General Awareness Updates – March 2011

Sports:

TENNIS

2011 Australian Open, Melbourne

Men’s Singles

Winner: NovakDjokovic ( Serbia )

Runner-up: Andy Murray (G. Britain)

Women’s Singles

Winner: KimClijsters ( Belgium )

Runner-up: Li Na (China )

Men’s Doubles

Winners: BobBryan / Mike Bryan ( USA )

Runners-up: Leander Paes /Mahesh Bhupathi (India )

Women’s Doubles

Winners: Gisela Dulko (Argentina) / Flavia Pennetta ( Italy )

Runners-up: Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) / Maria Kirilenko ( Russia )

Mixed Doubles

Winners: Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) /Daniel Nestor (Canada )

Runners-up: Chan Yung-jan (Taiwan) / Paul Henley ( Australia )

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CRICKET

England in Australia

ODI Series Result: Australia won the 7-match series 6-1.

Player of the Series: Shane Watson (Australia )

Pakistan in New Zealand

Test Series Result: Pak won the 2-match series 1-0.

ODI Series Result: Pak won the 6-match series 3-2.

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Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt have been found guilty of corruption by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The charges relate to allegations of spot-fixing during the fourth Test of their England tour in August last year. Mr Butt was banned for ten years with five years suspended, Mr Asif was handed a seven-year ban with two years suspended, and Mr Amir was given a five-year ban.

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