Sports and Games
Mexican Open Tennis Tournament Winners – 2014
Women’s Singles :- Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia won the Mexican Open Tennis tournament Women’s Singles title.She defeated American Christina McHale in the final at Mexico on 1 March. It was her fourth career title and first since Stanford in 2013.
Men’s Singles :- Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov won the Men’s Singles title after defeated South African Kevin Anderson in the final.
South Africa Captain Graeme Smith Announced Retirement
South African captain Graeme Smith has announced on 4 March that he will retire from international cricket . Smith is the longest serving captain for South Africa in international cricket. He has played 117 test matches as an opener of which 109 was as a captain too. His total 109 test captaincies is 16 more than the previous record held by Allan Border of Australia.
Pankaj Advani Won National Snooker Title
World champion Pankaj Advani (PSPB) won his sixth Men’s National Snooker title after defeated Kamal Chawla of Railways in the 81st national snooker championship, in Lucknow on 7 March.This was Advani’s overall 24th national snooker title.
Mizoram Won Santosh Trophy – 2014
Mizoram won the 68th edition of National Football Championship of Santosh Trophy after defeated Railways 3-0 in the final on 9 March in Siliguri, West Bengal.This is the maiden Santosh Trophy for Mizoram also this was the first appearance for them in the final match.
Nico Rosberg Won Australian Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won the Australian Grand Prix on 16 March at Melbourne in Australia.Kevin Magnussen of Denmark (McLaren) was declared second after Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified after finishing second in the race. Ricciardo was disqualified for breach of fuel regulations. Jenson Button of Great Britain also representing McLaren finished the podium with third place.