World championships Current Affairs, GK & News
National Snooker championship: Aditya Mehta defeats multiple time world champion
Aditya Mehta from Mumbai, Maharashtra won the National Snooker championship held at Pune. He defeated multiple time world champion Pankaj Advani. In Women’s Snooker Finals, Vidya Pillai from Madhya Pradesh won the title. History Snooker is a game played on Billiard board. It originated among the British army officers stationed in India. The World Snooker ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Asian championships • Billiards • Senior National Championship titles • Snooker • World championships
World Athlete of the Year 2019
Men’s- Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner has been awarded the World Athlete of the Year 2019. 35-year -old also won the award in 2018 making him the 4th athlete to win the World Athlete of the Year award in consecutive years. Eluid Kipchoge became the world record holder in the marathon with a timing of ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Dalilah muhammad • Eliud Kipchoge • Kenya • Marathon • rio olympic • U.S. • Usain Bolt • world athlete of the year • world athletics • World championships
PT Usha nominated for IAAF Veteran Pin
India’s track and field legend PT Usha has been nominated for the International Association of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) ‘Veteran Pin’ for her outstanding service to the sport. She is often called the “queen of track and field”. The IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon has also extended an invitation to PT Usha to attend the award ceremony ..
Topics: Jon Ridgeon • Lorraine Fenton • Sport of athletics • World championships • World Championships in Athletics
IAAF to rebrand as World Athletics
World athletics’ governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will re-brand itself as World Athletics. The rebranding would be operational from October 2019. Key Highlights IAAF’s new brand identity as World Athletics will begin its rollout in October 2019 following the completion of world championships in Doha, Qatar and after congress grants approval ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: IAAF Council • International Amateur Athletic Federation • International Association of Athletics Federations • Monaco • Olympic Games • Sebastian Coe • world athletics • World championships