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SPORTS

1. CRICKET

 i. India lifts Champions Trophy 2013: by defeating England in a rain-hit final in Birmingham. Ravindra Jadeja declared man of the match and Shikhar Dhawan declared man of the tournament

 ii. England to host Cricket World Test Champions in - 2017, ODI World Cup in - 2019

 iii. India will host the: World T20 Cup -2016, World Test Championship 2021, World Cup for the fourth time in 2023

 iv. Australia to host 2019 World Cup and World Twenty20 in 2020

 v. West Indies to host Women's World T20 in 2018 and Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2022. 

vi. Afghanistan was granted the Associate membership of the ICC, making it the eighth Asian nation and the 38th overall to get the status.

 vii. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL 

viii. Mumbai Indians won IPL (6) 2013, defeated Chennai Super Kings in final ix. Indian pacer S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were caught bu Delhi Police in spot-fixing racket in the ongoing Indian Premier League matches

 x. Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan and CEO of Chennai Super King team was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating 

xi. Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Indian Premier League

 xii. Shikhar Dhawan first Indian Cricketer who scored a ton on Test debut as an opener

xiii. Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore player) has set a new record for the fastest century in just 30 balls IPL 2013 (T20) 6th edition against Pune Warriors Tennis

2. Wimbledon – 2013

i. Men’s Single: Andy Murray(Britain) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 

ii. Women’s Single: Marion Bartoli (France) defeated Sabine Lisick (Germany) iii. Men’s Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Dodig & M. Melo

3. French Open 2013:

 i. Men’s Single: Rafael Nadal Defeated David Ferrer ii. Women’s Single: Serena Willimas Defeated Maria Sharapova iii. Men’s Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan Defeated Michael Llodra & Nicolas Mahut iv. Mixed doubles: Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka defeated Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic

4. Miami Open 2013

 i. Andy Murray beat David Ferrer ii. Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova.

5. Italian Open 2013

i. Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federar ii. Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka

6. Madrid Open 2013

 i. Rafael Nadal beat Stanislas Wawrinka ii. . Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova.

7. Australian Open 2013:

i. Men Single: Novak Djokovic(Serbia) bt Andy Murray(Britain).

 ii. Women Single-Victoria Azarenka bt Li Na( china)

 iii. Men Double: Bob & Mike Byan bt Robin haase & Igor Sijsling.

 iv. Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Ashlegh Barty and Casey Dellaqua

8. Sudirman Cup –

 China defeated South Korea 

9. PV Sindhu won Malaysia Badminton Grand Prix Title Gu Juan of Singapore 

10. Brazil beats Spain to win Confederations Cup 2013

 11. Parimarjan Negi won the Continental Chess Association Open title defeated Bindi Cheng

 12. Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune 

13. Chris Martin, the fast Bowler of New Zealand has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. 

14. K Srikanth clinched defeated Boonsak Ponsana to clinch the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton 2013

 15. Sebastian Vettel defeated Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to win Canadian Grand Prix 

16. 4th Kabaddi World Cup will be held in Punjab in November

 17. BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful match-fixing charges in Bangladesh Premier League. 

18. Bayern Munich won German Cup 2013 defeated Stuttgart 

19. Ananya Gupta claimed a bronze medal in the World School Chess championship held at Haldikki in Greece

 20. Ragala Venkat Rahul bags three Golds in Asian Youth Weightlifting

21. MS Dhoni becomes first captain to win all ICC trophies

22. Boxer Manjeet Singh won Silver medal at China Open: 

23. Bolt won Jamaican 100 title to reach World Championships

24. Pune host Asian Athletic Championship meet in July 

25. Delhi to host South Asian Junior Table Tennis 

26. India win silver in Archery World Cup: Rajat Chouhan and Manjudha won silver medal at the World Cup (Stage-II) Archery competition in Turkey.

 27. Prasanna new Grand Master : V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria

 28. Punjab beat Odisha to lift HI Jr. Men's National Ch'ship: 

29. Australia became the third country after Japan and hosts Brazil to reach next summer's World Cup after sealing a dramatic late win against Iraq.

 30. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of the ICC's Team of the Champions Trophy 

31. Australia (CA) sacked Mickey Arthur and appointed Darren Lehmann as the new coach of the Australian team.

 32. V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria

33. Somyajeet Ghosh - become the youngest national Table Tennis Champion 

34. Rupesh Shah clinched the 12th Asian Billiards championship title after beating compatriot Alok Kumar in the final

 35. Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior title by defeating J Saranya at the Asian Junior Chess Championship

36. Preeti Beniwal won gold in 2013 Senior National Women's Boxing Championship

37. Winner Asian Chess Championship 2012 – Parivarjan Negi. 

38. Serena Williams named WTA Player of the Year 2012 after winning Wimbledon

39. Grenke Chess Classic Trophy 2013 - Viswanathan Anand (India) after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany.)

40. ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 - Australia defeated West Indies at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai