SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JANUARY 2025

SANTOSH TROPHY - 

* West Bengal Has Win The Santosh Trophy For The 33rd Times. ( against Hyderabad) 

* Barcelona Clinched The Spanish Super Cup 2025 By Beating Real Madrid 5-2 For The 15th Time in History.

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Mo Farah Set To Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Mumbai Marathon.

* Chinese Tennis Star Zheng Qinwen Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of DIOR Brand.

HUNGARY F1 - 

* Oscar Piastri Wins The Hungary F1

38TH NATIONAL GAME - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 38th National Games At Uttarakhand.

CERTIFIED - 

* The Golden Jubilee Outdoor Stadium Track, Yupia Arunachal Pradesh Has Received The World Athletic Class 2 Athletic Facility Certificate.

AWARDS - 

* Neeraj Chopra Has Been Selected For The 2024 Best Male Javeline Thrower In The World By Us Based Track And Field News Magazine.

* Sergey Makarov, Russian Javelin Legend India's New Coach.

OLDEST TO WIN - 

* French Veteran Gael Monfils Becomes The Oldest Player To Win An ATP Single .

HOST - 

* Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Inaugurated The 50th Edition Of National Junior Kabbadi Leagues.

*  The 36th Edition Of. HERO Dubai Desert Classic golf Club Championship Held At Dubai.

*  2025 FIDE GRAND SWISS And Woman's Grand SWISS Will Take Place At Samarkand, Uzbekistan On 3rd To 15th September 2025.

* Ladakh Set To Host The 5th Edition Of Khelo India Winter Games 2025. 

* World Pickle ball Challenge Kicked Off At Maharashtra.

* 5th Khelo India Winter Games Kicked Off At Gulmarg.

ASEAN FOOTBALL - 

*  Vietnam Became The Champion Of ASEAN Football For The Third Term.

ARCHERY - 

* Indian Deepika Kumari Ranked Second in World Archery Ranking, Lim Sihyeon Topped The Table.

TAEWONDO - 

* Rupa Bayor From Arunachal Pradesh Became The First Indian Woman To Break into World Poomsae TOP 10 (Taekwondo).

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Former Asian Games Championship Shot Putter Bahadur Singh Sagoo Has Been Elected As The New President Of Athletic Federation Of India (AFI).

* Assam Minister Jayanta Mallaburah Has Been Elected As The Vice President Of Athletic Federation Of India (AFI).

* Badminton Star PV Sindhu Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of PUMA In A Multi Year Partnerships.

* Jamaica's Jerry Lee Holness Appointed As The India's New Woman Coach (400m)

* Justice Arun Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Ombudsman And Ethics Of The BCCI.

CRICKET - 

*  India's Fast Bowler Jasprit Bumrah Became The Highest Ranked Test Bowler By ICC Rankings With 907 Points Surpassed Ravi Ashwin. 

* Bihar Has Win Under 16 Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024.

*  New Zealand Batsman Martin Guptil Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

*  Indian Fast Bowler Varun Aron Has Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Bangladesh Cricketer Tamim Iqbal Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Mr Devajita Saikia Has Been Appointed As The New Secretary Of BCCI.

* Prabhtej Singh Bhatia Appointed As The Treasurer Of BCCI. 

* Jasprit Bumrah Has Been Won The ICC Men's Player Of The Months For December 2024

& Annabel Sutherland Has Won Women's Cricketer Of The Month Of December 2024.

* Smriti Mandhana Became India's First Woman Cricketer To Registered Fastest One Day Cricket Century Off Just 70 Balls Against Ireland Woman 

*  Karnataka Lift The Trophy Of Vijay Hazare After Beating Vidharbha.

* Indian Fast Bowler Jasprit Bumrah Has Won Captain Of Wisden Test Team Of The Year 2024.

* Wicket Keeper Batsman Rishab Pant Has Been Added As Skipper Of Lucknow Supergiant in IPL 2025.

* India Clinched The Physical Disability Cricket Championship After Beating England.

* Former Indian Women Cricketer Jhulan Goswami Stand Unveiled At The Eden Garden At Kolkata. 

* Former Australian Cricketer Michael Clarke Set To Inducted Hall Of Fame By Australian Cricket.

ICC TEST TEAM OF THE YEAR 2024 

ICC ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR 2024 

ICC WOMEN'S ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR 2024 

* Geoff Allardice Steps Down As International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive.

ICC AWARDS 2024 - 

*  India's Arshdeep Singh Wins ICC Men's T20I Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

* Indian Fast Bowler Jasprit Bumrah Wins ICC TEST Player Of The Year 2024.

* Indian Pacer Jasprit Bumrah Has Won The Sir Garfield Sobers Awards For ICC Men's Test Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

*  Indian Female Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Has Wins ICC ODI WOMEN'S Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

* New Zealand Woman Cricketer Amelia Kerr Win ICC Woman's T20I Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

* Namibia Cricket Team Captain Gerhard  Erasmus Has Been Named ICC Men's Associate Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

* UAE Woman Cricketer Captain Esha Ozha  Has Been Named ICC Woman's Associate Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

*  Srilankan Cricketer Kamindhu Mendis Crowned As ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer Of The Year 2024.

WINNER - 

* Bhavani Devi Wins Her 12th National Fencing Title.

*  52 Years Old Goli Shyamala Of Andhra Pradesh Swam 150 Km In The Bay Of Bengal From Vishakapatanam To Kakinada.

*  USA Are The United Cup 2025 Champion.

* Anahat Singh Wins The BRITISH Junior Open.

* Indian Men's Junior Under 20 Handball Team Defeated Bangladesh To Win Bronze Medal At IHF At Lucknow.

*Both Indian Women's And Men's Team Have Won The Inaugural Edition Of Kho Kho Championship.

* Jyothi Yarraji Won Gold Medal At Women's 60 m Hurdle At International Indoor de Nantes Metropole 2025.

 * Manush Shah And Diya Chitale Have Win The National Table Tennis Single Championship.

* India's Prithvi Sekhar Has Won Australian Open Deaf Championship In Men's Single.

* Jyoti Yarraji Became Asia's Fourth Fastest. 

* Team India Wins Bronze Medal At International Snow Sculpture Championship In Colorado.

HOST - 

* The International Championship Of Handball - IHF Trophy's Men's Youth And Junior Has Started In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. 

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* The Trophy And Mascot For World Kho Kho Championship Unveiled 

* Odisha To Sponsor The National Kho kho Team 

TENNIS - 

* Dhakshineshwar Suresh & Parikshit Somani Doubles Champions At ITF M25 Indore. 

* Maaya Rajeshwaran Wins The Women's Single Title At ITF 300 At Delhi.

 * Novak Djokovic Has Played His 430th Grand Slam Match (379th Win)

* Ankita Raina And Nailtha Bains Have Won The ITF Women's Double W50 New Delhi.

Bhargava And Biswa Created History Becoming The BWF No 1 World Junior No 1 

Arjun Rathi Wins The ITF J200 KOLKATA Championship

CHESS - 

* Vaishali Win The Bronze Medal At FIDE WORLD' BLITZ Champ 2024.

* Telengana Boy Nidish Shyamal And Rajasthan Girl Kiyanna Parihar Are The National Under 9 Chess Championship 2024.

*  D Gukesh Wins The Player Of The Year At Chess. Com 2024.

* Iniyan Panneerselvam Clinched The 9th Johar International Open Chess.

SPORTS PERSONALITIES DIED - 

* Oldest Olympic Champion Agnes Keleti Passed Away At 103.

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FIRST EDITION OF WOMEN'S FIH LAEGUE 2025 - 

HOST - JHARKHAND 

CHAMPION - ODISHA WARRIOR 

RUNNERS UP - SOORMA HOCKEY CLUB 

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT - Jyoti Rumavat (Haryana) 

GOAL KEEPER OF THE TOURNAMENT - SAVITA PUNIA 

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NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS - 

MAJOR DHYAN CHAND KHEL RATNAAWARD - 

* Manu Bhaker (Shooting)

* Praveen Kumar (Para Athlete)

* D Gukesh (Chess)

* Harmanpreet Singh (Hockey)

ARJUNA AWARDEE- 

* Jyothi Yarajee  (Athlete) 

* Annu Rani ( Athletic)

* Neetu (Boxing) 

* Sweeti (Boxing) 

* Vantika Agarwal (Chess) 

* Salima Tete (Hockey)

* Abhishek ( Hockey)

* Sanjay (Hockey)

* Germanpreet Singh (Hockey)

* Sukhjit Singh (Hockey)

* Swapnil Kushale (Shooting)

* sarobjit Singh ( Shooting)

* Abhay Singh ( Squash)

* Sajan Prakash (Swimming)

* Aman (Wrestling)

* Rakesh Kumar (Para Archery)

* Preethi Pal ( Para Athletic)

* Jeevanji Deepti (Para Athletic)

* Ajit Singh ( Para Athletic)

* Sachin Khilari (Para Athletic)

* Dharamvir (Para Athletic)

* Pranav Surma (Para Athletic)

* Hokata Sema (Para Athletic)

* Simran G (Para Athletic)

* Navdeep (Para Athletic)

* Nitesh Kumar (Para Badminton)

* Tulsimati (Para Badminton)

* Nitya Shri (Para Badminton)

* Manisha Ramdas (Para Badminton)

* Kapil Parmar (Para Judo)

* Mona Agarwal ( Para Shooting)

* Rubina Francis (Para Shooting)

DRONACHARYA AWARDS - 

* Subhash Rana ( Para Shooting)

* Sandeep Sangwan ( Hockey)

* Deepali Deshpande ( Shooting)

* S Muralitharan ( Badminton)

* A A Coalaco ( Football)

DHYAN CHAND AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT - 

* Suchcha Singh ( Athletic)

* Muralikant Rajaram Petkar (Para Swimming)

MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD TROPHY - 

* Chandigarh University ( WINNER)

* Lovely Professional University ( First Runner's Up)

* Guru Nanak University ( 2nd Runners Up)

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL (TENNIS) 2024 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - JIRI LEHECKA 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - ARYNA SABALENKA 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Llyod Glasspool & Jean Julien Rojer 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - MIRRA ANDREEVA & DIANA  SHNAIDER 

ADELAIDE TENNIS 2025 

MEN'S SINGLE - Felix Auger Aliassime

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Madison Keys 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Guo Hanyu & Alexandra 

INDIAN OPEN 2025 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Viktor Axelsen

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se Young (South Korea) 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzudin 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Arisa Iharashi & Ayako Sakuramoto 

MIXED DOUBLES - Jiang Zhenbang & Wei Yaxin 

MALAYSIAN OPEN 2025 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Shi Yuqi 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - An Se Young 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Kim Won Ho & Seo Seung Jae 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Yuki Fukushima & Mayu Matsumoto 

MIXED DOUBLES - Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Supissara Paewsampran 

FIRST EDITION OF KHO KHO WORLD CUP 2025 - 

HOST - NEW DELHI 

1ST EDITION 2025 

MEN'S WINNER - INDIA BEAT 

RUNNERS UP - NEPAL 

WOMEN'S WINNER - INDIA 

RUNNERS UP - NEPAL WOMAN 

WINNER - 

BEST PLAYER OF THE MATCH (WOMEN'S KHO KHO) - Chaitra B 

* BEST PLAYER (FEMALE) - Priyanka Ingle 

* BEST DEFENDER - Manmati Dhami 

* BEST ATTACKER - Anshu Kumari 

CAPTAIN - NASREEM SHAIKH 

MALE - 

* BEST ATTACKER OF THE MATCH - Suyash Gargate 

* PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT - Pratik Waikar 

* EMERGING PLAYER - Ramji Kashyap 

* BEST DEFENDER - ROHIT BURMA 

* SPIRIT OF THE KHO KHO Team - ENGLAND MENS & WOMEN TEAM 

CAPTAIN - PRATIK WAIKAR 

TEAM MEMBERS 

AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2025 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - JANNIK SINNER BEAT A Zverev 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Madison Keys Beat Aryna Sabalenka 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Harry Patten & Harri Heliovaara 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Katerina Siniakova & Taylor Townsend 

MIXED DOUBLES - Olivia Gadecki & John Peers 

WHEEL CHAIR TITLE - 

MEN'S SINGLE - Alfie Hewett 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Yui Kamiji ( JAPAN) 

QUAD SINGLE - Sam Schroder 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Li Xiaohui & Wang Ziying 

MIXED DOUBLES - Andy Lapthorne & Sam Schroder 

JUNIOR TITLE - 

BOYS SINGLE - Henry Bernet 

GIRLS SINGLE - Wakana Sonobe ( JAPAN) 

BOYS' DOUBLE - Maxwell Exsted & Jan Kumstat 

GIRLS DOUBLE - Annika Penickova & Kristina Penickova 

WHEEL CHAIR JUNIORS - 

BOY'S SINGLE - Charlie Cooper

GIRL'S SINGLE - Vitoria Miranda 

BOY'S DOUBLES - Luiz Calixto & Charlie Cooper 

GIRL'S DOUBLE - Luna Gryp & Vitoria Miranda 

INDONESIA MASTERS 2025 ( BADMINTON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Kunlavut Viditsarn 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Ratchanok Intanon 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Man Wei Chong & Tee Kai Wun 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Kim Hye- Jeong & Kong Hee Yong 

MIXED DOUBLES - Hiroki Midorikawa & Natsu Saito