• 134 Current Affairs were found in Month - Jan 2015 to June 2015 for Type - Sports
  1. 12 Year Old Saloni Dalal from Karnataka became youngest medal winner in 35th National Games in Kerala .She won a Bronze medal in the 200 meter breast stroke swimming event.
  2. 15th National Para-Athletic championships held in Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh).
  3. 76th Senior Table Tennis Championship 2015 - Soumyajit Ghosh won in Male and Mouma Das won in Female Category.
  4. All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed an agreement with French Football Federation (FFF) for Mutual Development of Football Sport in Each Country.
  5. All India Football Federations (AIFF) Player of the Year Awards 2014 -
    • Men - Sunil Chhetri
    • Women - Bala Devi
  6. American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao from Philippines to win the unified World Welterweight title. The match was termed as Fight of the Century and was held at MGM Grand, Las Vegas (USA).
  7. Andy Murray (Scotland) won ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi after Serbian Novak Djokovic withdrew from finals due to illness.
  8. Archana Girish Kamath and Anezka Ilcikova, the Indo-Czech Republic pair won cadet girls doubles table tennis title at the French junior and cadet open defeating French pair of Lucie Gauthier and Leili Mostafavi.
  9. As per a recent report by ICC, India will Host the Twenty-20 cricket world cup in 2016 and England will host the ODI world cup in 2019.
  10. Asian Atheletic Championships 2015 (Qatar) -
    1. India finished third in 21st Asian Athletics Championships with 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze Medals. This is India's best finish after 2007 in Jordan where India was placed second.
    2. China was First (15 Gold, 13 Silver, 13 Bronze) and Qatar (7 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze) was second.
  11. Australia won ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 defeating New Zealand at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australia).
    1. Australian Captain Michael Clarke retired from ODI cricket
  12. Australian Open 2015 -
    1. Male - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Andy Murray (England). It was fifth Australian Open title for Novak Djokovic.
    2. Female - Serena Williams (USA) Defeated Maria Sharapova (Russia). This was 19th Grand Slam and sixth Australian Open win for Serena Williams.
    3. Men's Doubles - Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini from Italy.
    4. Women's Doubles - Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States ) and Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
    5. Mixed Doubles - Martina Hingis (Switzerland ) and Leander Paes (India).
  13. Australian cricket team created World Cup record for highest score of 417 in a match against Afghanistan and broke Previous record of 413 runs made by India against Bermuda in CWC 2011. 
  14. Australis's Adelaide will host cricket's first day-night Test in November 2015 between Australia and New Zealand.
  15. Ayonika Paul (Railways) and Annu Raj Singh (Maharashtra) won Gold in 4th Gun for Glory Shooting Championship.
  16. Barcelona FC won 2015 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League trophy for fifth time defeating Juventus FC.
  17. Barcelona Football Club won Spanish Kings Cup (Copa del Rey) for 27th Time defeating Athletic Bilbao.
  18. Bengaluru FC won the federation cup Football by beating Dempo FC.
  19. Boxing India has been recognised as governing body for representing boxing in India.
  20. Britains Andy Murray won mens singles title of Aegon Championships at Queens Club in England by defeating South African Kevin Anderson.
  21. Canada Open Badminton 2015 -
    1. Men's Singles - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
    2. Women's Singles - Michelle Li (Canada)
    3. Men's Doubles - Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen (China)
    4. Women's Doubles - Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa (India)
    5. Mixed Doubles - Lee Chun Hei and Chau Hoi Wah (Hong Kong)
  22. China won 2015 Nongfu Spring Snookers World Cup defeating Scotland in Shanghai (China).
  23. Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced to start Africa T20 Cup to promote the game and nurture young talent in the continent featuring Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia, hosts South Africa and 12 CSA affiliates.
    1. The tournament will be a World Cup-style competition, consisting of four pools of four teams each with the winners of each pool advancing to the semi-finals and eventually to the final.
  24. Ecuador open tennis tournament has been won by Victor estrella burgos from Czech republic after beating Feliciano lopez from spain.
  25. Famous Indian Boxer Mary Kom announced to retire from boxing after 2016 Brazil Olympics.
  26. Football Club Chelsea won Barclays Premier League 2014-15 defeating Crystal Palace.
  27. Football Club Chelsea won the Football League Cup 2014-15 by defeating Tottenham Hotspur.
  28. Forbes' List of World's Richest Athletes -
    1. Cricketer Mahdenra Singh Dhoni is only Indian among world's richest athletes. He has been ranked 23rd in the List with USD 31 Million Annual Earnings.
    2. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. (USA) is richest Athlete in the world with $105 million Annual Earnings.
  29. Former New Zealand cricketer Martin David Crowe inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
  30. Former West Indies fast bowler Wes Hall was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
  31. Former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman are inducted into BCCIs newly-constituted cricket advisory committee.
  32. French Open Tennis 2015 -
    1. Male - Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) won his first French Open Mens single title defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
    2. Female - Serena Williams (USA) defeated Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova. It's 20th grand slam win for Serena.
  33. Georgia won Womens World Team Chess Championship by defeating China in China.
  34. Government revised National Sports Awards Schemes - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dhyan Chand Award and Dronacharya Awards based on recommendations made by Kapil dev led panel that decided on Arjuna awards 2014. Selection Committee for Arjuna Award will now be headed by the Retired Judge of Supreme Court/High Court.
  35. Gujarat cricket team won 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy defeating Punjab.
  36. Gurpreet Singh qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics along with Abhinav Bindra , Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela.
  37. Haryana Government included Deaflympics in its Sports Policy to enable Deaflympian medalists to get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits. Deaflympics were previously known as World Games for the Deaf and International Games for the Deaf.
  38. Himachal Pradesh will host Paragliding World Cup 2015 under the aegis of Para-gliding World Cup Association, France.
  39. India will host the 42nd World Bridge Championships in Chennai.
  40. India won 3 gold and 2 bronze medals at International Shooting Competition in Germany. Abhinav Bindra won single and team gold with Chain Singh and Gagan Narang in 10 metre air rifle event. Chain Singh also won gold in 50 metre mens rifle. Gagan Narang won Bronze in 50 metre rifle and Apurvi Chandela won Bronze in womens air rifle.
  41. India won total eight medals (2 Gold, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze) in first leg of Asian Athletics Grand Prix in Bangkok, Thailand. Inderjit Singh (Shot Put) and Jinson Johnson won gold in 800 meter event.
  42. India's Anantjeet Singh Naruka won gold in 7th International junior shotgun cup in Orimattila (Finland) by beating Lari Pesonen of Finland.
  43. India's Deepika Pallikal won the winnipeg winter club women squash championship 2015 in Canada.
  44. India's Inderjeet Singh won gold medal in men's shot put event in 21st Asian Athletics Championships in China.
  45. Indian Army team emerged champions in 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletic Championships in Mangaluru (Karnataka) with 123.5 points. Tamil Nadu team came at second position by securing 114 points.
  46. Indian Badminton Player Saina Nehwal won womens singles of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015 after defeateing Carolina Marin of Spain in Lucknow (India).
  47. Indian Basketball Players Association (IBPA) launched in Delhi. It is incorporated as a society under Societies Registration Act, 1860. Orgznization Structure is
    1. President - Sajjan Singh Cheema (Arjuna Awardee)
    2. General Secretary - Jayasankar Menon (Former Asian All Star Basketball player)
    3. Treasurer - Ashok Sharma (National player and FIBA Commissioner)
    4. Chairman - Abbas Moontaisar
    5. Vice-Chairmen - Manmohan Singh and Suman Sharma.
  48. Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli became first Indian to score a century against Pakistan in the Cricket World Cup.
  49. Indian Former Cricketer Anil Kumble and Former Australian women cricketer Betty Wilson will be inducted in ICC (International Cricket Council) Hall of fame.
  50. Indian Open Badminton 2015 -
    1. Men's Singles - Kidambi Srikkanth (India) won by defeating Viktor Axelsen (Denmark).
    2. Women's Singles - Saina Nehwal (India) won by defeating Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand).
  51. Indian Player Kidambi Srikanth won men's singles title in Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament after beating Viktor Alexson of Denmark.
  52. Indian Railway won 5th Hockey India Senior Men National Hockey Championship held at Pune by beating Uttar Pradesh in final.
  53. Indian Saina Nehwal became first Indian woman Badminton Player to be ranked as world No. 1 Player.
  54. Indian Tennis Player Yuki Bhambri won TF Uzbekistan F1 Futures Singles defeating Dzmitry Zyrmont of Serbia.
  55. Indian Wells Tennis 2015 (Held in California (USA))
    1. Mens Singles - Serbias Novak Djokovic won his fourth title by defeating Switzerlands Roger Federer.
    2. Womens Singles - Simona Halep of Romania defeated Jelena Jankovic of Serbia
    3. Women's Doubles - Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) defeated Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
  56. Indian archer Deepika Kumari won bronze in women's individual recurve event in Archery World Cup in Turkey.
  57. Indian boxers won 3 Gold and 2 silver medals at World Junior Women's boxing Championship in Taiwan. Savita, Mandeep Sandhu and Sakshi won Gold while Soniya and Niharika Gonella won silver medals.
  58. Indian boxers won 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 bronze at Doha (Qatar) International Boxing Tournament. L Devendro Singh, Shiva Thapa, Manish Kaushik, and Manoj Kumar won gold, Gaurav Bidhuri won Silver, Mandeep Jangra and Vikas Krishan won bronze.
  59. Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been voted as Best Test Player of 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia. Sachin received 23 % votes while Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka was second with 14 % votes.
  60. Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda won Gold at Jamaican International Invitation meet throw of 65.14 metres.
  61. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won Indian Open golf in Delhi Golf Club.
  62. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won Malaysian Open by defeating Austrias Bernd Wiesberger.
  63. Indian open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean. 24-year old Bhakti is the first Asian girl and youngest in the world to do this.
  64. Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela won Bronze at 10-meter Air rifle (women) in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
  65. Indian shooter Jitu Rai won Bronze at 10-meter Air Pistol Men in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
  66. Indias tennis player Leander Paes became First indian and 47th global player to play with 100 different partners on ATP Circuit.
  67. Indonesia Open Badminton tournament 2015 -
    1. Male - Japan's Kento Momota defeated Denmark's Jan O. Jorgensen.
    2. Female - Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon defeated Japan's Yui Hashimoto.
  68. International Cricket Council (ICC) amended playing conditions rules for One Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20S -
    1. No batting powerplays will be allowed in 15 - 40th over in ODIs.
    2. Five fielders will be allowed outside 30-yard circle in 41-50th over rather than four currently.
    3. All no-balls, not just foot faults, will lead to a free hit on next ball.
  69. International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year 2014 -
    1. Men - Mark Knowles (Australia)
    2. Women - Ellen Hoog (Netherland)
  70. Italian Open Tennis -
    1. Women - Maria Sharapova (Russia) won by defeating Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.
    2. Men - Serbian Novak Djokovic won be defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer.
  71. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt announced that he will retire from athletics after the 2017 World Championships in London.
  72. Jordan Spieth (USA) won US Open Golf Tournament and became second man after Tiger woods to win the Masters and the US Open in the same year.
  73. Karnataka won their eighth Ranji Trophy title of cricket defeating Tamilnadu.
  74. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan acquired Carribean Premier League (CPL) T20 team Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) .
  75. Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan won their first I-League title in 13 years after managing a 1-1 draw against defending champions Bengaluru FC.
  76. Laureus World Sports Awards for 2015 (China) -
    1. Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar elected as member of Laureus Sports Academy.
    2. Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic, the Serbian tennis star
    3. Sportswoman of the Year: Genzebe Dibaba, the Ethiopian sprinter
    4. Team of the Year: Germany Mens Football Team
    5. Comeback of the Year: Schalk Burger of South Africa, who fought through life-threatening meningitis to win back his place in the Springboks rugby team
    6. Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Tatyana McFadden, the wheelchair racer 
    7. Action Sportsperson of the Year: Alan Eustace, he holds the world record for the highest-altitude free fall jump
  77. Lewis Hamilton (UK) of Mercedes team won Chinese Formula One (F1) Grand Prix.
  78. Lin Dan (China) won men's title at Badminton Asia Championships 2015 in China by defeating Tian Houwei (China).
  79. Madrid Tennis Open 2015 -
    1. Men's Singles - Andy Murray of Britain won by defeating Spains Rafeal Nadal.
    2. Women's Singles - Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic won by defeating Russias Svetlana Kuznetsova.
    3. Men's Doubles - Rohan Bopanna (India) and Florin Mergea (Romania) won by defeating Serbian-Polish pair of Nenand Zimonjic and Martin Matkowski.
  80. Magnus Carlsen of Norway won Shamkir chess tournament in Azerbaijan defeating Azerbaijani Rauf Mamedov
  81. Malaysia Open Badminton 2015 -
    1. Male - Chinas Chen Long won be beating China's Lin Dan.
    2. Female - Spains Carolina Marin won by beating China's Li Xuerui.
  82. Manchester United (England) became Worlds most valuable football brand with 1.2 billion USD Worth.
  83. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany won Austrian F1 Grand Prix.
  84. Miami Open Tennis 2015 -
    1. Women's doubles - Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) Won.
    2. Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won by beating Andy Murray of Britain.
    3. Women's Singles - Serena Williams (USA) won by beating Suarez Navarro of Spain.
  85. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports approved regognition of certain sports federations representing indigenous sports as Regional Sports Federations (RSFs) subject to substantial popularity of the sport in the concerned region.
  86. Mumbai Indians won eighth Indian Premier League (IPL) Tournament defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41-runs in Eden Gardeans (Kolkata). It is second title for Mumbai Indians after their first win in 2013.
  87. New Zealand cricketer Daniel Vettori retired from all forms of International Cricket.
  88. New Zealand won 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup mens hockey tournament defeating Australia in Malaysia.
  89. New zealand's Martin Guptill scored highest-ever score of 237 in Cricket World Cup history, Playing against West Indies.
  90. Nico Rosberg (Germany) of Mercedes won Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship title.
  91. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) from Germany won Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 World Championship.
  92. Nobel-winning German writer Gunter Grass passed away.
  93. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won Monte-Carlo Masters Tennis title by defeating Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic.
  94. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation won 10th Savio Cup All India Basketball tournament by defeating Indian Overseas Bank.
  95. Pankaj Advani won his seventh National Billiards Championship in Kolkata after defeateding Dhruv Sitwala.
  96. Poland Won the Hopman Cup of Tennis after beating USA in Australia.
  97. Popov Ivan of Russia won 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess title.
  98. Portugese Footballer who plays for Real Madrid Club, Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2014 FIFA Ballon dOr award for the best footballer of the year in the world.
  99. Rafael Nadal (Spain) won Argentina Tennis Open beating Juan Monaco (Argentina).
  100. Railways won 5th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2015 defeating Jharkhand.
  101. Ranchi Rays won Hero Hockey India League 2015 (HHIL) by defeating Punjab Warriors.
  102. Roger Federer (Switzerland) won 2015 Gerry Weber Open tennis in Halle (Germany) for the eighth time defeating Andreas Seppi (Italy).
  103. Roger Federer (Switzerland) won Dubai Open for seventh time by defeating Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
  104. Russia won European team athletics championships by winning 10 of the 40 events held in Cheboksary (Russia). It is the fourth time that Russia has won the title since the inception of games in 2009.
  105. S Shrikrishna won National Sub-Junior Billiards title berating Ishpreet Singh Chadha of Maharashtra.
  106. Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Swiss) won WTA Family Circle Cup doubles title beating Australian-Croatian pair of Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak.
    1. Sania Mirza became first female tennis player from India to achieve the world number one rank in doubles.
  107. Satnam Singh Bhamara has became first Indian player to be drafted in the NBA League as he has been Picked by the Dallas Mavericks for 2015 NBA (National Basketball Association) League Draft.
  108. Serbia won Fifa Under-20 Football World Cup by beating Brazil in Auckland (New Zealand).
  109. Services won 69th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament beating Punjab in Punjab.
  110. Sevilla Football Club won Europa League title defeating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk football club in Poland.
  111. Shooter Gagan Narang won bronze in 50m Rifle Event in ISSF World Cup in USA and became third Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics after Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela.
  112. Somdev Devvarman won Delhi Open title of tennis.
  113. South Africas cricketer AB de Villiers hit fastest century in One-Day International (ODI) cricket in Just 31 Balls against West Indies.
  114. Spanish Carolina Marin won All England Badminton Championship beating India's Saina Nehwal.
  115. Spanish Rafael Nadal won men's Title at Stuttgart Open defeating Serbia's Viktor Troicki. Indo-Romanian Pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea won Double's title defeating Austrian-Brazilian pair Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.
  116. Sports Ministry Signed MoU with IIFCL (India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited) for supporting Badminton sport.
  117. Sri Lankan Cricketer Kumar Sangakkara created record of centuries in four consecutive matches in Cricket World Cup.
  118. Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara announced retirement from Test cricket
  119. Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara became fastest cricketer to score 12000 Test runs.
  120. Sunil Chhetri became first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals. He scored His 50th Goal during 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.
  121. Swiss player Roger Federer won First Istanbul Open Men's singles title by defeating Pablo Cueves of Uruguay.
  122. Switzerland Tennis Player Roger Federer claimed his 1000th ATP career win at the Brisbane International by defeating Canadian Milos Raonic. It was 1000th win and 83rd title of his career.
  123. Sydney International Tennis tournament
    • Men's Singles - Viktor Troicki of Serbia won by defeating Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.
    • Women's Singles - Cetra Kvitova of Czech Republic won by defeating Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic.
    • Women's Doubles - Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands of US won by beating Americans Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones.
  124. Tennis and volleyball teams of Indian Railways won Gold Medals in 20th Union Sportive Internationale des Cheminots (USIC) World Railways Championships. Indian Railway tennis team defeated France 3-1 in Nuremberg (Germany) while volleyball team beat Russia in Gomel(Belarus).
  125. Tintu Luka won gold in 800m in 35th National Games in Kerala.
  126. UK's cricketer Matt Prior retired from all forms of cricket.
  127. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognised Motor Sports as a sport by including it in the list of sports ministry-backed National Sports Federations (NSF).
  128. Union Sports Ministry suspended recognition of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for poor management and conduct of 15th National Para-Athletics Championships in Ghaziabad in March 2015.
  129. United Arab Emirates will host 17th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2019.
  130. Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) won Norway Chess tournament 2015 by leaving behind India's Viswanathan Anand into a quick draw.
  131. Vijay Kumar won Gold in 25 metre centre fire pistol event in mens category in shooting competitions of 35th National Games in Kerala.
  132. Weightlifter Jimjang Deru of Arunachal Pradesh created national record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms in 56 kilograms category during 10th Youth National Weightlifting Championships in Haryana.
  133. West Indies Cricketer Chris Gayle became first to make double century in any Cricket World Cup. He scored it against Zimbabwe in 2015 World cup.
  134. Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) won world heavyweight boxing for 18th time in a row beating Bryant Jennings (USA).