(Current Affairs) Sports | August : 2012

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