National Women Premier Chess Championship

International chess master Padmini Rout won the National Women Premier Chess Championship for the third time. She was representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) and to secure a hat-trick of title wins after hard fought draw with her PSPB teammate Eesha Karavade.

S Vijayalakshmi of Air India won silver medal.

Eesha Karavade of PSPB bagged bronze medal.

The victory has ensured that Padmini will be a part of the Indian women team in the next World team chess championship. The other two confirmed members of the team are Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and D Harika.

2016 Asian Champions Trophy

Indian Women’s hockey team has won the 2016 Asian Champions Trophy by defeating China by 2-1 goals.Hockey tournament was held in singapore. The first goal for India was scored by Deep Grace Ekka in the 13th minute which was equalised by China’s Zhong Mengling in the 44th minute. The second and winning goal was scored by Deepika Thakur that gave the India formidable lead to win the tournatment.

AIBA Youth World Boxing Championship

Rising boxer Sachin Singh,won gold medal in the finals of AIBA Youth World Boxing Championship in St. Petersburg. With this he became the third Indian boxer ever to win gold medal in the AIBA Youth World Championships. Others are Thokchom Nanao Singh (2008) and Vikas Krishan (2010). India won with one gold medal and a bronze medal, marking improvement from the solitary bronze medal won in the 2014 edition. Naman Tanwar had to settle for a bronze medal after losing in the semifinal in the 91 kg category.

China Open badminton tournament

Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu clinched her maiden Super Series Premier title after edging out Sun Yu of China in the final of the $700,000 China Open badminton tournament.In the summit clash held in Fuzhao, Sindhu (World No 11) defeated China’s Sun Yu (World No 9) by 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 score In the Rio Olympics, she became the first Indian woman shuttler to clinch the silver medal.

Jitu Rai awarded 'Champion of Champions'

Ace shooter Jitu Rai awarded the 'Champion of Champions' title for pistol shooting in 2016 by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF). Jitu Rai beat Serbia's Damir Mikec, 29.6 to 28.3 in the Champions Trophy 10m Air Pistol final held at the TSN Shooting Range in Bologna, Italy. Jitu was also awarded a cash reward of $5,587 (5000 euros) along with the title.

It was the mixed knock-out competition meant only for the medallists in the World Cup Final. In this event shooters are eliminated after the first four shots, one each after every successive shot. The last two compete on a three-shot format.

Saina Nehwal gets another recognition

A rare honour for an Indian sportsperson: Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. She is the first Indian to win Olympics medal in Badminton and had achieved this feat by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012. She is the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships and was also the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament, by winning Indonesia Open in 2009.

Kabaddi World Cup

India defeated Iran in Kabaddi World Cup to win third consecutive Kabaddi World Cup in the Standard Style version of Kabaddi. Earlier India had won in 2004 and 2007.The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the three tournaments have been won by India by defeating Iran in the finals.

Australian Open Tennis 2016

The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year – the other three being the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open
Following are the winners of this edition of the tournament.
Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic

Women's Singles: Angelique Kerber

Men's Doubles: Jamie Murray & Bruno Soares

Women's Doubles: Martina Hingis &Sania Mirza

Mixed Doubles: Elena Vesnina & Bruno Soares

New FIFA President

Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino who holds dual nationality, Italian and Swiss elected as President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Extraordinary Congress on 26 February 2016. Issa Hayatou of Cameroon was acting President for the last five months. 

Malaysia Masters Grand Prix 2016

World Championship bronze-medallist, India's P V Sindhu clinched the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold title on 24 january 2016.

Other winners:

Women’s doubles category: Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi from Japan.

Mixed doubles category      :Zheng Siwei and Li Yinhui from China.

Men’s singles category       :Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia.

Men’s doubles category     :Markus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo from                                                   Indonesia.                     

About Grand Prix Gold Title:

The 2016 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold was the first grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2016 BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. The tournament was held at the SPICE Indoor Stadium in Penang, Malaysia from 19–24 January 2016 and had a total purse of $120,000.    

       

Lady Wigram Trophy motor race 2016

The Sahara Force India Academy racer,Jehan Daruvala has won the 2016 Lady Wigram Trophy in New Zealand,one of New Zealand’s most prestigious events. It is the Daruvala’s maiden victory in Formula cars since making the switch from karting in 2015.

About Trophy:

Lady Wigram Trophy is New Zealand’s most prestigious race event held annually. The trophy formerly awarded to the winner of the Wigram Airfield race. It is part of the Tasman Series and classes like Formula 5000, Formula Holden, Formula Three and                                                                                         Formula Pacific.

2016 Chennai Open title

Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland has won the 2016 Chennai Open title of tennis. In the summit clash at Nungambakkam tennis stadium in Chennai, he defeated the Aljaz Bedene from Slovenia by 6-3, 6-4 score.The Chennai Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour. It is held annually in the month of January at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is owned by IMG and organized by IMG Reliance.

WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy 2016

Milos Raonic from Canada has won the 2016 WTA Brisbane International Tennis trophy in the men’s single category.In the final match played at Brisbane (Australia), he defeated Roger Federer (world No. 3) from Switzerland by 6–4, 6–4 score. It is Milos Raonic overall 8th career title and 1st of the 2016 season.

WTA Brisbane International Tennis 2016

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis carried the dominance of 2015 into the new season, winning their sixth consecutive title by lifting the WTA Brisbane trophyin the women’s doubles category,in Brisbane. Mirza-Hingis quelled the challenge of Kerber-Petkovic in mere 69 minutes.The Indo-Swiss pair won in straight sets 7-5, 6-1.The top seeds have now stitched a 26-match winning streak.

2015 SAFF football championships

India exacted sweet revenge of their last edition defeat as they beat defending champions Afghanistan 2-1 in the summit clash in a dominating display to lift the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup for the seventh time on 3 january 2015.The SAFF Championship also called South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup is the biennial football competition of the men’s national football teams of 8 countries in South Asia region. The championship was established in 1993 and is governed by the South Asian Football Federation.

National Weightlifting Championship 2015

Rakhi Haldar won the gold medal in the 69kg category while Kavita Devi clinched the top position in the 75kg category at the National Weightlifting Championship.Lalchhanhimi bagged the silver with a total lift of 210kg (92+118), while Rajwant Kaur finished with a bronze with an overall effort of 201kg (91+110).In Women's 75kg, Kavita Devi lifted 95kg in snatch and 122kg in clean and jerk for a total of 217kg to clinch the yellow metal.Sushila Panwar and Daljit Kaur claimed the second and third positions with lifts of 213kg (98+115) and 198kg (89+109).V A Christopher won the gold medal in Men's 105kg with an overall lift of 329kg (145+184),Laljit Singh accumulated 317kg (141+176) to settle for silver. Rashpal Singh, who also came up with a total lift of 317kg (135+182), had to be satisfied with a bronze.

1st edition of PWL 2015

Revanta Mumbai Garuda won the 1st edition of Pro Wrestling League (PWL) on 27th December 2015 in the event held in Delhi. Narsingh Yadav of Bengaluru Yodhas awarded with Man Wrestler of the Series while Odunayo Adekuoroye of Revanta Mumbai Garuda awarded with Woman Wrestler of the Series.

Vijay Hazare cricket Trophy 2015-16

Gujarat has won the 14th season of prestigious Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy for season 2015–16 for first time in its history of championship.final match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (Karnataka) they defeated Delhi by 139 runs.

 About Vijay Hazare Trophy:  

The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One Day Trophy, was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates. It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.Tamil Nadu have won the trophy 4 times. Jharkhand won the trophy in 2011, beating Gujarat in the finals at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Bengal won it on 2011-12.Karnataka are the current champions of the trophy in 2013-14, beating Railways in the finals

18th Asian Luge Championship

Himachal born Shiva Keshavan captured the silver medal in the 18th Asian Luge Championship.The first place was claimed by defending champion Hidenari Kanayama of Japan, and third by South Korea’s Kim Dong-hyeon.Asian Luge Cup is annual luge competition for Asian countries, which held since 1998.

AIFF Awards

Midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh ended Sunil Chettri’s two-year hold on the AIFF men’s Player of the Year trophy, while in-form striker Bala Devi was chosen for the women’s honour for a second successive time in the AIFF Annual General Body Meeting.Eugeneson Lyngdoh and Bala Devi awarded with AIFF Player of the Year and Woman Footballer of the Year respectively on 20th December 2015 while Pritam Kotal awarded with AIFF Emerging Player of the Year.