1. India Open Badminton 2019 (New Delhi) -
- Men's Singles - Viktor Axelsen (_________________________), Beating India's Kidambi Srikkanth in Final.
- Women's Singles - Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- Men's Doubles - Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang AND Wang Chi-lin
- Women's Doubles - Indonesia's Greysia Polii AND Apriyani Rahayu
- Mixed Doubles - China'S Wang Yilü AND Huang Dongping
2. 2019 Miami Open Tennis (USA) -
- Men's Singles - Roger Federer (Switzerland), Defeated John Ishner (USA). It was Roger Federer's __________________ career title. He is now behind only America's Jimmy Connors with 109 career singles titles.
- Women's Singles - Ashleigh Barty (Australia), defeated Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
- Men's Doubles - USA's Bob Bryan AND Mike Bryan
- Women's Doubles - Elise Mertens (Belgium) AND Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
3. India secured Test Cricket Championship Mace for 3rd successive year, along with million dollar prize. New Zealand were 2nd, followed by South Africa were and __________________.
- Inaugural World Test Championship will begin in August 2019, featuring 9 Test nations competing across 27 series and 71 Test matches to reach ICC World Test Championship Final in 2021, where first World Test champions will be crowned.
4. 2019 Malaysia Open Badminton -
- Men's Singles - Lin Dan (_________________). He Defeated Chen Long (China).
- Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei).
- Men's Doubles - China's Li Junhui AND Liu Yuchen
- Women's Doubles - China's Chen Qingchen AND Jia Yifan
- Mixed Doubles - China'S Zheng Siwei AND Huang Yaqiong
5. 2019 Asian Wrestling Championships (Xi'an, __________________________) -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
Iran |
11 |
0 |
6 |
17 |
2 |
China |
5 |
5 |
6 |
16 |
3 |
Japan |
4 |
7 |
6 |
17 |
4 |
Uzbekistan |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
Kazakhstan |
2 |
2 |
12 |
16 |
6 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
South Korea |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
India |
1 |
6 |
9 |
16 |
9 |
North Korea |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
Mongolia |
0 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- India was ranked 8th, with 16 Medals (1 G, 6 S, 9 B). India's only Gold Medal was won by Bajrang Punia (current World number one). He defeated Kazakhstan's Sayatbek Okassov in 65kg men's freestyle final.
- Bajrang Punia is also first Indian wrestler to be invited by American wrestling body for a special fight at iconic Madison Square Garden in New York, US. He will take on two-time US national champion Yianni Diakomahlis.
- Silver Medals were won by Amit Kumar Dhankar, Parveen Rana, Vicky Chahar, Gurpreet Singh, Harpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar.
6. 2019 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell Men's Tennis Title (___________________) -
- Singles - Dominic Thiem (Austria)
- Doubles - Colombia's Juan Sebastián Cabal AND Robert Farah
7. 2019 Kunming Open Tennis Title (_________________) -
- Men's Singles - Jay Clarke (United Kingdom)
- Women's Singles - Zheng Saisai (China)
- Men's Doubles - Australia's Max Purcell AND Luke Saville
- Women's Doubles - China's Peng Shuai AND Yang Zhaoxuan
8. 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters Men's Tennis Title (______________) -
- Singles - Fabio Fognini (Italy), becoming first Italian to win Monte-Carlo Masters in over 50 years. He defeated Dušan Lajović (Serbia).
- Doubles - Croatia's Nikola Mektić AND Croatia Franko Škugor
9. 2019 Monterrey Open Women's Tennis (______________) -
- Singles - Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain). She defeated Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
- Doubles - USA's Asia Muhammad AND Maria Sanchez
10. 2019 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Women's Title (Also Called Stuttgart Open) (________________________) -
- Singles - Petra Kvitová (Czech Republic), Defeated Estonia's Anett Kontaveit.
- Doubles - Germany's Mona Barthel AND Anna-Lena Friedsam
11. 2019 Singapore Open (Badminton) -
- Men's Singles - Kento Momota (_______________________). He defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
- Women's Singles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei). She defeated Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
- Men's Doubles - Japan's Takeshi Kamura AND Keigo Sonoda
- Women's Doubles - Japan's Mayu Matsumoto AND Wakana Nagahara
- Mixed Doubles - Thailand's Dechapol Puavaranukroh AND Sapsiree Taerattanachai
12. 2019 U.S. Men's Clay Court Tennis Championship -
- Singles - Christian Garín (Chile). Christian Garin became the first Chilean to win an ATP Tour title in 10 years.
- Doubles - Santiago Gonález (_______________) AND Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan)
13. 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest (Hungary) -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
____________ |
5 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
2 |
Japan |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Sweden |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Romania |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
Spain |
0 |
0.5 |
0 |
0.5 |
6 |
Germany |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Portugal |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
South Korea |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- Medallists -
-
Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Men's Singles
|
Ma Long (China) |
Mattias Falck (Sweden) |
Liang Jingkun (China) |
An Jae-hyun (South Korea) |
Women's Singles
|
Liu Shiwen (China) |
Chen Meng (China) |
Ding Ning (China) |
Wang Manyu (China) |
Men's Doubles
|
Ma Long (China)
Wang Chuqin (China) |
Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania)
Álvaro Robles (Spain) |
Tiago Apolónia (Portugal)
João Monteiro (Portugal) |
Liang Jingkun (China)
Lin Gaoyuan (China) |
Women's Doubles |
Sun Yingsha (China)
Wang Manyu (China) |
Hina Hayata (Japan)
Mima Ito (Japan) |
Honoka Hashimoto (Japan)
Hitomi Sato (Japan) |
Chen Meng (China)
Zhu Yuling (China) |
Mixed Doubles |
Xu Xin (China)
Liu Shiwen (China) |
Maharu Yoshimura (Japan)
Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan) |
Fan Zhendong (China)
Ding Ning (China) |
Patrick Franziska (Germany)
Petrissa Solja (Germany) |
14. 23rd Asian Athletics Championships held in Doha (______________________) -
- 43 nations participated in the events.
- Medal Table -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
Bahrain |
11 |
7 |
4 |
22 |
2 |
China |
9 |
13 |
7 |
29 |
3 |
Japan |
5 |
4 |
9 |
18 |
4 |
India |
3 |
7 |
7 |
17 |
5 |
Uzbekistan |
3 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
Qatar |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
Thailand |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
Kazakhstan |
1 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
Kuwait |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
Chinese Taipei |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
- India with 17 medals (3 Gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze) finished fourth in the events -
- Indian Medalists -
-
S.no |
Name |
Event |
Medal |
1. |
Tejinder Pal Singh Toor |
Men's shot put |
Gold |
2. |
Gomathi Marimuthu |
Women's 800m |
Gold |
3. |
PU Chitra |
Women's 1500m race |
Gold |
4. |
Ajay Kumar Saroj |
Men's 1500m race |
Silver |
5. |
Swapna Barman |
Women’s heptathlon |
Silver |
6. |
Annu Rani |
Women’s javelin throw |
Silver |
7. |
Shivpal Singh |
Men’s javelin throw |
Silver |
8. |
Avinash Sable |
Men’s 3000m steeplechase |
Silver |
9. |
Prachi, Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and VK Vismaya |
Women's 4x400m relay |
Silver |
10. |
Muhammed Anas, MP Poovamma, VK Vismaya and Arokia Rajiv |
4x400m mixed relay |
Silver |
11. |
Dutee Chand |
Women’s 200m |
Bronze |
12. |
M R Poovamma |
Women’s 400m |
Bronze |
13. |
Parul Chaudhary |
Women’s 5000m race |
Bronze |
14. |
Sanjivani Jadhav |
Women’s 10,000 m |
Bronze |
15. |
Gavit Murali Kumar |
Men’s 10,000m |
Bronze |
16. |
M P Jabir |
Men’s 400m hurdles |
Bronze |
17. |
Saritaben Gayakwad |
Women’s 400m hurdles |
Bronze |
15. 39th Badminton Asia Championships 2019 (Wuhan, ___________________) -
-
Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Men's singles |
Kento Momota (Japan) |
Shi Yuqi (China) |
Nguyen Tien Minh (Vietnam) |
Chou Tien-chen (Chinese Taipei) |
Women's singles |
Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) |
He Bingjiao (China) |
Chen Yufei (China) |
Cai Yanyan (China) |
Men's doubles |
Hiroyuki Endo (Japan)
Yuta Watanabe (Japan) |
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) |
Takeshi Kamura (Japan)
Keigo Sonoda (Japan) |
Kang Min-hyuk (South Korea)
Kim Won-ho (South Korea) |
Women's doubles |
Chen Qingchen (China)
Jia Yifan (China) |
Mayu Matsumoto (Japan)
Wakana Nagahara (Japan) |
Yuki Fukushima (Japan)
Sayaka Hirota (Japan) |
Della Destiara Haris (Indonesia)
Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Indonesia) |
Mixed doubles |
Wang Yilü (China)
Huang Dongping (China) |
He Jiting (China)
Du Yue (China) |
Zheng Siwei (China)
Huang Yaqiong (China) |
Dechapol Puavaranukroh (Thailand)
Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand) |
- Medal Table -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
Japan |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
China |
2 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
3 |
Indonesia |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
South Korea |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Thailand |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Vietnam |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- Indian Badminton Players did not any medal at the event.
16. 48th Asian Weightlifting Championships 2019 (Ningbo, ________________________) -
- 214 athletes from 27 nations participated in. India won 5 medals (3 silver and 2 bronze) medals and finished at 10th place -
- Medal Table (Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)) -
-
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
China |
11 |
6 |
2 |
19 |
2 |
North Korea |
2 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
Iran |
2 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
South Korea |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
Chinese Taipei |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Vietnam |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
Saudi Arabia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
Philippines |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Uzbekistan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
India |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Malaysia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Mongolia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- Medals won by Indian Athletes -
-
S.No. |
Category |
Event |
Name |
Medal |
1. |
Women 49-kg |
Snatch |
Jhili Dalabehera |
Silver |
2. |
Women 49-kg |
Clean and Jerk |
Jhili Dalabehera |
Silver |
3. |
Women 49-kg |
Total (Snatch + Clean and Jerk) |
Jhili Dalabehera |
Silver |
4. |
Men 102-kg |
Clean and Jerk |
Pardeep Singh |
Bronze |
5. |
Women 49-kg |
Clean and Jerk |
Mirabai Chanu |
Bronze |
17. All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed an MoU with ___________________ Tennis Federation (STF) to train Indian junior players under world-renowned ______________ coaches.
18. Asian Boxing Championships 2019 (Bangkok, _________________________) -
- India won 13 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, and 7 bronze).
- Indian Medallists -
-
S. No. |
Category (kg) |
Name |
Medal |
1. |
52 |
Amit Panghal |
Gold |
2. |
81 |
Pooja Rani |
Gold |
3. |
64 |
Simranjit Kaur |
Silver |
4. |
56 |
Kavinder Singh Bisht |
Silver |
5. |
49 |
Deepak Singh |
Silver |
6. |
75 |
Ashish Chaudhary |
Silver |
7. |
51 |
Nikhat Zareen |
Bronze |
8. |
54 |
Manisha Moun |
Bronze |
9. |
57 |
Sonia Chahal |
Bronze |
10. |
60 |
Sarita Devi |
Bronze |
11. |
60 |
Shiva Thapa |
Bronze |
12. |
69 |
Ashish |
Bronze |
13. |
+91 |
Satish Kumar |
Bronze |
19. Barcelona FC won 20 Teams Spanish La Liga Football title 2019 by defeating Levante FC. This was Barcelona’s _____________ La Liga league title.
20. Cologne Boxing World Cup 2019 (_________________) -
- India finished with a haul of five medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze).
- Meena Kumari Maisnam (54kg) won Gold. Sakshi (57kg) and Pwilao Basumatary (64kg) won silver medals and Pinki Rani (51kg), Parveen (60kg) won bronze medals.
- Cologne Boxing World Cup was earlier known as Chemistry Cup.
21. FC ________________ (nicknamed The Guard) won 2nd edition of Hero Super Cup 2019 Football title, beating Chennaiyin FC at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
22. ISSF World Cup 2019 (2nd Leg - Beijing (____________________________)) (Rifle / Pistol) -
- India Ranked at top. Indian Medalists -
- Divyansh Singh Panwar - Silver in 10 metre air rifle
- Abhishek Verma - Gold in 10 Metre Air Pistol
- Mixed team (Saurabh Chaudhary/Manu Bhaker) - Gold in 10 metre air pistol
- Mixed team ( Divyansh Singh Panwar/Anjum Moudgil) - Gold in 10 metre air rifle
- In 1st Leg of ISSF World Cup in New Delhi, India had won 3 Gold Medals. Now India is at top with total 7 Medals - 3 in Leg 1 in New Delhi and 4 in Leg 2 in Bejing. India is currently at top of Medal Tally.
- Indian Medallists also got Olympic Quota for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
- Upcoming assignments under ISSF World cup 2019 will be in Munich (Germany) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Final is to be decided.
- Medal Tally -
Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
1 |
India |
6 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
China |
3 |
8 |
7 |
18 |
3 |
United States |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
Hungary |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
Russia |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
23. Indian Open Badminton 2019 (__________________________) -
- Men's Singles - Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Beating India's Kidambi Srikkanth in Final.
- Women's Singles - Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
- Men's Doubles - Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang AND Wang Chi-lin
- Women's Doubles - Indonesia's Greysia Polii AND Apriyani Rahayu
- Mixed Doubles - China'S Wang Yilü AND Huang Dongping
24. India’s Harsheel Dani defeated Mads Christophersen of Denmark to win 20th Victor Dutch International Badminton title at Wateringen (____________).
25. Formula One Grand Prix Races in Apr 2019 -
- Mercedes Racer Lewis Hamilton (UK) won Chinese Grand Prix.
- Mercedes Racer Valtteri Bottas (________________) won Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2019.
26. Misc. Sports Events (April 2019) -
- _____________________________ became first Indian male squash player to enter top 10 in Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings.
- Kho-Kho Federation of India (KKFI) launched an franchise-based league for sport named Ultimate Kho-Kho, in collaboration with Dabur India Ltd.
- 73-year-old Israeli Isaak Hayik set a new world record as world’s oldest person to play in a professional soccer match. He played a match for FC Ironi Or Yehuda against FC Maccabi Ramat Gan.
- Indian women Hockey Team won bilateral series against Malaysia by 4-0.
- Indonesian Eni Nuraeni named by Asian Athletic Association (AAA) as the best athletic coach in Asia for the short-haul run category in 2019. Eni coaches young sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri, to win 100m gold in 10.20 seconds in 2019 Grand Prix Malaysia Open athletics.
- American golfer Tiger Woods won Masters at Augusta (US), as his 15th major Title, after 11 years.
- Former Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) president Jose Maria Marin banned for life from all football activities by FIFA, after being found guilty of bribery activities.
- International cricket council (ICC) cricket for good in partnership with UNICEF,launched #OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide campaign to help construct a better world for all child, at the World Cup 2019. 48 matches will support #OneDay4Children activity and funds gathered will strengthen UNICEF’s work for children in cricket playing nations across world.
- Female Cricketer Mithali Raj named as goodwill ambassador of Indian team for Street Child Cricket World Cup 2019. This is first cricket world cup for street-connected children and final will be played at Lord’s in London on May 7.
- Ethiopian athletes Gelete Burka (Time 2:22:48) and Abrha Milaw (Time 2:07:50) won Female and Male Titles respectively, at 43rd edition of Paris Marathon (France).
- India’s Bajrang Punia regained world number one spot in the men's 65kg freestyle category, as per the latest rankings issued by United World Wrestling.
- International Hockey Federation (FIH) imposed fine of one lakh seventy-six thousand Euros (1.3 Crores INR) on Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) for not honouring Pro League commitments.
- Indian men’s hockey team would join elite Pro League in early 2020 after International Hockey Federation’s approved it.
- 18th Asian Billiards, 20th Under-21 Asian Snooker Championship and 3rd Ladies Asian Snooker Championships hosted in Chandigarh.
- International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) banned 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion and 3-time world champion Asbel Kiprop of Kenya for 4 years for doping until February 2022.
- India’s 21-time world snooker and billiards champion, Pankaj Advani defeated Ehsan Heydari Nezhad of Iran to win inaugural Asian Snooker Tour title, in Bengaluru.
- Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane became first Indian player to play for Hampshire County Cricket club in England.
- Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) Chennai beat South Central Railway to win second Marshal of Indian Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial International hockey tournament, in Chandigarh.
- China’s smartphone maker OPPO became first Asian official sponsor of Wimbledon tennis championships in England.
- Arjuna awardee Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won outstanding achievement as a player award at 4th edition of annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA) awards at Delhi Golf Club.
- Australia’s Claire Polosak became first woman umpire to Officiate in a men’s ODI, in final match of ICC World Cricket League 2.
- Asian Road Para-Cycling Championships 2019 held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Indian para cyclists won a silver (Divij Shah) and two bronze medals (Gurlal Singh and Sudhakar Marathe).
- India’s Table Tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran became first Indian to break into the world’s top 25 of the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Rankings. Sharath Kamal Achanta is only other Indian beside him in top 50 position, ranked 46th.
- Raheem Sterling (England) has been named 2019 footballer of year by Football Writers’ Association (FWA). Nikita Parris won FWA Women’s Footballer of Year award.
- BCCI recommended Cricketers Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Female Cricketer Poonam Yadav for Arjuna award 2019. Also, All India Football Federation (AIFF) recommended Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jeje Lalpekhlua for Arjuna Award 2019.
27. Namibia won ICC World Cricket League Division 2, defeating Oman in Windhoek (_________________). During the tournament, USA United States Cricket Team gained ODI Cricket status for first time. Oman and Papua New Guinea also got ODI Status.
28. Services team won 2019 Santosh Trophy ___________________ Title, defeating Punjab. This is sixth time Services has won Santosh Trophy.
29. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2019 -
- India's Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana as Leading male and female cricketer of 2019 respectively. Smriti Mandhana bagged women’s title for first time while Virat Kohli named for 3rd straight year.
- Virat Kohli is also named among England’s Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran and Tammy Beaumont in receiving the honour Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.
- __________________ Cricketer Rashid Khan named Leading Twenty20 Cricketer for 2nd successive time.