Sports 2019

ITF World Champions for 2019: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced
that Australia's Ashleigh Barty and Rafael Nadal of Spain have been named 2019 ITF World
Champions. Ashleigh Barty and Rafael Nadal were named International Tennis Federation’s
(ITF) World Champions in singles for 2019.
Barty is the first Australian to be named ITF Women's World Champion having become the
first Australian woman to reach No.1 in the world rankings since Evonne Goolagong Cawley
in 1976. She claimed her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. She lifted the trophy at the
WTA Finals in Shenzen and led Australia to their first Fed Cup by BNP Paribas final since
1993.
The other winner are:-
Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) in Women Doubles
Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (Colombia) in Men Doubles
Gustavo Fernandez (Argentina) in Men’s Wheelchair
Diede de Groot (Netherland) in Women’s Wheelchair
Dylan Alcott (Australia) in Quad
This awards will be presented at the 2020 ITF world champions 2nd June, in Paris.

World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2019: India's youngest woman Grandmaster Koneru
Humpy has become the 2019 Women's World Rapid Champion. The championship was held in
Moscow, Russia. She defeated China's Lei Tingjie in a Koneru defeated China's Lei Yingjie in the final
playoff match. Humpy lost the first tie-break game and then won the second to reach the
Armageddon game. China’s Lei Tingjie won the silver and Ekaterina Atalik of Turkey won the bronze.
Norway's Magnus Carlsen claimed the men's title. Humpy has become the only second Indian to win
gold after Vishwanathan Anand who won it in 2017.

KIYG: It is the abbreviation of Khelo India Youth Games which was formerly known as
Khelo India School Games (KISG). It is held annually in January or February. It is the
national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held for two categories, namely
under-17 years school students and under-21 college students. The first edition of the event
was held in New Delhi and the second edition was held in Pune, Maharashtra.
The third Khelo India Youth Game is to be held between February 10, 2020 and February 22,
2020 in Guwahati, Assam. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the torch
relay of the Third Khelo India Youth Games.
The opening ceremony of the 3rd KIYG will take place at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in
Guwahati on January 10 before the athletes take part in their respective events in full flow.
Chief Executive Officer of the event, Avinash Joshi has announced that lawn bowls and
cycling will also be included in the Khelo India for the first time.
Leo Carter:
He is a left handed batsman from New Zealand. He was part of New Zealand's squad for the
2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with
Canterbury for the 2018–19 season.
New Zealand first-class cricketer Leo Carter has become the seventh batsman in the history
of cricket to smash six 6s in an over. He achieved the feat in New Zealand’s domestic T20
tournament Super Smash. Representing Canterbury, he smashed Knight’s bowler Anton
Devcich for six 6s in the 16th over of the innings. Carter achieved the feat in New Zealand's
domestic T20 tournament Super Smash. While playing for Canterbury, he scored 6 sixes
against Northern Knights. He has not only become the 4th batsman to have scored six 6s in
an international T20I but also the first New Zealand's batsman .

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4. Assam CM launches torch relay of Khelo India Youth Games

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the torch relay of Third
Khelo India Youth Games. The games will be held in Guwahati from 10th to
22nd of next month.
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31 December 2019 Current Affairs:Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda

Sonowal launched the torch relay of the Third Khelo India Youth Games.
The games will be held in Guwahati from 10th to 22nd of next month. The
people of Assam to create a fantastic environment for athletes will be
participating in the competitions. The opening ceremony of the third Khelo
India Youth Games will take place at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in
Guwahati on January 10. The officials of the competition preparing a total
of eight venues for the tournament, and they are on track to make the
Games one of the largest sporting spectacles of the country.

KONERU HUMPY WON THE WORLD RAPID CHESS TITLE

IN RUSSIA
India’s Koneru Humpy defeated China’s Lei Tingjie battle to win the Women’s World
Rapid Chess Championship in Moscow. Humpy accumulated nine points tied with
Tingjie. Indian lost the opening set before making a speedy recovery in the second
round. The championship played under rapid time controls. FIDE holds the Women’s
Rapid chess championship.  FIDE - Federation of International Chess Federation
FIDE is the supreme body by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in
conducting chess tournaments at continental levels and global level. FIDE founded
in Paris, France, on July 20, 1924. The motto of the organization is Gens una sumus
meaning. We are one people

ABHINAV LOHAN WINS BENGALURU OPEN GOLF

CHAMPIANSHIP
Abhinav Lohan lifted PGTI title securing a narrow one-shot triumph at the Bengaluru
Open golf championship. Lohan shot four-under 68 his four-day total to 13-under-
275  with seven birdies. It was Lohan's first title on the TATA Steel PGTI and his
second win of the year emerged victorious at the PGTI Feeder Tour event in
Lucknow. Chandigarh's Karandeep Kochhar with 71 finished runner-up at 12-under-
276. Bengaluru duo of M Dharma and Rahil Gangjee 71 won third and fourth places
with totals of 11-under-277 and 10-under-278. Lohan became the fourth Indian golfer
to register his maiden title on the TATA Steel PGTI this season following the likes of
Kshitij Naveed Kaul, Priyanshu Singh, and Veer Ahlawat. Abhinav Lohan Abhinav
Lohan finished 13th on the Rolex Ranking in 2015 to three top-10s during the
season. He came at the Western India Oxford Masters (runner-up) and CG Open
(tied third). Lohan delivered eight top-10s in the 2014 PGTI season to finish seventh
in the Rolex Rankings.

VIRAT KOHLI BECOME FIRST SPORTS PERSONTO TOP

FORBES INDIA CELEBRITY 100 LIST
Virat Kohli Bollywood's biggest A-listers to top the Forbes India Celebrity 100 List in
2019 become the first sportsperson to do so since its inception eight years ago. The
top position with actors before Kohli, who earned Rs 252.72 crore between October
1, 2018, and September 30, 2019. Akshay Kumar rose in the rankings to the second
spot with Rs 293.25 crore in the period of consideration, and Salman Khan, at the
top of the list since 2016 completed the top three. Former India captain MS Dhoni
and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar make the top 10 in the list at the fifth and ninth
positions, respectively. Rohit Sharma broke into the top 10 as well, jumping from the
23rd spot to 11th following a stellar year with the bat across all formats. The men's
cricket team in the list include Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, KL
Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravindra Jadeja, and Kuldeep Yadav. Women cricketers
Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, and Harmanpreet Kaur in the top 100 list. Forbes India
Celebrity 100 List are shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, wrestler Bajrang
Punia, boxer Mary Kom, tennis player Rohan Bopanna, footballer Sunil Chhetri and
golfer Anirban Lahiri.
NOBLE PRIZE
WINNER 2019
Here's a complete list of Nobel Prize winners 2019:
2019 Nobel Prize Medicine:
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel
Foundation for outstanding discoveries in the fields of life sciences and medicine.
William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza of the US and Britain's Peter Ratcliffe split the
nine million Swedish kronor ($914,000, 833,000 euros) award this year.
The award was awarded for discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen
availability, paving the way for new cancer treatments.
2019 Nobel Prize Chemistry:
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry.
This year, John B Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino have won
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are
today used in everyday items; from mobile phones to remote controls and even
electric vehicles.
2019 Nobel Prize Physics:
The Nobel Prize in Physics is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of
Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for mankind in
the field of physics.
Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor
and Didier Queloz have shared this year's Nobel Prize in Physics "for theoretical
discoveries that have contributed to our understanding of how the Universe evolved
after the Big Bang".
2019 Nobel Prize Literature:
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian novelist Peter Handke have received 2018
and 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. The prize was postponed in 2018 after the
academy was hit by a sexual assault scandal.
Peter Handke is an apologist for genocide within living memory, at the heart of
Europe.
Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk is a Polish writer, activist, and renowned intellectual who has
been described as one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful
authors of her generation.
2019 Nobel Prize Peace:
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this
year "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular
for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbour.

Ramon Magsaysay
awards 2019
Ravish Kumar, 4 Others Receive Ramon
Magsaysay Awards 2019
India | News18 | September 10, 2019, 10:44 am

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Ramon Magsaysay recipient, Indian Ravish Kumar poses during ceremonies in Manila,
Philippines on September 9, 2019. Five people are being honored as this year's winners of the
Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, including a South
Korean who helped fight bullying and suicide and a Thai housewife who became a human rights
defender after losing her husband to violence in southern Thailand. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay recipient Thai Angkhana Neelapaijit poses during ceremonies in Manila,
Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay recipient South Korean Kim Jong-Ki smiles during ceremonies in Manila,
Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay awardee Burmese Ko Swe Win poses during ceremonies in Manila,
Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Philippine Vice President Leonor Robredo and Ramon Magsaysay Chair, Board of Trustees,
Jose Cuisia Jr. pose with this year's Ramon Magsaysay awardee Filipino Raymundo Pujante
Cayabyab during ceremonies in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardees, Filipino Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab, Thai Angkhana
Neelapaijit, Indian Ravish Kumar, Burmese Ko Swe Win and South Korean Kim Jong-Ki poses
during ceremonies in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardee South Korean Kim Jong-Ki smiles during ceremonies in
Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardee Thai Angkhana Neelapaijit gestures during ceremonies in
Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Philippine Vice President Leonor Robredo and Ramon Magsaysay Chair, Board of Trustees,
Jose Cuisia Jr. poses with Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardee Ravish Kumar during ceremonies
in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardee South Korean Kim Jong-Ki poses with Philippine Vice
President Leonor Robredo. 

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Leonor Robredo and Jose Cuisia Jr. poses with this year's Ramon Magsaysay awardee
Burmese Ko Swe Win. (Image: AP)

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Philippine Vice President Leonor Robredo and Ramon Magsaysay Chair, Board of Trustees,
Jose Cuisia Jr. pose with Ramon Magsaysay 2019 awardee Thai Angkhana Neelapaijit during
ceremonies in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Philippine Vice President Leonor Robredo and Ramon Magsaysay Chair, Board of Trustees,
Jose Cuisia Jr. pose with this year's Ramon Magsaysay awardees, Filipino Raymundo Pujante
Cayabyab, Thai Angkhana Neelapaijit, Indian Ravish Kumar, Burmese Ko Swe Win and South
Korean Kim Jong-Ki during ceremonies in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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Philippine Vice President Leonor Robredo and Ramon Magsaysay Chair, Board of Trustees,
Jose Cuisia Jr. congratulates this year's Ramon Magsaysay awardee Burmese Ko Swe Win
during ceremonies in Manila, Philippines. (Image: AP)

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South Asian Games 2019: India ended its campaign with highest-ever
medal tally of 312 medals including 174 gold, 93 silver and 45 bronze
medals.
SANGEETA NAIR
DEC 11, 2019 13:02 IST

National Sports Awards 2019

List of Winners
National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports.
In this article, we are sharing the National Sports Awards 2019 winners list.
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular and most outstanding
performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years.
 Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for four years.
 Dronacharya Award for coaches is given for producing medal winners at prestigious
International sports events.
 Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime contribution to sports development.
 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar are given to the corporate entities (both in the private
and public sector) and individuals who have played a visible role in the area of sports
promotion and development.