SPORTS PERSONALITIES

FOOTBALL---EUREBIO

LAWN---ROD LAYER

SWIMMING-------MARK SPITZ, SHIKHA TANDON.

HOCKEY----IGNACE TIRKEY

SNOOKER----PANKAJ ADVANI

LAWN TENNIS----ROHAN BOPANNE



ANJALI VEDPATHAK---------TABLE TENNIS

MOUMA DAS-----RIFLE SHOOTING

NEELAM SINGH-----GYMNASTICS

TUMPA DEBNATH-----CHESS







CRICKET

the third cricketer from India, after Mohammed Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma in 2000, to suffer a life ban for
 bringing the game into disrepute---T.Sudhindra [

WALLY GROUT

Wrestling

India bagged the top position at the Hari Ram Grand Prix wrestling tournament held in New Delhi

Results:

India (1st position):2 golds, 3 silvers, and 5 bronze

USA (2nd position): 1 gold, 5 silvers, 1 bronze

Korea (3rd position): 1gold, 2 silvers, 3 bronze

Indian Winners:

Gold : Praveen Rana, Rajneesh

Silver: Nitin, Neha Rathi

Bronze: Vinod Kumar, Kamlesh, Manoj, Gursharan Preet Kaur,Pawan Kumar

About Hari Ram Grand Prix:

A wrestling tournament organized with collective efforts of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), the Asian Associated Wrestling Council (AAWC) and the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India. Includes both male and female wrestling. Presently it is the only Grand Prix tournament being held in any Asian Country.

Chess

World Chess Championship: Viswanathan Anand

keeps the crown

Indian Grand Master Viswanatan Anand retained the FIDE

 ( Federation Internationale des Echec) World

Chess Title for the record 5th time

Defeated Boris Gelfand of Israel after 2nd round of tie

breaker game in Moscow

The title has been held by Anand since 2007