SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2024

PERSON DIED - 

* Former Indian Midfielder Bhupinder Singh Rawat, Known As Scooter Passes Away.

* Chinese Badminton Player Zhang Zhi jie Passed Away.

*  South African Athlete ( Long Jump) Jacques Freitag Has Passed Away. 

* Former Srilankan Under 19 CAPTAIN Dhammika Niroshana Shot Died At Home.

* French Gymnast Eric Poujade Passed Away At The Age Of 51. 

( Silver Medallist In Sydney Olympics 2000) 

NEW LOGO - 

* Union Minister Of Youth Affairs And Sports Mansukh Mandaviya Has Unveiled The New AFI Logo.

* Indian Veteran Leander Paes And Amritraj Has Been Inducted By Tennis Hall Of Fame. 

* Nagaland Madrigal Singers Have Won Two Gold Medals At World Choir Games Held In New Zealand. 

NAMED AFTER - 

*  6 time Grand Slam Champion  Rajeev Ram Has Street Name After Him in Carmel, USA.

* The Indian Football Team Ranked 124th In The New FIFA Ranking.

* Argentina, France, Spain Are The Top Three Raining in FIFA World Ranking.

* Randhir Singh Has Been Unanimously Elected As The First Indian President Of The Olympic Council Of Asia.

FENCING - 

* Ace Fencer Shreya Gupta Win Her FIRST Medal ( Bronze) At Commonwealth Junior & Cadet Championship 2024 At Christchurch, New Zealand.

* Harshit Kohli Gets A Silver Medal, Chhavi Sharma Won Bronze And Sufian Sohil Has Won Bronze Medal At The Commonwealth Fencing Championship In New Zealand.

* Kiran Pahal Has Clinched a Gold Medal In The Women's 200m Event At The 2024 Summer Athletics Competition In Warsaw, Poland. 

TROPHY UNVEILED - 

* President Droupadi Murmu Unveiled And Flagged Off The Durand Cup, The President's Cup And Shimla Trophy At Rasthrapati Bhawan.

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* ) Indian Para Shuttler Have Won 48 Medals Including 14 Gold Medal At Uganda Para Badminton International 2024.

* Monolo Marquez Has Been Appointed As Head Coach Of India's Men's Football Team. 

EURO CUP 2024 - 

*  Spain Became The First Side In European Championship Victory To Win six Games In a Row. 

Argentina Won The COPA AMERICA Title 2024 After Beating Colombo In The Final. ( 14th Title For Argentina) 

* Spain Won The EURO CUP 2024 After Beating England In The Final. 

( Spain Won Their 4th EURO CUP) 

GOLF - 

* Aditi Ashok Finishes At 17th In The Amundi Evian Championship In France. 

SHOOTING - 

* Anish Bhanwala Has Won Gold Medal In 25m Rapid Fire Pistols Event At Pardini Rapid Fire Cup In Germany.

* Vijayveer Sidhu Has Won Silver Medal At 25m Rapid Fire Pistols Event In Suhl.

* Sabeera Harris Wins The Bronze Medal In Women's Trap Event At The ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup In Porpetto, Italy.

* Bhavtegh Singh Gill Has Won Silver Medal In Men's Junior Skeet In ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup Porppeto.

ASIAN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP - 

* Abhay And Velavan Have Won Men's Double Title At ASIAN Squash Double Championship In Malaysia.

* Abhay Singh And Joshna Chinnapa Have Won Mixed Doubles Title At ASIAN Squash Double Championship In Malaysia.

* Shaurya Bawa Won Bronze Medal At World Squash Junior Championship.

*  Shaurya Bawa Became The First Male Player Reach Semi Finals Of World Junior Squash Championship After 10 Years For India.

ASIAN BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP - 

* Pankaj Advani Clinched Silver At The Asian Billiards In Saudi Arabia. 

* India's Dhruv Sitwala Has Won The Asian Billiard Championship Title At Saudi Arabia.

* Anupama Ramachandran Clinched The Women's Snookers Title In The Asian Championship Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

PARIS OLYMPIC 2024 - 

* Gautam Adani Announced, Adani Group The Principal Sponsor Of Indian Athlete In Paris Olympic 2024.

*  PV Sindhu Has Been Named As Flag Bearer Of Paris Olympic From Women Contingent.

And Sharath Kamal As Flag Bearer From Men's Athlete 

* Gagan Narang To Replace Mary Kum As Chef-de-mission.

*  India Sent 117 Athletes To The Paris Olympic 2024.

* France Bans Hijab For Its Muslim Athlete In Paris Olympic.

* Two K9 Team Has Been Selected From India For the Security For Paris Olympic 2024.

* Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Launched The Pathway To Paris Brochure Highlighting India's Olympic Journey. 

* Indian Hockey Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Announced Retirement From International Hockey. ( Retire After Paris Olympic 2024) 

* The Official Mascot For Paris Olympic & Paralympic Is Unveiled Named - PHRYGES.

* Olympic Gold Medallist Abhinav Bindra Has Been Awarded The Olympic Order For Outstanding Contribution To The Olympic Movement.

* Nita Ambani Has Reelected As IOC Member.

*  Former International Player Col Kabilan Sai Ashok Set To Became The Youngest Indian To Officiate Paris Olympic 2024.

* India's First Medal, Manu Bhaker Has Won Bronze Medal In 10m Air Pistol Event At Paris Olympic 2024.

* South Korean Shooting Has Won Gold Medal Since 1988 They Won Consecutive Gold Medal.( 10 Consecutive Olympic gold medal) 

*  Manu Bhaker & Sarabjeet Singh Have Win Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal At 10m Air Pistol Event At Paris Olympic 2024.

( Manu Bhaker Became The First Indian To Win Two Medals At Olympic in Single Edition).

SPAIN GRAND PRIX - ( Wrestling) 

*  Indian Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Has Won Gold Medal In 50 kg Category At Spain Grand Prix In Madrid. 

* HOCKEY - 

* Hockey India Introduced The Digital Player ID Card.

RETIREMENT - 

* Tennis Star Andy Murray Announced Retirement From International Tennis.

* WWE Star John Sena Announced Retirement After 2025 Event. 

* Switzerland Football Player Xherdan Shaqiri Announced Retirement From International Football.

NATIONAL INTER STATE SENIOR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP 

* Jyothi Yarraji Wins Gold Medal In Women's 100m Hurdle At National Inter State Senior Athletic Championship Panchkula.

INAUGURATION - 

* Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandhu Has Inaugurated The FIFA Standard Artificial Turf Football Ground At Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyasto High Altitude  Stadium In Tawang.

* Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Has Inaugurated The 2nd Phase Of The Government Khelo India Rising Talents Identification ( KIRTI) Initiative In New Delhi.

TABLE TENNIS - 

* Diya Chitale And Yashswini Ghorpade Finishes As Runners Up In Women's Double At WTT Contender, Tunisia.

* Team Sea Shakti Has Won 3 Prizes Innovation, Design And Communication At 11th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge ( MEBC) 

TENNIS - 

* Vaidehi Chaudhary Has Won ITF W35 Taiwan Title.

* Mukund Sasikumar Has Won The M15 Tianjin ( China) Title. 

* Sahaja Yamalapalli Has Won The Women's Single At ITF W15 USA. 

* Tasnim Mir Wins St Denis Reunion Open Single Title 

* Tharun Mannepalli Has Win Men's Single Title At St Denis Reunion Open.

* Balaji And Escobar Finishes As Runners Up In The Braunschweig Challengers Final.

* Govind Nanda Has Finishes As Runner Up At ITF M15 Lakewood . 

* Yuki Bhambri And Albano Olivetti Won The Men's Double Title At ATP 250 GSTAAD.

CRICKET - 

* Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli And Ravindra Jadeja Have Announced Retirement From T20I Cricket.

*  Former Indian Cricketer Dinesh Kartik Has Been Appointed As The Batting Coach, Mentor Of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).

* INDIAN Bowler Sneh Rana Became The 2ND Indian Bowler To Take 10 Wickets In A Test Match Against South Africa Women Team At Chennai.

* Team India Deaf Team Has Won The Bilateral Series Against England Deaf Team.

* Former SOUTH African Pacer Charl Langeveldt Has Been Appointed As The Bowling Coach Of Zimbabwe Cricket Team.

* INDIAN Women Cricketer Jemimah Rodriguez And Shikha Pandey Have B been Signed For Trinbago Knight Riders in CPL 2024.

* Indian Cricketer Jasprit Bumrah Has Won ICC Player Of The Month June 2024.

* INDIAN Women Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Has Won ICC WOMEN'S Player Of The Month For June 2024.

* Former Indian Cricketer And World Cup Winner ( 2007 & 2011/) Gautam Gambhir Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of Team Indian Cricket Team.

*  Indian Men's Cricket Team Has Won 150 T20I Matches Recently Against Zimbabwe & 

* Indian Women's Cricket Team Has Completed 100 T20I Wins Recently Against SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN Team At Chennai.

* England Veteran Fast Bowler James Anderson Announced Retirement From Test Cricket. 

( He Played 188 Test Matches, Took 704 Wickets, Became The Third Highest Wicket Takers In Test Cricket After Mutthai Muralitharan With 800 Test Wickets, Shane Warne With 708 Wickets).

* He Played 21 Years For England Cricket Team. 

* Indian Veteran Women's Cricketer Jhulan Goswami Has Appointed As Mentor Of Trinbago Knight Riders Of CPL 2024.

*  India Champions Won The World Championship Of Legends 2024 After Beating Pakistan Champions in The Final.

* For The First Time Indian Women Cricket Team Has Scored 200 Runs In A T20I match Against UAE Team In Asia Cup, Held In Srilanka.

* Jaffna Kings Has Won The 4th LANKA PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE (LPL) 2024. 

* English Cricketer Joe Root Completed 12000 Test Runs After Alastair Cook For England.

* Srilanka Women Team Has Won The Asia Cup 2024 Title (T20i) After Beating India In The Final.

( Host - Srilanka)

* Washington Freedom Has Won The Major League Cricket (MLC) Title 2024.

* India Will Host The 2025 Edition Of Asia Cup ( T20I) And Bangaldesh Will Host The 2027 Odi Asia Cup.

* Afghanistan Spinner Rashid Khan Became The Second Bowler To Picked 600 T20 Wickets AFTER West Indies Bowler Dwayne Bravo 

F1 GRANDPRIX - 

* George Russell Has Won The Austrian Grandprix.

* Lewis Hamilton Has Win The British Grand Prix Title. ( Won a Grand Prix After 945 Long Days) 

* Australian Formula 1 Racer Oscar Piastri Wins First Ever F1 Title At Hungary Grand Prix. 

CHESS - 

* Vishwanathan Anand Wins His 10th Leon Masters Title.

* Singapore To Host FIDE World Championship 2024.

* Fabiano Caruana Has Won The Superbet Romania Chess Classic 2024.

* Former AICF Chief Sanjay Kapoor Has Been Elected As FIDE India Zone President.

* 14 Years Old Indian IM Aarav Dengla Wins The Championnat Du Grand 2024 In Paris. 

* India Wins 41 Medals At 7th Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2024.

HOST - 

* Riyadh, Saudi Arabia To Host The 2024 ASIAN Billiard Championship.

*  Shillong To Host The INDIAN Oil Sponsor Durand Cup.

* Saudi Arabia To Host FIRST eSport Games in 2025.

* International Olympic Committee (IOC) Elect Salt Lake Utah To Host The 2034 Olympic And Paralympic Winter Games.

U23 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP - 

* India Finishes Its Campaign With 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, 2 Silver And 2 Bronze At Under 23 Asian Wrestling Championship 2024. 

* Maharastra Hosted The 48th National Arm Wrestling Championship.

( Arunachal Pradesh Has Won 43 Gold, 33 Silver And 26 Gold Total Of 102 Medals)

CANADA OPEN 2024 - ( BADMINTON)

MEN'S SINGLE - Koki Watanabe (Japan) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Busanan OngbamrungPhan 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE- Rin Iwanaga & Kie Nakanishi 

MIXED DOUBLES - Jespher Toft & Amalie Magelund 

SWEDISH OPEN 2024 ( TENNIS) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Nuno Borges Beat Rafael Nadal

MEN'S DOUBLE - Orlando Luz & Rafael Matos 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Martina Trevisan

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Peangtarn Plipuech & Tsao Chia 

WIMBLEDON 2024 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - Carlos Alcaraz Beat Novak Djokovic

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Barbora Krejcikova Beat Jasmine Paolini 

MEN'S DOUBLE -  H Heliovaara & H Patten Beat M Purcell And J Thompson 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - T Townsend & K Siniakova 

MIXED DOUBLES - J Zielinski & S Hsieh 

AIFF AWARDS 2023/24 - 

* BEST ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR - Ujjal Halder 

* AIFF REFEREE OF THE YEAR - Venketesh Ramchandran 

* WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR - Sukla Dutta 

* MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR - Khalid Jamil 

* PROMISING PLAYER OF THE YEAR ( WOMEN'S) - Neha 

* PROMISING PLAYER OF THE YEAR ( MEN's) - David Lalhl Ansanga 

* BEST PLAYER ( WOMEN'S) - Indumathi Kathiresan 

* BEST PLAYER ( MEN'S) - Lallianzuala Chhangte 

FIRST IN - 

* 9 Years Old Atiqa Mir Became The Fastest Indian Girl In 4 Wheels Motorsports Had Been Shortlisted For Iron Dames New Young Talent Initiative.