1) Shubham Jaglan won IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event 2015.

• Shubham, who is the son of a milkman from rural Haryana, India, has broken all stereotypes and won the IJGA (International Junior Golf Academy) World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas.
• He shot a three round score of 106 winning by a five-stroke margin, ahead of two Americans Justin Dang and Sihan Sandhu and Thailand`s Pongsapak Laopakdee for the Boys 9-10 years category title.

• 20-year old Indian-American Amitoj Chhabra won the junior title at the latest United States Powerlifting Association National Championships in Las Vegas.
• In this championship, Chhabra had squatted 485 pounds, bench pressed 325 and had dead-lifted 573.

3) Government constitutes `All India Council of Sports`.

• Government of India has constituted `All India Council of Sports`. The council will be an advisory body for the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
• The council may organize national, international conferences, seminars, symposia etc, for promotion of sports and games in the country.
• The Council will be headed by a President in the rank of Minister of State and will include four Members of Parliament
• Appointments of the President and members of the Council other than ex-officio members shall be made by the Government.

1. Popularizing sports amongst the youth as a way of life
2. Increasing outreach of sports to rural and tribal areas, areas affected by left wing extremism, north east and Jammu & Kashmir.
3. Matters relating to promotion of inclusiveness in sports with special focus on women, differently-abled, tribals etc.
4. Preventing drug abuse in sports, fraud of age and sexual harassment of women in sports.
5. Issues arising out of match fixing and other malpractices in competitive sports.
6. Integration of sports in educational curriculum in schools, colleges and universities.

• Oman and Afghanistan have grabbed the last two places in next year`s ICC World Twenty20 tournament in India.
• Afghanistan overcame Papua New Guinea by six wickets with 10 balls to spare at Malahide, Dublin, to qualify for the event for the fourth successive time.
• Oman then beat Namibia by five wickets at the same venue to qualify for their first major global cricket tournament.
• Oman are coached by former Sri Lanka captain Duleep Mendis, and have also recently recruited ex-England all-rounder Derek Pringle as a technical advisor.

• Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany won Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
• The second and third place was taken by Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat of Russian and Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo of Australia respectively.
• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain came in at sixth position.
• Chris Froome wins second Tour de France title.
• British cyclist Chris Froome from Team Sky of Britain, won 102nd Tour de France in a three-week slog of furious race around the Champs Elysees, Paris.
• The Team Sky now has three victories in its pocket. The first vistory was marked by former Team Sky leader Bradley Wiggins claiming the 2012 edition, followed the two victories of Froome in 2013 and 2015.

• Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland allowed Indian women athlete Dutee Chand to compete in women’s event.
• Sprinter Dutee Chand from Chaka Gopalpur village in Orissa.
• The historic verdict was given by CAS chaired by Justice Annabelle Claire Bennett (Federal Court of Australia). In its verdict, CAS suspended the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation governing eligibility of females with naturally-occurring Hyperandrogenism.
• On July 18 2014, the Athletics Federation of India had removed Dutee’s name from the team for the Commonwealth Games after she was tested for hyperandrogenism .
• Divij and Skupski pair Takes Crown.
• Divij Sharan(Indian), partnering Ken Skupski of Britain, clinched the doubles title in the Euro 42,500 men’s Challenger tennis tournament in Recanati,Italy
• They Defeated Ilija Bozoljac of Serbia and Flavio Cipolla of Italy.
• The title was worth 2650 Euros and 90 ATP points.

7) Working Group Constituted for Re-drafting of the National Sports Development Code of India.

• Justice Mahajan Committee constituted for Re-drafting National Sport Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports constituted a Working Group on re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI).
• The aim of constituting the working group is to make the NSDCI more relevant from both sports governance and legal angles.
• The nine-member Working Group will be headed by Justice C.K. Mahajan (retd.), Former Judge of Delhi High Court.

1. To examine the existing NSDCI from both sports governance and legal angles and fine-tune/ revise the same with the purpose of making it more precise and succinct.
2. To make specific recommendations on preparation of Electoral College and streamlining of State/ District bodies.
3. To make any other recommendations, as deemed fit.
4. The Committee shall submit the revised draft of the NSDCI within three months.

• Russia`s Natalia Ishchenko became the most decorated synchronised swimmer as she won her 21st major medal by taking gold in the individual freestyle at the world championships in Kazan.

1. 16th FINA World Championships are held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015
2. Competitions are held in six sports (swimming, open water swimming, diving and high diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo) in three main competition venues.

• One 97 Communications, owners of Paytm, acquired the title sponsorship rights for India’s domestic and international cricket matches at home for a period of four years with a bid price of Rs. 203.28 crore.
• From now on, the domestic Ranji competition will be known as the `Paytm Ranji Trophy`.
• There were only two bidders for the scheduled 84 matches (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) in India during the upcoming seasons as the rights have been awarded till 2019.
• Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & CEO of Paytm.

1) Champions League T20 scrapped with immediate effect.

• Champions League T20 was scrapped due to lack of interest or poor response of the fans and popularity of the tournament and difficulty in managing it.
• The Governing Council of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) has confirmed that the CLT20 competition will be discontinued.
• The Governing Council of the CLT20, comprising representatives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA).

1. The Champions League Twenty20, also referred to as the CLT20, was an annual international Twenty20 cricket competition played between the top domestic teams from major cricketing nations.
2. First tournament: 2009.
3. Last tournament: 2014.
4. The League is jointly owned by BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa.
5. 2014 edition of the league was won by Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

• The Kerala High Court on observed that the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) was not a public office. KCA is a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
• Justice Muhammed Mustaque gave this ruling while quashing vigilance cases registered against KCA office-bearers, including its President T.C. Mathew.
• The case was registered pursuant to a complaint filed against the KCA’s decision to purchase land for constructing a stadium of international standards in Edakkochi and Thodupuzha.
• In the judgment, the court ruled that since the KCA was not a public office and was not under the legal obligation under any statutory law or government decision to construct a stadium no complaint would be maintainable against the KCA office-bearers.

• Bangladesh won the three match One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa 2-1 played in Bangladesh.
• In the third and final match of the series Bangladesh defeated South Africa by 9 wickets Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L method).
• Man of the Series: Soumya Sarkar (Bangladesh).
• About Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB):
• Established: 1972.
• Headquarters: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Chairman: AHM Mustafa, Kamal.
• Coach: Chandika Hathurusingha.

4) AAI (Archery Association of India) forms committee to probe University Games fiasco.

• The Archery Association of India (AAI) formed a three-member enquiry committee to investigate into the men`s compound archers` failure to turn up at a bronze medal play-off in the World University Games held in Gwangju, Korea.
• The committee comprises AAI secretary general Anil Kamineni, Treasurer

• They will probe into the reasons as to why the men`s compound archery team failed to appear for the bronze medal match at the World University Games.
• As per the World Archery rules if a team is not present at the start of a final match then that game is forfeited.
• Besides, AAI also barred the concerned coaches from any international assignment till the outcome of the report.

• France`s Amelie Mauresmo, a two-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one, was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
• At present, she coaches Scottish professional tennis player Andy Murray. She is also the first woman to coach a top male tennis player.
• Besides, Australia’s six-time Paralympic medallist David Hall was also induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. 

1. Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has been given a 12 month ban from bowling in international cricket after his action was found to be illegal for the second time.
2. The assessment was carried out at the Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai.

7) Dibaba breaks 1500m world record in monaco.

• The BCCI has formed a working group to study the Lodha panel`s verdict relating to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal and instructed it to present its findings in six weeks.
• The group comprises IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry and IPL governing council member Sourav Ganguly, and will be assisted by Usha Nath Bannerjee, the board`s legal counsel.
• The decision to form a working group was taken at the crucial IPL Governing Council meeting in Mumbai where members discussed the Lodha Committee`s order, suspending Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for two years in the IPL.

• The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council (GC) members favour fresh bids for two new teams for Chennai and Jaipur to replace Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for the next two editions of the IPL.
• This bid will be for two years. In 2018, the IPL will call for fresh bids for all teams as the franchises were sold for 10 years in the first auction in 2008.
• Eden Gardens to host ICC World Twenty20 final.
• Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) announced the venues that will host the men’s and women’s ICC World T20 2016. The big-ticket event will be played in India from 11th-3rd April, 2016.
• Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host the event finale, Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamshala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi will be the venues for the matches.

1) Inderjeet wins gold.

• Inderjeet Singh won the country’s first ever gold in athletics at the Universiade, in shot put, in Gwangju, Korea.
• The 27-year-old Inderjeet had won the silver at the last World University Games in Kazan, Russia, in 2013. It was the fifth successive gold medal in international competition for Inderjeet this year. He had won the Asian championship and the three Asian Grand Prix meets. It was his seventh gold medal this season, starting with the National Games in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• India battered New Zealand by nine wickets to win their five-match women’s One-day International series 3-2 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Banglaore.
• It was India’s first ODI series victory since January 2014, when it had crushed South Africa 3-0.

• Ministry to study status of SAI training centers.
• The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports constituted an eight member committee to study status of Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centers across the country.
• The committee will be headed by former athlete Ashwini Nachappa and includes Pullela Gopi Chand as a member among others.
• The committee was formed against the backdrop of suicide attempt by four girl inmates at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) SAG Water Sports centre at Alappuzha, Kerala in May 2015 that resulted in death of one girl trainee.
• The committee was mandated to recommend measures to ensure that such incidents do not occur in future. The committee is mandated to submit its report within 3 months.
• Before finalising on its recommendations, the committee will study the issues related to management of athletes stress levels, quality of food served, timely availability of dietary supplements among others.

4) South African Kagiso Rabada became second bowler to claim hat-trick on ODI debut.

• South Africa debutant Kagiso Rabada became only the second cricketer in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket to claim a hat-trick on ODI debut.
• 20-year-old Johannesburg-born fast bowler claimed a hat-trick in only his second over in a one-day international against Bangladesh in Mirpur. He also recorded the best debut figures in an ODI with 6-16.
• Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the first debutant to take an ODI hat-trick. He achieved the fete in 2014 at Mirpur.

• Serena Williams overcame a slow start, eight double-faults and a nervy finish to beat Garbine Muguruza for her sixth Wimbledon title, fourth Grand Slam championship in a row and 21st major overall.
• The win means Williams holds all four Grand Slam titles at once completing the second “Serena Slam” of her career. What’s more, she secured the third leg of a calendar—year Grand Slam and, if she wins the U.S. Open, will become the first player to sweep all four majors in the same season since Steffi Graf in 1988.
• Williams, winning her 28th straight Grand Slam match, is now just one major title behind Graf on the Open era list and two behind all-time leader Margaret Court Smith.
• At 33, Williams is also the oldest women to win a Grand Slam title in the Open era. She has now won seven major championships in her 30s.

• Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair of Tennis won women’s doubles title at Wimbledon.
• In the title clash played at Centre Court in London, the Indo-Swiss pair defeated Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
• This is Sania`s first-ever women`s doubles Grand Slam title, although she has won three mixed doubles titles at the majors. With this title, Sania also became the first Indian women to win a Wimbledon title.
• Sania is winner of three mixed doubles Grand Slam trophies. She won Australian Open (2009) and French Open (2012) with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and the US Open with Bruno Soares last year. Hingis won the Wimbledon doubles with Helena Sukova in 1996 and Jana Novotna in 1998. 

7) Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title of Wimbledon.

• Defending champion Novak Djokovic won men’s singles title of Wimbledon by defeating Swiss star Roger Federer in the Final clash.
• This was Djokovic’s third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam crown.

• Seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon by defeating the fifth seed Austrian-Hungarian team of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos.
• It was Paes’ 16th Grand Slam trophy and eighth mixed doubles title. Overall it was 18th Major title for the Swiss and third in mixed doubles.
• This was second mixed double win for Paes and Hingis together. They had won the Australian Open in February 2015.

• The eighth seeded Indo-Vietnamese pair Sumit Nagal-Nam Hoang Ly won the 2015 Wimbledon Boys’ Doubles title by defeating fourth seeded USA-Japanese pair Opelka and Akira Santillan in the final match held in London.
• With this win, the 17-year- old Sumit Nagal became the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title.
• Ramanathan Krishnan (1954 Wimbledon), Ramesh Krishnan (1979 French Open and Wimbledon), Leander Paes (1990 Wimbledon and 1999 U.S. Open), Sania Miraza (2003 Wimbledon Girls Doubles) and Yuki Bhambri (2009 Australian Open) are the other junior Grand Slam singles champions from India.

• It was organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletics Association.

1. Kerala topped the table with combined team score (both male and female).
2. Inderjeet Singh of Haryana clinched the gold in discuss throw.
3. Karnataka`s sprinter M.R. Poovamma won her fifth straight title in women`s 400m, while Tamil Nadu`s Rajiv Arokia claimed the men`s 400m gold.
4. Poovamma was declared as the best women athlete of the meet.
5. In men`s 110m hurdles, Prem Kumar opened new entrant Telengana`s gold medal followed by Pinto Mathew (Kerala) and J Thiyagarajan (TN).

• Hiken Shah, who has played 32 Ranji Trophy matches for Mumbai, four for Jammu & Kashmir and one for West Zone has been suspended from playing cricket by the BCCI.
• BCCI suspended him after he was found guilty of breaching BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Code for participants.
• Hiken Shah was accused for making a corrupt approach to a fellow player from first-class cricket, who is also a member of one of the IPL teams. The approached player immediately informed the incident to his franchise team.

• Justice RM Lodha-headed panel on IPL Betting Scandal 2013 suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) for two years. Suspension of two times IPL champion CSK and inaugural winner RR comes with immediate effect.
• RR was suspended on account of being directly responsible for putting the game into disrepute and Raj Kundra`a action was unacceptable.
• CSK was suspended by the panel citing operation rules as CSK or India Cements took no action against Meiyappan.
• The panel also suspended Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra from all cricket matches for life as they were found guilty of illegal betting. They both acted contrary to the spirit of the game.

1. The three-member Lodha committee headed by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha was appointed by a Supreme Court Bench on 22 January 2015 to determine the quantum of punishment in the case.
2. The decision to appoint the committee was taken following the submission of the final report of findings of Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee on IPL Spot-fixing in the Supreme Court in November 2014.

1) Sweden beat Portugal to win first Euro U21 title.

• Goalkeeper Patrik Carlgren saved two penalties in a shoot-out to lead Sweden to victory over Portugal and their first European Under-21 title in Prague.
• Portugal swept past Germany 5-0 in the semi-final, but Sweden`s defence proved a harder nut to crack.
• Sweden last played an under-21 final in 1992 and Portugal last played there under-21 final in 1994.

• Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Ajay Ratra, cricketers of distinct style, achievements and fields, chose the same day to call curtains on their first-class careers, but looked ahead with a common goal. They would love to maintain their association with the game by becoming coaches. Kanitkar in East Zone and Ratra in South.
• Kanitkar, a left-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler, played his last Test against Australia in Sydney. He played his last ODI against Australia in Perth in 2000.
• Ratra, a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper, played his last Test match against England at the Oval. He played his last ODI against England at the Oval in 2002.

3) Hamilton gets his hands on a proper trophy.

• Double world champion Lewis Hamilton was handed one of the sport`s most prestigious trophies.
• The Mercedes driver received the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy, awarded annually since 1959 to the most successful British or Commonwealth driver in the previous year`s championship, at Silverstone.
• A roll call of greats have won the trophy in the past, including Australian Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, James Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Jaques Villeneuve and Damon Hill.
• Hamilton won 11 races in 2014 on the way to his second championship.

• Chile won its first Copa America Cup football tournament by defeating 14 time champion Argentina through penalties shootout in Santiago, Chile.
• With this win, Chile ended its 99-year-long wait for a Copa America crown. It was also Chile`s first ever victory over Argentina in the Copa America cup.
• Besides the Copa trophy, there were other awards to recognise both individuals and teams, and the winners in different categories they are
• Santander Fair Play: Peru.
• Kia Motors Golden Gloves: Claudio Bravo (Chile).
• Claro Best Young Player: Jeison Murillo (Colombia).
• Santander Top Scorer: Eduardo Vargas (Chile) and Paolo Guerrero (Peru) scored four goals each.
• The Copa America Cup 2011 was won by Uruguay defeating Peru 3-0 in the final. The 2011 cup was hosted by Argentina.

5) Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won British Grand Prix title.

• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain secured the 2015 Formula 1 British Grand Prix title by winning the final race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.
• While his teammate Nico Rosberg stood second, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was in the third position. Both of them belong to Germany.
• With this win, Hamilton became the second British driver since David Coulthard in 1999-2000 to post successive wins in the race.
• It was third British GP win for the reigning world champion and his fifth in the 2015 season having won the titles in Australia, China, Bahrain and Canada.

• India won the South Asian Basketball (SABA) Championship title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final played at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, Karanataka.
• It was 4th edition of the championships. India was the winner of third SABA Championship.
• With this win, India qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship in China. FIBA Asia Championship will be played in September 2015.
• Top three teams of the championships were India (gold), Sri Lanka (silver) and Nepal (bronze).

• United States of America (USA) won the FIFA Women’s World Cup. In the final played at Vancouver, Canada, US defeated Japan.
• This was third world cup title for the USA and first since 1999.
• England finished on 3rd spot followed by Germany.

1. Adidas Golden Ball: Carli Lloyd (midfielder of USA).
2. Adidas Golden Boot: Celia Sasic (forward of Germany).
3. Adidas Golden Glove: Hope Solo (Goalkeeper of USA).
4. Hyundai YoungPlayer Award: Kadeisha Buchanan (Defender of Canada).
5. Fair Play Award: France.

• World Boxing Organization (WBO) stripped Floyd Mayweather Jr of the Welterweight title which he won by defeating Manny Pacquiao in May 2015.
• He was stripped of the title after he failed to pay the 200000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he won the belt at iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The deadline to make the payment was 3 July 2015.
• He has the chance to appeal against the decision until 20 July 2015.
• According to WBO rules, a boxer should pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions.
• The fight at MGM Grand was the richest boxing fight of all time which made Mayweather richer by a reported 220 million dollars.
• Mayweather is currently also the WBC and WBA champion at junior middleweight (154 lbs), as well as at welterweight (147 lbs).