Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts

Thursday, December 9, 2021

The Canadian government has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

Canada announced on Wednesday that it will join the United States and other nations in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February. "We are profoundly disturbed, as are many (of our) partners around the world, by the Chinese government's persistent human rights transgressions," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during a news conference. "As a result, we are announcing today that no diplomatic representation will be sent to the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games this winter."

He stated that Canadian athletes will compete in the Games.

The decision comes after the US announced a diplomatic boycott of China on Monday, citing "genocide" of the Uyghur minority in the Xinjiang region and other human rights violations.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Abhinav Bindra bagged the 10m Air Rifle gold medal

India`s only individual Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra made the country once again proud as he bagged maiden singles gold medal in Men`s 10m Air Rifle event on Day 2 of Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The young schoolgirl Malaika Goel turning out to be surprise package winning silver in the 10m air pistol event.

Friday, July 25, 2014

Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu won gold medals in the 20th Commonwealth Games

Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita Chanu stole the limelight by clinching a gold each in weightlifting, as India launched their campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games with a flourish, winning seven medals in all on the opening day of the competitions in Glasgow.

Judokas Navjot Chana and Shushila Likmabam had to be contend with a silver medal each after they failed to clear the final hurdle in the men's 60kg and women's 48kg events, respectively.

There was a bronze for for another judoka, Kalpana Thoudam.

In weightlifting, there was a silver medal for S Mirabai Chanu, while Ganaesh Mali bagged a bronze.

Monday, July 14, 2014

Germany won FIFA world Cup 2014

Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in the final to lift the FIFA world Cup 2014.

Mario Goetze scored a superb extra-time winner as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to become the first European team to win a World Cup held in South America on Sunday. 

Germany has now won four World Cups, putting the European powerhouses just one behind Brazil's record tally of five.

FIFA Awards

The adidas Golden Ball was awarded to Argentina captain Lionel Messi for his outstanding displays at Brazil 2014.

The adidas Golden Boot award goes to the top goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup who at Brazil 2014 was Colombia's James Rodriguez. 

The adidas Golden Glove goes to the tournament's most outstanding goalkeeper who at Brazil 2014 was deemed to be Germany's Manuel Neuer.

The Hyundai Young Player award was awarded to France's Paul Pogba for his excellent displays at Brazil 2014.

The FIFA Fair Play Award will go to the team with the tournament’s best disciplinary record.  Only teams that reach the knockout phase are eligible. Colombia won the trophy this time.









Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Vijay Amrit Raj announces launch of Champions Tennis League

Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj on Monday announced the launch of Champions Tennis League (CTL) in India with an aim of taking the sport to new levels of awareness and popularity in the country.

The CTL will feature six city based teams, who will play 13 matches over a 10-day period from November 17 to 26.

The teams will be structured into two groups, each having three sides each, where they would play each other in a home and away format. The teams topping their respective group will play each other in the grand finale for the prize money of Rs. 1 crore. The runner-up will receive Rs. 50 lakhs.

CTL teams will feature male and female players with international rankings between No. 5 and No. 25.

Each of the six teams will also have an international legend as their playing captain, apart from a noted Indian male tennis player, plus a top ranked junior Indian girl and boy from each city.

The teams will also travel to other cities, bringing excitement and entertainment in a spectacle that has never been seen on this scale in India before, for tennis.

Monday, July 7, 2014

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

Information courtesy : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wimbledon_Championships



Saturday, March 29, 2014

Sunil Gavaskar to head BCCI during IPL 7 season

The Supreme Court appointed Sunil Gavaskar as an Interim President during IPL 7 and allowed

Vice President of the Board, Shivlal Yadav, will discharge the functions of BCCI president

with regard to all other matters.


Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Olympics concludes with Russia tops the medal list



The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games were a major international multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, in the tradition of the Winter Olympic Games.

The Next winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang in South Korea.
 
Russia tops the medal list with 13 Gold Medals

The following list shows the first four positions ( Gold, Silver, Bronze)


Russia 13-11-9
Norway 11-5-10
canada 10-10-5
Unites States 9-7-12

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Australian Open Tennis 2014 results

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles


information courtesy : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Australian_Open

 

Saturday, January 25, 2014

Li Na clinches at Shenzhen Open



Top-seeded Li Na defeated Peng Shuai 6-4, 7-5 to win Shenzhen Open title in all-Chinese final on the WTA Tour.

Friday, August 30, 2013

India lifts ACC Emerging Trophy



The Indian under-23 team on 25-Aug-2013  lifted the ACC Emerging Trophy tournament by beating arch-rivals Pakistan by nine wickets in the final.