SPORTS

January

1. 13 time gymnastics world champion Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva announced retirement.
2. 13th National Ice Skating Championship 2017 held in Gurugram (Haryana).
3. 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon Held. Olympic and world 800m champion and world record holder, David Rudisha (Kenya) is Ambassador for 14th Mumbai Marathon. Men's Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu (Time 02: 09:32) Women's Kenya’s Bornes Kitur (Time 02:29:02) Indian Men's Kheta Ram (Time 2:19:51) Indian women's Jyoti Gawte (Time 02:50:53)
4. 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Badminton

• Women’s singles Saina Nehwal (India) won by defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand).
• Men’s Singles Ng Ka Long (Hong Kong)
• Men’s Doubles Berry Angriawan and Hardianto (Indonesia).
•         Women’s Doubles Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand).
•         Mixed Doubles Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia).

5. 2017 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup will be held in India during Jan Feb 2017.
6. All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched first ever Indian Women’s League (IWL) to be held at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi In January February 2017, with 6 Teams Participating.
7. Australian Cricketers David Boon, Matthew Hayden and late Betty Wilson Inducted into Australian Cricket's Hall of Fame.
8. Australian Open Tennis 2017

•            Men's Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland), by defeating Rafael Nadal (Spain)
•         Women's Singles Serena Williams (United States), by defeating Venus Williams (USA)
•         Men's Doubles Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers (Australia)
•        Women's Doubles Bethanie Mattek Sands (United States) / Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
•        Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears (United States) / Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia)

9. Brisbane International Tennis 2017

• Men's Singles Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
•         Women's Singles Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic)
•         Men's Doubles Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson (Australia)
•         Women's Doubles Bethanie MattekSands (United States) and Sania Mirza (India)

10. Britain became first country to officially recognise Parkour as a sport. Parkour (also known as free-running sport) is similar to military obstacle training.
11. British snooker Player Ronnie O’Sullivan won Dafabet Masters title by defeating Joe Perry.
12. Chennai Open Tennis 2017 (Sponsered by Aircel) Men's singles Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) Men's doubles Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Neduncheziyan (India)
13. Chennai Smashers won 2017 Vodafone Premier Badminton League (PBL) tournament by defeating Mumbai Rockets.
14. Chinese e-commerce Firm Alibaba became major sponsor of Olympic Games after signing a deal with International Olympic Committee (IOC) that runs until 2028, Including South Korea’s Pyeongchang hosting 2018 winter edition, Japan hosting 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo and China hosting 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing.
15. Dragon Ball Z Son Goku has been selected as ambassador of the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo (Japan).
16. Eden Gardens Cricket stadium at Kolkata will become first Indian stadium to have stands named after war heroes. Indian army, who is owner of land on which stadium is located, will finalize names before next International match.
17. Eight year old Abbu Ammaz from J&K won Gold Medal in Thai Boxing Championship at National level.
18. FIFA Council agreed to expand FIFA World Cup to a 48 team competition from 2026 Onwards.
19. Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan won 15th Delhi International Chess tournament.
20. Former Australian cricketer Arthur Morris posthumously inducted into International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame.
21. Government constituted 8 members Task Force for preparing action plan for next three Olympic Games 2020, 2024 and 2028. Members are Pulella Gopichand, Abhinav Bindra, Rajesh Kalra, Om Pathak, Viren Rasquinha, S. Baldev Singh, Prof. G.L. Khanna and Sandeep Pradhan.
22. Gujarat won its First Ranji Trophy title by defeating Mumbai in final held at in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
23. India won 2016 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Football Championship title by defeating Bangladesh.
24. India's Kush Bhagat won 3 gold medals in 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championships in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all three categories rapid, blitz and standard.
25. Indian Women Boxers won 6 Medals at 5th AIBA Nations cup in Ruma(Serbia), led by serbia with 22 medals.
26. Indian squash player Velavan Senthilkumar won Under19 British Junior Open Squash 2017 by defeating India's Abhay Singh. Another Indian squash player, Shreyas Mehta won 2017 Scottish Junior Open Squash championship.
27. India’s First Fanatic Sports Museum opened in Kolkata, Displaying Memorables from cricket, hockey, football, Olympics and Paralympics.
28. International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified 3 Chinese women’s weightlifting gold medallists at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for doping Cao Lei, Chen Xiexia and Liu Chunhong.
29. Kapil Dev inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.
30. Lalchungnunga, Indian Footballer from Mizoram has been chosen to train at Germany’s top football league Bundesliga for 6 years.
31. Laxmipathy Balaji has been made bowling coach of IPL Cricket Team Kolkata Knight Riders. While, Virender Sehwag has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of Kings XI Punjab.
32. Mahindra Singh Dhoni announced to step down as captain of India’s limited over cricket matches T20 and ODI format.
33. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports launched Khelo India National Competitions at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex in New Delhi, to promote sports at grassroot level.
34. Nurturing Excellence in Sports Trust (NEST) launched Khelegi toh Khilegi initiative for Promoting football among girls between age of 10 to 15 years along with National Yuva Cooperative Society.
35. Pankaj Advani won 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017.
36. Pankaj Advani won His 7th National Billiards Championship by defeating Rupesh Shah in Pune (Maharashtra).
37. Philipino American Grandmaster Wesley So won 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Philippines, defeating Ian Nepomniatchi of Russia.
38. Punjab Royals won Pro Wrestling League 2017 by defeating Haryana Hammers.
39. Qatar Open tennis 2017 Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Andy Murray (Britain) Men's Doubles Spanish Pair Feliciano López and Marc López defeated Philipp Petzschner (Germany) and Alexander Peya (Austria).
40. Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) became first state cricket governing body in India to accept all reforms recommended by Lodha Committee on structural reforms in BCCI.
41. Russian 19 Year Old rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva retired from competition. She had already won 13 world championships from 2013 to 2015.
42. Sarita Devi became first female professional boxer from India, after She signed 2 year deal with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, licensing body for professional boxers in India.
43. Sergey Karjakin (Russia) won Gold medal in World Blitz Chess Championships held in Doha (Qatar), defeating Norway’s Magnus Carlsen.
44. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal won 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship by defeating David Goffin (Belgium).
45. Syed Modi Grand Prix Badminton 2017 (Hosted in India at Lucknow (UP)) Women’s singles PV Sindhu (India), by defeating Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Men’s Singles Sameer Verma (India) by defeating B Sai Praneeth (India) Mixed Doubles Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy Women’s Doubles Kamilla Ryter Juhl and Christina Pedersen from Denmark
46. Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping offence committed by his teammate Nesta Carter during 4*100 m relay gold Race he won at Beijing 2008 Olympics.
47. Virat Kohli became fastest Cricket captain to score 1000 runs, achieving this in 17 innings as captain. He took over previous record of South Africa’s AB de Villiers(18 innings).

February

1. 2017 Open 13 men's tennis tournament (held in France) Men's Singles JoWilfried Tsonga (France ) Women's Singles Julien Benneteau (France ) and Nicolas Mahut (France)
2. 2017 Rio Open Tennis Men's Singles Dominic Thiem (Austria) Women's Singles Pablo Carreño Busta (Spain) and Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)
3. 81st Senior National Badminton Championships tournament held at Patna (Bihar) Men’s singles Sourabh Verma. Women’s Singles Rituparna Das. Women’s doubles Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant. Men’s doubles Satwikm Sai Raj and Chirag Shetty. Mixed doubles Satwik Sai Raj and Maneesha K.
4. ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 2017 Winners (also known as Rotterdam tennis) Singles JoWilfried Tsonga (France) Doubles Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcel Granollers (Spain)
5. American golfer Dustin Johnson claimed No 1 Position in Official World Golf Ranking for first time in his career. He achieved it after winning Genesis Open 2017 at Riviera.
6. Australian Cricketer Adam Voges announced retirement from international cricket.
7. BCCI Awards 2016 CK. Nayudu Lifetime achievement award Padmakar Shivalkar, Rajinder Goel. BCCI Lifetime achievement award for women Shantha Rangaswamy (This award category has been included for first time) Polly Umrigar Award Virat Kohli (Third Polly Umrigar title for Virat Kohli) Dilip Sardesai award Ravichandran Ashwin Best performance in BCCI Domestic tournaments: Mumbai Cricket Association. Other Awards Lala Amarnath Award for best allrounder in Ranji Trophy Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh). Lala Amarnath Award for the best allrounder in domestic limitedovers competitions: Axar Patel. Madavrao Scindin Award Highest scorer in the Ranji Trophy: Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai). Madavrao Scindin Award Highest wickettaker in the Ranji Trophy: Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand). Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman cricketer (Sr.): Mithali Raj (Railways). Jagmohan Dalmiyra Award (Best Woman cricketer (Jr.): Deepti Sharma (Uttar Pradesh).
8. Bangalore will host Davis Cup Tennis Asia-Oceania Zone group1 tie against Uzbekistan in April 2017.
9. Ben stokes (England) became most expensive overseas acquisition in history of Indian Premier league. Rising Pune Supergiants acquired him away for 14.5 crores for IPL Xth. Tymal Mills is second most expensive player who was bought by Royal challengers Bangalore for 12 crores. Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan became First Afghanistan cricket players to be picked in Indian Premier League, for Rs 30 Lakh and Rs 4 Crore respectively.
10. Delhi cricketer Mohit Ahlawat became First to score Triple Century in a T20 Game. He scored it in Just 72 balls, hitting 39 sines and 14 fours.
11. Dutch boxer Germaine De Randamie Crowned UFC’s first female featherweight Champion.
12. England Cricketer Alastair Cook honoured with Commander of Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his Cricket Achievements. He has recently stepped down and England's Test Captain.
13. Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba ran fastest ever women's 2,000 metres at indoor Miting Internacional de Catalunya meeting in Sabadell (Spain).
14. FIFA named Argentina’s former soccer player Diego Maradona as new Ambassador for 2017.
15. Government unveiled mascot KHELEO for FIFA under 17 World Cup India 2017, during launch of Mission XI Million programme. FIFA under 17 world cup to be held in India In October 2017.
16. Haryana defeated Railway to win first edition of Pandit Deen Dayal Updhyay All India National Style Kabaddi Championship held in Sonipat (Haryana).
17. Haryana government conferred Bhim awards to 42 sportspersons of state, recognising them for their outstanding performance at the national and international level between 2013 to 2017. BHIM awards carry cash prize of 5 lakh.
18. India defeated South Africa to win ICC Women Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2017 held at Colombo (Sri Lanka).
19. India hosted first ever International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world Tour Event in New Delhi. 2017 world Tour will be played in 12 countries.
20. India will host Combined World Cup for Shooting in 2019, which will be a qualifying event for 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
21. India will host Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019, as a qualifying event for 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It will comprises all three categories shotgun, rifle and pistol.
22. India will host FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball tournament in Bengaluru (Karnataka)  in July 2017 and FIBA U16 Women’s Asian Championship in October 2017 in Hyderabad (Telangana).
23. India won T20 Blind Cricket World Cup by defeating Pakistan. It was hosted By India in Bangalore.
24. India won all three medals in the 12.8 Kilometre Individual Time Trial at the sixth Asian ParaRoad Cycling Championship held in Bahrain.
25. India won gold medal in boy’s team event at Asian Junior Squash championships in Hong Kong (defeating Malaysia).
26. India's Kush Bhagat has been awarded Candidate Master (CM) title by World Chess Federation body FIDE.
27. Indian Badminton Player PV Sindhu achieved her career best Badminton World Federation (BWF) Women’s single ranking of 5th place. Saina Nehwal is placed at 9th rank.
28. Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli became Second Indian After Sachin Tendulkar to appear on Cover of Cricket's Most Prestigious Magazine Wisden Almanack.
29. Indian Female Ctricketers Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur placed 2nd and 10th respectively in latest ICC batswomen’s rankings. Meg Lanning of Australia is at top.
30. Indian Racer Jehan Daruvala won Toyota Racing Series’ New Zealand Grand Prix in Manfeild, New Zealand. He score 781 points in 15race series held in Jan Feb 2017 and finished fifth.
31. Indian Shooter Pooja Ghatkar won bronze in women’s 10 mt Air Rifle event in New Delhi at International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup.
32. Indian Women's team won silver after getting defeated by South Korea, at Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament at Laos.
33. Indian Women’s team won silver at Asian Rugby Sevens tournament held in Laos. They defeated South Korea.
34. Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin became fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches, achieving this in 45th test matches.
35. Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara broke 52year long record of Chandu Borde of having scored highest firstclass runs in a single cricketing season. Borde scored 1604 runs in 196465 season, which is now surpassed by Pujara.
36. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli became first Indian sportsperson to sign a Rs 100 crore endorsement deal with a single brand, after He signed 8 year deal with sports apparel brand Puma worth 110 crores.
37. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli named Captain of the year at 10th Annual ESPN Cricinfo Awards.
38. Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal selected to represent Olympic Committee’s panel in Badminton World Federation (BWF).
39. India’s Lakshya Sen became World No 1 Junior Badminton player in latest rankings of Badminton World Federation (BWF).
40. India’s first Gramin Khel Mahotsav will be held in New Delhi in March 2017 with five sports disciplines Athletics, Volley Ball, Wrestling, Kabaddi and KhoKho.
41. India’s first ever Centre of Excellence for differently abled sportsmen will be established in Gandhinagar (Gujarat).It will train para athletes for various international sporting competitions including Olympics, Asian Games and Common Wealth Games.
42. Interministry Hockey tournament 2016-17 won by Infoation and Broadcasting Ministry, by defeating Ministry of Health.
43. International Hockey Federation (FIH) named JohnJohn Dohmen (Belgium) and Naomi Van (Netherlands) as male and female Players of Year 2016.
44. Jamaican cricketer Andre Russell has been banned from all forms of cricket for 1 year, over doping code violations. Pakistani cricketer Nasir Jamshed also suspended from all forms of cricket for violating anticorruption code.
45. Kalinga Lancers won 5th Hockey India League title, defeating Dabang Mumbai in finals played at Chandigarh.
46. Laureus World Sports Awards 2017 (Held in Monaco) Sportsman of the Year Usain Bolt (Sprinter from Jamaica) Sportswoman of the Year Simone Biles (Gymnast from USA) Team of the Year Chicago Cubs (American Baseball Team) Comeback of the Year Michael Phelps (Swimmer from USA) Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Beatrice Maria (Italian wheelchair fencer) Breakthrough of The Year Nico Rosberg (German Formula One racer) Action Sportsperson Rachel Laura Atherton (English racing cyclist) Spirit of Sport Award Leicester City (Football Club in England)
47. Manchester United defeated Southampton to win 2016–17 EFL Football Cup.
48. Medals of 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will be made of Recycled mobile phones, to promote sustainability and reduce costs. Japanese public will be asked to donate old phones and small appliances to gather 2 tonnes of gold, silver and bronze required for making 5000 medals.
49. Pankaj Advani won Indian National Snooker Championship Title, defeating Pandurangaiah of Railways.
50. R. Aswin became Highest Test Wickets Indian bowler in a single year. He took 67 wickets from 10 tests in 2016-17 season, and went past Kapil Dev's 63 wickets in 1979-80 season.
51. Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won men's 50kilometre event of National Race Walking Championships in New Delhi, breaking his own national record.
52. Thanackal Gopi and Monika Athare won men’s and Women’s titles in 2nd IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon.

March

1. 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Austria Indian special athletes medal tally includes 37 golds, 10 silver and 26 bronze medals. Next Special Olympics World Winter Games will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) in 2019.
2. 2017 Uganda International Series Men's Singles Georges Julien Paul (Mauritius) Women's Singles Bridget Shamim Bangi (Uganda) Men's Doubles Indian Pair of Francis Alwin and Tarun Kona Women's Doubles Egyptian pair of Doha Hany and Hadia Hosny
3. 2017 World Women’s Youth Boxing Championship will be hosted by India in November 2017.
4. All England Badminton Championships 2017 Men’s Singles Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) won by defeating China’s Shi Yuqi. Women’s Single Tai Tzuying (China) defeated Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand). Men’s Double Indonesia’s Marcus Gideon and Kevin Sukamuljo. Women’s Doubles South Korea’s Chang Ye Na and Lee So Hee.Mixed Double China’s Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong.
5. Argentina Footballer Lionel Messi banned from 4 international matches, for swearing at a match official.
6. Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
7. Australian women cricketer Sarah Coyte announced retirement from all forms of Cricket.
8. Bakshi stadium in Srinagar (J & K) will be lifted up to International statndards as per FIFA norms, with 48 crore expenses.
9. Bhubaneswar (Odisha) will host 2017 Men’s Hockey World League final and 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup.
10. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will award Rs.1 crore to Indian Cricket Team which recently won T 20 blind cricket World Cup by beating pakistan.
11. Brazil Open Men's Tennis 2017 Singles Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) Doubles Rogério Dutra Silva (Brazil) / André Sás (Brazil)
12. Cheteshwar Pujara became the first Indian batsman to face 500 balls in a Test Innings, surpassing Rahul Dravid’s previous best of 495 balls.
13. China Based Mobile manufacturer Oppo won sponsorship rights of Indian cricket team for 5 years, beginning from April 1, 2017. It replaced Star India.
14. Court of Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne (Switzerland)) upheld a lifetime ban that had been put on sergei Portugalov (Russia), for his role in providing illicit substances to Russian athletes.
15. Double Olympic gold medallist Englis Cyclist Joanna Rowsell Shand announced her retirement.
16. Dubai Tennis Championship 2017

• Men's Singles Andy Murray (United Kingdom)
• Women's Singles Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
• Men's Doubles JeanJulien Rojer (Netherlands) / Horia Tecău (Romania)
• Women's Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia ) / Elena Vesnina (Russia)

17. Ethiopian born Turkish runner Elvan Abeylegesse stripped of 2 Olympic silver and 1 world silver Medal after failing dope test.
18. Former India Footballer Bhaichung Bhutia removed from post advisor to both AIFF and AIFF President Praful Patel.
19. ISSF Shooting World Cup 2017 (Held in New Delhi) India's Jitu Rai won Gold Medal in 50 metre pistol Men's Event. Besides Jitu's Gold in 50 metre pistol, India was able to score 4 more medals Amanpreet Singh (Silver in 50 metre Pistol), Jitu Rai (Bronze in 10 metre air pistol), Ankur Mittal (Silver in Shotgun Double Trap), Pooja Ghatkar (Bronze in 10 metre air rifle). China stayed at top of medal tally with 12 medals.
20. India's Ankur Mittal won gold medal at International shooting sport Federation (ISSF) shotgun World Cup in men’s double trap event in Mexico.
21. Indian Bowler Ravindra Jadeja ranked at top spot in Latest ICC Test bowlers Rankings, followed by Ravichandran Ashwin.
22. Indian Para Athletics won 8 medals in 9th Fazza International IPC Athletics Grand Prix Competition held in Dubai (UAE).
23. Indian Wells Masters Tennis Title (BNP Paribas Open)

• Men's Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland)
• Women's Singles Elena Vesnina (Russia)
• Men's Doubles Raven Klaasen (South Africa) / Rajeev Ram (USA)
• Women's Doubles Chan Yungjan (Chinese Taipei) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

24. Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has set new record for most wickets in a single Test season, with 79 wickets in 2016-2017 season. He went past South African pacer Dale Steyn, who had claimed 78 wickets in 2007-08.
25. Indian women hockey team won fivematch Test series against Belarus by 50.
26. India’s SV Sunil has been named as Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) player of year 2016 in senior men’s section. While Harmanpreet has been honoured in Junior men’s section.
27. India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won Vietnam Open International challenger badminton title in men’s double category.
28. India’s Vidya Pillai won Silver in World Women Snooker Championships in Singapore.
29. International Cricket Council (ICC) appointed Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as official ambassador of Women’s Cricket World Cup 2017 to be held in June 2017 at England and Wales.
30. Mexico Open Tennis 2017 (Abierto Mexicano Telcel)

• Men's Singles Sam Querrey (United States)
• Women's Singles Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine)
• Men's Doubles Jamie Murray (United Kingdom ) / Bruno Soares (Brazil)
• Women's Doubles Darija Jurak (Croatia ) / Anastasia Rodionova (Australia)

31. Mumbai lost its permanent status in Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), as per new terms finalised by Committee of Administrators (CoA) appointed by Supreme Court. While full membership with voting rights has been granted to all North Eastern states.
32. National record holder K T Irfan won bronze in 20 kilometre men’s event in Asian Race Walk Championships held in Nomi (Japan).
33. Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) appointed Shahid Afridi as ambassador for 5th Blind Cricket World Cup to be held in UAE and Pakistan in January 2018.
34. Punjab won 71st (Punjab's 9th) Santosh Trophy football tournament by defeating Railways.
35. Russian Tennis Player Maria Sharapova will return to Tennis through Stuttgart Open in April 2017, after 15 Month doping ban.
36. SSP Chawrasia won Hero Indian Open Golf Title, successfully defending the same. He is second Indian golfer after Jyoti Randhawa to successfully defend Hero Indian Open.
37. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) won Australian Grand Prix 2017.
38. Srinath Narayanan became India’s 46th Grandmaster after defeating GM David Anton Guijarro (Spain) at Sharjah Masters 2017 chess tournament.
39. Tamil Nadu won Deodhar Trophy of Cricket by defeating India 'B'.
40. Tamil Nadu won the 2017 Vijay Hazare cricket Trophy for fifth time, defeating Bengal.
41. West Bengal won 71st Santosh Trophy of football by defeating Goa. It was 32nd win of West Bengal.
42. Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Vijay Goel designated 14 Olympians as ‘National Observers’ for 12 sports disciplines. Sports Discipline Name of National Observer(s)

• Athletics -  PT Usha
• Anju Bobby George - Archery
• Dr Sanjeev Kumar Singh - Badminton
• Aparna Popat - Boxing
• Mary Kom - Akhil Kumar
• Hockey - Jagbir Singh
• Shooting -  Abhinav Bindra
• Tennis  - Somdev Devvarman
• Weight lifting - Karnam Malleshwari
• Wrestling - Sushil Kumar
• Football -  I M Vijayan
• Swimming -  Khajan Singh
• Table Tennis - Kamlesh Mehta

April

1. 101 Year old Indian sprinter Man Kaur won Gold in 100 metres sprint at World Masters Games in Auckland (New Zealand). She was lone contender in 100yearsandover event, That she completed in a minute and 14 seconds. She also competed in 200m race and Javelin Throw. She became oldest person to sky walk around Auckland’s famous landmark Sky Tower.
2. 18th Asian Games will be Organized in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia.
3. 2017 MonteCarlo Rolex Masters Men's Tennis Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain). He won it for record 10th time. Doubles Rohan Bopanna (India ) and Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)
4. 2nd Golf Industry Association (GIA) Awards 2017 Outstanding Achievement Aditi Ashok. Men's Player of the Year (2016) SSP Chawrasia Outstanding playing career Ali Sher
5. Aizawl FC became First Football Club from Northeast Region to win ILeague, after it defeated Shillong Lajong in final held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong.
6. Barcelona Open Men's Tennis 2017 Men's singles Rafael Nadal (Spain), defeating Dominic Thiem of Austria Men's doubles Florin Mergea (Romania) and AisamulHaq Qureshi (Pakistan)
7. China's Lv Haotian won Asian Snooker Championship in Doha (Qatar), Defeating Indian Pankaj Advani in Final.
8. Chris Gayle Became First Cricketer to Score 10000 T20 Runs. He achieved this during an IPL game against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
9. During Test Match against West Indies, Younis Khan became first Pakistani to score 10,000 Test runs.
10. Eight cricketers including India's Harbhajan Singh have been appointed ambassadors for ICC Champions Trophy 2017 to be held in June 2017 in UK. Former cricketers Saurav Ganguly has been named among commentators for Champions Trophy.
11. England's Marylebone Cricket Club offered honorary life membership to Sandhya Agarwal (former captain of Indian women’s Test Team).
12. 2017 Formula 1 Season

• Australian Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel (Germany)
• Chinese Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
• Bahrain Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel (Germany)
• Russian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas (Finland)

13. Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia will make biopic on Dalit Cricketer Baloo Palwankar who played significant role in 1990.
14. Gayatri Gopichand won singles and Pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Samiya Farooqui won doubles Title at Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta. Gayatri is daughter of National Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand.
15. Haryana emerged champion beating Kerala at National Youth Athletics Meet held in Hyderabad (Telangana).
16. In view of hosting FIFA Under – 19 World Cup in October 2017, Government will organize Oorja Under19 Football Talent Hunt Tournament in several states, to be organized by various CAPFs.
17. India finished with 16 Medals (3 gold, 2 silver and 11 bronze) at US Open Karate Championships held in Las Vegas.
18. India won 7 medals in Asian Grand Prix Jinhua (China) 2017 Gold (1) Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put). She also broke her own 2015 national record and qualified for World Championships to be held in London in August 2017. Silver (4) Tintu Lukka (Racer), Jinson Johnson (Racer), Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw), Neena Varakil (Long Jump). Bronze (2) Om Prakash (Shot put), Dutee Chand (Racer).
19. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) granted affiliation to Boxing Federation of India (BFI), making BFI as fully recognised body for Indian boxing.
20. Indian Open Badminton 2017 Men's Singles Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women's Singles P. V. Sindhu (India), after defeating Carolina Marin of Spain . Men's Doubles Indonesian Pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. Women's Doubles Japan's Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto Mixed Doubles China's Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong.
21. Indian Women Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur named as Sydney Thunder’s Women’s player of year, for her performance in second season of Big Bash League.
22. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won gold medal in 49kilogram category at Thailand International Tournament in Bangkok.
23. Indian cricketer Virat Kohli honoured as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in World for 2016 and Wisden India Almanack’s Cricketer of Year for second time in its 2017 edition. Besides, Ellyse Perry from Australia named as Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in World for 2016. Wisden Leading Cricketer in World is an annual cricket award selected by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
24. Indo-American pair of Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky won Tallahassee (USA) Challenger title's men’s doubles Event.
25. Jehan Daruvala became first Indian to take pole in F3 European series, securing top spot on starting grid for championship in Monza (Italy).
26. Joshna Chinappa became first Indian to clinch Asian Squash title, defeating compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik.
27. Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei broken world half marathon records in 10km and 15km catgeories, during Prague Half Marathon.
28. Kerala conducted India’s firstever transgender one day athletic meet in Thiruvananthapuram.
29. Melbourne CMG Gold medalist boxer Akhil Kumar and Olympian Jitender Kumar turned professional after signing deal with IOS Boxing.
30. Miami Open Tennis 2017

• Men's Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland)
• Women's Singles Johanna Konta (United Kingdom)
• Men's Doubles Łukasz Kubot (Poland) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil)
• Women's Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) / Xu Yifan (China)

31. Muttiah Muralitharan became Sri Lankan cricketer to be Included into ICC Hall of Fame.
32. New Zealand's Grant Elliott announced his retirement from all forms of Cricket.
33. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will include Video gaming as a full sport at 2022 Asian Games to be held at Hangzhou, China.
34. Pankaj Advani defeated Sourav Kothari to win his 7th Asian Billiards Championship final held in Chandigarh.
35. Singapore Open Badminton 2017

• Men's singles B. Sai Praneeth (India)
• Women's singles Tai Tzuying (Chinese Taipei)
• Men's doubles Denmark's Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen
• Women's doubles Denmark's Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen
• Mixed doubles China's Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong

36. US based National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its first basketball school in India in Mumbai (Maharashtra), as part of a multiyear agreement with India on Track (IOT). USA, Canada and Mexico made a joint bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup, making it first time that World Cup would be shared by three hosts. It will also be first tournament that would see 48 teams participating instead of the earlier 32.

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