Current Affairs 5

1. Who have been bestowed upon 'Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year award respectively at the Sahara Sports Awards 2010 recently?

Ans: Sushil Kumar and M.C. Mary Kom.

2. Which country will stage the FIFA World Cup in 2018 for the first  time?

Ans: Russia who dashed the hopes of rival bids put forth by England, Spain/Portugal and Belgium/ The Netherlands. The decision was announced in Zurich by Mr. Joshph Blatter, the president of the football's world governing body following a secret ballot by 22 members of its executive committee.

3. Which west Asian country would paly host the 2022 FIFA world cup for the first time?

Ans: Qatar which will be the first Middle Eastern country to host the biggest football tournam\ent in the world defeating competition form the USA, Australia, Japan, South Korea. The world Cup will return to Asia after 20 years as in 2002 South Korea and Japan jointly held the tournament.

4. Who has been voted the woman tennis player of the year for the second time in her career Recently?

Ans: Kim Clijsters of Belgium, Who had first earned the accolade in 2005 and came out of retirement last year, won five trophies in 2010, highlighted by a third US Open title.

5. Who won the 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paolo recently?

Ans: Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel