Sports Current Affairs January 2015
- Tennis – Australian Open 2015
- Men’s Singles : Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray
- Women’s Singles : Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova
- Men’s Doubles : Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
- Women’s Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands/ Lucie Safarova defeated Chinese-Taiwan pair Zheng Jie and Chan Yung-jan
- Mixed Doubles: Indo-Swiss pair Leander Paes and Martina Hingis defeated Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic
- Leander Paes won Australian Open 2015 Mixed Doubles Titles.
- This was the 15th Grand Slam Tilte of his career.
- His partner was Swiss Tennis Player Martina Hingis.
- Serena Williams of US won the Australian Open 2015 Women’s Singles Title.
- This was the 19th Grand Slam title of her career and her sixth Australian Open title.
- ICC decides to lift the 5-year ban imposed on Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir.
- India will host the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016.
- Sean Abbott was named as the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 2015.
- Saina Nehwal won women’s single of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015.
- Argentine player Juan Roman Riquelme retires from Football.
- South Africa’s AB de Villiers hit fastest century in ODIs.
- hits century in just 31 balls against West Indies.
- Corey Anderson of New zealand was the Previous Record Holder.
- Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
- Bengaluru Football Club beat Dempo to lift Football Federation Cup.
- Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for Best Footballer of the year in the world
- He won this award for third time.
- Defeated Lionel Messi and Manuel Meuer to win this award.
- James Rodriguez won the Best Goal of the Year Award.
- Stanislas Wawrinka won Chennai Open 2015 title in Tennis.