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IPL COO Sundar Raman resigns
Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Indian Premier League (IPL) Sundar Raman has resigned from his position. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has formally accepted his resignation in the wake of the change of regime under new President ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Nico Rosberg wins 2015 Mexican Gand Prix of Formula 1
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2015 Mexican Gand Prix title of Formula One (F1) held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City. It is Rosberg’s overall twelfth championship title of F1 in his career and ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Roger Federer wins 2015 Swiss Indoors Basel Title of Tennis
Roger Federer of Switzerland has won 2015 Swiss Indoors Basel Title of Tennis in men’s single category played at Basel. In the final match, he defeated his old foe Rafael Nadal of Spain by 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 score. With this ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis duo wins Singapore BNP Paribas WTA Finals
Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switerzerland) has won the 2015 BNP Paribas WTA Finals Women’s double category. In the final match played in Singapore, the Indo-Swiss duo defeated Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro by 6-0, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
New Zealand wins 2015 Rugby World Cup
New Zealand has won the 2015 Rugby World Cup for record third time by defeating Australia. In the final match played at Twickenham, England the winning team defeated Australian team by 34-17 score. With this victory, it also became the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015
Deepika Kumari wins silver medal in 2015 Archery World Cup Final
India’s ace women archer Deepika Kumari has won the Silver medal in recurve event at the 2015 Archery World Cup Final held in Mexico City. In the final match, South Korea’s Choi Misun defeated Deepika Kumari and won the gold ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 US Grand Prix of F1 to clinch third world title
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain has won 2015 United States Grand Prix title of Formula One for the fourth time. Earlier he had won it in 2007, 2012 and 2014. This was his overall 10th victory of the season. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Abhishek Verma wins Silver medal at Archery World Cup Final
Ace Indian archer Abhishek Verma has won Silver medal in the 2015 Archery World Cup Final in the men’s individual compound section. In the summit clash played in Mexico City, he was defeated by Turkey’s Demir Elmaagcli by winning gold ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Himachal Pradesh to host India's first Paragliding World Cup
India’s first Paragliding World Cup has begun at Bir Billing near Baijnath town in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Snow leopard is the official mascot of this World Cup. It is for the first time that Paragliding World Cup is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
First World Indigenous Games begins in Palmas, Brazil
First World Indigenous Games has kicked off in the northern Brazilian city of Palmas. The lavish opening ceremony of the multi-sport event was attended by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. The first of its kind international multi-sport event will involve around ..