(Current Affairs) Sports | June: 2012

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