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Awareness Updates – October 2016 Sports Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2016 v P. V. Sindhu (Badminton) v Sakshi Malik (Wrestling) v Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) v Jitu Rai (Shooting) Dronacharya Award
2016 v Nagapuri Ramesh (Athletics) v Sagar Mal Dhayal (Boxing) v Raj Kumar Sharma (Cricket) v Bishweshwar Nandi (Gymnastics) v S. Pradeep Kumar (Swimming – lifetime) v
Mahabir Singh (Wrestling –
lifetime) Dhyan Chand Award
2015 v Satti Geetha (Athletics) v Sylvanus Dung Dung (Hockey) v
Rajendra Pralhad Shelke (Rowing) Arjuna Award 2016 v Rajat Chauhan (Archery) v Lalita Babar (Athletics) v Sourav Kothari (Billiards and Snooker) v Shiva Thapa (Boxing) v Ajinkya Rahane (Cricket) v Rani (Hockey) v Subrata Paul (Football) v V. R. Raghunath (Hockey) v Gurpreet Singh (Shooting) v Apurvi Chandela (Shooting) v Soumyajit Ghosh (Table Tennis) v Vinesh Poghat (Wrestling) v Amit Kumar (Wrestling) v Sandeep Singh Mann (Para-Athletics) v
Virender Singh (Wrestling (deaf)) CRICKET Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series result: SL won the three–match series 3–0. Player of the Series: Rangana Herath (SL) India in West Indies Test Series result: India won the four–match series 2–0. Player of the Series: Ravichandran Ashwin (India) T20 Series result: West Indies won the two–match series 1–0. Pakistan in England Test Series result: England and Pakistan draw the four–match series 2–2. Players of
the Series: Chris Woakes (England) and Misbah Ul-Haq
(Pakistan) MOTORRACING Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Winner: Nico Rosberg (Germany/Mercedes) Second: Daniel Ricciardo (Australia//Red Bull-TAG Heuer) Third: Lewis Hamilton (Britain/Mercedes) TENNIS Western & Southern
(Cincinnati) Open, Cincinnati, U.S. Men’s Singles Winner: Marin Cilic (Croatia) Runner-up: Andy Murray (UK) Women’s Singles Winner: Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) Runner-up: Angelique Kerber (Germany) Men’s Doubles Winners: Ivan Dodig (Croatia)/Marcelo Melo (Brazil) Runners-up: Jean-Julien Rojer (France)/Horia Tecau (Romania) Women’s Doubles Winners: Sania Mirza (India)/Barbara Strycova (Czech Republic) Runners-up: Martina Hingis (Switzerland)/Coco Vandeweghe (U.S.) |
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