Sports Current Affairs 2015 – A Complete List January to
December 2015: Here we have come up with Latest Sports Current Affairs National
and International sports news & event of tournaments, awards, trophies and
cups related to cricket, football, tennis, Hockey, Badminton and other games.
Since, Sports GK is being asked in Railway RRB NTPC exam. This will be good idea to go throgh all sports happenings in 2015.
Dear Readers, Sports Current Affairs is just another segment
of our Current Affairs series. Here in the page below we have listed all Sports
happenings of 2015 from January to December.Since, Sports GK is being asked in Railway RRB NTPC exam. This will be good idea to go throgh all sports happenings in 2015.
Sports Current Affairs: January to December 2015
January
Jan. 11: Stan
Wawrinka wins Aircel Chennai Open.
Jan. 11: Railways
wins both the men’s and women’s National volleyball titles in Chennai.
Jan. 12:
Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d’Or.
Jan. 14: PSBB
wins both men’s and women’s team titles at table tennis Nationals in
Puducherry.
Jan. 17:
Soumyajit Ghosh and Mouma Das win the men’s and women’s National table tennis
singles titles respectively in Puducherry.
Jan. 17: Pankaj
Advani wins the men’s National billiards championship in Kolkata.
Jan. 22: Arantxa
Sanchis wins the women’s National billiards title in Kolkata.
Jan. 24: Pankaj
Advani and Amee Kanmani win the men’s and women’s National snooker titles
respectively in Kolkata.
Jan. 25: P.
Kashyap and Saina Nehwal win the men’s and women’s singles crowns respectively
at the Syed Modi India Masters badminton tournament in Lucknow.
Jan. 31: Serena
Williams wins the Australian Open women’s singles title.
February
Feb. 1: Novak
Djokovic bags the Australian Open men’s singles crown.
Feb. 5: B. Sai
Praneeth and Ruthvika Shivani emerge the men’s and women’s singles champions at
the National Badminton Championships in Vijaywada.
Feb. 8: Anirban
Lahiri wins Malaysian Open golf tournament.
Feb. 16: Yuvraj
Singh picked up by Delhi Daredevils for a record Rs. 16 crore fee at the IPL
auction in Bengaluru.
Feb. 19:
Viswanathan Anand wins Zurich Chess Classical title.
Feb. 19: Anirban
Lahiri wins Indian Open golf tournament.
March
Mar. 8: Saina
Nehwal loses to Carolina Marin in the singles final at the All England
badminton Championships in Birmingham.
Mar. 12:
Karnataka retains Ranji Trophy title after defeating Tamil Nadu in the final in
Mumbai.
Mar. 14: Welshman
Michael White defeats England’s Ricky Walden to win the Indian Open snooker
championship in Mumbai.
Mar. 15 : Xu Xin
of China and Feng Tianwei of Singapore win the men’s and women’s singles title
at Asian Cup table tennis tournament at Jaipur.
Mar. 20:
Karnataka defeats Rest of India to retain the Irani Cup in Bengaluru.
Mar. 26: India’s
World Cup campaign ends, following a 95-run defeat to Australia in the
semifinals in Sydney.
Mar. 29:
Australia wins its fourth World Cup crown after beating New Zealand by seven
wickets in the final at Melbourne.
Mar. 29: Michael
Clarke retires from ODI cricket.
Mar. 29: Saina
Nehwal wins the women’s singles title at the Indian Open badminton tournament
in New Delhi and climbs to the top of world rankings.
Mar. 29: K.
Srikanth bags the men’s singles crown.
April
Apr. 10: Former
Australia captain Richie Benaud passes away in Sydney aged 84.
Apr. 13: Sania
Mirza climbs to the top of the tennis doubles rankings.
Apr. 13: Jordan
Spieth wins Augusta Golf Masters.
Apr 18: India
beats Philippines 2-1 in Fed Cup in Hyderabad.
May
May 1: Tamim
Iqbal scores Bangladesh's best individual test score of 206 in the second
innings of the drawn first test against Pakistan at Khulna.
May 3: American
boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins the richest bout in boxing history defeating
Filipino Manny Pacquiao in the welterweight unification championship clash held
at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
May 3: Chelsea
takes the English Premier League title with 83 points from 35 games.
May 4: Abhinav
Bindra wins the air rifle gold in the International shooting championship held
at Hannover.
May 4: West
Indies wins the third and final test to level the series 1-1 against England at
Bridgetown.
May 5: Stuart
Bingham wins his maiden world title beating Shaun Murphy in the final of the
World Championship snooker at Sheffield.
May 6: Chris
Gayle scores his 14th T20 ton, the fastest of IPL 2015, against Kings XI Punjab
that saw him become the first overseas player to get to 3000 runs in the
league.
May 9: Pakistan
wins the test series against Bangladesh 1-0 at Dhaka.
May 9: Ethiopian
legend Haile Gebrselassie announces his retirement from competitive running.
May 16: India
wins the SAARC Golf Championship.
May 17: China
clinches its sixth consecutive title in the Sudirman Cup badminton defeating
Japan in the final.
May 22:
International cricket returns to Pakistan after six years with its T20 clash
against Zimbabwe at Lahore.
May 24: Mumbai Indians
beats Chennai Super Kings in the final to emerge champion of IPL 2015.
May 29: Sepp
Blatter wins a fifth term as President of FIFA.
May 30: Alastair
Cook becomes England's all-time leading test run-scorer during the second test
against New Zealand at Headingley.
June
June 1: New
Zealand cricket team captain Brendon McCullum and coach Mike Hesson are
appointed Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM).
June 1: Sachin
Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly are drafted into the the BCCI advisory
committee.
June 2: Sepp
Blatter resigns as FIFA President.
June 4: Umpire S.
Ravi is inducted into the ICC Elite panel of umpires.
June 6: Serena
Williams wins her 20th Grand slam and third French open title defeating Lucie
Safarova in the final.
June 6: Rahul
Dravid is appointed coach of the India 'A' and u-19 teams.
June 6: Barcelona
wins the UEFA Champions League beating Juventus in the final at Berlin.
June 7: Stanisla
Wawrinka wins his second Grand slam and first French open title defeating Novak
Djokovic in the final.
June 13: Tamim
Iqbal becomes Bangladesh's leading test run-scorer during the one-off test
against India at Fatullah.
June 14: India
draws the one-off test against Bangladesh held at Fatullah.
June 16: Golden
State Warriors captures its first NBA title beating Cleveland Cavaliers at
Cleveland.
June 18: Left-arm
seamer Mustafizur Rahman takes a five-wicket haul in his debut ODI as
Bangladesh beats India at Mirpur.
June 19: England
wins the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand at Durham to clinch the
five-match series 3-2.
June 21:
Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claims a career-best seven for 76 in tests as Pakistan
beats Sri Lanka at Galle.
June 21: Mustafizur
Rahman becomes the second bowler after Vitori to record five-for performances
in the first two ODIs as Bangladesh beats India at Mirpur.
June 24:
Bangladesh clinches the three-match home ODI series against India 2-1.
June 24: England
wins the lone T20I against New Zealand held at Manchester.
June 26: Satnam
Singh Bhamara becomes the first Indian to be drafted by an NBA team - Dallas
Mavericks.
June 28: Indian
shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa win the Canada open women's doubles
title upstaging the Dutch pair of Eefie Muskens and Selena piek at Calgary.
June 30: Abhijeet
Gupta and Padmini Rout win the men's and women's titles in the Commonwealth
chess Championship held at New Delhi.
July
July 1: Chile
defeats Argentina in the final to win Copa America after 99 years.
July 6: Carli
Lloyd becomes the first woman to score a hat-trick in a world cup final
inspiring the United States to its third football World cup title.
July 6:
Pakistan's off-spinning all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez undergoes tests for his
bowling action at the ICC bio-mechanical centre in Chennai.
July 7: South
Africa beats Bangladesh in the second T20I at Dhaka to clinch the series 2-0.
July 7: Pakistan
beat Sri Lanka in the third test at Pallekele to take the series 2-1.
July 8: India
women's cricket team beats New Zealand in the fifth and last ODI at Bengaluru
to clinch the five-match series 3-2.
July 11: Sophie
Devine of New Zealand strikes the fastest fifty in a Women's T20I against India
held at Bengaluru.
July 11: Serena
Williams beats Garbine Muguruza to win her sixth Wimbledon and 21st Grand Slam
title.
July 11: Sania
Mirza becomes the first Indian woman to win a Women's doubles Grand Slam title
after she clinches the Wimbledon women's doubles crown with partner Martina
Hingis.
July 12: Novak
Djokovic beats Roger Federer to win his third Wimbledon title.
July 12: India's
Sumit Nagal becomes the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after he
clinches the Wimbledon boys' doubles title with partner Nam Hoang Ly.
July 12: Leander
Paes wins his 16th Grand Slam title as he clinches the Wimbledon mixed doubles
crown partnering Martina Hingis.
July 14: The
Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee suspends India Cements Limited and
Jaipur IPL Cricket Pvt Ltd from IPL for two years.
July 15:
Bangladesh beats South Africa in the third ODI at Chittagong to take the
three-match series 2-1.
July 17: ICC bans
Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez from bowling in International cricket for
12 months.
July 17: French
Formula One driver Jules Bianchi passes away after succumbing to the head
injuries he suffered in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix.
July 19: India
beats New Zealand 3-2 and advances to the world group play-offs in the Davis
cup.
July 20: BCCI
drops Duleep trophy from the domestic calendar for the 2015-16 season.
July 25: A
session’s court in New Delhi discharges 36 accused, including cricketers S.
Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the IPL spot-fixing case of 2013.
July 25: Hockey
India names Roelant Oltmans the new coach of the national men's hockey team.
July 26: Chris
Froome wins his second Tour de France title.
July 28: Clive
Rice, South Africa's first cricket captain of the post-isolation era passes
away.
August
Aug. 3: Sweden's
Sarah Sjostrom wins the women's 100m butterfly gold with a new world record
timing; Adam Peaty becomes the first Briton to become world champion in 40
years in the men's 100m breaststroke.
Aug. 4: Katie
Ledecky of the USA wins the women's 1500m freestyle gold with a new world record
timing.
Aug. 6: Ryan
Lochte of the USA makes history by becoming the first man to win the 200m
individual medley for the fourth consecutive time at the World Aquatics
Championships in Kazan; Katie Ledecky wins her fourth gold, winning the women's
4x200m freestyle title.
Aug. 7: Bahrain
schoolgirl Alzain Tareq creates history by becoming the youngest swimmer ever
to compete at the world championships when she took part in the 50m butterfly
heats at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.
Aug. 8: Australia's
Emily Seebohm wins the women's 200m backstroke gold to complete a double (100m
and 200m) at the World Aquatics Championships in Kazan; Katie Ledecky claims
her fifth gold, winning the women's 800m freestyle to complete a sweep of
freestyle titles.
Aug. 8: New
Zealand beats Zimbabwe in the one-off T20I at Harare; Creates record for the
highest team total in T20s in Zimbabwe.
Aug. 10: Hockey
India's disciplinary committee hands a nine-month suspension to Indian
midfielder Gurbaj Singh.
Aug. 11: Pankaj
Advani wins the IBSF world 6-red snooker title in Karachi.
Aug. 15: Saina
Nehwal becomes the first Indian to reach the final of the World Badminton
Championships.
Aug. 16:
Australia's Jason Day wins the U.S. PGA Golf Championship with a record
20-under par total.
Aug. 16: Saina
Nehwal wins World Badminton Championships silver after losing to Carolina
Marina in the final at Jakarta.
Aug. 19:
Britain's Sebastian Coe becomes the new President of the International
Association of Athletics Federations.
Aug. 23: Jamaican
sprinter Usain Bolt wins his third consecutive men's 100m gold at the World
Athletics Championships in Beijing.
Aug. 23:
Australia posts a consolatory win against England in the fifth and final Ashes
test at The Oval as Aussie skipper Michael Clarke retires from International
cricket; England takes the series 3-2.
Aug: 23: U Mumba
beats Bengaluru Bulls at Mumbai to claim the ProKabaddi League title.
Aug. 24: Former
Sri Lanka cricket team skipper Kumar Sangakkara retires from International
cricket.
Aug. 24: Jamaican
sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce becomes the first woman to win three world
100m titles.
Aug. 27:
Jamaica's Usain Bolt retains his men's 200m gold at the World athletics
championships in Beijing.
Aug. 29: Tennis
icon Sania Mirza conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.
Aug. 29: American
Ashton Eaton wins the men's decathlon gold with a word record at the World
athletics championships in Beijing.
Aug. 29: Usain
Bolt completes a golden sweep in men's sprint helping Jamaica win the men's
400m relay.
Aug. 30:
Ethiopia's Mare Dibaba and Almaz Ayana win the women's marathon and 5000m gold
medals while Kathrina Molitor of Germany wins gold in the women's javelin throw
at the World athletics championships in Beijing.
Aug. 30: Derek
Drouin of Canada clinches the men's high jump gold as USA and Jamaica win gold
medals in the men's and women's 1600m relay.
September
Sept. 1: India
beats Sri Lanka by 117 runs in the third Test at Colombo and wins the series
2-1; R. Ashwin named Man of the Series.
Sept. 5: Apurvi
Chandela wins silver in the 10m air rifle at the shooting World Cup in Munich.
Sept. 12: Flavia
Pennetta wins the US Open women’s singles beating compatriot Roberta Vinci 7-6
(4), 6-2.
Sept. 12: The
pair of Leander Paes & Martina Hingis wins the US Open mixed doubles title
beating the pair of Sam Querrey & Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 3-6, 10-7.
Sept. 12:
Narsingh Yadav wins the bronze medal in the World wrestling championship at Las
Vegas and secures his berth for 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Sept. 13: Novak
Djokovic wins his third grand slam in 2015 beating Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4,
6-4 to clinch his second US Open title.
Sept. 13: Sania
Mirza & Martina Hingis wins the US Open women’s doubles title beating Casey
Dellacqua & Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3.
Sept. 13:
Australia defeats England by eight wickets in the fifth ODI match to win the
series 3-2 at Manchester.
Sept. 20: India
loses to Czech Republic in the Davis Cup World Group play off in New Delhi.
Sept. 20: BCCI President
Jagmohan Dalmiya passes away aged 75 in Kolkata.
Sept. 22: Former
Indian footballer Prashanta Sinha. member of the 1962 Asian Games gold
medal-winning squad passes away aged 77 in Kolkata.
Sept. 27: Pankaj
Advani wins the IBSF World Billiards championship in Adelaide, Australia.
Sept. 27: Former
England fast bowler Frank Tyson passes away aged 85 in Australia.
October
Oct. 4: Shashank
Manohar takes over as the BCCI President for the second time following the
demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
Oct. 8: India
lose the T20 series to South Africa 2-0 after the third match is washed out in
Kolkata.
Oct. 10: Poland
defeats Sweden to lift the Bermuda Bowl title in the 42nd World Bridge
Championship held in Chennai.
Oct. 18: Jayanta
Talukdar and Deepika Kumari wins the men’s and women’s recurve title
respectively in the national archery championships in Meerut.
Oct. 20: Virender
Sehwag announces his retirement from international cricket.
Oct. 25: South
Africa beats India by 214 runs in the fifth and final ODI in Mumbai to clinch
the bilateral series 3-2.
Oct. 25: Lewis
Hamilton wins the US GP in Texas and clinches his third title.
November
Nov. 1: Agnieszka
Radwanska beats Petra Kvitova to win the WTA Finals title in Singapore.
Nov. 1: The pair
of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis wins the doubles’ titles in Singapore beating
Garbine Muguruza & Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3.
Nov. 6: R. Ashwin
becomes the fastest Indian to take 150 wickets in his 29{+t}{+h}Test match on
the second day against South Africa in Mohali.
Nov. 11: Younis
Khan retires from ODI’s.
Nov. 17: Mitchell
Johnson retires from international cricket at the end of the second Test
against New Zealand in Perth.
Nov. 20: England
beats Pakistan by 84 runs in the fourth ODI in Dubai to clinch the series 3-1.
Nov. 21: Pankaj
Advani wins the IBSF world snooker title in Hurghada, Egypt.
Nov. 22: Novak
Djokovic defeats Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 to win the ATP Tour Finals in London.
Nov. 29: Britain
clinches the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years beating Belgium 3-1 in
Ghent.
Nov. 29:
Australia beats New Zealand by three wickets to win the first day-night Test in
Adelaide and win the series 2-0.
Nov. 29:
Britain's Tyson Fury is crowned as the new heavyweight champion beating
Wladimir Klitschko in Berlin.
December
Dec. 6: India
settles for bronze after beating Netherlands on penalties in the World Hockey
League tournament in Raipur.
Dec. 7: India
defeats South Africa by 337 runs in the fourth Test at Delhi to clinch the
series 3-0.
Dec. 8: Pune and
Rajkot are two new cities to replace Chennai and Rajasthan in the IPL following
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals’ suspension from the league for two
years.
Dec. 17: Chelsea
sacks manager Jose Mourinho.
Dec. 20:
Chennaiyin FC beats FC Goa 3-2 to win the second edition of the ISL.
Dec. 21: FIFA
bans Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for eight years for ethics violations.