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SPORTS NEWS 2017
| WINNER | TITLE | NOTES |
JANUARY 2017 |
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| Serena Williams | 2017 Australian Open women’s Final | Held in Australia |
| Pankaj Advani | Kolkata Open National Snooker Championship | Held in West Bengal |
| Gujarat | Ranji Trophy title | Held in Mumbai |
| Rafael Nadal | Mubadala Tennis Championships 2016 | Abu Dhabi |
| Lalchungnunga | Germany’s prestigious football league | ─ |
| India | 4th straight SAFF Women’s Championship title | Kanchenjunga Stadium, India |
| Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | Chennai Open doubles title | ─ |
| Farrukh Amonatov | Delhi International Chess Grandmaster | Held in Tajikistan |
| Nirmal Yadav(65) | National Shooting Championship | Held in Delhi |
| Punjab Royals | Pro Wrestling League | ─ |
| Saina Nehwal | Malaysia Masters Grand Prix 2017 | ─ |
FEBRUARY 2017 |
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| Pankaj Advani | 29th National Snooker title | ─ |
| India | Asian Junior Squash Championships | Malaysia |
| India | T20 Blind World Cup | Pakistan was Defeated |
| Jehan Daruvala | New Zealand Grand Prix | Car Racing |
| Dronavalli Harika
Padmini Rout |
World Women’s Chess Championship | 42nd Chess Olympiad held in Baku |
| Pooja Ghatkar | Bronze at Shooting World Cup | Held in Moscow |
| Aditya Mehta | Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship | Held in India |
| Monika Athare | Women’s title Delhi Marothon | ─ |
| Thanackal Gopi | Men’s title in Delhi Marothon | ─ |
| Kalinga Lancers | Hockey India League 2017 | Hockey Stadium in Chandigarh |
| Ankur Mittal | Silver medal in ISSF World Cup 2017 | ─ |
| Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu | Gold at ISSF World Cup 2017 | New Delhi, India |
| Tarun Kona
Alwin Francis |
Gold at 2017 Uganda International Series men’s doubles | Kampala, Uganda |
MARCH 2017 |
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| Pooja Agarwal | World Shooting Para Sport World Cup | Indian para shooter |
| Jitu Rai and Amanpreet Singh | ISSF World Cup | ─ |
| Dronavalli Harika | World Women’s Chess Championship (Bronze) | Indian Chess Grandmaster |
| Duo Tarun Kona and Alwin Francis | Uganda International Series Doubles Title | Indian Badminton |
| Rohan Bopanna | Dubai Tennis Championship | Dubai |
| Sam Querrey (American) | ATP Mexico Open 2017 | Acapulco in Mexico |
| Andy Murray | Dubai Duty Free Tennis of 2017 | Defeated Fernando Verdasco. |
| Indian women’s ice hockey team | Challenge Cup of Asia | Bangkok. |
| Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas | Brasil Open title | By beating Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas |
| Indian Open title | SSP Chawrasia | Golf |
| Title of All England Open badminton | Lee Chong Wei | Malaysia |
| Women’s World Snooker 2017, Silver | Vidya Pillai | India |
| ISSF Shotgun World Cup | Ankur Mittal | New Delhi |
| Australian Grand Prix | Sebastian Vettel | Formula One |
| Gold in Asia Cup 2017 | India | Indian men’s compound archery team |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | T20 team’s Player of the Year | She was named in the 13-member squad for the Sydney Thunder franchise |
APRIL 2017 |
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| India Open title | India Open title | Against Spanish Olympic champion |
| against Spanish Olympic champion | Winner of Prague Half Marathon | Kenya |
| K Shyam Kumar | Gold at Thailand International | Indian boxer
Thailand International Tournament in Bangkok |
| Lewis Hamilton | Chinese Grand Prix 2017 | Formula One |
| Pankaj Advani | Asian billiards title | He bagged Sixteen-time World Champion |
| Gayatri and Samiya | Jr Grand Prix badminton | They are National Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand’s daughters. |
| K Shyam Kumar | Gold at Thailand International | Indian boxer
Thailand International Tournament in Bangkok |
| Lewis Hamilton | Chinese Grand Prix 2017 | Formula One |
| Pankaj Advani | Asian billiards title | He bagged Sixteen-time World Champion |
| Gayatri and Samiya | Jr Grand Prix badminton | They are National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand’s daughters. |
| Rafael Nadal | Monte Carlo Masters Tennis tournament 2017 | Monaca |
| Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas | Men’s doubles crown | Monaca |
| Sagar Baheti | Boston Marathon | First visually impaired Indian runner |
| Rafael Nadal | Monte Carlo Masters Men’s Singles title | This is his 70th career trophy |
| Sudarsan Pattnaik | World Sand Sculptures Championship | Internationally renowned sand artist |
| Pankaj Advani | Asian Snooker Championship | Wins Silver Medal |
| Rafael Nadal | Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell title | ─ |
| Valtteri Bottas | Russian Grand Prix | He Claims maiden Grand Prix |
MAY 2017 |
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| John Higgins | Betfred World Snooker Championship | Theatre in Sheffield, England |
| Leander Paes | Tallahassee Challenger Title | Tennis |
| Pankaj Advani | Asian Snooker Championship | Won silver, held in Doha, Qatar |
| Joshna Chinappa | Asian Squash title | First player from India to win |
| Soumyajit Ghosh | 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open | Santiago |
| Shiva Thapa | Asian Boxing Championship (silver medal) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Great Britain | Sultan Azlan Shah Cup | Hockey |
| Michelle Skeries (Germany)
Heena Sidhu (India-Bronze) |
48th Grand Prix of Liberation Plzen Shooting championships | New Delhi |
| Bajranj Punia | Asian Wrestling Championship | First gold medal for India |
| Ramudri Rao | World Para Athletics Grand Prix | Jaipur |
| Arjun Maini | Grand Prix 3 race | Barcelona |
| Rafael Nadal | 5th Madrid Masters title | Spain |
| Lewis Hamilton | Spanish Grand Prix | ─ |
JUNE 2017 |
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| Krishnan Sasikiran | Capablanca memorial chess Champion | Varadero, Cuba. |
| Sai Praneeth | Thailand Open men’s singles title | Hyderabad |
| Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen Duc Hoa | Mumbai Mayor Chess title | Mumbai, India |
| Shashikant Kutwal | World chess championship for differently-abled | Held in Slovakia |
| Jelena Ostapenko | Women’s singles French Open Title | She is From Latvia |
| Rafael Nadal | Men’s singles French Open Title | Spain |
| Ryan Harrison Michael Venus | Men’s doubles Men’s doubles French Open Title | US . Australia Respectively |
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová | Women’s doubles French Open Title | US ,Czech Republic Respectively |
| Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)
Rohan Bopanna (India) Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) Robert Farah (Colombia) |
Mixed doubles Mixed doubles French Open Title | ─ |
| Lewis Hamilton | 6th Canadian Grand Prix title | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada |
| Jeje Lalpekhlua | AIFF Player of the Year award | ─ |
| Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu | World Cup Shooting Event Mixed Titles | New Delhi, India |
| Kidambi Srikanth | Indonesia Super Series Premier | ─ |
| Pakistan | ICC Champions Trophy title | England and Wales |
| Ankush Dahiya (60kg) | Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament | Mongolia |
| Kidambi Srikanth | Australia Open Super Series | India shuttler |
| Roger Federer | Halle Open title or Gerry Weber Open | Germany |
| AnishBhanwala | ISSF Junior World Championship | Pistol category |
JULY 2017 |
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| Ritika Thaker | Women’s singles Ivory Coast International tournament | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Ritika Thaker
Simran |
women’s doubles Ivory Coast International tournament | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| Germany | 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup | Held in Russia |
| Jehan Daruvala | FIA Formula 3 European Championship race | Nuremberg circuit, Europe |
| Pankaj Advani | Asian snooker championship | Held in Chandigarh |
| Manpreet kaur, Govindan laxmanan (Gold) | ASIAN athletics championships | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, India |
| Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas | 2017 Austrian Grand Prix | ─ |
| Harinder Pal Sandhu | 2017 Australian Open title | ─ |
| Atthaya Thitikul | Professional golf event | Fourteen-year-old amateur |
| P V Sindhu | Sportsperson of the Year award | Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year’ Charity Gala Awards. |
| Sundar Singh Gurjar | World Para Athletics C’ship (Gold) | Javelin Throw |
| Garbine Muguruza | Women’s Wimbledon title | Shattered Venus |
| Marcelo Melo and Lukasz Kubot | Men’s doubles title at Wimbledon | ─ |
| Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina | Women’s doubles Wimbledon title | ─ |
| Dameet Singh | IAFF World U-18 Championships (Sliver) | Held in Nairobi, Kenya |
| Harinder Pal Sandhu | Victorian Open squash title | Victorian Open squash, a PSA Tour event, in Melbourne. |
| Pretty (bronze)
Tulika Maan (bronze) Pinky Balhara (Bronze) |
Asian junior C’ship | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. |
| Amit Saroha (Silver) | World Para Athletics C’ship |
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| Indian Team (Gold and Bronze) | Global robotics Olympiad | Heald in Washington |
| Neel Joshi and Ananya Dabke | Dutch Open Junior Squash Championships | Heald in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Manudev | National Masters snooker title |
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| Vishnu Vardhan and Toshihide Matsui | President’s Cup | Astana. |
| Sachin Siwach (Gold) | Commonwealth Youth Games | Held in Bahamas. |
| Jordan Spieth | British Open Title |
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| Konsam Ormila Devi (Gold) | Asian Youth & Junior Weightlifting c’ship | Held in Kathmandu, Nepal. |
| Diksha (Silver) | Deaflympics (Deaf Olympics | Held in Turkey |
| Ajay Singh (Bronze ) | Asian Youth Weightlifting | Held in Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Shiva Thapa Manoj KumarAmit Phangal Gaurav Bidhuri Satish Kumar |
Czech boxing tournament
48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem |
Event Held in Czech Republic. |
| Sebastian Vettel | Hungarian Grand Prix |
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AUGUST 2017 |
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| India | Jordan Open Table tennis title | |
| Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav | Lagos Open | Nigeria |
| Manju Kumari (Bronze) | Junior World Wrestling | Tampere, Finland |
| Vijender Singh | WBO Oriental Super Middleweight title |
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| Ankur Mittal | Asian Shotgun Championship | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Real Madrid | European Super Cup | UEFA Europa League |
| Amit Kumar Saroha | World Para Athletics Championship |
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| IAAF World Athletics Championships 2017 | African Wayde van Niekerk |
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| Maheshwari chauhan (Bronze) | Asian shotgun championship | Kazakhstan |
| Lakshya Sen | Bulgaria open international series title | Sofia, Bulgaria. |
| India | world dwarf games | Canada |
| Shapath Bharadwaj | Bronze at Junior Shotgun World Cup | Porpetto, Italy. |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | UEFA Player of the Year award | Season for 2016-2017 |
| England | 2018 ITTF Team World Cup | Held in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park |
| Lewis Hamilton | Belgian Grand prix |
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| Indian U-15 football team | SAFF Championships Title | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| P V Sindhu (Silver) | World Badminton Championship 2017 | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Gaurav Bidhuri (India) | World Boxing C’ships 2017 | Hamburg, Germany |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | ITTF men’s singles tournament. | Düsseldorf, Germany |
SEPTEMBER 2017 |
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| Gaurav Bidhuri (Bronze) | World Boxing Championships | American Duke Ragan. |
| Lewis Hamilton | Italian Grand Prix |
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| Konsam Ormila Devi | Commonwealth Youth weightlifting C’ship | Gold Coast, Australia. |
| Viswanathan Anand | World Chess Cup | Tbilisi, Malaysia |
| Ankur Mittal (Sliver) | ISSF World Shotgun Championship |
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| India Wrestler Sonam | World Cadet Wrestling Championship | Athens, Greece |
| Martina Hingis | US Open women’s doubles Grand Slam Title | USA |
| Sloane Stephens | US open Women’s Singles Title | USA |
| Spain’s Rafael Nadal | US Open title Men’s Title | USA |
| Ana Carrasco | World Championship motorbike race | First woman to win |
| Lewis Hamilton | Singapore Grand Prix |
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| P V Sindhu | Korean Open title | SK Handball Stadium, South Korea |
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Purnima Hembram(athletics) |
Asian indoor meet | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Mudit Dani | Under-23 table tennis tournament
2017 Butterfly Badger Open |
Milwaukee, in Wisconsin (United States). |
| Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal | Laver Cup 2017 | Prague |
OCTOBER 2017 |
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| Max Verstappen | Malaysian Gran Prix |
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| Pooja Kadian | Wushu World Championship Gold | Held in Russia |
| Rafael Nadal | China Open title | ─ |
| Lewis Hamilton | Japanese Grand Prix | ─ |
| Anupama Ramachandran | Under-16 Snooker Championship Title | Held in St. Petersburg, Russia |
| RMV Gurusaidutt | Bulgarian International Future Series tournament | ─ |
| Selena Selvakumar(17) | Egypt Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Ope | ─ |
| India | Asia Cup Hockey title | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Gaganjeet Bhullar | 8th Asian Tour Golf title |
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| Kidambi Srikanth | Superseries title of 2017 | Defeated Korean veteran Lee Hyun I |
| Amanpreet Singh (Bronze) | ISSF World Cup Final |
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| Sangram Dahiya (Silver) | ISSF World Cup Final | Kerrville, Texas |
| Indian Women’s Team | Women’s Asia Cup 2017 | Kakamigahara, Japan |
| England | FIFA U-17 World Cup | Kolkata, India |
| Patna Pirates | Pro Kabaddi Title | Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Bihar |
| Indian Junior Men’s Hockey (Bronze) | Sultan of Johor Cup | ─ |
| Lewis Hamilton | Mexican Grand Prix | ─ |
| Geeta Phogat | All India Police Championship | ─ |
| Heena Sidhu (Gold) | Commonwealth Shooting C’ships | Brisbane, Australia |
NOVEMBER 2017 |
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| India | T20I cricket, | Against New Zealand |
| Gagan Narang | Silver medal in Commonwealth Shooting Championships | Gold Coast |
| Annu Raj Singh | Bronze medal in the women’s 50m pistol Commonwealth Shooting Championships | Gold Coast |
| Shahzar Rizvi, Pooja Ghatkar, Jitu Rai | Gold at Commonwealth Shooting Championship | Gold Coast |
| Anjum Moudgil | Bronze at Commonwealth Shooting women’s 50m Rifle Prone Championships |
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| Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan | Bronze medal at the prestigious 2017 Challenge Belgium Open | Table Tennis tournament in De Haan (Belgium) |
| Aditi Ashok | Fatima Bin Mubarak Ladies Open/Ladies European Tour |
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| Indian women Team | women’s Asia Cup hockey title | The team qualify for Hockey World Cup |
| Mary | Asian Boxing Championship | Won Gold medal |
| Saina Nehwal | Senior National Badminton Championships | Held in Nagpur |
| Pankaj Advani | IBSF World Billiards Championship 2017 | Held In Doha, Qatar |
| Marc Márquez | MotoGP world title |
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| Sebastian Vettel | Brazilian Grand Prix |
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| Sushil Kumar | National Wrestling championship | Won Gold in 74kg freestyle competition |
| Sakshi Malik, | National Wrestling championship | Gold Medal in women’s category |
| A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan | 2017 World Tour Swedish Open | Won bronze medal |
| Lionel Messi | European Golden Shoe award |
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| Ritu Phogat | U-23 World Wrestling C’ship | Held in Poland |
| Mirabai Chanu | Gold Medal at World Weightlifting Championships | Held in US |
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