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2014 Commonwealth Games
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Commonwealth Games
LOGO OF 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Host city Glasgow, Scotland Motto People, Place, Passion Nations participating 71 Commonwealth Teams Athletes participating 4,947[1]
Events 261 in 18 sports Opening ceremony 23 July 2014 Closing ceremony 3 August 2014 Officially opened by Elizabeth II
Queen's Baton Final
Runner Sir Chris Hoy
Main venue Celtic Park (opening ceremony) Hampden Park (closing ceremony)
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 England(ENG) 58 59 57 174
2 Australia(AUS) 49 42 46 137
3 Canada(CAN) 32 16 34 82
4 Scotland(SCO)* 19 15 19 53
5 India(IND) 15 30 19 64
6 New
Zealand(NZL) 14 14 17 45
7 South
Africa(RSA) 13 10 17 40
8 Nigeria(NGR) 11 11 14 36
9 Kenya(KEN) 10 10 5 25
10 Jamaica(JAM) 10 4 8 22
XXII Olympic Winter Games
Host city Sochi, Russia
Motto Hot. Cool. Yours.
[1]
(Russian: Жаркие. Зимние. Твои.) Nations participating 88
Athletes participating 2,873
Events 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) Opening ceremony 7 February
Closing ceremony 23 February
Officially opened by PresidentVladimir Putin
Athlete's Oath Ruslan Zakharov[2]
Judge's Oath Vyacheslav Vedenin, Jr [3]
Coach's Oath Anastasia Popkova [2]
Olympic Torch Vladislav Tretiak
Irina Rodnina
Stadium Fisht Olympic Stadium
Rank NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Russia(RUS)* 13 11 9 33
2 Norway(NOR) 11 5 10 26
3 Canada(CAN) 10 10 5 25
4 United
States(USA) 9 7 12 28
5 Netherlands(NED) 8 7 9 24
6 Germany(GER) 8 6 5 19
7 Switzerland(SUI) 6 3 2 11
8 Belarus(BLR) 5 0 1 6
9 Austria(AUT) 4 8 5 17
10 France(FRA) 4 4 7 15
11–26 Remaining NOCs 21 36 34 91
2014 FIFA World Cup
Copa do Mundo da FIFA Brasil 2014[nb 1]
2014 FIFA World Cup official logo Juntos num só ritmo
(All in one rhythm)
Tournament details Host country Brazil (20th world cup)
Dates 12 June – 13 July 2014 (32 days) Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 12 (in 12 host cities) Final positions
Champions Germany (4th title) Runners-up Argentina
Third place Netherlands Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics Matches played 64
Goals scored 171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance 3,429,873 (53,592 per match)
Top scorer(s) James Rodríguez (6 goals)[1]
Best player Lionel Messi[2] Best young player Paul Pogba[3] Best goalkeeper Manuel Neuer[4]
COMMONWEALTH GAMES HIGHLIGHTS
India participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
The sports ministry cleared the 215 athletes from 14 sporting disciplines,including seven para-athletes, at government cost, along with a contingent of 90 officials, coaches and support staff.
The Glasgow Games had 17 sports and 261 medal events. India did not field athletes only in three disciplines—Netball, Rugby sevens and Triathlon.
Vikas Gowda won a gold in the Men's Discus throw event, thus winning the first gold medal for India in men's athletics in 56 years.
Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal scripted history by winning the first gold for India in Squash at Commonwealth Games.
Kashyap Parupalli won a gold in Badminton Men's Singles, becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Sanjita Khumukchan WeightliftingWomen's Weightlifting (48 kg) 24 July
Gold Sukhen Dey WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (56 kg) 24 July
Gold Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's Shooting (10 metre air
rifle) 25 July
Gold Apurvi Chandela Shooting Women's Shooting (10 metre
air rifle) 26 July
Gold Rahi Sarnobat Shooting Women's Shooting (25 metre
pistol) 26 July
Gold Sathish Sivalingam WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (77 kg) 27 July
Gold Jitu Rai Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre
pistol) 28 July
Gold Amit Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (57 kg) 29 July
Gold Vinesh Phogat Wrestling Women's Wrestling (48 kg) 29 July Gold Sushil Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (74 kg) 29 July
Gold Babita Kumari Wrestling Women's Wrestling (55 kg) 31 July Gold Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Men's Wrestling (65 kg) 31 July Gold Vikas Gowda Athletics Men's Discus Throw 31 July
Gold Dipika Pallikal
Joshna Chinappa Squash Women's Doubles
2 August
Gold Kashyap Parupalli Badminton Men's Singles 3 August
Silver Mirabai Chanu
Saikhom WeightliftingWomen's Weightlifting (48 kg) 24 July Silver Shushila Likmabam Judo Women's Judo (48 kg) 24 July
Silver Malaika Goel Shooting Women's Shooting (10 metre
air pistol) 25 July
Silver Santoshi Matsa WeightliftingWomen's Weightlifting (53 kg) 25 July
Silver Prakash Nanjappa Shooting Men's Shooting (10 metre air
pistol) 26 July
Silver Ayonika Paul Shooting Women's Shooting (10 metre
air rifle) 26 July
Silver Anisa Sayyed Shooting Women's Shooting (25 metre
pistol) 26 July
Silver Shreyasi Singh Shooting Women's Shooting (Double
Trap) 27 July
Silver Katulu Ravi Kumar WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (77 kg) 27 July
Silver Gurpal Singh Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre
pistol) 28 July
Silver Gagan Narang Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle
prone) 28 July
Silver Vikas Thakur WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (85 kg) 28 July
Silver Harpreet Singh Shooting Men's Shooting (25 metre
rapid fire pistol) 29 July
Silver Sanjeev Rajput Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle
3 positions) 29 July Silver Rajeev Tomar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (125 kg) 29 July Silver Lalita Lalita Wrestling Women's Wrestling (53 kg) 30 July
Silver Bajrang Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (61 kg) 30 July Silver Sakshi Malik Wrestling Women's Wrestling (58 kg) 30 July Silver Satyawart Kadian Wrestling Men's Wrestling (97 kg) 30 July
Silver Geetika Jakhar Wrestling Women's Wrestling (63 kg) 31 July
Silver Seema Punia Athletics Women's Discus Throw 1 August
Table tennis Men's Doubles 1 August
Silver Laishram Sarita Devi Boxing Women's Boxing (Lightweight)
2 August
Silver Devendro Singh Boxing Men's Boxing (Light Flyweight)
2 August
(heavyweight) August
Silver Vijender Singh Boxing Men's Boxing (Middleweight) 2 August
Silver Men's hockey team Hockey Men's Tournament 3 August
Silver Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa Badminton Women's Doubles
3 August Bronze Ganesh Mali WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (56 kg) 24 July Bronze Kalpana Thoudam Judo Women's Judo (52 kg) 24 July
Bronze Swati Singh WeightliftingWomen's Weightlifting (53 kg) 25 July Bronze Rajwinder Kaur Judo Women's Judo (+78 kg) 26 July
Bronze Omkar Otari WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (69 kg) 26 July Bronze Mohammed Asab Shooting Men's Shooting (Double Trap) 27 July
Bronze Punam Yadav WeightliftingWomen's Weightlifting (63 kg) 27 July
Bronze Manavjit Singh
Sandhu Shooting Men's Shooting (Trap) 29 July
Bronze Gagan Narang Shooting Men's Shooting (50 metre rifle
3 positions) 29 July
Bronze Lajja Goswami Shooting Women's Shooting (50 metre
rifle 3 positions) 29 July Bronze Chandrakant Mali WeightliftingMen's Weightlifting (94 kg) 29 July Bronze Navjot Kaur Wrestling Women's Wrestling (69 kg) 30 July Bronze Dipa Karmakar Gymnastics Women's Gymnastics (Vault) 31 July
Bronze Pawan Kumar Wrestling Men's Wrestling (86 kg) 31 July
Bronze Pinki Rani Boxing Women's Boxing (Flyweight) 1 August
Bronze Sakina Khatun WeightliftingWomen's powerlifting (lightweight)
2 August
Bronze P. V. Sindhu Badminton Women's Singles 2 August
Bronze R.M.V. Gurusaidutt Badminton Men's Singles 2 August Bronze
Arpinder Singh Athletics Men's Triple Jump 2 August
List of sports and names of trophies and Cups were given below. Candidates those who
are preparing for IBPS and other banking exams can make use of it.
Cricket Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Vizzy Trophy, Asia cup,
Deodhar Trophy, CK Naidu Trophy, Ciich-Behar Trophy
Foot ball Durand Cup, Nizam Gold Cup, Rover Cup, Sanjay Gold Cup,
Santhosh Trophy, Subroto Mukhery Cup, Vittal Trophy, Nehru Gold
Cup
Hockey Agha Khan Cup, Azlan Shan Cup, Nehru Trophy, Dhyanchand
Trophy, Beighton Cup, Scindia Gold Cup. Modi Gold Cup, Indira
Gandhi Gold Cup, Rangaswami Cup, Khan Abdul Gaffar Cup
Golf Canada Cup, Mthian Gold Cup, Ryder Cup, Walker Cup
Table Tennis Corbillion Cup (Women), Jayalaxmi Cup (Women), Swaything Cup
(Men)
Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Hamlet Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon,
US open
Badminton Thomas Cup (Men), Uber Cup (Women), Narang Cup
Boxing Aspy Adjania Trophy
Rowing Wellington Trophy
Bridge Ruia Trophy
Polo Ezra Cup, Winchestor Cup, Radha Mohan Cup
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