India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi won the Gerry Weber Open in Halle.
August
Champion double-trap shooter and Asian Games gold medalist Ronjan Sodhi was ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF).
India's under-16 football team was defeated by Pakistan 1-2 in the title clash of the SAFF Championship
In cricket, India slipped from first to third position after losing Test Series to England by 4-0.[1]
In Commonwealth Youth Games held in the Isle of Man India won 3 Gold medals and secured ninth position. Pusarla Venkata Sindhu won a gold for in the women's singles event of badminton. In athletics, Durgesh Kumar and Navjetdeep Singh won gold medals for 400 m hurdles and shot put, respectively.
India's Deepika Kumari of India settled for a silver after being defeated by China's Cheng Ming in the women's individual recurve summit clash at the World Cup archery finals in Istanbul
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 9 October 2011 launched the nationwide Come and Play scheme in New Delhi. Through this scheme, the ministry aims at opening SAI's sporting infrastructure for the youth across India.
Vinod Kumar (freestyle) and Anil (Greco-Roman) won the gold medal in the 56th National Wrestling Championships at Nandininagar, UP
MC Mary Kom, Mandakini Chann, Kavita Goyat and Neetu Chahal won gold at the 12th Senior Women's National Boxing Championships in Bhopal. Haryana won the overall title.
Olympic Champion Abhinav Bindra won Air Rifle Silver in 4th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship
Karnataka emerged the overall champion of the 65th National aquatics meet which concluded on 20 November 2011 in Ranchi. Aaron D'Souza and Richa Mishra of Police were crowned the best swimmers of the meet. Both won five individual gold medals and broke three records. Talasha Prabhu and Anshul Kothari emerged as fastest swimmers.
Belgium defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Champions Challenge hockey tournament in Johannesburg. Sandeep Singh finished the tournament with seven goals, all through penalty corners, and won the Player of the Tournament award.
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