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Ghana has won FIFA U-20 Football World Cup beating Brazil. This is the 1st African country to win this cup.
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Jenson Button has won F1 World’s Drivers Championship title that was held in Brazil.
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Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal to win the Shanghai Masters.
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ICC Awards 2009:
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Best Test Cricketer – Gautam Gambhir
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Best One day Cricketer - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Test and One day teams captain – M S Dhoni.
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Best Cricketer – Mitchell Jhonson
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Best Emerging Cricketer – Peter Siddle (Australia)
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Best Umpire – Aleem Dar
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Spirit of Cricket Award – New Zealand
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Pan Pacific Title was won by Maria Sharapova by beating Jelena Jankovic.
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Formula 1 Japan Grand Prix was won by Sebastian Vetel.
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Rio de Janeiro has been chosen as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating Madrid in the final round of voting.
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Muniyappa won Indian Open Golf Title by defeating South Korean Lee Sang in Gurgaon.
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China Open Men’s Title was won by Jokovich and Women’s Title was won by Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Australia won ICC Champion’s Trophy by beating New
Zealand in the finals. Shane Watson was selected as Man of the Match
and Ricky Ponting was given Player of the tournament and Golden Bat
award for scoring highest runs in the series.
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Irani Trophy was won by Rest of India team defeating Mumbai.
