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[PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards,

FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi,
Cricket & more

1. Prologue to six part Article
series
2. How much sports you need to
prepare?
3. Sport Mascots
1. #1: Commonwealth Games
2014 (Glasgow)
2. #2: Asian Games 2014
(Incheon)
3. #3: Sochi Winter Olympics
2014
4. #4: London Olympic 2012
5. #5: National games
4. Individual games
1. #1: Tennis
2. #2: Football FIFA 2014
3. #3: Hockey: New format
4. #4: Cricket
5. #5: Badminton
6. #6: Squash
7. #7: Kabbadi
8. #8: Shooting 2014
9. #9: Chess
10. #10: Billiards
5. Awards
1. #1: Laurius world sport awards 2014
2. #2: Arjuna Award 2013
6. National sports development code
7. Unfortunate incidents
8. Misc. sports
Prologue to six part Article series
Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8
th
June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual
time span for current affairs most non-UPSC competitive exams of India.
1. National
2. international
3. sports
4. banking and business GK
5. books, authors, movies, beauties
6. diaspora, civilian awards (national + international) and Dead in News
How much sports you need to prepare?
That depends on the level of exam. Observe the difference
Bank, SSC,
Insurance,
StatePSC exam
CDS or CAPF (by UPSC)
Q. Who won French
Open 2014?
1. Nadal
2. Federer
3. Wawrinka
4. Djkovic
Q. Which of the following statement
is / are correct about French open?
1. in 2014, Rafael Nadal won this
tournament by defeating David
Ferrer
2. After this victory, Nadal holds
the record of highest grand
slams.
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2.
ans 1 ans 4
A weak husband always shows mardaangi by beating up his wife. Same way,
examiners harass competitive aspirants by asking Non-cricket questions. As if it
is ourfault that Indian junta doesnt watch/respect non-cricket athletes! And as if an
aspirant has (unwillingly) mugged up such list, he is a bigger patriot and better officer than
cricket fans!
Nonetheless, if you want the job, youve to study. Most candidates avoid / downplay the
sport topic thinking this is boring, cost: benefit is bad.
But if you prepare sports segment in a systematic manner, it is possible to tick atleast 1
MCQ in most (non-CSAT) exams without requiring much effort.
Just focus on the sport section in the monthly competitive magazines, and within that focus
mainly on four areas:
1. Who defeated whom in the final match?
2. Current venue, and next venue
3. Mascot
4. Major Awards
Back in the 90s and upto mid-2000s, they even used to ask theory question eg. which terms
are associated with following game. although you can find such info in Lucents General
knowledge book, but nowadays such sport-theory MCQs are not seen in most exams. so
you may skip it.
Lets start:
Sport Mascots
Game mascot venue
FIFA 2014 Fuleco, the Armadillo Brazil
Rabobank
Hockey World
cup
Storkey the Stork Netherlands
Winter
Olympics 2014
Polar bear, Snow leopard
and snow hare
Sochi,
Russia
Common
wealth games
2014
Clyde, a thistle man
Glasgow,
Scotland
Asian games
2014
Light, Wind and Dance
(Vichuon, Barame and
Chumuro)
Incheon,
S.Korea
#1: Commonwealth Games 2014 (Glasgow)
will be held in July August
Glasgow, Scotland
Mascot: Clyde, a thistle man (thistle=one type of flowering plant)
Motto: People, Place, Passion.
Boxing: Mary Kom will not participate in this game because Pinki Jangra defeated her in
selection match.
Raj Singh (Dronacharya winner) will be Chef De Mission for CWG 2014
Ravinder Singh Khaira- will participate in javelin throw.
#2: Asian Games 2014 (Incheon)
Incheon, South Korea
Theme Diversity shines here
Mascots
Vichuon light
Barame Wind
Chumuro dance
#3: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014
22nd winter Olympics + 11
th
Winter Paralympics.
Slogan- Hot cool yours.
Venue: Sochi resort, Russia, near black sea coast.
Mascots- Polar bear, Snow leopard and snow hare
maximum gold medals: Russia> Norway> Canada
Highest total medals: Russia > US > Norway
Next Winter Olympic 2018: PyeongChang, South Korea. Motto New horizons.
India competed in three events but (As you can guess correctly) we won nothing:
Winter Olympic event Indian athlete who failed
1. Alpine skiing
Himanshu Thakur
2. Cross-country skiing
Nadeem Iqbal
3. Luge
Shiva Kesavan
#4: London Olympic 2012
2020 (summer) Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Motto: Discover Tomorrow. and
Wrestling is included.
2012 London Olympic topic is beyond expiry date but nonetheless we must remember the
Indian winners
Gagan
Narang
Bronze. 10 air-rifle
Mary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing
Saina
Nehwal
Bronze. Single badminton
Sushil
Kumar
Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He
got bronze in 2008 Beijing.
Vijay
Kumar
Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna
Yogeshwar
Dutt
Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.
Indian Olympic Association
Chairman N Ramachandran
Secretary General Rajeev Mehta.
2019 Asian games Vietnam declined to host. Hence India interested to host this event
#5: National games
National games are held once in every two years.
2009: 35
th
National games were to be held @Kerala
but postponed because Kerala yet to finish building stadiums.
In this context, SAI suggested two things to India Olympic Association
1. scrap the national games altogether OR
2. Hold this 35
th
tournament @SAI centers.
Individual games
#1: Tennis
Highest Grand Slams: Roger Federer (17); Nadal (14); Sampras (14); Paes: 8 doubles,
14 overall.
Babolat Racquet: it has microchip & sensors to record players wrist movement. Nadal
uses this hi-fi racquet to analyse his performance after match.
2014 Grand Slams
in chronological order:
Open Won defeated
Australian
Man: Stanislas
Wawrinka (Swiz)
Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Woman: Li Na
(China)
some Slovakian girl, not
important
French
(Red clay)
Rafael Nadal
(Spain) won
nine times.
StadiumRoland
Garros.
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Maria Sharapova
(Rus) fifth slam.
some Romanian girl, not
important
Wimbledon
(UK)
Yet to be held (23
June). prize
increased to 25
million pounds
2013s winner/losers not
important. Non-UPSC
exams dont drag
current affairs that far.
US
Yet to be held (26
Aug.)
same as above.
Vijay Amritraj: Davis Cup commitment award.
Misc. Tennis Championships:
(less important than grand slams)
Open
2014
Won defeated
Dubai
Open
Federer
some chillar party, not
important.Important: Mahesh /
Sania was 2013s record. They
won nothing in Dubai Open
2014.
Venus
Williams
male
Doubles:
Rohan
Bopanna +
Aisam
Qureshi
(Paki)
Monte
Carlo
Wawrinka,
Swiz
Federer, Swiz
Chennai
Open
2014
Wawrinka,
Swiz
some guy from France not
important
Qatar
Open
2014
Nadal not important
Shenzhen
Open
Li Na, China not important
Madrid
Masters
Nadal
Nishikori stopped playing
because his back injury.
#2: Football FIFA 2014
11 players each side. Yellow card = warning; Red card = Player dismissed.
Year Place Mascot Official
Football
Official
Song
2010 S.Africa
Spain had defeated Netherlands in South
Africa. other details not important.
2014
Brazil
(June-
July)
Fuleco, the
Armadillo
Brazuca
We Are One
(Ole Ola)
2018 Russia yet to decide
2022 Qatar
allegations that Qatar paid bribes to win
this nomination
Fifa 2014: Total 32 nations participating, 12 stadiums (India not included)
Will use Hawk Goal line technology to determine ball had passed through goal line or not.
Hawkeye Camera takes 500 pictures per second. Computer processes this data and if
goal is made, message on Referees watch.
football related current affairs
Bhaichung
Bhutiya
Contested Lok Shabha election from
Trniamool ticket in Darjeeling but defeated.
Duran Cup
Indias oldest football tournament. Will be held
in September 2014, Delhi. Last years
champion not important.
Federation
cup
Churchill brothers defeated Club de Goa, in
Kochi.
Golden
Boot
2013: Lionel Messi (Barcelona); 2014=
somewhere in Nov/December.
Santosh
trophy
2014
Mizoram defeated railways. First victory by
Mizoram. Santosh trophy named after king of
Santosh region in Bangladesh.
Shilton
Paul
Captain of Mohan Bagan team
Sunil
Chhetri
AIFF player of 2013.
#3: Hockey: New format
by International Hockey Federation
To make the game more interesting and attract young audience.
before reform after reform
11 players same
2 x 35 minutes 4 x 15 minutes
total 70 minutes total 60 minutes
40-second break after every penalty corner and a goal
Will be applicable to Champions trophy, world league, 2016 Rio Olympics and all other
major tournaments.
Hockey related Current Affairs
Hero hockey
world cup
league
Netherlands defeated NZ in New Delhi.
Azlan Shah
Cup 2014
Australia defeated Malaysia in Malaysia
Hockey India
League
Delhi defeated Punjab at Ranchi stadium.
second edition Jan 2014
Hockey world
cup 2014
Venue: The Hague, Netherlands. May
June 2014
Mascot: Stockey the stork
Final match yet to come.
Indian captain: Sardar Singh; unlikely
to reach semi-finals because other
teams scored higher.
Indias coach
National coach: Terry Walsh (Gets
12500$ salary per month)
Jude Felix, former captain of Indian
hockey team will assit him.
Indian female
team
Captain Ritu Rani (for Malaysia tour)
Junior Hockey
world cup
Germany defeated France in Delhi Dec
2013.
Sportcode
Software used to analyses performance of
Indian hockey players.
#4: Cricket
ICC T20 world cup 2014
theme song Char Chokka Hoi Hoi
Venue Bangladesh
March-April 2014
series won defeated
Mens
Sri Lanka Captain
Dinesh Chandimal
India Captain Dhoni
(coach Duncan Fletcher)
Womens
Aus. captain Meg
Lanning
England captain
Charlotte Edwards
ICC T20 Man of the series award
Male Virat Kohli, India
Female Anya Shrubsole, England
For this ICC-T20 series, Indian Womens team captain was Mithali Raj (and not Joolan
Goswami)
Anyways, lets move on:
Ashes
Jan 2014: Australia defeated England in
Australia
Asia Cup
2014
Srilanka defeated Pakistan. Held at
Bangladesh
BCCI
President Shivlal Yadav (interim)
President Sunil Gavaskar (For IPL);
Brijesh Patel director of national cricket academy .
century
Fastest century in Oneday=Corey Anderson,
NZ (just 36 balls)
Col.CK
Naidu
lifetime
achievement
Kapil Dev. Award by BCCI
ICC chairman N Srinivasan. HQ: Dubai
ICC 2013
award
For records made up to August 2013
.Australian Cpt.Michael Clerk both Player of
the year and Test cricketer of the year.
Cheteswar Pujara: Emerging player.
Sangakara ODI player.
ICC 2014
awards
Yet to come.
ICC under
19
Africa defeated Pakistan
IPL -7
(2014)
Held at UAE and India. Kolkata defeated
Punjab.
Irani Cup Karnataka Defeated Rest of India.
Justice
Mudgal
panel
IPL spot fixing. now Saurav Ganguly also
joined the panel.
Kathy Cross
first lady umpire to be named in ICC umpires
panel.
MAdav
Mantri
Indias oldest cricketer at 92. Died in May
2013. (maternal uncle of Sunil Gavaskar)
Ranji 2014 Karnataka defeated hyderabad.
Under Asia
19 cricket
cup
India defeated Pakistan
Vijay Hazare
2014
Karnataka defeated railways. At kolkata.
World Cup
2015
Jointly hosted by Australia and New
Zealand in February 2015.
Two groups of Seven Teams
Both India and Pakistan are in pool-B.
India had won world cup 2011.
#5: Badminton
German
Open
Arvind Bhat, First Indian to win. Earlier
gopichand only reached upto finals.
Indian
Badminton
League
2014 will be held in Sep-October
2013: Hyderabad hotshots defeated
Awadh warriors.
Malaysian
Grand prix
2013: PV Sindhu had won womens
single
2014: no Indian player won anything. all
medals to Indonesia, China and
Singapore.
Macau open badminton. Dec 2013
Won Arjuna award 2013
PV Sindhu won nothing in 2014-
.
Saina
Nehwal
won Syed Modi badminton
won India Open Grand Prix 2014 by
defeating PV Sadhu.
Thomas Cup
2014 (men
only)
Held in Delhi. Japan won first time.
Japan is the fourth Asian country to win
(Indonesia, China, Malayasia are the
other three.)
Uber Cup
Badminton
Held in Delhi. China won against Japan.
#6: Squash
Joshna chinappa
(Tamil)
won Winnipeg open squash 2014
Richmond Open 2014
also got Arjun Ratna 2013
Saurav Ghosal
won Dato Alex Lee award for best
Asian player 2013
#7: Kabbadi
Kabbadi
league
Players from Iran, Bangla, Japan, S.Korea, UK
and India.Highest price: Rakesh Kumar. Patna
Franchise bought him for 12.8 lakh rupees.
Kabbadi
World
cup
2013
India defeated Pakistan in Ludhiana. Dec 2013
#8: Shooting 2014
Asian
Championship
2014, Kuwait
Hina Siddhu won gold in Air pistol.
womenChain Singh won gold in Air Rifle.
men
ISSF world cup,
Tucson USA
Manavjeet Sandhu won gold
#9: Chess
FIDE World
Chess
Championship
Norways Magnus Carlsen defeated
Vishwanath Anand in Chennai. Nov
2013
Asian continental B.Adhiban
Candidates
chess title,
Anand won. held in Russia 2014.
Kolkata open
chess title
Oliver Barbossa
Zurich Chess
challenge
Magnus carlsen
#10: Billiards
Saurav Kothari: national championship
Pankaj Advani has failed to win any major game in 2013-14 so far.
.
Chitra Magimairaj won World womens snooker
Geet Sethi: 6 time world champion billiards player from Gujarat. Retired and runs NGO
Olympic Gold quest to help Indian athletes along with Prakash Padukone.
Awards
#1: Laurius world sport awards 2014
Sebatsian Vettel (German, race car driver)
Missy Franklin (USA, swimmer)
spirit of the sport: Afghan criket team
come back: Nadal
many other categories ignore for bad cost : benefit.
#2: Arjuna Award 2013
Many, but only listing important
1. PV Sandhu: Badminton
2. Gagan Jeet Bhullar: golf
3. Joshna Chinnapa: Squash
4. Amit Saroha: Para-athletics
5. Anjum Saba: hockey
Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna
Trap Shooter Ronjon Sodhi.
Dronacharya
2013
for coaches. cost : benefit bad hence not
listing name- except one Raj Singh
(wrestling coach) will be chef de mission for
CWG 2014, Glasgow.
National sports development code
Delhi High court upheld this code while IOA was opposing it. (It diluted the autonomy of IOA)
Features:
Sports bodies will come under RTI.
more regulation and transparency .President of any NSF can hold office for a max period
of 12 years (3 terms of 4 years).
Secretary / treasurer for max of 2 successive terms of 4 years(min cooling period of 4
years).
Unfortunate incidents
Michel
Schumacher
Formula one race driver from Germany.
Retired from game but in medical coma after
skiing accident (2013)
Ian Thorpe
Olympic winner swimmer from Australia.
Shoulder infection, may have to cut down the
arm (2014)
Amy Van
Dyken
American Olympic gold medalist swimmer.
Paralyzed after a vehicle accident (June
2014).
Misc. sports
Indian Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won Indonesia Open.
Grand Prix: UKs Lewis Hamilton won GP in China, Bahrain and Malaysia; Nico Rosber
won Canadian prix.
Renjith Maheshwary- Triple jump athlete. He was declared for Arjuna award but before
prize ceremony Govt. Refused him to confer Arjuna award. Supreme court refused to
interfere in the matter.
Mangyogdae: North Koreas annual marathon. This time opened for entire world to
participate.
Boxing India: got provisional membership in International boxing federation. Vijender Singh
and Mary Kom in the panel.
Cycling:
Indias first cycling championship: Northern Escapes Manali Khardungla (July 2014)
National Cycling academy: SAI opened at New Delhi.
Oscar Pistorius: first disabled athlete to compete in regular Olympics (2012). Arrested for
killing girlfriend in South Africa. Ball by ball commentary in newspapers not important.
Los Angeles Clippers: this is a basketball team (similar to our IPL teams.) but its owner
asked his girlfriend not to bring black people in the stadium. Hence racial-controversy,
then owners wife sells the team to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer.