Sport Events in January 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.