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[PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards,

FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi,

Cricket & more

1. Prologue to six part Article

series

2. Howmuch sports you need to

prepare?

3. Sport Mascots

1. #1: Commonwealth Games

2014 (Glasgow)

2. #2: Asian Games 2014

(Incheon)

3. #3: Sochi Winter Olympics

2014

4. #4: London Olympic 2012

5. #5: National games

4. Individual games

1. #1: Tennis

2. #2: Football FIFA 2014

3. #3: Hockey: New format

4. #4: Cricket

5. #5: Badminton

6. #6: Squash

7. #7: Kabbadi

8. #8: Shooting 2014

9. #9: Chess

10. #10: Billiards

5. Awards

1. #1: Laurius world sport awards 2014

2. #2: Arjuna Award 2013

6. National sports development code

7. Unfortunate incidents8. Misc. sports

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Prologue to six part Article series

Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8thJune 2014- nearly six months that is the usual

time span for current affairs most non-UPSC competitive exams of India.

1. National

2. international

3. sports

4. banking and business GK

5. books, authors, movies, beauties

6. diaspora, civilian awards (national + international) and Dead in News

How much sports you need to prepare?

That depends on the level of exam. Observe the difference

Bank, SSC,

Insurance,

StatePSC exam

CDS or CAPF (by UPSC)

Q. Who won French

Open 2014?

1. Nadal

2. Federer

3. Wawrinka

4. Djkovic

Q. Which of the following statement

is / are correct about French open?

1. in 2014, Rafael Nadal won this

tournament by defeating David

Ferrer

2. After this victory, Nadal holds

the record of highest grand

slams.

3. Both 1 and 24. Neither 1 nor 2.

ans 1 ans 4

A weak husband always shows mardaangi by beating up his wife. Same way,

examiners harass competitive aspirants by asking Non-cricket questions. As if it

is ourfault that Indian junta doesnt watch/respect non-cricket athletes! And as if an

aspirant has (unwillingly) mugged up such list, he is a bigger patriot and better officer than

cricket fans!

Nonetheless, if you want the job, youve to study. Most candidates avoid / downplay the

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sport topic thinking this is boring, cost: benefit is bad.

But if you prepare sports segment in a systematic manner, it is possible to tick atleast 1

MCQ in most (non-CSAT) exams without requiring much effort.

Just focus on the sport section in the monthly competitive magazines, and within that focus

mainly on four areas:

1. Who defeated whom in the final match?

2. Current venue, and next venue

3. Mascot

4. Major Awards

Back in the 90s and upto mid-2000s, they even used to ask theory question eg. which terms

are associated with following game. although you can find such info in Lucents General

knowledge book, but nowadays such sport-theory MCQs are not seen in most exams. so

you may skip it.

Lets start:

Sport Mascots

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Game mascot venue

FIFA 2014 Fuleco, the Armadillo Brazil

Rabobank

Hockey World

cup

Storkey the Stork Netherlands

Winter

Olympics 2014

Polar bear, Snow leopard

and snow hare

Sochi,

Russia

Common

wealth games

2014

Clyde, a thistle manGlasgow,

Scotland

Asian games

2014

Light, Wind and Dance

(Vichuon, Barame andChumuro)

Incheon,

S.Korea

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#1: Commonwealth Games 2014 (Glasgow)

will be held in July August

Glasgow, Scotland

Mascot: Clyde, a thistle man (thistle=one type of flowering plant)

Motto: People, Place, Passion.Boxing: Mary Kom will not participate in this game because Pinki Jangra defeated her in

selection match.

Raj Singh (Dronacharya winner) will be Chef De Mission for CWG 2014

Ravinder Singh Khaira- will participate in javelin throw.

#2: Asian Games 2014 (Incheon)

Incheon, South Korea

Theme Diversity shines here

Mascots

Vichuon light

Barame Wind

Chumuro dance

#3: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014

22nd winter Olympics + 11thWinter Paralympics.

Slogan- Hot cool yours.

Venue: Sochi resort, Russia, near black sea coast.

Mascots- Polar bear, Snow leopard and snow hare

maximum gold medals: Russia> Norway> Canada

Highest total medals: Russia > US > Norway

Next Winter Olympic 2018: PyeongChang, South Korea. Motto New horizons.

India competed in three events but (As you can guess correctly) we won nothing:

Winter Olympic event Indian athlete who failed

1. Alpine skiing Himanshu Thakur

2. Cross-country skiing Nadeem Iqbal

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3. Luge Shiva Kesavan

#4: London Olympic 2012

2020 (summer) Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Motto: Discover Tomorrow. and

Wrestling is included.

2012 London Olympic topic is beyond expiry date but nonetheless we must remember the

Indian winners

Gagan

NarangBronze. 10 air-rifle

Mary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing

Saina

NehwalBronze. Single badminton

Sushil

Kumar

Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He

got bronze in 2008 Beijing.

Vijay

Kumar Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna

Yogeshwar

DuttBronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.

Indian Olympic Association

Chairman N Ramachandran

Secretary General Rajeev Mehta.

2019 Asian games Vietnam declined to host. Hence India interested to host this event

#5: National games

National games are held once in every two years.

2009: 35thNational games were to be held @Kerala

but postponed because Kerala yet to finish building stadiums.

In this context, SAI suggested two things to India Olympic Association

1. scrap the national games altogether OR

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2. Hold this 35thtournament @SAI centers.

Individual games

#1: Tennis

Highest Grand Slams: Roger Federer (17); Nadal (14); Sampras (14); Paes: 8 doubles,

14 overall.

Babolat Racquet: it has microchip & sensors to record players wrist movement. Nadal

uses this hi-fi racquet to analyse his performance after match.

2014 Grand Slams

in chronological order:

Open Won defeated

Australian

Man: Stanislas

Wawrinka (Swiz)Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Woman: Li Na

(China)

some Slovakian girl, not

important

French

(Red clay)

Rafael Nadal

(Spain) won

nine times.

StadiumRoland

Garros.

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Maria Sharapova

(Rus) fifth slam.

some Romanian girl, not

important

Wimbledon

(UK)

Yet to be held (23

June). prize

increased to 25

million pounds

2013s winner/losers not

important. Non-UPSC

exams dont drag

current affairs that far.

US

Yet to be held (26

Aug.) same as above.

Vijay Amritraj: Davis Cup commitment award.

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Misc. Tennis Championships:

(less important than grand slams)

Open2014

Won defeated

Dubai

Open

Federer

some chillar party, not

important.Important: Mahesh /

Sania was 2013s record. They

won nothing in Dubai Open

2014.

Venus

Williams

male

Doubles:

Rohan

Bopanna +

Aisam

Qureshi

(Paki)

Monte

Carlo

Wawrinka,

SwizFederer, Swiz

Chennai

Open

2014

Wawrinka,Swiz

some guy from France notimportant

Qatar

Open

2014

Nadal not important

Shenzhen

Open

Li Na, China not important

Madrid

MastersNadal

Nishikori stopped playing

because his back injury.

#2: Football FIFA 2014

11 players each side. Yellow card = warning; Red card = Player dismissed.

Year Place Mascot Official

Football

Official

Song

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2010 S.AfricaSpain had defeated Netherlands in South

Africa. other details not important.

2014

Brazil

(June-

July)

Fuleco, the

ArmadilloBrazuca

We Are One

(Ole Ola)

2018 Russia yet to decide

2022 Qatarallegations that Qatar paid bribes to win

this nomination

Fifa 2014: Total 32 nations participating, 12 stadiums (India not included)

Will use Hawk Goal line technology to determine ball had passed through goal line or not.

Hawkeye Camera takes 500 pictures per second. Computer processes this data and if

goal is made, message on Referees watch.

football related current affairs

Bhaichung

Bhutiya

Contested Lok Shabha election from

Trniamool ticket in Darjeeling but defeated.

Duran Cup

Indias oldest football tournament. Will be held

in September 2014, Delhi. Last years

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champion not important.

Federation

cup

Churchill brothers defeated Club de Goa, in

Kochi.

Golden

Boot

2013: Lionel Messi (Barcelona); 2014=

somewhere in Nov/December.

Santosh

trophy

2014

Mizoram defeated railways. First victory by

Mizoram. Santosh trophy named after king of

Santosh region in Bangladesh.

Shilton

PaulCaptain of Mohan Bagan team

Sunil

ChhetriAIFF player of 2013.

#3: Hockey: New format

by International Hockey Federation

To make the game more interesting and attract young audience.

before reform after reform

11 players same

2 x 35 minutes 4 x 15 minutes

total 70 minutes total 60 minutes

40-second break after every penalty corner and a goal

Will be applicable to Champions trophy, world league, 2016 Rio Olympics and all othermajor tournaments.

Hockey related Current Affairs

Hero hockey

world cup

league

Netherlands defeated NZ in New Delhi.

Azlan Shah

Cup 2014 Australia defeated Malaysia in Malaysia

Hockey India

LeagueDelhi defeated Punjab at Ranchi stadium.

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second edition Jan 2014

Hockey world

cup 2014

Venue: The Hague, Netherlands. May

June 2014

Mascot: Stockey the stork

Final match yet to come.

Indian captain: Sardar Singh; unlikelyto reach semi-finals because other

teams scored higher.

Indias coach

National coach: Terry Walsh (Gets

12500$ salary per month)

Jude Felix, former captain of Indian

hockey team will assit him.

Indian female

teamCaptain Ritu Rani (for Malaysia tour)

Junior Hockey

world cup

Germany defeated France in Delhi Dec

2013.

SportcodeSoftware used to analyses performance of

Indian hockey players.

#4: Cricket

ICC T20 world cup 2014

theme songChar Chokka Hoi Hoi

Venue Bangladesh

March-April 2014

series won defeated

MensSri Lanka Captain

Dinesh Chandimal

India Captain Dhoni

(coach Duncan Fletcher)

Womens

Aus. captain Meg

Lanning

England captain

Charlotte Edwards

ICC T20 Man of the series award

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Male Virat Kohli, India

Female Anya Shrubsole, England

For this ICC-T20 series, Indian Womens team captain was Mithali Raj (and not Joolan

Goswami)

Anyways, lets move on:

AshesJan 2014: Australia defeated England in

Australia

Asia Cup

2014

Srilanka defeated Pakistan. Held at

Bangladesh

BCCIPresident Shivlal Yadav (interim)President Sunil Gavaskar (For IPL);

Brijesh Patel director of national cricket academy .

centuryFastest century in Oneday=Corey Anderson,

NZ (just 36 balls)

Col.CK

Naidu

lifetime

achievement

Kapil Dev. Award by BCCI

ICC chairman N Srinivasan. HQ: Dubai

ICC 2013

award

For records made up to August 2013

.Australian Cpt.Michael Clerk both Player of

the year and Test cricketer of the year.Cheteswar Pujara: Emerging player.

Sangakara ODI player.

ICC 2014

awardsYet to come.

ICC under

19Africa defeated Pakistan

IPL -7

(2014)

Held at UAE and India. Kolkata defeated

Punjab.

Irani Cup Karnataka Defeated Rest of India.

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Justice

Mudgal

panel

IPL spot fixing. now Saurav Ganguly also

joined the panel.

Kathy Crossfirst lady umpire to be named in ICC umpires

panel.

MAdav

Mantri

Indias oldest cricketer at 92. Died in May

2013. (maternal uncle of Sunil Gavaskar)

Ranji 2014 Karnataka defeated hyderabad.

Under Asia

19 cricket

cup

India defeated Pakistan

Vijay Hazare

2014Karnataka defeated railways. At kolkata.

World Cup

2015

Jointly hosted by Australia and New

Zealand in February 2015.

Two groups of Seven Teams

Both India and Pakistan are in pool-B.

India had won world cup 2011.

#5: Badminton

German

Open

Arvind Bhat, First Indian to win. Earlier

gopichand only reached upto finals.

IndianBadminton

League

2014 will be held in Sep-October

2013: Hyderabad hotshots defeated

Awadh warriors.

Malaysian

Grand prix

2013: PV Sindhu had won womens

single

2014: no Indian player won anything. all

medals to Indonesia, China and

Singapore.

Macau open badminton. Dec 2013

Won Arjuna award 2013

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PV Sindhu won nothing in 2014-

.

Saina

Nehwal

won Syed Modi badminton

won India Open Grand Prix 2014 by

defeating PV Sadhu.

Thomas Cup

2014 (men

only)

Held in Delhi. Japan won first time.

Japan is the fourth Asian country to win

(Indonesia, China, Malayasia are the

other three.)

Uber Cup

BadmintonHeld in Delhi. China won against Japan.

#6: Squash

Joshna chinappa

(Tamil)

won Winnipeg open squash 2014

Richmond Open 2014

also got Arjun Ratna 2013

Saurav Ghosalwon Dato Alex Lee award for best

Asian player 2013

#7: Kabbadi

Kabbadi

league

Players from Iran, Bangla, Japan, S.Korea, UK

and India.Highest price: Rakesh Kumar. Patna

Franchise bought him for 12.8 lakh rupees.

Kabbadi

World

cup

2013

India defeated Pakistan in Ludhiana. Dec 2013

#8: Shooting 2014

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Asian

Championship

2014, Kuwait

Hina Siddhu won gold in Air pistol.

womenChain Singh won gold in Air Rifle.

men

ISSF world cup,

Tucson USAManavjeet Sandhu won gold

#9: Chess

FIDE World

Chess

Championship

Norways Magnus Carlsen defeated

Vishwanath Anand in Chennai. Nov

2013

Asian continental B.Adhiban

Candidates

chess title,Anand won. held in Russia 2014.

Kolkata open

chess titleOliver Barbossa

Zurich Chess

challengeMagnus carlsen

#10: Billiards

Saurav Kothari: national championship

Pankaj Advani has failed to win any major game in 2013-14 so far.

.

Chitra Magimairaj won World womens snooker

Geet Sethi: 6 time world champion billiards player from Gujarat. Retired and runs NGO

Olympic Gold quest to help Indian athletes along with Prakash Padukone.

Awards

#1: Laurius world sport awards 2014

Sebatsian Vettel (German, race car driver)

Missy Franklin (USA, swimmer)

spirit of the sport: Afghan criket team

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come back: Nadal

many other categories ignore for bad cost : benefit.

#2: Arjuna Award 2013

Many, but only listing important

1. PV Sandhu: Badminton

2. Gagan Jeet Bhullar: golf

3. Joshna Chinnapa: Squash

4. Amit Saroha: Para-athletics

5. Anjum Saba: hockey

Rajiv Gandhi

Khel Ratna Trap Shooter Ronjon Sodhi.

Dronacharya

2013

for coaches. cost : benefit bad hence not

listing name- except one Raj Singh

(wrestling coach) will be chef de mission for

CWG 2014, Glasgow.

National sports development codeDelhi High court upheld this code while IOA was opposing it. (It diluted the autonomy of IOA)

Features:

Sports bodies will come under RTI.

more regulation and transparency .President of any NSF can hold office for a max period

of 12 years (3 terms of 4 years).

Secretary / treasurer for max of 2 successive terms of 4 years(min cooling period of 4

years).

Unfortunate incidents

Michel

Schumacher

Formula one race driver from Germany.

Retired from game but in medical coma after

skiing accident (2013)

Ian Thorpe

Olympic winner swimmer from Australia.

Shoulder infection, may have to cut down the

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arm (2014)

Amy Van

Dyken

American Olympic gold medalist swimmer.

Paralyzed after a vehicle accident (June

2014).

Misc. sports

Indian Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won Indonesia Open.

Grand Prix: UKs Lewis Hamilton won GP in China, Bahrain and Malaysia; Nico Rosber

won Canadian prix.

Renjith Maheshwary- Triple jump athlete. He was declared for Arjuna award but before

prize ceremony Govt. Refused him to confer Arjuna award. Supreme court refused to

interfere in the matter.Mangyogdae: North Koreas annual marathon. This time opened for entire world to

participate.

Boxing India: got provisional membership in International boxing federation. Vijender Singh

and Mary Kom in the panel.

Cycling:

Indias first cycling championship: Northern Escapes Manali Khardungla (July 2014)

National Cycling academy: SAI opened at New Delhi.

Oscar Pistorius: first disabled athlete to compete in regular Olympics (2012). Arrested for

killing girlfriend in South Africa. Ball by ball commentary in newspapers not important.

Los Angeles Clippers: this is a basketball team (similar to our IPL teams.) but its owner

asked his girlfriend not to bring black people in the stadium. Hence racial-controversy,

then owners wife sells the team to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer.