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 highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 19921993; both the Padma Shri and the Arjuna 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 * 2008 o IBSF World Billiards Championship (both formats - timed and points) o Asian Billiards Championship * 2006 o Asian Games Gold Medallist - English Billiards singles * 2005 o IBSF World Billiards Championship (both formats - timed and points) o Asian Billiards Championship o India Billiards Championship o India Junior Snooker Championship o India Junior Billiards Championship o WSA Challenge Tour * 2004 o WSA Challenge Tour * 2003 o IBSF World Snooker Championship o Indian Junior Billiards Championship o Indian Junior Snooker Championship * 2001 o Indian Junior Billiards Championship * 2000 o Indian Junior Billiards Championship * 1999 o Pot Shot All India Triangular Championship o Pot Shot non-medallist Championship * 1998 o Karnataka State Junior Snooker Championship * 1997 o 27th BS Sampath Memorial Handicap Snooker Championship o T.A. Selvaraj Memorial Billiards Championship o 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 2008 Anand convincingly defended the title against Kramnik in the World Chess Championship 2008 held between October 14 and October 29 in Bonn, Germany. The winner was to be the first to score 6 points in the twelve-game match. Anand won by scoring 6 points in 11 games, having won three of the first six games (two with the black pieces).After the tenth game, Anand led 64 and needed only a draw in either of the last two games to win the match. 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 no winning chances in the endgame. World Chess Champion 2010 Prior to the World Chess Championship 2010, Anand, who had booked on the flight Frankfurt-Sofia on April 16, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajkull. Anand asked for a three day postponement, which the 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 one day. The match consisted of 12 games. After 11 games the score was tied at 5-5. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of a Queen's Gambit Declined to win the match and retain the World Championship. In game 12, after Topalov's dubious 31st and 32nd moves, Anand was able to achieve a strong attack against Topalov's relatively exposed king. Topalov subsequently resigned. Awards Preceded by Alexander Khalifman FIDE World Chess Champion 20002002 Succeeded byRuslan Ponomariov Preceded by Vladimir Kramnik World Chess Champion 2007present Incumbent Achievements Preceded by Veselin Topalov World No. 1April 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007 Succeeded by Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik April 1, 2008 - September 30, 2008 Succeeded by Veselin Topalov Saina Nehwal (born March 17, 1990) is an Indian Khel Ratna winning badminton player currently ranked number 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation,[1] Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win

the 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 Open with 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 June 20, 2010. She completed a hat-trick in the same year by winning the Indonesian Open on June 27, 2010. This win resulted in her rise to 3rd ranking and subsequently to No. 2. This remains her highest career ranking. When it comes to BWF Super Series ranking for the year 2010 (which only considers the performances of players in the elite world super series tournaments), as on 27 July 2010, Saina is ranked No. 1 with 29860 points leading her nearest competitor Bae Youn-joo of Korea by nearly 1200 pts. Previously coached by S. M. Arif, a Dronacharya Award winner, Saina is the reigning Indian national junior champion and is currently coached by Indonesian badminton legend Atik Jauhari since August 2008, with the former All England champion and national coach Pullela Gopichand being her mentor. Career Record - Best Results Event Czechoslovakia Junior Open 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament 2006 Commonwealth Games Philippines Philippines Open (badminton) Asian Satellite Badminton Tournament India Indian National Badminton Championships India National Games of India Chinese Taipei 2008 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold India Indian National Badminton Championships 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 BWF World Junior Championships 2008 BWF Super Series Masters finals Indonesia 2009 Indonesia Super Series 2009 BWF World Championships India 2009 Indian Open Grand Prix England 2010 All-England Super Series

Yea r 200 3 200 4 200 5 200 6 200 6 200 6 200 7 200 7 200 8 200 8 200 8 200 8 200 8 200 9 200 9 200 9 201 0

Result Winner 22 Silver Winner 33 Bronze Winner Winner Winner 11 Gold Winner Winner 11 Gold Winner Semifinalist Winner Quarterfinalist Winner semifinalist

2010 Badminton Asia Championships India 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold Singapore 2010 Singapore Open Super Series Indonesia 2010 Indonesia Open Super Series France 2010 BWF World Championships 2010 Updates (Her Path Breaking Year)

201 0 201 0 201 0 201 0 201 0

33 Bronze Winner Winner Winner Quarterfinalist

* Saina successfully lead the Indian Women Team to the Quarter-finals stage of the 2010 Uber 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 Asia Championships 2010 losing out to unseeded eventual champion Li Xuerui of China. Saina's Coach Gopichand advised her not exert too much pressure on herself due to the overwhelming home crowd support. * Saina wins the Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010, beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final and thus justifying her billing as top seed in the tournament. She won a prize money 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 the finals 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 of Chinese Taipei in the final of the Singapore Open 21-18, 21-15. But the fact that she won the tournament 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 world rankings on 24 June 2010.[13] * Saina defended her Indonesia Open super series title in three tough games against Sayaka Sato of Japan, 21-19 / 13-21 / 21-11.This is her third super series title and her third successive title following wins at Indian open,Singapore Super series.[14] She again won the top 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 ranking of No. 2 only behind Wang Yihan of China. * 2nd seed Saina, a tournament favourite, crashed out of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris after losing to 4th ranked Chinese Wang Shixian in straight sets 821, 14-21. She although equalled her tournament best performance, as she was also a losing quater-finalist in the last edition held in Hyderabad. Sania Mirza: In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. Career In April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles matches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena

Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 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 champion Serena Williams. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. As of September 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 in the 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 achievements as 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 of the West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic. At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational and Research Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11.[8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies there. 2008 Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed Venus Williams 76(0) 64, having led 53 in the first set. She was runner-up in the Australian Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 76(4), 64 to 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 en route, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchov. At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier Mara 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 her match against Iveta Beneov because of a right wrist injury. Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US Open Grand Slams. 2009 Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 Australian Open. Partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, she won the mixed doubles title beating Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy Ram (Israel) 63, 61 in the final in Melbourne. She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 75, 61. She made the semis in doubles in the same tournament.

Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta. 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 Taipei made the semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva. She also lost in the second round of the doubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi). She participated in the 2009 AEGON Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdalna Rybrikov of Slovakia 36,60,63, who eventually won the title. Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grnefeld in the first round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She then fell to #28 Sorana Crstea in the second round. She competed in and 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 of Canada. Playing in the U.S Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 6 0, 60 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (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 round to Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese player 75, 26, 36. At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 36, 63, 64. Mirza then defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 64, 63 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion Bartoli 64, 20 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinal to meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy. Career finals Singles Wins (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 match Doubles Wins (12) Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fdration 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 Brazil Emerson 3 Fittipaldi 25 years, 273 days 1972 4 Germany Michael Schumacher 25 years, 314 days 1994 5 Austria Niki Lauda 26 years, 197 days 1975 Canada Jacques 6 Villeneuve 26 years, 200 days 1997 7 United Kingdom Jim Clark 27 years, 188 days 1963 8 Finland Kimi Rikknen 28 years, 4 days 2007 1970 9 Austria Jochen Rindt 28 years, 140 days (posthumously) 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna 28 years, 223 days 1988

0 Oldest Drivers' Champion Driver 1 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 2 Italy Giuseppe Farina 3 Australia Jack Brabham 4 United Kingdom Graham Hill 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell 6 France Alain Prost 7 United States Mario Andretti 8 United Kingdom Damon Hill 9 Austria Niki Lauda 1 0 Germany Michael Schumacher

Age 46 years, 43 years, 40 years, 39 years, 39 years, 38 years, 38 years, 36 years, 35 years,

41 days 308 days 155 days 262 days 8 days 214 days 193 days 26 days 242 days

Season 1957 1950 1966 1968 1992 1993 1978 1996 1984 2004

35 years, 239 days

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Germany Michael Schumacher Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio France Alain Prost Australia Jack Brabham United Kingdom Jackie Stewart Austria Niki Lauda Brazil Nelson Piquet Brazil Ayrton Senna Italy Alberto Ascari United Kingdom Jim Clark United Kingdom Graham Hill Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Finland Mika Hkkinen Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Giuseppe Farina United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn United States Phil Hill United Kingdom John Surtees New Zealand Denny Hulme Austria Jochen Rindt United Kingdom James Hunt United States Mario Andretti

7 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1994, 2001, 2002, 1951, 1956, 1985, 1993 1959, 1969, 1975, 1981, 1988, 1952, 1963, 1962, 1972, 1998, 2005, 1950 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1976 1978

1995, 2000, 2003, 2004 1954, 1955, 1957 1986, 1989, 1960, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1990, 1953 1965 1968 1974 1999 2006 1966 1973 1984 1987 1991 24th 2nd 21st 5th 11th 14th 19th 22nd 3rd 8th 7th 13th 27th 28th 1st 4th 6th 9th 10th 12th 15th 16th

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

South Africa Jody Scheckter Australia Alan Jones Finland Keke Rosberg United Kingdom Nigel Mansell United Kingdom Damon Hill Canada Jacques Villeneuve Finland Kimi Rikknen United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Jenson Button

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1979 1980 1982 1992 1996 1997 2007 2008 2009

17th 18th 20th 23rd 25th 26th 29th 30th 31st

A Grand Slam title is a championship won at one of the four tennis tournaments that comprise the tennis Grand Slam. These tournaments, often referred to collectively as "Grand Slam tournaments", are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Most Grand Slam combined titles (all time) In the following tables: * "S" means singles. * "D" means same gender doubles. * "M" means mixed doubles. Men # 1 2 3 = 5 6 7 8 = 10 = = = = Player Roy Emerson (AUS) John Newcombe (AUS) Frank Sedgman (AUS) Todd Woodbridge (AUS) Bill Tilden (USA) Rod Laver (AUS) Jack Bromwich (AUS) Neale Fraser (AUS) Jean Borotra (FRA) Fred Stolle (AUS) John McEnroe (USA) Jack Crawford (AUS) Adrian Quist (AUS) Ken Rosewall (AUS) S 12 7 5 0 10 11 2 3 4 2 7 6 3 8 D 16 17 9 16 6 6 13 11 9 10 9 6 14 9 M 0 2 8 6 5 3 4 4 5 5 1 5 0 0 Total 28 26 22 22 21 20 19 18 18 17 17 17 17 17

Women # 1 2 3 4

Player Margaret Court (AUS) Martina Navrtilov (USA) Billie Jean King (USA) Margaret Osborne duPont (USA)

S 24 18 12 6

D 19 31 16 21

M 19 10 11 10

Total 62 59 39 37

5 = 7 8 9 10 11 12 = = 15 16 17 = =

Louise Brough Clapp (USA) Doris Hart (USA) Helen Wills Moody (USA) Elizabeth Ryan (USA) Serena Williams (USA) Steffi Graf (GER) Pam Shriver (USA) Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)[1] Chris Evert (USA) Venus Williams (USA) Natasha Zvereva (BLR) Maria Bueno (BRA) Shirley Fry Irvin (USA) Jana Novotn (TCH) Gigi Fernndez (PR)

6 6 19 0 13 22 0 8 18 7 0 7 4 1 0

21 14 9 19 12 1 21 8 3 12 18 11 12 12 17

8 15 3 11 2 0 1 5 0 2 2 1 1 4 0

35 35 31 30 27 23 22 21 21 21 20 19 17 17 17

Most Grand Slam singles titles (open era): The following tables list the persons who have won at least five Grand Slam singles title during his or her career since the beginning of the open era. Men Rank 1 2 3 4 = = = 8 = 10 = AUS 4 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 3 2 2 FRA 1 0 6 1 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 WIM 6 7 5 1 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 USA 5 5 0 2 5 3 0 4 1 1 2 Total 16 14 11 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 Winning span 2003 2010 1990 2002 1974 1981 1992 2003 1974 1983 1984 1990 2005 2010 1979 1984 1982 1988 1985 1996 1985 1992 WSYears 8 13 8 12 10 7 6 6 7 12 8

Name Roger Federer Pete Sampras Bjrn Borg Andre Agassi Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl Rafael Nadal John McEnroe Mats Wilander Boris Becker Stefan Edberg

Country Switzerland United States Sweden United States United States Czechoslov akia Spain United States Sweden Germany Sweden

Women Rank Name

Country

AUS

FRA

WIM

USA

Total

Winnin g

WSYears

1 2 = 4 5 6 7 8 = =

Steffi Graf Martina Navratilova Chris Evert Serena Williams Margaret Court Monica Seles Billie Jean King Justine Henin Evonne Goolagong Cawley Venus Williams

German y United States United States United States Australi a United States United States Belgium Australi a United States

4 3 2 5 4 4 0 1 4 0

6 2 7 1 3 3 1 4 1 0

7 9 3 4 1 0 4 0 2 5

5 4 6 3 3 2 3 2 0 2

22 18 18 13 11 9 8 7 7 7

span 1987 1999 1978 1990 1974 1986 1999 2010 1968 1973 1990 1996 1968 1975 2003 2007 1971 1980 2000 2008

13 13 13 12 6 7 8 5 10 9

5 Grand Slam singles titles: Martina Hingis Most wins by Grand Slam event Tournament Event Men All 13 Adrian Quist Singles 6 Roy Emerson Same gender 10 Adrian Quist doubles Australia Mixed doubles All Singles Same gender doubles Mixed doubles All Singles Wimbledon Same gender doubles Mixed doubles United States All Singles 4 Harry Hopman Colin Long

Women 21 Margaret Court 11 Margaret Court 12 Thelma Coyne Long Thelma Coyne Long Nancye Wynne Bolton 4 Daphne Akhurst Cozens Nell Hall Hopman 13 Margaret Court 7 Chris Evert 7 Martina Navrtilov

9 Henri Cochet 6 Bjrn Borg 6 Roy Emerson

France

Ken Fletcher 3 Jean-Claude 4 Margaret Court Barclay Lawrence Billie Jean King 13 20 Doherty Martina Navratilova William Renshaw 7 9 Martina Navrtilov Pete Sampras 9 Todd Woodbridge 12 Elizabeth Ryan Vic Seixas 4 Ken Fletcher Owen Davidson 16 Bill Tilden 7 Bill Larned Bill Tilden 7 Elizabeth Ryan 25 Margaret Osborne duPont

8 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory

Same gender doubles

Mixed doubles

Overall

All Singles Same gender doubles Mixed doubles

Richard Sears Holcombe Ward 6 Richard Sears James Dwight Edwin Fischer Wallace Johnson Bill Tilden 4 William Talbert Marty Riessen Owen Davidson 28 Roy Emerson 16 Roger Federer 17 John Newcombe 11 Owen Davidson

13

Margaret Osborne duPont

8 Margaret Court

62 Margaret Court 24 Margaret Court 31 Martina Navrtilov 19 Margaret Court

OLYMPICS Medalists Medal Name 2 Silver Pritchard, NormanNorman Pritchard* 2 Silver Pritchard, NormanNorman Pritchard* 1 Gold 1 Gold 1 Gold 1 Gold 1 Gold National team National team National team National team National team

Games 1900 Paris 1900 Paris 1928 Amsterda m 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1952 Helsinki

Sport Athletics Athletics Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey

Event Men's 200 metres Men's 200 metre hurdles Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition

3 Bronze 1 Gold 2 Silver 1 Gold 3 Bronze 3 Bronze 1 Gold 3 Bronze 3 Bronze 2 Silver 1 Gold 3 Bronze 3 Bronze

Jadhav, Khashaba DadasahebKhashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav National team National team National team National team National team National team Paes, LeanderLeander Paes Malleswari, KarnamKarnam Malleswari Rathore, Rajyavardhan SinghRajyavardhan Singh Rathore Bindra, AbhinavAbhinav Bindra Kumar, SushilSushil Kumar Singh, VijenderVijender Singh

1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourn e 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico 1972 Munich 1980 Moscow 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2008 Beijing 2008 Beijing

Wrestling Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Field hockey Tennis Weightlifti ng Shooting Shooting Wrestling Boxing

Men's freestyle bantamweight Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's competition Men's singles Women's 69 kg Men's double trap Men's 10m Air Rifle Men's 66 kg Freestyle Men's 75 kg

India at the 2006 Asian Games: Medalists 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 Relay o GEETHA Sati o KAUR Manjeet o KULATHUMMURIYIL Chitra o PARAMANIK Pinki * Kabaddi :: Men * Shooting :: Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Team o JUNG Samresh o KUMAR Vijay o RANA Jaspal * Chess :: Mixed Team's Classical o KONERU Humpy o KRISHNAN Sasikiran o 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) 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 Performance Medal Tally Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze 8 India 10 17 26

Total 53

The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee chose "Orry", a Qatari Oryx, as the official mascot of the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. 2002 Asian Games: Emblem The Great Absolute symbolizes Korea while the blue sea stands for Busan. The emblem expresses the image of development and unity of the Asian people; two dynamic power are closely intertwined, while the wave's shape indicates the character B, the first character of Busan. Mascot The official Mascot of the 14th Asian Games is a sea gull, the city bird of Busan. The mascot's name is "Duria", which means "you and me together" in the Korean language, and expresses 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 at the age of eighteen. Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Grandmaster (GM) in India. S.Vijayalakshmi is the india's first woman grand master in chess. Koneru Humpy has been the First Indian Woman to have received an International Grand Master title in the game of Chess.

Award : Arjuna Award Name Field GL Yadav Yachting Goutam Gambir Cricket Ignace Tirkey Hockey Mangal Singh Champia Archery Table Poulomi Ghatak tennis Ronjan Sodhi Shooting Saina Nehwal Badminton Satish Joshy Rowing Sinimol Paulose Athletics Surinder Kaur Hockey Tania Sachdev Chess Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Alka Tomar Wrestling Anup Sridhar Badminton Arjun Atwal Golf Avneet Kaur Sidhu Shooting Bajrang Lal Thakkar Rowing Chitra K. Soman Athletics Dronavalli Harika Chess K. Tombi Devi Judo

Year 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008

Prabhjot Singh Varghese Johnson Alka Tomar Anup Sridhar Arjun Atwal Avneet Kaur Sidhu Bajranglal Takhar Chitra K Soman Farman Basha Harika Dronavalli Johnson Varghese Prabhjot Singh Tombi Devi Anjum Chopra Chetan Anand Geeta Rani Geetika Jakhar Jayanta Talukdar Jyoti Sunita Kullu

Hockey Boxing Wrestling Badminton Golf Shooting Rowing Athletics Physically Handicaped Chess Boxing Hockey Judo Cricket Badminton Weightlifting Wrestling Archery Women's Hockey

2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

Award : Dronacharya Award Name Baldev Singh J.Udayakumar Jaidev Bisht Pullela Gopichand Satpal G.E.Sreedharan Jagdish Singh Jagminder Singh Sanjeeva Singh Damodaran Chandralal Koneru Ashok R.D. Singh Balwan Singh Hony. Captain M Venu Ismail Baig Maha Singh Rao Arvind Savur Cyrus M. Poncha Gurcharan Singh Field Hockey Kabaddi Boxing Badminton Wrestling Volleyball Boxing Wrestling Archery Boxing Chess Athletics Kabaddi Boxing Rowing Wrestling Billiards Squash Boxing Yea r 200 9 200 9 200 9 200 9 200 9 200 8 200 8 200 8 200 8 200 6 200 6 200 6 200 5 200 5 200 5 200 5 200 4 200 4 200

Sunita Sharma Anoop Kumar Rajinder Singh Robert Bobby George Sukhchain Singh Cheema E.Prasad Rao H.D.Motivala Jaswant Singh M.K.Kaushik Renu Kohli Machael Joseph Ferreira Sunny Thomas Bhupender Dhawan Gurdial Singh Bhangu Hansa Sharma Phadke Gopal Purushottam S.M.Arif Ajai Kumar Sirohi Guru Ken Bosen Hawa Singh Bahadur Singh

Cricket Boxing Hockey Athletics Wrestling Kabaddi Yachting Athletics Hockey Athletics Billiards Social Work Power lifting Hockey Weightliftin g Kho- kho Badminton Weightliftin g Athletics Boxing Athletics

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Tour de France: The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than 3,600 kilometres (2,200 mi) and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are aggregated to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears a yellow jersey.[1] The course changes every year, but the race has always finished in Paris. Since 1975, the climax of the final stage has been along the Champs-lyses. Prize money has always been awarded. From 20,000 old francs the first year,[94] prize money has increased each year, although from 1976 to 1987 the first prize was an apartment offered by a race sponsor. The first prize in 1988 was a car, a studio-apartment, a work 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 jersey competitions each win 25,000, the white jersey competition and the combativity prize 20,000, and 50,000 for the winner of the overall team standings (calculated by adding the cumulative times of the best three riders in each team).[96] The Souvenir Henri Desgrange, in memory of the founder of the Tour, is awarded to the first rider over the col du Galibier where his monument stands,[96] or to the first rider over the highest col in the Tour. In 2008 it was awarded for traversing the col de la Bonette. A similar award 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 consecutive years). 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 was Romain Maes, 21 in 1935. The oldest winner was Firmin Lambot, aged 36 in 1922. Next oldest were Henri Plissier (1923) and Gino Bartali (1948), both 34. Gino Bartali holds the longest time span between titles, having earned his first and last Tour victories 10 years apart (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.