Sports: June 2024 Current Affairs

Table of Contents
1. England's Brydon Carse Banned for Betting Violations
2. Virat Kohli Receives ICC ODI Player of the Year 2023 Award
3. India's Dinesh Karthik Announces Retirement from All Formats of Cricket
4. Norway Chess: Indian Teenage Chess Sensation R Praggnanandhaa Defeats World Number Two Fabiano Caruana
5. Tanvi Sharma Bags Women's Singles Title at Bonn International Badminton Tournament
6. India's D.P Manu Clinches Gold in Javelin Throw at Taiwan Athletics Open
7. Real Madrid Lifts the Champions League Trophy for the 15th Time
8. Taiwan Athletics Open: India Bags 7 Medals Including 3 Gold, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze
9. All-rounder Kedar Jadhav Retires from All Forms of Cricket
10. Sarabjot Singh Wins Gold at ISSF Munich World Cup 2024
11. Iga Swiątek Wins Women's Singles Title, 3rd Time in a Row at French Open
12. Sift Kaur Samra Bags Bronze Medal in Women's 50m Rifle 3-Position at ISSF Rifle Pistol World Cup
13. Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun Win Norway Chess 2024 Titles
14. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins Men's Singles Title at French Open
15. Sumit Nagapal Wins His 6th ATP Challenger Tennis Title
16. Max Verstappen Wins Canadian GP, Marks 60th F1 Victory
17. Puja Tomar Becomes First Indian to Win in UFC
18. UP to Host 2025 Edition of the MotoGP Bharat in Noida
19. India to Host 2025 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup
20. Divya Deshmukh Wins World Junior Girls' Chess Championship
21. Shruti Vora Becomes First Indian to Win 3-Star GP in Dressage
22. Lockie Ferguson Creates History, Bowls Four Maidens vs PNG at T20 WC 2024
23. Trent Boult Announces Retirement from International Cricket
24. Neeraj Chopra Bags Gold at Paavo Nurmi Games
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England's Brydon Carse Banned for Betting Violations

• England pacer Brydon Carse has been banned for three months from all forms of cricket on Friday, May 31.
• He placed bets on cricket matches between 2017 and 2019.
• The 28-year-old was called into England's 50-over World Cup squad six months ago.
• He received a 16-month sanction, with 13 months suspended, following an anti-corruption investigation by the English game's Cricket Regulator.

Virat Kohli Receives ICC ODI Player of the Year 2023 Award

• Veteran Indian batsman Virat Kohli received the ICC Men's ODI Player of the Year 2023 award on Saturday in New York.
• Kohli is currently with the Men in Blue ahead of the upcoming T-20 World Cup.
• In a video released by the ICC, Kohli is seen posing with the Player of the Year trophy and cap.

India's Dinesh Karthik Announces Retirement from All Formats of Cricket

• Ace Indian wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik announced his retirement from all formats of cricket on June 1.
• He had earlier announced retirement from the Indian Premier League tournament.
• Karthik last played for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2024 Eliminator on May 22.

Norway Chess: Indian Teenage Chess Sensation R Praggnanandhaa Defeats World Number Two Fabiano Caruana

• Indian teenage chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa defeated world number two Fabiano Caruana in round five of the classical chess game on June 1, 2024.
• This victory follows his earlier win against world number one Magnus Carlsen in round three.
• Praggnanandhaa has now entered the top ten of the FIDE World Rankings.

Tanvi Sharma Bags Women's Singles Title at Bonn International Badminton Tournament

• India's Tanvi Sharma won the women's singles title at the Bonn International Badminton Tournament in Germany on June 1.
• The 15-year-old defeated Wang Pei Yu of Taiwan in straight sets, 21-19, 22-20.
• This is Tanvi's first senior title.

India's D.P Manu Clinches Gold in Javelin Throw at Taiwan Athletics Open

• India's DP Manu won the gold medal in men's Javelin throw at the Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 on June 1 with a throw of 81.58 meters.
• Manu secured the top spot in the competition in the sixth and final attempt.
• Chao Tsun Cheng of Chinese Taipei won the silver with a throw of 76.21 meters, and Chao-Hong Huang took the bronze with 71.24 meters.

Real Madrid Lifts the Champions League Trophy for the 15th Time

• Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final to win the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League on June 1.
• The final was played at Wembley Stadium, England.
• This victory marks Real Madrid's 15th Champions League title.

Taiwan Athletics Open: India Bags 7 Medals Including 3 Gold, 3 Silver, and 1 Bronze

• The Indian contingent concluded the Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 with a total of seven medals: 3 golds, 3 silvers, and 1 bronze.
• Nayana James won the gold in women's Long Jump with a jump of 6.43 meters.
• Ankesh Choudhary won gold in Men's 800 meters with a time of 1 minute 50.63 seconds.
• Dev Meena won silver in Men's pole vault with a leap of 5.10 meters.

All-rounder Kedar Jadhav Retires from All Forms of Cricket

• Former Indian all-rounder Kedar Jadhav, aged 39, announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
• Jadhav represented India in ODIs and T20s but never played a Test match.
• He was part of India's 2019 World Cup squad and last played an ODI against New Zealand in February 2020.

Sarabjot Singh Wins Gold at ISSF Munich World Cup 2024

• On June 6, 2024, Sarabjot Singh won India's first medal at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany.
• He scored 242.7 points in the final to win the gold medal in the men's 10-meter air pistol event.
• Shuaihang Bu of China won silver, and Germany's Robin Walter took bronze.

Iga Swiątek Wins Women's Singles Title, 3rd Time in a Row at French Open

• World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland won her third consecutive French Open title by defeating Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 at Roland Garros.
• She became the third woman in the Open era to achieve this feat.

Sift Kaur Samra Bags Bronze Medal in Women's 50m Rifle 3-Position at ISSF Rifle Pistol World Cup

• Sift Kaur Samra won a bronze medal on the final day of the ISSF World Cup in Munich.
• She scored 452.9, narrowly missing silver by 0.1 points to China's Han Jiayu.
• Great Britain's Seonaid Mcintosh won gold with a score of 466.7.

Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun Win Norway Chess 2024 Titles

• Magnus Carlsen won his sixth Norway Chess title, while Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun won the inaugural women's event.
• The competition took place in Stavanger, Norway, from May 27 to June 7.
• Both tournaments followed a 6-player double-round robin format with equal prize funds.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins Men's Singles Title at French Open

• Spain's Carlos Alcaraz Garfia won his first French Open Men's singles title at Roland Garros in Paris, defeating Alexander Zverev in five sets.
• Alcaraz became the second youngest player in the Open era to claim a major title on all three surfaces.

Sumit Nagapal Wins His 6th ATP Challenger Tennis Title

• Indian men's tennis player Sumit Nagpal won the men's singles title at the Heilbronn Neckarcup 2024 ATP Challenger Tennis tournament in Germany.
• Nagpal defeated Alexander Ritschard of Switzerland in the final, 6-1, 6(5)-7(7), 6-3.

Max Verstappen Wins Canadian GP, Marks 60th F1 Victory

• Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third consecutive year, marking his 60th Formula One victory.
• Verstappen started second and dominated late in the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 18, 2024.

Puja Tomar Becomes First Indian to Win in UFC

• India's Puja Tomar became the first Indian mixed martial arts fighter to win a bout at the UFC.
• Tomar won a split-decision victory over Brazil's Rayanne dos Santos in a strawweight (52kg) bout.

UP to Host 2025 Edition of the MotoGP Bharat in Noida

• The Uttar Pradesh government will sign a contract with Dorna Sports and Fairstreet Sports to organize the MotoGP event in Noida starting in 2025.
• The state government will raise ₹80 crore to cover Dorna Sports' one-year licensing fee.

India to Host 2025 FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup

• India will host the FIH Hockey Men's Junior World Cup in December 2025.
• The tournament will feature 24 teams for the first time.

Divya Deshmukh Wins World Junior Girls' Chess Championship

• India's Divya Deshmukh won the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Top-seeded Divya finished unbeaten with nine wins and two draws.

Shruti Vora Becomes First Indian to Win 3-Star GP in Dressage

• Shruti Vora made history by becoming the first Indian to win a three-star Grand Prix equestrian event at the FEI Dressage World Cup in Slovenia.
• Vora scored 67.761% in the competition, earning her first Minimum Eligibility Requirement (MER) point for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Lockie Ferguson Creates History, Bowls Four Maidens vs PNG at T20 WC 2024

• Lockie Ferguson bowled four maiden overs against Papua New Guinea in New Zealand's final match of the T20 World Cup campaign.
• Ferguson became the first player in the tournament's history to achieve this feat.

Trent Boult Announces Retirement from International Cricket

• New Zealand's left-arm fast bowler Trent Boult announced his retirement from international cricket after New Zealand's final Group C match against Papua New Guinea at the 2024 T20 ICC Cricket World Cup.
• Boult took two wickets for 14 runs in his final match.
• Boult is the second player after Canada's Saad Bin Zafar to not concede a single run in his allotted four overs.

Neeraj Chopra Bags Gold at Paavo Nurmi Games

• Neeraj Chopra secured the gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games 2024 in Turku, Finland, with a throw of 85.97m.
• Finland's Toni Keranen won silver, and Oliver Helander took bronze.