Hyderabad's Gagan Narang will be honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – top award for sportspersons in India. He is the first Indian shooter to qualify for 2012 London Olympics and won 4 gold medals at 2010 Commonwealth games. P.T. Usha headed the Award's selection committee. Arjuna award winners: Badminton: Jwala Gutta (Andhra Pradesh) Kabaddi: Rakesh Kumar & Tejaswini Cricket: Zaheer Khan (Maharashtra – plays for Baroda) Archery: Rahul Banerjee (West Bengal) Athletics: Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw), Preeja Sreedharan (Kerala-long distance running) Boxing: Mayengbam Suranjoy (Gold medal in commonwealth games) Football: Sunil Chettri Hockey: Rajpal Singh Shooting: Tejaswini Sawant – first world champion woman shooter from India Swimming: Virdhawal Khade Disabled sports: Prashant Karmakar Gymnastics: Ashish Kumar Tennis: Somdev Devvarman (2 gold medals in Asian Games) Wrestling: Ravinder Singh Volleyball: Sanjay Kumar Weightlifting: Ravi Kumar Wushu: Sandhyarani (Manipur) – She won silver medal in Asian games. Selection Committee recommended these names to Government - expect official announcement soon. … [Read more...]
Commonwealth games quiz
19th Commonwealth games are scheduled to be held from October 3-14 in Delhi. 71 countries will participate in the 17 sports events. Just like Olympics and Asian games, commonwealth games also held once in 4 years. 2006 Commonwealth games were held in Melbourne (Australia). 2010 Delhi commonwealth games mascot: Shera (tiger) How name is changed: 1930-50: British Empire games 1954-66: British Empire and Commonwealth games 1970-74: British Commonwealth games From 1978: Commonwealth games (From Edmonton games) 12 quiz questions on Commonwealth games: 1. Which Asian city hosted the Commonwealth games before Delhi? Answer: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia in 1998). First Asian country to host the commonwealth games. 2. Which City will host the 2014 Commonwealth games? Answer: Glasgow (Scotland). 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth games were also held in Scotland. 3. Which city hosted the first Commonwealth games? Answer: Hamilton (Canada) 4. Cricket included only in one commonwealth games? Answer: Kuala Lumpur (1998) 5. Which cities are in contention to host the 2018 commonwealth games? Answer: Gold Coast (Australia) & Hambantota (Sri Lanka) 6. Which nation was suspended from Commonwealth in 2009? Answer: Fiji Islands 7. Total number of commonwealth nations? Answer: 54 (Fiji is under suspension) 8. Commonwealth nation with lowest population? Answer: Nauru 9. Only two commonwealth nations were never under British rule. What … [Read more...]
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