SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2024

HOST - 

* Oman To Host The First Edition Of FIH Hockey 5s World Cup 2024.

* Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Has Initiated Maiden MDL 10K Runs, Flagged Off By Former Cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar.

* Chennai To Host The 6th Edition Of KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2024 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 6th Edition Of Khelo India Youth Game.

( MASCOT - VEERA MANGAI) Legendary Freedom Fighter Rani Velu Nachiyar 

MASCOT FOR KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAME

* Ministry Of Sports To Launch FIT INDIA CHAMPIONS Podcast Series, Featuring Sports Aces. 

* India's First Dirt Track Racing Series Kicked Off At Pune, In Maharashtra.

* 4th Edition Of Khelo India Winter Games Set To Host Jammu and Kashmir And Ladakh.

Mascot - Sheen-e-she or Shan

Logo- Snow Leopard ) 

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Rafael Nadal Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Saudi Tennis Federation.

CRICKET - 

* Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Became The Youngest Player To Play His Maiden Ranji Game At the Age Of 12 For Bihar.

* Australian Female Cricketer Ellyse Perry Became The FIRST Australian To Play 300 International MATCHES.

* Jammu And Kashmir's First Cricketer Parvez Rasool Became The First J&k To Get 10000 Runs And Over 600 Wickets In Domestic Cricket.

* South African Wicketkeeper Batsman Henerich Klassen Announced Retirement From Test Cricket. 

* Tim Southee,New Zealand Cricketer Became The First Bowler To Picked 150 Wickets in T20i Cricket.

* Rohit Sharma Became The First Cricketer To Part Of 100 T20i Matches In Winning Cause In World Cricket. 

*  Rohit Sharma Became The First Cricketer To Appears 150th T20i Matches. 

* Australian Cricketer Shaun Marsh Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

*  Prakhar Chaturvedi, a Karnataka Player Registered 400 Runs Against Mumbai In Cooch Behar Trophy.

* Indian All Rounder ( Women Cricketer) Deepti Sharma Named ICC Women's Player Of The Month December 2023. 

* Australian Captain Pat Cummins Has Won ICC Men's Player Of The Month Award For December 2023. 

* Karnataka Under 19 Team Has Won The Cooch Behar Trophy 2024 By Beating Mumbai.

* International Cricket Council (ICC) Has Banned Bangladeshi Cricketer Nasir Hossain For 2 Years in Corruption Charges.

*  Tata Group Continues As The Sponsor Of IPL 2024.

*  Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara Became The Fourth Indian To Score 20000 Domestic (First Class Runs). After Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar And Rahul Dravid 

* Nahida Akter Became The First Bangladeshi Named In ICC Women's ODI Team Of The Year. 

* Brisbane Heat Won The Big Bash League Title 2023/24 By Beating Sydney Sixers. ( 2ND Time Champion IN BBL) 

*  West Indies Cricket Board Became The 5th Cricket Board To Implement Equal Fees For Both Gender. ( New Zealand, India, Australia, South Africa Were Already Implemented) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Raghuram Iyer Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Indian Olympic Association (IOC).

*  Yoshimi Yamashita Become The First Woman To Officiate The ASIAN CUP.

*  ICC Appoints Sue Redfern, Became The First Female Umpire To Officiate In A Neutral Game In A Bilateral Series 

*  Asian Games Silver Medalist In Trap Shooting Event, Preeti Rajak Became The First Subedar (Woman) Of INDIAN Army.

*  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Presented The Honour Of Deputy Superintendent Of Police To Women's Cricketer Deepti Sharma.

AWARDS - 

* Spanish Footballer Aitana Bonmati Has Been Won Pubity Athlete Women's Of The Year 2023.

* Vaishali Rameshbabu Wins Chess.Com's Women's Player Of The Year Award 2023.

* President Of The International Federation Of Association Of Football ( FIFA) Gianni Infantino Has Received The International Sports Personality For 2023 In Dubai. 

* Lionel Messi Named FIFA's Best Men's Player Of The Year 2023. 

Aitana Bonmati Named FIFA's Women's Player Of The Year 2023. 

* Odisha Javelin Thrower Kishore Jena Received The Odisha Sports Journalist Association (OSJA) Award At Bhubaneswar.

* Novak Djokovic Has Been Chosen As Balkan Athlete Of The Year 2023.

*  India's First Woman Umpire Vrinda Rathi Awarded With The Best Umpire Award ( Domestic) For The Year 2020/21. 

* Indian Wushu Player NAOREM ROSHBINA Devi Awarded As The Wushu Player Of The Year In Women's Sanda Category By The International Federation. 

* Ramesh R B ( India) Has Won Mikhail Botvinnik Award 2023 ( FIDE TRAINERS AWARD) 

( FIDE- Federation International des Echecs ) 

* Abhijit Kunte Has Received The VAKHTANG KARSELADZE Award 2023 

INAUGURATION - 

* Union SPORTS Minister Anurag Thakur Inaugurated The Beach Game At The Goghala Beach, UT Of Diu.

* Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur Has Inaugurated The 6th Edition Of KHASDAR KRIDA Mahostav in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

*  President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The MEGHALAYA GAMES. (5th Edition Of Meghalaya Games).

WINNERS - 

* Coco Gauff Won The Auckland Classic Final After Beating Ellina Svitolina.

* Elyna Rybakina Has Won Brisbane International Title.

* Indian Wrestler Aman Sehrawat Has Clinched Gold At The Zagreb Open.

*  Rohan Bopanna And Mathew Ebden Have Finished As Runners Up At Adelaide Open (ATP 250).

* Madhya Pradesh Have Topped The Table In First Ever Beach Games Diu 2024.

* Gujarat Giant Beat Chennai Quick Guns To Win Ultimate Kho Kho Season 2 Won.

( First Season Won By Odisha).

* India Has Topped With 19 Medals Including 7 Gold, 6 Silver And 6 Bronze In Asian Shooting Championship 2024. 

* ) India's Satwik And Chirag Have Finishes As Runners Up In Malaysian Masters 1000 2024. (men's Double) 

* R Praggnanandhaa Became India's Number One Surpassed Viswanathan Anand.

* Sreeja Akula Crowned As World Table Tennis Feeder Corpus Christi Champion 2024. ( WON Gold Medal) 

*  Women's Skeet Team India Team Have Won Gold Medal At The Asian Shotgun Championship 2024.

*) Ayhika Mukherjee And Sutirtha Mukherjee Have Won Bronze Medals At WTT CONTENDER Doha.

* Pankaj Advani Has Won The BAULKLINE Championship 2024 Snooker Open. 

* Man Singh Has Won Gold Medal In Marathon Championship At Asian Marathon Championship In Hong Kong. ( 2nd Indian To Won a Gold In Asian Marathon) 

*  Tai Tzu Ying Wins The Women's Single Title At Indian OPEN 2024.

* Japan's Matsumoto And Nagahara Won The Women's Double Title At INDIAN OPEN 2024.

* China's Shi Yu Ki Has Won The Men's Single Title At INDIAN OPEN 2024.

* India's Devika Singh Has Won The Women's Single Title At The Swedish Open 2024.

* Hsieh Su-Wei And Jan Zielinski Have Clinched The Mixed Doubles Title At The Australian Open 2024.

* Elise Mertens & Hsieh- Su-Wei Have Won The Women's Double Title At AUSTRALIA Open 2024.

* Anuradha Devi Wins Silver in 10m Air Pistol At Shooting World Cup Cairo.

*  Aryna Sabalenka Has Won The Women's Single Title At AUSTRALIA open 2024.

* Rohan Bopanna And Matthew Ebden Wins The Men's Double Title At Australian Open 2024.

* Prithvi Sekhar Has Won The Australian Open Single Championship In Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Category. ( And Also Runners Up In Doubles) 

*  EAST BENGAL FC Has Won The Kalinga Super Cup 2024. (odisha Fc Runner's up) ( HOST - BHUBANESWAR, Odisha) 

* Netherlands Women Team Won The Inaugural FIH 5s Hockey World Cup 2024 After Beating India In The Final.  ( Runners Up India) HOST - OMAN 

* Jannik Sinner Won The Men's Single Title At The AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2024 After Beating Danill 

* Wei Yi Se Won The Tata Steel Masters Champions 2024. 

*  Maharashtra State Ranked First In Medal Tally With 127 Medals Including 44 Gold, 39 Silver And 44 Bronze In 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2024 in Chennai. 

( HARYANA - 2ND ( 94 Medals - 33 Gold, 19 Silver, 42 Bronze) 

( TAMILNADU -3RD ( 82 Medals - 29 Gold, 19 Silver, 34 Bronze) 

* Dutch's Sam Schroder Has Win Quad Wheelchair Single Championship.

* Diede de Groot Has Won Quad Wheelchair Women's Single Championship.

* Ethiopian Athlete Abersh Minseow Win Gold In Women's Category At Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024.

* Ethiopia's Hayle Lemi Berhanu Wins Gold In Men's Category At Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024.

* Sumit Nagal, Became The First Indian To Win A Seed In Australian Open in Last 35 Years.

*  Boxing Ace Of India Mary Kom Announced Retirement From International Boxing. ( As Per The Federation Rule Above 40 Age Will No Allowed) 

*  Women's Hockey Player Grace Ekka Retires From International Hockey, As She Played 286 Games And Goal 24.