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Who is the first Indian to have won a Gold Medal?
– Abhinav Bindra
Serena Williams equaled which record by winning 22 Grand slams?
– Record held by Steffi Graf
Which country is the UEFA Euro 2016 Runner up ?
– Australia
Roll is in which game?
– Poker
Who died playing Polo?
– Qutub-ud-din Aibak
Which country won 2016 Hockey World Cup?
– France
In Rio Olympics 2016, PV Sandhu defeated Wang Yihan who belonged to
– China
Winner of Wimbledon Cup 2016?
– Andy Murray
Which country will host Cricket World Cup 2019 –
Ans: England
Naidu cup belongs to which game –
Ans: Chess
Hook pass terminology belongs to which sports –
Ans: Basketball
The distance of a marathon run is –
Ans: 26 miles 385 yards
Who won the Cricket World Cup in 2008? – India
Where one first Olympic Games were held? – Athens, Greece
Who started Paralympic Games? – Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Where was FIFA 2010 held? – South Africa
How many Grand Slams are held in a year? – 4
Which Indian Sport just had its first Premier League? – Kabaddo
Which Sporstman is known as ‘The Wizard of Hockey’? – Major Dhyanchand
Who won the first Olympic medal in wrestling for India? – Khashaba Jadhav
Who was the first ever female Olympic medal winner of India? – Karnam Malleshwari, Weightlifting, Sydney Olympics, 2000.
Which Athlete has won most number of Olympic medals? – Michael Phelps
Which Games are held by federation of Countries formerly rules by British Empire? – Commonwealth Games
Which Sportswoman is called as ‘Payyoli Express‘ ? – P. T. Usha
Hockey is the national sports of –
Ans: India and Pakistan
Eden Gardens cricket stadium as in –
Ans: Calcutta
Barcelona open was lifted by –
Ans: Rafael Nadal from Spain beating Dominic thiem Australia
Russian Grand Prix was recently won by –
Ans: Valtteri Bottas
Which country won 26th edition of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey tournament –
Ans: Great Britain defeating Australia
Indian players Chef Thapa belongs to which Sports –
Ans: Boxing
Which player has recently made the record of highest wicket taker in women’s one-day international –
Ans: Jhulan Goswami; 181 wickets in 153 matches
World para-athletics Grand Prix recently conducted in which nation –
Ans: China
Which team won 7th Junior National Hockey championship 2017 women –
Ans: Hockey Him (Himachal) defeating hockey Mizoram
The mascot of22nd Asian Athletic Championship is –
Ans: Olly Turtle
Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 Championship is recently won by –
Ans: Lewis Hamilton
Who has won Italian Open Women’s Single Title 2017 –
Ans: Elina Svitolina of Ukraine
Which team won premier badminton league season 2 title –
Ans: Chennai Smashers defeating Mumbai Rockets
Which team won Ranji Trophy in January 2017 –
Ans: Gujarat defeating Mumbai
Who has recently won Swiss open 2017 Badminton Championship –
Ans: Lin Dan of China
Who won Women’s Single Title of Indian open 2017 Badminton Championship –
Ans: P V Sindhu
Special Olympics world winter games recently held in which country –
Ans: Australia
Who won silver in Women World Snooker Championship held in Singapore –
Ans: Vidya Pillai
Which team lifted Santosh Trophy for 32nd time –
Ans: Bengal
Number of players in one team of Kho Kho are –
Ans: 9
Football was inducted as a competitive game in Olympics in year –
Ans: 1908
Somdev Devburman, who has recently announce retirement belongs to which game/sports –
Ans: Lawn Tennis
Who has won the first ever all Indian boys under 19 final at British Junior Open Squash Tournament
Ans: Velavan Senthilkumar
Magnus Carlsen, the distinguished chess player belongs to which country –
Ans: Norway
Who has won Men’s Single Title of Qatar Open Tennis Championship 2017 –
Ans: Novak Djokovic from Siberia defeating Andy Murray
45 which Chinese E-Commerce firm has become top sponsor of Olympic Games through 2028 –
Ans: Alibaba group
Who has been named the world’s best player at the inaugural best FIFA football awards 2016 in Zurich Switzerland –
Ans: Cristiano Ronald
Which football player has been voted as the best playmaker in the world for 2016 –
Ans: Lionel Messi
National Sports of China is –
Ans: Table Tennis
Canada Cup belongs to which sports –
Ans: Golf
Westchester Cup belongs to –
Ans: Polo
Ghulam Ahmed Trophy belongs to which sports –
Ans: Cricket
How many players are there in one team of Water Polo –
Ans: 6 Players
First Asian Games held in which nation –
Ans: New Delhi 1951
Who has won Miami open men’s singles 2017 –
Ans: Rodger Federer of Switzerland dividing Rafael Nadal of Spain
The winner of World Cup double trap gold ISSF Shotgun –
Ans: Ankur Mittal
Who has won Australian Grand Prix 2017 –
Ans: Sebastian Vettel Germany defeating Levis Hamilton of UK
Which team has won 10th edition of IPL –
Ans: Mumbai Indians defeating rising Pune supergiant
Which football club won Europa League title –
Ans: Manchester United defeating Ajax Amsterdam
Sudirman cup belongs to which sports –
Ans: Badminton
Which state became the champion at National Youth Athletic Meet –
Ans: Haryana defeating Kerala
First Commonwealth games held in 1930 at –
Ans: Hamilton, Canada
Jaspal Singh Rana is a distinguished athlete of which game –
Ans: Shooting
Which team has recently won I league –
Ans: Aizawl FC defeating Shillong Lajong
Pankaj Advani belongs to which sports –
Ans: Billiards
Who has won Australian Open women’s singles title 2017 –
Ans: Serena Williams defeating Venus Williams
Which Jamaican cricketer has been banned from all cricket over doping charges –
Ans: Andre Russell
Who has top the T20 batsman list in the latest ICC rankings –
Ans: Virat Kohli
Who has become the first batsman to score 3 hundred in T20 match in an unofficial game locally played in Delhi –
Ans: Mohit Ahlawat
Who has won 29 Indian National Snooker Championship title –
Ans: Pankaj Advani
Which Indian Unit has won Army Polo Championship 2017 –
Ans: Cavalry defeating Army services Corps
Which Indian cricketer has surpassed India’s former legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev becoming the highest wicket taker in home Test season –
Ans: R Ashwin
Which two Afghanistan players were selected for the first time in IPL 2017 –
Ans: Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan
India first took part in Olympics game in year –
Ans: 1920
Which game uses the term scoring a Cannon –
Ans: Billiards
Ashes is a term used in which Sports –
Ans: Cricket
Davis Cup belongs to which sports –
Ans: Tennis
Queensberry rules belongs to which Sports –
Ans: Boxing
Which place is known as Mecca of Indian football –
Ans: Kolkata
Number of players on each side in a baseball match as –
Ans: 5
Which team has won T20 World Cup For Blind Tournament 2017 –
Ans: India defeating Pakistan
Which team has won first edition of 3 day Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay all India National Style Kabaddi Championship –
Ans: Haryana beating Railways
Which Indian has become first to play in the New Zealand Grand prix at Chris Amon circuit in Mansfield New zealand –
Ans: Jehan Daruvala
Which Indian batsman has the record of Rahul Dravid house playing maximum balls in test –
Ans: Cheteshwar Pujara, 525 balls 202 runs
Which team recently lifted Vijay Hazare Trophy –
Ans: Tamil Nadu defeating Bengal
Which team won Deodhar Trophy 2017 –
Ans: Tamil Nadu defeating India Red
Which state conducted country’s first ever transgender one day Athletic Meet –
Ans: Kerala
Which zone has recently won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 title –
Ans: East zone defeating West zone
Which player emerged as most expensive player in IPL auction 2017 –
Ans: Ben Stokes of England; 14.5 crore
Which Indian player became the costliest player of India in IPL 2017 –
Ans: Karn Sharma
The official mascot of FIFA under 17 World Cup scheduled to be held in India is –
Ans: Kheleo clouded leopard
Fifth Hockey India League title 2017 is won by –
Ans: Kalinga Lancers beating Dabang Mumbai
The winner of Syed Modi International Grand pix gold Women’s Single Title 2017 is –
Ans: PV Sindhu
Which Indian cricketer has become the first player to score double century in 4 consecutive test series –
Ans: Virat Kohli
Which country has been barred from 2017 summer world athletics championship in London –
Ans: Russia
Which country won gold medal at Asian Junior Squash Championship 2017 –
Ans: India defeating Malaysia
The batsman who has recently become the first to score 10000 runs in T20 is –
Ans: Chris Gayle of West Indies
Who has won Monte Carlo Masters men’s singles for record 10th time –
Ans: Rafael Nadal of Spain
Which team has been ranked first in ICC T20 International team ranking –
Ans: New Zealand
Who has won Australian open men’s singles 2017 –
Ans: Rodger Federer defeating Rafael Nadal
Who has won 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Women’s Single Title –
Ans: Saina Nehwal defeating Sibu of Malaysia
Recently which Indian batsman has become the fastest batsman in the world to score 1000 runs as captain in one-day internationals –
Ans: Virat Kohli
Cooch Behar trophy is related to –
Ans: Cricket
Which team come up as the winner of pro wrestling League season 2 –
Ans: Punjab Royals defeating Haryana Hammers
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