(Current Affairs) Sports | June: 2012

Sports

CRICKET

  • STAR TV WON THE BROADCASTING RIGHTS OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAM IN A 3851 CRORE RUPEES BID

TENNIS

  • RAFAEL NADAL DEFEATED NOVAK DJOKOVIC TO CLINCH HIS EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE MONTE CARLO MASTERS
  • TOP SEEDED NOVAK DJOKOVIC DEFEATED ANDY MURRAY TO LIFT MIAMI MASTERS TROPHY
  • AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA DEFEATED MARIA SHARAPOVA TO CLINCH MIAMI MASTERS TITLE
  • LEANDER PAES AND RADEK STEPANEK CLAIMED THE DOUBLES TITLE OF MIAMI MASTERS
  • CROATIA’S IVAN LJUBICIC ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM TENNIS

ARCHERY/SHOOTING

  • KOREAN CITY OF CHANGWON SLATED AS THE VENUE FOR SHOOTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2018

MOTOR SPORTS

  • AUDI SIGNS UP INDIAN MOTORSPORT DRIVER ADITYA PATEL FOR THREE YEARS
  • FERRARI DRIVER FERNANDO ALONSO WON THE FORMULA ONE MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX

BADMINTON

  • CHINA’S XIAO JIA CHEN DEFEATED SAINA NEHWAL IN THE ASIAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP
  • INDIAN ACE BADMINTON PLAYER SAINA NEHWAL WON THE SWISS OPEN GRAND PRIX GOLD TROPHY
  • SAINA NEHWAL SUFFERED A CRUSHING DEFEAT AT ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

BOXING

  • INDIAN BOXER VIJENDER SINGH QUALIFIED FOR THE LONDON OLYMPICS
  • M.C. MARY KOM AND SARITA WON GOLD MEDALS IN THE ASIAN WOMEN’S BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP
  • SHIVA THAPA BECAME THE YOUNGEST INDIAN BOXER TO QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS

WRESTLING

  • GEETA KUMARI MADE A HISTORY, BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN WRESTLER TO QUALIFY FOR OLYMPICS

SQUASH

  • INDIAN SQUASH PLAYER SAURAV GHOSAL WON THE $120000 EL GOUNA INTERNATIONAL OPEN