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| Name Of the Person | Sports | Points to Remember |
|---|---|---|
| January 2015 | ||
| Saina Nehwal | Badminton | She won Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Championship held at Lucknow |
| Jimjang Deru | Weightlifiting | Jimjang Deru created National record in weightlifting in 56-kg category |
| AB de villiers | Cricket | South African cricket player AB de Villiers hit fastest century in ODIs against West indies |
| Pankaj Advani | Billiards | He won 7th National Billiards Title |
| Brett lee | Cricket | Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket |
| Bhakti sharma | Swimming | Bhakti set world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in the Antarctic Ocean |
| Anirban Lahiri | Golf | Golfer Anirban Lahiri voted Asian Tour’s 2014 Players’ Player of the Year |
| Roger Federer | Tennis | Roger Federer won Brisbane International Tennis title |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Cricket | Pakistan Captain Misbah-ul-Haq announced to retire from ODIs & T20 after Cricket World Cup 2015 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Cricket | Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest runs score 12000 reach in Test cricket |
| Andy Murry | Tennis | He won ATP World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi |
| Stanislas Wawrinka | He Won Chennai Open Title held in Chennai | |
| December 2014 | ||
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket | Dhoni announced retirement from International Test Cricket |
| Pragyan Ojha | Cricket | BCCI banned spinner Pragyan Ojha from bowling in competitive cricket |
| Rory McIlroy | Golf | Rory McIlroy won 2014 Race to Dubai European Tour Golfer of the Year |
| David Warner | Cricket | Australian Cricketer David Warner completed 1000 runs in 2014 |
| Sarita Devia | Boxer | Boxer Sarita Devi accepted the Asian Games Bronze Medal. |
| Tim Howard | Football | US football team goalkeeper Tim Howard won 2014 US Player of year award |
| Volleyball Team | Volleyball | Indian Women’s team won 1st South Asian Volleyball championship |
| Arjun Atwal | Golf | He won the Dubai Open Title |
| Kabaddi Team | Kabaddi | Indian Men & Women Won Kabaddi World Cup 2014 |
| Viswanathan Anand | Chess | Anand Won London Classic Chess Title after defeating British Grand Master Michael Adams |
| PV Sindhu | Badminton | Sindhu won Macau Grand Prix Gold Trophy . |
| November 2014 | ||
| Yan Bingtao | Snooker | 14 yrs old player Yan won men’s title in IBSF World Snooker Championship |
| Roger Federer | Tennis | He won Davis Cup Finals after beat France Richard Gasquest |
| Manoj Kumar | Boxer | Boxer Manoj Kumar received Arjuna Award by Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at a function in New Delhi. |
| Phillip Hughes | Cricket | Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes 2014 died after being into induced coma |
| Rohit Sharma | Cricket | Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score of 264 runs. |
| Virat Kohli | Cricket | Indian cricketer Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer in the history to reach 6000 in international one-day,During his 53-run knock in India’s third ODI against Sri Lanka |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Football | Cristiano Ronaldo received 2013-14 European Golden Boot award. |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Cricket | Bhuvneshwar Kumar won LG People’s Choice Awards |
| Indian Women’s | Football | Indian women team won 3rd SAFF(South Asia Football Federation) held in Islamabad |
| Novak Djokovic | Tennis | He Won Barclays ATP World World Tour at O2 Arena in London |
| October 2014 | ||
| Pankaj Advani | Billiards | Pankaj Advani on won IBSF World Billiards Championship (Point Format) in Bangalore. |
| Serena Williams | Tennis | Serena Williams of the US won the Singles title of BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore 2014. |
| Sharath Gayakwad | Para-swimmer | Para-swimmer Sharath Gayakwad broke 28-year old record of P T Usha at Asian Para Games. |
| Luis Suarez | Football | Football Club player Luis Suarez received European Golden Boot Award 2014 |
| Sani Mirza | Tennis | Sania Mirza & Zimbabwe Cara Black Win WTA doubles Final at Singapore. |
| MC Mary Kom | boxer | Mary Kom voted as India’s Most Valuable Player in Asian Games 2014 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket | He became the co-owner of the Indian Super League franchise Chennaiyin FC |
| Michael Phelps(US) | Swimming | The Olympic champion was suspended from all competition for six months. |
| September 2014 | ||
| Chitresh Tatha | Optimist Dinghy | He is the youngest sailor to represent India at the Asian Games 2014, held in Incheon, South Korea |
| Saeed Ajmal | Cricket | ICC suspended Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal for illegal bowling action |
| Pankaj Advani | snooker | Pankaj Advani announced to retire from professional snooker |
| Ritu Rani | Women’s Hockey | Ritu Rani was selected to lead Indian women’s hockey team in Asian Games 2014 |
| Anita Wlodarczyk | Hammer throw | Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland set world record in the womens hammer throw at the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF) Berlin |
| August 2014 | ||
| Yohann Diniz | Athletics | Yohann Diniz broke 50 km Walk World Record at the European Athletics Championship held in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Katie Ledecky | Athletics | She created a World Record in Women’s 1500 Meter Freestyle at at the Pan Pacific championships, Gold Coast, Australia |
| Adille Sumariwala | Athletics | Athletics Federation of India (AFI), was appointed as the Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games on 18 August 2014. |
| Ravi Shastri | Cricket | Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) appointed Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri as the Director of Indian Cricket Team |
| Kush Kumar | Squash | Kush Kumar became the first Indian player to reach the semi-final of World Junior Squash Championship held in Windhoek, Namibia. |
| Kapil Dev | Cricket | Kapil Dev Nikhanj was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee |
| Parupalli Kashyap | Badminton | He became the third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in Glasgow, Scotland |
| Vikas Gowda | Discus throw | Vikas won a gold medal in discus throw in Men’s Track events at 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Dipa Karmakar | Gymanstic | She became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. |
| July 2014 | ||
| Sabine Lisicki | Tennis | She created a record of fastest serve(131 miles per Hour) in the women’s tennis. |
| Jacques Kallis | Cricket | Jacques Kallis, the South African all-rounder on 30 July 2014 announced his retirement from all-formats of International cricket. |
| Sania Mirza | Tennis | Sania Mirza appointed as Brand Ambassador of Telangana |
| Rahul Dravid | Cricket | He was elected as the member of Laureus World Sports Academy. |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Cricket | The former skipper of Sri Lankan cricket team, announced his retirement from Test cricket |
| Sim Bhullar | Basketball | Sim Bhullar became the first basketball player of Indian origin to join the National Basketball Association (NBA). |
| June 2014 | ||
| Mohammad Ashraful | Cricket | He (Former Captain of Bangladesh)was banned for eight years by the disciplinary panel set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. |
| Sourav Ganguly | Cricket | He joined the Mudgal Committee on IPL spot-fixing as an expert on cricketing affairs |
| Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar | Wrestling | Wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar won Gold and Silver respectively at the International wrestling tournament held in Sassari city of Italy |
| May 2014 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket | He was selected as the goodwill ambassador of 35th National Games that is scheduled to be held in Kerala from January-February 2015. |
| Kisan Tadvi | Distance runs | won silver in boys 3000 m race in 2014 Youth Olympics Asian |
| Chitra Magimairaj | Snooker | Chitra Magimairaj was nominated for Arjuna awards 2014 announced by the Billiards and Snooker Association of India (BSFI) |
| Sir Jack Brabham | F1 | Three-time Formula One world champion died on 19 May 2014 at his home in Australia after a long illness. |
| Elena Baltacha | Tennis | The former British Tennis player died due of liver cancer |
| Dipika Pallikal | Squash | Dipika Pallikal was ranked No 10 in Women’s Squash Association (WSA) |
| Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Trap shooter | She ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking |
| April 2014 | ||
| Sharath Gayakwad | Paralympic swimmer | He won Bronze Medals in the 200 m Individual Medley (2:44.06 seconds) and the 100 m Butterfly (1:09.67 seconds) and won the Silver Medal in the 100 m Breaststroke held at IDM Berlin 2014 |
| Harendra Singh | Hockey | Hockey India Appointed Harendra Singh as coach of junior team |
| Heena Sindhu | shooter | Sidhu clinched World’s No. 1 spot in 10 m air pistol event |
| Iwao Hakamada | Boxer | Japanese boxer on 6 April 2014 was awarded with an honorary championship belt by World Boxing Council (WBC). |
| Viswanathan Anand | Chess | Anand raises to No. 3 in FIDE world chess rankings |
| March 2014 | ||
| Hsieh Su-Wei & Peng Shuai | Tennis | Won Women’s doubles final of the BNP Paribas Open |
| Heena Sidhu | Air pistol | She won the Gold medal in the Women’s Air pistol event at the 7th Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait |
| Heena Sishu along with Shweta Chaudhary and Harveen Srao won the Silver medal in team Event | ||
| Pooja Ghatkar | Air rifle | She won the Gold medal in women’s air rifle event |
| Graeme Smith | Cricket | South African cricket team Captain on 4 March 2014 announced that he will retire from international cricket |
| Arvind Bhat | Badminton | He won the men’s singles German Open Grand Prix title |
| February 2014 | ||
| P V Sindhu | Badminton | P V Sindhu was ranked ninth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles ranking |
| Bubba Watson | Golf | He won Northern Trust Open |
| Peng Shuai | Tennis | Peng Shuai of China was ranked World Number 1 in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Doubles ranking |
| Li Na | Tennis | Li Na of China was ranked World Number 2 in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles ranking |
| Serena Williams | Tennis | Serena Williams of USA was ranked world Number 1 in singles Ranking |
| Yuvraj Singh | Cricket | Yuvraj Singh, the Indian cricketer cancer foundation named YouWeCan joined its hand with an NGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti |
| Yulia Lipnitskaya | Skating | Yulia Lipnitskaya is the youngest Russian to win gold medal in Winter Olympics |
| Abhinav Bindra | Indian shooter | Abhinav Bindra, the Indian shooter on 8 February 2014 won his third gold-medal in the Inter-Shoot Tri-series Shooting in the Air Pistol event |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Cricket | He became second cricketer to hit triple century and a century in same match |
| January 2014 | ||
| Abhijeet Gupta | Chess | He won the Parsvnath International Grandmasters chess tournament |
| Vijay Zol | Cricket | Captain of India to lead the Under-19 Cricket World Cup |
| Mahesh Mangaokar | squash game | He won Open du Gard squash title |
| Nikhat Zareen | Boxing | Nikhat Zareen won gold medal at the third Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament |
| Aditya Joshi | Badminton | Aditya Joshi became world no. 1 junior shuttler |
| Famous Indian Sport Stars | ||
|---|---|---|
| Archery | Boxing | Squash |
| Rajat Chauhan | MC mary Kom – Women’s Fly(48-51KG) | Saurav Ghosal |
| Sandeep Kumar | Vikas Krishan – Men’s Middle(75Kg) | Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu |
| Abhishek Verma | Satish Kumar – Men’s Super Heavy(91Kg+) | Mahesh Mangaonkar |
| Trisha Deb | L sarita Devi – Women’s Light (57-60Kg) | Kush Kumar |
| Purvasha Shende | Pooja Rani – Women’s Middle(69-85kg) | Dipika Pallikal |
| Jyothi Vennam | Rowing | Joshana Chinnappa |
| Athletics | Swarn Sing – Men’s Single Sculls | Anaka Alankamony |
| Priyanka Pawar(Running) | Dushyaht Dushiant – Lightweight Men’s Single Sculls | Aparajitha Balamurukan |
| Tintu Luka(Running,Women’s 800m) | Sailing | Tennis |
| Mandeep Kaur(Running) | Chitresh Tatha | Sania Mirza |
| Poovamma Machettira(Running) | Varsha Gautham & Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan – Women’s Two Person Dinghy | Saketh Myneni |
| Seema Punia(Women’s Discus Throw) | Shooting | Sanam Singh |
| Khushbir Kaur(women’s 20km Race Walk) | Jitu Rai – Men’s 50M Pistol | Yuki Bhambri |
| Vikas Gowda(Men’s Discus Throw) | Pemba Tamang – Mens 25m Centre Fire Pistol | Divij Sharan |
| Manju Bala(Women’s Hammer Throw) | Gurpreet Singh – Men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol | Ankita Raina |
| Rajiv Arokia(men’s 400m) | Vijay Kumar – Men’s 25m Centre Fire Pistol | Rohan Bopanna |
| Poovamma Maachettira(women’s 400m) | Shweta Chaudhry – Women’s 10m Air Pistol | Wrestling |
| Lalita Babar ( women’ 3000m Steeplechase) | Rahi sarnobat – Women’s 25m Pistol Team | Suchil Kumar – Men’s 66Kg Freestyle |
| OP jaisha(Women’s 1500m) | Anisa Sayyed – Women’s 25m Pistol Team | Yogeshwar Dutt – Men’s Freestyle 65kg |
| Naveen Kumar(Men’s 3000m Steeplechase) | Heena Sidhu – Women’s 25m Pistol Team | Bajrang – Men’s Freestyle 61kg |
| Inderjeet Singh(Men’s Shot Put) | Shagun Chowdhary – Women’s Double Trap Team | Vinesh – Women’s Freestyle 48kg |
| Annu Rani(Women’s Javelin Throw) | Shreyasi Singh – Women’s Double Trap Team | Geetika Jakhar – Women’s Freestyle 63kg |
| Badminton | Vasha Varman – Women’s Double Trap Team | Narsingh Yadav – Men’s Freestyle 74kg |
| Ashwini Ponnappa | Abhinav Bindra – Men’s 50m Air Rifle | Wushu |
| PC Thulasi | Chain Singh – Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Narender Grewal – Men’s Sanda 60kg |
| Tanvi Uday | Ravi Kumar – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team | Santhoi Devi – Women’s Sanda 52kg |
| Pradnya Gadra | Sanjeev Rajput – Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team | |
| Saina Nehwal | Samaresh Jung – Men’s 10m Air Pistol | |
| PV Sindhu | Prakash Nanjappa – Men’s 10m Aor Pistol | |
| Sikki Reddy | ||
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