SPORTS & GAMES
Harika Dronavalli wins Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy
India’s Grand Master Harika Dronavalli has won the Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy in Chendu in China. She was playing with white against Russia’s Olga Girya and made draw to win the title, her maiden career GP title. Harika finished on 7 points in the round robin tournament featuring the world’s top 12 players to be crowned the champion. Other India Grand Master Koneru Humpy too rounded off her campaign with a victory to also finish on 7 points. But, Harika was declared winner for finishing with a better tie-break record in the tournament.
Lewis Hamilton Won Austrian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton on 3 July won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.Hamilton started the race from pole and went on to win the race after colliding with Nico Rosberg on the final lap. As a result, Rosberg finished fourth behind Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
Winners of 2016 Wimbledon Championships of Tennis
The 2016 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament held from 27 June to 10 July 2016. It was the 130th edition of the championships and the 49th edition in the Open Era. The tournament had taken place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
Men’s Singles Title: Britain’s Andy Murray won the 2016 Wimbledon title in men’s singles category. It was his second Wimbledon title after he had won it for first time in 2013. In final match he defeated Canada’s Milos Raonic by 6–4, 7–6 (7–3),7–6(7–2)score.
Women’s Singles Title: Serena Williams of United States has won 2016 Wimbledon title in women’ singles category. In the final match played she defeated Germany’s Angelique Kerber by 7–5, 6–3 score. It is Williams’ seventh Women’s Singles Wimbledon title (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2015) and overall 22nd Grand Slam title.
Men’s Doubles Title : French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the 2016 Wimbledon title in the men’s doubles category by defeating French pair Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin.
Women’s Doubles Title: US pair of Serena Williams and Venus Williams won the 2016 Wimbledon title in the women’s doubles category by defeating Tímea Babos (Hungary) and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan) pair.
Mixed Doubles Title: Henri Kontinen (Finland) and Heather Watson (United Kingdom) pair won the 2016 Wimbledon title in the mixed doubles category. They defeated Robert Farah (Colombia) and Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) pair by 7–6(7–5), 6–4 score.
Dutee Chand qualifies for Rio 2016 Olympics
Indian sprinter Dutee Chand on 25 June qualified for Rio Olympics in the women’s 100metre event. She qualified in the games after meeting the qualification mark at 26th International Meeting G. Kosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Dutee clocked 11.30 seconds beating the Rio Olympics qualification mark of 11.32 secs.With this, she became the first Indian woman sprinter to qualify for the event since qualification started for the event. PT Usha had qualified for the event in 1980 Olympics. In the 26th International Meeting G.Kosanov Memorial, Kazakhstan’s Viktoriya Zyabkinawon won the race with personal best performance of 11.15s.
Lionel Messi Retires From International Football
Barcelona FC star Lionel Messi has announced retirement from Argentinean Football team. How-ever, he will continue to play his club football for FC Barcelona. He made this announcement after Argentina was defeated by Chile in the 2016 Copa America final in the penalty shootout by 4-2 score. He had missed the penalty in the final match.In his football career with Argentinean team, Lionel Messi had played four finals at different titles for his country. It includes 2014 World Cup final and three Copa America finals. He had made his senior international debut in 2005. He is Argentina’s all-time top scorer, with 55 goals from 113 match appearances.He is the only footballer to win five FIFA Ballons d’Or, four of which he had won consecutively. He also the first football player to win three European Golden Shoes.
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