♥ Sports - April 2016 ♥
♣. 2016 Commonwealth Judo Championships held in South Africa. India will host Commonwealth Judo Championships in Jaipur (Rajasthan) in 2018.
♣. Women's Tennis Association Rankings - Serena Williams (USA) maintained the top Position.
♣. Tobago batsman Iraq Thomas created a record by scoring 21-ball century in Tobago Cricket Associations T20 tournament at Louis D'or. He broke previous record made by Chris Gayle when he made century in 30 balls in IPL Match against Pune Warriors.
♣. Australia won 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2016 by defeating India in Ipoh (Australia).
♣. Australia's Fast Bowler Clint McKay announced retirement from international cricket.
♣. BCCI will host its first-ever day and night cricket Test with pink ball during New Zealand tour to India in 2016.
♣. Badminton Player Nandu Natekar became first non-Cricketer to be inducted into Legends Club founded by late Cricket Club of India (CCI) president Raj Singh Dungarpur.
♣. Barcelona open Tennis 2016
Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal of Spain,
Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of USA.
♣. Beijing Olympics gold medalist and ace shooter Abhinav Bindra Joined Salman Khan as India's Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Olympics 2016
♣. British boxer Anthony Joshua won 2016 International Boxing Federation (IBF) heavy weight title
♣. Cricketer Virat Kohli is named as Brand Ambassador of Premier Futsal, a newer and shorter five-a-side variant of soccer (football). World's first multinational Futsal league will be held in 8 Indian cities from July 15 to 24, 2016.
♣. Cyprian Kotut from Kenya won 40th Paris marathon in Men's Category. Women's title was won by Visiline Jepkesho (Kenya)
♣. Stuttgart Grand Prix Women's Tennis 2016
Doubles - Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic (France), Singles - Angelique Kerber (Germany)
♣. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) announced appointment of Sanath Jayasuriya as chief selector of Sri Lankan Cricket team
♣. Sports Ministry will provide 1 lakh rupees monthly allowance to sports persons under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme for their preparation for Olympics and Paralympics Games at Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
♣. Spain's Rafael Nadal won 2016 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters title of Tennis, by defeating Gael Monfils of France
♣. South Korea announced that its Olympic athletes will wear uniforms that have been infused with insect repellent to keep mosquitoes carrying Zika virus.
♣. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) became first African footballer to win Professional Footballers Associations (PFA) Player of the Year award for 2015 - 16. Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli was named Young Player of the Year.
♣. Noted Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath retired from T20 and One Day International Cricket (ODI)
♣. Nico Rosberg (Germany) won 2016 Formula One Baharain Grand Prix and Chinese Grand Prix.
♣. New emblem of 2020 Olympics (Tokyo) and Paralympic Games has been unveiled. Logo features a circular Japanese traditional checkered pattern
♣. Miami Open Tennis 2016 winners
Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia),
Womens Singles - Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
♣. Malaysian Open Badminton 2016 winners
Men's Singles - Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia),
Women's singles - Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand).
♣. Danny Willett from England won 2016 US Masters Golf tournament
♣. England Cricketer James Taylor announced his retirement at age of 26 due to ill health
♣. Football club Mohun Bagan's striker Jeje Lalpekhlua named as Football Players Association of India (FPAI) Player of The Year.
♣. Government merged Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS) with Khelo India Programme for development of sports
♣. ICC World T20 Cricket 2016 Men's and Women's tournament was won by West Indies, they defeated England in men's final and Australia in women's final