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Sports is Very Important tropic in General knowledge. In every government exam Sports and Trophies repetition is common nowadays, especially in staffs selecting exam this tropic is favorite for teachers. This tropic divided into two parts Static part and Current Affairs.
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🔰 ICC 🔰
● International Cricket Council.
● Formation - 1909
● HQ - Dubai, UAE
Important Trophies in Cricket
The domestic competitions include: -
■ CK Nayudu Trophy
■ Ranji Trophy
■ Duleep Trophy
■ Vijay Hazare Trophy
■ Deodhar Trophy
■ Irani Trophy
■ NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
■ Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
■ Rani Jhansi Trophy
■ Cooch Behar Trophy
■ Vijay Merchant Trophy
■ Vinoo Mankad Trophy (Mankading rule in cricket
was named after him)
■ The Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup
■ The Sheesh Mahal Cricket Tournament
Ranji Trophy
● First edition - 1934.
● The Ranji Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in India between multiple
teams representing regional and state cricket associations.
● The competition currently consists of 38 teams , with all 28 states in India and four of the eight
union territories having at least one representation. The competition is named after the first Indian
cricketer who played international cricket , Ranjitsinhji , who was also known as 'Ranji'.
Duleep Trophy
● First edition : 1961-62.
● Trophy is named after Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji of Nawanagar (also known as 'Duleep'), the competition was
originally contested by teams representing geographical zones of India. Since 2016–17 it has been played by teams
chosen by BCCI selectors.
● Currently only 3 teams play in this tournament - India Blue, India Green and India Red.
Vijay Hazare Trophy
● First edition : 2002–03
● The Vijay Hazare Trophy, also known as the Ranji One-Day Trophy , was started in 2002–03 as a limited-overs cricket
domestic competition involving state teams from the Ranji Trophy plates.
● It is named after the famous Indian cricketer Vijay Hazare.
● He led India to its first ever Test cricket win (and the only victory under his captaincy) in 1951–52 against England at Madras.
Deodhar Trophy
● First edition: 1973-74
● The Deodhar Trophy is a List A cricket competition in Indian domestic cricket.
● It is named after Prof. D. B. Deodhar (known as the Grand Old Man of Indian cricket) is a 50-over knockout
competition played on an annual basis among the 3 national level teams - India A, India B and India C.
Irani Trophy
● First edition: 1959–60
● The Z. R. Irani Cup (earlier called Irani Trophy) tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 season to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy championship and was named after the late Z. R. Irani , who was associated
with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from its inception in 1928, till his death in 1970.
Rani Jhansi Trophy
● Rani of Jhansi Women's (Inter-zonal) Tournament 1999/00 with live cricket scores.
Cooch Behar Trophy
● It is India's national cricket tournament for under-19 players.
Vijay Merchant Trophy - Under 16 tournament.
Vinoo Mankad Trophy - Under 19 tournament.
🔰 HOCKEY 🔰
● Formation - 1924
● HQ - Lausanne, Switzerland
Trophies :
● Aga Khan Gold Cup hockey
● Beighton Cup
● Dhyan Chand Trophy
● Lady Ratan Tata Trophy (Women)
● Murugappa Gold Cup
● Tommy Emar Cup
● Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament
Beighton Cup
● Beighton Cup Kolkata has the distinction of hosting the Beighton Cup - the oldest hockey tournament in India.
● The Beighton Cup, held in Kolkata from 1895, and the Aga Khan Cup, held in Mumbai since 1896, are the
fore-runners of all hockey tournaments in India.
● The Beighton Cup is organised by the Bengal Hockey Association, and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan ground
every April. The Aga Khan Cup is organized by the Bombay Gymkhana, and is held on their grounds in downtown Mumbai.
Rangaswami Cup
● The Rangaswami Cup is associated with hockey. Introduced in 1928, the Rangaswami Cup, was originally known as
the Inter-Provincial Tournament meant to pick up players for the national team for the Olympics.
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
● It is an annual international men's field hockey tournament held in Malaysia . It began in 1983 as a biennial contest.
The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity. The tournament is named
after the ninth King of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah.
Some other tournaments
● Bombay Gold Cup
● Stanley Cup
● Obaid Ullah Khan Gold Cup
● Scindia Gold Cup
● Begam Rasul Trophy - (Begum Qudsia Aizaz Rasul was the only Muslim woman in the Constituent Assembly of India that drafted the Constitution of India)
● Shri Mohd. Shahid Hockey Tournament
● Sir B P Singh Hockey Tournament
● Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament
🔰 FOOTBALL 🔰
✓ Football is played at Country level and at Club level.
✓ Countries - Germany, Spain, Brazil, France, Belgium, England, Portugal, Italy, etc.
✓ Clubs - Real Madrid FC (Spain), FC Barcelona (Spain), Liverpool FC (England), Manchester United FC (England),
FC Bayern Munich (Germany), Juventus FC (Italy), A C Milan (Italy), etc.
✓ Country level Tournaments - FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro Cup, UEFA Nations League, Copa America, etc.
✓ Club level Tournaments - UEFA Champions League, La liga (Spain), Bundesliga (Germany), English Premier
League (England), Serie A (Italy), etc.
✓ FIFA HQ - Zurich, Switzerland.
FIFA's six confederations represent different regions of the world:
■ UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)
■ CAF (Confederation of African Football)
■ CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football)
■ CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)
■ OFC (Oceania Football Confederation)
■ AFC (Asian Football Confederation)
■ UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)
■ CAF (Confederation of African Football)
■ CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football)
■ CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)
■ OFC (Oceania Football Confederation)
■ AFC (Asian Football Confederation)
Major Football Tournaments:
● FIFA World Cup (Winner of this determines Best Football playing Country of the World)
● FIFA Confederations Cup (Winners of all Confederations play together in this)
● AFC Asian Cup
● Africa Cup of Nations
● Copa América
● CONCACAF Gold Cup
● OFC Nations Cup
● Colombo Cup
● Jules Rimet Trophy
● Merdeka Cup
● Rovers Cup
● FA Cup (It is played among Clubs of England)
● IFA Shield
. Dometic Football Tournaments :
■ Federation Cup
■ Durand Cup - Oldest Indian Football Cup
■ Santosh Trophy
■ Bandodkar Trophy
■ Chakola Gold Trophy
■ DCM Trophy
■ Dr B.C. Roy Trophy
■ Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
■ Sait Nagjee Trophy
■ Nizam Gold Cup
■ Staffordshire Senior Cup
■ Subroto Cup
■ Scissors Cup
Some Famous Leagues in Europe :
■ La Liga - Spain (Teams - Real Madrid FC, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla FC, Valencia CF, etc.)
■ Bundesliga – Germany (Teams - FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, FC Schalke 04, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, etc.)
■ English Premier League - England (Teams - Liverpool FC, Manchester United FC, Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Manchester City FC, etc.)
■ Serie A – Italy (Teams - Juventus FC, A C Milan, Inter Milan, Napoli, A S Roma, etc.)
■ Ligue 1 - France (Teams - Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC, Olympique Lyonnais, etc.)
Some Other Tournaments :
● All India Kalinga Cup
● Lotlikar Cup
● Vittal Trophy
● Todd Memorial Trophy
● Chakola Gold Trophy
● Raghbir Singh Memorial
● Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy
🔰 CHESS 🔰
● Tata Steel chess tournament, Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands).
● Linares
● Hastings International Chess Congress
● Gibraltar International Chess Festival
● Cairns Cup
● Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting (Germany)
● Sinquefield Cup (USA)
● Tal Memorial (named after Michail Tal, eighth World Chess Champion)
● Aeroflot Open
● Capablanca Memorial (named after José Raúl Capablanca, World Chess Champion)
● Alekhine Memorial
● Bilbao Chess Masters Final (Spain)
🔰 TABLE TENNIS 🔰
● Corbillon Cup
● Swaythling Cup
● Jayalaxmi Cup
● Rajkumari Challenge Cup
● Barna-Bellack Cup
● Ramanujan Trophy
● Maharaja Pithapuram cup
🔰 BOXING 🔰
Witch Cup.
International Boxing Association or AIBA HQ - Lausanne, Switzerland.
Bridge (card game)
Holkar Trophy
🔰 BASKETBALL 🔰
Basalat Jha Trophy, S. M. Arjuna Raja trophy, Bangalore Blues Challenge Cup, Austiger Cup.
Boat racing (Kerala)
Nehru Trophy - Vembanad Kol.
🔰 Weight-lifting 🔰
Burdwan Trophy
All India Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Gold Cup Women's Hockey Tournament.
Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Gold Cup – Polo
🔰 VOLLEYBALL 🔰
✓ M. M. Joseph Trophy
✓ Indira Pradhan Trophy
✓ Shivanthi Gold Cup
✓ Poornima Trophy
🔰 POLO 🔰
● U.S. Open Polo Championship
● Cartier Queen’s Cup
● Argentine Polo Open Championship
● USPA Aspen World Snow Polo Championships
● Maharaj Prithi Singh Baria Cup
● East Coast Open, Greenwich Polo Club.
● Beach Polo Cup
● Radha Mohan Rajinder Mohan Cup
● Ezra Cup - The Ezra Cup is a popular polo tournament conducted
annually in India by the Calcutta Polo Club.
🔰 GOLF 🔰
PGA Tour HQ – Florida, USA
PGA - Professional Golfers' Association.
The men's major golf championships (4 most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf)
✓ Masters Tournament - Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S. (Winner of this gets a
Green Color Jacket)
✓ PGA Championship, U.S.
✓ U.S. Open
✓ The Open Championship (British Open), Oldest golf tournament in the world - 1860
Some other Tournaments
● Genesis Open
● FedEx Cup
● RBC Canada Cup
● Eisenhower Trophy
● Nomura Cup
● President’s Cup
● Walker Cup
🔰 BADMINTON 🔰
Badminton World Federation (BWF) HQ - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Major Badminton Tournaments
● Thomas Cup
● Uber Cup
● Sudirman Cup
● Malaysia Masters
● All England Open Badminton Championships (Yonex Cup)
● Indonesia Masters
● Spain Masters
All England Open Badminton Championships
● It is the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament. Played annually, it developed after the success of the world's first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898 .
●The Thomas Cup , sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team (Male and Female player in the same team) badminton championship which takes place every two years.
●The Uber Cup , sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women , is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams.
Some Other Domestic Tournaments :
● Amrit Diwan Cup
● Gulab Rai Chadha Cup
● Ibrahim Rahimtoola Cup
● Dr. Dev Raj Narang Cup
● Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Cup
● Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup
● Ramaswamy Cup
● Amrit Diwan Cup
● Gulab Rai Chadha Cup
● Ibrahim Rahimtoola Cup
● Dr. Dev Raj Narang Cup
● Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Cup
● Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup
● Ramaswamy Cup
🔰 TENNIS 🔰
✓ The International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) is the governing body of world tennis, HQ – London.
✓ The Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits. HQ –London.
✓ The Women's Tennis Association ( WTA ) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis. HQ –Florida, USA.
Major Tennis Tournaments (also known as Grand Slams)
■ Australian Open
■ French Open (Roland Garros)
■ Wimbledon
■ US Open
➡️ Australian Open – Australia
● Surface - Outdoor Hard
● Tennis Rod Laver Arena
● Rod Laver is an Australian former tennis player.
➡️ French Open – Rolland Garros, France
● Surface - Outdoor Clay
● Philippe-Chatrier court
● Rolland Garros was French aviator.
➡️ Wimbledon – England ( Oldest, 1877 )
● Surface - Outdoor Grass
➡️ US Open – USA
● Surface - Outdoor Hard
● USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
(Flushing Meadows), Arthur Ashe stadium, Louis
Armstrong Stadium
The Professional Tournaments in tennis are :
✓ The Summer Games
✓ BNP Paribas Open
✓ ATP Finals
✓ WTA Finals
Davis Cup – World cup of tennis
● The Davis Cup - is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It began in 1900 as a challenge between Great Britain and the United States.
Laver Cup - The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's tennis tournament between two teams: Team Europe
and Team World , the latter of which is composed of players from non-European countries.
Hopman Cup (ATP Cup) - The Hopman Cup was an international 8-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament which featured mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis.
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