1) Indian Archers Deepika, Bombayla, Laxmirani Named For Rio Olympics.
- A three-member Indian women`s archery team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi was named for the Rio Olympics.
- India`s women archers earned three individual berths and a team quota by virtue of the team`s performance at the World Championships in Copenhagen in 2015.
- Archery Association of India (AAI) selected Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi to represent India in the games.
- During a series of selection trails, they underwent rigorous six stages of selection trials and training.
2) Women`s 4x100m relay team breaks 18-year-old national record.
- The Indian 4x100m Women relay team broke the 18-year-old National record to finish in 4th position at the IAAF World Challenge held in Beijing, China.
- The 4x100m women relay team comprising Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, H.M. Jyoti and Merlin Joseph clocked 44.03s to finish the race.
- The clocked time broke the 18-year-old record of 44.43s created by the quartet of Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, EB Shyla and PT Usha on July 22, 1998, in Fukuoka, Japan.
- The China A and the China B team grabbed the first and third position respectively while Japan finished second.
3) Sevilla wins third straight Europa League title.
- Spanish football club Sevilla FC defeated English football club Liverpool 3-1 in the 2016 UEFA Europa League Final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland.
- Daniel Sturridge had given the Reds the lead in the first half before Sevilla stormed back in the second half to score thrice and defend their title.
- Kevin Gameiro scored one goal and Coke grabbed a brace for Sevilla.
- Daniel Sturridge was the only scorer for Liverpool, which also made him the first English player to score in the Europa League final since 2001.
4) FC Barcelona wins La Liga Champions Parade 2016.
- FC Barcelona has retained the Spanish league title La Liga with 3-0 score against Granada in the final match.
- Luis Suarez finished as top scorer, being the first player apart from Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to do so since the 2008–09 season.
- It is Barcelona FC’s fifth straight win and eighth league title in 12 seasons. Football Club Real Madrid finished second with a 2-0 win over Deportivo.
- Real Madrid had won the title for a record 32 times and Barcelona has won it 24 times.
About La liga:
- La Liga is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system.
- It is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams relegated to the Segunda Division and replaced by the top two teams in that division plus the winner of a play-off.
5) Former world number one Roger Federer withdraws from French Open.
- Roger Federer’s incredible 17-year run of grand-slam appearances is over after he pulled out of the French Open.
- The 34-year-old did not play in the Madrid Open after hurting his back during practice for the tournament.
- Federer returned for the Italian Open but was beaten in the third round by Dominic Thiem.
- The former world number one returned for the Monte Carlo Masters and reached the quarter-finals, where he was beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
- Federer, winner of the 2009 French Open, has played in just four events in 2016.
- Skipping the French Open will give Federer more time to prepare for Wimbledon, a tournament he has won a record-tying seven times.
- Because of Federer’s withdrawal from the tournament in Paris, nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal will move up to No. 4 in the seedings, meaning he will avoid a possible quarterfinal match against top-ranked Novak Djokovic.
6) Suicide bomber`s brother wins European gold.
- Belgian Mourad Laachraoui has won gold in the European Taekwondo Championships. Now he will compete in this summer`s Rio Olympics.
- He has beaten Spaniard Jesus Tortosa 6-3 in the 54 kg final in Montreux, Switzerland.
- He has won silver medal at the Summer Universiades in 2015 and has qualified for the Rio Games in August.
- He is the brother of Najim Laachraoui, was one of the two suicide bombers who struck Brussels airport on March 22, while a third attacker blew himself up at on a metro train, with the two attacks killing 32 people.
7) Denmark beat Indonesia to win first Thomas Cup title.
- Denmark has won the 2016 Thomas Cup badminton tournament. In the final match played at Kunshan, China, the Danish team defeated Indonesia 3-2.
- Ending a 67-year wait, this was Denmark’s first ever win in the international tournament.
- Denmark is also the first European nation to win the Thomas Cup.
- The final was Indonesia and Denmark`s fifth meeting in the Thomas Cup final, with Indonesia having won on all previous occasions, in 1964, 1973, 1979 and 1996.
- The Uber Cup (Women’s World Team Championships) was won by China. In the final, China defeated South Korea 3-1. This was China’s 14th Uber title.
- Indian women`s team won bronze title at the Championship.
About Thomas Cup:
- The Thomas Cup known as Men’s World Team Championships is an international badminton competition. It was first staged in 1948-49.
- The Uber Cup or Women’s World Team Championships was added for the first time in 1956-57.
- Thomas Cup, taking place every three years, was the BWF’s first major international tournament.
8) Mohun Bagan floors Aizawl, wins 14th Fed Cup title.
- The Mohun Bagan has clinched the Federation Cup title for the 14th time.
- In the final played at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, Bagan defated Aizwal FC 5-0.
- The Kolkata giant produced one of its finest runs of success, scoring 17 goals and conceding just two in the five matches it played in the tournament and in the process extending the record of winning the title to 14.
- Bagan won this tournament after a gap of 8 years (in 2008), when it defeated Dempo 1-0.
- In the quarterfinals, the Aizwal FC defeated the I-League champions Bengaluru FC. In semi-finals, it defeated Sporting Clube de Goa to book its place in the final for the first time.
9) Pankaj Advani wins Asian 6-Red Snooker title.
- Pankaj Advani of India created history in Abu Dhabi by winning the Asian 6 Red Snooker title.
- Advani thus became the first in the world to hold both world and continental titles in 6-red snooker at the same time.
- The double International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Six-Red Snooker Champion stamped his authority again in the short format of the game, defeating top seeded Malaysian Keen Hoh Moh by 7-5.
- He is the first cueist in the world to win the Grand double three times in 2005 and 2008 respectively.
- Advani will now spearhead the Indian challenge in the team event with Aditya Mehta, Manan Chandra and Kamal Chawla.
10) Rio 2016 Olympics medal winners to be considered for Khel Ratna, Arjuna.
- The Sports Ministry has stated that the winners from the upcoming Rio Games will be considered for Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards 2016.
- The step has been taken to ensure that Olympic medalists get immediate recognition. So that athletes need not wait for one full year after their medal-winning performances at the Olympic Games.
- The medal winners in individual events who have already not been conferred with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in the past will be considered for the highest sporting honour.