Sports / May 2010.

• Pakistan and Hong Kong China emerge winners of the men’s and women’s team events, respectively, at the Asian squash  championship, beating Malaysia and India in the finals in Chennai.

• Mark Webber, the Australian racer of the Red Bull team, clinches the title of the Spanish grand Prix formula One championship in Barcelona, Spain.

• Dempo sports  Club clinches the title of the 2010 I-League football tournament, beating Lajong United of shilong in the penultimate round in shilong, Meghalaya, it is the fourth I-league title of Dempo.

• Indian chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand retains his FIDE World Chess championship title, beating Bulgarian contender Veselin Topalov in the 12 and deciding game in Sofia, Bulgaria. Playing with black pieces, Anand pulls off a win in 50 moves.

• Indian Wrestler Narsingh Yadav clinches the Gold medal in the 74 kg freestyle category at the Aisan Wrestling Championship, beating Saeed Riahi of Iran in the final in New Delhi.

• India’s Olympic hero Sushil Kumar notches up his first ever Gold at the Aisan Wrestling Championship, beating South Korean Dae Sung Kim in the final in New Delhi.

• Chiara Cainero of Italy wins the Gold at the women’s skeet competition in the shotgun World Cup in Dorset, England.

• South Korea make history by ending China’s 12 year stranglehold on the Uber Cup with a stunning 3-1 victory in the final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• England win the 2010 ICC World Twenty 20 title, beating Australia in the final by seven wickets in Barbados, West Indies. This is England’s first title in an ICC global event.

• India and South Korea declared joint winners of the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament, after the final is washed out in Ipoh, Malaysia.

• Rafael Nadal of Spain beats Roger Federer of Switzerland in the final to clinch the title of the Madrid Masters tennis championship in Madrid, Spain.

• Australia win the title of the ICC women’s World Twenty20 beating New Zealand by three runs in the thrilling summit clash in Barbados, West Indies.

• Seema Tomar of India bags the women’s trap Silver in the shotgun World Cup in Dorser, England; this is the first ever trap medal in a World Cup by and Indian woman shooter.

• Former Olympic champion Alexey Alipov of Russia bags the trap Gold in the shotgun World Cup in Dorset, Britain.

• South Africa beat West Indies by one run in the second and final match of the Twenty20  series in North Sound, West Indies; with this, South Africa sweep the series 2-0

• Maria Sharapova of Russia clinches the Strasbourg Ope women’s singles title in Strasbourt, France.

• The Indian women’s Hockey team notches up an emphatic 3-1 win over hosts New Zeland in the fourth Test of the five match series in Wellington, New Zealand, with this win, India take an unassailable 2-0 lead.

• South Africa beat hosts West Indies by 17 runs in the second ODI in Antigua, West Indies.

• Indian men beat Iran 3-1 in a crucial match of the World table tenns team championships in Moscow, Russia.