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Sports News of the 15 March: Sports Brand Pure Play has appointed
Suresh Raina as its brand ambassador.
Month Raina will be the face of the brand’s
31 March: Lionel Messi upcoming Spring Summer16 advertising
campaign.
has become the
second Argentina 15 March: Former World Champion Lin Dan and
player to score Nozomi Okhura of Japan respectively won
50 international the men and women titles of All England
goals. He has Badminton Championship.
now come closer 12 March: The International Association of Athletics
to the Gabriel Batistuta's record of 56 goals. Federations (IAAF) said that Finland's
31 March: Indian batsman Virat Tampere will host 2018 U-20 World
Kohli became the top- Atheletics Championship.
ranked batsman in the 11 March: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) has
t20 ICC rankings, while entered into a four-year partnership with the
India remained static Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
at the No.1 spot in the as an associate sponsor for all international
team list. matches at home.
30 March: Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin 09 March: Mikaela Shiffrin from the United States
won the FIDE World Chess Candidates won the slalom competition of the Women's
Tournament held in Moscow. Alpine Skiing World Cup in Jasna in the
29 March: Former Mexican national football team Northern Slovakia.
coach Raul Cardenas died. He was 87. 08 March: Zhong Tianshi became China's irst
22 March: World No. 1 Tennis Star Novak Djokovic world champion in an individual cycling
defeated Milos Raonic of Canada to win event after beating teammate Lin Junhong
Indian Wells men's singles title. Djokovic in the women's sprint at the Track World
has won this title for the ifth time. Championships.
22 March: Shuttler H S Prannoy clinched his second 08 March: Olympic champion Jason Kenny won the
Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament men's sprint title at the track cycling world
title by notching up a straight game victory championships.
over Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the 05 March: An Indian-origin Sikh
summit clash of the Swiss Open. hockey player Balbir
22 March: Hardeep sprung a surprise by booking an Singh was honoured in
Olympic quota place for India in Greco- the Canadian province of
Roman wrestling, which is not the country's British Columbia (BC)
forte, after making the 98kg category for his contribution in hockey.
inal on the last day of the Asian Olympic 05 March: India's Jitu Rai won gold in the men's 50m
Qualiication championship. pistol event Shooting World Cup.
21 March: World football governing body, FIFA 04 March: Jamaican Usain Bolt, World No.1 tennis
announced that it has signed a highest-level player Novak Djokovic, and Ballon d'Or
sponsorship contract with Chinese company winner Lionel Messi are nominated for the
Wanda Group. Laureus Sportsman of the Year.
21 March: Star wrestler 04 March: PepsiCo has inked a four-year ground
Yogeshwar Dutt sponsorship agreement with the Board
has bagged an of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Olympic quota PepsiCo India will be the oficial partner of
in the men's 65 kg BCCI for the next four years.
freestyle category
at ongoing 02 March: Former National 6Reds runner-up Rahul
Asian qualifying Sachdev clinched his maiden title by
tournament. winning the 1st All India Open Invitational
Snooker Championship 2016.


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