China stood first in implementing death sentencein the world, according to the report given by Amnesty International.

           
           
       
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced plans for a “New Economic Model (NEM),” raising prospects of a fair deal for all racial groups.
           
           
       
During a session at the Arab League summit in Libya, the Arab leaders called for a review of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) to create a definitive plan for eliminating nuclear weapons development. These countries view Israel and Iran`s nuclear programmes with alarm, and have repeatedly called for an agreement to ban nuclear weapons from the region.

           
           
       
The Former interim Prime Minister of Iraq, Iyad Allawi`s Iraqiyah formationhas secured the maximum number of seats in Iraq`s March 7th parliamentary elections, narrowly edging out the State of Law grouping led by incumbent Premier Nouri al-Maliki.Out of the 325 seats, National Iraqi List (“Iraqiyah”) of Mr. Allawi secured 91. Mr. Maliki`s State of Law grouping got 89.

India joined the world to celebrate Earth Hour, from 8.30 to 9.30 p.m. on 27th march 2010 organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The event is the largest global campaign on climate change with over one billion people around the globe joined the campaign, involving more than 6,000 cities and towns, to turn off lights in show of support for action on climate change.
           
           
       
The Agriculture Ministers of the BRIC nations — Brazil, Russia, India and China have adopted a Moscow Declarationwhere they identified four areas for quadripartite cooperation
           

               
To set up a common database of production and consumption of farm products in their respective countries to facilitate comprehensive analysis of food security and coordinate formation of national grain reserves.

               
The four countries to jointly draw up a BRIC food security strategy for vulnerable sections of the population and share experience in providing food for the poor.
               
To mitigate the impact of climate change on food security and adapt farming to the changing climate.

To promote cooperation and exchanges in farm technology and innovation.
           
           
       
The United States and Russiahave concluded a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty(START) which include reduction by about one third the nuclear weapons that the two countries would deploy and a significant reductions in missiles and launchers and putting in place a strong and effective verification regime.

           
           
       
Chinais now set to take the lead as the world`s premier green energy power, according to a report released by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which measured the growth of clean energy investments in the world`s major economies. In 2009, China invested $34.6 billion on expanding its renewable energy capacity, out of $162 billion invested globally. The U.S. invested $18.6 billion, losing the top spot for most investments for the first time ever. India invested $2.3 billion, ranking tenth among the G-20 group of countries.
           
           
       
According to a new report from U.N.-Habitat, the U.N. agency for human settlements
           


               
The worldwide number of slum-dwellers now stands at 827 million and is on course to grow to 889 million by 2020.
               
Southern Asia now has 190.7 million slum dwellers (35 per cent of the population) and eastern Asia 189.6 million (28.2 per cent).
               
China and India, the world`s most populous countries, have together lifted 125 million people out of slums in the last decade.
           
           
       
The United States House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the Healthcare Reform billwhich will soon be signed into law by President Obama as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will lead to additional insurance coverage for almost 32 million more Americans and also bring down the deficit of the country by $143 billion over 10 years and by over a trillion dollars within the following 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). It will cost the American taxpayer $940 billion, according to the CBO.

           
           
       
The temple city of Tirupatihas been identified as `most favourable` to be developed as a `low - carbon foot print city`by European Aid and Development which works under the European Commission.
           
           
       

The Russia led defence bloc of ex - soviet states, Collective Security Treaty Organisation(CSTO) signed a cooperation pact with the United Nations, which amounts to recognition of the CSTO as a full fledged international security organisation.
           
           
       
Iran and Pakistan have signed in Istanbul, Turkey, the final agreement to launch the $7.5 billion Iran - Pakistan gas pipelinewith a provision for India`s possible participation in the project at a later date. This would set in motion the broader Gas Sales Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with the signing of two provisions i.e., the Operational Agreement (OA) and the Heads of Agreement (HOA) which deals with details regarding the transportation of gas to India "if and when India decides to join the project``.
           

           
       
Court martial proceedingsbegins against the former Army Chief of Srilanka, General (retired) Sarath Fonseka, for alleged involvement in politics while in uniform.
           
           
       
U.S. magazine Forbes annual list of the world`s top billionaires:

            Richest men in the World:
           

               
Carlos Slim ($ 53.5 billion)
               
Bill Gates ($ 53 billion)
               
Warren Buffett ($ 47 billion)
               
Mukesh Ambani ($ 29 billion)
               

Lakshmi Mittal ($ 28.7 billion)
            Richest men in India: There are eight Indians in the list of 100 wealthiest people in the world.
           

               
Azim Premji ($ 17 billion) (27th in the world)
               
Anil Ambani ($ 13.7 billion) (36th in the world)
               
Ravi Ruia ($ 13 billion) (40th in the world)
               
Savitri Jindal ($ 12.2 billion) (44th in the world)

               
Kushal Pal Singh ($ 9 billion) (74th in the world)
               
Kumar Birla ($ 7.9 billion) (86th in the world)
           
           
       
China supports Indiain opposing any international `scrutiny` of voluntary actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As both countries face common challenges, such as task of developing economy, eliminating poverty, improving people’s livelihood, reducing emissions and protecting the environment, China sought to continue and expand cooperation with India as negotiations between the developing world and the west headed towards the climate change conference in Mexico later this year, said Xie Zhenhua, vice-chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China.

           
           
       
The new constitution for the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal set to be launched on May 28, 2010 was to be delayed as the calendar for its release has been amended for the tenth time.
           
           
       
Indiahas emerged as one of the world`s top ten countries in industrial production, according to United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) year book of Industrial Statistics 2010.

           
       
"Power, Voice and Rights - A Turning point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific", a report brought out by the United Nations Development Programme to mark the International Women`s Day found that the problem of "missing girls" - a scenario where more boys are born than girls, as girl foetuses are presumably aborted and women die from health and nutrition neglect is growing in Asia Pacific. Birth gender disparity is the greatest in East Asia, where 119 boys are born for every 100 girls. China and India together account for more than 85 million of the nearly 100 million ``missing`` women estimated to have died from discriminatory treatment in health care, nutrition access or pure neglect.
           
       
Iraq voted in the parliamentary polls defying the threat of militant attacks.
           
       
The united States House of Representatives followed the senate in passing the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment Act (The HIRE Act), which offers a payroll tax holding for business that hire unemployed workers and an income tax credit of $ 1000 for businesses that retain them. The bill is for tackling unemployment.

           
       
The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) led by V. Anandasangaree in its manifesto for the April 8 general election in Srilanka has advocated a federal model on the lines of Indian system to resolve the ethnic conflict.
           
       
The Chinese government has appointed the 11th Panchen Lama, Gyaincain Norbu, the second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, to the country`s top legislative advisory body. His appointment comes amid Beijing`s efforts to further legitimise its contested selection of the monk, who analysts say may have a crucial role to play in the appointment of the current Dalai Lama`s

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland captured his first Major golf title with his victory in the 111th U.S. Open on 19 June 2011.The 22-year-old McIlroy became the youngest US Open winner in 88 years. This victory made him become the youngest Major winner since Woods at the 1997 Masters and the youngest US Open winner since Bobby Jones in 1923.
           

       
Kerala won the overall trophy in the National Senior Athletic Meet held at Bangalore. Kerala became the champion in both categories i.e.men and women getting past Tamil Nadu and Punjab respectively. Meet record holder Mayookha Johny and Sajeesh Joseph were selected best athletes of the meet. Kerala improved its medal tally bagging 27 medals overall; out of which 13 were gold.
           
       
Shyam Sundar of Chennai retained his Asian junior title, in the Asian Chess championship which concluded in Sri Lanka on 8 June 2011. He scored 7.5 points out of 9 rounds in the championship.IM Srinath won the silver medal. In the girl’s section R Bharathi and J Saranya won the silver and bronze medals by scoring 7 points each.
 

World No. 1 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-1 at Roland Garros (French Open) and won the title for the sixth time on 5 June 2011. With the victory, the reigning U.S. Open, Wimbledon champ Nadal equaled former tennis great Bjorn Borg’s six titles at Roland Garros. The French Open final victory on 5 June 2011 enabled the Spaniard to move to an astounding 45-1 mark at the world’s lone clay-court major.Rafael is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
           
       
Chinese tennis palyer Li Na’s won the French Open women singles title on 4 June 2011 by defeating defending champion Francesca Schiavone. She became the first Asian to win grand slam singles title. She had reached the Australian Open final in January 2011 but was defeated by Belgian Kim Clijsters. The Chinese professional tennis player has won 5 WTA and 19 ITF singles titles. She is currently ranked World No. 4 by World tennis Association (WTA).

           
       
Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Monaco Grand Prix for Red Bull on 29 May 2011. The victory marked his fifth victory in six races. Vettel now has a 58-point lead over McLaren`s Lewis Hamilton, who scrambled to sixth place. Ferrari`s double world champion Fernando Alonso finished second and ahead of McLaren`s 2009 winner Jenson Button in third.

Spanish soccer club Barcelona led by Lionel Messi defeated Manchester United 3-1 to emerge winners of the Champions League on 28 May 2011. With the victory Barcelona claimed the most prestigious club title in the world, and fuelled a debate about whether they are one of the best teams in soccer history. It was Barcelona’s third Champions League title in six seasons and No. 4 overall.
           
       

MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore to win Indian Premier League (IPL) season 4 title. The comprehensive 58-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was attained at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on 28 May 2011.MS Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore to win Indian Premier League (IPL) season 4 title. The comprehensive 58-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was attained at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on 28 May 2011.
            The winners of the first three seasons of IPL are as follows:
            Season 1: Rajasthan Royals
            Season 2: Deccan Chargers

            Season 3: Chennai Super Kings
 

India`s middle-distance runner<b> Ghamanda Ram won silver in 800m in the opening leg of the <b>Asian Grand Prix meet in the Chinese city of Jiaxiang on 22 May 2011. Sajeesh Joseph, the second Indian in the race, finished fifth in 1:51.62. India`s second medal came in women`s discus throw where Seema Antil clinched bronze with a throw of 49.77m.
           
       
Defending world champion <b>Sebastian Vettel raced ahead of Lewis Hamilton to win the <b>Spanish Grand Prix. It was Vettel`s 13th career win and he now has 118 points to lead Hamilton who is on 77 points by 41 points. Vettel representing Red Bull won four of this season`s five races. In this race he needed all his skill and nerve to edge out his McLaren rival by just six tenths of a second after 66 laps of the Catalunya circuit near Barcelona.

           
       
The Serbian tennis star <b>Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 in the Rome Masters final. With the victory at the Rome masters stretched his unbeaten start to the 2011 season to 37 matches. The second-ranked Djokovic won seven titles already this year, and beaten Nadal in all four finals they’ve played this year.
           
       
 

Asian Games bronze medalist India’s Virdhawal Khade bagged eight medals, including three gold medals at the 54th Malaysia open swimming championship in May 2011. Khade won gold medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events and two silver medals in the 50m and 100m butterfly events at the National Aquatics Centre in Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur. Ashwin Menon won a bronze in men`s 200m backstroke with a timing of 2:10.86s.
           
       

Five-time World champion M.C.Mary Kom (48kg) beat Asian champion Kim Myong Sim of North Korea 4-3 in the final of the Asian Cup Women`s Boxing tournament in Haikou, China.
 

Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was defeated by world number three Xin Wang of China in the finals to finish runner-up in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
           

       
Novak Djokovic won the third edition of Serbia Open on 1 May 2011. The ATP World Tour 250 event top seed, Djokovic captured his fifth title in 2011, and 23rd in his career when he defeated Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6(4), 6-2. The victory marked his second victory at his hometown tournament. Djokovic had also won the inaugural Serbia Open in 2009.Novak won every tournament he’s entered in 2011: the Australian Open, Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami and now Belgrade.

Formula one World champion Sebastien Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix with a dominant drive on 10 April to take an early grip on the Formula One season.
           
       
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina clinched their second WTA title together, lifting the Family Circle Cup doubles trophy with a straight-set triumph over Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy at Charleston (USA).

           
       
Shane Watson smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match One-Day International series against Bangladesh with a nine-wicket win in the second ODI on 11 April.
           
       
South African Charl Schwartzel has won the 75th U.S. Masters on 10 April. It is his first Major golf title at age 26.
           

       
Sanjeev Rajput of India won the gold in free rifle 3-position event in the World Cup in Changwon, Korea and grabbed one of the Olympic quota places for the London Games in 2012.
           
       
Alok Kumar of India defeated former world champion Praput Chaithanasukan of Thailand 6-0 to clinch the Asian billiards championship title at the Olympic Stadium in Kish Island, Iran.
 

Haryana overpowered Bombay in a 3-1 victory to take the 56th Senior National women`s hockey championship, at the KSHA Stadium, Bangalore on 14 April.
           
       
Rafael Nadal beat fourth-seeded David Federer 6-4, 7-5 to win his seventh straight Monte Carlo Masters tennis title. The top-ranked Spaniard chalked up his 37th straight win at the clay-court event, where he has not lost since 2003. It was his 44th career title and 19th at a Masters event.
           
       
Britain`s Lewis Hamilton by defeating the World champion Sebastian Vettel won the formula one Chinese Grand Prix title at shanghai. Vettel of Germany, after opening season wins in Australia and Malaysia, leads the title race with 68 points with Hamilton second on 47 and Button third on 38.

           
       
Former World junior champion and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta defeated BPCL teammate Parimarjan Negi in a battle of nerves to clinch the Dubai International Open chess title in Dubai. He is the first Indian to win the Dubai Open title.

Donna Urquhart of Australia, the top seed, defeated India’s Joshna Chinappa in the final of the WISPA-Indian Challenger $16000 squash tournament at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on 23 April.

       
Indian tennis players Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won their second title of the season by clinching the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami(USA) to become No. 1 in the ATP World Tour doubles team rankings. Third-seeded Bhupathi and Paes rallied to beat the second seeded Belarusian-Canadian pair Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-5.
           
       
Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4 to win the WTA`s prestigious Sony Ericson open Miami hard court crown for the second time. Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) to win the ATP Miami Masters crown and remain unbeaten in 2011.Djokovic has now won all 24 matches he has played this year, the best start to a season since Ivan Lendl began 1986, 25-0.The Serbian, ranked second in the world, has captured four titles, including the Australian Open, Dubai and, now, back-to-back elite Masters titles at Indian Wells and Miami, both with victories over Nadal in the finals.

           
       
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni would soon become the latest high profile celebrity to get an honorary commission in the Territorial Army. Chief of the Army Staff General V.K. Singh made the offer when Dhoni called on him at the Army House, New Delhi. Over the past few years, actor Mohanlal and the former India cricket captain, Kapil Dev, were granted honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army while the Indian Air Force accorded honorary rank of Group Captain to Sachin Tendulkar last year.
           
       
Anirban Lahiri of India won the inaugural $300,000 Panasonic Open golf tournament.

           
       
World champion Sebastien Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix held in Sepang, Malaysia with a dominant drive on 10 April to take an early grip on the Formula One season.
           
       
Carnatic vocalist Nisha P. Rajagopal has been chosen as the first recipient of ‘ The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award.’ Presented by RmKV, the award, which was instituted on September 16, 2010, seeks to honour and recognise the merit of a young Carnatic vocalist aged between 25 and 35 pursuing music full-time.
 

Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina clinched the BNP Paribas Open women`s doubles trophy after upstaging Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy in Indian wells. This was Sania`s 10th WTA doubles title, Vesnina picked up her fourth.
           
       
Novak Djokovic won the ATP Indian Wells title on 20 March, rallying to beat World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
           

       
India`s Saina Nehwal won her first title of the year with a commanding 21-13, 21-14 victory over South Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the Wilson Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton in Basel on 20 March. It is Saina`s ninth career title on the international circuit. She has won four Super Series titles, of which three came last year, three Grand Prix Gold titles and two Grand Prix tournaments.
 

Levon Aronian of Armenia won the Amber blindfold and rapid chess tournament held in Monaco. World Champion Viswanathan Anand finished third in the tournament.
           
       

Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand won the $300,000 SAIL Golf Open title at the Delhi Golf Club course on 27 March.
           
       
Malaysia`s Lee Chong Wei defended his all-England Open men`s singles title defeating Lin Dan of China 21-17, 21-17.In the women`s section, top-seeded Wang Shixian regained title for China, earning it for the seventh time in 10 years after a 24-22, 21-18 victory in the final against Eriko Hiros.
           
       

Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title with a victory over the Korean player Ji Hyun Sung in Switzerland. Nehwal, who was ranked second in the tournament, won 21-13, 21-14 in 43 minutes in the women`s singles final.
 

Egypt has won the JSW-SDAT-WSF mixed team Squash World Cup held at Chennai by defeating defending champion England. Ramy Ashour and Raneem El Weleily have made it for Egypt.

               
       
North zone has won the Devdhar Trophy by defeating West zone held in Jaipur.
           
       
Chennai is all set to host for the first time the World Squash Federation`s World Cup event, partially at the Indian Squash Academy and the final phase at a mega shopping mall from March 8 to 12
           
       

A.S. Suresh Krishna of Andhra Pradesh and Kyra Shroff of Maharashtra were became the New National grass-court tennis champions of India.
           
       
Sachin Tendulkar became the First batsman to score Six Hundreds in the world cup tournaments ,after scoring 111 runs against South Africa.

           
       
The 26-year old Kevin o’brien played an innings of brilliance and brutality and helped Ireland upset England in a World Cup Group B match during a feverish run chase at the Chinnaswamy Stadium,chennai. Kevin`s hundred (113, 63b, 13x4, 6x6), the fastest in the premier event`s history, sealed a three-wicket victory for Ireland over England. Chasing England`s 327 for eight, Ireland scored 329 for seven in 49.1 overs.
 

India’s SSP Chowrasia won the Avantha Masters Golf Cup at Gurgaon. The triumph was worth &euro;300,000 along with a diamond-studded trophy. This was the 32-year-old Kolkatan`s second European Tour title following the 2008 Indian Masters in New Delhi.
           
       
Gymnast Deepak Carmaker of Tripura made a clean sweep of gold medals at the 34th national games gymnastics competition in women’s section. The 17-year-old showed enough grace and fluency on four apparatus — vault, uneven bars, beam and floor — to give her State Tripura five gold medals, including the overall crown.

           
       
Guru Sai Dutt(A.P) and Arundhati Pantwane(Maharashtra) won the badminton singles men’s and women’s gold medals in the 34th national games.
               
               
Two-time World under-8 chess champion Ivana Furtado of India secured her Woman FIDE Master (WFM) title after winning a silver medal in the under-12 girls` category at the World Youth chess championship in Greece recently. The 11-year-old chess prodigy from Goa had earlier become the Women Candidate Master (WCM).
                   
       
Caroline wozniacki of Denmark won the Dubai WTA tennis Championship by defeating Russia’s Svetlanakuznetsova.
           
       

Sameer Mon of Services won the 100 mts sprint title in the national championship.
           
       
Karan Rastogi(Maharashtra) and Ratnika Batra(Delhi) won gold medals in men’s and women’s Tennis events respectively in the 34th national games.

           
       

       


           
       
 

The 34th National Games has closed on 26 February at the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium, Ranchi with a colourful closing ceremony. The competitions were held in 33 disciplines. Services emerged as the best sporting unit with a whopping haul of 70 gold, 50 silver and 42 bronze medals for a total of 162, a tally that surpassed its previous best of 59-46-37 achieved at the last Games in 2007. The second place was got by the Manipur with 48-37-33, with the total of 118 medals. Richa Mishra of Delhi and Virdhawal Khade of Maharashtra,(both are swimmers) were adjudged as the Best female and male athletes of the Games, were awarded IOA Trophies. Richa Mishra has won total 16 medals including 11 gold medals. Services were given the Raja Phaedra Trophy which was received by Air Marshal J.N. Verma on behalf of the Services Sports Control Board. Manipur was adjudged as the best State and was given a trophy as well. Kerala will be the host of the 35th edition in seven cities spread across the State in December next year.

           
       
Novac Djokovic of Serbia won the Dubai tennis championship by defeating Roger Federer.
           
       
Spain`s Alvaro Quiros won the Dubai Desert Classic Golf tournament on 13 february.Tiger Woods ended his challenge with a disappointing end in this tournament.
           

       
Kenyan Mugu Antony Ngudu triumphed at the SDAT Chennai Marathon 2011, comfortably outpacing Indian rival Ramsingh, as he logged just over two hours and 15 minutes in covering the 42.2 km course, on 13 February.
           
       
Union sports minister Ajay Maken on 13 february visited the Usha school of Athletics at Kinalur, near Kozhikode, and offered a Central assistance of Rs 5 crore to set up a synthetic track at the school.
           

       
Virdhawal Khade of Maharashtra and Goa`s Talasha Prabhu emerged the fastest swimmers of the 34th National Games held at Ranchi.

   

A.V. Jayaveena, a 12-year-old sensation swimmer from Tamil Nadu, was the cynosure of all eyes at the 34th National Games at Ranchi. Jayaveena, who had clinched two bronze medals earlier, emerged with her first silver in her pet event — 50m breaststroke.
           
       

The 10th ICC Cricket World Cup was ushered in with joy and anticipation at the Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka on 17 February.
           
       
Tamil Nadu bagged its second National Games gold, defeating Kerala 19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 in the men`s volleyball final at the Haribansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium at Dhaka.
           
       
Tamil nadu won the K.S. Subbaiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament by defeating Hyderabad in Perinthalmanna,Kerala.
           

       
Virdhawal Khade of Maharashtra and
            <b.richa Mishra < b></b.richa>of Delhi are termed to be the best swimmers in the 34th National Games held in jharkand.Khade won two golds with record time on the final day to take home eight gold medals all with record time and a silver. Richa won 11 golds, four silvers and a bronze for a total of a whooping 16 medals. Such a wonderful performance earned them the tag of best swimmers. Tamil Nadu`s teenage sensation A.V. Jayaveena won her third bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke while her elder brother Jayawant Vijaya Kumar earned a bronze in a tough field of 100m freestyle.
           
       
Shooter Sanjeev Rajput was on the high picking up his sixth gold medal, third individual, in the men`s 50m rifle three position.

           
       
Defending champion Orissa retained the football gold edging past Manipur 2-1 in the women`s football final at Jamshedpur.
           
       
Spain`s Alvaro Quiros won the Dubai Desert Classic Golf tournament on 13 february.Tiger Woods ended his challenge with a disappointing end in this tournament.

           
       
Kenyan Mugu Antony Ngudu triumphed at the SDAT Chennai Marathon 2011, comfortably outpacing Indian rival Ramsingh, as he logged just over two hours and 15 minutes in covering the 42.2 km course, on 13 February.
           
       
Union sports minister Ajay Maken on 13 february visited the Usha school of Athletics at Kinalur, near Kozhikode, and offered a Central assistance of Rs 5 crore to set up a synthetic track at the school.

           
       
Virdhawal Khade of Maharashtra and Goa`s Talasha Prabhu emerged the fastest swimmers of the 34th National Games held at Ranchi.
           
       
A.V. Jayaveena, a 12-year-old sensation swimmer from Tamil Nadu, was the cynosure of all eyes at the 34th National Games at Ranchi. Jayaveena, who had clinched two bronze medals earlier, emerged with her first silver in her pet event — 50m breaststroke.
           

       
The 10th ICC Cricket World Cup was ushered in with joy and anticipation at the Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka on 17 February.
           
       
Tamil Nadu bagged its second National Games gold, defeating Kerala 19-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 in the men`s volleyball final at the Haribansh Tana Bhagat Indoor Stadium at Dhaka.
           
       
Tamil nadu won the K.S. Subbaiah Pillai Trophy one day cricket tournament by defeating Hyderabad in Perinthalmanna,Kerala.
           

       
Virdhawal Khade of Maharashtra and Richa Mishra of Delhi are termed to be the best swimmers in the 34th National Games held in jharkand.Khade won two golds with record time on the final day to take home eight gold medals all with record time and a silver. Richa won 11 golds, four silvers and a bronze for a total of a whooping 16 medals. Such a wonderful performance earned them the tag of best swimmers. Tamil Nadu`s teenage sensation A.V. Jayaveena won her third bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke while her elder brother Jayawant Vijaya Kumar earned a bronze in a tough field of 100m freestyle.
           
       
Shooter Sanjeev Rajput on the high picking up sixth gold medal, d individual, in the men`s rifle three position.

           
       
Defending champion Orissa retained the ball gold g past Manipur 2-1 in women`s football final amshedpur.
           
       
India bagged the overall championship in the fifth Common Wealth Taekwondo Championship, which concluded in Chennai.
           
       

Tennis legend Andre Agassi inducted into international Hall of fame.
           
       
Bubba watson won the $ 5.8 million farmers insurance golf open, claimed his second career US PGA title.
           
       
Top Indian squash player, Dipika Pallikal, reached her career-best ranking in WISPA by rising to the 24th sport.
           
       
An Anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC has banned former Pakistan captain salman butt, Md. Asif and Md. Amir for 10, 7 and 5 years respectively for their role in a spot-fixing betting scan during a test match against England at Lord`s last year.

           
       
South zone lifted the Duleep trophy after a gap of 15 years beating north zone by 7 wickets at visakhapatnam.
           
       
Gaganjeet Bhullar won the PGTI players Golf Championship conducted in Kolkata.
           
       
Japan`s Takashi Uchiyama won the WBA super featherweight world title match against Takashi Miura in Tokyo.
           

       
Former Indian allrounder Robin Singh will coach the United States cricket team in the qualifying rounds (America) for the under-19 World cup.
           
       
Pakistan won the One-Day series against New zealand 3-2, second match dismissed due to the rain. Pakistan won their first one-day series since November 2008.
           
       
Gordon Greednidge` received the 1979 CEAT player of the award from Sunil Gavaskar in Mumbai on 3/2/2011.
           
       
Former England international and Manchester United full-back `Gary Neville` retired from football on 2/2/2011

           
       
The tainted Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir together with their agent, Mazhar Majeed have been charged with corruption offences, Egland`s prosecution service said on (4/2/2011).They were in the spot-fixing scandal that emerged last year.
 

Novak Djokovic (serbia) claimed his second grand slam title at the Australian open by beating andy murray (britain) in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

           
       
Gisela Dulko (Argentina) &amp; Flania Pennetta (Italy) have won the Australian open women`s double championship
           
       
Katarina srebotnik (slovenia) &amp; Daniel Nestor (canada) have won the Australian open Mixed double championship.
           

       
Australia claimed the one-day international series against England with a 51-run win in the 5th match at the Gabba stadium, Brisbane.
           

USA`s Hikaru Nakamura wins Tata Steel Chess Title at Wijkaanzee, near Amsterdam. Viswanathan Anand placed second in this tournament.
           
       
Japan won the Asia cup of food ball for a record forth time by defeating Australia 1-0 in Doha.
           
       
South Africa won by 33 runs against India as part of 5th and final one day international mach at Centurian. Man-of the-Mach "Hashim Amla". South Africa clinched the dramatic five-mach ODI series 3-2.

           
       
French Open champion Francesca Schiavone edged Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6,6-1,16-14 in a four-hour and 44 minute marathon that shattered the women`s record for the longest match at a grand slam in the open era.
           
       
Samaresh Jung clinched the standard pistolgold in the 54th National shooting championship at the Dr.Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

Sachin Tendulkar Newly appointed as a Brand Ambassador of Coco-cola, Company.
           

       
Pandicherry University announced the Honour Degree for the Indian Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
           
       
Belgian Star Player `Justine Henin` announced that she had been forced to retire from professional tennis once again because of an elbow injury .Henin made a return to the WTA in early 2010, losing the final of the Australian Open in only her 2nd tournament back.
           
       
Indian business man `Ahsan Ali Syed` purchased (248 Crore) "Racing Santander ". It was a Spain Foot ball Club. Ahsan Ali Syed is the founder and chairman of western Gulf Advisory.
           
       
Rajasthan Cricket Team won the "Ranji Trophy" against Baroda in Vadodara It won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 77 years after getting the better of Baroda on first innings lead.

           
       
Pakistan has won the series against New Zealand by drawing the second test at Basin Reserve. This is the first time that Pakistan has won the test series during the last four years. Pakistan has won their last test match against West Indies by 2-0 in 2006-07.
           
       
India beat West Indies by 57 runs in the fifth women`s One Day International (ODI) in Rajkot. India won the series against West Indies by 3-2 win.
           
       
Belgian `Kim Clijesters` won her first Australian Open crown with a 3-6, 6-3, 63 win over China`s `Li Na` at Melbourne Park. The title is Clijesters` fourth Grand Slam overall,
           

       
Castrol Awards given for following Cricketers - Indian Captain M.S.Dhoni was declared the "Castrol ODI Cricketer of the year", Virendhra Sehwag "Castrol batsman of the year" and Harbhajan Singh "Castrol bowler of the year". Mohinder Amarnath was given the "Lifetime Achievement award” at the Castrol award function in Mumbai.
           
       
American twins "Bob and Milke Bryan" won the `Australian Open` against Indian Stars "Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander paes" with a 6-3,6-4 victory in the final.
           
       
Thired seed "Novak Djokoveic" won the Australian Open against Britain`s "Andy Murray" in Melbourne with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 in the final.
           
       
Indian made history at the Ratmalana courts in Colombo by clinching the boys title for the first time, beating defending champion Pakistan 2-1 in an exciting final of the "Asia junior squash championship"

           
       
Japan won the Asian Cup -2011 against Australia at Khalifa Stadium in Doha Japan beat Australia 1-0 in the final.
           
       
Left-hand opener Gautam Gambhir was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a record $2.4 million (11.04 crore for each year) on the first day of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Bangalore.
           
       

The 16th National Scouts and Guides jamboree concluded at Shankarpally in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh hosted a jamboree after a gap of 57 years.
           
       
Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka won the Chennai Open Title with 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 over Belgian Xavier Malisse.
           
       
Leander paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the Chennai Open Doubles Title. They won over Robin Haase and David Martine in the Chennai Open final. They won their first title together in over six years,
           

       
Lionel Messi and Marta were awarded for the `World`s best Foot-Ball players`
           
       
Rafael Nadal won the World Tennis Championship Exhibition Trophy in Abu Dhabi by defeating Roger Federer.
           
       
England won the Ashes Test Series 3-1 against Australia at Sydney. England Claims the series in Australia after a gap of 24 Years. England opener Alastair cook awarded `Man of the Mach` and `Man of the Series`
 

Tennis player Carolinae Wozniacki secured the year-end No.1 ranking
               
       

           
Devender Yadav of APSRTC has been nominated as official for the Mr. World International Bodybuilding Championship to be held at Varanasi.

               
       

           
Hockey India President, Ms. Vidya Stokes resigned. She gave her resignation to Narendra Batra (Secretary-General of Hockey India)
               
       

           
Paul, the Octopus, who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year’s World Cup, died in an aquarium in the German city of Oberhausen.

Rising Tennis star, Somdev Devvarman increased his position to his career best 94 rank in the latest ATP Rankings Chart, released. Sania Mirza gained in singles to 166th rank and to 64th rank in doubles.
               
       

           
A National Olympic Committee official said that Sri Lanka’s only Gold medalist at Common Wealth Games, boxer Manju Wanniarachchi has failed a dope test and could be stripped of his medal.

               
       

           
Ferrari Formula One Driver Fernando Alonso won the Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam.
               
       

           
Roger Federer defeated Florian Mayer 6-4, 6-3 to win the Stockholm Open, his 64th career title which pulled him to the level with Pete Sampras.
 

India was ranked 144 in FIFA World ranking and 24 in Asia.
                 
       

           
Tennis Player Rafael Nadal inaugurated an Education-Cum-tennis Coaching Centre at Anantapur. Tennis Coaching Centre was built by The Rural Development Trust in Collaboration with Foundation Rafael Nadal in The town. He also announced a donation of Rs.55 Lakh to promote Tennis in the Region. The RTD is funded by Spanish agencies.
               

       

           
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murali Deora has announced cash awards for Indian sports persons who won medals at the 19th commonwealth games. Mr Deora said the petroleum sports promotion board would give away Rs.9 crore to players. It would give Rs.10 lakh each to gold medalists, Rs.7.5 lakh to silver medalists, and Rs.5 lakh to bronze medalists.
               
       

           
19th Common wealth games were completed with India taking a best ever second place in the medals table with 38 Gold, 27 Silver, 36 Bronze and 101 medals in all another commonwealth games first .The country grabbed 10 meals in 1966, 16 in 1982, 25 in 1998 and 49 in the 2006 commonwealth games. India has participated in 14 of the 18 editions, the first time being in London, 1934. Glasgow, Scotland’s capital’ will be host to the next common wealth games in 2014.

               
       

           
Common wealth medal winners of Andhra Pradesh sports persons:
                    Gold medal winners are Sanina Nehwal in badminton and Jawala Gutta and Aswini in shuttle badminton (double). The silver medal winners include Ashar Noria(trap shooting), Sania Mirza (tennis) and Ch. Jignas and Tirumal Chatterjee (archery).
                Satti Geeta (4*400 metres relay), Abdul Nageeb Kureshi (4*400 metres relay), V.Srinivasa Rao(weightlifting) and Kashyp (badminton) are bronze medal winners from the state.
               

       

           
India swept the Border-Gavaskar trophy test series (2-0) at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. The 2-0 win marked India’s first ever clean sweep over Australia in a series of two or more tests.
               
       

           
Sachin Tendulkar completed his sixth double hundred in Test cricket as part of 2nd test between India and Australia. Tendulkar made 214 runs off 363 balls.
               

       

           
Milkha Singh gave the country its first triumph in Cardiff; Krishna Poonia brought its second gold medal in the women’s discus, at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium. With Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil taking the silver and bronze, India celebrated its first sweep of all the medals in common wealth games history.
               
       

           
Kavitha Raut bagged the first athletics medal of the common wealth games for India - bronze medal in the 10,000 metres running race.
               

       
19th Common Wealth Games were inaugurated in New Delhi on 3rd October by the President Pratibha Patel and British King Charles. 6700 sports persons from 79 countries will participate in this event. Abhinav Bindra will represent India. The next Common Wealth Games will be held in 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Chennai Super Kings defeated the Eastern Cape Warriors by eight wickets in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament at the Wanderers Stadium
           
       
Iran defeated India and won the Asian Senior Volleyball Championship.

           
       
Pankaj Advani created history by winning World Billiards Championship after defeating nine times champion Mike Russel at the Northern Snooker Centre on Sunday night (September 6), in Leeds.
           
       

India`s MC Mary Kom won her fifth World women`s boxing title in Bridgetown ( Barbados). The Manipuri brave heart, who had won her four earlier titles in the 46kg category, this time won in the 48kg class beating her Romanian opponent Duta Seluta 16-6.

           
       
Rafael Nadal won US Open and completed career slam. The victory is also noted for being the title that would complete his Grand Slam set. He is the 7th player in the world to complete this feat, as well as being the 4th player to be victorious at 3 consecutive Grand Slam events since 1968.
           

US OPEN 2010 Men’s Singles title was by Rafael Nadal defeating Novak Jokovich.
            Women’s Singles title was by Kim Clijsters defeating Vera Zvonareva.
           

       
Sushil Kumar created history by becoming the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at the World Wrestling Championships in Moscow.
           
       
The Indian men`s archery team won gold in the World Cup archery stage IV meet in Shanghai. The Indians also picked up one silver and a bronze medal.
 

Japan`s Yuka Sato become the first gold medal winner of the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore when she won the triathlon.
           
       
The Group of Ministers on the Commonwealth Games headed by Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy approved the theme song for the event composed by Oscar winner A.R. Rahman.
           

       
India won over Sri Lanka in the third Test at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo leveling the test series. This is India`s fourth highest successful chase in Test cricket. Laxman was named the Man of the Match. Virender Sehwag was adjudged Player of the Series.
           
       
Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt in the 100 metres at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds in Stockholm.
           

Bengal beat Punjab in the final of the 64th senior National football championship (Santosh trophy) in Kolkata.
           

       
Tejaswini Sawant became the first Indian woman shooter to be crowned a World champion when she won the 50m rifle prone event with a World record 597 in the 50th World shooting championship in Munich.
           
       
Asher Noria won the double trap gold by equaling the junior World record of 146 in the 50th World shooting championship in Munich, Germany.
           
       

Somdev Devvarman was ranked No. 96 in the latest rankings released by the ATP. Devvarman became the sixth Indian man to figure in the top-100, after ATP rankings were introduced in 1973, behind Vijay Amritraj (16), Ramesh Krishnan (23), Leander Paes (73), Anand Amritraj (74) and Sashi Menon (87).
           

       
Australian Mark Webber won the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix which was held in Budapest, Hungary.

India defeated China to win the bronze medal in the inaugural Asian women`s Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Busan, South Korea.
   
       
Gagan Narang won the air rifle bronze medal in the 50th shooting World championship in Munich, Germany.


       
Badminton star Saina Nehwal has been chosen for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Among the titles Saina won in the last three years were the Indonesian Open (2009), Syed Modi Grand Prix (2009) and World junior title (2009). She climbed to No. 2 in world rankings following three major titles in a row in India, Singapore and Indonesia. She also became the first Indian woman to reach the semifinals of the All England and Asian championships.
 

Fernando Alonso won the German Formula One Grand Prix which was held at Hockenheim.


       
Muttiah Muralitharan became the first man to take 800 Test wickets and became the highest wicket-taker in 133 matches at an average of 22.72. Muralitharan began his Test career against Australia in Colombo in 1992. The 38-year-old ended his Test career with the victory over India on the final day of the first Test held at Galle, Srilanka.

       
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has allocated the FIH Champions Trophies for 2011. The men`s event will be played in India, while the women`s is scheduled to be held in The Netherlands

       
Argentina won the Samsung hockey Champions Trophy for women, beating the Netherlands.

       
Dani Pedrosa of Spain won the German MotoGP F-1race which was held at Sachsenring,Germany.

       

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa won the British Open golf championship which was held in St.Andrews,Scotland.

       
Poojashree Venkatesh and Rushmi Chakravarthi won the doubles title of the $10,000 ITF women`s tennis tournament at Hatyai, Thailand, beating the third-seeded Ayu-Fani Damayanti and Lavinia Tananta of Indonesia 6-3, 7-6(10) in the final.


       
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal jumped one place to a career-best second in the latest international rankings. She is now just behind number one, Chinese Yihan Wang.

       
Visakhapatnam won the inaugural Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy memorial South India cricket tournament, beating Krishna by 23 runs in the final at Tirupati.


       
Spain holds the football World Cup trophy with their historic win in the final against the Netherlands at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa.

       
Australian Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix held in Silverstone, U.K.

       
Sharath Kamal of India won the US Open table tennis championship by beating Slovakia`s Keineth Thomas in the final at Michigan.

 

Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the European Grand Prix which was held in Valencia, Spain.
           
       
Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal won the Indonesia Open Super Series defeating Japan`s Sayaka Sato. This was Saina`s third successive title, having won the Indian Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series tournament.
 

India defeated Srilanka in the final of the Asia Cup cricket championship by 81 runs
           
       
Saina Nehwal won the Singapore Open badminton Super Series defeating Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei in the final.
           

Saina Nehwal won the $1, 20,000 Yonex Sunrise-India Open Grand Prix gold badminton championships in Chennai defeating Choo Wong Mew of Malaysia.

           
       
World record holder Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold in the shotgun World Cup in Lonato, Italy.
 

Somdev Devvarman became the first Indian in 13 years to qualify for the men`s singles event of the French Open.
           
       
Grandmaster RR Laxman defeated Argentinean Grand Master Pablo Lafuente to bag the gold medal in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in New Delhi. The women’s title was bagged by Dronavalli Harika.
           

       
Asian champion Pan Qiang of China equalled the World record on way to winning the double trap gold in the shotgun World Cup in Dorset, Britain.
           
       
Mark Webber won the Monaco Grand Prix defeating his teammate Sebastian Vettel.
           

England defeated Australia by seven wickets to win its first title in the ICC World Twenty20 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown (West Indies).

           
       
Defending champions India and South Korea were declared joint winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as the summit clash between the two teams was called off due to rain.
           
       
Sushil Kumar notched up his first-ever gold medal in the Asian wrestling championship defeating Korean Dae Sung Kim in Delhi.

Viswanathan Anand retained the FIDE World Chess Championship, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the final classic game of the series in Sofia (Bulgaria). Anand won the 12-game match with a score of 6.5-5.5 to defend the title he claimed in 2007.

           

       
Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar was named best batsman while Deccan Chargers Pragyan Ojha bagged the best bowler honour at the IPL Awards Night in Mumbai.
           
       

Jenson Button,the reigning World champion won the Chinese Grand Prix.
           
       
Third seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes won the Sony Ericsson Open defeating fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the final. Female singles title was by kim clijsters defeating Venus Williams.
           

       
Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team won the formula one Malaysian Grand Prix.
       

Third seeds Lukas Dlouhy and Leander Paes won the Sony Ericsson Open defeating fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi in the final. Female singles title was by kim clijsters defeating Venus Williams.

           
       
Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team won the formula one Malaysian Grand Prix.
           

A massive web of spiralling steel in the form of five Olympic rings taller than the Statue of Liberty and designed by the internationally renowned Mumbai-born artist Anish Kapoor, will form the backdrop to the London 2012 Olympic Games stadium in East London.
 

Saina Nehwal: A Smash Hit! The Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, the Singapore Open Super Series and then the Indonesian Open Super Series at Jakarta have given enough reasons to Saina to celebrate. The World No. 3 defeated a fighting Sayaka Sato of Japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. Just two notches away from the badminton World No. 1, Saina is now indisputably India's top female athlete.

Khel Awards: Saina Nehwal to be conferred the country’s top sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. While Jhulan Goswami skipper of women's cricket team, boxer Dinesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh are tipped to receive the Arjuna Awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last one year, Footballer Sunil Chhetri and Deepak Mondal have also been nominated for the award that will be given away in Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th Aug by President Pratibha Patil.

Spain Won FIFA World Cup 2010: In a historic football victory Spain lifted their first-ever World Cup after defeating Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg. Andres Iniesta secured the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time on Sunday leading his team to victory.

French Open 2010:
       

           
Men’s Singles - Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling. He is the second person after Bjorn Borg to win 5th French Open titles.
           
Women’s Singles - Francesca Schiavone (Italy) defeated Samantha Stosur (Australia). She became first Italian women to won the French open.

           
Men’s Doubles - Daniel Nestor &amp; Nenad Zimonjic defeated Lukas Dlouhy &amp; Leander Paes.
           
Women’s Doubles - Serena Williams &amp; Venus Williams defeated Kveta Peschke &amp; Katarina Srebotnik.
           
Mixed Doubles - Katarina Srebotnik &amp; Nenad Zimonjic defeated Yavoslava Shvedova &amp; Julian Knowle.

Saina Nehwal defeated Choo Wong Mew to win women’s single title in Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton championship. In the Men’s singles Yunus Alamsyah won the title.
   
Saina Nehwal defeated Japan’s Sayaka Sato to win women’s singles title in Indonesian Open Super Series 2010.
   
Indian Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.

India defeated Sri Lanka to win Asia Cup (Cricket) 2010. India won the title after 15 years i.e. it won the cup in 1995.
   
Saina Nehwal won the Women’s singles title in Singapore Super Series badminton championship 2010 defeating China’s Tzu Ying Tai. It was her 2nd consecutive title.

   
3000th ODI (One Day International) Cricket match was played between England &amp; Australia.

England won 2010 ICC World Twenty-20 Cricket tournament defeating Australia. The tournament was held at West Indies. Kevin Pieterson of England has been declared as Player of the Tournament.
   
Australia won 2010 Women’s World Twenty-20 Cricket tournament defeating New Zealand.
   
India and South Korea were declared joint winner of 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, after suspension of the final match due to heavy rains. India’s Sardar Singh has been declared as Best Player of the Tournament. Australia won the Bronze medal. The tournament was held at Ipoh (Malaysia). India had won the tournament earlier in 1985, 1991, 1995 &amp; 2009.
   

China won Thomas Cup (Men’s Badminton) defeating Indonesia.
   

In the World Youth Boxing Championship, held at Baku, Azerbaijan, India won 1 Gold &amp; 1 Silver. Gold medal was won by Vikas Krishan and Silver medal was won by Shiva Thapa.
   
India won bronze medal in the 2nd Asian Paragliding Championship held at Nishiewa, Japan.

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title after defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the World Chess Championship 2010.
 

IPL3 season won by Chennai Super Kings defeating Mumbai Indians.
   
Youth Olympics Games 2010 to be held in Singapore in Aug 2010.
   
World Youth Championship was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.
   
Lawn tennis legend Martina Navratilova diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
   
"Jumbo" chosen as 2011 World Cricket Cup Mascot.
   
World Kabbadi Cup 2010  India defeated Pakistan to won World Cup Kabbadi 2010 held at Ludhiana.
 

Pankaj Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship defeating Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist for the consecutive third time.
   
Badminton Asia Championship, Delhi:
       

           
Men’s Singles  Lin Dan defeated Wang Zhenguing
           
Women’s Singles  Li Xiurei defeated Liu Xin.
       

Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal to win Vijay Harare Cricket Trophy.
   
Australia won World Hockey Cup 2010 defeating Germany. India ranked at 8th place.
   
India won six gold medals in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship held at Delhi.
   
Two new IPL teams Lochi and Pune were introduced. Kochi was auctioned for Rs 1533 crore and Pune was auctioned for Rs 1702 crore. Kochi was auctioned to Rendezvous Adventure Sports Ltd. Pune was auctioned to Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd.

 

Sachin Tendulkar became first player in the world to score a double century in ODI One day International. He scored 200 Not outagainst South Africa.
   
11th South Asian Games 2010:
       

           
Held at Dhaka Bangladesh from 29 Jan to 8 Feb.
           
Originally scheduled to take place in 2009 but due to general elections in Bangladesh the games were held in 2010.
           
This was the third time that the Dhaka hosted the Games thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times.

           
8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports including T20 cricket which was introduced for the first time in South Asian Games.
           
The 8 countries included are Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan &ampSri Lanka.
           
The logo of the games was ‘Kutumb’ a flying doel which is the national bird of Bangladesh.
           
The mascot of the games featured a magpie robin which was holding the torch to begin the games.
           
The final medal tally include: the final medal tally include
 

           
8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports including T20 cricket which was introduced for the first time in South Asian Games.
           
The 8 countries included are Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan &ampSri Lanka.
           
The logo of the games was ‘Kutumb’ a flying doel which is the national bird of Bangladesh.
           
The mascot of the games featured a magpie robin which was holding the torch to begin the games.
           
The final medal tally include: the final medal tally include

           
India 1st place with 90 Gold 55 Silver 29 Bronze Total 174.
           
Pakistan 2nd place with 19 Gold 25 Silver 36 Bronze Total 80.
           
Bangladesh 3rd place with 18 Gold 23 Silver 56 Bronze Total 97.
       
   
West Zone won Duleep Trophy 2009-10defeating South Zone.
   
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Asian Tour International Trophy 2010. It is his 2nd consecutive title.

   
Euro 2012 to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
   
2010 Winter Olympic Games:
       

           
2010 Winter Olympic Games were held at Vancouver Canada.
           
Mascot of the game was MIGA a sea bearQUATCHI a Sasquatchand SUMI animal guardian spirit.
           
The logo of the games was Ilnaaq meaning Friend in Inuktut.
           
There were 86 events in 7 sports.

           
The games were held from 12 Feb to 28 February.
           
Final medal tally: final medal tally
           
Canada 14 Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze.
           
Germany 10 Gold 13 Silver 7 Bronze.
           
USA 9 Gold 15 Silver 13 Bronze

IOC International Olympic Committeehas approved ICC International Cricket Councilbid to join the Olympic games 2020. The first time cricket was included in the Olympic games was in Paris Olympic 1900.
   
11th World Hockey Cup 2010 to be held in Delhi India. This is 2nd WHC World Hockey Cupwhich India is hosting. India also hosted the WHC in 1982 at Mumbai. 12 countries participated in the tournament. WHC is held in the years between two summer Olympics. First WHC was held at Barcelona in 1971. Pakistan has won the cup four times Netherland three times Germany two times India &ampAustralia once each. India won the WHC in 1975.
   
Commonwealth Shooting Championship was held in New Delhi in Feb 2010. India stood at first place with 35 Gold 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. England stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.

U19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 to 30 Jan 2010. Javagal Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the tournament.
   
Australia won the U-19 World Cup for the third time defeating Pakistan. India is placed at 6th rank. Australia won the cup for the third time.
   
Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championship, held at Abu Dhabi defeating Robin Soderling.

   
Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the age of 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparov’s record when he became the world’s top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985. Magnus Carlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and Vishwanathan Anand (India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsen stood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place.
   
Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to win Men’s singles title of Aircel Chennai Open.
   
Pakistan’s cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationals after he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia.

Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. Vishwanathan Anand of India ranked at 4th place.
   
Hopman Cup 2010 - Spain defeated Great Britain.
   
Australian Open 2010:
       


           
Women’s Single - Serena William defeated Justin Henin. It is Serena’s 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serena’s 12th Grand Slam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King.
           
Men’s Single - Roger Federer (Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is Federer’s 4th Australian Open title. It is Federer’s 16th Grand Slam title.
           

Men’s Double - Mike Bryan &amp; Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor &amp; Nenad Zimonjic.
           
Women’s Double - Serena Williams &amp; Venus Williams defeated Cara Black &amp; L Huber.

           
Mixed Double - Laender Paes (India) &amp; Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeated Ekterina Makasova &amp; Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paes’s 11th Grand Slam title.

Saina Nehwal wins Honk Kong Open Super Series.
Indias star sportswoman Saina Nehwal rallied around from a one game deficit to win 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 over Wang Shixian of China. Saina finished of her year on a wonderful note and has an unmatched record compared to any Indian player with regard to winning the super series title.

Sachin Tendulkar scores fifty centuries in test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth test century in the second innings of the first test against South Africa at the Centurion. The master blasted scored his century in196 balls with 12 fours and one six. Even thought India lost the first test Sachin’s century helped about bringing some respectability to the proceedings. Incidentally he has also been named the ICC player of the year.

Indian cricket teams wins its second test at Durban.
The Indian team had a poor game at the centurion where they were bundled out by an innings and twenty five runs by their South African counterparts. The second test they came back with a much more inspired performance with both bat and bowl leading to their first ever win in Durban which had always troubled them in the past. India had scored 205 and 228 in their two innings while the South Africans could score only 131 and 215 respectively.The star of the match was V.VS Laxman whose 96 helped India seal victory.

Chelsea lose third match out of fourth
Birmingham City defeated Chelsea by a score of 1-0 at Birmingham City making this the third defeat to be suffered by Chelsea in the four matches that it has played so far. This win helped Manchester United to move up in the English Premier League rankings. Birmingham gained three points in the rankings thanks to the one and only winning goal scored by its player Lee Bowyer. Newcastle lost 5-1 to Bolton while West Ham lost 3-0 to Liverpool alongside Blackpool and Stoke who claimed their respective victories. In their game against Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea let slip past their initial lead of 2-0, to finally lose the game at a score of 3-2. The game was at a score of 2-0 till half time with Chelsea winning but a combination of lack of concentration in players and simple bad luck cost Chelsea the match.

Cricket in 2014 Asian Games
Rumors recently originated that cricket had been removed from the list of proposed sports and events of the 2014 Asian games. The reason for these rumors has been said to be the decision of the Olympic Committee of Asia to limit the number of sporting events in the Asian games to a maximum of 35. However, these fears proved out to be false as the OCA recently confirmed the inclusion of cricket in the list of sporting events for the Asian games 2014. For the time being cricket and karate have been confirmed as two out of the seven non Olympic events in these games while the other five are still to be decided. However, South Korean organizers are said to not be in support of this decision.

• Nadal and Clijsters
  Rafael Nadal continues to hold the top spot in the ATP rankings with his score being close to 11900 points while Roger Federer holds the spot of number two. On the other hand Kim Clijsters fell to the third position in the WTA rankings released recently followed by Serena Williams on the fourth position.
• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  Following his win in the Korean Grand Prix, third position in Brazil and third position in the qualifiers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari looked like the possible winner. However the title slipped out of his hands, much to his surprise and landed into the hands of Vettel making him the youngest Formula One champion in the history of F1 racing aged just 23 years.

A century of Medals in CWG 2010:
Thanks to the final in the woman badminton category that India was able to taste the sweet gland of a century tally of medals for the very first time in any CWG edition. India had tallied 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals which cumulatively read 101 medals. Even though India were shattered to an 8-0 defeat by the Aussies the woman shutters’ heroics steered them to a total of medals that read 101. India finished ahead of England (142) and behind Australia (177). The culminating day (Oct 14th) saw the quest of an unimaginable 2nd place finish thanks to Jwala and Ashwini. They defeated Singapore’s Sari Shanti Mulia and Yao Lei with some ease and become the lone pair so far to win gold in women badminton (doubles). But the cherry on the cake was put by Indian badminton pioneer – Saina Nehwal. The hosts scalped addition one inclusive of a bronze medal when our table tennis masters Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das won in the doubles for women bronze medal final round alongside the Australian pair. Tan Zed Vivian and Peri Campbell-Innes. But the finals for the hockey men were a match to forget as they were thumped by the Kangaroos scoring 8 past their goal. Going into this match with some resilient attitude as shown in the semis, the Aussies brought them to ground by outplaying them with power play.

Master Blaster’s the Best; ICC admits:
Sachin Tendulkar (quite unsurprisingly) was shortlisted for the most decorated cricketing accolade in contempt period, an award given to the greatest cricketer for the year that is named after Sir Garfield Sobers. The Master Blaster turned out to be the second Indian to win the accolade following the success of Rahul Dravid in the same award six years before. Afterwards accumulating 1,000 runs in Test match cricket this calendar year more to the point becoming the aboriginal cricketer to score a double century in LOI cricket playing against South Africa on Feb 24th 2010 in Gwalior, Sachin completed a double of awards at the even by also winning the famous – LG People’s Choice Award. The Men in Blue had a lot extra to applaud about as their striking opener, Virender Sehwag, with 1,282 runs in the game’s longer adaptation, was chosen as the Test Cricketer of the Year and M.S. Dhoni was selected as the captain of a World Test XI. In the previous, Sehwag’s Delhi team mate as well as opening partner, Gautam Gambhir was given this privilege. Decorated Indian off-spinner, B.S. Bedi was introduced into the Hall of Fame (for ICC) forth along with the legendary West Indies’ fast bowlers Garner and Walsh and Rachael Heyhoe Flint (ex-England women cricketer) The LOI (also known as ODI) Player of the Year was bagged by the South African cricketer A.B. de Villiers.

Kangaroos see BLUE in India:
In a highly anticipated and evenly fought cricket competition between two giants of the beautiful game of cricket between India and Australia, the former proved to be good for the Aussies. The Australian team over a period of time has seen its main workforce in Gilchrist, Hayden, McGrath and others retiring had to rely majorly on the young breed of players lacking experience of play in the Indian subcontinent. India had slipped its rank down a bit from No. 1 and was in a quest to get it back. That’s what actually transpired. Thanks to the great heroics of Sachin along with the rest of his teammates India were not only able to beat the Aussies but finish it as a clean sweep which the team Down Under hadn’t experienced for quite some time. Sachin’s double ton was the highlight of the series and imperative in order to retain the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Apart from the Test Series, India also won the ODI series without losing single game (1-0). Two of the three matches were abandoned due to bad weather conditions while the sole game played, India convincingly beat the Australians thanks to a solid partnership between Suresh Raina and Mohit Tiwary. The partnership between the two batsmen helped India to chase down a total just under 300.

Kalmadi and Co. pocket Common man’s Wealth:
The contempt letters of forgery and fraud in Commonwealth Games resulted in an abnormally affliction of our nation’s picture. The bulk of finances used up on modernizing the venues for Commonwealth Games accommodate a prima facie affirmation of ample calibration enticement in the alignment of Commonwealth Games. The abstracts accessible on the Commonwealth Games website reveals that the amount of refurbishing the JNU stadium was USD 215 million; the IGI Stadium USD 150 million; the Hockey stadium (named after Dhyan Chand) USD 60 million; and the Shooting Alleys USD 35 million. An absolute sum of USD 10150 million was spent on renovations. The costs incurred in the advance of the lone cricket stadium in Delhi were USD 20 million. For the LBS stadium in Hyderabad was USD 18 million, and architecture of a contemporary and technology studded stadium in the city of oranges amounted USD 19 million. It is acute that the Central Government anon adjustment a top akin analysis into this arrangement and the dealings embarked on. It is abominable that such all-embracing abusage of communal resources has taken abode in the name of the Commonwealth Games. The accusations of inducement ambit from favoritism in accolade of affairs to big-ticket appoint of accessories for training and abrupt accretion in the costs of architecture treaties.

Bridge Collapses; Casualties cross double figures:
Reportedly not less than 27 people were afflicted afterwards an under-construction foot over bridge burst within the close proximity of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the capital area of the Commonwealth Games, bidding the Organizing Committee (OC) to awning up by giving a statement or in other words a false sense of complacency and assurance that everything is being taken care of. The arch was to hotlink the amphitheater to parking for delegates and athletes. The Urban Development Minister, Jaipal Reddy has dismissed the pressures by quoting it is a negligible incident. The Public Works Department (PWD) has urged for an acoount of the structure from the builders. Later the aforementioned day, Organizing Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot addressed reporters: “We will put up a great show. He said the venues will be all set in the days to come and there would be added sprucing to accommodate top notch standards. However, the mishap is a concern to the CWG organizers, who are already nabbed amidst accuse of laziness and fraud for the XIX Edition. Previously, Mike Hooper, the main controller of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), remarked on the condition of hygiene at the Games Village as “dirty.”

Chennai are the Super Kings of Twenty20 Cricket:
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings are the champions of the second edition of the AirTel Champions League Twenty20 hosted by South Africa from September 10th to September 26th. Chennai Super Kings defeated their fellow finalists in some fashion by 8 wickets in the final of the Champions League T20 2010.Warriors had won the toss earlier and decided to bat first but bootless to account an appropriate target, but only capable to set a minimal total of mere 128 runs for 7 wickets. Only Davy Jacobs’s denticulate 34 runs were the notable contribution and was also the best from the entire batting lineup of the Warriors. Muttiah Muralidaran was the most booming bowler scalping 3 wickets for only 16 runs. Ashwin got a couple of wickets for 16 runs as well. Chennai Super Kings started off in some style by baking batting by Murali Vijay who denticulate a 58 run total. Michael Hussey fabricated 42 handy runs to the total. The Opening brace fabricated 103 runs which fabricated their way of triumph easier than it ever seemed. With this Murali Vijay became the highest run getter of the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20. He was facilitated with the Man of the Match Award. With such great triumph on the world stage, the Indian and CSK captain has silenced his critics and is still in contention to be the best ever captain in the world today.

• Sehwag denied century
  A deliberate no ball by the Srilankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv to prevent Virendar Sehwag from completing his century in the tri-series has left a bad taste in the mouth for all cricket lovers. Indians were just short of 5 runs from destination called victory and the opening batsman VEERU was just a run away from his ton. At the same time Lankan skipper chose spinner S. Randiv to come in and bowl. On the third bowl of his spell Virender Sehwag sent the bowl out of the fence with a huge six but the turning point was that it was a no ball which defended Virender Sehwag from completing his century. As per the declaration of the match referee it was been found out that it was an intentional attempt.
• Shooting Gold
  Tejaswini Sawant created history by becoming India’s first female shooter to clinch gold at the World Shooting Championship held in Munich, Germany. The 29-year-old, who shot a score of 597/600 (100, 100, 100, 99, 99, 99), equaling the world record in the process, won the 50m rifle prone event

Sri Lanka wins the tri series
The host Sri Lanka’ eight wicket victory over India in Dambulla represents its 25th win in a tournament final. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara’who won the toss decided to bat against India in the tri-series final. The Sri Lankans won the match by 74 runs in this game. With this it became the second team to win a tournament final on 25 occasions. Australia has won 52 tournament finals.

First Indian US PGA Tour winner
Arjun Atwal has become the first Indian Golfer to win the US PGA tour. Atwal, who started playing at the age of fourteen, became one of the leading players on the Asian Tour and the European tour. He is the the first native East Indian golfer to become a member of, and later win the U.S. PGA Tour.

Saina Nehwal: A Smash Hit! The Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, the Singapore Open Super Series and then the Indonesian Open Super Series at Jakarta have given enough reasons to Saina to celebrate. The World No. 3 defeated a fighting Sayaka Sato of Japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. Just two notches away from the badminton World No. 1, Saina is now indisputably India's top female athlete. </lisaina nehwal: a smash hit! the indian open grand prix gold, the singapore open super series and then the indonesian open super series at jakarta have given enough reasons to saina to celebrate. the world no. 3 defeated a fighting sayaka sato of japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. just two notches away from the badminton world no. 1, saina is now indisputably india's top female athlete.
   
 

Khel Awards: Saina Nehwal to be conferred the country’s top sporting honour, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. While Jhulan Goswami skipper of women's cricket team, boxer Dinesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh are tipped to receive the Arjuna Awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last one year, Footballer Sunil Chhetri and Deepak Mondal have also been nominated for the award that will be given away in Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th Aug by President Pratibha Patil. </likhel awards: saina nehwal to be conferred the country’s top sporting honour, the rajiv gandhi khel ratna award. while jhulan goswami skipper of women's cricket team, boxer dinesh kumar and sandeep singh are tipped to receive the arjuna awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last one year, footballer sunil chhetri and deepak mondal have also been nominated for the award that will be given away in rashtrapati bhawan on 29th aug by president pratibha patil.
   

Spain Won FIFA World Cup 2010: In a historic football victory Spain lifted their first-ever World Cup after defeating Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg. Andres Iniesta secured the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time on Sunday leading his team to victory. </lispain won fifa world cup 2010: in a historic football victory spain lifted their first-ever world cup after defeating netherlands 1-0 in johannesburg. andres iniesta secured the only goal of an enthralling final against the netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time on sunday leading his team to victory.

French Open 2010:
       

           
Men’s Singles - Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling. He is the second person after Bjorn Borg to win 5th French Open titles.
           
Women’s Singles - Francesca Schiavone (Italy) defeated Samantha Stosur (Australia). She became first Italian women to won the French open.

           
Men’s Doubles - Daniel Nestor &amp; Nenad Zimonjic defeated Lukas Dlouhy &amp; Leander Paes.
           
Women’s Doubles - Serena Williams &amp; Venus Williams defeated Kveta Peschke &amp; Katarina Srebotnik.

Mixed Doubles - Katarina Srebotnik &amp; Nenad Zimonjic defeated Yavoslava Shvedova &amp; Julian Knowle.

       
   
Saina Nehwal defeated Choo Wong Mew to win women’s single title in Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton championship. In the Men’s singles Yunus Alamsyah won the title.
   
Saina Nehwal defeated Japan’s Sayaka Sato to win women’s singles title in Indonesian Open Super Series 2010.
   
Indian Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.
   
India defeated Sri Lanka to win Asia Cup (Cricket) 2010. India won the title after 15 years i.e. it won the cup in 1995.

Saina Nehwal won the Women’s singles title in Singapore Super Series badminton championship 2010 defeating China’s Tzu Ying Tai. It was her 2nd consecutive title.

   
3000th ODI (One Day International) Cricket match was played between England &amp; Australia.

England won 2010 ICC World Twenty-20 Cricket tournament defeating Australia. The tournament was held at West Indies. Kevin Pieterson of England has been declared as Player of the Tournament.
   
Australia won 2010 Women’s World Twenty-20 Cricket tournament defeating New Zealand.
   
India and South Korea were declared joint winner of 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, after suspension of the final match due to heavy rains. India’s Sardar Singh has been declared as Best Player of the Tournament. Australia won the Bronze medal. The tournament was held at Ipoh (Malaysia). India had won the tournament earlier in 1985, 1991, 1995 &amp; 2009.

China won Thomas Cup (Men’s Badminton) defeating Indonesia.
   

In the World Youth Boxing Championship, held at Baku, Azerbaijan, India won 1 Gold &amp; 1 Silver. Gold medal was won by Vikas Krishan and Silver medal was won by Shiva Thapa.
   

India won bronze medal in the 2nd Asian Paragliding Championship held at Nishiewa, Japan.
   
World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title after defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the World Chess Championship 2010.
 

IPL3 season won by Chennai Super Kings defeating Mumbai Indians.
   
Youth Olympics Games 2010 to be held in Singapore in Aug 2010.
   
World Youth Championship was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.
   
Lawn tennis legend Martina Navratilova diagnosed with Breast Cancer.
   
"Jumbo" chosen as 2011 World Cricket Cup Mascot.

World Kabbadi Cup 2010 - India defeated Pakistan to won World Cup Kabbadi 2010 held at Ludhiana.

   
Pankaj Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship defeating Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist for the consecutive third time.
   
Badminton Asia Championship, Delhi:

Men’s Singles - Lin Dan defeated Wang Zhenguing
           
Women’s Singles - Li Xiurei defeated Liu Xin.
       

Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal to win Vijay Harare Cricket Trophy.
   
Australia won World Hockey Cup 2010 defeating Germany. India ranked at 8th place.
   
India won six gold medals in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship held at Delhi.

Two new IPL teams Lochi and Pune were introduced. Kochi was auctioned for Rs 1533 crore and Pune was auctioned for Rs 1702 crore. Kochi was auctioned to Rendezvous Adventure Sports Ltd. Pune was auctioned to Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd.
 

Sachin Tendulkar became first player in the world to score a double century in ODI (One day International). He scored 200 (Not out) against South Africa.
   
11th South Asian Games 2010:
       

           
Held at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 29 Jan to 8 Feb.
           
Originally scheduled to take place in 2009, but due to general elections in Bangladesh, the games were held in 2010.
           
This was the third time that the Dhaka hosted the Games, thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times.

           
8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports, including T20 cricket, which was introduced for the first time in South Asian Games.
           
The 8 countries included are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan &amp; Sri Lanka.
           
The logo of the games was ‘Kutumb’, a flying doel, which is the national bird of Bangladesh.
           
The mascot of the games featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torch to begin the games.
           

The final medal tally include: </lithe final medal tally include:

           
India - 1st place with 90 Gold, 55 Silver, 29 Bronze, Total 174.
           
Pakistan - 2nd place with 19 Gold, 25 Silver, 36 Bronze, Total 80.
           
Bangladesh - 3rd place with 18 Gold, 23 Silver, 56 Bronze, Total 97.
       
   
West Zone won Duleep Trophy (2009-10) defeating South Zone.
   
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Asian Tour International Trophy 2010. It is his 2nd consecutive title.

   
Euro 2012 to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.
   
2010 Winter Olympic Games:
       

           
2010 Winter Olympic Games were held at Vancouver, Canada.
           
Mascot of the game was MIGA (a sea bear), QUATCHI (a Sasquatch) and SUMI (animal guardian spirit).
           
The logo of the games was Ilnaaq meaning Friend in Inuktut.
           
There were 86 events in 7 sports.

           
The games were held from 12 Feb to 28 February.

Final medal tally: </lifinal medal tally:
           
Canada - 14 Gold, 7 Silver, 5 Bronze.
           
Germany - 10 Gold 13 Silver 7 Bronze.
           
USA - 9 Gold 15 Silver 13 Bronze.
       

   
IOC (International Olympic Committee) has approved ICC (International Cricket Council) bid to join the Olympic games 2020. The first time cricket was included in the Olympic games was in Paris Olympic 1900.
   
11th World Hockey Cup 2010 to be held in Delhi, India. This is 2nd WHC (World Hockey Cup) which India is hosting. India also hosted the WHC in 1982 at Mumbai. 12 countries participated in the tournament. WHC is held in the years between two summer Olympics. First WHC was held at Barcelona in 1971. Pakistan has won the cup four times, Netherland three times, Germany two times, India &amp; Australia once each. India won the WHC in 1975.
   
Commonwealth Shooting Championship was held in New Delhi in Feb 2010. India stood at first place with 35 Gold 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. England stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.
 

<p>U-19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 to 30 Jan 2010. Javagal Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the tournament. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Australia won the U-19 World Cup for the third time defeating Pakistan. India is placed at 6th rank. Australia won the cup for the third time. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championship, held at Abu Dhabi defeating Robin Soderling. <br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the age of 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparov&rsquo;s record when he became the world&rsquo;s top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985. Magnus Carlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and Vishwanathan Anand (India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsen stood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place. </p>

<p>Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to win Men&rsquo;s singles title of Aircel Chennai Open. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Pakistan&rsquo;s cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationals after he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. Vishwanathan Anand of India ranked at 4th place. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Hopman Cup 2010 - Spain defeated Great Britain. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Australian Open 2010: </p>

<p>Women&rsquo;s Single - Serena William defeated Justin Henin. It is Serena&rsquo;s 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serena&rsquo;s 12th Grand Slam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Men&rsquo;s Single - Roger Federer (Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is Federer&rsquo;s 4th Australian Open title. It is Federer&rsquo;s 16th Grand Slam title. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Men&rsquo;s Double - Mike Bryan &amp;amp; Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor &amp;amp; Nenad Zimonjic. <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Women&rsquo;s Double - Serena Williams &amp;amp; Venus Williams defeated Cara Black &amp;amp; L Huber. <br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Mixed Double - Laender Paes (India) &amp;amp; Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeated Ekterina Makasova &amp;amp; Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paes&rsquo;s 11th Grand Slam title. </p>

U-19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 to 30 Jan 2010. Javagal Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the tournament.
   
Australia won the U-19 World Cup for the third time defeating Pakistan. India is placed at 6th rank. Australia won the cup for the third time.
   
Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championship, held at Abu Dhabi defeating Robin Soderling.

   
Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the age of 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparov’s record when he became the world’s top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985. Magnus Carlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and Vishwanathan Anand (India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsen stood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place.

Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to win Men’s singles title of Aircel Chennai Open.
   
Pakistan’s cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationals after he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia.
   
Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. Vishwanathan Anand of India ranked at 4th place.
   
Hopman Cup 2010 - Spain defeated Great Britain.
   
Australian Open 2010:

Women’s Single - Serena William defeated Justin Henin. It is Serena’s 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serena’s 12th Grand Slam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King.
           
Men’s Single - Roger Federer (Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is Federer’s 4th Australian Open title. It is Federer’s 16th Grand Slam title.
           
Men’s Double - Mike Bryan &amp; Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor &amp; Nenad Zimonjic.
           
Women’s Double - Serena Williams &amp; Venus Williams defeated Cara Black &amp; L Huber.

           
Mixed Double - Laender Paes (India) &amp; Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeated Ekterina Makasova &amp; Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paes’s 11th Grand Slam title.

11th South Asian Games 2010: Held at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 29 Jan to 8 Feb. Originally scheduled to take place in 2009, but due to general elections in Bangladesh, the games were held in 2010. This was the third time that the Dhaka hosted the Games, thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times. 8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports, including T20 cricket, which was introduced for the first time in SAG. The 8 countries included are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan &amp; Sri Lanka. 1The logo of the games was ‘Kutumb’, a flying doel , which is the national bird of Bangladesh. The mascot of the games featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torch to begin the games. The final medal tally include : India - 1st place with 90 G 55 S 29 B Total 174, Pakistan - 2nd place with 19 G 25 S 36 B Total 80, Bangladesh - 3rd place with 18 G 23 S 56 B Total 97. 11th south asian games 2010: held at dhaka, bangladesh from 29 jan to 8 feb. originally scheduled to take place in 2009, but due to general elections in bangladesh, the games were held in 2010. this was the third time that the dhaka hosted the games, thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times. 8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports, including t20 cricket, which was introduced for the first time in sag. the 8 countries included are afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, india, maldives, nepal, pakistan &amp; sri lanka. 1the logo of the games was ‘kutumb’, a flying doel , which is the national bird of bangladesh. the mascot of the games featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torch to begin the games. the final medal tally include : india - 1st place with 90 g 55 s 29 b total 174, pakistan - 2nd place with 19 g 25 s 36 b total 80, bangladesh - 3rd place with 18 g 23 s 56 b total 97.

   
West Zone won Duleep Trophy (2009-10) defeating South Zone.
   
India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Asian Tour International Trophy 2010. It is his 2nd consecutive title.
   
Euro 2012 to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.

2010 Winter Olympic Games were held at Vancouver, Canada. Mascot of the game was MIGA (a sea bear), QUATCHI( a sasquatch) and SUMI (animal guardian spirit). The logo of the games was Ilnaaq meaning Friend in Inuktut. There were 86 events in 7 sports. The games were held from 12 Feb to 28 Feb. Final medal tally. Canada - 14 G 7 S 5 B, Germany - 10 G 13 S 7 B, USA - 9 G 15 S 13 B.
   
IOC (International Olympic Committee ) has approved ICC (International Cricket Council) bid to join the Olympic games 2020. The first time cricket was included in the Olympic games was in Paris Olympic 1900.
        11th World Hockey Cup 2010- To be held in Delhi, India. This is 2nd WHC which India is hosting. India also hosted the WHC in 1982 at Mumbai. 12 countries participated in the tournament. WHC is held in the years between two summer Olympics. First WHC was held at Barcelona in 1971. Pakistan has won the cup four times, Netherland three times, Germany two times, India &amp; Australia once each. India won the WHC in 1975.

   
Sachin Tendulkar became first player in the world to score a double century in ODI (One day International). He scored 200 (Not out) against South Africa.
   
Commonwealth Shooting Championship was held in New Delhi in Feb 2010. India stood at first place with 35 Gold 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. England stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.
   
Under-19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 – 30 Jan 2010. Javagal Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the tournament.
   
Australia won the Under-19 World Cup for the third time defeating Pakistan. India is placed at 6th rank. Australia won the cup for the third time.

Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championsip, held at Abu Dhabi defeating Robin Soderling.
   
Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the age of 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparov’s record when he became the world’s top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985.

   
Magnus Carlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and V.Anand (India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsen stood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place.
   
Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to won Men’s singles title of Aircel Chennai Open.
   
Pakistan’s cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationals after he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia.
   
Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. Vishwanathan Anand of India ranked at 4th place.
   
Hopman Cup 2010- Spain defeated Great Britain.
   
Australian Open 2010:australian open 2010:

   
Women’s Single- Serena William defeated Justin Henin. It is Serena’s 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serena’s 12th Grand Slam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King.
   
Men’s Single- Roger Federer(Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is Federer’s 4th Australian Open title. It is Federer’s 16th Grand Slam title.
   
Men’s Double- Mike Bryan &amp; Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor &amp; Nenad Zimonjic.
   
Women’s Double - Serena Williams &amp; Venus Williams defeated Cara Black &amp; L Huber.

   
Mixed Double - Laender Paes (India) &amp; Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeated Ekterina Makasova &amp; Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paes’s 11th Grand Slam title.