Sports - Current Affairs for November, 2016

Sachin Singh on 27^th Nov 2016 became the third Indian boxer to bag the gold medal at the AIBA Youth World Championships.

The tournament was held in St. Petersburg Russia.

Sachin recorded a victory over Cuban national champion Jorge Grinan in the 49 kg weight class.

Sachin defeated his rival 5-0 to record an Indian triumph.

The 16-year-old joined Thokchom Nanano Singh (2008) and Vikas Krishnan (2010) as a winner of this gold medal.

India finished the tournament with one gold and bronze.

Naman Tanwar had settled for a bronze in the 91 kg after losing in the semifinal.

In 2014, India secured just a bronze medal.

BFI or Boxing Federation of India announced cash prizes and incentives for the two winners.

Boxing Federation of India

• President : Ajay Singh, Spicejet’s Chairman and MD
• Secretary General: Jay Kowli, won the post in Sept 2016
• Previous federation Boxing India was dissolved after a revolt by state units

For the first time, 6 Indian male shuttlers are ranked inside the top 50 men’s world rankings

In the latest Badminton World Federation rankings, Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy, Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma and Sourabh Verma.

The rankings are as follows:

• Kidambi Srikanth- 12
• Ajay Jayaram- 19
• HS Prannoy- 25
• Sai Praneeth- 36
• Sameer Verma- 43
• Sourabh Verma- 45

BWF: Badminton World Federation


• This is an international governing body for the sport of badminton
• It is recognised by the International Olympic Committee
• Founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with 9 member nations
  BWF currently has 176 member nations
  
• It changed its name to BWF in Sept 2006
• Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• President: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

President Vladimir Putin on 22nd Nov signed a law introducing prison term for coaches and medical staff who coerce athletes into using banned performance enhancing drugs.

Law comes into force as Russia seeks to clean up its image after the evidence of state sponsored doping that saw its team and Paralympics squad excluded from the Olympics this year.

Legislation calls for a one year jail term for officials who force a minor to dope or resort to violence and threats to make athletes dope.

Russian parliament and senate approved the draft law in November.

Law does not outline any punishments for athletes who abuse drugs; administration said further legislation is planned.

State backed doping in Russia was documented by the McLaren report by the WADA and released just before the Rio games.

PV Sindhu has become the second Indian to win the China Open Super Series as she defeated Chinese player Sun Yu 21-11,17-21 and 21-11 to win the prestigious title

• The Indian badminton player used speed and agility to match the Chinese player
• She scored consecutive 8 points on her way to the game point
• It was Sindhu’s maiden China Open title
• The seventh seeded player was in good form
• The only woman from India to win the title before Sindhu was Saina Nehwal
• Nehwal won the China Open Super Series in 2014

Teen golfing sensation Aditi Ashok became the first Indian woman to win a Ladies European Tour title by clinching the Hero Women’s Indian Open

• The 18 year old golfer shot an even par-72 in the final round to win the title
• Carrying a two stroke overnight lead, the teen be a Brittany Lincicome of the US and Spain’s Belen Mozo
• Aditi started her tournament series at a modest ranking, yet beat contenders to win the Ladies European title

Ireland’s national rugby team register their first ever win over New Zealand in 111 years.

• They defeated the All Blacks 40-29 at Chicago’s Solider Field.
• Ireland also ended the New Zealand world record of consecutive victories at 18 which began in August 2015.
• The two teams will face each other in Dublin next.
• The match was the first of 4 international autumn matches for both sides.

Ishan Kishan smashed a double ton at the Ranji Trophy 2016 U-19 match.

• Born in July 1998, he is the Indian first class cricketer who plays for Jharkhand.
• In December 2015, he was named as the captain of India’s squad for three 2016 U-19 World Cup.
• He is left handed and a batsman as well as wicket keeper.
• Ishan hails from Patna and made his Ranji trophy debt at the age of 16 years and 4 months.
• He is the second youngest after 16-year-old Parthiv Patel to captain India at the U-19 World Cup.

A 15 year old, Bastab Tapan Bordoloi hailing from Jorhat in Assam has made the nation proud by bagging 5 gold medals and a silver at the just concluded South Asian Aquatic Championship in Sri Lanka.

• Bastab was encouraged to take up swimming and started his career at the age of 9.
• He bagged his maiden medal at the All Assam State Level Championship in 2012.
• He was the only swimmer from the NE region who participated in 6 events at the championship.
• The event saw participants from 6 nations - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Maldives. Sri Lanka, Nepal in Colombo.

Lewis Hamilton has secured a victory with a comfortable win over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in the Mexican Grand Prix.

• He secured a 51st career win.
• Rosberg won the second position.
• Hamilton is 19 points ahead with 50 available in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
• Born on 7th January 1981, the 31 year old Hamilton has broken several records.
• With 51 wins and 59 pole positions, he has completed 31 of the fastest alaps.
• His first win was the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix and his first entry was the 2007 Australia Grand Prix.

India has prevailed 3-2 over Pakistan to reclaim the Asian Champions Trophy hockey title.

• This was the title clash of the fourth edition of the tournament.
• This marks the first time the teams were meeting in the finals of the continental tournament since India dethroned Pakistan as the Asian Games champions in Incheon, South Korea in the year 2014.
• India has also won the inaugural edition of the Asian Champions Trophy, defeating Pakistan in 2011.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has retained the number one status in women’s doubles for the second consecutive year, despite failure to defend her WTA finals title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis in Singapore.

• Defending champions Hingis and Mirza lost to Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova in the semi-finals of the WTA Finals Singapore on 29th Oct 2016.
• Makarova and Vesnina defeated Mattek-Sands and Safarova to lift the doubles title on 30th Oct.
• Sania has won a slew of titles including Australian Open with HIngis, Cincinnati Masters with Barbora Strycova.
• Sania has split with Hingis following the WTA loss.
• Only three tennis players – Black, Huber and Navratilova have had a longer consecutive stint at the top of the history of women’s doubles tennis.
• Mirza celebrated her 80th consecutive week as the women’s doubles world number 1.

Indian lifter Shivam Saini clinched the silver in senior and gold in junior category at the 2016 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships on 28th Oct 2016.

• Competing in the 94 kg senior men’s weight category, Saini has bagged a silver medal with the lift of 132 in snatch and 168 in clean and jerk for 300 kgs.
• In the junior event, Saini won the top prize as he managed 132 in snatch and 168 in clean and jerk according to a release issued by the Indian Weightlifting Federation.