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Australia Wins ICC World Cup 2015

  • Australia on 29 March 2015 won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for the record fifth time. In the final match Australia defeated co-hosts of the tournament, New Zealand by 7 wickets played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia.

  • In the final match, New Zealand had won the toss and had chosen to bat first. They had set the target of 183 runs to Australia after losing all wickets in the 45th over. Australian team easily overhauled the target in the 34th over with 7 wickets in hand.

  • In the final match, Australian bowlers James Faulkner and Mitchell Johnson had bagged 3 wickets each, while Mitchell Starc had claimed two wickets. Captain Michael Clarke had scored 74 runs and Steve Smith 56 runs. Previously, Australia had won the Cricket World Cup in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. It was first time of New Zealand to enter final of Cricket World Cup. In the previous world cup’s they were defeated for six times in the semi-finals.

NZ Bags Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015

  • New Zealand has won the 24th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015 for second time. In the final match, New Zealand defeated World Champions Australia by 3-1 goals in the penalty shoot-out. In regulation 60 minutes time, both teams had tied at 2-2 goals. Earlier, New Zealand had won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in 2012. It is third time Australia came as runner-ups position in tournament (1999, 2006 and 2015). India won the bronze i.e. finished third by defeating South Korea by 4-1 goals in the penalty shoot-out after both the teams were tied at 2-2 at regulation time.

Sania Mirza Ranked World Number One in Doubles

  • Sania Mirza created history by achieving the feat of becoming world No.1 in WTA tennis rankings. She is the first woman tennis player from India to do so after winning the Family Circle Cup final partnering with Martina Hingis.

  • The top-seeded pair overwhelmed Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak in the lop-sided final of the $731,000 clay court event. Sania took 470 points from the win to take her tally to 7965 as she jumped past Italy’s Sara Errani (7640) and Roberta Vinci (7640) to sit atop the ranking table.

  • Before Sania, only Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi had achieved the top rank when they dominated men’s doubles circuit in the late 90s.

  • Sania is also first female player from the country to win Grand Slam tournaments. It is Sania’s third successive title win with Hingis and they have not lost as a single match since joining forces in March. They won trophy in Indian Wells, which was their first tournament together and followed up that with win in Miami.

Lewis Hamilton Wins Bahrain Grand Prix of Formula One

  • Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton from Britain won Bahrain Grand Prix of Formula One on the the Sakhir Grand Prix Circuit. This was his third win of the season and his second Bahrain Grand Prix win. It was also Lewis Hamilton’s overall 36th Grand Prix win. In Bahrain Grand Prix, Hamilton was followed by Ferrari F1 driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany to the second position.

  • Earlier in the same month on 12 April 2015 he had won Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One on the Shanghai International Circuit in China.

Jitu Rai Wins Bronze Medal in ISSF Shooting World Cup

  • Celebrated Indian shooter Jitu Rai shot his way to a bronze medal in the men’s 10-metre air pistol event in the ISSF Shooting World Cup held in in Changwon, South Korea.

  • An Asian and Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, Jitu aggregated a total of 181.1 points to finish third on the podium, missing out on the gold medal shoot-out by 0.4 points. Jin Jongoh of Korea won the yellow metal with a score of 206.0, beating Naung Ye Tun of Myanmar (201.0) in the gold medal shoot-out.

  • This is Jitu’s seventh medal in international events, following a run that started last June. Jitu’s compatriots in the 10m air pistol, Prakash Nanjappa and Gurpreet Singh finished 18th and 48th, respectively in the qualification round.

  • Apurvi Chandela another Indian shooter has also won Bronze medal in the 10-metre air rifle in the same event. She won the bronze after she shot score of 185.6 in the qualifying fifth final round. With this win, Apurvi Chandela has qualified for the 2016 Olympics, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was placed at third position in the list of eight-strong competitors. Among these eight competitors six were qualified for the Olympics. It should be noted that Apurvi Chandela is the second Indian marksman after pistol shooter Jitu Rai to qualify for the Rio Olympics.

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