SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS IN DECEMBER 2024

CRICKET - 

* Kane Williamson Became The First New Zealand Cricketer To Scored 9000 Test Runs.

*  Adelaide Strikers Wins The Women's Big Bash League Title 2024. 

 President Of Srilanka Cricket, Shammi Silva Has Assumed As The President Of Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

*  Assam's Devajit Lon Saikia Has Been Appointed As The ICC Board Of Director. 

* Former Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting Honoured With Degree From The University Of Tasmania. 

* Veteran New Zealand Fast Bowler Tim Southee Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Mumbai Wins The Syed Musthaq Ali Trophy 2024. ( BEAT MADHYA PRADESH) 

* Mumbai Wins Its 2nd Title. 

* Indian Fast Bowler Ankit Rajpoot Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Punjab Cricket Anmol Preet Singh Has smashed 33 balls Century (Fastest) Against Arunachal Pradesh In Vijay Hazare Tournament.

 * Rohan Jaitely Has Been Re Elected As President of Delhi Cricket.

*  INDIAN All Rounder Ravi Chandran Ashwin Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* India Clinches The Inaugural ACC Women's Under 19 Asia Cup Title Over Bangladesh. 

* MCC To Felicitated Sachin Tendulkar With Honorary Cricket Membership (AUSTRALIA).

* Real Madrid Wins The Intercontinental Cup Title Against Pachuca. 

 * RUGBY INDIA Joins Hand With GMR Sports For RUGBY PREMIER LEAGUE From 2025.

* Sairaj Pardeshi Bagged One Gold And Two Silver Medal At The Asian Youth And Junior Weightlifting Championship In Doha.

* Parv Chaudhary Secured Two Bronze At The 95kg Category Event At The Asian Youth And Junior Weightlifting Championship In Doha, Qatar.

* Nusrath Fatima From Kargil Has Won Silver At Junior World Pencak Silat Championship At Abu Dhabi.

 * Brazil's Joao Fonseca Has Wins The 2024 Next Gen ATP  Finals At Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

* Hemanth Myddappa Has Won The 15th National Title In The National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship 2024 At Chennai.

BADMINTON - 

* PV Sindhu Became World's 17th Highest Paid Female Athlete In 2024 ( By Forbes).

* She Became The India's Ranked One In Badminton In Last 9 Years.

HOST - 

* 18th Edition Of The CEC ICE Hockey Championship Kicked Off At Leh, 16 Teams Participated.

BOOKS - 

* BRING IT ON : The Incredible Story Of My Life Book By Para Athlete DEEPA Malik 

*  Nilam Devi Wins 3 Silver Medal In The Junior Women's 55 kg Category In Weightlifting. 

NATIONAL RECORDS - 

* Sneha Gowda, Became India's Fastest Woman In India Completed In 11.55 Seconds.

HOST - 

* India To Host The World Boxing Cup Final And Congress In November 2025.

*  World Tennis League Season 3 To Kicked Off At Dubai.

*  Melbourne To Host The First Ever International Pro Kabbadi Event On 28th December 2024.

* India To Host The ISSF Junior World Cup 2025.

BADMINTON - 

Indian Badminton Women's Pair Treesa Jolly And Gayatri Gopichand Achieved The Best Rank 11 in Doubles.

HOCKEY - 

* Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team Wins The Women's Junior Hockey Asia Cup Title 2024 After Beating China In The Finals (Host - Oman).

* Sunelita Toppo Wins Rising Star Award. 

38TH NATIONAL GAMES - 

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Has Unveiled The Logo And Anthem Of 38th National Games In Dehradun.

MASCOT - MAULI 

Anthem - Sankalp Se Shikhar Tak 

*  International Olympic Committee (IOC) Dropped Hockey, Shooting And Weightlifting From Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic 

* Srilanka Olympic Committee Has Been Banned By International Olympic Committee For Corruption Scandal.

* India Finishes At Fifth At Men's Squash Championship.

*  Lando Norris Won The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2024 Title.

* Shrivalli Bhamidiapty Wins Women's Single Title At ITF W35 Solapur Single.

GOLF - 

* Scottie Scheffler Wins The Hero World Challenge 2024 Title (GOLF) 

INDIA AT PACIFIC DEAF GAMES - 

*  India' Finishes At 5th At The 2024 Asia Pacific Deaf Games With 56 Medals Including 8 Gold, 18 Silver And 29 Bronze.

ARCHERY AT TAIPEI - 

* Jyothi Surekha Vennam Wins 2nd Gold Of The Indoor Season At The Taipei Archery Open.

*  India's Kush Maini Has Won The F2 Constructor Championship 

* Hyderabad Strikers Wins The TPL Title 2024.

AWARDS - 

*  2024 Paris Olympics Silver Medallist Rajeev Ram Honoured By The Asian American Alliance Inc. 

* Olympic Weightlifting Medallist Karnam Malleshwari And Former INDIAN Football Team CAPTAIN Bruno Coutinho Conferred S S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD At Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

* Viktor Axelsen Wins The BWF Player Of The Year 2024.

* Aryna Sabalenka Has Been Voted As The WTA Player Of The Year 2024.

*  Prasar Bharati Signed MoU With Hockey India For Broadcasting HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE. 

RETIREMENT - 

* Badminton Star Hendra Setiawan (Of Indonesia) Has Announced Retirement From International Badminton 

* Australian Hockey Player Eddie Ockenden Has Announced Retirement From International Hockey.

* 2012 Olympic Medallist Vijay Kumar Announced Retirement From International Shooting.

CHESS - 

* INDIAN Grand Master Arjun Erigaisi Is Set To Make His Debut At Norway Chess 2025.

*  D Gukesh Became The Youngest Ever To Win World Chess Championship. (Singapore)

*  India's 75th Grand Master Pranav V Win Gold in World Youth Under 18 Open Rapid And Blitz Championship.

* 15 Years Old Md Imran Became India's Latest India's International Master.

FIDE WORLD RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 - 

WOMEN'S - 

GOLD - KONERU HUMPY ( INDIA) 

SILVER - JU WENJUN 

BRONZE - KATERYNA LAGNO 

MEN'S - 

GOLD - VOLODOR MURZIN 

SILVER - ALEXANDER GRISCHUK 

BRONZE - IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Joakim Alexanderson Appointed As The U20 U17 Women's Chief Coach.

* The Badminton Association Of India (BAI) Has Appointed Malaysian Doubles Specialist Tan Kim Her  As India's Double Badminton Coach.

HOST - 

*  The First North East Para Sports Meet Held From 27th To 29th November 2024 At Sikkim. 

*  Ladakh FIRST Ice Hockey Tournament Set To Kicked Off.

* FIFA Announced Spain, Portugal And Morocco Will Jointly Host The 2030 FIFA WORLD CUP.

SPORTS BROADCASTING - 

*  JIO STAR Bagged English Premier League Rights Worth Rs $ 65 million For 3 Years 

* Doordarshan Has Partnerships With Hockey India League For Broadcasting.

WINNERS - 

* Arjun Rathi Wins Men's Single At ITF Juniors J100 New Delhi.

* Nitesh Kumar Has been Nominated For Men's Para Badminton Player Of The Year Award 2024.

* Pavan Kampelli Of India Won The Bronze Medal in efootball.

* Rajasthan Wins The Boys Title And Karnataka Wins The Girls Title At Youth National Basketball Championship.

*  India Win Bronze At Teqball World Championship.

* Anahat Singh Wins Her 9th PSA Challenger Title In 2024. 

* Aihswarya Pissay Became The FIRST And only Indian To Win 3 Medals At World Championship In Motorsports.

* Calicut Heroes Wins The Inaugural Edition Of CAVA Men's Volleyball Championship Over 3-1

* India Wins 33 Medals In ASIAN School Championship 2024.

* Indian Para  Team Has Win 29 Medals  Including 3 Gold, 7 Silver And 19 Bronze Medal At Baharain Para International.

* Haryana Steelers Wins The Pro Kabbadi Season league 11.

* Team Asia Wins The Waldner Cup 2024 (Table Tennis) Manika Batra Was Part Of It.

* Karnataka State M Raghu Has Won Men's Single Title And Haryana's Devika Sihag Wins Women's Single Title At Senior National Badminton Title Held At Mysuru.

* India Win 46 Medals Including 9 Gold, 16 Silver And 21 Bronze At 5th Junior World Pencak Silat Championship 2024.

* Kerala Clinched The Senior Men's National Handball Championship Title After Beating Chandigarh.

HONOUR & AWARDS - 

* Former Indian Women's Hockey Team CAPTAIN Rani Rampal Honoured With Honorary Doctorate From Manav Rachna University.

* South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa Awarded Shield Of Joves ( South Africa Highest Honour in Sports) To Tatjana Smith ( Olympian) 

SPORTS PERSON DIED - 

* 2 Time Discuss Champion Of European And 1996 Olympic Champion llke Wyludda Passed Away.

* Australian Tennis Legend Neale Fraser Passed Away.

* Arjun Awardee, Former Squash Player Raj Manchanda Passed Away.

* Former Australian Cricketer Ian Redpath Passed Away.

*  30 Years Old Vikram Parkhi, Wrestler From Pune Passed Away.

SYED MODI INTERNATIONAL 2024 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - Lakshya Sen 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - P V Sindhu 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Pruthvi & Sai (Runners Up) 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand 

MIXED DOUBLES - Tanisha & Dhruv (Defeated By ) Thailand Pair Dechapol & Supissara 

FICCI SPORTS AWARDS 2024 - 

* BEST FEDERATION OF THE YEAR - RUGBY INDIA 

* BEST CORPORATE PROMOTING SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AWARD - Indian Oil Corporation Limited 

* KHO KHO Federation Of India - SPORTS FEDERATION OF THE YEAR 2024 

* BEST SPORTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE PROMOTING SPORTS -  LNCPE 

* EMERGING STATE PROMOTING SPORTS - BIHAR STATE 

WORLD ATHLETIC SPORTS AWARD 2024 - 

* WORLD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Female)  - Sifan Hassan 

* WORLD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (MALE) - Letsile Tebogo 

* TRACK ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Sydney McLaughlin 

* FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Yaroslava Mahuchikh 

* FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (MALE) - Mondo Duplantis 

* RISING STAR OF THE YEAR - Sembo ALMAYEW 

* PRESIDENT AWARD WINNER - Phil Knight 

* FEMALE OUT OF THE STADIUM Athlete Of The Year- Sifan Hasan 

* MALE OUT OF THE STADIUM ATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Tamirat Tola 

* MALE RISING STAR - Mattia Furlani 

* MEMBER Federation Award - USATF 

* PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR AWARD - Michael Steele 

* WOMEN OF THE YEAR AWARD - Renee Washington 

* COACHING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Trevor Painter 

JUNIOR MENS HOCKEY TITLE - 

Indian Men's Junior Hockey Team Has Won The Asian Hockey Championship Title By Beating Pakistan In Final.

( Host - Muscat- Oman)

* India Won The Third Consecutive Tittle.

* 5th Title For Junior Hockey Team. 

* India - Gold 

* Pakistan - Silver 

* Japan - Bronze 

* Player Of The Match - Araijeet Singh 

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GUWAHATI MASTERS S100 2024 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Satish Karunakaran Beat Zhu Xuan (China) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Cai Yanyan (China) 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Chia Wei Jie & Lwi Sheng Hao 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Ashwini And Tanisha 

MIXED DOUBLES - Zhang Hanyu & Bao Lijing 

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ODISHA MASTERS S100 2024 (BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Rithvik Sanjeevi Beat Tarun Mannepalli (India) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Cai Yan Yan (China) Beat Tanvi Sharma (India) 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Huang Di & Liu Yang (China)

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Nanako Hara & Riko Kiyose 

MIXED DOUBLES - Gao Jiaxuan & Tang Ruizi 

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KINGS INTERNATIONAL CUP 2024 - 

*  MEN'S SINGLE - 

GOLD - Anders Antonsen 

SILVER - Hu Zhe An 

BRONZE - LAKSHYA SEN 

FIFA AWARDS 2024 - 

* FIFA MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR - Carlo Ancelotti 

* FIFA WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR - Emma Hayes 

* FIFA WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR- Aitana Bonmati

* FIFA MEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Vinicus Junior

* FIFA MEN'S GOAL KEEPER OF THE YEAR - Emiliano  Martinez

* FIFA FAN AWARD- Gandra Maura

* FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD - Thiago Maia 

* FIFA MARTA AWARD ( FIRST) - Marta (Brazil)

* FIFA WOMEN'S GOAL KEEPER OF THE YEAR - Alyssa Naheaer (USA)

* FIFA PUSKAS AWARD - Alejandro Garnacho

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GLOBAL SOCCER AWARD 2024 - 

* BEST MIDDLE EAST PLAYER - Cristiano Ronaldo 

* BEST COACH - CARLO ANCELOTTI ( Real Madrid)

* BEST MEN'S CLUB - Real Madrid 

* BEST MIDDLE EAST CLUB - AI AIN FC & 

* BEST AGENT - Jeorge Mendes

* BEST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME- Florentino Perez 

* PLAYER CAREER AWARD - Thibaut Courtois ( Goal Keeper)

* BEST MID FILEDER & MARADONA AWARD - Jude Bellingham ( 

* CLUB REVELATION AWARD- Olympiacos FC 

* BEST MENS PLAYER  & BEST FORWARD - Vinicius Junior 

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* Manipur's Ashalata Devi Honoured With The SPORTS ICON AWARD At IWAA 2024.( FOOTBALLER)