SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2024

AWARDS - 

* English All-rounder Sam Curran Has Awarded Member Of The Order Of The British Empires ( MBE) By British King.

* India Will Not Take Part In Flag Football Championship.

* Harish Muthu Became The First Indian Super To Secure An Asian Games 2026 Quota. 

* Indian Wrestler For The First Time Champion With 5 Gold, 1 Silver And 2 Bronze Medals At U17 Wrestling Championship At Jordan. ( 8 Medals) 

*  India Secured It's First Ever Surfing Sports For Asian Games 2026.

* Pakistan Javelin Throw Hero Gold Medallist At Paris Olympic 2024 Has Received Pakistan Second Highest Civilian Award Hilal-i-Imtiaz.

* Odisha's Mannata Mishra Wins Gold In 100m Breast Stroke At National Junior Aquatic Championship At Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. 

* Natasha Wins IBSF World Under 21 Women's Snooker Championship.

* Indian Para Badminton Shuttle Pramod Bhagat Has Been Suspended For 18 Months For Breaching. 

* The Jersey Number 16 of Hockey Star  ( PR Sreejesh) Retires.

*  Mother International School Ranchi, Jharkhand Won The Junior Girls  ( Under 17) By Beating Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan To Clinched 63rd Subroto Cup Football Tournament. 

* Real Madrid Wins 6th UEFA Super Cup Title.

* Pankaj Advani Wins The Western India Billiards And Snooker Championship 2024.

* 28 Years Old Pune Based Diana Pundole Became The First Indian Woman To Claim The Indian National Car Racing Championship 2024 ( MRF SALOONS Category)

* INDIAN Olympian Bhawna Jat Has Gets 16 Months Ban By NADA.

* India's Esow Alben Has Won Silver Medal In Men's Elite Keirin Event At Korea Track Cup. 

* Vallabha Josyula Sriramulu , 101 Years Old Has Won 3 Gold Medals At The World Masters Athletic Championship Held At Gothenburg, Sweden. 

* Bangladesh Has Won Under 20 SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 After Beating Nepal In Finals. 

INAUGURATION - 

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Inaugurated The Newly Constructed Sports Academy And Bihar Sports University In Rajgir.

( Rajgir To Host The Upcoming Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2024)

CEAT CRICKET ANNUAL AWARDS 2024 - 

* CEAT Men's Test Bowlers Of The Year - Ravi Ashwin 

* CEAT Women's Indian Bowler Of The Year - Deepti Sharma

* CEAT Men's Test Batter Of The Year - Yaswashi Jaiswal 

* CEAT Men's Odi Bowler Of The Year - Md Shami 

* CEAT Men's Odi Batter Of The Year - Virat Kohli 

* Fastest Double Century In Women's Cricket - Shafali Verma 

* Most Matches As T20I CAPTAIN - Harmanpreet Kaur 

* Outstanding Leadership In T20 League - Shreyas Iyer 

* CEAT Men's T20i Bowler Of The Year - Tim Southee ( New Zealand)

* CEAT Men's T20I Batter Of The Year - Phil Salt

* INTERNATIONAL CRICKETER OF THE Year - ROHIT SHARMA 

* Excellence In Sports Administration Award By CEAT - BCCI Secretary JAY Shah 

U17 & U15 BADMINNTON CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 

* 13 Years Old Tanvi Wins The Girls Single Title At U15 ASIAN Championship.

* Tankara Gnana Dattu Has Won The Bronze Medal At under 17 & 15 Asian Championship.

JAVELIN - 

*  Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver Medal By Throwing 89.49 meter At Lausanne DL 2024.

* Anderson Peters - 90.61m ( GOLD) 

* Neeraj Chopra - 89.49m ( SILVER) 

* Julian Weber - 87.08m ( BRONZE) 

UNDER 17 GR WRESLING JORDAN 2024- 

* Ronak Dahiya Wins Bronze Medal At The U17 Wrestling World Championships For Greco-Roman. ( Host Jordan) 

* His 2nd Consecutive Medal ( 2023 In Turkey He Won Silver) 

* Sainath Pardhi Has Won Bronze Medal At Men's GR 51 Kg Category (15 Years Old).

* Aditi Kumari (Women's 43 Kg), Neha Sangwan (Women's 57 Kg), Pulkit ( men's 65 Kg Category) Mansi (Women's 73 kg) Won Gold Medal For India In Under 17 Category Wrestling.

SQUASH - 

* Anahat Singh Has Won The Reliance PSA Challenge 3 Tournament (Squash) Beat Srilanka in Srilanka. 

TABLE TENNIS - 

* 24 Years Old Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath Quit Table Tennis.

PARA OLYMPICS AT PARIS - 

* Para Shot Put Athlete Bhagyashree Jadhav And Sumit Antil Are The Flag Bearer At The Para Olympic At Paris.

*  47 Para Athlete Of India Will Participate In Paris Para Olympic 2024.

*  Sbi Life Has Signed With Paralympic Committee Of India As Gold Sponsor Of Para Olympic Paris 2024.

* Satya Prakash Sangwan Has Been Appointed As The Chef De Mission For Para Olympic 2024.

 * Hong Kong Actor Jackie Chan Is One Of The Torch Bearer Of The 2024 Paralympic Paris.

* Sheetal Devi, Became The First Ever Indian Female Archer To Reach 700 Ranking Ground.

CHESS - 

* Soham Kamotra Became The First Player From Jammu and Kashmir To Achieved IM Title.

(*Grand Master Kartik Venkataraman Has Won The National Chess Championship 2024.

HOCKEY - 

 * Former Indian Hockey Goal Keeper PR Sreejesh Has Been Appointed As The New Head Coach Of Junior Indian Hockey Team.

CRICKET - 

* Afghanistan Cricketer Ihsan Janat Has Received Five Years Ban For Violating ICC Anti Corruption Code.

* Srilanka Team Has Won a Bilateral Series Against India After 27 Years Away Or Home. 

* Former Indian Cricketer Suresh Raina Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of UP T20 League 2.0

* England Fast Bowler Gus Atinkson Has Won ICC Player Of The Month For Men's Award For July 2024.

* Chamari Athapathu (Srilanka) Has Won ICC Women's Player Of The Month JULY 2024. 

* Former Indian Cricketer Dodda Ganesh Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of Kenya Cricket Team.

* Former South Africa Pace Bowler Morne Morkel Has Been Appointed As The New Bowling Coach Of Indian Men's Cricket Team

*  Srilankan Cricketer Niroshan Dickwella Has Been Suspended For a Doping Violation.

* London Spirit Are The Champions Of The Hundred (Women's) 2024 Title.

* Oval Invincible Are The Winners Of Men's Hundred Title 2024.

* The 9th ICC Women's T20i World Cup Shifted To UAE From Bangladesh. 

* Former Bangaldesh Skipper Faruque Ahmed Has Been Elected As The President Of Bangaldesh Cricket Board.

* Samoan Cricketer Darius Visser Set A New Record By Scored 39 Runs In An Over Against 

*  Indian Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan Announced Retirement From International Cricket & Domestic Cricket. 

* INDIAN Woman Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Has Signed For Adelaide Strikers In BBL Franchise.

* Former Indian Cricketer Dinesh Kartik Has Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Crickex Info.

* R Sridhar Has Been Appointed As The Assistant Coach Of Afghanistan.

* England Cricketer Dawid Malan Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Former Indian Bowler Zaheer Khan Has Been Appointed As The Mentor In Lucknow Super Giants In IPL.

* West Indies Fast Bowler Shannon Gabriel Announced Retirement From International Cricket. 

* Australian Cricketer Will Pucovski Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket At The Age Of 26.

* Indian Bowler Barinder Sran Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket. 

* Barbados Royals Wins The 2024 Women's CPL Title. 

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Former Indian Cricketer Dinesh Kartik Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of SA 20 ( South Africa T20 League).

NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP MUMBAI - 

* Anahat Singh Has Won Women's Single Squash Title At Squash National Championship Mumbai. 

* Abhay Singh Won Men's Single Title In National Squash Championship. 

RETIREMENT - 

* Indian Shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa Has Announced Her Last Olympic at Paris Olympic 2024.

* After Disqualified in Final Of Wrestling In Paris Olympic Vinesh Phogat Announced From Wrestling.

* Chinese Badminton Player He Bing Jiao Has Announced Retirement From International Badminton.

* German Football Captain llkay Gundogan Announced Retirement.

F1 GRAND PRIX - 

* Lewis Hamilton Has Won Belgian Grand Prix Title 

*  Lando Norris Has Won The Dutch Grand Prix.

* India Beat Nepal In The Final Of CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League Held At Kathmandu, Nepal. 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Mohsin Naqvi Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Asian Cricket Council.

* Abhinav Bindra Has Been Elected As The 2nd Vice Chair Of IOC Athletes Commission.

* Asutosh Singh Has Been Appointed As The New Coach For India In Davis Cup.

* Ricky Meetei Haobam Has Been Appointed As The CAPTAIN Of SAFF U20 Football Championship.

* Indian Referee Dhar Riiohlang Will  officiate In The FIFA UNDER 17 Women's World Cup 2024.

* Anil Kumar Prabhakaran  Has Been Appointed As The New General Secretary Of All India Football Federation (AIFF).

* Indra Nooi Has Been Appointed As The ICC New Director For Next 6 Years.

( ICC's First Female Independent Director) 

*  BCCI SECRETARY Jay Shah Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of International Cricket Council (ICC).

PARIS OLYMPIC 2024 - 

* Swapnil Kusale Has Won Bronze Medal At 50m Riffle 3p EVENT At Paris Olympic 2024.

* India Beat Australia In Hockey By 3-2 Goal, First Win After 52 Years Against Australia At Paris Olympic 2024. ( India Qualify For Quarter Finals) Last  Time Beat In 1972 

* Lakshya Sen Became The First Indian Shuttler To Reach Semi Finals At Olympic in Men's Single Event.

* Two Bronze Medallist Winner Manu Bhaker Will Become The Flag Bearer At Closing Ceremony Of Paris Olympic 2024

* Avinash Sable Became The First Indian Male Athlete To Qualify For Men's 3000m Steeple Chase At Paris Olympic.

* Vinesh Phogat Became The First Indian Wrestler To Reach Olympic Final.

( She Beat Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman In 50 Kg Category) 

* India Beat Spain In Bronze Medal Match In Paris Olympic 2024 Beaten 3-1 Goal. 

( India's 4th Medal In Paris Olympic) 

13th Medal In Hockey in Olympic History For India 

( 8 Gold, 4 Silver And 1 Bronze) 

21) Indian Hockey Goal Keeper Sreejesh Announced Retirement in International Hockey.

* Neeraj Chopra Won Silver In Javelins Throw At Paris Olympic 2024. ( his Second Consecutive Olympic Medal) Previous 2020 Tokyo Olympic was Gold.

*  Indian Hockey Goal Keeper PR Sreejesh Will Be The Flag Bearer For India At Closing Ceremony Of Paris Olympic 2024.

* Aman Sherwat Has Won Bronze Medal In 57kg Wrestling Event In Paris Olympic ( 6th Medal For India)

* India's First Individual Gold Medallist In Olympic, IOC Athlete Commission Vice Chair Abhinav Bindra Has Been Bestowed With The Prestigious Olympics Order. 

*  India Finishes AT 71ST Position In Paris Olympic With Six Medals Including 1 Silver And 5 Bronze Medal.

* Lee Zii Jia Has Won Bronze Medal In Men's Single Badminton Bronze Medal At Paris Olympic 2024.

* Viktor Axelsen Has Won Men's Single Badminton Gold Medal At Paris Olympic 2024.

* ) Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem Has Won Gold Medal In Javelin Throw By Throwing 92.97 meter. 

*  N Lyles ( USA) Has Win Men's 100 meter Win Gold At Paris Olympic 2024.

* China Registered Their 300th Gold Medal In Olympic Games.

* Zheng Si Wei And Huang Ya Qiong Have Won Gold Medal In Mixed Doubles Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

* He Bing Jiao Has Won Silver Medal In Women's Single Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

* An Se Young Won Gold In Women's Single.  

* Gregoria Mariska Has Won Bronze Medal At Women's Badminton Single At Paris Olympic 2024.

*  Iga Swiatek Has Win Bronze Medal At Paris Olympic 2024.( tennis) 

* Nami Matsuyama AND Chiharu Shida Wins Bronze Medal In Women's Double In Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

* Ma Long Became The First Chinese Athlete To Win 6 Olympic Gold Medals In Any Sport. ( Table Tennis) 

TENNIS EVENT AT  PARIS - 

*  Novak Djokovic Wins GOLD At Paris Olympic 2024 ( Men's Single) Tennis. 

( His First Olympic Gold.) 

* Carlos Alcatraz Wins Silver ( Beaten By Novak Djokovic) 

* Lorenzo Musetti Won Bronze Medal 

* Algerian Kaylia Nemour Has Won Gold In Gymnastics ( At Paris Olympic) 

* She Became The First African To Won Gold In Gymnastics).

* For The First Time Happened, Both Men's And Women's Hockey Team Of Nederlands Have Won Gold Medal In Paris Olympic 2024.

( Nederlands Women's Team Won 5th Time By Beating Chinese Women's) 

BADMINTON AT PARIS - 

* Lee Yang & Wang Chi Lin Has Won Gold In Men's Double In Badminton At Paris Olympic 2024.

TABLE TENNIS - 

* Chinese Paddler Fan Zhendong Win The Men's Single Title Won Gold At Men's Table Tennis At Paris Olympic 2024.

* Kim Woojin Has Won Gold Medal In Archery In Individuals Event At Paris Olympic 2024. 

( First Individual Gold For South Korea) 

* Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez Creates History Became The First Ever Athlete To Win 5 Gold Medals In Same Event.

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Inaugurated The 133rd Edition Of Durand Cup At Shimla.

TENNIS- 

*  Ram Kumar Ramanathan & Joshua Paris Finishes As Runners Up At ATP 125 Porto Challenger.

*  Pranav Kumar & Noah Schachter Runners Up At ITF M25 Peru Doubles.

* Maaya Rajeshwaran Has Won Double Gold Medal At National Tennis Championship 2024. 

( Win in Under 18 Singles And Doubles Event)

*  Sriram Balaji And Fernando Romboli Runners Up At ATP 125' Santo Domingo Open.

HOST - 

* The 63rd Edition Of SUBROTO Cup Kicked Off.

* Haryana, India To Host First Ever Global Women's Kabaddi League In September 2024. 

( 15 Countries Will Participate) 

* India To Participate In The Flag Football World Championship 2024, Is Going To Held At Finland From 27th To 30th August.

* The Khelo India ASMITA Wushu League ( West Zone) Set To Begin In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. 

* 20th Edition Of Governor's Cup State Level Fencing Championship 2024 Kicked Off At Imphal. Manipur,

BADMINTON - 

* Sugi Sai Gopinath Has Won Silver Medal At The Yonex All England Junior Badminton Championship At Birmingham.

* Chinese Shuttler Liu Yu Chen Has Announced Retirement From International Badminton. 

TENNIS AT PARIS OLYMPIC 2024 

MEN'S SINGLE - Novak Djokovic Beat Carlos Alcaraz 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Zheng Qinwen 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Matthew Ebden & John Peers 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini ( First Italy Pair) 

MIXED DOUBLES - Katerina Siniakova & Tomas Machac 

CINCINNATI OPEN 2024 

MEN'S SINGLE - Jannik Sinner

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Aryna Sabalenka

MEN'S DOUBLE - Marcelo Arevalo & Mate Pavic

WOMEN'S DOUBLE- E Routliffe & A Muhhamad 

JAPAN OPEN 2024 (BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Alex Lanier 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Akane Yamaguchi 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzudin 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning (China) 

MIXED DOUBLES - Jiang Zhenbang & Wei Yaxin 

SPORTS PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Former England Cricketer And Coach Graham Thorpe Passes Away.

* Former Kerala State Hockey Player A V Rajagopal Passed away. 

* Former Swedish Tennis Player Peter Lundgren, Coach Of Roger Federer Passed Away. 

* 5th Time Olympic Medallist Cyclist Daniela Larreal Chirinos  Passed Away.

* Former Indian Cricketer And Coach Anshuman Gaekwad Passed Away.