Openguide-All the major sporting events in the world make a topic to the competitive exams. Here is a brief table of sporting events happened till May for the aspirants of PSC, Banking and UPSC.
Dates |
Event |
Sport |
Venue |
Winners |
16th January,2017 |
Australian Open |
Tennis |
Australia |
Men’s Singles-Roger Federer*x Raphael Nadal Women’s Singles-Serena* Williams x Venus Williams Men’s Doubles-Henri Kotinen,* John Peers*x Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan Women’s Doubles Bethanie Mattek Sands*, Lucie Safarova* x Andrea Hlavockova,Peng Shuai Mixed Doubles-Abigail Spears,* Juan Sebastian * Cabal x Sania Mirza ,Evan Dodig
|
6th February,2017 |
African Cup of Nations |
Football |
Gabon |
Cameroon*x Egypt |
6th February,2017 |
Superbowl |
NFL |
Houston |
New England Patriots |
6-19th February,2017 |
World Alpine Ski Championships |
Skiing |
Switzerland |
Austria |
3rd,April2017 |
The Masters |
Golf |
Augusta |
Sergio Garcia |