women’s Sigles title in the 81st Senior National Badminton Championships held in Patna Indian ace shuttler PV Sindhu Achieved her career best Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s single ranking by being placed at 5th spot Indian Badminton ace Saina To represent the panel of International Olympic Committee’s Athletes’ Commission (AC) in the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Indian shuttler duo Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis Won the Men’s Double title at the 2017 Uganda International Series by defeating Aatish Lubah and Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius


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Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF TENNIS Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal and Madhurika won the men’s singles title after defeating Soumyajit Patkar Ghosh and won the women’s singles title in Table Tennis Nationals held at the Manesar Sports Club in Haryana Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the 44t edition of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. Second-seeded French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Won the finals of Open 13 Marseille in France on Tsonga. February 26, 2017. This was his 14th career title at the indoor event and 2nd title of the year 2017 Bangalore has been chosen to host the next Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Zone group-1 tie against Uzbekistan from April 7 to 9, 2017. FOOTBALL English professional footballer Frank Lampard Announced his retirement from professional soccer. The official Mascot for the 2017 FIFA U17 World A clouded leopard named Kheleo with young and Cup India charismatic face has been launched as the Mascot. HOCKEY Kalinga Lancers beat Dabang Mumbai Won their maiden Hockey India League title in Chandigarh Hockey Stadium. Fuerste Moritz - ‘Man of the Match’ OTHER SPORTS Olympic game medals will be made from recycled mobile phones for the year 2022 to promote sustainability said by 2020 Olympic Games organizers, Japan. Indian Squash Team outclassed Rival Pakistan At the 18th Asian Junior Team Squash Championship 2017 in Hong-Kong. Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched his 29th Indian National Snooker Championship titleat the PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune. Sports Minister Vijay Goel laid the foundation stone of the India’s first Center of Excellence for Para Sports in Gujarat India will host FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball tournament in July 2017 in Bengaluru. India also set to host the FIBA U-16 Women’s Asian Championship from October 22 to 28 in Hyderabad India’s boy team defeated Malaysia to clinch the gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash championship in Hong Kong Iran lifted up the ban it had imposed on United States Wrestlers, thus allowing them to participate in the Freestyle World Cup to be held in Iran. The Billiards and Snoooker Federation of India Will host the World Billiards Championship for the (BSFI) next four years. The International Association of Athletics Russia has been barred from the 2017 summer World Federations (IAAF) Announced Athletics Championships in London. Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba Created the world’s record by becoming the fastest athlete to complete the women’s indoor 2,000 metres at the indoor The Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Launched the Mission XI Million, the biggest school Sports Shri Vijay Goyal sport outreach programme, in New Delhi National Basketball Association (NBA) creating a brand new e-sports league called NBA 2K e-League in partnership with Take-Two Interactive Software Inc Netherland’s Germaine de Randamie Claimed UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion at



Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF the UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York. Jehan Daruvala First ever Indian to claim the New Zealand Grand Prix at the Chris Amon Circuit in Manfeild, New Zealand Haryana defeated Railway to win the first edition of the three-day Pandit Deen Dayal Updhyay All India National style Kabaddi Championship held at Haryana Mumbai based Kush Bhagat awarded the Candidate Master (CM) title by the World Chess Federation body, FIDE India Women’s Rugby Team won the silver medal at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Vientiane, Laos. South Korea won gold medal by beating India 29-0 in the finals Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar stepping up to enter professional boxing. Athelete Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gold medal in the Men’s 50km event of the National Race Walking Championships held in New Delhi India will be hosting the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019. German Sportswear giant Adidas Ties up with FIFA U-17 World Cup Local Organising Committee for the Mission XI Million programme. Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel announced that the first Gramin Khel Mahotsav will be held from March 25-31, 2017 in New Delhi. Team 61 Cavalry Won the Army Polo Championship by defeating Army Service Corps (ASC) at the Delhi Cantt’s Army Equestrian Centre Polo Ground. India made historic start at the sixth Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship by winning all the three medals at Bahrain. Rio Olympian Thanackal Gopi and Monika Won the Men’s and Women’s Full Marathon title in Athare from Nashik the second edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon

March Name of the Sport Events Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova Rafel Nadal

Swiss Professional Tennis Player Roger Federer

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Name of the Winners TENNIS Granted wild card Italian Open as makes her return from a doping ban. Miami open tournament won against 31st seeded player, German veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber. With this win he has registered a win in his 1000th match which is very big achievement in his career.

Won his fifth BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament crown

Rio Open 2017 Winner List Winner Runner Dominic Thiem (Austria) Pablo CarrenoBusta (Spain)



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(Spain) Pablo Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah (Colombia) CarrenoBusta/Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships Winner Runner Andy Murray (United Fernando Verdasco(Spain) Kingdom) ElinaSvitolina(Ukraine) Caroline Wozniacki(Denmark) Netherlands Pair Rohan Bopanna (India) / Marcin Matkowski Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania (Poland)

HoriaTecău Ekaterina Makarova(Russia) / Andrea Hlaváčková (Czech Republic) / Peng Elena Vesnina(Russia) Shuai ( China) 2017 Brasil Open – Overview Singles Uruguay Pablo Cuevas Spain Albert Ramos Viñolas Doubles Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva / New Zealand Marcus Daniell / Brazil Marcelo Brazil André Demoliner 2017 Mexican Open – Overview Men’s singles Sam Querrey (United States) Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women’s singles LesiaTsurenko (Ukraine) Kristina Mladenovic (France) Men’s Doubles Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno John Isner / Spain Feliciano López, (United States Soares (United Kingdom Pair) Pair) Women’s Doubles DarijaJurak (Croatia) / VerónicaCepedeRoyg (Paraguay) / Mariana Anastasia Rodionova Duque Mariño (Colombia) (Australia) FOOTBALL Argentinean footballer Lionel Messi Received a 4-match ban after using insulting words at an assistant referee in the match against Chile The Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar To be transformed into modern football stadium In the latest FIFA ranking for the month Indian Football team dropped two places and is now ranked at 132nd spot as compared to 130 in February FIFA ranking..Argentina is at the top Punjab defeated Railways by a 2-1. Group B final round league match of the 71st Santosh Trophy football tournament Portugal’s Luis Norton de Matos The All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointedas the head coach of the India U-17 World Cup team Santosh Trophy West Bengal beat Goa (1-0) to clinch the 71th title record 32nd time at the GMC Bambolim Stadium, Goa. SHOOTING List of Winners of the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2017. Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 6 6 0 12 2 Italy 2 3 0 5 3 Australia/Japan 2 0 1 3 5 India 1 2 2 5 ISSF Shooting World Cup Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Bagged the first ever gold medal in the newly included 10m pistol Women’s Doubles



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Clinched bronze medal in the women’s 10m air rifle India’s Deepak Kumar. Gave an impressive performance in the Men’s 10m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi Jitu Rai. Won gold medal in the 50-metre free pistol event on March 1, 2017 in the ISSF World Cup CRICKET India stayed strong in its No.1in ICC Rankings India clinched its final test series in home against Australia this season and retained its ICC Test Championship Maze. Pakistan bowler Mohammad Irfan Banned for 1 year for bookie Link Tamilnadu State cricket team Won the Deodhar Trophy by beating India Red. Shaun Tait Australian fast bowler officially announced his retirement from the Game Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara(29) First Indian batsman to face 500 balls in the second innings of the 3rd Test against Australia at Ranchi. Pujara has played 525 balls in his 202 run India’s spin-bowler Ravindra Jadeja Attained the top spot in the list of the Test bowlers as per the latest ICC Test Ranking Tamil Nadu Won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2017 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on March 16, 2017 by beating Bengal Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) The Mumbai Cricket Association and the Saurashtra Cricket Association which were Full Members earlier were downgraded to Associate membership. Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte Announced her retirement from all forms of cricket Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO Mobiles Sponsorship rights for a five-year period for INR 1079 crore HOCKEY Bhubaneswar To host the 2017 Men’s Hockey World League Final as well as the Men’s World Cup in 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium. Indian women’s hockey team beat Belarus 3-1 in their fifth test to clinch the five-match Test series 5-0 in Bhopal. MISCELLANEOUS Chris Bertish, a South African surfer and a sailor First person in the worldto cross the Atlantic Ocean Top seeded Lee Chong Wei Won All England Championship in men’s singles event by beating Shi Yuqi from China SSP Chawrasia Only Indian Golfer to retain his Hero Indian Open title for the second time The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed a lifetime ban on Sergei Portugalov from sports for his role in providing illicit substances to Russian athletes. Olympic gold medallist Joanna Rowsell Shand . Announced her retirement from international cycling India’s Billiards Champion Vidya Pillai Settled for silver medal in the 2017 World Women Snooker Championship held in Safra Toa Payoh, Singapore India’s KT Irfan Won the bronze medal in men’s 20km race walk



Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF event at the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan Indian shooter Ankur Mittal Won the gold medal at the International Shooting Sport Federation Shotgun World Cup in the men’s double trap event at Acapulco, Mexico The 9th edition of Fazza International IPC Athletics Grand Prix Competition began in Dubai, UAE Indian team. Finished in a high note in the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games with a triumphing 73 medals held in Austria (tally of 37 gold, 10 silver and 26 bronze with total tally of 73 medals.) Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. Win the 2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne The Indian shuttle players Purva Barve and Varun Bagged double delight by winning in the Li NingKapur . Israel Open 2017 which was held at Sports Hall, RishonLe Zion in Israel. GaurviSinghvi 14 year old Udaipur girl became the first to swim across BandraWorli Sea Link to the Gateway of India route in Arabian Sea in a record time of 6 hours and 30 minutes. Srinath Narayanan 46th Grandmaster in the history of this sport defeating GM David Anton Guijarro from Spain at the Sharjah Masters 2017 chess tournament. Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkish long-distance runner stripped of Two Olympic silver medals and One Championship medal after she was found positive in re-analysis of an in-competition doping test 22nd Asian Athletics Championships will be hosted by Bhubaneswar which is going to be conducted. Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy the Indian men doubles team won the title at the Vietnam International Challenge Badminton tournament at Hanoi. 2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by India in November for the first time since 2010. Kripa Shankar Bishnoi Appointed as an international match referee by United World Wrestling (UWW), the sport’s global governing body. The Indian men’s Rugby team, Piped Pakistan by 14-12 to claim the 7th rank at the Asia Men’s Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Aspire Rugby Field in Doha, Qatar.

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MashrafeMortaza(33) - Bangladesh New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott A right handed Indian international cricketer ViratKolhi(28) Ellyse Perry of Australia The IPL team owned by Royal Challengers Sports Private Ltd, Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) joined with the gaming entity Nazara Games Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Announced retirement from T20Is Confirmed his retirement from international cricket Named as the Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2016 by Wisden India Almanack. Named as Leading Woman Cricketer in the World Announced online cricket game named RCB Star Cricket on April 7, 2017 10 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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Announced to retire from international cricket

Appointed as the coach of the Indian women’s cricket team Cricket, Skateboarding, Sambo and Surfing Removed from the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta .Total number of events has been reduced from 493 to 431. Chris Gayle The first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. SouravGanguly and former Australian Cricket Commentators for the upcoming Champions Trophy, Team Captain, Ricky Ponting scheduled to be held in England from 1-8 June 2017.—ICC Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the Indian Offered honourary life membership of ‘Marylebone women’s Test Cricket Team Cricket Club’ (MCC) GRAND PRIX Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won a Baharain Grand Prix Mercedes team Driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for Mercedes FOOTBALL Indian football team has risen 2017. Brazil retained its top position. to 101st from 132nd in the latest FIFA rankings The US, Mexico and Canada Announced the details for a joint bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup BANDMINTON Sai Praneeth. Won the Men’s Single at Singapore Open Badminton championship defeating K Srikanth in Singapore. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu . Achieves a career-best world number two ranking in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings list …Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying stayed at first position. PullelaGopichand a National Badminton coach won both single and double crown at the daughter Gayatri teamed up with Samiya Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta. Five Indian Badminton players have been upgraded in the latest BWF rankings released on April 20, 2017. Notably PV Sindhu: Moved to number 3 position. Rio Olympics silver medalist P V Sindhu won championship in India Super Series tournament defeating the Olympic champion Carolina Marin 2017 Malaysia Super Series Premier –Overview Men’s Singles Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei Women’s Singles Tai Tzu-Ying Carolin Marin Men’s Doubles Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Fu Haifeng& Zheng Siwei Kevin SanjayaSukamuljo Women’s Doubles Mixed Doubles

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Yuki Fukushima Huang Yaqiong& Tang Jinhua &Sayakahirota Zheng Siwel& Chen Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong Qingchen HOCKEY Beat Malaysia to lift the title at the Fifth Asian School Hockey Championship in Bhopal at the Aishbagh Stadium.


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MISCELANEOUS Broke three world records by winning the Prague Half Marathon in Czech Republic

US based National Basketball Association (NBA) Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar (49kg) won a gold medal for the second time

launched its first basketball school in Mumbai The Indian camp finished the Thailand International Tournament with two medals includes 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal in Bangkok. Indian Chess Team Finished Top in Asian Youth Chess Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has granted affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), a long-standing tie made between the two bodies. Marouane Fellaini (Belgian professional) First Muslim to captain Manchester United. He is the world’s most expensive player. Pankaj Advani Won his 7th Title by defeating Sourav Kothari in the Asian Billiads Championship held in Chandigarh Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes historic Boston Marathon Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Launched a new feature called Video gaming as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games which is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China 101-year-old Man Kaur won Gold Medal for 100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur Clinched gold in the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. It was held in Jinhua, China. Indian snooker player Pankaj Advani Won silver -Asian Snooker Championship at Doha, Qatar. He lost the finals to China's LvHaotian Actress Gul Panag First Indian woman to drive a Formula E racing car. She drove the M4Electro at the Circuit de Calafat in Catalonia,Spain. JehanDaruvala 1st Indian to take pole in FIA F3 European Championship in Monza, Italy. Haryana beats Kerala At the National Youth Athletics Meet at Hyderabad. India has won 16 medals US Open karate Championship and grabbed 3 gold 2 silver and 11 bronze medals in Las Vegas TENNIS r 33 edition - Miami Open 2017 at Crandon Park, Florida in USA - An Overview CATEGORY WINNER’s RUNNER’s Men’s single Roger Federer(Switzerland) Rafael Nadal (Spain) Women’s single Johanna Konta (Great Britain) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) Men’s doubles Nicholas Monroe ŁukaszKubot (Poland)/ Marcelo Melo (Brazil) (USA)/Jack Sock (USA) Women’s doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) /Xu Yifan Sania Mirza



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(India)/BarboraStrýcová (Czech Republic) Spain’s Rafal Nadal wins Men’s Singles and Bopanna and Cuevas Lift men’s doubles in the Monte Carlo Masters

Name of the Sport Events Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh

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Spain’s Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Indian tennis player Leander Paeshas

May Name of the Winners TENNIS Bagged both the singles and doubles gold at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in Santiago, Chile. Win all 10 gold medals in South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships held in Mount Lavinia, near Colombia in Sri Lanka Beat Dominic Thiem to win Mutua Madrid Open at La CajaMágica in Madrid, Spain. This is Nadal’s fifth Mutua Madrid Open title win and 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown. Beat Dominic Thiem of Austria in the final to win the Barcelona Open for a record 10th time. won Tallahassee Challenger Men’s Doubles title defeating Leonardo Mayer and Maximo Gonzalez.

Italian Open 2017 Category Men’s Singles Women’s Singles Men’s Doubles

Winner Alexander Zverev (Germany) ElinaSvitolina (Ukraine) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) Nicolas Mahut (France)

Runners-up Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Simona Halep (Romania) Ivan Dodig (Croatia) Marcel Granollers (Spain)

CRICKET Harmanpreet Kaur First Indian women cricketer to play in England’s T20 league ICC ODI Batsman Rankings India captain ViratKholi place third in the top 10 of the ICC Players Rankings for ODIs. The Same List topped by AB De Villiars of SA. ESPN World Fame 100 Rankings Indian cricketers ViratKohli(13th), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (15th) Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina, have featured in this year’s Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list. Diary Major Amul Will be prime sponsor of the New Zealand cricket team in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy Annual update of ICC Twenty20 International team India has dropped two places to slip to fourth position. rankings (May 1, 2017). The Rankings topped by New Zealand. Mumbai Indians Win IPL title for third time beating Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in the Grand Finale at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. India retained its No.1 position In the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team rankings. The International Cricket Council (ICC) Hiked the prize money for 2017 Champions Trophy by $500,000, making it $4.5 million with a winner’s share of $2.2 million. RavichandranAshwin Bagged with International Cricketer of the Year award Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage



India women’s cricketers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut Indian fast bowler, JhulanGoswami

at the CEAT Cricket Rating (CCR) International awards for 2017. The first-ever pair to share a record 320-run partnership in One-Day International in a match against Ireland.

Made record as highest wicket-taker in women’s oneday international (181 wickets in 153 matches). GRAND PRIX Won Russian Grand Prix wins Spanish Grand Prix won Monaco Grand Prix First Indian to Win a GP3 Race Series in Barcelona, Spain

Mercedes’ Finnish driver ValtteriBottas Mercedes’ Driver Lewis Hamilton Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel Arjun Maini

FOOTBALL Won the Europa League title after defeating Ajax Amsterdam in the final match. Script history, become first north-east club to win ILeague title beating Mohun Bagan by 1-0. beat Chelsea 2-1 to win FA Cup for 13th time. The match was held at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Indian football team has raised to be ranked 100th for the first time ever in over two decades. Brazilian Team topped the list. Wins bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship the K.D. Jadhav arena in the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi.

Football club Manchester United Aizawl FC Arsenal Team

FIFA rankings

Harpreet Singh

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Unveils logo(Olly Turtle is the mascot), Mascot for 22nd Asian Athletics Championship, It will be held at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar. WRESTLING India’s Performance at Asian Wrestling Championship, New Delhi Indian wrestlers bagged total 10 medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze). In men's freestyle category, Iran won the championship title with 71 points, followed by Japan with 55 points and Uzbekistan with 49 points. India finished at eight position with 33 points. Among women’s teams, Japan won the title. Indian women's team finished second. • •

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INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS

Gold Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Silver Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Silver Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) Bronze Medal Winners (Female Wrestlers) Bronze Medal Winner (Men Wrestler) JoshnaChinappa

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BajrangPunia Sakshi Malik, VineshPhogat, DivyaKakran and Sarita Sumit Jyoti and RituPhogat Harpreet Singh and Anil Kumar

SQUASH First Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a thrilling win over compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik in the women's final held in Chennai. Won his first professional title in squash on 14 May 2017. He beats his Indian counterpart, Kush Kumar in the Sys Open 2017. HOCKEY wins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup beating Australia; India finishes third . The final match was held on May 6, 2017 in Ipoh, Malaysia. crowned champions of 7th Junior Women's Hockey C'ship beating Hockey Mizoram in the 7th Junior National Hockey Championship 2017 (Women). 14 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

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won the Ice Hockey World Championship title for the 10th Time. This win is Sweden's first in four tries against Canada. CHESS Won the All India Open Rapid World Chess Federation (FIDE) Rating Chess Tournament. won the women's title in the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, on May 21, 2017. She drew her final round game against Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya of Mongolia. Registered his first win at the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix. won against RussianGM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Pentala Harikrishna beats Ian Nepomniachtchi in 8 th round was held in Moscow.

R.R. Laxman of Integral Coach Factory

India's R Vaishali

Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna Indian Grand Master Pentala Harikrishna

MISCELLELANEOUS Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa

won a silver medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost the final match to Elnur Abduraimov from Uzbekistan. The National Basketball Association (NBA) -the governing body of Basketball in US inaugurated its first ever academy in India in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The South African government had lifted a ban on the country's rugby union after it made progress improving racial diversity in the sport. It gets approval to bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup. India Para Athletics Team

Claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix being held in Beijing, China. Grand Prix of Liberation Heena Sindhu wins bronze, India come back with 7 medals Javelin thrower Devender Singh 2nd Indian javelin thrower to qualify for London Worlds Mohammad Anas from Kerala Breaked the national record in men's 400m race and won a gold medal at the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in New Delhi. Vaishnavishone Won 2 gold medals in the first Asia level yoga competition in Thailand. She has won in the junior category (13 to 15 years). Bengaluru FC Beat Mohun Bagan 2-0 to be crowned the Federation Cup champions at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha. A High-Level Committee on 7-member Scouts and Guides has submitted its Final Report to Minister for State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Vijay Goel with various recommendations. A committee was headed by Harsh Malhotra. Egyptian Omar Hegazy First amputee to swim across Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba South Korea Win 2017 Sudirman Cup defeating China won badminton's Sudirman Cup for the first time in 14 years on 28th of May, 2017 in Gold Coast Australia. Fencer Bhavani Devi Become first Indian to win a Gold Medal in an International fencing tournament held at Reykjavik in Iceland.




June Name of the Winners CRICKET


ViratKohli Fastest to 8000 ODI runs Yuvraj Singh Fifth Indian to play 300 ODIs ICC Next edition of World T2O will only be held in 2020. Wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, Announced his retirement from the international game. (New Zealand) The eight top teams of the world will be competing for a winner's prize of USD 660,000 in the ICC Women's World Cup. India cricket coach Anil Kumble Stepped down from his position Pakistan Team Won ICC Champions Trophy 2017 beating India. Ireland and Afghanistan International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred Test match status Indian captain ViratKohli Stood at world number one position in the ODI batting rankings-MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings. West Indies Cricket team Officially changed their name to WINDIES. Kuldeep Yadav Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) formed a special sevenmember committee MuttiahMuralidaran ViratKohli.

Become first male Chinaman bowler to represent India in One Day Internationals (ODI). To analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being opposed by the Board's state units. The committee will be headed by Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla becomes first Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame only Indian in Forbes top 100 paid athletes

OTHER SPORTS Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen DucHoa bagged a decisive win against Indian GM Neelotpal Das on 10th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament Lewis Hamilton Won Canadian Grand Prix The Iranian wrestlers won 7 medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) and 69 points to win the Junior Asian Championships title in Taichung, Taiwan. India bagged five medals, Five medals include gold in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships in Taiwan. Professional wrestler Jinder Mahal Retained World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship at St Louis, Missouri, US. Indian Wushu team Won 6 medals -- two golds, two silvers and two bronzes -- in the Wushu competition of the BRICS Games, which concluded in Guangzhou, China. Former Indian powerlifter and South First Indian woman to appear in WWE. Asian Games gold medal winner, Kavita Devi Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala won a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship in the 25m Standard Pistol category in Germany India shooters Have won a bronze medal in men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship held in in Suhl, Germany Col Dr Srinivas Gokulnath of Nashik First Indian to complete solo Race Across America (RAAM) cycle race of became the 5,000 kms Yashaswini Singh Won Gold Medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol at the end of day two of Deswal of Chandigarh the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol, in Suhl, Germany. Bhumika Sharma. Become Miss World in bodybuilding championship in Venice, Italy The fast-rising AnkushDahiya (60kg) clinched a gold medal and L Devendro Singh (52kg) got a silver medal in Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia The Indian men's and women's throw ball Have created history by bagging a gold medal in the World Games. It was teams held at Kathmandu Wayde Van Niekerk Break the World Record in 300m at Golden Spike Meet in the Czech Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage


Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF Republic. The International Olympic Has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a number Committee (IOC) of mixed-gender competitions India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu have won the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup at Gabala, Azerbaijan Shashikant Kutwal . has won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship in Slovakia 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships- Punjab. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold in men's javelin throw (throw of 85.63m) contest on the second day Sarita Singh of Uttar Pradesh Set a new national record in the women's hammer throw with an effort of 65.25m to claim the gold medal Javelin thrower Anu Rani smashed her own national record and won the gold medal on the fourth and final day B Sai Praneeth India shuttler KidambiSrikanth KidambiSrikanth

Category Men’ Singles Men’s Doubles Women’s Singles Women’s Doubles Mixed Doubles

BADMINTON Won the Thailand Grand Prix Gold beating Indonesian Jonatan Christie. Won the Australia Open Super Series men's singles title beating Chinese Chen Long. Ranked into the top-10 at eighth in the latest World Badminton Rankings released. Winners of Indonesia Open 2017 Winners KidambiSrikanth (India) Li Junhui (China) / Liu Yuchen (China) Sayako Sato (Japan) Chen Quingchen (China) / JiaYifan (China) Tontowi Ahmad (Indonesia) / LiliyanaNatsir (Indonesia)

FOOTBALL Real Madrid

Retained the UEFA Champions League title by defeating Juventus in the final match at Cardiff, UK. England’s Team Won the U-20 World Cup final against Venezuela in Suwon (South Korea). FIFA is set to shift India's Under-17 World Cup matches from Mumbai to the Delhi. Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker Nominated as the '2016 All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the JejeLalpekhlua Year.

TENNIS Rafael Nadal Swiss Tennis maestro Roger Federer Tennis star Leander Paes Indian wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha GaneshanNeelakantaIyer Dhanya Shah and Sanmay Gandhi Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Ranked No. 2 spot in the ATP rankings.The top position is retained by Andy Murray. Won ninth Halle Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final match played at Halle, Germany Won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger trophy with Canadian partner AdilShamasdin on 25th of June 2017. It was held in Ilkey UK. Win the boys singles title of HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship held in Pune. First Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Won the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships held at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune. Won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore

French Open 2017 Category Men’s Singles Women’s Singles Men’s Doubles

Winner Rafael Nadal (Spain) Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Ryan Harrison (US) & Michael


Runners-up Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) Simona Halep (Romania) Donald Young (US) & Santiago Gonzalez 17 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com


Women’s Doubles Mixed Doubles

Venus (New Zealand) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) & Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Rohan Bopanna (India)


(Mexico) Ashleigh Barty (Australia)& Casey Dellacqua (Australia) Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) & Robert Farah (Colombia)

July Name of the Winners FOOTBALL

Sudan Football Association (SFA) Germany

World football's governing body FIFA has lifted the ban. win first Confederations Cup title beating Copa America winners Chile held at Saint Petersburg. India Football team 96th in FIFA World ranking, its best in 21 years. Brazil Topped Francesco Tottia footballer legend from Italy confirmed his retirement Mission Football Meghalaya CM launches at JN Sports Complex in Shillong IndonesiaTo host AFC U-19 championship 2018. FORMULA ONE Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton wins recordequalling fifth British GP Valtteri Bottas wins Austrian Grand Prix BADMINTON Rahul, Manu-Sumeeth Clinch titles at Lagos Open at Lagos International challenge held in Nigeria. Indian woman badminton player Ritika Wins the singles title in the Ivory Coast International Thaker. badminton tournament at Abidjan. H S Prannoy wins US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton title at Anaheim, California USA. SQUASH IndiaFinishes 6th in 2017 World Junior Squash held in Tauranga, New Zealand. Mumbai teens Joshi, Ananya Dabke Wins Dutch Open Junior Squash Championship held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Harinder Pal Sandhu Wins Victorian Open squash title in Melbourne.. Harinder Sandhu. Won South Australian Squash Open title at Adelaide,Australia TENNIS Team India Bags 24 medals at Jordan Open TT at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament Jordan. (7 Gold, 7 Silver and 10 Bronze medals) Chennai Open renamed to Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune John Isner(From USA) won his fourth ATP Atlanta title 131st edition -Wimbledon Championships 2017 – Overview. Category Winner Runners-up Men’s Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic (Croatia) Women’s Singles Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams (US) Men’s Doubles Lukasz Kubot (Poland) & Oliver MArach (Austria) & Mate Pavic Marcelo Melo (Brazil) (Croatia) Women’s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) Monica Niculescu (Romania) & Chan Hao& Elena Vesnina (Russia) ching (Taiwan) Mixed Doubles Jamie Murray (UK) & Martina Heather Watson (UK) & Henri Kontinen Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage


Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF Hingis (Switzerland) (Finland) Winners of Eastbourne Aegon Championship-UK Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) GaenMonfils (France) Women’s Singles KarolínaPlíšková (Czech Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) Republic) Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan (US) & Mike Rohan Bopanna (India) & Andre Sa (Brazil) Bryan (US) Women’s Doubles Chan Yung-jan (Taipei) & Ashleigh Barty (Australia) & Casey Dellacqua Martina Hingis (Switzerland) (Australia) CRICKET England Won ICC women world cup 2017 beating India. The Player of the Series title has been awarded to Tammy Beaumont of England Misbah-ul-Haq To get honorary life membership by Marylebone Cricket Club Harmanpreet Kaurbreaks into top 10 of ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings(6th position) Mithali Raj Becomes leading run-getter in Women’s ODIs (6000 ODI runs when she hit a six off Kristen Beams) MS Dhoni First Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs MICELLANEOUS Asian Athletics Championships 2017 Overview - India finish on top in medals tally- Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 India 12 5 12 29 2 China 8 7 5 20 3 Kazakhstan 4 2 2 8 Shot putter Manpreet Kaur Grabbed the gold medal with a throw of 28m on the opening day Long distance runner G Lakhsmanan Wins gold with an unexpected win in men's 5000m race V Neena and Nayan James Bagged a silver and bronze in women's long jump while Vikas Gowda, Sanjivini Yadav, Annu Rani added a bronze each in the men's discus throw, women's 5000m race and javelin throw respectively. India to host next edition of Theatre Olympics first time ever from February 17 – April 08, 2018. Indian judokas Bag 3 medals in Asian Cadet Championships, Kyrgyzstan H Manudev from Karnataka Won the first National Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai. Kargil International Marathon “Run for Sarhad” concluded. The winner of 60 km is ZaheerAbass. Indian Damneet Singh Wins silver medal at IAAF World U18 Championships in hammer throw held in Nairobi, Kenya. Kerala Emerged champions with 159 points at the 57th National InterState Championships that was held in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Indians win gold and bronze at first global robotics Olympiad organised by ‘FIRST Global’ in Washing D.C., US. Russia's Kazan To host 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Budapest. Indian team


won 5 medals at World Para Athletics Championships 2017, London India ranked at 34th position on medal table. Indian team won 5 medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) in this championship. China Topped with 65 medals. 19 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF Boxer Sachin Siwach Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi India Caeleb Dressel Peaty & Masse

Manoj Kumar, Shiva Thapa Australia's Jeff Horn Jehan Daruvala

Pankaj Advani-led Indian team Asian champion Govindan Lakshmanan Atthaya Thitikul

Name of the Sport Events Summer Olympics Host SAFF under 15 Championship FIFA U-17 World Cup Logo for Kochi Venue First paralympian to be recommended for India’s highest sporting honour World Doubles Squash Championship WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title World Athletics Championship Junior World Wrestling Championships MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup 7th Asian Shotgun Championship

BCCI ordered to lift lifetime ban The country’s youngest athlete to figure in the government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. First Indian To Qualify for Javelin Throw World Championship Finals India’s first solo medal in women’s skeet India Vs SriLanka Series


wins Gold at Commonwealth Youth Games in Nassau Bahamas. wins gold in Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal. To host their first Men’s World Championship in 2021. Becomes first ever Swimmer to win three gold medals in one night at worlds Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Sets world record at 2017 World Aquatic Championship, Hungary. In medal tally US topped with 39 medals(17 gold, 12 Silver and 10 bronze) Strike gold in Czech Republic tournament at the 48th Grand Prix at Usti Nad Labem in Czech Republic. Stunned Pacquiuao to claim a unanimous 12-round decision and win the WBO world welterweight title at Lang Park. Becomes 1st Indian to win FIA Formula 3 European Championship race at Norisring Beat Pakistan to clinch Asian Snooker Championship held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Won a gold medal in men’s 5000m race on the opening day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships. Youngest Ladies European Tour winner held in Thailand at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.

August Name of the Winners Paris gets – 2024 , Los Angeles – 2028 India beat Nepal by 2-1 in the final The logo represents and reflects Kochi’s identity and will be a valuable tool in linking the local community in a global World Cup Devendra Jhajharia Joshna and Dipika won bronze Boxer Vijender Singh Usain Bolt finishes 3rd Justin Gatlin 1st Manju Kumari and Veer Dev Gulia wins bronze ONGC beats Bengaluru Hockey 4-2 Ankur Mittal Won Gold Kynan Chenai won Bronze Mairaj-Rashmmi pair bags gold Cricketer Sreesanth by Kerela HC India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj, aged 15

Davinder Singh Kang Maheshwari Chauhan Bronze Rashmmi Rathore and Saniya Sheikh have won the silver medal India won(3-0) 20 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF ATP ranking India Vs Netherland Hockey Cup Rogers Cup final 6th Golden Glove women’s Boxing Tournament

16th IAAF World Championship 2017 7th World Dwarf Games

Bulgaria Open International Series Highest paid female athlete of 2017 World U-20 Para Athletics Championships Western & Southern Open 2017

Rafael Nadal return to the number one spot India Won 2-1 Alexander Zverev beats Roger Federer Gold - Jyoti in 51 kg category, and Vanlal haritpuii in 60 kg category. Silver - Anjali in 48kg, Sakshi in 54kg, Ashtha in 69kg and Anupama in 81kg categories.Mandeep in 57kg, Nisha in 64kg, Shruti in 75kg Bronze - Neha in 81+kg category 1.U.S. 30 Medals 2.Kenya 11 medals Joby Matthew - won six medals, including two golds three silvers and a bronze. ArunachalamNalini, - won five medals, including one gold. CVRajanna- won the gold in the 200 metre sprint event. Devappa More- won the 100 metre race and becoming the fastest man at the event. India had won 15 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals Indian Shuttler Lakhsyasen American Tennis Player Serena Williams Rinku Hooda bags silver

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his first Men’s singles Masters 1000 title. Garbine Muguruza of Spain won women’s singles Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won Men’s Cincinnati Doubles. Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis captured women’s double FIBA Asia Cup Australia has beaten Iran First Oceanic team to be crowned champions of Asia. International Shooting Sport Federation Shapath Bharadwaj won a bronze in the double trap event (ISSF) Junior World Cup Shotgun 2017 Lakshay Sheoran and Manisha Keer from India won the bronze medal in the mixed team trap India’s Akash Saharan has completed sixth in the final round of the men’s trap 24th Abu Dhabi International Chess GM Amin Bassem of Egypt is winner, Briton GM Nigel Short Festival 2017 was runner-up and GM Aryan Chopra from India finished third in Masters Tournament. 2018 table tennis team World Cup Host : LONDON SAFF U-15 Championships India beat Nepal by 2-1 23rd BWF World Championship-2017 at Men’s Singles –viktor axelsen of Denmark Glasgow (Scotland) Women’s Singles –Nozomi Okuhara of Japan Men’s Doubles- Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan of China Women’s doubles – Winners are Chen and Jia from China Mixed doubles-Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir FOOTBALL ISL FC Goa signs Moroccan International Ahmed Jahouh Neymer signs world record deal with most expensive player in football history PSG 222 million euros ($262 million) UEFA super cup football tournament Real Madrid defeated Manchester United FIFA rankings India drops one spot to 97th Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage



Spanish Super Cup Wayne Rooney UEFA player of season UEFA Women’s Player of the Year First player to score 350 La Liga goals Test Ranking

1. Brazil 2...Germany 3. Argentina 4. Switzerland 5. Poland 97.India Real Madrid Retires from international football Cristiano Ronaldo Lieke Martens Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi

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Belgian Grand Prix 14th World Wrestling Championships 2017 at Paris, France


: Steve Smith Cheteshwar Pujara(4) Virat Kohli(6) Bowler : James Anderson Ravi Jadeja(2) Ashwin(3) All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan Ravi Jadeja(2) Ashwin(3) Team: India-1 Batsmen : Virat Kohli(1) Bowler : Jasprit Bumrah(4) All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan(1) Team: South Africa-1 India-3 Batsman : Virat Kohli(1) Bowler : Jasprit Bumrah(3) All-Rounder : Shakib al hasan(1) Team : New Zealand-1 India-5 Lewis Hamilton 1)Men’s freestyle:a)57 kg – Yuki Takahashi(Japan) b)61 kg – Haji Aliyev(Azerbaijan) c)65 kg – Zurabi Iakobishvili (Georgia) d)70 kg – Frank Chamizo( Italy) e)74 kg – Jordan Burroughs( United States) f)86 kg -Hassan Yazdani(Iran) g)97 kg – Kyle Snyder(US) h)125 kg -Geno Petriashvili (Georgia) 2) Men’s Greco-Roman: a)59 kg – Kenichiro Fumita(Japan) b)66 kg – Ryu Han-su(South Korea) c)71 kg – Frank Stäbler(Germany) d)75 kg -Viktor Nemeš(Serbia) e)80 kg – Maksim Manukyan(Armenia) f)85 kg – Metehan Başar(Turkey) g)98 kg – Artur Aleksanyan(Armenia) h)130 kg – Rıza Kayaalp(Turkey) 3) Women’s freestyle a)48 kg – Yui Susaki(Japan) b)53 kg – Vanesa Kaladzinskaya (Belarus) 22 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF c)55 kg – Haruna Okuno(Japan) d)58 kg – Helen Maroulis( United States) e)60 kg – Risako Kawai (Japan) f)63 kg – Pürevdorjiin Orkhon (Mongolia) g)69 kg – Sara Dosho (Japan) h)75 kg – Yasemin Adar (Turkey)


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India Junior GP

Rahul Bharadwaj is defeated by top seed Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men’s singles ODI cricket MS Dhoni has become the first wicketkeeper to effect 100 stumpings,surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches. Under-12 Chess Cadet Championships Nagpur-based Divya Deshmukh clinched the gold medal. in Brazil Australia’s National Basketball Amritpal Singh created history by becoming the first Indian-born League player to play professional basketball in the National Basketball League (NBL). Commonwealth Youth weightlifting India’s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight C’ship category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships. FIFA U-17 World Cup official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football tournament was launched by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). Song: “Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal”and the song has been written by lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam IPL Star India bagged the IPL media rights for TV and digital broadcast for a consolidated sum of Rs.16, 347.5 crore ($ 2.55 billion) for a period of five years. The rights from 2018 to 2022. Italian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton wins &takes lead title from Sebastian Vettel Gaurav Bidhuri Clinches Bronze Medal at World Boxing AIBA world boxing championships Championships:AmitPhangal (49kg) and Kavinder Bisht (56kg) 2017 had bowed out in the quarterfinal stage:Shiva Thapa, Manoj Kumar out in first round AIBA:Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak wins Best Boxer, Cuba win Best team and USA’s Billy Walsh wins Best Coach: 1. Best Boxer – Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR) 2. Best Team – Cuba:. 3. Best Coach – Billy Walsh (USA) Commonwealth Weightlifting India has been selected to host the 2019 edition of the Championships in 2019 Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships. U.S. Open women’s singles- Carrom


TejasviDuduka from Hyderabad won the women’s singles of U.S. Open Grand Slam Carrom tournament. men’s singles: Vemuri Anil Kumar of India finished runner up for the second year in the U.S Open. 23 | P a g e Copyright 2017 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Current Affairs Sectionwise PDF The U.S. Open Carrom tournament was won by former National Champion Radhakrishnan ISSF Shotgun World Championships Ankur Mittal, AhvarRizvi won silver medals 2017 Russia’s VitalyFokeev has won the gold medal World Cadet Wrestling Championship. India’s Sonam Malik bags Gold (54kg) Neelam bagged a bronze medal and competing in the 43kg category First dividing retractable football pitch Tottenham Hotspur Malaysian Squash Tour Harinder Pal Sandhu has won the Malaysian Squash Tour. This is his 21st consecutive international match to win in a row. SABA U-16 Championship India won the Second South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under – 16 Championship, in Kathmandu, Nepal Road world record JoycillineJepkosgei of Kenya broke her own 10 km road world record, in Prague, Czech Republic. BWF World Senior Badminton Kochi is all set to host the BWF World Senior Badminton Championships Championships from September 11 to 17 2017. The championship will be held in India for the first time. 137th edition of the US Open Tennis and Men’s singles: Rafael Nadal won the title the 4th and final Grand Slam event of Women singles: Sloane Stephens of US won the title 2017 Men’s doubles: Jean-JulienRojer and HoriaTecau won the title Women Doubles: Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis won the title Mixed Doubles: Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray won the title. ITF Futures tournament Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal won Asian Games Asian Games gold medalist Priyanka Panwar was suspended for eight years after she tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug, in New Delhi. 36th National Games Goa’s Sports Minister Mr.ManoharAjgaonkar said that Goa would host the 36th National Games, in Goa. National kickboxing championship Maharashtra has won the Chief Minister’s cup at National kickboxing championship. It has 45 gold medals. Western Asia Youth Chess Championship Rishabh Shah of Mumbai, bagged two bronze medals in the Under-14 Rapid and Blitz formats of the 2nd Western Asia Youth Chess Championship in Sri Lanka. ‘Maharashtra Mission 1 Million’ Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr.Devendra Fadnavis launched the ‘Maharashtra Mission 1 Million’ initiative through which 10 lakh (1 million) students across the state would play football, in Mumbai. Test Cricket South African all-rounder JP Duminy announced his retirement from test cricket, in South Africa. Korea Open title PV Sindhu won the women’s singles title at the Korean Open Super Series 2017 by defeating Japanese player NozomiOkuhara, in Seoul, South Korea. Cricket Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva has banned for two-year from cricket-related activities and for breaching the spirit of the game during a Tier-B first class match. T20 series Pakistan beat World XI to clinch the final Twenty20 match and the series at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium (2-1) Singapore Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, in Singapore. T20 West Indies legend Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in the shortest format of the game during their Twenty20 International match. World Championship motorbike race Ana Carrasco of Spain became the first female to win an individual World Championship motorbike race, in Portugal. 1st female biker to win World Championship race FIFA FIFA’s Ethics Committee banned Caribbean soccer leader Gordon Derrick for six years due to financial offenses. PSL Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a five-year ban and a fine of one million rupees on batsmanKhalidLatif for his involvement in spotfixing during the PSL. Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage


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Official emblem and slogan for FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 were unveiled in Paris, France. The slogan of the tournament “Dare To Shine” reflects the development of football, especially women’s football. Los Angeles has received its official go-ahead to host the 2028 Olympics from the International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission. Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has become the first Indian spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket during the second match of the ongoing series against Australia at Eden Gardens, Kolkata PV Sindhu becomes world number 2 TAI Tzu Ying of Taiwan ranks 1 Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be selected as the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes’ Forum ICC has confirmed that it has opened an investigation in Sri Lanka into corruption allegations. Sasi Kumar Mukund of India had won his second straight Futures title. He defeated Arjun Khade by 6-3, 6-4 in the singles final East Bengal won the Calcutta Football League (CFL) title for the 8th consecutive time at the Kanchenjunga Stadium, in Siliguri, West Bengal. Vaishnavi clinches Belgian Junior Open; Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok win in Ethiopia both ODIs and Tests England’s Moeen Ali scored 61 runs off 14 balls including 8 sixes and 2 fours to record the fastest ODI hundred against Windies on English Soil Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has presented its 2017-18 calendar which includes the prestigious South Asian Championship to be held in Guwahati from December 6-10 India secured 11th place in the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017. Indians won a total of 40 medals.This consists of 9 gold, 12 silver and 19 bronze medals.1st -Turkmenistan. 2nd – China 3 rd – Iran FIFA has launched the official ball for Under-17 football World Cup and it will be called Krasava, a word generally used by Russian sports fans to describe a striking performance. The ball is manufactured by ‘Adidas’ and the pattern on it features a striking red design with jagged lines running through it.

Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel has announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi The government announced that it has exempted import duty for sports items and a wide range of goods for the upcoming FIFA U17 World Cup India. Saudi Arabia allows women into sports stadium for the first time Samurai Tete first woman from Jharkhand Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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British cyclist Mark Beaumont set a new world record by cycling around the world in 79 days, in Paris. Circumnavigated the world in 79 days: i. Mark Beaumont travelled around the world in 79 days. He beat the previous record of 123 days. ii. He has finished it one day ahead of his schedule. Japan Open 2017 Badminton Championship Men’s singles Viktor Axelsen of Denmark won Women’s singles Men’s doubles. Women’s doubles. Mixed doubles

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