August-2014

India finish fifth with 64 medals

•  The CWG incidents took some of the sheen off the impressive 64 medal haul — 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze — that ensured a fifth place finish in the leaderboard for India after England, Australia, Canada and hosts Scotland.

•  It was India’s third best showing in the Commonwealth Games after the 100 plus bounty at home in Delhi four years back and the 69 medals they picked up at Manchester in 2002.

Kabaddi goes international with World Kabaddi League

•  It’s quintessentially Indian but Kabaddi is all set to make waves across three continents with the first-of-its-kind World Kabaddi League kickstarting in London .

•  Featuring eight teams, including one from Pakistan, the tournament will be played for four months in USA, England, Canada, UAE and India.

•  The venues for the league include eight international (London, Birmingham, Dubai, New York, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Vancouver, Toronto) and six Indian (New Delhi, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Bhatinda, Amritsar, Mohali) cities.

•  The tournament will follow the double round robin format with a total of 94 matches — 90 league games and four playoffs — and has 144 international players on its roster.

•  Every team will play the other seven thrice before the top four qualify for the play-offs. The final will be played in Mohali on December 14.

SaitNagjee Trophy to be revived

•  The SaitNagjee Trophy all-India football tournament, once one of the most important events in India’s football calendar and a huge hit in this football-crazy city, is being revived after a gap of 20 years.
  World varsity meet from Sept. 1

•  The eighth edition of the World University squash championship will be hosted by Squash Rackets Federation of India at the ISA courts, Chennai from September 1 to 7, in association with the Association of Indian Universities.
   

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