Sport Events in 1997
1st Jan
Bihar's Purnima Mahato sets two National records and bags two gold medals in National archery in Jamshedpur.
2nd Jan
Bihar wins team titles in both men's and women's sections, in National archery. Limba Ram and Purnima Mahato, both of Bihar, win individual crowns in men's and women's sections respectively. Turkey's `Pocket Hercules', weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, who captured three Olympic gold medals, calls it a day in Ankara.
Olympian Jaspal Rana sets new National mark in junior men's sports pistol 25 metres in National shooting in Asansol.
Argentines Alejandro Baudoino and Alejandro Smurra win the World cadet sailing championship in Mumbai.
3rd Jan
Israel's Raviv Weidenfeld bags a double in the men's section of the first leg of the Satellite tennis circuit in Delhi.
Jaspal Rana betters own mark in the junior men's 25m sports pistol event in national in Asansol.
4th Jan
US wins Hopman tennis Cup in Perth.
6th Jan
South Africa defeated India by 282 runs in the second Test at Cape Town to wrap up the three-Test Castle Lager Series.
PSCB and Railways retained men's and women's team titles respectively in the table tennis Nationals in Thane.
Sumita Ghosh (CISF) sets a National junior women's record in the standard rifle 3 position in National shooting.
7th Jan
Jaspal Rana bags six gold medals in the men's standard pistol and air pistol and set two more records on the penultimate day of the National shooting.
8th Jan
Delhi emerges overall champion and and Banwar Lal Dhaka set a record in free rifle three position in National shooting.
9th Jan
Teloijan takes National bridge team title, the Ruia Trophy, in Pune.
10th Jan
Chetan Baboor retains and M.S. Mythili regains men's and women's titles respectively in the National table tennis.
Russian Andrei Merinov wins singles title in the second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit in Ahmedabad.
11th Jan
Devin Bowen and Raviv Weidenfeld win the doubles title in the second leg of the Indian Satellite circuit.
12th Jan
Haldibiri annexes Singharia Trophy in the National bridge trophy in Pune.
Paes-Bhupathi win doubles title in the Singapore Open Challenger hardcourt tennis.
13th Jan
East Zone regains Deodhar cricket Trophy in New Delhi.
15th Jan
R. Mahesh and Rajesh Choudhry win the laser and radial titles respectively in the National sailing championship in Chennai.
16th Jan
Bengal retains junior National football championship in Midnapore.
17th Jan
Oren Motevassal of US wins the singles title while Joost Winnink and Tomas Zdrizilla the doubles title in the Satellite tennis in Chennai.
18th Jan
Pakistan wins the first of the three-World Series limited overs tournament finals against West Indies in Sydney by four wickets.
19th Jan
Bengal wins Santosh Trophy National football championship in Jabalpur.
Air India triumphs in the National women's cricket championship in Calcutta.
20th Jan
The third Test between India and South Africa ends in a draw in Johannesburg.
Pakistan wins the second of the best-of-three finals against West Indies and the Trophy in the World Series in Melbourne.
21st Jan
Railways emerges overall champion in National road cycling championship in Calcutta.
23rd Jan
Mike Russell bags Gold Flake Hyderabad Open billiards Open tournament.
24th Jan
Chennai teams, Indian Bank and Southern Railway, win the men's and women's Federation Cup basketball titles in Alappuzha.
Russia's Andrei Merinov wins the Indian Satellite Masters tennis in Thiruvananthapuram.
25th Jan
Martina Hingis emerges the youngest Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne.
26th Jan
Pete Sampras regains Australian Open men's title in Melbourne.
28th Jan
Australia beat West Indies by an innings and 183 runs in the fourth Test and assures itself of the Frank Worrell Trophy with a 3-1 lead in the five-Test home series.
29th Jan
Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh calls it a day in New Delhi.
30th Jan
Australia's Test bowler Craig McDermott hangs his boots from all- levels of cricket in Brisbane.
31st Jan
Services emerges overall champion in National boxing in Calcutta.
2nd Feb
Karnataka and Maharashtra take women's and men's National badminton team titles in Pune.
Mongia and Garg take National enterprise sailing title in Mumbai.
7th Feb
Gopi Chand and Manjusha Kanwar emerge National men's and women's badminton champions in Pune.
9th Feb
The Czech Republic defeats India 3-2 in Davis Cup World Group tennis first round in Pribram.
12th Feb
Standard Bank tri-series final between India and South Africa abandoned due to rain.
13th Feb
South Africa win tri-series, beating India in the final in Durban.
16th Feb
Heryanto Arbi of Indonesia defeats P. Gopi Chand men's singles final, while Cindana Hartano takes women's crown in the Indian Open GP badminton in Delhi.
17th Feb
Kasparov makes in four-in-a-row in the City of Linares category 19 chess, Anand finishes sixth.
18th Feb
England beats New Zealand 2-0 in the three- Test series.
19th Feb
France's Joel Lautier wins City of Ubeda super category chess with two rounds to spare.
21st Feb
Sonic Multani bags National snooker title in Mumbai.
Haile Gebrselassie sets new 5000m World indoor record in Stockholm.
22nd Feb
Jockey Mark Gallagher shot at and injured in Bangalore.
India outplays Poland in the final hockey `Test' and win series 2-0.
28th Feb
Pakistan `A' wins SAARC cricket tournament in Dhaka on better run-rate.
1st Mar
India under-19 team wins third `Test', claims three-`Test' series 2-0 in Matara.
Gopi Chand and P.V.V. Lakshmi retain individual titles and India takes team titles in SAARC badminton in Colombo.
India `A' blanks Sri Lanks 5-0 in the inaugural tennis `Tests' in Delhi.
5th Mar
Pravin Thipsay wins the United Insurance GM chess tournament in Dhaka.
6th Mar
Australian Craig Muleman claims maiden World Cup skeet shooting championship in Delhi.
8th Mar
Tamil Nadu men and Railways women emerge National basketball champions in Calcutta.
9th Mar
Mumbai takes Wills Trophy in Mohali.
10th Mar
West Indian batsman Desmond Haynes announces retirement in Cape Town.
12th Mar
Jaspal Rana equals World mark in standard pistol 25m (ISU) event in South Asian shooting in Delhi.
15th Mar
Dong Jiong and Ye Zhaoying win men's and women's singles titles in all-England open badminton.
16th Mar
JCT win Philips National football league in Margao.
17th Mar
New Zealand wins the second Test against Sri Lanka and takes the series 2-0.
Australia snatches victory in the second Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth and takes the series 2-0.
21st Mar
Geet Sethi regains Gold Flake Open billiards in Chennai.
Jockey Vasant Shinde retires.
Britons Richard Estaugh and Peter Dowley emerge overall winners in World enterprise sailing in Panaji.
22nd Mar
Etienne Bacrot of France, at 14 years, becomes the youngest chess Grand Master.
27th Mar
Punjab men and Railway women win National volleyball league in Tiruppur.
30th Mar
Briton Edward Fryatt wins Classic-Indian Open golf.
2nd Apr
India women's cricketer Diana Eduljee retires.
3rd Apr
Jerry Bailey rides Singspiel to victory in the Dubai World Cup, the richest horse race.
6th Apr
Punjab men and Railway women win Federation Cup volleyball in Kozhikode.
9th Apr
Mumbai regains Ranji Trophy in Gwalior.
10th Apr
Australia wins seven-match one-day series with a game to spare in Pretoria.
11th Apr
Sri Lanka's four-wicket victory over Pakistan helps it win the Akai-Singer Trophy in Sharjah.
12th Apr
Iraq retains Nehru Gold Cup football in Kochi.
13th Apr
Tillstrom takes singles honours, Paes-Bhupathi corner doubles glory in the Gold Flake Open tennis in Chennai.
Anand wins Dos Hermanas chess crown.
14th Apr
Tiger Woods becomes the first Afro-American to win a major title, winning the US Masters golf on the Augusta course.
16th Apr
Former Indian Test cricketer G. Kishenchand passes away.
Anupama Gokhale wins National women's `A' chess in Calcutta.
20th Apr
Sheri Bamboat and Hamshad Bamboat win National sea-bird sailing title.
22nd Apr
Final Test between India and West Indies in Gerogetown ends in a draw and West Indies win the Cable & Wireless series 1-0.
England's cricket legend Denis Compton passes away.
26th Apr
England's Roxton Chapman wins Rockland billiards in Delhi.
29th Apr
Chinese women claim World table tennis team championship in Manchester.
30th Apr
Chinese men strike team gold in the World table tennis championship.
1st May
Anand wins all three categories in Amber chess tournament in Monte Carlo.
Abhijit Kunte wins National `A' chess championshop for men.
5th May
Waldner and Deng Yaping emerge World table tennis champions.
6th May
Ireland's Ken Doherty becomes World snooker champion in Sheffield.
12th May
Deep Blue humbles chess wizard Kasparov.
21st May
Pakistan's Saeed Anwar cracks 194 against India in Chennai in the Independence Cup match, the highest individual score in men's one-day cricket.
24th May
China retains Sudirman Cup badminton in Glasgow.
27th May
Sri Lanka claims Independence Cup, winning the second match in the best-of-three finals in Calcutta.
30th May
Railways emerges men's National hockey champion in Bangalore.
31st May
National Games inauguarted in Bangalore.
7th Jun
Majoli bags French Open women's title, while Mahesh Bhupathi becomes first Indian to win a Grand Slam title when he and Japan's Rika Hiraki claim the mexed doubles.
8th Jun
Gustavo Kuerten is French Open men's champion.
11th Jun
Jaspal Rana and J. Abhijit in the men's section and Nisha Millet in the women's section adjudged best sportspersons of the National Games.
12th Jun
John Emburey retires from first class cricket.
Long distance swimmer Mihir Sen passes away.
16th Jun
Pakistan wins Siyaram Cup, beating India in the final in Hyderabad.
Ernie Els wins US Open golf.
18th Jun
Prakash Padukone launches IBC.
21st Jun
Sethi claims sixth National billiards crown in Bangalore.
25th Jun
West Indies wins the two match series against Sri Lanka 1-0 as weather has final say in the second Test at Arnos Vale.
29th Jun
Anand wins Frankfurt chess classic '97 title in Germany.
Tyson disqualified for biting off Holyfield's ear in the WBO heavyweight bout in Las Vegas.
3rd Jul
Becker announces he will not play in Wimbledon again.
4th Jul
Former West Indies Test cricketer J.K. Holt dies in Jamica.
5th Jul
Martina Hingis becomes youngest champion of the century at Wimbledon.
6th Jul
Pete Sampras renews reign at Wimbledon.
7th Jul
Wilson Kipketer of Denmark equals Sebastian Coe's 16-year-old 800m world mark of 1 minute, 41.73 seconds in Stockholm.
9th Jul
Tyson banned, fined $ 3 million by the Neveda State Athletic Commission.
10th Jul
Malleswari earns India's first gold medal in Asian weightlifting championship in Beijing.
13th Jul
Anand finishes second, while Kramnik wins the chess meeting '97 in Dortmund.
14th Jul
India finishes third in Asian women's weightlifting.
16th Jul
New Zealand cricketer Dipak Patel calls it a day.
20th Jul
Justin Leonard is British Open gold champion.
Salgaocar regains Federation Cup football in Calcutta.
Former England Test batsman Graham Gooch announces retirement from first class cricket.
26th Jul
Sri Lanka win Pepsi-Asia Cup cricket title in Colombo.
27th Jul
Jan Ullrich becomes first German to win the Tour de France cycle race.
1st Aug
Nitin Mongia wins Laser standard in sailing championship in Hyderabad.
Anand wins Credit Suisse Masters chess in Beil.
3rd Aug
Leander-Mahesh win Maurier Open super 9 doubles in Montreal.
5th Aug
Sanath Jayasuriya (326) and Roshan Mahanama (211) share an unfinished second wicket association of 548 runs, the highest for any wicket in Tests, in the first Test against India in Colombo.
6th Aug
Sri Lanka posts the highest total in Test cricket - 952 for six declared. Jayasuriya makes 340, adds a record 576 with Mahanama -the highest for any wicket in Test cricket.
8th Aug
Sri Lankan Susanthika Jayasinghe shocks defending champion Merlene Ottey to bag the silver in 200m of the World athletics championships in Athens.
10th Aug
Australia retains the Ashes for the third time.
Sergi Bubka wins the pole vault for sixth time at the World championships.
11th Aug
For first time in ten years an athletics World championships ends without a record.
15th Aug
IWM Vijayalakshmi wins Asian zonal women's chess tournament in Tehran.
K. Sasikaran gets third IM norm in British Open chess tournament.
17th Aug
Leander-Mahesh duo wins International ATP doubles in Connecticut.
25th Aug
Neelam J. Singh rewrites own discus mark in the Domestic circuit meet in Chennai.
27th Aug
Daljeet Singh in javelin and Debi Bose in hurdles set National records in the Federation Cup athletics in Chennai.
28th Aug
Tiwari and Surinderjit Kaur set National records in hammer throw in Federation Cup athletics.
29th Aug
B.M. Sumavathi creats National record in heptathlon in the Federation Cup athletics.
7th Sep
Hingis wins US open women's singles tennis prize.
8th Sep
Patrick Rafter wins men's title in US Open.
9th Sep
Pravin Thipsay becomes India's third chess Grand Master.
11th Sep
China wins Asian volleyball championship in Doha.
13th Sep
India drubs Maldives in SAFF football final in Kathmandu.
15th Sep
Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq in scuffles with a spectator, banned for two matches in the Sahara Cup five-match cricket series against India in Toronto.
16th Sep
Rajeev Balakrishnan sets 100m National mark in the ITC international athletics meet.
19th Sep
India wins Sahara Cup, winning third match too.
Former Indian Test cricketer Ambar Roy passes away in Calcutta.
21st Sep
Mahesh Bhupathi wins a cliff-hanger as India clinches Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Chile 3-2 in Delhi.
24th Sep
IBM retires Deep Blue from chess matches.
25th Sep
BAI-IBC dispute resolved.
India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters international snooker title in Karachi.
28th Sep
Australia quells Indian challenge in the junior World Cup hockey final in Milton Keynes.
West Rifa Club, Bahrain, emerges winner of the sixth Scissors Cup football tournament in Kozhihode.
29th Sep
Europe wins Ryder Cup golf.
The second and final Test between Zimbabwe and New Zealand also ends in a draw.
2nd Oct
Pakistan beats India to take the Wills Challenge Cup in Lahore.
4th Oct
Karnataka clinches overall championship in National sprint rowing in Chennai.
5th Oct
Bahutule takes eight wickets as Mumbai wins the Irani Trophy.
Sandra Testud stars as France wins Federation Cup tennis.
Leander-Mahesh win China Open ATP Tour doubles event.
6th Oct
Abhijit Kunte wins Asian junior chess title.
7th Oct
Li Ruofan of China emerges Asian girls chess champion in Jaipur.
New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison retires from all leves of cricket.
Lalram Sanga and Purnima Mohato emerge men's and women's individual champions in National Archery.
8th Oct
Ahzar Mehmood scored century on debut and along with Mushtaq Ahmed equalled the 10th wicket world record partnership of 151 in the first Test against South Africa in Rawalpindi.
12th Oct
India Seniors lift Challenger Trophy cricket title.
Leander-Mahesh claim sixth doubles title of the year when they bagged the Heinekin Open ATP Tour series doubles in Singapore. Railways emerges overall champions in National road cycling championship in Chennai.
19th Oct
Germany clinches Champions Trophy hockey.
22nd Oct
India veterans take winning 3-0 lead against Pakistan in the five-match cricket series.
24th Oct
Sasikiran wins National `B' chess.
26th Oct
Croatia's Zoran Primorac regains the men's World Cup table tennis in Nimes.
27th Oct
South Africa clinches the final Test against Pakistan and the three-Test series in Pakistan.
31st Oct
Rushmi Chakravarthy makes it a double in the National hardcourt tennis in Mumbai.
1st Nov
Vasudeva Reddy is men's singles winner in the National hardcourt tennis.
2nd Nov
Ted Purdy wins Hero Honda Masters gold in Delhi.
3rd Nov
Russia claims World Team Chess Championship in Luzern.
4th Nov
Punjab Police and Railways win men's and women's titles in Federation Cup basketball in Palakkad.
8th Nov
India lifts Asia Cup tennis title in Delhi.
South Africa bags Quadragular Trophy cricket title in Lahore, beating Sri Lanka in the final.
9th Nov
Nisha Millet sets National mark in women's 200m freestyle in national aquatic meet in Thiruvananthapuram.
13th Nov
Umesh Tokas sets National record in the men's 200m breaststroke in National aquatics.
14th Nov
Nisha Millet sets National mark in the 100m freestyle in the National aquatics.
Bhagyashree wins National `B' women's chess championship..
15th Nov
Karnataka retains overall championship in Nationalaquatics.
16th Nov
Sampras wins ATP Tour World Championship for the fourth time.
17th Nov
China's Guo Kelei and Wang chen win the men's and women's singles titles in the Asia Cup table tennis in Pune.
18th Nov
Gigi Fernandez calls it a day.
21st Nov
Ivanchuk pips Anand for Investment Bank chess title.
23rd Nov
Australia clinches the three-Test cricket series against New Zealand 2-0 at Perth.
24th Nov
Leander-Mahesh stumble at the final step, finish second in the World doubles tennis championships in Hartford.
Boxing great Geroge Foreman retires.
29th Nov
Sweden wins Davis Cup when it took an unbeatable 3-0 lead against United States.s
Takao Suzuki of Japan wins ATP Challenger tennis singles in Mumbai.
30th Nov
Marco Fu of China wins World Pro-Am snooker.
2nd Dec
Pramod Tiwari sets national hammer record in South Asian athletic meet in Delhi.
7th Dec
Leander Paes awarded THE SPORTSTAR award.
Sri Lanka-India three Test series end 0-0.
8th Dec
Pakistan make a complete sweep of three Test series against West Indies in Pakistan.
19th Dec
England wins Akai-Singer cricket title in Sharjah.
India's Humpy wins World under-10 chess title in Cannes.
21st Dec
West and Central, joint winners of the Duleep trophy cricket title.
Kerala men and Railway women triumph in national volleyball in Visakhapatnam.
25th Dec
India-Sri Lanka one-day cricket match at Indore abandoned, after three overs, owing to bad state of the pitch - a rare occurance.
28th Dec
India loses the third one dayer to Sri Lanka by five wickets at Margao.
29th Dec
Australia regains women's world cup beating New Zealand at Calcutta.