SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS IN NOVEMBER 2024

MASCOT OF HOCKEY - 

* Hockey India Unveiled The Mascot For The 14th Senior Men's Hockey National Championship Set To Held At 4th To 16th November 2024 At Chennai 

( KOPA - Mascot)

* Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai And Deputy CM Vijay Sharma Unveiled The Logo And Mascot Of Bastar Olympic 2024.

* Odisha Hockey Team Wins The 14th Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship 2024 By Beating Haryana By 2-1.

* India Women Wins The Asian Hockey Championship 2024 Title After Beating China In The Final 

( Host - Rajgir, Bihar) 

HOST- Rajgir, Bihar 

WINNERS - India Women 

RUNNERS UP - China 

* India Win Consecutive 7 Matches In This Tournament 

* Scored 29 Goals Highest in This Championship 

* 7 Penalty Shoot Done By Team India 

India Beat 

Malaysia By 4-0 

South Korea By 3-2 

Thailand By 13-0 

China By 3-0 

Japan By 3-0 

Japan By 3-0 (Semi-finals)

China By 1-0 (Finals) 

BANNED - 

* National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) Banned Bajrang Punia For 4 Years.

INDIA WOMEN WON THE 2016, 2023, 2024 WOMENS CHAMPIONS TROPHY, 

* 7th PEFI National Awards Presented To Field Of Physical Education And Sports.

* Odisha Mixed Double Team Wins Gold At The Under 19 National Championship At Bhubaneswar, 

* Indian Navy Team Wrestler Win 2 Gold, 1 Bronze Medal  At The 37th CISM World Military Wrestling Championship In Yerevan, Armenia.

* 14 Years Old Izyan Zizou Ahmad Has Won The ITF- Junior's J60 Assam Single Champion.

* Ankita Raina And Naiktha Bains Are The Runners up In The Women's Double At ITF W50 Caloundra, Australia.

 * Saketh Myneni Has Wins The Challenger Title In Japan.

* North East United FC Win The 2024 Governor's Gold Cup Title After Defeated Gangtok Himalayan SC. 

(40TH Edition Of Cup)

* Emma McKeon, Australian Swimmers 14th Time Olympic Medallist Retired. 

MILITARY WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP - 

*  Jaideep Wins Gold At The World Military Wrestling Championship In 74kg Category.

* Reetika Hooda Became The 2nd Indian Woman To Win Gold At World Military Championship 2024. 

( FIRST Was Jyoti Sihag In 55 kg Category) 

UNDER 19 WORLD BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP - 

* India Win 17 Medals Including 4 Gold, 8 Silver And 5 Bronze At Inaugural Under 19 World Boxing Championship 

( KAZAKHASTAN TOPPED) 

* Max Verstappen Has Wins The Brazilian Grand Prix 2024.

*  India, Turkey, Indonesia And Chile Have Officially Confirmed To Bid 2036 Olympic Host 

* Former Indian Cricketer Harbhajan Singh Joins Sania Mirza, Evra, El Khatib, And Nurmagomedov As Ambassador Of Dubai Sports Council.

APP LAUNCHED - 

* Union Minister For Youth Affairs And Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Has Launched The Initiative To Fight Against Doping In Sports, Athlete, Coaches To Embrace The National Anti Doping Agency' (NADA) India's Know Your Medicine (KYM) App.

BARCELONA MOTO GP - 

* Spain's George Martin Wins The 2024 MOTO GP At Barcelona.

WTT RANKING - 

* For The First Time India's Five Table Tennis Star Are In The Top 100 Ranking List 

Sharath Kamal (39th) 

Manav Thakkar (61st) 

Harmit Desai (70th)

Sathiyan Ganasekharan (74th)

Manush Shah (99th)

* Paolini Lead Italy Team Crowned the Billie Jean King Cup 2024 Title.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Jan Zelezny Has Been Appointed As The Coach Of Neeraj Chopra. 

* Tayyab Ikram Has Been Reelected As The FIH President.

* 8th Time National Judo Champion & Gold Medallist At Commonwealth Games & South Asian Games Suchika Tariyal Signed a Multi Fight Deal With Brave CF.

BADMINTON - 

* India's Malvika Finishes As Runners Up In Women's Single Title At Hylo Open 2024 (Badminton).

* Mia Blichfeldt Has Won The Title 

* Indian Senior Wins Silver At Bridge Olympiad At The 16th World Bridge Olympiad.

 India's Syndrela Das Won The Under 15 Girls Single Title At WTT Youth Contender In Italy.

* Tan Kim Her To Be The Coach Of Satwik And Chirag Coach Till 2026 ASIAN Games.

FOOTBALL 

* Bijay Chettri BECAME The 2nd Indian To Play In A South American League.

*  Lionel Messi Set To Play An Match In Kerala Next Year.

* US Woman's National Team Goal Keeper Alyssa  Naeher Announced Retirement.

WORLD TABLE TENNIS - 

*  Harmit Desai And Krittwika Roy Clinched The Mixed Doubles Title At The WTT Feeder Caracas In Venezuela.

* Harmeet Desai Wins Men's Single Title At WTT 

TENNIS - 

* Alexander Zverev Has Won The Men's Single Title At Rolex Paris Master 2024

( 2nd German To Win After 1992/ 

* Dabrowiski & Routliffe Are The Winners Of The Women's Double At WTA Finals Riyadh.

* Denis Shapovalov Wins The Belgrade OPEN Title.

* Dalibor Svrcina Has Clinched The ITF M25 Bhubaneswar Men's Single Title.

* Rebecca Marino Clinched Women's Single Title At WTA 125 Midland Championship.

* Jannik Sinner Finishes At Rank One In 2024 in Men's Single Ranking.

* Aryna Sabalenka Finishes At Rank One In Women's Single in 2024.

* Former ATP Ranked 75th Prajnesh Gunnewaran Has Announced Retirement From International Tennis.

* Maya Rajeshwaran And Petra Konjikusic Win The Women's Double Title At ITF J100 ZAPOPAN Mexico.

* Sharmada Balu, Tennis Player Wins Open Singles And Open Doubles At The BLR Masters 24. 

* Tennis Star Raefel Nadal Announced Retirement After Davis Cup.

14X French Open 

4 X US OPEN

2 X Wimbledon 

2 X Australian Open 

2 X Olympic Gold 

* World Number 2 Iga Swiatek Has Received a One Month Suspension After Testing Positive For Trimetazidine. 

CHESS - 

* Indian Grand Master Karthikeyan Murali Won The Hoogeveen Open 2024 Title 

* Sankalp Won Bronze Medal 

* GM Aravindha Chithambaram Is The Chennai Grand Masters 2024 Champion.

* Magnus Carlsen Wins The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid 2024.

* Pankaj Advani Wins The 18th Billiards World Title At The IBSF World Billiard Championship Doha.

* Manan Chandra Has Won Bronze At IBSF World Masters Snooker Championship 2024.

* Kateryna Lagno Wins The Blitz Titles At Tata Steel Chess India 2024. ( WOMEN'S) 

* 8 Years Old Divith Reddy Wins Gold Medal At UNDER 8 World Cadets Chess Championship At Montesilvano, Italy.

HOST - 

* The ITF World Tennis Tour M25 Bhubaneswar To Kicked Off On 4th November 2024 At Kalinga Stadium (10 Countries Players Participate)

*  India Will Host The Men's Asian Netball Championship 2025

* The First North East Para Games 2024 Set To Host By Guwahati From 27to 29th November 2024.

* Karnataka To Host 2024 National Wrestling Championship From 6-8 December 2024.

*  India To Host The Under 20 Rugby Seven Tournament.

* The Sports Authority Of India (SAI) Set To Host Selection Trials For The 20th ASIAN Senior Women's Handball Championship At Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

* Bihar Will Host The Khelo India Youth Games And Para Games in April 2025.

* India Will Host The 2026 ASIAN Rifle And Pistol Cup 

WINNERS - 

* Mansi Alhawat Wins Bronze Medals In Women's 59 kg Category At Wrestling WORLD Championship.

* Los Angeles Dodgers Team Wins The 8th World Series.

* Gurnoor Singh Has Win Silver And Devanah Wins Bronze  At Swiss Indoor Archery Open 2024.

* India Wins 1 Gold, 5 Silver And 3 Bronze At The ISKA KICK BOXING World Championship 2024 At Vienna

* Tanushree Pandey Scripted History Wins India's First Silver In Women's U21 Singles At The 4th World Junior Soft Tennis Championship Held In Jingshan,  China. 

* India's Professional Boxer Mandeep Jangra Has Clinched The WBF Super Feather Weight Title After Defeating Britain's Conor McIntosh In The Cayman Islands.

* Krishna Verma Has Win Gold Medal In U19 Women's Boxing Championship (FIRST Indian Women U19) At Colorado, USA

*  Bhavteg Singh Gill Has Win Gold In Men's Skeet At World University Shooting Championship.

* Jyothi Surekha Vennam Clinched The Gold Medal At Women's Compound Event At GT Open Luxemburg.

SQUASH - 

* Anahat Singh Wins The Women's Single COSTA NORTH Coast Title ( Women's Squash) 2024. 

She Beat Japanese Akari Midorikwa 

* Anahat Singh Wins The ALTO Pennant HILLS NSW Open Squash 2024 Title At Australia. 

FOOTBALL - 

* Bangladesh Women's Team Wins The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) After Beating Nepal In 2-1 In The Final Of 2024.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Sumathi Dharmawardhene Has Been Appointed As The ICC Anti Corruption Unit Chair.

* Amandeep Joshi Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Professional Golf Tour Of India. 

CRICKET - 

* Srilanka Win The Hong Kong Sixes 2024.

* Indian Wicketkeeper Batsman Wridhhiman Shah Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Kerala All-rounder Jalaj Saxena Became The First Player To Achieved 6000 Runs And 400 Wickets In Ranji Trophy.

* Former INDIA Fast Bowler Munaf Patel Has Been Appointed As The Bowling Coach Of Delhi Capitals In IPL 2025.

*  International Cricket Council (ICC) Has Unveiled The New Visual Identity For The Champions Trophy 2025.

* Pakistan Spinner Numan Ali Won The ICC Male Player Of The Month October 2024 

& Amelia Kerr Of New Zealand Woman Cricketer Won The ICC Women Player Of The Month October 2024. 

* Haryana Fast Bowler Anshul Kamboj Picked 10 WICKETS In An Innings Against Kerala In A Ranji Game, Became The Third Cricketer To Do So 

* Former Indian Woman Cricketer Captain Mithali Raj Has Appointed As The Mentor Of Women's Cricket Operation By The Andhra Cricket Association.

* Indian Wicket Keeper Batsman Rishab Pant Has Been Sold With Rs 27 Crores To Lucknow Super Giants For IPL 2025.

* 13 Years Old Vaibhav Suryabanshi Became The Youngest Player To Signed In An IPL Franchise.

* Sidharth Kaul Announced Retirement From Indian Cricket.

* ODISHA Deaf Cricket Association Has Won The IDCA Under 19 2nd T20 National Cricket Championship For Deaf Held In Andhra Pradesh . 

FIH HOCKEY STARS AWARDS 2023/24 - 

MEN'S - 

* FIH GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - P R Sreejesh (India) 

* FIH PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Harmanpreet Singh (INDIA) 

* FIH RISING STAR OF THE YEAR - Sufyan Khan (Pakistan) 

* FIH COACH OF THE YEAR - Jeroen Delmee 

* FIH UMPIRE OF THE YEAR - Steve Rogers 

FEMALE - 

* FIH PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Yibi Jansen 

* FIH GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR - Ye Jiao 

* FIH RISING STAR OF THE YEAR - Zoe Diaz 

* FIH COACH OF THE YEAR - Alyson Annan 

* FIH UMPIRE OF THE YEAR - Sarah Wilson 

WTA FINALS 2024 ( TENNIS) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Coco Gauff Beat Q Zheng 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - E Routliffe & G Dabrowski 

5TH EDITION OF INDIAN SPORTS HONOURS 2024 - 

* LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT HONOUR - Padmashri Muralikant Petkar ( PARA OLYMPIAN) 

* TEAM OF THE YEAR HONOUR ( MALE) - Harmanpreet Singh 

* SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR - Neeraj Chopra 

* SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR - Manu Bhaker 

* TEAM OF THE YEAR HONOUR ( FEMALE) - CHESS 

* STAR SPORTS BELIVE HONOUR - Yashwasi Jaiswal 

* COACH OF THE YEAR (MALE)  - Jaspal Rana 

* COACH OF THE YEAR ( FEMALE) - Suma Shirur 

* SSF GRASSROOTS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - Mrida Education 

* POPULAR CHOICE FAN CLUB OF THE YEAR - Manjappada 

* POPULAR CHOICE CLUB OF THE YEAR - Kolkata Knight Riders ( IPL) 

* MARRIOT BONVOY POPULAR CHOICE BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - Y Jaiswal 

* POPULAR CHOICE OF BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR ( FEMALE) - Shreyanka Patil 

* PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ( MALE) - Sumit Antil (JAVELIN) 

* PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ( FEMALE) - Avni Lekhara ( Shooting) 

CHINA MASTERS 2024 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Anders Antonsen 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se Young 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Jin Yong & Seo Seung Jae

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Liu Shengshu & Tan Ning

MIXED DOUBLES - Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping