34th National Games 2011

 34th National Games conclude at Ranchi.

 The Champion Services Team receive Raja Bhalendra Singh Trophy.
 Manipur retains Best State Trophy.
 Jharkhand finishes 5th in the Medal Tally.
 Best Athletes: Richa Mishra & Veer Dhaval Khade
 Arjun Munda: Sports University soon in Jharkhand
 Katrina & Shaan perform at the closing ceremony

State Gold Silver Bronze Total

SERVICES 70 50 42 162
MANIPUR 48 37 33 118
HARYANA 42 33 40 115
MAHARASHTRA 41 44 47 132
JHARKHAND 33 26 37 96
DELHI 32 26 41 99
KERALA 30 29 28 87
MADHYA PRADESH 25 32 46 103
PUNJAB 23 38 54 115
UTTAR PRADESH 20 22 28 70
KARNATAKA 16 19 20 55
TAMILNADU 14 12 27 53
TRIPURA 6 2 1 9
ANDHRA PRADESH 5 19 25 49
ASSAM 5 11 18 34
GOA 5 5 6 16
ORISSA 5 4 3 12
WEST BENGAL 4 10 21 35
UTTARANCHAL 4 4 5 13
RAJASTHAN 4 1 10 15
CHATTISGARH 4 1 2 7
ANDAMAN NICOBAR 3 2 2 7
HIMACHAL PRADESH 2 0 5 7
BIHAR 1 5 6 12
MEGHALAYA 1 3 2 6
SIKKIM 1 2 1 4
JAMMU KASHMIR 0 4 8 12
GUJARAT 0 3 4 7
ARUNACHALPRADESH 0 1 10 11
CHANDIGARH 0 1 9 10
MIZORAM 0 1 5 6
NAGALAND 0 0 2 2
Overall Total 444 447 588 1479
 The 2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games which began on October 3,2010 came to a close on
October 14, 2010 in New Delhi Around 7000 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nation and
dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events. The opening and closing ceremonies were
held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium – the main stadium of the event. The final medal tally was
led by Australia by grabbing 177 medals. The Host nation India gave its strongest and most
splendid ever performance to emerge second in medal tally followed by England which was
placed third in the tally. India eventually more than doubled its medals tally of the previous
Games in Melbourne. India had finished fourth in 2002 and
2006.

Top 20 Medal Winners Countries:

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

Australia 74 55 48 177
India 38 27 36 101
England 37 59 46 142
Canada 26 17 32 75
South Africa 12 11 10 33
Kenya 12 11 9 32
Malaysia 12 10 13 35
Singapore 11 11 9 31
Nigeria 11 10 14 35
Scotland 9 10 7 26
New Zealand 6 22 8 36
Cyprus 4 3 5 12
Northern Ireland 3 3 4 10
Samoa 3 0 1 4
Wales 2 7 10 19
Jamaica 2 4 1 7
Pakistan 2 1 2 5
Uganda 2 0 0 2
Bahamas 1 1 3 5
Nauru 1 1 0 2
India’s Final Medal Tally Category-wise:

S. No Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Shooter 14 11 5 30
2 Wrestling 10 5 4 19
3 Archer 3 1 4 8
4 Weightlifting 2 2 4 8
5 Tennis 1 l 2 4
6 Athletics 2 3 7 12
7 Gymnastics – 1 1 2
8 Table Tennis 1 1 3 5
9 Badminton 1 1 – 2
10 Boxing 3 – 4 7
11 Para-swimming – – 1 1
12 Hockey – m – 1 – 1
13 Badminton 1 – – 1
Total 38 26 35 101

Arjuna Award Winners – 2010:

Winner/Player Game/Sport
Krishna Punia Athletics
Joseph Abraham Athletics
Dinesh Kumar Boxing
Parimarjan Negi Chess
Jhulan Goswami Cricket
Deepak Mondal Football
Sunil Chettri Football
Rajiv Tomar Wrestling
Sandeep Singh Hockey
Jasjit Kaur Hockey
Jajseer Singh Paralympics
Dinesh Kabaddi
Kapil Dev Volleyball
Rehan Poncha Swimming
Sanjeev Rajput Shooting

The Davis Cup

 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested between teams of players from competing
countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the
United States. In 2007, 137 nations entered teams into the competition. The most successful countries
over the history of the tournament are the United States (winning 32 tournaments and finishing as
runners-up 29 times) and Australia (winning 28 times, including four occasions with New Zealand under
the name 'Australasia', and finishing as runners-up 19 times). The present champion is Serbia who beat
France to claim the title.

Below is the list of Davis Cup Championship Winner Countries since 1990. In total, 13 nations
have been crowned Davis Cup champion ince USA won the inaugural competition in 1900. In 1901 and
1910, finals were not played where as in 1974, South Africa won by walkover.

Yea Winner Won Against Venue

r by
201 Serbia 3–2 France Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
0
200 Spain 5–0 Czech Rep Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
9
200 Spain 3–1 Argentina Estadio Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
8
200 USA 4–1 Russia Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
7
200 Russia 3–2 Argentina Olympic Stadium, Moscow
6
200 Croatia 3–2 Slovak Rep Sibamac Arena National TC, Bratislava
5
200 Spain 3–2 USA Estadio Olimpico De Sevilla, Seville
4
200 Australia 3–1 Spain Melbourne Park, Melbourne
3
200 Russia 3–2 France Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris
2
200 France 3–2 Australia Melbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC
1
200 Spain 3–1 Australia Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
0
199 Australia 3–2 France Acropolis Exhibition Hall, Nice
9
199 Sweden 4–1 Italy Forum, Milan
8
199 Sweden 5–0 USA Scandinavium, Gothenburg
7
199 France 3–2 Sweden Massan Hall, Malmo
6
199 USA 3–2 Russia Olympic Stadium, Moscow
5
199 Sweden 4–1 Russia Olympic Stadium, Moscow
4
199 Germany 4–1 Australia Exhibition Hall, Dusseldorf
 3
199 USA 3–1 Switzerland Tarrant County Centre, Fort Worth, TX
2
199 France 3–1 USA Gerland Sports Palace, Lyon
1
199 USA 3–2 Australia Sun Coast Dome, St Petersburg, FL
0
198 Germany F.R. 3–2 Sweden Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart
9
198 Germany F.R. 4–1 Sweden The Scandinavium, Gothenburg
8
198 Sweden 5–0 India The Scandinavium, Gothenburg
7
198 Australia 3–2 Sweden Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
6
198 Sweden 3–2 Germany F.R. Olympia Halle, Munich
5
198 Sweden 4–1 USA The Scandinavium, Gothenburg
4
198 Australia 3–2 Sweden Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
3
198 USA 4–1 France Sports Palace, Grenoble
2
198 USA 3–1 Argentina Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH
1
198 Czechoslovakia 4–1 Italy Sportovni Hall, Prague
0
197 USA 5–0 Italy Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
9
197 USA 4–1 Great Britain Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA
8
197 Australia 3–1 Italy White City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
7
197 Italy 4–1 Chile Estadio Nacional, Santiago
6
197 Sweden 3–2 Czechoslovakia Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm
5
197 South Africa - India South Africa won by walkover
4
197 Australia 5–0 USA Public Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
3
197 USA 3–2 Romania Club Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest
2
197 USA 3–2 Romania Olde Providence RC, Charlotte, NC
1
197 USA 5–0 Germany F.R. Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
0
196 USA 5–0 Romania Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
9
196 USA 4–1 Australia Memorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
8
196 Australia 4–1 Spain Milton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
 7
196 Australia 4–1 India Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
6
196 Australia 4–1 Spain White City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
5
196 Australia 3–2 USA Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
4
196 USA 3–2 Australia Memorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
3
196 Australia 5–0 Mexico Milton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
2
196 Australia 5–0 Italy Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
1
196 Australia 4–1 Italy White City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
0
195 Australia 3–2 USA West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
9
195 USA 3–2 Australia Milton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
8
195 Australia 3–2 USA Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
7
195 Australia 5–0 USA Memorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
6
195 Australia 5–0 USA West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
5
195 USA 3–2 Australia White City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
4
195 Australia 3–2 USA Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
3
195 Australia 4–1 USA Memorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
2
195 Australia 3–2 USA White City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
1
195 Australia 4–1 USA West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
0
194 USA 4–1 Australia West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
9
194 USA 5–0 Australia West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
8
194 USA 4–1 Australia West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
7
194 USA 5–0 Australia Kooyong, Melbourne, VIC
6
193 Australia 3–2 USA Merion CC, Haverford, PA
9
193 USA 3–2 Australia Germantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
8
193 USA 4–1 Great Britain AELTC, Wimbledon, London
7
193 Great Britain 3–2 Australia AELTC, Wimbledon, London
6
193 Great Britain 5–0 USA AELTC, Wimbledon, London
 5
193 Great Britain 4–1 USA AELTC, Wimbledon, London
4
193 Great Britain 3–2 France Roland Garros, Paris
3
193 France 3–2 USA Roland Garros, Paris
2
193 France 3–2 Great Britain Roland Garros, Paris
1
193 France 4–1 USA Roland Garros, Paris
0
192 France 3–2 USA Roland Garros, Paris
9
192 France 4–1 USA Roland Garros, Paris
8
192 France 3–2 USA Germantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
7
192 USA 4–1 France Germantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
6
192 USA 5–0 France Germantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
5
192 USA 5–0 Australia Germantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
4
192 USA 4–1 Australia West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
3
192 USA 4–1 Australia West Side TC, 238th Street, NY
2
192 USA 5–0 Japan West Side TC, 238th Street, NY
1
192 USA 5–0 Australia Domain CC, Auckland
0
191 Australia 4–1 Great Britain Double Bay Grounds, Sydney, NSW
9
191 Australia 3–2 USA West Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
4
191 USA 3–2 Great Britain Worple Road, Wimbledon, London
3
191 British Isles 3–2 Australasia Albert Ground, Melbourne, VIC
2
191 Australasia 5–0 USA Hagley Park, Christchurch
1
191 Australasia - British Isles Final not played
0
190 Australasia 5–0 USA Double Bay Grounds, Sydney, NSW
9
190 Australasia 3–2 USA Albert Ground, Melbourne, VIC
8
190 Australasia 3–2 British Isles Worple Road, Wimbledon, London
7
190 British Isles 5–0 USA Worple Road, Wimbledon, London
6
190 British Isles 5–0 USA Worple Road, Wimbledon, London
 5
190 British Isles 5–0 Belgium Worple Road, Wimbledon, London
4
190 British Isles 4–1 USA Longwood CC, Boston, MA
3
190 USA 3–2 British Isles Crescent AC, Brooklyn, NY
2
190 USA - British Isles Final not played
1
190 USA 3–0 British Isles Longwood CC, Boston, MA
0