Kapil Dev to be the first chancellor of Rai Sports University, Sonipat, Haryana
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2019
Deepa Malik – Paralympic
Bajrang Punia – Wrestling
Aishwarya Pissay is the first Indian to claim a World Title in Motorsports, FIM World Cup
P.T. Usha – appointed as a member of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) & also awarded ”VETERAN PIN” by IAAF
Cricket Australia has become the first cricket board to announce a new transgender-inclusive policy. This policy has enabled the transgender players to play cricket at the highest level
Mascot for Tokyo 2020
Miraitowa
Someity (Para)
Birendra Prasad Baishya – Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Mascots for Beijing 2022
Bing Dwen Dwen – Panda
Shuey Rhon Rhon, a lantern child (Para)
The third edition of Khelo India Youth Games will be held in Guwahati in 2020 January
Golf
Augusta Masters Tournament – Tiger Woods
U.S. Open – Gary Woodland
The Open – Shane Lowry
Football tournament winners
Copa America – Brazil
CONCACAF Cup – Mexico
UEFA Europa League – Chelsea
UEFA Champions League – Liverpool
UEFA Nations League – Portugal
Africa Cup of Nations – Algeria
FIFA Womens World Cup 2019 – USA
All India Football Federation‘s (AIFF) Awards
Sunil Chhetri – Men’s Footballer of the year 2019
Asha Lata Devi – Women’s Footballer of the year 2019
Cricket
Dravid appointed as the Head of Cricket at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru
MS Dhoni became the only second Indian player to reach the 350-game mark in ODI after Sachin
Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee.
England – Winner of ICC Cricket World Cup
Most Runs – Rohit Sharma
Most Wickets – Mitchell Starc, Australia
Player of the match in the final – Ben Stokes
Player of the tournament – Kane Williamson
USA, Oman attain ODI status from ICC
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) re-branded as World Athletics
Sunil Chhetri – India’s most-capped Football Player
2019 Sudirman Cup Won by China
India GS Lakshmi became the first woman female ICC match referee
Australia’s Claire Polosak became the first woman to stand as an Umpire in a men’s one-day international
Mumbai Indians (MI) clinched the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 title defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Saurav Ghosal – Men’s Asian Squash Champion
Joshna Chinappa – Women’s Asian Squash Champion
G Sathiyan becomes 1st Indian to break into top 25 of World Rankings in Table Tennis
Bajrang Punia becomes First Indian Wrestler to fight at New York’s Iconic Madison Square Garden
2021 Asian Athletics Championships, Hangzhou
2019 Asian Athletics Championships, Doha
Services lifted Santosh Trophy Football; beat Punjab in final
Meena Kumari Maisnam from Manipur claimed the Gold medal in the 54 kg category at the Boxing World Cup at Cologne in Germany
Deepa Malik honoured with New Zealand Prime Ministers Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019
Virat Kohli and Smriti Mandhana named the Wisden’s Leading Cricketers in the World
Saurav Ghosal becomes first Indian to enter top-10 in men’s Squash world rankings
South Korea won Azlan Shah Cup by defeating India
Suresh Raina becomes first cricketer to score 5,000 runs in IPL history
For the first time ever, Bengaluru FC crowned ISL Champions by beating FC Goa
Diksha Dagar, 18-yr-old becomes 2nd Indian golfer to win on Ladies European Tour (Aditi Ashok – 1st)
Marc Marquez (Spain) – 8th Time MOTO GP World Champion
Karnataka defeated Maharashtra to win their maiden Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.
India to host FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020
Dipa Karmakar selected as Barbie Role Model by MATTEL
India’s Chess Grandmasters
Swayams Mishra – 62nd Grandmaster
Girish Koushik – 63rd Grandmaster
Prithu Gupta – 64th Grandmaster
Raunak Sadhwani – 65th Grandmaster
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for setting up of a Centre for Disability Sports at Gwalior
Roger Federer -100th career title in Dubai
Chris Gayle Becomes First Player To Smash 500 Sixes In International Cricket
Suresh Raina becomes 1st Indian player to score 8000 runs in T20
Rashid Khan became first bowler in T20I history to pick 4 wickets in 4 balls
Saina Nehwal beat PV Sindhu to become national badminton champion for 4th time
Ranji Trophy
Vidarbha claimed Second Successive Ranji Title beating Saurashtra
Sana Mir becomes first Asian woman to play hundred T20Is
Mithali Raj became the first female player to play 200 ODIs