Sports Current Affairs and important events 2016

Given below are the results and important events from Hockey, Cricket, Football, tennis and Badminton from ending 2015 to 2016. To make future articles more informative from competitive exams point of view, provide your suggestions on www.facebook.com/jkssbposts or comment below: 

Winners and important events

Hockey

1. India Wins Junior Men's Asia Cup Hockey Tournament 2015

2. 52nd Nehru Senior Hockey Tournament won by Punjab and Sind Bank

3. Australia wins Hockey World League (HWL) 2014-15 title

4. Coal India Ltd. Becomes Title Sponsor of Hockey India League (HIL)

5. Hockey India League-2016 - Punjab Warriors

-Player of the Tournament— Rupinder Pal Singh (Delhi Waveriders)

-Emerging Player of the Tourna­ment—Sumit (Ranchi Rays);

-Top scorer of the Tournament- Glenn Turner (Kalinga Lancers).

6. International Hockey Federation (FIH) promotes Napoleon Singh as International Umpire

CRICKET

1. Australia's Mitchell Johnson took retirement from all inter­national cricket on November 17, 2015 at the WACA cricket ground in Perth

2. Gujarat takes Vijay Hazare Trophy

3. ICC Imposes a 12-Month Bowling Ban on Marlon Samuels

4. R. Ashwin Finishes 2015 as Number One Test Bowler and All-Rounder

5. Australia Wins Bilateral ODI Series Against India

6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul Johnson took retirement from inter­national cricket on 22 January, 2016

7. Sydney Thunder wins Big Bash League 2015-16

8. India secures T-20 Asia Cup

9. Guptill, Williamson Set T-20 Partnership Record in Batting

10. Laxman's 281 runs against Australlia voted 'Best Test Knock' of Last Half Century

11. India-A Emerges Champion of Deodhar Trophy

12. India wins KFC T20 Series against Australia

13. Indian Women Wins Bilateral T20 Series against Australia

14. West Indies wins ICC under- 19 World Cup-2016

15. India Wins T-20 Series against Sri Lanka

16. Indian Women Win Bilateral ODI Series Against Sri Lanka

18. McCullum hits Fastest Test Century in his Farewell Test

19. Australia Reclaims No. 1 Test Team Spot

20. Mumbai Lifts Ranji Trophy 2015-16

21. Mumbai team celebrates its 41st Ranji Trophy win in Pune on February 26, 2016.

22. Indian Women Clean Sweep Sri Lanka in T-20 Series

23. India Wins Asia Cup-2016

24. Rest of India wins Irani Cup

TENNIS

1. ATP World Tour Finals Results

-Djokovic Clinches ATP World Tour Finals Crown

- Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands and Horia Tecau of Romania wins ATP World Tour Doubles title.

2. Radwanska Wins WTA Finals Title - Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland clinched her maiden WTA Finals Singles Crown

-Sania-Hingis Take Doubles - Sania Mirza of India and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis ended this season in a champion style by winning the WTA Finals Doubles Crown

3. Roger Federer Wins Swiss Indoor Tennis Title

4. Djokovic wins Paris Mas­ters Title

5. Czech Republic Retains Fed Cup

6. Roger Federer Wins Swiss Indoor Tennis Title

7. Great Britain Wins Davis Cup - Jamie Murray and Andy Murray defeated David Goffin and Steve Darcis

8. International Premier Tennis League

Singapore Slammers Wins International Premier Tennis League

- Stan Wawrinka, the Singapore Slammers won the Inter­national Premier Tennis League (IPTL) title on December 20, 2015 in Singapore

- Belinda Bencic defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-5 in the Women's Singles rubber to extend the lead of the Singapore Slammers

- Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna of the Indian Aces won Mixed Doubles match of the final.

- Stan Wawrinka won the Men's Singles beating Bernard Tonic

-In Men's Doubles rubber, Wawrinka teamed with Marcelo Melo won the match

- Serena Williams of America and Novak Djokovic of Serbia were declared the World Champion female and male respectively of 2015 by the ITF.

9. Punjab Marshalls Claims Champions Tennis League- 2015

Punjab Marshalls emerged cham­pion of the second edition of the champions Tennis League, beating Hyderabad Aces in a close encounter 22-21 in the final on December 6, 2015

10. Sania Mirza and her Swiss tennis court partner Martina Hingis named ITF Women's Doubles Champions-2015

11. Lleyton Hewitt Announces his Retirement from Tennis

12. Australia Wins Hopman Cup 2016

13. Chennai Open-2016

-Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland Wins Chennai Open-2016.

-Oliver Marach from Austria and Fabrice Martin from France emerged the Champion of the Chennai Open Men's Doubles

15. Brisbane International Title -2016

- Milos Raonic Wins Brisbane International (Men's) Title 2016.

- Belarus' Victoria Azarenka wins Brisbane International Women’s (singles) Title by defeating Angelique Kerber of Germany

-Sania- Hingis Claim Doubles. India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss tennis court partner Martina Hingis clinched the Women's Doubles

16. Radwanska Wins Shenzhen Open Title - 2016

17. Djokovic Wins Qatar Open - 2016

18. WTA Apia International Title 2016

-Sania-Hingis Win WTA Apia International Doubles Title,

-Svetlana Kuznetsova clinched the WTA Apia International Singles crown

19. Viktor Troicki Wins ATP Apia International Title - 2016

The team of Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray won the ATP Apia International Doubles final, beating Rohan Bopanna (India)

20. Australian open 2016

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
Women's Singles	Angelique Kerber (Germany)	Serena Williams (USA)
Men's Singles	Novak Djokovic (Serbia)	Andy Murray (Britain)
Women's Doubles	Sania Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)	Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Hradecka (Both from Czech Republic)
Men's Doubles	Jamie Murray (Britain) and Bruno Soares (Brazil)	Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
Mixed Doubles	Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina (Russia)	Coco Vandeweghe (USA) and Horia Tecau (Romania)

Note: Grand Slams won by Novak Djokovic in 2015 are Australian Open, Wimbledon Open, US Open. Only French Open was lost by him in 2015

21. Sania-Hingis Win St. Peters­burg Ladies Trophy

22. Sara Errani of Italy Wins WTA Dubai Championship -2016

23. Stephane Roberts of France clinched the $ 50,000 ATP challenger Delhi Open Men's Singles Crown 2016

24. Kyrgios Wins Marseille Open - 2016

Nick Kyrgios of Australia clinched the Marseille Open Men's Singles title.

25. Sam Querrey Claims Delray Beach Open Title

26. Cuevas and Schiavone secure Singles Titles in Rio Open 2016

27. Venus Claims Inaugural Taiwan Open Title

28. Nishikori Wins his Fourth Straight Memphis Open Crown

29. Thiem Wins Argentina Open 2016

Austria's Dominic Thiem clinched the Argentina Open Men's Singles Crown

30. Stan Wawrinka Wins ATP Dubai Tennis Championship

31. Thiem and Stephens Claim Acapulco Open Singles Titles

Dominic Thiem of Austria clinched the Acapulco Open Men's Singles title

32. BNP Paribas Open Singles Titles 2016.

-World Number 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Milos Raonic to win Men’s singles title

-Victoria Azarenka of Belarus clinched the BNP Paribas Open Women's singles title, beating top seed Serena Williams of America

33. Woman Tennis player Justine Henin of Belgium and Marat Safin from Russia

Elected to Tennis Hall of Fame on 8 March, 2016

34. French Open 2016 results

Winners list:

Men's singles: Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic won the men's singles in the 2016 edition. Novak Djokovic's victory at this tournament in his 20th Grand Slam final completed his career Grand Slam (all four major tournaments), the eighth man to do so in singles and only the fifth career Grand Slam since the start of the Open Era (after Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal)

Women's singles:

Garbiñe Muguruza won the women's singles in the 2016 edition.

Men's doubles:  Feliciano López and Marc López

Women's double: Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic

Mixed doubles: Martina Hingis and Leander Paes

Badminton

1.Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship 2015, Sindhu Takes Women's Singles Crown

India's PV Sindhu completed a hat-trick of women's singles crown at the $ 120,000. Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship

2. Tommy Sugiarto Wins Indo­nesian Masters Crown

3. Delhi Acers Wins Premier Badminton League 2016

4. Malaysia GP Gold Badminton tourna­ment

-PV Sindhu Wins Malaysian Masters GP Gold Title

-Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei clinched the men's singles title of the Malaysia GP Gold Badminton tourna­ment

-Indonesian pair of Gideon Markus Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo won the Men's Doubles title of the Malaysian Masters.

-Japanese combination of Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo won the women's doubles crown of the Malaysian Masters, beating

5. Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament-2016

-Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea defeated Japan's Say aka Sato to lift the Women's Singles title of the Syed Modi Badminton tournament

-The Malaysian team of V. Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan claimed the Men's Doubles title of the champion­ship

-South Korea's Jung Kyung Eun and her compatriot teammate Shin Seung Chan won the women's Doubles title of the Syed Modi Cham­pionship

6. Badminton Asia Team Championships 2016

-Indonesia defeated Japan 3-2 in the final to clinch the Happening Hvderabad Badminton Asian Team Championship gold medal for men at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on February 21, 2016. Shillong

7. Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championship-2016

- H. S. Prannoy of India clinched the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Men's singles title for 2016, beating seventh seed Marc

- He Bing jiao from China clinched the women's singles title of the Swiss Open

- In Men's Doubles final of the Swiss Open, Denmark's team of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmus­sen registered a comprehensive win

-Japanese pair of Shizuka Matsuo and Mansi Naito clinched the Women's Doubles title of the Swiss Open GP Gold Badminton tourna­ment

-Chinese pair of Wang Yilu and Chen Qingchen clinched the mixed Doubles title of the tournament

8. All England Open Badminton Championship 2016

-China's Lin Dan clinched the Men's Singles title of the All England Open Badminton Championship,

-In Women's Singles final of the All England Open, Japan's Nozomi Okuhara emerged victorious as she

-Russian team of Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov defeated Japanese combination of Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa

-The Women's Doubles title went to Japan when Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi defeated Chinese pair of Yu Yang and Tang

-Indonesian team of Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto clinched the Mixed Doubles title of All- England Open

Football

1. Chennaiyin FC Wins Indian Super League-2015

2. Spanish Football Club Barcelona Wins the 2015 Foot­ball Club World Cup

3. India Wins 11th South Asian Football Federation Cup (SAFF) Cup by defeating Afghanistan

4. Defending Champion Services retains Santosh Trophy
5. Lionel Messi announced retirement from International football

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