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[PINApril]Part4:SportsCricket,LaureusAwards,SainaRank1onagainoffagain

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1. LaureusWorldSportAwards2. Cricket3. Tennis4. Badminton5. Athletics6. Olympics7. Paralympics8. OtherSportsNews

ThisarticlecontainssportsrelatedCurrentAffairsdevelopmentsfromApril2015.Examutility:CAPF,IBPS,SSC,SBI&similarnonUPSCexamsanddozensofcollegeadmissionentranceexams.

LaureusWorldSportAwardsWorldSportsmanoftheYear NovakDjokovic(Serbia)WorldSportswomanoftheYear GenzebeDibaba(Ethiopia)WorldBreakthroughoftheYear DanielRicciardo(Australia)WorldComebackoftheYear SchalkBurger(SouthAfrica)WorldSportspersonoftheYearwithaDisability TatyanaMcFadden(USA)WorldActionSportspersonoftheYear AlanEustace(USA)SportforGoodAward OliverPercovich(Australia)SpiritofSportAward YaoMing(China)ExceptionalAchievementAward LiNa(China)

WorldSportsAcademyinductees

1. TeglaLoroupe(Kenya)2. SachinTendulkar(India)3. YaoMing(China)4. YangYang(China)5. LiXiaopeng(China).

WorldTeamoftheYear Germanmensfootballteam

Cricket

ICCchiefN.SrinivasanwarnsBCCIthatitssecretaryAnuragThakurseenwithbookieMr.KaranGilhotra.Thakurdeniesknowinghim.HarbhajanSinghInstituteofCricket(HSIC)HarbhajanSinghhasopenedhisfirstcricketacademyintheDelhiPublicSchool,Rajarhat(WestBengal)ExPakistanTestcaptainSalmanButtwasbannedforspotfixing.HellappearbeforeICCIsanticorruptionunittogethisbanreduced.PepsiIPL2015beginsattheSaltLakeStadiuminKolkata.

AnkitKeshriapromisingBengalbatsmandiedbecauseofaninjuryduringamatch.HeplayedU19andleadU23BengalteaminC.K.NaiduChampionstrophy.SupremeCourtconstitutedthreemembercommitteeunderchairmanshipofJusticeR.M.LodhatoseeBCCIsConstitution.Subsequently,onLodhasrecommendationCBIofficerVivekPriyadarshitoinvestigateIPLCEOSundarRamanintheIPLspotfixingandbettingscamMohammadNabiremovedfromcaptainshipoftheAfghanistancricketteamforweakperformanceinworldcup2015InBritain,theclubmatchbetweenNantwichandCaldy.LiamLivingstone(Nanwich)madehistorywith350runsin138balls.Histeamstotalscore579/7in45overs.Caldyalloutinjust79runs.

TennisWTAMiami Won Lost

Singlemens NovakDjokovic(Serbia) AndyMurray(UK)SingleWomens SerenaWilliams(US) NotimportantforexamsDoubleWomens SaniaMirzaandMartinaHingis Notimportantforexam.

SaniaandMartina

WonIndianWells,MiamihardcourtandCharlestontitle.SaniabecomesfirstIndianwomantoclaim#1indoublesranking

OtherTennisgames

The2015FrenchOpenbeganonMay24.ThisseasonprizemoneyattheRolandGarroswillrise.Themensandwomenschampionswillreceive1.8millioneach,

Game Won lostAsianJr.Girls Y.Pranjala WushuangZheng(China)ITFMensfuture,Karshi,Uzbekistan YukiBhambri DzmitryZhyrmont(Belarus)

Badminton

InMalaysiaOpenMenChenLongofChinadefeatedKentoMomotaofJapanMalasiyaOpenBadmintonheldatKUALALUMPUR.Winners:MaleChenLong(China),FemaleCarolinaMarin(Spain)BadmintonWorldFederation(BWF)SainaNehwalspositionchangesinWorldrankingannouncementindifferentweek

2/4/2015 first9/4/2015 Second23/4/2015 first30/4/2015 second

Athletics

ChinasgreatestathleteLiuXiangannouncedhisretirement.ThefastestrunnerofAsiaYoshihideKiryu,(japaneseteenager)hasbeeninvitedtoraceinthe100metresagainstworldrecordholderUsainBoltattheDiamondLeagueNewYorkGrandPrixinJuneTheworldsfastestman,UsainBolt,hascriticisedthestupiddealunderwhichAmericansprinterTysonGaywasgivenareducedbanfordoping.EthiopiasLelisaDesisawonBostonMarathontitleLondonMarathon2015:WinnersMen:1.EliudKipchoge(Kenya)andWomen:1.TigistTufa(Ethopia)FormarU.S.OlympicchampionBruceJennerrevealedheistransitioningfrommaletofemale.RightnowworkinginRealityTVshows.

Olympics

In2013,ThomasBachisappointedaspresidentofIOC.HeisfromGermany.InternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)presidentThomasBachhassignedMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)ensuringmoreIOCfundingforIndianathletes.HeadvisedtokeepUnity,autonomyandgoodgovernanceintheNationalSportsFederations(NSFs).Governmentalsogivespromisesformorefundingtoplayersparticipatingin2016olympics.PMNarendraModiisnotfavourtoorganise2024OlympicsinIndiadespitehypecreatedbyMediathatModiwillproposetoorganise2024olympicsinAhmedabad.

Paralympics

UnionSportsMinistryhasderecognisedtheParalympicCommitteeofIndia(PCI)andInternationalParalympicCommittee(IPC)hassuspendedPCIaswellforinternalmismanagement.TheParalympicCommitteeofIndia(PCI)suspendeditspresidentRajeshTomaraspoorconductofthe15thNationalparaathleticschampionshipinGhaziabadduringMarchmonth.AretiedHCjudgeCommitteewillinvestigatePCImismanagement.

OtherSportsNews

Basketball

GursimranSimBhullarselectedinSacramentoKingsownedbyanIndian.HellplayinNationalBasketballAssociations(NBA).SimBhullarisFirstIndianoriginplayertoplayinNBA(NationalBasketballAssociation)ofUSA.

Boxing

OnMay2,BoxingmatchbetweentwoWorldchampionstowinwelterweighttitleatLasVegasEmmanuelMannyPacquiaoofPhilippinesV/SFloydMayweatherJr.ofUSAGovernmentofPhilippinesorderedsomehouseholdtokeepvoluntarilytheirRefrigeratorturnoff,sothatelectricitycouldbesavedthatcanbeusedforenjoyingMatch

ResultofmatchFloydMayweathewonthetitle.

Chess

WorldWomensteamchesschampionshipatChengdu,China.DronavalliHarikaSilvermedalKoneruHumpyBronzemedalFritzsoftwaremanyonlinechessplayerscheatsoneanotherusingthissoftwareStartingofnewgrandchesstouratSaintLouis(UnitedStates)includesthreemajorevents:NorwayChess2015Stavanger,NorwaySinquefieldCupSaintLouis,USALondonChessClassicLondon,England

HockeyCanadianMathiasAhrenappointedascoachofWomensHockeyTeamIndia.AzlanShahHockeyIndiawonbronze

SAI SportsAuthorityofIndiaDirectorGeneralInjetiSrinivas

Shooting

CommonwealthGameschampionApurviChandelawonthewomensairriflebronzeandtheOlympicquotaplaceintheshootingWorldCupinChangwon,KoreaAbhinavBindra+GoSportsFoundationpresentedFivetalentedyoungshooterstoWaltherrifiestoimprovetheirskills.

Weightlifting WladimirKlitschko(Ukrain)wonheavyweightworldtitlebeatingBryantJennings(USA)

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