BADMINTON
78th
Senior National Badminton Championship
Men’s Singles
Winner: K. Srikanth
Runner-up: Gurusaidutt R. M. V.
Women’s Singles
Winner: P. V. Sindhu
Runner-up: Rituparna Das
Men’s Doubles
Winners: Pranaav Jerry Chopra & Akshay Dewalkar
Runners-up: Manu Attri & Sumeeth Reddy B.
Women’s Doubles
Winners: Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa
Runners-up: Pradnya Gadre & Siki Reddy N.
Mixed Doubles
Winners: Arun Vishnu & Aparna Balan
Runners-up: Tarun K. & Ashwini Ponnappa
India to host 2017
Under-17 WC Football Championship
In a landmark
development for Indian football, the country was awarded the right to host the
2017 Under-17 FIFA World Cup by the world governing body of the game in its
executive committee meeting in Brazil.
India was chosen as the host
country for the mega event by the FIFA executive committee in its meeting at
Salvador de Bahia in Brazil.
South Africa, Ireland and Uzbekistan were the other countries
in the running for the right to host the tournament. By virtue of being the
host country, India
will take part in the 24-nation tournament for the first time in its history.
The president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is Praful Patel. This
will the biggest ever football tournament India will be hosting and the first
FIFA event in the country’s history. India has hosted Asian Football
Confederation’s Youth Championships (Under-20) in 2006 and then the AFC
Challenge Cup in 2008 but never has hosted any FIFA tournament. While the expenses
of hosting the event will be borne by FIFA and AIFF, the government of India has
assured additional financial assistance.
United Arab
Emirates hosted the tournament this year while Chile will be
the host country for the 2015 edition.
CRICKET
India in South Africa
ODI Series Result: South Africa win the three-match
series 2-0.
Player of the Series: Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Test Series Result: South Africa win the two-match
series 2-0.
Player of the Series: AB de Villiers (South Africa)
