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This article is rundown on all the important sports tournaments
across the world that have taken place till date.

MAJOR TOURNAMENTS
& CUPS

1. Cricket

a. 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup – The 11th
Cricket World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand together, the 2015 ICC
Cricket World Cup was played by 14 national teams. The final match between
Australia and New Zealand with the former lifting the cup after making 186 runs
as against New Zealand’s 183 runs.

b. 2014-15 Ranji Trophy- This was the
80th season of Ranji Trophy wherein 27 teams competed. In the final
match, Karnataka emerged victorious, retaining the previous year’s title. The
Tamil Nadu team was the runner-up.

2. Chess

a. Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2015- Winner-
Magnus Carlsen (Norway); Runner-up: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France).

b. Grenke Chess Classic 2015- Winner- Magnus
Carlsen;

c. Norway Chess 2015 Super Tournament- Winner-
Sergey Karjakin. Second place- Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Makamura.

d. Women’s World Chess Championship- Winner-
Mariya Muzychuk

3. Basketball

a. South Asian Basketball Championship- Indian
team defeats Sri Lanka.

b. National Basketball Championship- Men’s
winner-Uttarakhand; Women’s winner- Chhattisgarh.

4. Hockey

a. 2015 Hockey India League- Winner-
Ranchi Rays

b. Hero Women’s Hockey World League Round 2- Winner-
India

c. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2015- Winner- New
Zealand

5. Tennis

a. Chennai Open-

Men’s Singles- Stanislas Wawrinka

Men’s Doubles- Lu Yen-hsun and Jonathan
Marray

b. Open 13, Marseille

Men’s Singles-Gilles Simon

Men’s Doubles- Marin Draganja and Henri
Kontinen

c. 2015 Open Féminin de Marseille (Women’s)

Women’s Singles- Monica Niculescu

Women’s Doubles- Tatiana Ba and Laura
Thorpe

d. Hopman Cup- Winner- Poland

e. 2015 Rome Masters-

Men’s Singles- Novak Djokovic

Men’s Doubles- Pablo Cuevas and
David Marrero

Women’s Singles- Maria
Sharapova

Women’s Doubles- Tímea Babos and
Kristina Mladenovic

f. Memphis
Open-

Men’s Singles- Kei Nishikori

Men’s Doubles- Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Santiago
González

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