2016 Sports (Jan-Apr)

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2016 Sports (Jan - Apr)

Name of the Sport Events
January
Name of the Winners
ICC ranking
Steve Smith (Aus) 899 points
Top-3 Test batsmen
Kane Williamson (NZ) 889
Joe Root (Eng) 888
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 871 points
Top-10 Test bowlers
Dale Steyn (SA) 867
Stuart Broad (Eng) 859
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 406 points
Top-3 Test all-rounders
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 384
Stuart Broad (Eng) 326
National Wrestling Championship
Mens 65kg
First
Bajrang
Second
Rajneesh
Third
Manoj and Bhagat Singh
Mens 57kg
Gold
SandeepTomar
Silver
Ravinder
Womens 48kg
Gold
RituPhogat
Silver
AprnaBishni
Bronze
Pooja and Nirmal
Qatar Masters Open chess tournament
Magnus Carlsen
2015 South Asian Football Federation
India
P T Rajan Gold Cup
Rajsamman
World record by scoring 1009 runs at school level
Pranav Dhanawade
tournament
Chandela (Gold)
Swedish Air-Rifle Championship
Astrid Steffensen (Silver)
Stine Nielsen(Bronze)
26th Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey tournament
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)
MCL Title sponsors
Oxigen Wallet
Junior Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
First: Siril Verma(India)
First: Carolina Marin(Spain)
Second:TomaJunior Popov(France)
Second: Saina Nehwal(India)
Third: Chirag Sen(India)
Third: Li Xuerei(China)
Ninth: Kidambi Srikanth(India)
Twelfth: PV Sindhu(India)
FIFA rankings
India 163
2015 England Player of the Year
Wayne Rooney
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Month
Migueal Tabuena
2016 with Brisbane title
Sania Mirza(India) and Martina Hingis(Swiss)
Qatar Open 2016
Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Doubles
Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Marc Lopez (Spain)
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Hopman Cup
Brisbane International
WTA title
2016 Chennai Open title
Man Double Ranking
Mens Singles
Womens Double
Nick Kyrgios (Austrlaia)

Victoria Azarenka
Sloane Stephens
Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland
BWF Ranking
Marcelo Melo of Brazil, followed by Horia Tecau of
Romania and Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia ahead of Andy Murray of
Great Britain and Swiss Roger Federer.
Sania and Martina
Bopanna - 9th
Stephen Fleming
Queens Turf
MoneyGram
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
Coach of Pune IPL team

Queen Elizabeth Commemoration Cup
ICC Event Partner
World Record by Sania-Martina as they win 29th
match on trot
2nd-fastest 50 in T-20
Colin Munro
Denmarks sportsperson of 2015
Rene Holten Poulsen
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Marat Safin
2015 German Player of the Year
Mesut Ozil
Sydney International Title 2016
7000 ODI runs after AB de Villers
Virat Kohli
2016 Apia international title
Mens Singles
Viktor Troicki
Womens Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Mens Doubles
Jamie Murray of UK/Bruno Soares of Brazil
Womens Doubles
Martina Hingis of Switzerland/Sania Mirza
1.India
ICC Test Rankings
2.Australia
3.South Africa
Delhi International Open chess title
Ivan Popov(Russia)
2016 Dafabet Masters
UKs Ronnie OSullivan
Badminton League Champion
Delhi Acers
Life time ban by ICC
IPL player Ajit Chandila
First England bowler in ICC top Bowler
Stuart Broad after Steve Harminson
Lady Wigram Trophy
Jehan Daruvala
T20 Fifty Record
Chris Gayle
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Uttar Pradesh
Grand Slam Singles title
Roger Federer 300th win
Malaysia Masters Grand Prix
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)
Womens Singles
P. V. Sindhu (India)
Mens doubles
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) & Markus
Fernaldi Gideon (Indonesia)
Womens doubles
Ayaka Takahashi (Japan) & Misaki Matsutomo
(Japan)
Mixed doubles
Zheng Siwei (China) & Li Yinhui (China)
womens world indoor pole vault record
Jenn Suhr
34th National Rowing Championship
Open single sculls
Navneet Kaur (Pun)
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Double sculls
Coxless fours
Harpreet Kaur & Navneet Kaur (Pun)

Odisha (Pramila Prava Minz, Pratima Puhana,
Sanjukta Dung, Manjula Xess)
Pairs
Sanjukta Dung & Manjula Xess (Odi)
Senior Men
Single sculls
Sandeep Kumar (All India Police)
Lt wt double sculls
G. Vishnu Prasad & Arjun B. Panicker (Ker)
Coxless four
Punjab (Lachhman Singh, Sushil Kumar, Robin
Mangar, Rohit Kumar)
Lt wt coxless fours
All India Police (Dharmendra Choudhary, Nitesh
Kumar Lall, Ravinderjit Singh, Jagsir Singh)
Pairs
Gurwinder Singh & Karamjeet Singh (Pun)
Australian Open 2016
Mens Singles
Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Womens Singles
Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Mens Doubles
Jamie Murray (UK)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Womens Doubles
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/Sania Mirza (India)
Mixed Doubles
Elena Vesnina (Russia)/Bruno Soares (Brazil)
Retired from International Cricket
Pakistan - Imran
West Indies Chanderpaul(all form)
BWF ranking
P V Sindhu 11th
12th Sub-Junior National Snooker championship
Ishika Shah
Olympic quota with gold medal
Heena Sidhu
2015 FIH Awards
Player of the Year (Men)
Robert Van der Horst
Player of the Year (Women)
Lidewij Welten
Rising Star of the Year award (Men)
Chrisopher Ruhr
Rising Star of the Year award (Women)
Lily Owsley
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Men)
David Harte
Goalkeeper of the Year award (Women)
Joyce Sombroek
ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals
Izumo Takuto and Zhu Chengzhu
Blind T20 Asia Cup
India
Fifth spot in ICC batting
Rohit Sharma
National Billiards Championship
Sourav Kothari
February
Name of the Winners
2016 Syed Modi Badminton Title

Mens singles category
Indian Kidambi Srikanth
Womens singles
Sayaka Sato from Japan
Mens doubles category
Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia
Womens doubles category
Jung Kyung-eun and Shin Seung-chan from South
Korea
Mixed Doubles Title
Indonesian pair Praveen Jordan and Deby Susanto
2021 World Aquatics Championships
Fukuoka
2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000
Pietro Fittipaldi
No 1 batsman in T20 Internationals
Virat Kohli
` National Snooker Championship 2016
Mens final
Aditya Mehta
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womens final
womens billiards final
61st National School Athletics championship
World No. 9 in latest BWF ranking
ICC Permanent member status
Mumbai International Open Chess tournament Title
ICC suspended for three months
Retired from One-Day Internationals
Vidya Pillai
Keerath Bhandaal
Kerala
K.Srikanth
India, England and Australia (removed)
Swapnil S Dhopade
Yasir Shah
New Zealand cricketer Brendon Barrie
McCullum(100th consecutive Test)
Fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI centuries
De Kock of South Africa
Womens World Cup Final In 2017
Lord
BCCI bans for 5 years
Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf
St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy
ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016
West Indies
12th South Asian Games
1.India, 2. Sri Lanka 3.Pakistan
Buenos Aires Title
Dominic Thiem
Rio Olympic Games Qualifier
ShortDena Banks Sridhar
National Chess Team Championship
Indian Railways
Clothing supplier for WC T20
Numero Uno
Indonesias first Formula1 Driver
Rio Haryanto
th
World Rabk 6 in chess
Suhaania lohi
2016 Hockey Title
Japee Punjab Warriors
Asian Wrestling Championship
Iran 1st and India 7th (9medals)
7th WTA career title
Francesca Schiavone
Chief coach of Sri Lanka
Graham Xavier Ford
Wawrinka won Dubai ATP Tennis Title 2016
Womens Singles
Sara Errani from Italy
Mens Doubles
Simone Bolelli and Andreas seppi
Womens Doubles
Chuang Chia Jung from Chinese Taipei and Darija
Jurak from Croatia
2016 Qatar Total Open
Singles
Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia
Doubles
Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Taipei Chan Yung-jan of

China
Ranji trophy
Mumbai 41st time
Record: seven better Olympic qualification time
Gurmeet Singh
ICC Test rankings
1.Austrlia 2. India 3, South Africa
2016 Nagjee International Club Football Tournament Dnipro Reserves of Ukraine
March
Name of the Winners
All India Open Invitational Snooker Championship

2016- Aurangabad
Aaron Phangiso
Asia Cup title
Amity Polo Cup trophy
World Golf Championship
Rahul Sachdev
Suspended from bowling in Domestic cricket for
suspect bowling action.
Indian Team (6th time)
Jindal Panther
Anirban Lahiri(India) - 28th
Golfer Adam Scott(Australia) 1st
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Bubba Watson(USA) 2nd
Irani Cup Cricket Title
Rest of India
Pro Kabaddi title
Patna Pirates
CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 title
Mumbai U 23
Unbeaten 35-Game Record
Lionel Messi
ISSF World cup Thailand
JituRai(India) - Gold
Pang Wei(China) - Silver
Wang Zhiwei(China) - Bronze
Asia title -professional
Vijender Singh
Santosh Trophy football title 2016 -Nagpur
Services
Llyod Pro-Am Championship trophy
Delhi
Miss India title
Shweta Rathore
Australian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg
Street Child Games - 100-metre dash
Chennai girl Hepziba Gold
Dr.Gnani Laksumanan Memorial Cup
Quick Enough
Mens singles title - Swiss Open
HS Prannoy
Hero Indian Open title
SSP Chawrasia
2016 World Chess Candidates Tournament
Sergey Karjakin
BNP Paribas Open titles 2016
Mens Singles
Serbian Novak
Women Singles
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
Mens Doubles
Pierre Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut of France
Womens Doubles
US Pair Bethanie Sands and Coco Vandeweghe
Paralympic Games - Arunachal Pradesh
Wheelchair race
Techi Talla
Boys 100 meter race
Tabam Tatak
Girls100 meter race
LiterOri
Mens 100 meter race
Thasang Ajay
World Table Tennis Championship Malaysia
Womens Table Tennis
India
Mens Table Tennis
India
2016 All England Badminton title
Mens Singles
Lin Dan
Womens Singles
Nozomi Okuhara
Mens Doubles
Ivan Andreyevich Sozonov of Russia
with compatriot VladimirIvanov
Mixed Doubles
Indonesia pair Praveen Jordan and his partner Debby
Susanto
Race walk National Championships Jaipur
50km walk rcae
Junior Women category of 10 Km Race
Basant Bahadur Singh Rana (Gold)
Walk Neena(gold)
Chandan Singh (Silver)
Bhawna Jat(Silver)
Jitender Singh Rathore (Bronze)
Priyanka Patel(bronze)
Asian 20km walking race
Mens
IndiaGurmeet Singh - Gold
Japans Isamu Fujisawa - Silver
Kazakhstans Georgiy Sheiko - Bronze
Womens
Chinas Rui Liang - Gold

Japans Kumiko Okada - Silver
South Korean Jeongeun Lee - Bronze
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ICC T20 rankings
Number One T20 Batsman
Virat Kohli kept
Number one Bowler
Samuel Badree
Number One Team
India
2022 National Games
Meghalaya
2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup
India
Retrired from International cricket after World T20
Shane Watson
Qualifies for Rio Olympics
Yogeshwar Dutt
Second fastest player to reach 1,000 T20 runs
Faf du Plessis
Second player to hit century in 2016 T20 World Cup
Promoted as International Umpire
Official tech partner for London Marathon
Suspended after failing drug test at Australian Open
Suspended from bowling in international cricket

Womens & MensWorld Twenty20
world title with record free skate score
40th Paris Aprathon 2016
2016 Bahrain Grand Prix
Chinese Grand Prix
WLBS World snooker championship
Chris Gayle
Napoleon Singh
TCS
Maria Sharapova(Russia)
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and pacer
Taskin Ahmed
April
Name of the Winners
Asian Nations Cup Chess tournament, Abu Dhabi
West Indies
EvgeniaMedvedeva Gold
Kenyas Visiline Jepkesho and Cyprian Kotut
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Chitra Magimairaj - Gold
Varshaa Sanjeev Gold
India
Hawkes Bay Cup, New Zealand
India beat Canada
Mens Singles
Womens Singles
Mens Doubles
Womens Doubles
Kidambi Srikanth
ParuPalliKashyap
SainaNehwal
Pusarla V Sindhu
Manu Attri
B Sumeeth Reddy
JwalaGutta
AshwiniPonnappa
Rank(Mens)
1
2
3
4
Miami Open 2016

Novak Djokovic
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
Pierre Hugues (France)
And Herbert Nicolas (France)
BethanieMattek-Sands (USA)
and Lucieafov(Chezh Republic)
BWF Rankings FIFA World Rankings 2016
14
18
8
10
19
15
BWF Rankings FIFA World Rankings 2016
Country
Rank(Mens)
Argentina
1
Belgium
2
Chile
3
Colombia
4
Country
Argentina
Belgium
Chile
Colombia
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5
Germany
5
Germany
Malaysian Open 2016
Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei ( Malaysia)
Womens Singles
RatchanokIntanon (Thailand)
Mens Doubles
Kim Gi-Jung( South Korea ) and
Kim Sa-rang ( South Korea)
Womens Doubles
Tang Yuanting (China) and
Yu Yang (China)
Mixed Doubles
Tontowi Ahmed ( Indonesia) and LiliyanaNastir (
Indonesia )
world International Boxing Federation title
Anthony Joshua, America
US Masters golf 2016
Danny Willett - First Briton
WTA rankings
Womens Singles
Womens Doubles
Rank
Serena Williams (USA)
Aprtina Hingis (Swiss)
1
AgnieszkaRadwanska (POL)
SaniaMirza (India)
2
Angelique Kerber (GER)
BethanieMattek- Sands
3
(US)
GarbineMuguruza (ESP)
YaroslavaShvedova
4
(Kzh)
Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of Month
S.P. Chawrasia of India
Asian Kho Kho Championship Title, MP
Indias mens and womens teams
WTA rankings Wisdens top five cricketers of 2015
Player
Country
Jonny Bairstow
England
Brendon McCullum
New Zealand
Steve Smith
Australia
Ben stokes
England
Kane Willamson
New Zealand
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup,Malaysia.
Australia
Monte Carlo Masters title
Rafael Nadal from Spain
withdraw from Sultan of Johor Cup
Hockey India
First champion of the Asian Tennis Tour (ATT)
Vishnu Vardhan
Sidharth Rawat
Rio shooting World Cup
Jitu Rai 6th Spot
OlehOmelchuk of Ukraine Gold
Wang Zhiwei of China Bronze
First Indian participant at World Kickboxing
Tajamul Islam
Championship
Baecelona Open
49th Clay court cup and equaled the record with
Rafael Nadal
Guillermo Vilas
Doubles Winners
United States Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan
Stuttgart Grand Prix tournament
Womens doubles title
Garcia-Mladenovic
and Kristina Mladenovic
Womens singles title
Angelique Kerber
ISSF World Cup
Aprcus Svennson - Gold
Mairaj Ahmad Khan - Silver
TaAprro Casandro - Bronze
FPAI Indian Player of the year Award
Jeje Lalpekhlua
PFA Player of the Year
Riyad Mahrez - first African
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First woman rider TVS
Equals the world record in the womans recurve
event at Archery World Cup in Shanghai.
Commonwealth Judo Championship
Australias bowling coach
New Zealands captain
Sri Lanka Crickets Chief Selector
Cricket Association of Nepal
World Championship brand ambassadors
International Hockey Umpire
Rio 2016 Olympic Qualifier
First Indian Gymnast to Qualify for Olympics

Kansai Nerolac
Mother Dairy
Shahid Afridi
Asian/Oceania Qualifying Tournament
Retired from international cricket
Retired from international cricket
Retired from ODIs, T20Is
Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed
First Day /Night Test
BCCI decided to waive off the financial penalty of
USD 97 million
2018 Commonwealth Judo Championships
Shreya Sunder Iyer

Deepika Kumari
Garima Chaudhary Gold
Rajwinder Kaur - silver
Allan Donald South Africa
Kane Williamson
Sanath Jayasuria
Suspended by ICC
MC Apry Kom
Durga Thakur
Paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh, ManikaBatra
Wrestler Sandeep Tomar
Indian Rower Dattu Bhokanal
Sprinter Sudha Singh
Judok Player Avatar Singh and Thoudam Kalpana
Devi
Dipa Karmakar
Gujarat Lions associate sponsor
Delhi Daredevils principal sponsor
Pakistans T20 captain
Shiva Thapa - silver medal
Australia Cricketer Clint McKay
England Cricketer James Taylor
Sri Lankan veteran cricketer Rangana Herath
Suspended by the International Cricket Council
(ICC) for two and a half years
India 7 New Zealand
West Indies Cricket Board
India
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