1. 'Son of Dreams' has been unveiled as official Mascot of FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 to be held in 8 __________ Cities in August to September 2019 ?
2. 2018 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Urgench (_____________) -
- India won 6 Medals, 5 in Youth Championships and 1 in Junior Championships (Bronze by JEREMY Lalrinnunga).
- Medals in Youth Championships - SURAJIT Changmai (Bronze), GOGOI Sidhant (Bronze), JACOB Vanlaltluanga (Bronze), SHEULI Achinta (Silver), JEREMY Lalrinnunga (Silver).
- India will host Asian Weightlifting Championships in 2019.
3. 2018 Badminton Asia Championships Held in Wuhan (China) -
- Winners -
-
Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Men's singles |
Kento Momota (Japan) |
Chen Long (China) |
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) |
_________________ (India) |
Women's singles |
Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei) |
Chen Yufei (China) |
Saina Nehwal (India) |
Sung Ji-hyun (South Korea) |
Men's doubles |
Li Junhui (China)
Liu Yuchen (China) |
Takeshi Kamura (Japan)
Keigo Sonoda (Japan) |
Huang Kaixiang (China)
Wang Yilü (China) |
Liu Cheng (China)
Zhang Nan (China) |
Women's doubles |
Yuki Fukushima (Japan)
Sayaka Hirota (Japan) |
Misaki Matsutomo (Japan)
Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) |
Della Destiara Haris (Indonesia)
Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Indonesia) |
Kim So-yeong (South Korea)
Kong Hee-yong (South Korea) |
Mixed doubles |
Wang Yilü (China)
Huang Dongping (China) |
Tontowi Ahmad (Indonesia)
Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia) |
Zheng Siwei (China)
Huang Yaqiong (China) |
Zhang Nan (China)
Li Yinhui (China) |
- Medal Table -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
China |
2 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
Japan |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
Chinese Taipei |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Indonesia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
India |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
South Korea |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
Malaysia |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
?
4. 2018 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Men's Tennis Title -
- Singles - Rafael Nadal (_________)
- Doubles - Spain's Feliciano López AND Marc López
5. 2018 Hyundai Archery World Cup Round 1 (Shanghai (____________)) -
- India - (2 Bronze). Medalists -
- Bronze for Abhishek Verma (Coumpund Men)
- Bronze for Recurve Mixed Team (Atanu Das and Ankita Bhakat).
6. 2018 Kunming Open Tennis Title (____________) -
- Men's Singles - Prajnesh Gunneswaran (India), defeated Mohamed Safawat (Egypt)
- Women's Singles - Irina Khromacheva (Russia)
- Men's Doubles -Aliaksandr Bury (Belarus) AND Lloyd Harris (South Africa)
- Women's Doubles - Dalila Jakupović (Slovenia) AND Irina Khromacheva (Russia)
7. 2018 Monte - Carlo Masters Men's Tennis Tournament (France) -
- Singles - Rafael Nadal (___________)
- Doubles - USA's Bob Bryan AND Mike Bryan
8. ______________ became first team in 85 years to win four straight Copa del Rey Football titles after defeating Sevilla. _________ also defeated Deportivo to win La Liga Football League Title (Spain) for 25th time.
9. Bayern Munich FC won ___________ Footnall League called Bundesliga for 28th time, defeating Augsburg.
10. Bengaluru FC won inaugural edition of Super Cup Football tournament in Bhubaneswar (___________), defeating Kolkata football giants East Bengal.
11. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recommended Rahul Dravid for Dronacharya award,Virat Kohli’s for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna honour and _____________ for Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award. ?
12. ESPN Multi-Sport Awards -
- Badminton players, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth named Sportspersons of the Year in Male and Female Categories.
- ______________ Coach Pullela Gopichand adjudged ‘best coach’.
- Indian Women’s Hockey Team got ‘Team of the Year’ title.
13. ____________ Football Player forward Mohamed Salah is named Player of the Year by England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) ?
14. F1 Grand Prix Races in April 2018 -
- Bahrain Grand Prix - Ferrari’s German Racer Sebastian Vettel
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton
- Chinese Grand Prix - Red Bull’s _____________ Racer Daniel Ricciardo
15. Indian Cricketers Virat Kohli and _________________respectively were named as Wisden’s leading male cricketer and standout female cricketer of the year. England's Female Cricketers Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole and Natalie Sciver are also named among Wisden's five cricketers of the year.
16. Indian tennis’ Player Leander Paes became most successful doubles player in history of ______________, after he won his record 43rd title along with Rohan Bopanna.
17. International Cricket Council (ICC) approved granting International status to all Twenty20 matches between Member Nations. It is a part of wider strategic aim of using the T20 format to globalize the game. All Member women’s teams will be awarded T20I status on 1 ___________, 2018, whilst all Member men’s teams will be awarded T20I status on 1 January 2019.
18. International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF World Cup 2018 Leg 2 (Changwon, _____________) -
- India could win 1 Silver medal at ISSF WC Leg 2, won by Shahzar Rizvi in 10 metre men's air pistol.
- In ISSF World Cup 2018 Leg 1 in Guadalajara (Mexico), India topped medal tally with 4 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 bronze medals (9 Medals).
- India's Total Medal Tally in ISSF WC 2018 stands at 10 Medals, as of now. Medal Tally after Leg 2 looks like -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
China |
6 |
4 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
United States |
5 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
India |
4 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
Russia |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
Finland |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
19. ____________ won their sixth Santosh Trophy Football title, defeating Bengal.
20. _____________ became first Indian male badminton player to attain world number 1 ranking, since Prakash Padukone in 1980s.
21. Mario Abdo Benítez has been elected as New president of South American Nation __________ ?
22. Miami Open Tennis 2018 (USA) -
- Men’s Singles - John Isner (_____________)
- Women’s Singles - Sloane Stephens (USA)
- Men’s Doubles - Mike Bryan (USA), Bob Bryan (USA)
- Women’s Doubles - CoCo Vandeweghe (USA), Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
23. Misc. Sports Events (April 2018) -
- 17th Sub-junior National Wushu Championships held in Jammu.
- India defeated Bangladesh to win fifth South East Asian Women Handball Championship, in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
- India’s Selena Selvakumar and Shreya Shivakumar won 2 bronze medals at 2018 Ivory Coast Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis Tournament in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire).
- 8th South Asian Judo Championships held in Lalitpur (Nepal). India won 10 Gold medals and stayed on top. India won all 7 Gold medals in Women's events and men won 4 Gold medals. Next South Asian Judo Championships will be held in Bangladesh.
- 16th Federation Cup Junior National athletics championships held at Coimbatore (Tamilnadu). This meet will serve as selections trials for 18th Asian Junior Athletic Meet to be held at Gifu (Japan) in June.
- Asian Armwrestling Championships and Para Armwrestling Championships 2018 held in ______________. India's Differently-abled Indian arm wrestler Shrimant Jha won a bronze medal in 80kg senior category.
- India will host Asian Weightlifting Championship in 2019.
- Iindia’s CA Bhavani Devi won silver medal in sabre event of Tournoi World Cup Satellite Fencing Championship in Reykjavik (Iceland).
- 56th Belgrade International Boxing Championship held at Belgrade in Serbia. Indian boxers won 3 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.
24. Monterrey Open Women's Tennis 2018 (Mexico) -
- Women's singles - Garbiñe Muguruza (________________)
- Women's doubles - Naomi Broady (United Kingdom) & Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain)
25. _____________ Football Arena will host inaugural edition of 4 nation Intercontinental Cup to be held in June 2018 and will see participation of South Africa, New Zealand and Chinese Taipei.
26. XXI (21st) Commonwealth Games 2018, Held at Gold Coast, Queensland Country (_______________) -
- About -
- Motto - Share theDream.
- 4426 Athletes from 71 Commonwealth Nations participated in 275 Events of 19 sports.
- Borobi is Official mascot of 2018 Commonwealth Games. Borobi is a blue koala, with indigenous markings on its body.
- Medal Tally -
-
Rank |
CGA |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
Australia |
80 |
59 |
59 |
198 |
2 |
England |
45 |
45 |
46 |
136 |
3 |
India |
26 |
20 |
20 |
66 |
4 |
Canada |
15 |
40 |
27 |
82 |
5 |
New Zealand |
15 |
16 |
15 |
46 |
6 |
South Africa |
13 |
11 |
13 |
37 |
7 |
Wales |
10 |
12 |
14 |
36 |
8 |
Scotland |
9 |
13 |
22 |
44 |
9 |
Nigeria |
9 |
9 |
6 |
24 |
10 |
Cyprus |
8 |
1 |
5 |
14 |
- India at CWG 2018 -
- PV Sindhu was flag-bearer of Indian contingent for opening ceremony.
- India Finished 3rd with 66 Medals (26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze), better than 5th Place India had in 2014 CWG Games in Glasgow (Scotland) with 64 Medals (15 G, 30 S, 19 B).
- Indian Gold Medalists at CWG 2018 -
- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - Weightlifting Women's 48 kg
- Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu - Weightlifting Women's 53 kg
- Sathish Sivalingam - Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
- Ragala Venkat Rahul - Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
- Punam Yadav - Weightlifting Women's 69 kg
- Manu Bhaker - Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol
- Table tennis Women's team (Manika Batra, Mouma Das,Sutirtha Mukherjee,Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe )
- Jitu Rai - Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol
- Table tennis Men's team (Sharath Achanta, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran)
- Badminton Mixed team (Pranav Chopra, Prannoy Kumar, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sikki Reddy, Chirag Shetty, Gadde Ruthvika, Shivani, P V Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth)
- Heena Sidhu - Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol
- Shreyasi Singh - Shooting Women's double trap
- Rahul Aware - Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
- Sushil Kumar - Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
- Tejaswini Sawant - Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions
- Anish Bhanwala - Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
- Bajrang Punia - Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg
- Mary Kom - Boxing Women's light flyweight 48 kg
- Sanjeev Rajput - Shooting Men's 50m rifle 3 positions
- Gaurav Solanki - Boxing Men's flyweight 52 kg
- Neeraj Chopra - Athletics Men's javelin throw
- Sumit Malik - Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
- Vinesh Phogat - Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg
- Manika Batra - Table tennis Women's singles
- Vikas Krishan Yadav - Boxing Men's middleweight 75 kg
- Saina Nehwal - Badminton Women's singles (Beating India's P V Sindhu)