Thursday, June 10, 2010

Sports Quiz

1. Who is Paradorn Srichaphan?
a. A Sri Lankan cricketer
b. A Thai tennis player
c. An Indonesian badminton player
d. A Malaysian golfer
Ans : C

2. Annika Sorenstam, a famous sportsperson, is known as a professional
a. chess player
b. golfer
c. swimmer
d. table tennis player
Ans : B

3. Consider the following sportspersons:
I. Aarthie Ramaswamy
II. Sania MIrza
III. Sheetal Goutam.

Who of these is/are tennis players?
a. I and only
b. II only
c. II and III
d. III only
Ans : B

4. Who won the men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championship in the year 2003?
a. Joo Se-Hyuk
b. Kalinikos Kreanga
c. Kong Linghui
d. Werner Schlager
Ans : D

5. The first one-day Cricket World Cup tournament was held in
a. Australia
b. England
c. New Zealand
d. West Indies
Ans : B

6. The 70th Senior National Billiards Championship was won by
a. Ashok Kumar
b. Alok Kumar
c. B. Bhaskar
d. Pankaj Advani
Ans : B

7. The 2004 Duleep Trophy was won by
a. North Zone
b. South Zone
c. East Zone
d. Karnataka
Ans : A

8. In March 2004, who among the following players become the second bowler in Test cricket history to take 500 wickets?
a. Mutthiah Muralitharan
b. Shane Warne
c. Glen McGrath
d. Anil Kumble
Ans : B

9. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian games?
a. Lucknow
b. Hyderabad
c. Allahabad
d. Chennai
Ans : B

10. The 2010 Commonwealth games will be held in
a. India
b. UK
c. Canada
d. Pakistan
Ans : A

11. The winner of the 2003 US Open men's Single Tennis Championship is
a. Andy Roddick
b. Roger Federer
c. Carlos Moya
d. Juan Carlos Ferrero
Ans : A

12. Which of the following countries won the 2003 Asia Cup Hockey Championship?
a. Pakistan
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. India
Ans : D

13. Which game is Ian Thorpe associated with
a. Badminton
b. Chess
c. Swimming
d. Squash
Ans : C

14. Who is the first India to take a hat trick in an international test
a. Kapil Dev
b. Jasu Patel
c. Harbhajan Singh
d. B.S. Chandrasekhar
Ans : C

15. Who won the 'All-England Open Badminton Championship 2001'
a. Prakash Padukone
b. Chen Hong
c. Peter Gade
d. Pullela Gopichand
Ans : D

16. Makers of which tyres sponsor Indian ace Narain Karthikeyan
a. JK
b. MRF
c. Dunlop
d. Modi
Ans : B

17. Hamburg Masters Hockey Trophy 2003 was won by
a. India
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. Pakistan
Ans : A

18. Sania Mirza of India won the Girls Wimbledon Doubles Championship 2003 partnering with
a. Sunitha Rao
b. Isha Lakhani
c. Sanaa Bhambri
d. Alisa Kleybanova
Ans : D

19. In which sport is the grand champion accorded the title of 'Yokozuna'

Ans : Sumo Wrestling

20. Which sporting organisation was formed at a house in Balaram Ghosh Street, North Calcutta, in August 1889

Ans : Mohun Bagan

21. 'Lona' is a term associated with the sport

Ans : Kabadi

22. In the Volleyball game the number of players on each side is

Ans : Six

23. Sports Research Institute is located at
a. Patiala
b. Delhi
c. Cochin
d. Poona
Ans : A

24. Durand Cup is associated with

Ans : Football

25. American open is associated with

Ans : Tennis

26. Australian open is associated with

Ans : Tennis

27. French Open is associated with which sport

Ans : Tennis

28. Santhosh Trophy is associated with which game

Ans : Football

29. Ã¢â‚¬ËœJockey’ is a term associated with
a. Golf
b. Horse Racing
c. Boxing
d. Billiards
Ans : B

30. The number of rings in Olympics flag is

Ans : 5

31. The place in which the first Asian games were held at

Ans : New Delhi

32. In cricket, the length of the pitch between the wickets is

Ans : 22 yards (20.12 m)

33. The first ever National Youth Games (under-19) were held in January 2004 at

Ans : Bangalore

34. National Sports day is observed on August 29th. It is the birth day of

Ans : Dhyanchand

35. Which country will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010

Ans : India

36. Who won the Renji Trophy in 2004

Ans : Mumbai

37. Who is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the World Athletic meet

Ans : Anju Boby Gerorge

38. Who was known as ‘The Flying Sikh’

Ans : Milka Singh

39. The first Indian to win the World Champion title in Chess

Ans : Viswanathan Anand

40. Who among the following footballers has been selected as the European player of the year 2005
a. Zenedine Zidane
b. Ronaldinho
c. Ronaldo
d. Ariel Ortega
Ans : B

41. When was the first Commonwealth games held

Ans : 1930

42. Who is the first Indian to join the Formula–1 league

Ans : Narain Karthikeyan

43. Which of the following teams won the Ranji Trophy cricket championship for the first time
a. Kerala
b. Bengal
c. Delhi
d. Uttar Pradesh
Ans : D

44. Who among the following became the first cricketer in 24 years to receive BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Award
a. Brian Lara
b. Andrew Flintoff
c. Jacques Kallis
d. Shane Warne
Ans : B

45. The first cricket bowler to achieve 500 wickets in One-day internationals is

Ans : Wasim Akram

46. Wasim Akram of Pakistan is associated with
a. Politics
b. Martial law
c. Nuclear tests
d. Cricket
Ans : D

47. Bull fighting is the national game of which country

Ans : Spain

48. The 2004 Olympic games was held in

Ans : Athens, Greece

49. Kerala defeated which team in Santhosh trophy final 2001

Ans : Goa

50. Merdeka Cup is associated with

Ans : Football

Football World Cup kicks off today in South Africa

SA TAKE ON MEXICO IN WORLD CUP OPENER


As the world makes its way to South Africa, the land finds itself on the threshold of a momentous feeling that goes beyond just history-making.
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Chetan, Saina enter India Grand Prix quarters

Chetan, Saina
CHENNAI: Saina Nehwal and Sayali Gokhale reached the quarterfinal in women's singles while five Indian male shuttlers also made it to the last eight stage of the India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament on Thursday.

Top seed Saina snuffed out compatriot Dhanya Nair's challenge 21-9, 21-9, while Sayali tamed another Indian Gayatri Vartak 21-15, 21-12 to reach the quarters.

In the men's section, top seed Chetan Anand battled past Saurabh Verma but fourth seed Arvind Bhat, sixth seed Anand Pawar, P Kashyap and RMV Gurusaidutt recorded facile wins to sail into the quarterfinals.
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Factbox on Rafael Nadal

Factbox on Rafael Nadal, who won his fifth French Open title on Sunday.
Making his name * Born in Manacor, Majorca, June 3, 1986. * His uncle Miguel Angel Nadal enjoyed a long and successful career as a professional footballer, notably for Barcelona and Spain. * The naturally right-handed Nadal switched to being a left-handed player after his coach and mentor Toni Nadal noted it would give him a huge advantage on court. * Turned professional in 2001. Seven Grand Slam titles * French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010; Wimbledon 2008; Australian Open 2009. * Became first man since Swede Mats Wilander in 1982 to win the French Open title on debut with a four-set victory over Argentine Mariano Puerta in June 2005. * A year later won his second successive French Open title with victory over Roger Federer in the final. * In 2007, became first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 to win hat-trick of French Open titles. * The following year matched Borg record of four successive French Open titles (1978 to 1981) to make it 28 wins from 28 at Roland Garros. * Later in 2008 beat then world number one and defending champion Federer to win his first Wimbledon title. The final is widely considered by pundits as the greatest tennis match of all time. Nadal became the first Spanish man to triumph at the grasscourt major since Manuel Santana in 1966. * In 2009 beat Federer in the final in Melbourne to become the first Spaniard to win the Australian Open in another classic five-set showdown. * Was beaten in the French Open for the first time when he lost to Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009. It was his first defeat after winning 31 successive matches at Roland Garros. * Became only the second man after Bjorn Borg to win five French Open titles when he regained his Roland Garros crown in 2010 by beating Soderling in the final. * His fifth French Open title came without the loss of a set and saw him become the first man to complete the "clay slam", winning the big four clay tournaments in the same season. Other milestones * Won his first ATP title in Sopot, Poland in August 2004. Later that year beat Andy Roddick to help Spain overcome the United States in Davis Cup final. * Lost to Russian Igor Andreev in the quarter-finals of the Valencia Open in April 2005 but from then on won a record 81 consecutive matches on clay before the streak came to an end in Hamburg in May 2007 at the hands of Federer. * Ended Federer's 4-12 year reign as world number one in August 2008. * Won gold medal in men's singles at the 2008 Olympic Games. Injury woes * Has troubles with his knees, suffering from tendinitis. Was forced to pull out of the Queen's Club grasscourt tournament in London in 2009 and was the first man not to defend his Wimbledon title since Croatia's Goran Ivanisevic skipped the grasscourt grand slam in 2002. * The same knee injury forced him to withdraw from the 2010 Australian Open during his quarter-final match with Britain's Andy Murray.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

SPORTS AND THE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM

 
Badminton
Angled Drive Serve, Backhand Low Serve, Bird, Deuce, Double Droup, Fault, Flick Serve, Forehand Smash, Let, Lob, Love All, net Shots, Rush, Smash.
Baseball
Base, Battery, Bunting, Catcher, Diamond, Hitter, Home Infield, Outfield, Pinch, Pitcher Plate, Pullout, Short Stop, Strike.
Basketball
Ball, Basket, Blocking, Dribbling, Free Throw, Held Ball, Holding, Jump Ball, Multiple Throws, Pivot.
Billiards
Baulk Line, Break, Bolting, Cannon, Cue, Hazard, In-off, Jigger, Long jenney, Pot, Scratch, Screw Back, short Stop, Strike.
Boxing
Ausiliary Point System, Babit Punch, Break, Cut, Defence, Down, Hook, Jab, Lying On, Knock, Seconds out, Slam, Upper Cut, Weight In, Win by Knock-out.
Bridge
Auction, Bid, Chicane, Cut, Declarer, Doubleton, Dummy, Finesse, Grand Slam, Little Slam, Notrumps, Over-trick, Revoke, rubber, Ruff, Shuffle, Suit, Vulnerable.
Chess
Bishop, Capture, Castling, Checkmate, En Passant, Gambit, Grand Master, King, Knight, Pawn, Queen, Rook, Stalemate, Under Promoting.
Cricket
Ashes, Banana, Boundary, Bowling, Caught, Chinaman, Cover Drive, Crease, Doosra, Duck, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Fine Leg, Follow On, Full Toss, Gardening, Googly, Gully, Hat-trick, Hit Wicket, Inswinger, l.b.w., Leg-break, Leg-bye, Leg Glance, late Cut, maiden Over, No Ball, Off Break, On Drive, Out, Outswinger, Over, Mandatory Over, over Pitch, Popping Crease, Rubber, Run Down, Run Out, Short Pitch, Silly Point, Slip, Square Leg, Stone Walling, Straight Drive, Stumped, Short leg, Spin, Swing, Thirdman, Yorker.
Croquet
Hoops, Mallet, Peg Out.
Draughts
Huff
Football
Advantage Clause, Blind Side, Centre Forward, Corner Kick, Dead Ball, Direct Free Kick, Dribble, Goal kick, Golden Goal, Hat-trick, Marking, OffSide, Penalty Kick, Penalty Shootout, Red Card, Striker, Throw In, Tripping.
Golf
Best-ball Foursome, Bogey, Bunker, Caddie, Dormy, Fairway, Fourball, Foursome, Greed Holes, Links, Niblic, Par, Put, Rough, Stymied, Tee, Threesome.
Gymnastics
A-bars, Ariel, Blocks, Cone of Swing, Dish, Flairs, Giants, Inlocate, Kip, Planche, Tariff, Tumble, Virtuosity, Wrap.
Hockey
Advantage, Back-stick, Bully, Cary, Centre Forward, Corner, Dribble, Flick, Free-hit, Goal Line, Green Card, Halfway Line, Hat-trick, Off-side, Red Car, Roll -in, Scoop, Short Corner, Sixteen-yard hit, Square Pass, Stick, Striking Cirele, Tackle, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marking.
Horse Racing
Jockey, Punt, Steeplechase, Thorough Bred.
Judo
Ashi-waza, chui, Dan, Dojo, Gyaku, Hajime, Ippon, Jigotai, Kaeshiwaza, Koka, Makikomi, Nage-waza, O-goshi, Randori, Scarf, Tani-Otoshi, Uchi-komvi, Waki-gatame, Yoshi, Yuko.
Karate
Age Zuki, Ai-uchi, Aka, Chakugan, Dachi, Encho Sen, Fudotachi, Gedan, Geri, Hajime, Ibuki, Jion, Kakato, Koka, Makiwara, Nidan, Obi, Rei, Sanbon, Shiro, Tobigeri, Ude, Waza-ari, Yoko-geri, Zanshin, Zen-no.
Polo
Bunker, Chukker, Mallet.
Rowing
Bow, Bucket, Cow, Ergometer, Feather, Paddle, Regatta.
Rugby Football
A Trackle, Lines, Scrum, Touch, Try.
Shootng
Bag, Bull's Eye, Marksmanship, Muzzle, Plug.
Skiing
Tobogganing.
Swimming
Breast Stroke, Crawl.
Table Tennis
Anti Loop, Backspin, Chop, Loop, Penhold Grip, Push, Spin, Twiddle.
Tennis
Ace, Backhand Stroke, Deuce, Deep Volley, Deuce, Double Fault, Fault, Ground Stroke, Half Volley, Let, Love, Slice, Smash, Volley
Volleyball
Ace, Base-line, Blocking, Doubling, Foot Fault, Heave, Holding, Jump Set, Lob Pass, Love All, Point, Quick Smash, Scouting, Service, Spike, Tactical Ball, Volley, Windmill Service.
Wrestling
Half-Nelson, Head Lock, Heave, Hold, Rebouts, Scissor.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Planet Sports launches Wilsons Revolutionary New Racket Technology in India

Planet Sports, the countrys leading multi-brand sports and lifestyle specialty retail chain, today announced the launch of Wilsons revolutionary and technologically advanced BLX series of Tennis Racket. Wilsons new racket technology, BLX, will now be in the hands of the best tennis players around the world.
Wilson, one of the world's leading manufacturers of sports equipment has an exclusive marketing tie-up with Winner Sports, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd., part of Future Group, for licensing and distributing its product in India.
BLX is the new Wilson racket technology engineered with BASALT fibers also combining proprietary frame, grommet and grip technologies for THE PERFECT FEEL.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu

The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of cricket


Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (Telugu: కట్టారి కనకయ్య నాయుడు)CK Nayadu.ogg pronunciation (31 October 1895 in Nagpur, India – 14 November 1967, Indore, India) was India's first Test captain.

A solid batsman, Nayudu was known for his ability as a hard hitter of the ball. He was the first cricketer to be honoured with the Padma Bhushan.