1. 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic of ___________ announced retirement from tennis ?
2. Pruthviraj Ayachi, 16-year-old shooter From _____________, claimed gold medal in junior men’s 50M Rifle Prone event at National Shooting Championship in Pune. Notable point is that he equalled score (209.5) of H Junghaenel of Germany who won gold medal in men’s 50m Rifle Prone event at Rio Olympics 2016 ?
3. AB De Villiers stepped down from ____________'s Test Cricket captaincy. Faf du Plessis has been named to take over the role ?
4. Andy Murray (_________) and Angelique Kerber (Germany) were named ITF (International Tennis Federation) World Champions of 2016 in Male and Female Categories Respectively. It is 9th title for Andy Murray ?
5. ____________ women’s hockey team defeated Netherlands to win women’s Hockey Junior World Cup 2016 in Santiago (Chile) ?
6. __________ won FIFA ‘Team of the Year’ title after finishing top of the FIFA rankings of 2016 with 1,634 points. Brazil is second with 1,544 points ?
7. ________________ won 3rd Indian Super League (ISL) football tournament. In final they defeated Kerala Blasters ?
8. Azhar Ali became first _______ batsman to score a double century in a Test in Australia. ?
9. __________ became first Indian company to sign up as a national supporter of 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup to be hosted by India in October 2017 ?
10. Basketball player LeBron James (____________) chosen as Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year ?
11. Cricket Australia (CA) named Indian Cricketer __________ as captain of board’s One-Day International (ODI) Team of Year. Jasprit Bumrah is another Indian named in team ?
12. Cricketer _________ named India's Sportsperson of the Year 2016 in a poll conducted by India Today.He was followed by Badminton Player PV Sindhu. ?
13. First elite men’s senior national boxing tournament started at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in __________ (Assam) ?
14. Former _________ basketball player Michael Jordan is named as highest-paid athlete of all times by Forbes, with $1.7 billion total wealth. He if followed by Golfer Tiger Woods ($1.67 billion) ?
15. Formula One racer Nico Rosberg (___________) announced retirement. He has recently won F1 World championship 2016. ?
16. ________'s Samit Gohel broke 117-year-old record of Highest score in first-class cricket by scoring 359 not out during Ranji Trophy match against Odisha. ?
17. ICC granted Shaheed Vijay Singh Parthik(SVSP) Sports Stadium in _________ approval for conducting International cricket matches ?
18. India Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan won gold medal at Asian Luge Championships held at Nagano in ________ ?
19. India bronze medal at women’s U-18 Asia Cup hockey held in Bangkok (Thailand) by defeating _________ ?
20. __________________ won 2016 Asian Cricket Council Under-19 Asia Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka in Colombo (Sri Lanka). ?
21. India won 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup, defeating ________. It was hosted by India in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) ?
22. India's ___________________ named in International Cricket Council (ICC’s) Women’s Team of Year 2016. This is for the first time ICC has named a women’s team of the year ?
23. Indian Billairds layer _________________ won his 11th World Billiards (150-Up format) Championships title after defeating Peter Gilchrist of Singapore In Bengaluru. Note that Peter Gilchrist defeated Sourav Kothari to win Long Up title. He also won National title in 6-red Snooker (shorter format), defeating Ishpreet Chadha. ?
24. Indian Cricketer __________ scored triple century in 5th Test Match Against England played in Chennai (Tamilnadu).‚ ?
25. Indian Golfer _______ became oldest golfer to win an Asian Tour title after winning Panasonic Open India at Delhi Golf Club (DGC). ?
26. Indian Iqbal Sayed became first Indian to win medal (Silver) at Mr Olympia amateur event in _________ in Classic Bodybuilding category ?
27. Indian Olympic Association Approved Meghalaya as host of 2022 National Games. Upcoming National Games -
- 2017 - Goa (36th)
- 2018 - Uttarakhand
- 2019 - Andhra Pradesh
- 2022 - ____________
28. Indian Professional Boxer Vijender Singh defeated Francis Cheka (__________) to retain WBO-Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title. ?
29. Indian Women’s cricket team won 2016 Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup cricket tournament, defeating Pakistan. It was hosted by ___________ ?
30. Indian cricketer ________________ named ICC Cricketer of Year 2016 and ICC Test cricketer of Year 2016. He became second Indian player after Rahul Dravid to bag two prestigious prizes in same year. Ashwin was named recepient of Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the year 2016.
Apart from this, Virat Kohli (Captain of ICC ODI Team) , Misbah-Ul-Haq (First Pakistani to win ICC Spirit of Cricket Award), New Zealand cricketer Suzannah Wilson Bates became first woman cricketer to win both ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Player of the Year awards.
31. Indian tennis player ________ announced his retirement. ?
32. Indian tennis player ________ won $10000 ITF Hong Kong F4 Futures Title, defeating Shintaro Imai of Japan ?
33. India’s Arjun Bhati secured first position in Kids Golf World Championship 2016 held in __________ defeating South Africa’s Methu Denish ?
34. India’s largest indoor sports arena will come up in New Town area of Kolkata (___________), on 10 acres land and accommodation of 15400 people. ?
35. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) removed Sochi (_________) as host host of 2017 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships, accusing _______________ of state-sponsored doping ?
36. International Olympic Committee granted provisional recognition to cheerleading and martial art of muaythai as Olympic sports. Governing body for each sport will now receive ____________ annually from IOC ?
37. Kush Bhagat won 3 gold medals in 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championships in ___________ ?
38. Lionel Messi (___________) voted as World’s Best Playmaker for second consecutive year, as announced by International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) ?
39. Next Women’s Hockey World Cup will be held in July 2018 in ____________ (England) ?
40. Noted _____________ road and track racing cyclist Bradley Wiggins announced retirement. He has won several international tours including 8 Olympic medals ?
41. ____________ got approval to host its first Davis Cup tennis Match after 12 years. It was deprieved of hosting matches in view of security fears.Match will be against Iran in February 2017. ?
42. _____________ Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo won Best Player of the Year and Goodwill Award at 7th Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai. Besides, Real Madrid Club’s president Florentino P©rez, coach Fernando Santos and the Club Itself, won awards in their respective categories ?
43. Rio Olympian Sathish Sivalingam won gold for 6th consecutive year in men's 77 kg category in 69th men's and 32nd women's Senior National Weightlifting Championship in ______________ ?
44. Sardar Patel Cricket Stadium in ____________ (Motera Stadium) wlll become world’s largest seating capacity cricket stadium after renovation work by Larsen and Turbo (L&T). Its capacity will be enhanced to 1.1 lakh people from 54000 currently, leaving behind Melbourne Cricket Ground's capacity of 1 lakh people ?
45. ___________ tennis player Rafael Nadal won 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship title in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Defeating David Goffin ?
46. Young Indian racer ___________ signed Agreement with top team Carlin for 2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship ?
