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Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and officially referred to as the FIA FormulaOne World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by theFdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

Youngest Drivers' Champion

Driver Age Season

1 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 23 years, 301 days 2008

2 Spain Fernando Alonso 24 years, 58 days 2005

3Brazil EmersonFittipaldi 25 years, 273 days 1972

4 Germany Michael Schumacher 25 years, 314 days 1994

5 Austria Niki Lauda 26 years, 197 days 1975

6Canada JacquesVilleneuve 26 years, 200 days 1997

7 United Kingdom Jim Clark 27 years, 188 days 1963

8 Finland Kimi Rikknen 28 years, 4 days 2007

9 Austria Jochen Rindt 28 years, 140 days1970(posthumously)

10 Brazil Ayrton Senna 28 years, 223 days 1988

Oldest Drivers' Champion

Driver Age Season

1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 46 years, 41 days 1957

2 Italy Giuseppe Farina 43 years, 308 days 1950

3 Australia Jack Brabham 40 years, 155 days 1966

4 United Kingdom Graham Hill 39 years, 262 days 1968

5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell 39 years, 8 days 1992

6 France Alain Prost 38 years, 214 days 1993

7 United States Mario Andretti 38 years, 193 days 19788 United Kingdom Damon Hill 36 years, 26 days 1996

9 Austria Niki Lauda 35 years, 242 days 198410 Germany Michael Schumacher 35 years, 239 days 2004

Michael Schumacher holds the record for having won the most Drivers' Championships, withseven.

1 Germany Michael Schumacher 7

1994, 1995, 2000,2001,

2002, 2003, 2004 24th

2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 51951, 1954, 1955,1956, 1957 2nd

3 France Alain Prost 41985, 1986, 1989,1993 21st

4 Australia Jack Brabham 3 1959, 1960, 1966 5th

5 United Kingdom Jackie Stewart 3 1969, 1971, 1973 11th

6 Austria Niki Lauda 3 1975, 1977, 1984 14th


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7 Brazil Nelson Piquet 3 1981, 1983, 1987 19th

8 Brazil Ayrton Senna 3 1988, 1990, 1991 22nd

9 Italy Alberto Ascari 2 1952, 1953 3rd

10 United Kingdom Jim Clark 2 1963, 1965 8th

11 United Kingdom Graham Hill 2 1962, 1968 7th

12 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 2 1972, 1974 13th13 Finland Mika Hkkinen 2 1998, 1999 27th

14 Spain Fernando Alonso 2 2005, 2006 28th

15 Italy Giuseppe Farina 1 1950 1st

16 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn 1 1958 4th

17 United States Phil Hill 1 1961 6th

18 United Kingdom John Surtees 1 1964 9th

19 New Zealand Denny Hulme 1 1967 10th

20 Austria Jochen Rindt 1 1970 12th

21 United Kingdom James Hunt 1 1976 15th

22 United States Mario Andretti 1 1978 16th23 South Africa Jody Scheckter 1 1979 17th

24 Australia Alan Jones 1 1980 18th

25 Finland Keke Rosberg 1 1982 20th

26 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell 1 1992 23rd

27 United Kingdom Damon Hill 1 1996 25th

28 Canada Jacques Villeneuve 1 1997 26th

29 Finland Kimi Rikknen 1 2007 29th

30 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 1 2008 30th

31 United Kingdom Jenson Button 1 2009 31st

A Grand Slam title is a championship won at one of the four tennis tournaments thatcomprise the tennis Grand Slam. These tournaments, often referred to collectively as "GrandSlam tournaments", are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the USOpen.Most Grand Slam combined titles (all time)In the following tables: * "S" means singles. * "D" means same gender doubles. * "M" meansmixed doubles.

Men

# Player S D M Total1 Roy Emerson (AUS) 12 16 0 28

2 John Newcombe (AUS) 7 17 2 26

3 Frank Sedgman (AUS) 5 9 8 22

= Todd Woodbridge (AUS) 0 16 6 22

5 Bill Tilden (USA) 10 6 5 21

6 Rod Laver (AUS) 11 6 3 20

7 Jack Bromwich (AUS) 2 13 4 19


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8 Neale Fraser (AUS) 3 11 4 18

= Jean Borotra (FRA) 4 9 5 18

10 Fred Stolle (AUS) 2 10 5 17

= John McEnroe (USA) 7 9 1 17

= Jack Crawford (AUS) 6 6 5 17

= Adrian Quist (AUS) 3 14 0 17= Ken Rosewall (AUS) 8 9 0 17

Women

# Player S D M Total

1 Margaret Court (AUS) 24 19 19 62

2 Martina Navrtilov (USA) 18 31 10 59

3 Billie Jean King (USA) 12 16 11 39

4 Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) 6 21 10 37

5 Louise Brough Clapp (USA) 6 21 8 35

= Doris Hart (USA) 6 14 15 35

7 Helen Wills Moody (USA) 19 9 3 31

8 Elizabeth Ryan (USA) 0 19 11 30

9 Serena Williams (USA) 13 12 2 27

10 Steffi Graf (GER) 22 1 0 23

11 Pam Shriver (USA) 0 21 1 22

12 Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)[1] 8 8 5 21

= Chris Evert (USA) 18 3 0 21

= Venus Williams (USA) 7 12 2 21

15 Natasha Zvereva (BLR) 0 18 2 2016 Maria Bueno (BRA) 7 11 1 19

17 Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) 4 12 1 17

= Jana Novotn (TCH) 1 12 4 17

= Gigi Fernndez (PR) 0 17 0 17

Most Grand Slam singles titles (open era): The following tables list the persons who havewon at least five Grand Slam singles title during his or her career since the beginning of theopen era.

Men

Rank Name Country

AUS

FRA

WIM

USA

Total

Winningspan

WS-Years

1RogerFederer Switzerland 4 1 6 5 16

20032010 8

2PeteSampras

UnitedStates 2 0 7 5 14

19902002 13

3 Bjrn Borg Sweden 0 6 5 0 1119741981 8

4 Andre Agassi United 4 1 1 2 8 1992 12


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States 2003

=JimmyConnors


19741983 10

= Ivan LendlCzechoslovakia 2 3 0 3 8

19841990 7

= Rafael Nadal Spain 1 5 2 0 8

2005

2010 6

8JohnMcEnroe


19791984 6

=MatsWilander Sweden 3 3 0 1 7

19821988 7

10 Boris Becker Germany 2 0 3 1 619851996 12

=StefanEdberg Sweden 2 0 2 2 6

19851992 8

Women

Rank

Name

Country

AUS

FRA

WIM

USA

Total

Winning

span

WS-Years

1 Steffi Graf Germany 4 6 7 5 22

19871999 13

2MartinaNavratilova


19781990 13

= Chris EvertUnitedStates 2 7 3 6 18

19741986 13

4 Serena WilliamsUnitedStates 5 1 4 3 13

19992010 12

5 Margaret CourtAustralia 4 3 1 3 11

19681973 6

6 Monica SelesUnitedStates 4 3 0 2 9

19901996 7

7 Billie Jean King UnitedStates 0 1 4 3 8 19681975 8

8 Justine Henin Belgium 1 4 0 2 720032007 5

=

EvonneGoolagongCawley

Australia 4 1 2 0 7

19711980 10

= Venus WilliamsUnitedStates 0 0 5 2 7

20002008 9

5 Grand Slam singles titles: Martina HingisMost wins by Grand Slam event

Tournament Event Men Women

Australia

All 13Adrian Quist 21Margaret CourtSingles 6 Roy Emerson 11Margaret CourtSame genderdoubles

10Adrian Quist 12Thelma Coyne Long

Mixed doubles 4Harry HopmanColin Long

4

Thelma Coyne LongNancye Wynne BoltonDaphne AkhurstCozensNell Hall Hopman

France All 9 Henri Cochet 13Margaret Court
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Singles 6 Bjrn Borg 7 Chris EvertSame genderdoubles

6 Roy Emerson 7 Martina Navrtilov

Mixed doubles 3Ken FletcherJean-ClaudeBarclay

4 Margaret Court

Wimbledon

All 13LawrenceDoherty 20Billie Jean KingMartina Navratilova

Singles 7William RenshawPete Sampras

9 Martina Navrtilov

Same genderdoubles

9 Todd Woodbridge 12Elizabeth Ryan

Mixed doubles 4Vic SeixasKen FletcherOwen Davidson

7 Elizabeth Ryan

UnitedStates

All 16Bill Tilden 25Margaret OsborneduPont

Singles 7Bill LarnedBill TildenRichard Sears

8 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory

Same genderdoubles

6Holcombe WardRichard SearsJames Dwight

13Margaret OsborneduPont

Mixed doubles 4

Edwin FischerWallace JohnsonBill TildenWilliam TalbertMarty RiessenOwen Davidson

8 Margaret Court

Overall

All 28Roy Emerson 62Margaret CourtSingles 16Roger Federer 24Margaret CourtSame genderdoubles

17John Newcombe 31Martina Navrtilov

Mixed doubles 11Owen Davidson 19Margaret Court

Champions by yearMENSYear

AustraliaAustralian Open

France FrenchOpen

United KingdomWimbledon

United States USOpen

2000United StatesAndre Agassi (6/8)

Brazil GustavoKuerten (2/3)

United States PeteSampras (13/14)

Russia Marat Safin(1/2)


Brazil GustavoKuerten (3/3)

HRV - GoranIvanievi

Australia LleytonHewitt (1/2)

2002Sweden ThomasJohansson Spain Albert Costa

Australia LleytonHewitt (2/2)

United States PeteSampras (14/14)


Spain Juan CarlosFerrero

SUI - RogerFederer (1/16)

United States AndyRoddick

2004Switzerland RogerFederer (2/16)

Argentina GastnGaudio

Switzerland RogerFederer (3/16)


2005 Russia Marat Safin Spain Rafael Nadal Switzerland Roger Switzerland Roger
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(2/2) (1/8) Federer (5/16) Federer (6/16)


Spain Rafael Nadal(2/8)




Spain Rafael Nadal(3/8)



2008

SRB - Novak

Djokovic

Spain Rafael Nadal

(4/8)

Spain Rafael Nadal

(5/8)

Switzerland Roger

Federer (13/16)

2009Spain Rafael Nadal(6/8)



Argentina JuanMartn del Potro


Spain Rafael Nadal(7/8) Spain Rafael Nadal (8/8)

WOMENSYear

Australia AustralianOpen

France FrenchOpen

United KingdomWimbledon

United States USOpen

1997

SwitzerlandMartina Hingis(1/5)

HRV - Iva Majoli(1/1)



1998


Spain ArantxaSnchez Vicario(4/4)

CZE - JanaNovotn (1/1)

United StatesLindsay Davenport(1/3)

1999


Germany SteffiGraf (22/22)


United StatesSerena Williams(1/13)

2000


France MaryPierce (2/2)

United StatesVenus Williams(1/7)


2001

United StatesJennifer Capriati(1/3)

United StatesJennifer Capriati(2/3)



2002

United States

Jennifer Capriati(3/3)

United States

Serena Williams(2/13)

United States


United States


2003


BEL - JustineHenin (1/7)


Belgium JustineHenin (2/7)

2004Belgium JustineHenin (3/7)

RUS - AnastasiaMyskina (1/1)

Russia MariaSharapova (1/3)

Russia SvetlanaKuznetsova (1/2)

2005




Belgium KimClijsters (1/2)

2006France AmlieMauresmo (1/2)


France AmlieMauresmo (2/2)

Russia MariaSharapova (2/3)

2007

United States

Serena Williams(8/13) Belgium JustineHenin (6/7)

United States

Venus Williams(6/7) Belgium JustineHenin (7/7)

2008Russia MariaSharapova (3/3)

SRB - AnaIvanovi (1/1)



2009


Russia SvetlanaKuznetsova (2/2)


Belgium KimClijsters (2/2)

2010 United StatesSerena Williams

ITA - FrancescaSchiavone (1/1)

United StatesSerena Williams


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List of Olympic medalists in tennis:

Singles (men)

Games Gold Silver Bronze

1996 Atlanta

Andre Agassi (USA) Sergi Bruguera (ESP)Leander Paes

(IND)

2000 SydneyYevgeny Kafelnikov(RUS) Tommy Haas (GER)

Arnaud diPasquale (FRA)

2004 Athens

Nicols Mass (CHI) Mardy Fish (USA)Fernando

Gonzlez (CHI)

2008 Beijing

Rafael Nadal (ESP) Fernando Gonzlez (CHI)Novak Djokovic

(SRB)

Singles (women)

2000 Sydney

Venus Williams (USA) Elena Dementieva (RUS)Monica Seles

(USA)

2004 AthensJustine Henin-Hardenne(BEL) Amlie Mauresmo (FRA) Alicia Molik (AUS)

2008 Beijing

Elena Dementieva (RUS) Dinara Safina (RUS)Vera Zvonareva

(RUS)

Doubles (men)

2008 BeijingRoger Federer andStanislas Wawrinka (SUI)

Simon Aspelin and ThomasJohansson (SWE)

Bob Bryan andMike Bryan (USA)

Doubles (women)

2008 BeijingSerena Williams andVenus Williams (USA)

Anabel Medina Garrigues andVirginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)

Yan Zi and ZhengJie (CHN)

List of Davis Cup champions:

Year Winner

Score

Runner-up

Finals Venue (surface)

[1] City

2005 Croatia (1) 32* Slovakia (1) Sibamac Arena (IH)Bratislava,Slovakia

2006 Russia (2) 32Argentina

(2) Olympic Stadium (IH) Moscow, Russia

2007United

States (32) 41 Russia (3) Memorial Coliseum (IH)Portland, UnitedStates

2008 Spain (3) 31*Argentina

(3)Polideportivo IslasMalvinas (IH)

Mar del Plata,Argentina


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* 1999:* 2000: Event was not held* 2001: Quarter-finalist* 2002: Semi-finalist (lost to Peter Gilchrist, 8511767)* 2003: Lost in the group stage* 2004: Quarter-finalist (lost to David Causier, 722971)

* 2006: Won (beat England's Lee Lagan, 20731057)* 2007: Semi-finalist (lost to Mike Russell, 12311835)* 2008: Runner-up (lost to Mike Russell, 13421821)

Titles* World Professional Billiards Champion: 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2006* World Amateur Billiards Champion: 1985, 1987, 2001

* Gold Medallist, 13th Asian Games, Bangkok 1998* Asian Billiards Champion: 1987* National Billiards Champion: 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1997, 1998* National Snooker Champion: 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988

Awards and recognition:- A major sporting hero in India, he is a recipient of India's highestsporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 19921993; both the Padma Shri and theArjuna Award in 1986; and the K.K. Birla Award, 1993.Pankaj Advani:Titles* 2010

o Asian Billiards Championship* 2009

o World Professional Billiards Championship[3]o Asian Billiards Championship

* 2008o IBSF World Billiards Championship (both formats - timed and points)o Asian Billiards Championship

* 2006o Asian Games Gold Medallist - English Billiards singles

* 2005o IBSF World Billiards Championship (both formats - timed and points)o Asian Billiards Championshipo India Billiards Championshipo India Junior Snooker Championshipo India Junior Billiards Championshipo WSA Challenge Tour

* 2004o WSA Challenge Tour

* 2003o IBSF World Snooker Championshipo Indian Junior Billiards Championshipo Indian Junior Snooker Championship

* 2001o Indian Junior Billiards Championship

* 2000o Indian Junior Billiards Championship

* 1999o Pot Shot All India Triangular Championshipo Pot Shot non-medallist Championship

* 1998o Karnataka State Junior Snooker Championship

* 1997o 27th BS Sampath Memorial Handicap Snooker Championship


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o T.A. Selvaraj Memorial Billiards Championshipo Karnataka Stage Junior Snooker Championship

Awards and honors

* Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, 2009 [4]* Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, 2005-06 [5]

* Rajyotsava Award, Karnataka's highest civilian award, 2007. [6]* Karnataka's 'Kempegowda Award" in 2007.* The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2006.* Vision of India's "International Indian" Award in 2005.* Senior Sportsperson of the Year 2005* The Sports Writers' Association of Bangalore's* The Bangalore University ' Sportsperson of the Year, 2005* The Hero India Sports Award (HISA) in 2004* The Rajeev Gandhi Award in 2004* The Arjuna Award in 2004* The Indo-American Young Achiever's Award - 2003* The Sports Star Sportsperson of the Year 2003.

Viswanathan Anand:World Chess Champion 2008Anand convincingly defended the title against Kramnik in the World Chess Championship2008 held between October 14 and October 29 in Bonn, Germany. The winner was to be thefirst to score 6 points in the twelve-game match. Anand won by scoring 6 points in 11games, having won three of the first six games (two with the black pieces).After the tenthgame, Anand led 64 and needed only a draw in either of the last two games to win thematch. In the eleventh game, Kramnik played the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense.Once the players traded queens, Kramnik offered a draw after 24 moves since he had nowinning chances in the endgame.

World Chess Champion 2010Prior to the World Chess Championship 2010, Anand, who had booked on the flightFrankfurt-Sofia on April 16, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following thevolcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajkull. Anand asked for a three day postponement, whichthe Bulgarian organisers refused on April 19. Anand eventually reached Sofia on April 20,after an exhausting 40-hour road journey.Consequently, the first game was delayed by oneday.

The match consisted of 12 games. After 11 games the score was tied at 5-5. Anand wongame 12 on the Black side of a Queen's Gambit Declined to win the match and retain theWorld Championship. In game 12, after Topalov's dubious 31st and 32nd moves, Anand wasable to achieve a strong attack against Topalov's relatively exposed king. Topalovsubsequently resigned.AwardsPreceded by

Alexander Khalifman FIDE World Chess Champion 20002002 Succeeded byRuslanPonomariovPreceded by Vladimir Kramnik World Chess Champion 2007present IncumbentAchievementsPreceded by Veselin Topalov World No. 1April 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007Succeeded byVladimir KramnikVladimir Kramnik April 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008 Succeeded by Veselin Topalov


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Saina Nehwal (born March 17, 1990) is an Indian Khel Ratna winning badminton playercurrently ranked number 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation,[1] Saina is the firstIndian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to winthe World Junior Badminton Championships. Saina Nehwal made history on June 21, 2009,becoming the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament, by clinching the Indonesia Openwith a stunning victory over higher-ranked Chinese Wang Lin in Jakarta. (The Super Series

tournament is roughly equivalent to a Grand Slam in tennis.)Saina won her second career Super Series title by winning the Singapore Open title on June20, 2010. She completed a hat-trick in the same year by winning the Indonesian Open onJune 27, 2010. This win resulted in her rise to 3rd ranking and subsequently to No. 2. Thisremains her highest career ranking. When it comes to BWF Super Series ranking for the year2010 (which only considers the performances of players in the elite world super seriestournaments), as on 27 July 2010, Saina is ranked No. 1 with 29860 points leading hernearest competitor Bae Youn-joo of Korea by nearly 1200 pts.

Previously coached by S. M. Arif, a Dronacharya Award winner, Saina is the reigning Indiannational junior champion and is currently coached by Indonesian badminton legend AtikJauhari since August 2008, with the former All England champion and national coach PullelaGopichand being her mentor.

Career Record - Best Results

EventYear Result

Czechoslovakia Junior Open2003 Winner

2004 Commonwealth Youth Games2004 22 Silver

Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament2005 Winner

2006 Commonwealth Games2006 33 Bronze

Philippines Philippines Open (badminton) 2006 Winner

Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament2006 Winner

India Indian National Badminton Championships2007 Winner

India National Games of India2007 11 Gold

Chinese Taipei 2008 Chinese Taipei Open GrandPrix Gold

2008 Winner

India Indian National Badminton Championships2008 Winner

2008 Commonwealth Youth Games2008 11 Gold

2008 BWF World Junior Championships2008 Winner

2008 BWF Super Series Masters finals2008 Semifinalist

Indonesia 2009 Indonesia Super Series2009 Winner

2009 BWF World Championships2009

Quarter-finalist

India 2009 Indian Open Grand Prix 200 Winner


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England 2010 All-England Super Series2010 semifinalist

2010 Badminton Asia Championships2010 33 Bronze

India 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold

201

0 Winner

Singapore 2010 Singapore Open Super Series2010 Winner

Indonesia 2010 Indonesia Open Super Series2010 Winner

France 2010 BWF World Championships2010

Quarter-finalist

2010 Updates (Her Path Breaking Year)

* Saina successfully lead the Indian Women Team to the Quarter-finals stage of the 2010Uber Cup finals.* Saina became the first Indian Woman to reach the semi finals of 2010 All-England Super

Series before losing to eventual champion Tine Rasmussen.* Top seeded Saina reached the semifinals of Yonex Sunrise Badminton AsiaChampionships 2010 losing out to unseeded eventual champion Li Xuerui of China. Saina'sCoach Gopichand advised her not exert too much pressure on herself due to theoverwhelming home crowd support.

* Saina wins the Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010, beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia inthe final and thus justifying her billing as top seed in the tournament. She won a prizemoney of $8,280 for winning this BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament.* Saina Nehwal, again seeded no. 1 in the Singapore Open Super Series 2010, entered thefinals defeating World champion Lu Lan of China (updated on 06/20/2010)* Saina won the second Super Series title of her career by beating qualifier Tai Tzu Ying ofChinese Taipei in the final of the Singapore Open 21-18, 21-15. But the fact that she won thetournament in the absence of all the top 5 ranked players (who all happen to be Chinese),

takes a little sheen away from her path breaking victory. Saina won a prize money of$15,000 for winning this BWF Super Series tournament.* Saina has reached a career high of world no. 3 in the women's singles badminton worldrankings on 24 June 2010.[13]* Saina defended her Indonesia Open super series title in three tough games against SayakaSato of Japan, 21-19 / 13-21 / 21-11.This is her third super series title and her thirdsuccessive title following wins at Indian open,Singapore Super series.[14] She again won thetop prize money of $18,750 for winning this BWF Super Series tournament.* On 15 July 2010, with 64791.26 points Saina Nehwal reached a career high world rankingof No. 2 only behind Wang Yihan of China.* 2nd seed Saina, a tournament favourite, crashed out of the 2010 BWF WorldChampionships in Paris after losing to 4th ranked Chinese Wang Shixian in straight sets 8-21, 14-21. She although equalled her tournament best performance, as she was also a losingquater-finalist in the last edition held in Hyderabad.

Sania Mirza:In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government.CareerIn April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singlesmatches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming upwith Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.


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Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high rankingof 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a GrandSlam tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of aGrand Slam tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria ElenaCamerin and Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event atthe 2009 Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.

In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual championSerena Williams. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTAsingles title, defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. As ofSeptember 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins; against Svetlana Kuznetsova,Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis. At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver inthe women's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes.She was also part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event.

In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honor for her achievementsas a tennis player.[7]

Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season,finishing eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank ofthe West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached thequarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze forthe third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching thequarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in thewomen's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds LisaRaymond and Samantha Stosur.

Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational andResearch Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11.[8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza,studies there.2008Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in threesets. She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost toNo.8 seed Venus Williams 76(0) 64, having led 53 in the first set. She was runner-up inthe Australian Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 76(4), 64to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonji.

She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.

Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er enroute, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchov.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifierMara Jos Martnez Snchez, 60, 46, 97, having had several match points.

Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she retired in hermatch against Iveta Beneov because of a right wrist injury. Throughout 2008, Mirza wasplagued by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches includingthose of the Roland Garros and US Open Grand Slams.2009Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 Australian Open. Partnered withMahesh Bhupathi, she won the mixed doubles title beating Nathalie Dechy (France) andAndy Ram (Israel) 63, 61 in the final in Melbourne. She then entered the Pattaya Women's


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Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of goodperformances. She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 75, 61. She made the semis indoubles in the same tournament.

Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to FlaviaPennetta. She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of

France in the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipeimade the semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS GroupChampionships but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at RolandGarros, losing to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva. She also lost in the second round of thedoubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi). She participated in the2009 AEGON Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdalna Rybrikov of Slovakia36,60,63, who eventually won the title.

Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grnefeld in the first round of the 2009 WimbledonChampionships. She then fell to #28 Sorana Crstea in the second round. She competed inand won the Lexington Challenger event, defeating top seed Julie Coin of France in the final.She also reached the final of the ITF event in Vancouver but lost to Stphanie Dubois ofCanada. Playing in the U.S Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 60, 60 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doublesevent (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.

Mirza successfully qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first roundto Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to theChinese player 75, 26, 36.

At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 36, 63, 64. Mirzathen defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 64, 63 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seedMarion Bartoli 64, 20 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on tothe semifinal to meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.Career finalsSinglesWins (1 WTA/12 ITF)

Has reached 5 finals; winning 1 at the 2005 Hyderabad Open.Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open, during her first-round women's doubles matchDoublesWins (12)


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OLYMPICS

MedalistsMedal Name Games Sport Event2Silver Pritchard, NormanNorman Pritchard*

1900Paris Athletics Men's 200 metres

2Silver Pritchard, NormanNorman Pritchard*

1900Paris Athletics

Men's 200 metrehurdles

1 Gold National team

1928Amsterdam

Fieldhockey Men's competition

1 Gold National team1932 LosAngeles



1936

Berlin

Field

hockey Men's competition

1 Gold National team1948London


1 Gold National team1952Helsinki


3Bronze

Jadhav, KhashabaDadasahebKhashaba DadasahebJadhav

1952Helsinki Wrestling

Men's freestylebantamweight


1956Melbourne


2Silver National team

1960Rome


1 Gold National team 1964Tokyo Fieldhockey Men's competition3Bronze National team

1968Mexico


3Bronze National team

1972Munich


1 Gold National team1980Moscow


3Bronze Paes, LeanderLeander Paes

1996Atlanta Tennis Men's singles

3Bronze

Malleswari, KarnamKarnamMalleswari

2000Sydney

Weightlifting Women's 69 kg

2Silver

Rathore, RajyavardhanSinghRajyavardhan Singh Rathore

2004Athens Shooting Men's double trap

1 Gold Bindra, AbhinavAbhinav Bindra2008Beijing Shooting

Men's 10m AirRifle

3Bronze Kumar, SushilSushil Kumar

2008Beijing Wrestling

Men's 66 kgFreestyle

3Bronze Singh, VijenderVijender Singh

2008Beijing Boxing Men's 75 kg

India at the 2006 Asian Games:Medalists


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Gold (10)

* Pankaj Advani (Cue Sports :: Men English Billiard Singles)* Humpy Koneru (Chess :: Women's Rapid)* Jaspal Rana (Shooting :: Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol, Men's 25 m Standard Pistol)* Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi (Tennis :: Men's Doubles)

* Leander Paes & Sania Mirza (Tennis :: Mixed Doubles)* Athletics :: Women's 4x400 m Relayo GEETHA Satio KAUR Manjeeto KULATHUMMURIYIL Chitrao PARAMANIK Pinki

* Kabaddi :: Men* Shooting :: Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Team

o JUNG Samresho KUMAR Vijayo RANA Jaspal

* Chess :: Mixed Team's Classicalo KONERU Humpyo KRISHNAN Sasikirano PENTYALA Harikrishna

Silver (18)

* Manjeet Kaur (Athletics :: 400 m)* Santhi Soudarajan (Athletics :: 800 m)--- medal been taken back on charges of Santhi

failing the gender test.* Anju Bobby George (Athletics :: Long Jump)* Soma Biswas (Athletics :: Heptathlon)* Ashok Shandiliya (Billiards :: Singles)* Bajranglal Takhar (Rowing :: Single Sculls)* Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Shooting :: Trap)* Sania Mirza (Tennis :: Singles)* Geetika Jakhar (Wrestling :: 63 kg Freestyle)

* Golf (Men)* Rowing :: Single Sculls (Men)* Rowing :: Fours (Men)* Sailing :: Beneteau 7.5* Shooting :: 25 m Standard Pistol (Men)* Shooting :: Trap (Men)* Shooting :: Double Trap (Men)* Shooting :: 10 m Air Pistol (Women)* Tennis (Women)

Bronze (26)

* Sinimol Paulose (Athletics :: 1500 m)* O. P. Jaisha (Athletics :: 5000 m)* J. J. Shobha (Athletics :: Heptathlon)* Krishna Punia (Athletics :: Discus Throw)* Geet Sethi & Ashok Shandiliya (Billiards :: Doubles)* Vijender Kumar (Boxing :: Middleweight)* Johnson Varghese (Boxing :: Super Heavyweight)* Bijender Singh & Kiran Yalamanchi (Rowing :: Lightweight Double Sculls)


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* Rajesh Choudhary (Sailing :: Laser Radial)* Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Shooting :: Double Trap)* Gagan Narang (Shooting :: 50 m Rifle 3 Positions)* Vijay Kumar (Shooting :: 25m Rapid Fire Pistol)* Saurav Ghosal (Squash :: Singles)* Vinayak Dalvi (Wrestling :: 55 kg Greco-Roman)

* Alka Tomar (Wrestling :: 55 kg Freestyle)* Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling :: 60 kg Frestyle)* Sushil Kumar (Wrestling :: Men's Freestyle 66 kg)* Palwinder Singh Cheema (Wrestling :: Men's Freestyle 120 kg)* Bimoljit Singh (Wushu :: 60 kg)* Archery (Men)* Equestrian :: Eventing* Hockey (Women)* Shooting :: 10 m Air Rifle (Men)* Shooting :: 10 m Air Rifle (Women)* Shooting :: 50 m Rifle 3 Positions (Men)* Snooker (Men)

Medal PerformanceMedal TallyRank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total8 India 10 17 26 53The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee chose "Orry", a Qatari Oryx, as the officialmascot of the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006.2002 Asian Games:EmblemThe Great Absolute symbolizes Korea while the blue sea stands for Busan. The emblemexpresses the image of development and unity of the Asian people; two dynamic power areclosely intertwined, while the wave's shape indicates the character B, the first character ofBusan.MascotThe official Mascot of the 14th Asian Games is a sea gull, the city bird of Busan. Themascot's name is "Duria", which means "you and me together" in the Korean language, andexpresses the ideal of the Games: To promote unity and partnership among Asian countries.CHESS:Viswanathan Anand is India's first Grandmaster. He became Grandmaster (GM) in 1988 atthe age of eighteen.Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Grandmaster (GM) in India. S.Vijayalakshmi is the india'sfirst woman grand master in chess. Koneru Humpy has been the First Indian Woman to havereceived an International Grand Master title in the game of Chess.

Award : Arjuna Award

Name Field Year

GL Yadav Yachting 2009

Goutam Gambir Cricket 2009

Ignace Tirkey Hockey 2009Mangal SinghChampia Archery 2009


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Poulomi GhatakTabletennis 2009

Ronjan Sodhi Shooting 2009

Saina Nehwal Badminton 2009

Satish Joshy Rowing 2009

Sinimol Paulose Athletics 2009Surinder Kaur Hockey 2009

Tania Sachdev Chess 2009

Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling 2009

Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling 2009

Alka Tomar Wrestling 2008

Anup Sridhar Badminton 2008

Arjun Atwal Golf 2008Avneet KaurSidhu Shooting 2008Bajrang Lal

Thakkar Rowing 2008Chitra K. Soman Athletics 2008

Dronavalli Harika Chess 2008

K. Tombi Devi Judo 2008

Prabhjot Singh Hockey 2008Varghese

Johnson Boxing 2008

Alka Tomar Wrestling 2007

Anup Sridhar Badminton 2007

Arjun Atwal Golf 2007Avneet KaurSidhu Shooting 2007Bajranglal

Takhar Rowing 2007

Chitra K Soman Athletics 2007

Farman BashaPhysicallyHandicaped 2007

Harika Dronavalli Chess 2007JohnsonVarghese Boxing 2007

Prabhjot Singh Hockey 2007

Tombi Devi Judo 2007

Anjum Chopra Cricket 2006

Chetan Anand Badminton 2006

Geeta Rani Weightlifting 2006

Geetika Jakhar Wrestling 2006

Jayanta Talukdar Archery 2006

Jyoti Sunita KulluWomen'sHockey 2006


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Award : Dronacharya Award

Name FieldYear

Baldev Singh Hockey2009

J.Udayakumar Kabaddi2009

Jaidev Bisht Boxing2009

Pullela Gopichand Badminton2009

Satpal Wrestling2009

G.E.Sreedharan Volleyball2008

Jagdish Singh Boxing 200


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gPhadke Gopal

Purushottam Kho- kho2000

S.M.Arif Badminton2000

Ajai Kumar Sirohi Weightlifting 1999

Guru Ken Bosen Athletics1999

Hawa Singh Boxing1999

Bahadur Singh Athletics1998

Award : Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

Name FieldYear

Mary Kom Boxing2009

Sushil Kumar Wrestling2009

Vijender Singh Beniwal Boxing2009

M.S. Dhoni Cricket 2008

M.S. Dhoni Cricket2008

Manavjit Singh Sandhu Trap Shooting2007

Pankaj AdvaniBilliards &

Snooker2006

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Shooting2005


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Anju Bobby George Athletics2004

Anjali R. Bhagwat Shooting2003

K.M. Beenamol Athletics2003

Abhinav Bindra Shooting 2002

Pullela Gopi Chand Badminton2001

Dhanraj Pillay Hockey2000

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar Athletics1999

Sachin Tendulkar Cricket1998

Leander Peas Tennis1997

N Kunjurani Weightlifting1997

Cdr. Homi D. Motiwala and Lt. Cdr.P.K. Garg Yachting

1995

Geet Sethi Billiards1993

Vishwanathan Anand Chess1992

Award : Dhyanchand Award

Name FieldYear

Ishar Singh Deol Athletics2009

L Sarita Devi Boxing2009

Satbir Singh Dahya Wrestling2009

Gyan Pahalwan Wrestling2008

Hakam Singh Athletics2008

Mukhbain Singh Hockey 200


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Rajendra Singh Wrestling2006

Shamsher Singh Kabaddi2006

Varinder Singh Hockey

200

6

Gurcharan Singh Boxing2005

Manoj Kumar KothariBilliards &Snooker

2005

Maruti Dnyanu Mane Patil Wrestling2005

Rajinder Singh Junior Hockey2005

Hardayal Singh Hockey2004

Labh Singh Athletics2004

Mehendale Digambor Parasuram(Physicallyhandicapped). Hockey 2004

Charles Comelius Hockey2003

Dharma Singh Mann Hockey2003

M Kumar Basket Ball2003

Om Prakash Volleyball2003

Smita Yadav Rowing2003

Tour de France:The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in in France and nearby countries. Firststaged in 1903, the race covers more than 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) and lasts threeweeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour deFrance attracts riders and teams from around the world. The race is broken into day-longsegments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are aggregated to determinethe overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at theend of each day wears a yellow jersey.[1] The course changes every year, but the race hasalways finished in Paris. Since 1975, the climax of the final stage has been along theChamps-lyses.Prize money has always been awarded. From 20,000 old francs the first year,[94] prizemoney has increased each year, although from 1976 to 1987 the first prize was anapartment offered by a race sponsor. The first prize in 1988 was a car, a studio-apartment, awork of art and 500,000 francs in cash. Prizes only in cash returned in 1990.[95]

Prizes and bonuses are awarded for daily placings and final placings at the end of the race.In 2009, the winner received 450,000, while each of the 21 stage winners won 8,000(10,000 for the team time-trial stage). The winners of the green and polka-dot jerseycompetitions each win 25,000, the white jersey competition and the combativity prize20,000, and 50,000 for the winner of the overall team standings (calculated by adding thecumulative times of the best three riders in each team).[96]


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The Souvenir Henri Desgrange, in memory of the founder of the Tour, is awarded to the firstrider over the col du Galibier where his monument stands,[96] or to the first rider over thehighest col in the Tour. In 2008 it was awarded for traversing the col de la Bonette. A similaraward is made at the summit of the col du Tourmalet, at the memorial to Jacques Goddet,Desgrange's successor.One rider has won seven times:

* Lance Armstrong in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 (seven consecutiveyears).

Four riders have won five times:

* Jacques Anquetil in 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964;* Eddy Merckx in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974;* Bernard Hinault in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985;* Miguel Indurain in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 (the first to do so in five

consecutive years).

Four riders have won three times:

* Philippe Thys in 1913, 1914, and 1920;* Louison Bobet in 1953, 1954, and 1955;* Greg LeMond in 1986, 1989, and 1990.* Alberto Contador 2007, 2009, and 2010.

Seven riders have won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in the same year:

* Eddy Merckx three times, in 1970, 1972, 1974* Fausto Coppi twice, in 1949, 1952* Bernard Hinault twice, in 1982, 1985* Miguel Indurain twice, in 1992, 1993* Jacques Anquetil once, in 1964* Stephen Roche once, in 1987* Marco Pantani once, in 1998

The youngest Tour de France winner was Henri Cornet, aged 19 in 1904. Next youngest wasRomain Maes, 21 in 1935. The oldest winner was Firmin Lambot, aged 36 in 1922. Nextoldest were Henri Plissier (1923) and Gino Bartali (1948), both 34. Gino Bartali holds thelongest time span between titles, having earned his first and last Tour victories 10 yearsapart (in 1938 and 1948).

Riders from France have won most (36), followed by Belgium (18), Spain (13), United States(10), Italy (9), Luxembourg (4), Switzerland and the Netherlands (2 each) and Ireland,Denmark and Germany (1 each).Alberto Contador of Spain won in 2007, 2009 & 2010.

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