Monthly Current Affairs August 2016 “SPORTS NEWS” key points to Remember.
Lewis Hamilton wins to increase title lead as Nico Rosberg pays penalty
Halep beats Keys in Rogers Cup Women’s singles final
Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishikori to win Rogers Cup in Toronto
Dominating Patna Pirates retain Pro Kabaddi crown by thrashing Jaipur, Storm Queens win women’s challenge
India to host Kabaddi World Cup in October
Swiss tennis star Wawrinka drops out of Rio Olympics
United World Wrestling clears Narsingh Yadav’s name to participate in Rio Olympic
‘Wall of Wishes’ inaugurated to celebrate Olympic mood
Olympic Games to formally kick off on August 6
Jamaica Test: Roston Chase’s century help West Indies play draw against India
IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
IBJA announces awards for Indian medal winners at Rio 2016 Olympics
IOC approves 271 Russian athletes to compete in Rio Games
6-year-old Bengaluru boy enters Guinness Record
France will not host European Road Cycling Championships
IOA announces cash award of 50 lakh rupees for gold medal winning athlete in Rio Olympics
Olympics 2016 opens with a glittering ceremony in Rio De Janerio, with the theme Peace and Environment
Dipa Karmakar vaults into history, becomes first Indian to enter apparatus finals at an Olympics
Lodha panel rejects BCCI request of deferring key meeting
Michael Phelps clinches 19th Olympic gold medal in Rio Olympics
Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship
American swimmer Ledecky wins gold creating a new world record
Rafaela Silva earns Brazil’s first gold medal by winning judo division
SaniaMirza-Martina Hingis split due to poor results
Rio 2016: Archers DeepikaKumari, Bombayla Devi & boxer Manoj Kumar enter pre quarterfinals; Shooters disappoint again
Australian women’s team claim first Rugby Sevens Olympic gold medal
Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps wins 22nd Olympic gold in 200 individual medley
Rio Olympics India
In Rio Olympics, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna just one win away from a medal in the Mixed Doubles Tennis
Dipika Pallikal wins PSA Australian Open
China’s Ma Long becomes fifth male Grand Slam winner at Rio Olympics
Messi says he will again play for Argentina
Denmark wins 1st Olympic swimming gold in 68 yrs
United States wins 1,000th Olympic gold medal
India win third test against West Indies by 237 runs
Rio Olympics: Dipa Karmakar to figure in final of vault event; Sania MirzaRohan Bopanna to play for bronze
Indian gymnast Dipa finishes 4th in vault finals
SrikanthKidambi enters last 16 in men’s singles
PV Sindhu advances to last 16 in women’s singles
Murray 1st to retain Olympic tennis singles gold
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt wins 100 meters Final, retains title of “Fastest Man Alive”
ICC Test Ranking: Ajinkya Rahane enters top-10 in batsman’s list
Wlodarczyk shatters world record for hammer gold
Eleftherios Petrounias flexes his muscles to win rings gold
Rio 2016: Shuttlers PV Sindhu & Kidambi Srikanth storm into Singles quarterfinals
Rio 2016: shuttler PV Sidhu enter Women’s single semifinals; beat world no. 2 Yihan Wang
Sri Lanka beat Australia in third Test; clinch series whitewash
Argentina & Belgium reach Olympic Games hockey final
European Olympic official arrested over illegal Rio tickets sales
Sakshi Malik Gets first medal for India in Rio
Rio Olympics: PV Sindhu enters badminton final, assured a medal
Ashwin Retain Second Spot in ICC Ranking
Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold, his eighth Olympic gold
Sakshi Malik to receive rewards worth Rs 3.5 crore
Court of Arbitration for Sport suspends wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years
Sindhu first Indian woman to win Olympic silver
GB wins its 1st ever women’s Olympic hockey gold
Usain Bolt wins gold in 4×100 relay; Bids farewell completing triple treble in Rio Olympics
Medal brings Sindhu a windfall
Brazil defeats Germany, wins first Olympic soccer gold
India’s hope for another medal pinned on Yogeshwar Dutt
Sakshi Malik to be Indian flagbearer at closing ceremony at Rio
Rio Olympics Comes to a Colourful End
SaniaMirza moves alone at top of WTA doubles rankings
Gujarat to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup
Sindhu, Sakshi, Dipa, Jitu Rai to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
Men’s team slips one place in FIH rankings
Vikash Anand wins premier title in National Racing
Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal
BCCI submits 1st Compliance Report to Lodha Panel panel
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan retires from ODIs
Abhinav Bindra to head NRAI review committee on Rio debacle
Badminton Rankings: Saina Nehwal drops 4 places to be 9th; PV Sindhu remains at 10th position
Indian Super League season 3 to begin from October 1
England take 2-0 lead in 5-ODI series against Pak
Indian tennis player Sania Mirza won her seventh title of the year and 39th title overall after clinching her career’s third Connecticut
Western Railway wins all India railway athletic championship
Arhan Bagati, a 16-year-old from Gurgaon, has developed a mobile app to assist the Indian contingent of 18 athletes in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, to be held from September 7-18
India lose 1st T20I against West Indies by 1 run
Rain ruins Final T-20 international between India, West Indies.
Former hockey players protest, demands Bharat Ratna for Major Dhyan Chand.
Western Railway won the overall team championship in the 82nd All India Railway athletic Championship held at Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
NicoRosberg of Mercedes on 28 August 2016 won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One.
Wrestler YogeshwarDutt’s London Olympics bronze medal upgraded to silver
Bhutan set to host Asian Tennis Tour
100-Year-Old Runner From India Gets Gold Medal
England beat Pakistan in 3rd one-day after scoring record 444, Highest-ever team total in one-day international