1. FIFA Final-2014 was won by Germany by defeating Argentina 1-0
2. The Golden Glove award for the Most Outstanding Goalkeeper during FIFA 2014 was given to Manuel Neuer of Germany
3. India won its 1st Gold Medal at the 20th Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Weight Lifting by Sanjita Khumukcham
4. The Golden Ball award/ Best Player of the Tournament/ Most outstanding Player at FIFA- 2014 were won by — Lionel Messi, captain of Argentina
Man of the Match in FIFA -2014 Final — Mario Goetze
5.In FIFA 2014, The Golden Boot award went to James Rodriguez (Columbian) for scoring 6 goals
6. Leader of the Indian Contingent at the flag-bearing ceremony at the 20th CWG — Vijay Singh, the Olympics Silver Medalist
7. The FIFA 2014 player who won both Silver Boot and Silver Ball awards is Tomas Mueller of Germany
8. The Opening and Closing ceremonies of FIFA 2018 will be held in Luzhniki Stadium in Russia
The CWG 2014 were held in Glasgow (Scotland)
9. The Opening and the Closing Ceremonies of 20th Commonwealth Games (CWG) were organized in Celtic Park, Glasgow
10. During FIFA 2014, the Fair Play Award went to Columbia
11. The motto of FIFA 2014 was Juntos num so ritmo (All in one rhythm)
12. India won the Nehru Cup Football by defeating Cameroon 5-4
13. The 1st Indian Test Batsman to score 10000 runs is Sunil Gavaskar
14. Australian Open 2014 Women’s Singles award was won by Li Na of China from Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
15. The oldest lady to win the French Open & US Open is Serena William
16. Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup is Fuleco
17. Fastest Century Scorer in ODI, 1st in India and 7th globally is Virat Kohli
18. Sportsperson of the Year (Sports Illustrated) award went to Saina Nehwal
19. Sir Garifield Sobers Trophy is given to ICC Cricketer of the Year
20. Sir David Shepherd Trophy is given to ICC Umpire of the Year
21.Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 was won by Karnataka by defeating the Railways
22. ICC Spirit of Cricket award was given to Mahela Jayawardene
23. First Indian Amputee to scale the Mt. Everest is Ms. Arunima Sinha
24. In the 5th ICC World T 20, most runs were taken by Virat Kohli whereas the most wickets were taken by Imran Tahir & Ahsan Malik (12 each)
25. ICC Umpire of the year is Richard Kettleborough
26. First Cricketer to score 4 double centuries in a year is Michael Clarke
27. ICC T20 Performance of the year is Umar Gul
28. Man of the Match in U-19 World Cup Cricket 2014 is Corbin Borsch (S. Africa)
29.Sachin Tendulkar is the new UNICEF South Asia Brand Ambassador for Open Defecation
30. “Man of the series” in ICC Champion Trophy 2013 with the highest score of 363 runs is Shikhar Dhawan
31. First Captain in World Cricket to win ICC T20 World, ICC World Cup & ICC Champions Trophy is M S Dhoni
32. Fastest batsman to score more than 5000 runs in ODIs is Virat Kohli (120 matches & 114 innings), previously it was Sir Vivian Richards
33. The state that has won Vijay Hazare, Ranji and Irani trophies in 2014 is Karnataka
34. India won the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup by defeating Iran (25-19)
35. Shikhar Dhawan made the fastest debutant century in 85 balls and broke the world record of Dwayne Smith (93 balls)
36. Cricketer of the Generation —- Sachin Tendulkar (by ESPN Crincinfo)
37. ‘Sports Day’ is celebrated on 29th August (Birth Anniversary of Dhyan Chand)
38. . World’s richest soccer club is Real Madrid (Spain
39. Novak Djokovic won the China Open Tennis tournament by defeating Rafael Nadal.
40 . Country that has declined to hold the 2019 Asian Games is Vietnam
41. . Davis Cup 2013 was won by — Czech Republic by defeating Serbia
42. . Most Valuable Team of the world is Real Madrid, 2nd most valuable team Manchester United (Forbes magazine)
43. 19th Commonwealth Chess Championship is Abhijeet Gupta
44 . Man of the Match in 68th Santosh Trophy is Zico Zoremsanga (Capt of Mizoram)
45. Winner of Asia Cup Hockey Tournament 2013, held in Ipol (Malaysia) is South Korea
46 . First Indian to score three triple Centuries is Ravinder Jadeja
47. .ICC Annual Awards 2013 went to M S Dhoni, Cheteshwar Pujara
48 . Man found guilty of betting and passing on team information in IPL 6 was G Meiyappan
49.. The third Indian player after Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, to score a double century in an ODI is Rohit Sharma
50. In ICC Test Rankings and ODI Ranking, rank 1 went to Australia
51. ICC Women’s World Twenty-20 was held in Bangladesh (2014)
52. Manavjit Singh Sandhu achieved the 3rd rank globally in Trap Shooting
53.ICC Cricketer of the Year, ICC Test Cricketer of the Year Awards 2013 is Michael Clarke
54. Highest paid female athlete is is Maria Sharpova
55. Highest paid male athlete is Tiger Woods (Forbes magazine)
56.‘Century of Centuries Award’ given to Sachin Tendulkar
57. TIME’s “Person of the Moment” is Sachin Tendulkar
58.. India won the 4th World Cup (Men) Kabaddi final by beating Pakistan
59.Most expensive player in IPL 7 auctions is Yuvraj Singh
60.. Junior Cricketer of the Year in Castrol Cricket Awards is Unmukt Chand
61. Rafael Nadal, the Clay Court King, became the first player at Roland Garros to win the French Open 2014 for 9th time
62.Heena Sindhu has achieved the World No. 1 rank in 10 metre Air Pistol event
63. First sprinter to retain all three sprinting gold medals at consecutive Olympics is Usain Bolt
64. Winner of ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 is Australia (by defeating West Indies)
65.Sportsperson of the Year (Sports Illustrated) is Saina Nehwal
66. Hero Hockey India League – Ranchi Rhinos won by defeating Delhi Waveriders
67. World’s fastest batsman to score more than 5000 runs in ODIs is Virat Kohli (120 matches, 114 innings)
68. Shikhar Dhawan made the fastest debutant century in 85 balls, smashing the earlier world record of Dwayne Smith (93 balls)
69. Youngest Indian player in the world’s Top 100 Golfers list is Gaganjit Bhullar (98th)
70.Fastest Century Scorer in ODI, 1st in India and 7th in the world is Virat Kohli
71. Magnus Carlsen has become the World No.1 in Chess
72.Cricketer who tops ICC Test Cricket All Rounder ranking is R Ashwin
73- “Person of the Moment” declared by TIME magazine is Sachin Tendulkar
74. Fastest batsman in the world, who scored 11000 runs in Test Matches is Kumar Sangakkara
75.Manavjit Singh Sandhu achieved the 3rd place globally in Trap Shooting