Study Material PDF

2015 Sports(Jan-July)

Name of the Sport Events

Name of the Winner

ATP World Tennis Championship

Chennai Open Tennis Title Winners
Brisbane International final
World record in swimming in 1 degree temperature
at Antarctic Ocean.
Sydney Doubles Title
National Billiards Championship
Fastest one-day international ton
Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold championship
6th Australian Open Singles Womens Title
35th National Games
Best Performing Men
Best Performing Women
First Place
Second Place
Third Place

Andy Murray.
Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka.
Roger Federer-1000th victory.

People's XI list for World Cup 2015

Bhakti Sharma.
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
Pankaj Advani(7th ).
AB de Villiers of South Africa.
Saina Nehwal.
Serena Williams.
Sajin Prakash (Kerala), Swimmer.
Aakanksha Vora (Maharastra), Swimmer.
SSC.
Kerala.
Haryana.
1.Hashim Amla - South Africa.
2.Brendon McCullum - New Zealand.
3.Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka.
4.Virat Kohli India.
5.AB de Villiers - South Africa.
6.Steve Smith Australia.
7.Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh.
8.James Faulkner Australia.
9.Mitchell Johnson Australia.
10.Dale Steyn - South Africa.
11.Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka.
Cristiano Ronaldo.
Siberias Novak Djokovic.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis.
France.
Anirban Lahiri.
Somdev Devvarman.

Best player in the Premier League

Australian Open mens title
Australian Open mixed doubles title
5th World Handball Title
Indian Open Golf Title
Delhi Open Title
World Cup 2015
Double century in a World Cup
Chris Gayle.
Indian batsman to score century in a World Cup
Virat Kohli.
against Pakistan
Fastest 150 in ODI History
Ab de Villiers.
Dubai ATP Tennis Championship 2015
Mens Singles Title
Roger Federer.
Womens Singles Title
Simona Halep.
Mens Doubles Title
Rohan Bopanna and Daniel Nestor.
Womens Doubles
Tmea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.
Argentina Open 2015 Title
Rafael Nadal.

1|Page
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

2nd Cricketer to Cross 14K ODI Runs
Kumar Sangakkara.
All England Badminton Championship
Carolina Marin.
4th consecutive ton in the World Cup 2015 series
Kumar Sangakkara.
Hero Hockey World League Round 2
Indias Womens Hockey Team.
th
69 Santosh Trophy Football title
Services team.
Swiss Grand Prix Gold Championship title
Kidambi Srikanth.
Australian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton.
2015 Indian Open Title
Michael White.
Ranji Trophy
Karnataka.
1st Indian Woman to reach World number One
Saina Nehwal.
Ranking
India Book of Records
Cherukuli Dalli Shivani.
2015 BNP Paribas Open
Mens Singles Title
Novak Djokovic.
Womens Singles Title
Simona Halep.
Mens Double Title
Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock.
Womens Double Title
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.
ICC Cricket World Cup
Australia-5th time.
Man of the Series Award
Mitchell Starc (Australia).
Most Runs
Martin Guptill (New Zealand).
Most Wickets
Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult (New Zealand)
Man of the Match
James Faulkner (Australia).
India Open Super Series Badminton 2015 Title
Mens Singles Title
Srikanth Kidambi.
Mens Doubles Title
Chai Biao and Hong Wei.
Womens Singles Title
Saina Nehwal.
Womens Doubles Title
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi.
Mixed Doubles Title
Yixin Bao and Cheng Liu.
Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 title
Sebastian Vettel.
Miami Open Titles 2015 Winners
Mens Singles Title
Novak Djokovic.
Womens singles Title
Serena Williams.
Mens doubles Title
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
Womens doubles Title
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.
Womens World chess championship 2015
Dronavalli Harika.
Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2015
Winner
New Zealand.
Bronze medal
India.
Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One
Lewis Hamilton.
No 1 in WTA Tennis Doubles Rankings
Sania Mirza.
ISSF World Cup
Gold Medal
Jin Jongoh(South Korea).
Bronze Medal
Jitu Rai(India).
Silver Medal
Naung Ye Tun(Malaysia).
1st Shenzhen International Golf Tournament 2015
Kiradesh-Aphibarnrat.
7th Hawkes Bay-Cup Hockey
Indian women-hockey team.
Monte Carlo Masters Title 2015
Singles Title
Novak Djokovic.
Double event
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
Presidents Cup Open International Boxing Tournament
Championship
India.
2|Page
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

Gold medals(Womens)
Gold medals(Mens)
Bronze Medal
Shamkir Chess Tournament 2015
World Team Chess Championships
Gold medals
Silvermedals
Bronze medals
Mens World Team Chess Championships
Gold medals
Silvermedals
Bronze medals
ICC ODI rankings.
100 metres breaststroke world record
Asian junior championship
National Youth record in hammer throw
Top ten of junior TT rankings
Claro Open Colsanitas tennis tournament
Bahrain Grand Prix
3-match ODI series against winner
5th Senior Mens National Hockey Championship
2015 Asian Indoor Rowing Championship
Gold in the 2000 mens light weight pair category
Bronze in the 2000 mens open-pair event
ITF (International Tennis Federation) doubles title
FA Cup(world's oldest knockout competition)
Archery World Cup- Bronze medal
International wrestling tournament-Gold medal
(Indians)

Pinki Jangra and Shamjetsabam Sarjubala Devi.

Rakesh Kumar and Harpal Singh.
Manish Kumar
Magnus Carlsen.
Georgia beat,China.
Dronavalli Harika.
Koneru Humpy.
China.
Ukraine.
America.
Australia topped,India-2nd .
Britains Adam Peaty.
Indias Y Pranjala.
Ashish Jakhar.
Mudit Dani-3rd Indian.
Brazils Teliana Pereira.
Lewis Hamilton.
Bangladesh.
Railway Sports Promotion Board.

Dushyant Singh and Succha Singh.

Om Prakash and Rajesh Verma.
Prarthana and Harriet.
Arsenal.
Deepika Kumari.
1.Yogeshwar-65kg.
2.Praveen Rana-70kg.
3.Amit Kumar -57kg.
4.Narsingh Yadav-74kg.
5th quota place in shooting for the 2016 Rio Gurpreet Singh.
Olympics
Shot-putter qualifies for Rio Olympics
Inderjeet Singh.
Clinch Premier League title
Chelsea.
TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open Mens singles title Roger Federer.
5th National Hockey Championship title
Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB).
ITTF rankings
Sharath Kamal-32nd Rank.
International Shooting Competition
Gold Medal
Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narag and Chain
Singh.
Bronze medal
Gagan Narag.
International Speed Skating Championships
Star performer
Kushi Shah.
14 medals-seven were gold
India.
Asian Wrestling Championships-Bronze medal
Geeta Phogat.
All England Open Badminton Championship
Winner
Carolina Marin.
Runner
Saina Nehwal.
Times Of India Sports awards
TOISA sportsperson of the year
Jitu Rai.
3|Page
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

Life time Achievement Of The Year
Popula Choice Awards.
Upcoming or emerging player award
Best cricketer award in mens category
Best cricketer award in Womens category
Federation Cup national senior athletic championship
First Place
Second Place
Overall Womens championships
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Best athlete award in the mens category
Best athlete award in the Womens category
Asian Youth Athletics Championships.
Silver medal
Bronze medal
Asian Wrestling Championship
Bronze medal
$50,000 Challenger tennis tournament doubles title
Spanish Grand Prix
Madrid Open Trophy 2015- Mens doubles Title
Countrys No 1 doubles player
BRICS U-17 football tournament
Sacramento State Open- mens hammer throw event
12th Jamaica International meet
First
Second
Third
World school chess championship(U -15)
Gold medal
Silver medal
Bronze medal
ISSF world cup
Gold medal
Silver medal
Bronze medal
4th Italian Open title
Men Singles Title
Women Singles Title
Womens Title
8th Edition of TCS World 10 Thousand metre run
Mens category
Womens category
Indian Mens category
Indian Womenens category
Thailand Open table tennis tournament -Bronze
Paragliding World Cup 2015
132 world ranking
172 world ranking

Milkha Singh
Pankaj Advani.
Malaika Goel, Sanjitha Channu.
Virat kohli.
Harmanpreet Singh.
Indian Army Team.
Tamil Nadu
Kerala.
Karnataka.
Tamil Nadu.
Inderjeet Singh.
Srabani Nanda.
Ashish Bhalothia(boys shot put)
Anumol Thampi (girls 3000m race) and Seema
Sangwan (girls discus throw).
Sakshi Malik(60kg) and Lalita(55kg).
Yuki Bhambri and Adrian Menendez.
Nico Rosberg.
Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea.
Rohan Bopanna.
Held in India.
Kamalpreet Singh.
Vikas Gowda.
Chad Wright.
Jared Schuurmans.
Tejaswini Sagar.
Barbayenka.
Nur Shanti.
Micheal Mc Phail.
Kristian Ole Bryhn.
Gagan Narang.
NovakDjokovic.
Maria Sharapova.
Timea Babos & Kristina Mladenovic.
Mosinet Geremew.
Mamitu Daska.
Suresh Kumar
Suriya Loganathan.
Archana Kamath.
Held in Himachal Pradesh.
Yuki Bhambri
Somdev Devvarman.
4|Page

Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

196 world ranking
12th South Asian Games 2015
6th most marketable athlete by British magazine
Doha Boxing Tournament
Gold medal

Silver medal
Bronze medal
AIBA Womens
Championships
Gold medal

Junior/Youth

World

Saketh Myneni.
Held in Kerala
Virat Kohli.
1.L Devendro Singh(49kg).
2.Shiva Thapa (56kg).
3. Manish Kaushik (60 kg).
4. Manoj Kumar(64kg).
Gaurav Bidhuri(52kg).
1.Mandeep Jangra(69kg)
2.Vikas Krishan(75kg)

Boxing

Silver medal
Bronze medal
IPL 2015
Winner
Player of the Tournament
Orange Cap award
Purple Cap awarded
Emerging Player of the Season
Most Valuable Player
Monaco grand prix,2015
First
Second
Third
Hockey Test series 3-0 Winner
4th Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics
Europa League title
Oldest woman to finish marathon in Record book
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 final
FIFA Rankings
India
Germany
Belgium
Argentina
Colombia
Brazil
Netherlands
Portugal
Uruguay
France
21st Asian Athletics Championship-India(3rd )
Gold medal

1.Savita(50kg).
2. Mandeep(52kg).
3.Sakshi(54kg).
1.Soniya(48 kg).
2. Niharika Gonella(70 kg).
Jamuna Boro(57 kg).
Mumbai Indians (MI).
Andre Russell (KKR).
David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad).
Dwayne Bravo (CSK).
Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils).
Andre Russell (KKR).
Nico Rosberg.
Sebastian Vettel.
Lewis Hamilton.
India.
Abhinav Bindra.
Sevilla FC.
Harriette Thompson(92).
Host in India.
141st (22nd position among Asia).
First position.
Second Position.
Third position.
Fourth position.
Fifth position.
Sixth position.
Seventh position.
Eighth position
Ninth Position.
1.Inderjeet Singh(Shotput).
2. Lalita Babar, Vikas Gowda(Disc throw).
3. Tintu Luka-800m.
4. Vikas Gowda Discus Throw.
5|Page

Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

Silver medal in womens 200m finals

Bronze in 800m

South African cricketer of the year

2015 French Open
Womens Single Title(3rd )
Womens doubles Title

1.Machettira Raju Poovamma-400m Sprint.

2.Lakshmanan Govindan -10,000m.
3. Liksy Joseph Heptathlon.
4. Jinson Johnson 800m.
5. Jisna Mathew, Tintu Luka, Debashree Majumder,
MR Poovamma relay womens.
1.Dharambir Singh 200m
2. Lakshmanan 5,000m
3. Purnima Hembram Heptathlon
4. Sarbani Nanda 200m
De Villiers.
Serena Williams(20th Grand Slam title).
Lucie Safarova and Bethanie
Mattek-Sand
Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.
Stan Wawrinka.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mike Bryan.
Barcelona(5th time).
Lewis Hamilton.
Kento Momota.
Ratchanok Intanon.

Mens doubles Title

Mens Singles Title
Mixed Doubles Title
Champions league trophy
Canadian Grand Prix
Indonesia Open Mens title
Indonesia Open Womens title
7th International junior shotgun Cup
Gold medal
Anantjeet Naruka(Star Performer)-2 gold medals.
Silver medal
Akash Saharan, Kismat Chopra and Lakshay
Bronze medal
Angadvir Singh Bajwa.
5th Youth Delphic Games in Feb 2016
Host in Goa.
CPL T20 team Trinidad & Tobago
Acquired by Shah Rukh Khan.
Indian Basketball Players Association
launched in New Delhi.
Forbes magazines 100 highest-paid athletes in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
world
Forbes magazines 1st highest-paid athletes in the Floyd Mayweather.
world
Latest cricketer to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Sir Wesley Hall.
Hall of Fame
ITF Womens tennis Doubles Title
Sowjanya Bavisetti.
9th highest wicket-taker in Test matches
Harbhajan Singh.
ODI series Winner
New Zealand.
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier
Guam(33rd rank).
1st Indian to score 50 International goals
Sunil Chhetri.
Stuttgart Open Title
Rafael Nadal.
Under-20 World Cup
Brazil.
th
BWF ranking-12
HS Prannoy.
South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
Team title winner
Indian paddlers.
In Junior Boys category
Silver
Sri Lankas Junior Boys.
Bronze
Pakistan team.
In Cadet Girls category
Silver
Sri Lanks Cadet Girls
Bronze
Nepal team.
Austrian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg.
6|Page
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

ATP Halle tournament
Aegon Championships
2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Nongfu Spring World Cup
ICC Test rankings
European Team Athletics Championships 2015
US Open 2015
Best Test player of 21st century
Top 10 bowlers in ODI
Asian Athletics Grand Prix(Gold medal)
Assen MotoGP
Copa America Cup.
ICC ODI Rankings

Top 5 ODI Batsman

Top 5 Bowlers

ODI series winner

3rd ODI Winner
Junior Asian championship
Mens Freestyle category

Roger Federer(86th).
Andy Murray.
Serbia.
Chinas Zhou Yuelong and Yan Bingtao.
India-4th Spot.
Russia.
Jordan Spieth.
Sachin Tendulkar.
Ravichandran Ashwin-10th.
Inderjeet Singh, Jinson Johnson.
Valentino Rossi.
Eduardo Vargas.
1.Australia
2.India
3.New Zealand
4.South Africa
5.Sri Lanka
1.AB de Villiers South Africa.
2.Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka
3.Hashim Amla South Africa
4.Virat Kohli India
5.Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka
1.Mitchell Starc Australia
2.Trent Boult New Zealand
3.Sunil Narine West Indies
4.Dale Steyn South Africa
5.Imran Tahir South Africa
Bangladesh
India.

Gold

Ravi Kumar in 55kg division.

Silver
Bronze

Bharat Patil (50kg) and Vikas (66kg)

Amit (60kg), Dinesh (74kg), Parveen (84kg), Rubal
Jeet (96kg) and Manjeet (120kg).

Greco-Roman category
Gold
Silver
Bronze

Ravinder (60kg) and Mehar Singh (120kg).

Manish (55kg).
Rahul (84kg).

Female Wrestling category

Silver

Sarita (59kg)

Bronze

Manisha (63kg), Divya Kakran (67kg) and Pooja

(72kg).

Wimbeldon 2015
Womens double title
Mens Singles title
Womens Singles Title

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis.

Novak Djokovic.
Serena Williams.

Mixed doubles

Leander Paes,Martina Hingis

7|Page

Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

India-156th .
Guinness World Records for spending 804 days on Gennady Padalka
FIFA rankings-Latest
ISS
New Zealand series Winner
World University Games Gold medal
Welterweight world title
World Police and Fire games

Rio 2016 Olympic torch

British Grand Prix
South Asian Basketball(SABA) Championship title
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
Copa America
19th Commonwealth Chess Championship.
Guinness Book of World Records
2015 Mens Cricket World Cup
2019 Mens Cricket World Cup
2023 Mens Cricket World Cup
2017 Womens Cricket World
2017 Mens ICC Test Championship
2021 Mens ICC Test Championship
2016 ICC Mens World Twenty20
2020 ICC Mens World Twenty20
2016 ICC Womens World Twenty20
2016 Summer Olympics & Paralympics
2020 Summer Olympics & Paralympics
2018 Winter Olympics & Paralympics
2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
2016 Winter Youth Olympics
2018 Asian Games
2017 Asian Winter Games
2018 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games
2018 FIFA World Cup
2022 FIFA World Cup
2015 FIFA U 20 World Cup
2017 FIFA U 20 World Cup
2015 FIFA U 17 World Cup
2017 FIFA U 17 World Cup
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 AFC Asian Cup
2019 AFC Asian Cup
2015 Copa America
2019 Copa America
2023 Copa America

Indian womens cricket team.

Inderjeet Singh .
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
India -156 medals, including 89 gold and 50 silvers.
1.US.
2.Canada finished second 430 medals.
Braslia.
Lewis Hamilton .
Sports.
US.
China.
Abhijeet Gupta
World Hand washing Day-MP.
Australia and New Zealand.
England and Wales.
India.
Ireland.
England and Wales.
India
India
Australia
India
Rio- de Janeiro, Brazil.
Tokyo, Japan
Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Los Angeles, USA.
Nanjing, China
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lillehammer, Norway
Jakarta, Indonesia.
Sapporo, Japan.
Gold Cost, Queensland, Australia.
Durban, South Africa (Yet to be confirmed).
Russia.
Qatar.
New Zealand.
South Korea.
Chile.
India.
Russia.
Canada.
Australia.
UAE.
Chile.
Brazil.
Ecuador.
8|Page

Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com

Study Material PDF

2016 Copa America Centenarian (100 years)
UEFA Euro 2016
UEFA Euro 2020
2018 Men's Hockey World Cup
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup
2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
2018 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
32nd sub junior and 42nd Junior National Aquatics
Championship

USA.
France.
Pan Europe
Bhubaneswar, India
London, England.
Argentina.
Netherlands.
United kingdom.
Argentina.
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi,
Pune.

AffairsCloud Specials Check Out Our Pages

Current Affairs Sections

Current Affairs Today

Current Affairs Monthly PDF

Current Affairs Daily Quiz

Current Affairs Monthly Quiz Competition & Mock Test

Study Materials PDF
Subject-Wise Quiz Sections

Reasoning Quiz

Quantitative Aptitude Quiz

English Quiz

Computer Quiz
Study Guide Sections

General Aptitude

Reasoning

Letter Writing

Math Tricks

Computer Awareness

All the Best

9|Page
Follow Us - FB.com/AffairsCloudOfficialPage

Copyright 2015 @ AffairsCloud.Com