INDIA IN Olympics 2012

India competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

The Indian Olympic Association had sent a total of 83 athletes to compete in 13 sports making it the largest contingent India has ever sent to an Olympic Games.


Sushil Kumar was the flag bearer in the opening ceremony and Mary Kom was the flag bearer at the closing ceremony.

India has won 6 medals including 2 silver and 4 bronze which is by far the best performance by India in terms of number of medals won at any single Olympic games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Vijay Kumar	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	3 August
Silver	Sushil Kumar	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg freestyle	12 August
Bronze	Gagan Narang	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle	30 July
Bronze	Saina Nehwal	Badminton	Women's singles	4 August
Bronze	Mary Kom	Boxing	Women's flyweight	8 August
Bronze	Yogeshwar Dutt	Wrestling	Men's 60kg Freestyle	11 August

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games (French: les Jeux olympiques, JO), is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world’s foremost sports competition and more than 200 nations participate. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.

                        Summer Sports

1) Aquatics

· Diving

· Swimming

· Synchronized Swimming

· Water polo

2) Archery                                       3) Athletics                                    4) Badminton

5) Basketball                                  6) Boxing

7) Canoe kayak

·Slalom

·Sprint

8) Cycling

·Cycling BMX

·Cycling Road

·Cycling Track

·Mountain Bike

9) Equestrian

·Dressage

·Eventing

·Jumping

10) Fencing                                        11) Football                                    12) Golf

13) Gymnastics

·Artistic Gymnastics

·Rhythmic Gymnastics

·Trampoline

14) Handball                                      15) Hockey                                   16) Judo

17) Modern pentathlon                     18) Rowing                                   19) Rugby

20) Sailing                                          21) Shooting                                 22) Table tennis

23) Taekwondo                                  24) Tennis                                    25) Triathlon

26) Volleyball

·Beach volleyball

·Volleyball

27) Weightlifting

28) Wrestling

·Greco-Roman

·Freestyle                                                                                                                                           

                        Winter Sports

1) Biathlon

2) Bobsleigh

·Bobsleigh

·Bobsleigh Skeleton

3) Curling                                    4) Ice Hockey                                    5) Luge

6) Skating

·Figure skating

·Short Track Speed Skating

·Speed Skating

7) Skiing

·Alpine Skiing

·Cross Country Skiing

·Freestyle Skiing

·Nordic Combined

·Ski Jumping  

LONDON--------------2012

SOCHI------------------2014

RIO---------------------2016

For More Details:

http://www.olympic.org/olympic-games

Kohli-inspired India spank Pakistan

Virat Kohli smashed a 148-ball 183 as India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Dhaka.

 

Dhaka: Virat Kohli smashed a career-best 183 to power India to a crucial six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Asia Cup one-day tournament in Dhaka on Sunday.

The in-form batsman hit one six and 22 fours in his explosive 148-ball knock. It was his third century in four matches and helped India achieve the stiff 330-run target with 13 balls to spare.

Nasir Jamshed earlier hit a 104-ball 112 for his maiden one-day century and Mohammad Hafeez made a 113-ball 105 to help Pakistan post a challenging total.

Pakistan made it to the final despite the defeat, finishing their league engagements with nine points from three games, while India (eight points from three games) and Bangladesh (four from two) are still in contention.

 

Bangladesh need to win their final league match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday to knock India out.

The day-night match was the first between the two teams since the high-profile World Cup semi-final at Mohali last March, which India won on their way to clinching the showpiece title.

Kohli and opener Sachin Tendulkar put India on course for the remarkable victory with a 133-run stand for the second wicket after the second-ball dismissal of Gautam Gambhir.

Tendulkar, who became the first plaer to score 100 international centuries on Friday, looked in good form.

He hit a brisk 48-ball 52 with the help of one six and five fours before being caught by Younis Khan in the slips off spinner Saeed Ajmal.

Kohli, whose previous best was an unbeaten 133, received valuable support from Rohit Sharma who made an impressive 68 in a 172-run stand for the third wicket.

Left-handed Jamshed and Hafeez earlier dominated the Indian batting attack as they added 224 runs, Pakistan's best for the opening wicket against India in one-day internationals.

Pakistan scored 73 in the last 10 overs, with Younis hitting a 34-ball 52 with the help of six fours before falling to a superb one-handed catch by Suresh Raina in the covers off paceman Praveen Kumar.

Shahid Afridi (nine) completed 7,000 one-day runs before being caught by Kohli off Irfan Pathan.

Hafeez was the first to complete his century, pushing Kumar to mid-off for a single. He struck one six and nine fours before being trapped leg-before by seamer Ashok Dinda.

Jamshed reached the century in Kumar's next over with a single and then hit the bowler for a six. He also cracked 10 fours.

India, who failed to defend 289 in their last match against Bangladesh on Friday, again put in a below-par performance with none of their bowlers able to keep pressure on the Pakistani openers.

List of Sachin Tendulkar's 100 international centuries

Mirpur: Mar 16, 2012

Sachin Tendulkar on Friday became the first-ever cricketer to score a record 100 international centuries when he scored a fine 100 not out during fourth Asia Cup match against Bangladesh at Mirpur.

The Little Master took 138 balls to reach the triple figures, and hit 10 boundaries and 1 sixes during the knock.


The right-handed batsman, who bats in the middle-order in Test formats and opens in the One-Day Internationals, is also the leading run-getter in both the formats having scored 15470 and 18, 260 runs respectively across the formats.

Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1989 and hit his first Test century against England in 1990 at Old Trafford.

The master blaster brought up his 50th international ton in 2000 during the Nagpur Test against Zimbabwe.

On February 24, 2011, Tendulkar became the first-ever cricketer to hit 200 runs in a one-day match. His innings included 25 boundaries and three sixes, and came from just 147 balls.

Here is the list of Sachin Tendulkar’s hundred tons in international cricket:

Sl no	Score	Against	Format	Ground	Date
1	119*	England	Test	Manchester	9-Aug-90
2	148*	Australia	Test	Sydney	2-Jan-92
3	114	Australia	Test	Perth	1-Feb-92
4	111	South Africa	Test	Johannesburg	26-Nov-92
5	165	England	Test	Chennai	11-Feb-93
6	104*	Sri Lanka	Test	Colombo (SSC)	27-Jul-93
7	142	Sri Lanka	Test	Lucknow	18-Jan-94
8	110	Australia	ODI	Colombo (RPS)	9-Sep-94
9	115	New Zealand	ODI	Baroda	28-Oct-94
10	105	West Indies	ODI	Jaipur	11-Nov-94
11	179	West Indies	Test	Nagpur	1-Dec-94
12	112*	Sri Lanka	ODI	Sharjah	9-Apr-95
13	127*	Kenya	ODI	Cuttack	18-Feb-96
14	137	Sri Lanka	ODI	Delhi	2-Mar-96
15	100	Pakistan	ODI	Singapore	5-Apr-96
16	118	Pakistan	ODI	Sharjah	15-Apr-96
17	122	England	Test	Birmingham	6-Jun-96
18	177	England	Test	Nottingham	4-Jul-96
19	110	Sri Lanka	ODI	Colombo (RPS)	28-Aug-96
20	114	South Africa	ODI	Mumbai	14-Dec-96
21	169	South Africa	Test	Cape Town	2-Jan-97
22	104	Zimbabwe	ODI	Benoni	9-Feb-97
23	117	New Zealand	ODI	Bangalore	14-May-97
24	143	Sri Lanka	Test	Colombo (RPS)	2-Aug-97
25	139	Sri Lanka	Test	Colombo (SSC)	9-Aug-97
26	148	Sri Lanka	Test	Mumbai	3-Dec-97
27	155*	Australia	Test	Chennai	6-Mar-98
28	177	Australia	Test	Bangalore	25-Mar-98
29	100	Australia	ODI	Kanpur	7-Apr-98
30	143	Australia	ODI	Sharjah	22-Apr-98
31	134	Australia	ODI	Sharjah	24-Apr-98
32	100*	Kenya	ODI	Kolkata	31-May-98
33	128	Sri Lanka	ODI	Colombo (RPS)	7-Jul-98
34	127*	Zimbabwe	ODI	Bulawayo	26-Sep-98
35	141	Australia	ODI	Dhaka	28-Oct-98
36	118*	Zimbabwe	ODI	Sharjah	8-Nov-98
37	124*	Zimbabwe	ODI	Sharjah	13-Nov-98
38	113	New Zealand	Test	Wellington	26-Dec-98
39	136	Pakistan	Test	Chennai	28-Jan-99
40	124*	Sri Lanka	Test	Colombo (SSC)	24-Feb-99
41	140*	Kenya	ODI	Bristol	23-May-99
42	120	Sri Lanka	ODI	Colombo (SSC)	29-Aug-99
43	126*	New Zealand	Test	Mohali	10-Oct-99
44	217	New Zealand	Test	Ahmedabad	29-Oct-99
45	186*	New Zealand	ODI	Hyderabad	8-Nov-99
46	116	Australia	Test	Melbourne	26-Dec-99
47	122	South Africa	ODI	Baroda	17-Mar-00
48	101	Sri Lanka	ODI	Sharjah	20-Oct-00
49	122	Zimbabwe	Test	Delhi	18-Nov-00
50	201*	Zimbabwe	Test	Nagpur	25-Nov-00
51	146	Zimbabwe	ODI	Jodhpur	8-Dec-00
52	126	Australia	Test	Chennai	18-Mar-01
53	139	Australia	ODI	Indore	31-Mar-01
54	122*	West Indies	ODI	Harare	4-Jul-01
55	101	South Africa	ODI	Johannesburg	5-Oct-01
56	146	Kenya	ODI	Paarl	24-Oct-01
57	155	South Africa	Test	Bloemfontein	3-Nov-01
58	103	England	Test	Ahmedabad	11-Dec-01
59	176	Zimbabwe	Test	Nagpur	21-Feb-02
60	117	West Indies	Test	Port of Spain	19-Apr-02
61	105*	England	ODI	Chester-le-Street	4-Jul-02
62	113	Sri Lanka	ODI	Bristol	11-Jul-02
63	193	England	Test	Leeds	22-Aug-02
64	176	West Indies	Test	Kolkata	30-Oct-02
65	152	Namibia	ODI	Pietermaritzburg	23-Feb-03
66	100	Australia	ODI	Gwalior	26-Oct-03
67	102	New Zealand	ODI	Hyderabad	15-Nov-03
68	241*	Australia	Test	Sydney	2-Jan-04
69	141	Pakistan	ODI	Rawalpindi	16-Mar-04
70	194*	Pakistan	Test	Multan	28-Mar-04
71	248*	Bangladesh	Test	Dhaka	10-Dec-04
72	123	Pakistan	ODI	Ahmedabad	12-Apr-05
73	109	Sri Lanka	Test	Delhi	10-Dec-05
74	100	Pakistan	ODI	Peshawar	6-Feb-06
75	141*	West Indies	ODI	Kuala Lumpur	14-Sep-06
76	100*	West Indies	ODI	Baroda	31-Jan-07
77	101	Bangladesh	Test	Chittagong	18-May-07
78	122*	Bangladesh	Test	Dhaka	25-May-07
79	154*	Australia	Test	Sydney	2-Jan-08
80	153	Australia	Test	Adelaide	24-Jan-08
81	117*	Australia	ODI	Sydney	2-Mar-08
82	109	Australia	Test	Nagpur	6-Nov-08
83	103*	England	Test	Chennai	11-Dec-08
84	163*	New Zealand	ODI	Christchurch	8-Mar-09
85	160	New Zealand	Test	Hamilton	18-Mar-09
86	138	Sri Lanka	ODI	Colombo (RPS)	14-Sep-09
87	175	Australia	ODI	Hyderabad	5-Nov-09
88	100*	Sri Lanka	Test	Ahmedabad	16-Nov-09
89	105*	Bangladesh	Test	Chittagong	17-Jan-10
90	143	Bangladesh	Test	Dhaka	24-Jan-10
91	100	South Africa	Test	Nagpur	6-Feb-10
92	106	South Africa	Test	Kolkata	14-Feb-10
93	200*	South Africa	ODI	Gwalior	24-Feb-10
94	203	Sri Lanka	Test	Colombo (SSC)	26-Jul-10
95	214	Australia	Test	Bangalore	9-Oct-10
96	111*	South Africa	Test	Centurion	16-Dec-10
97	146	South Africa	Test	Cape Town	2-Jan-11
98	120	England	ODI	Bangalore	27-Feb-11
99	111	South Africa	ODI	Nagpur	12-Mar-11
100	114	Bangladesh	ODI	Mirpur	16-Mar-12