(Current Affairs) Sports | August : 2012

Sports

CRICKET

  • MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI APPOINTED BRAND AMBASSADOR
  • DANISH KANERIA WAS BANNED BY ECB
  • KEVIN PIETERSEN ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT

TENNIS

  • FRENCH OPEN
  • MARIA YURYEVNA SHARAPOVA WON FRENCH OPEN WOMEN’S SINGLES TITLE
  • SANIA MIRZA AND MAHESH BHUPATHI WON MIXED DOUBLES TITLE
  • DRESS CODE INTRODUCED IN WIMBLEDON FIRST TIME
  • AITA ANNOUNCED TWO TEAMS FOR MEN’S DOUBLES FOR LONDON OLYMPICS 2012

SHOOTING/ARCHERY

  • INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP

CHESS

  • FIDE WORLD CHESS TITLE
  • FIDE
  • VISWANATHAN ANAND ROPED AS BRAND AMBASSADOR OF TVH

BADMINTON

  • INDONESIA OPEN
  • THAILAND OPEN

HOCKEY

  • SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
  • INDIAN HOCKEY GOALKEEPER D’SOUZA SUSPENDED FOR 1 YEAR

TABLE TANNIS

  • BRAZIL OPEN TABLE TENNIS

WRESTLING

  • ASIAN JUNIOR WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2012

ATHLETICS

  • ATHLETICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
  • NATIONAL INTER-STATE SE NIOR ALTHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP

MOTOR RACING/F1

  • EUROPEAN GRAND PIX 2012
  • MONACO GRAND PRIX

GOLF

  • MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT