News about Other Sports

Formula One Motor Race - Grand Prix Titles

1. Winner of 2016 British Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton (British Formula One racing driver)

2. Winner of 2016 Australian Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton

3. Winner of 2016 Europe Grand Prix - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes driver)

4. Winner of 2016 Canada Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton

5. Winner of 2016 Monaco Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton

6. Winner of 2016 Russian Grand Prix - Nico Rosberg

7. Winner of 2016 Spanish Grand Prix - Max Verstappen (Dutch teenager, Max Verstappen, became Formula One's youngest race winner after winning the Spanish Grand Prix)

Badminton

1. Winner of Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Men’s Singles title - B Sai Praneeth defated Lee Hyun II of Korea

2. Saina Nehwal lifts Australian Open Super Series Badminton trophy. Saina defeated Chinese Sun Yu 11-21, 21-14, 21-19 in the final

Commonwealth Games (CWG)

1. CWG - 2022 – Durban, South Africa.

2. CWG - 2018 – Gold Coast, Australia

Olympics Games Venue

Summer Olympics Games

1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 2016

2. Tokyo, Japan – 2020

Winter Olympics Games

1. Pyeongchang, South Korea – 2018

2. Beijing, China – 2022

Asian Games Venue –

The 2018 Asian Games to be held in – Jakarta, Indonesia

2022 Asian Games to be held in - Hangzhou City of China.

Note: Asian Games were held every 4 years. In 2014 Asain Games was held in Incheon, South Korea.

Other Sports News –

1. Winner of Fide Women’s Grand Prix Chess trophy - India's Grand Master Harika Dronavalli defeated Olga Girya of Russia to win the title.

2. Pakistan won 2016 Asia Kabaddi Championship Cup - Pakistan defeated India by 19 points in the final.

3. Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship - In the final match played in Sheffield, Selby from Leicester defeated China’s Ding Junhui 18-14.

4. Dipa Karmakar named World Class Gymnast by International Gymnastics Federation -

5. Javeline thrower Annu Rani sets national record at National Inter-state Athletics Championships held in Hyderabad.

6. Sameer emerges fastest athlete of 56th National Inter-state Athletics. Sameer Mon, the veteran sprinter of India, won gold in 100 meter dash in 10.60 seconds at the 56th National Inter-state Senior Athletics Championships in Hyderabad. With this, Sameer, representing Manipur, also became the fastest athlete in the country.

7. India won Silver medal at Archery World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

8. USA wins FINA Women Water Polo World League Super Final. The team defeated Spain 13-9 in the championship match in Shanghai, China.

9. Usain Bolt win the 100m in 9.88 seconds at Racers Grand Prix 2016

10. Dustin Johnson won the US Open golf tournament title

11. Sprinter Dutee Chand qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics

12. Jitu Rai wins silver in ISSF World Cup

13. Birmingham to host seventh World Carrom Championship

14. Sonia Lather won silver in Women’s World Boxing Championships

15. Gurpreet Singh Sandhu becomes first Indian to play in Tippeligaen

16. Pankaj Advani wins 2016 Asian 6-Red snooker title. He defeated top-seeded Malaysian Keen Hoh

17. Para athlete Amit Kumar Saroha wins Gold in 2016 French Open Athletics Championship