Monthly Sports News : March 2015

   

 Monthly Sports News : March 2015

1.Rafael Nadal of Spain won the Argentina Tennis Open

2.Jagmohan Dalmiya unanimously elected as President of BCCI

3.Roger Federer won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships

4.Mary Kom to quit boxing after 2016 Rio Olympics

5.Australia created the record for highest ever score of 417 in Cricket World Cup

6.Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara announced retirement from Test cricket

7.United Arab Emirates won the bid to host AFC Asian Cup 2019

8.Kumar Sangakkara created history by scoring four successive centuries in a Cricket World Cup.

9.Karnataka clinched eighth Ranji title of cricket

10.Kidambi Srikanth won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title of Badminton

11.Lewis Hamilton of Britain won Australian Grand Prix of Formula One

12.Sri Lankan duo Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara retired from ODI cricket

13.Ramachandran appointed as vice-chair of International Relations Commission of ANOC

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president N Ramachandran was appointed vice-chair of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) international relations commission.

14.Mahendra Singh Dhoni became first Indian Captain to register 100 ODI wins

15.Pakistani cricketers Misbah-ul-Haq, Shaid Afridi retired from ODI cricket

16.Martin Guptill scored the highest-ever score of 237 in Cricket World Cup history

17.Novak Djokovic won Indian Wells Open Tennis Men's Singles title

18.Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the women doubles title of BNP Paribas Tennis Open

19.Saina, Srikant won India Open Super Series Badminton Women's & Men's Singles titles

20.Australia defeated New Zealand to win ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

21.Michael Clarke retired from ODI cricket

22.Daniel Vettori retired from all forms of International Cricket