General Awareness Updates – April 2011

Sports:

34th National Games

The 34th National Games were held in Jharkhand. The main stadium in Ranchi is called the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium. Birsa Munda, a great freedom fighter, waged a battle against the British rule in the 19th century. The mascot of the Games was Chhaua (right), meaning a little boy.

Medals Tally

Team

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Services

70

50

42

162

Manipur

48

37

33

118

Haryana

42

33

40

115

Maharashtra

41

44

47

132

Jharkhand

33

26

37

96

BADMINTON

2011 All England Open Badminton Championships, Birmingham

Men’s

Winner: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia )

Runner-up: Lin Dan (China )

Women’s

Winner: Wang Shixian (China )

Runner-up: Eriko Hirose (Japan)

Men’s Doubles

Winners: Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)

Runners-up: Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong (Malaysia)

Women’s Doubles

Winners: Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang (China )

Runners-up: Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa (Japan )

Mixed Doubles

Winners: Xu Chen / Ma Jin (China )

Runners-up: Sudrak Parpakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam (Thailand )

TENNIS

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship, Dubai

Men’s

Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia )

Runner-up: Roger Federer (Switzerland )

Women’s

Winner: Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark )

Runner-up: Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia )

Open 13, Marseille

Winner: Robin Soderling (Sweden )

Runner-up: Martin Cilic (Croatia )