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Mumbai wins Ranji Trophy 2016
Mumbai has won the Ranji Trophy for a season 2015-16 by defeating Saurashtra. With this victory, Mumbai clinched Ranji title for record 41st time (10 of them being won with innings wins) after playing in record 45 finals. In the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Gianni Infantino elected as President of FIFA
Gianni Infantino (45) of Switzerland has been elected as new President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), a global governing body of football. He was declared winner after winning a second-round vote by securing 115 of the 207 eligible ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Dnipro FC wins 2016 Nagjee International Club Football Tournament
Ukraine’s Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club (FC) has won the 2016 Sait Nagjee International Club Football Tournament. With this victory, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk became first European team to win this prestigious Football tournament held in India. In summit clash played at the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Long jumper Prem Kumar wins silver medal in Asian Indoor Athletics
India’s Kumaravel Prem Kumar has won a silver medal in long jump event on the final day of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships held in Doha. To win the silver medal, Prem Kumar cleared a creditable 7.92 m in his final ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Punjab Warriors wins 2016 Hockey India League
The Jaypee Punjab Warriors has won the fourth edition of Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) title 2016. It was their maiden title. In the final match played at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, they defeated Kalinga Lancers ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Brendon McCullum hits fastest Test century
New Zealand Captain and Skipper Brendon McCullum has smashed the fastest ever Test century off only 54 balls. He achieved this feat on in his final international match on day one of the Second Test Match between Australia and New ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Justice RM Lodha Committee and Legalising betting
On 4th January, 2016, the Supreme Court (SC)-appointed Justice (retd) RM Lodha committee has suggested sweeping reforms in structure and functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The committee was appointed in the wake of spot-fixing ..
West Indies wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016
West Indies for the first time has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating three time champions India by five wickets played at Mirpur (Bangladesh). In the final match West Indies team achieved the target of 146 runs ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Pakistan Cricket umpire Asad Rauf banned for 5 years
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf for five years after its disciplinary committee found him guilty of corrupt practices. It was announced by BCCI president Shashank Manohar who had headed the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2016
Soviet football legend Anatoli Ilyin passes away
Soviet football legend Anatoly Ilyin passed away in Moscow, Russia. He was 84. Ilyin was best known for scoring winning goal that had helped Russia (then USSR) to win gold medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics against Yugoslavia by 1-0 ..