www.sakshieducation.com www.sakshieducation.com 2013 Current Affairs Special - Sports January Kohli bagged ICC Cricketer of the year Award Young Indian batsman Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer of the Year award on 4 th January; while Pakistan was named as the Best International Cricket Team in the 2011-2012 season at the CEAT cricket awards. Former batting great of Pakistan Zaheer Abbas received the Lifetime Achievement Award. In the special India-Pakistan award category, legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar lifted the Best Test Batsman trophy while former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was honoured with the Best ODI Batsman award. The 1983 India's World Cup winning captain Kapil dev was adjudged the Best Test bowler, Akram received the Best ODI bowler award. CEAT Audience Choice Awards 2011-2012 went jointly to former Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar and Indian opener Virender Sehwag. McGrath was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on 4 th January, making him its 68th male member. McGrath joins fellow 2012-13 inductees West Indian Brian Lara and England’s Enid Bakewell in being recognised by the ICC and the living members of the Hall of Fame. McGrath represented Australia in 124 Test matches between 1993 and 2007 claiming 563 Test wickets at an average of 21.64. When McGrath retired from the game in 2007 he had represented Australia in 250 ODIs, claiming 381 wickets at an average of 22.02 while he took over 800 first-class wickets in his career. Serena won the WTA Brisbane International Serena williams won the WTA Brisbane International with a straight sets demolition of Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on 5 th January. Serena defeated the world no. 36 with 6-2, 6-1 sets in just an hour to win her 16th consecutive match - her 52 nd win in her last 54 matches and her 47 th career title.
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2013 Current Affairs Special - Sports
January
Kohli bagged ICC Cricketer of the year Award
Young Indian batsman Virat Kohli bagged the International Cricketer of
the Year award on 4th January; while Pakistan was named as the Best
International Cricket Team in the 2011-2012 season at the CEAT
cricket awards. Former batting great of Pakistan Zaheer Abbas received
the Lifetime Achievement Award. In the special India-Pakistan award
category, legendary Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar lifted the Best Test
Batsman trophy while former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was honoured with the Best
ODI Batsman award. The 1983 India's World Cup winning captain Kapil dev was adjudged the
Best Test bowler, Akram received the Best ODI bowler award. CEAT Audience Choice
Awards 2011-2012 went jointly to former Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar and Indian opener
Virender Sehwag.
McGrath was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame
Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath was inducted into the International Cricket
Council’s Hall of Fame on 4th January, making him its 68th male
member. McGrath joins fellow 2012-13 inductees West Indian Brian
Lara and England’s Enid Bakewell in being recognised by the ICC
and the living members of the Hall of Fame. McGrath represented
Australia in 124 Test matches between 1993 and 2007 claiming 563
Test wickets at an average of 21.64. When McGrath retired from the game in 2007 he had
represented Australia in 250 ODIs, claiming 381 wickets at an average of 22.02 while he took
over 800 first-class wickets in his career.
Serena won the WTA Brisbane International
Serena williams won the WTA Brisbane International with a straight sets demolition of
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on 5th January. Serena defeated the world no. 36 with
6-2, 6-1 sets in just an hour to win her 16th consecutive match - her 52nd win in her last 54
matches and her 47th career title.
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Janko Tipsa clinched Chennai Open
Serbian world number nine Janko Tipsarevic clinched the Chennai Open on 6th January by
defeating the Spaniard Roberto Bautista-Agut. Tipsarevic beat the unseeded 24-year old
Spaniard by 3-6 6-1 6-3.
Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek
Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the WTA Brisbane International
trophy by winning against Kveta Peschke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld on 6th January. The
second seeded Indo-American pair crashed the fourth seeded rivals by 4-6 6-4 10-7. It was
Sania's first doubles title of the season while 15th of her career.
Andy Murray defended Brisbane International title
Andy Murray defended Brisbane International title by defeating Bulgarian Grigor
Dimitrov 7—6, 6—4 on 6 January, 2013. Murray began his breakthrough season in 2012 by
winning in Brisbane and followed that up later with titles at the London Olympics and U.S.
Open.
Lionel Messi added yet another record
Lionel Messi added yet another record to his stellar series of achievements on 8th January,
when he won an unprecedented fourth, consecutive, Ballon d'Or at a FIFA gala in Zurich.
Messi received a vote share of 41.60 percent to 23.68 for Ronaldo and 10.91 for Iniesta. Messi
and former French star Michel Platini, had been the only players to win three straight Ballon
d'Or awards while Dutch greats Johan Cruyff and Marco Van Basten won the accolade on
three occasions. Spain's Vicente del Bosque was named coach of the year for 2012.
Kerala retained 61st National volleyball championship
Defending champion Kerala defeated Tamil Nadu 25-22, 25-23, 25-23 to retain the men’s title
in the 61st National volleyball championship in Jaipur on 15th January. In the women’s
final, Railways clinched its 28th title in the championship.
Saina clinched 2nd Rank
Saina Nehwal, the Olympics bronze medalist bagged her career best second rank in the
latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on 17th January 2013.
Saina scored 80091.7444 points in the latest rankings released and is leaded by the Chinese Li
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Xuerui, who has 94626.7153 points by her name. Parupalli Kashyap the quarterfinalist in
London Olympics was also successful in bagging his career best tenth position
in men’s list and he has 51986.6900 points by his name. Kashyap is the only
Indian player to be within the list of top-25 players in the BWF list. Saina
Nehwal regained her world number two position after an interval of two
years. For the first time, she achieved this position in December 2010.
IOC asked Armstrong to return Olympic Medal
The International Olympics Committee (IOC), on 17th January 2013,
asked the American Cyclist Lance Armstrong facing the charges of
doping to return the Olympic Bronze Medal and Certificate of 2000
Sydney Games. The IOC wrote a letter to the defamed cyclist and the
winner of seven times Tour de France in this regard and asked him to
return the bronze medal and the certificate that accompanied it for the
men’s time trial event. Lance Armstrong was a cyclist, who used performance enhancing
drugs and banned substances.
Kohli became the Quickest Indian to complete 4,000 ODI runs
Kohli became the quickest indian and second at World Level to complete 4,000 One day
International (ODI) runs. The Indian Cricketer and right handed batsman Virat Kohli on 19th
January 2013 by completing his 4,000 runs in ODI cricket tournament. He is the 12th Indian
batsman and 84th at world level to reach this milestone. By scoring these runs in just 93
innings, he became the first quickest from India and second at world level to accomplish this
milestone. Viv Richards, the West Indies player reached this milestone in 88 innings in the
year 1985 and is placed at the 1st position in the list of crickets to touch the mark of 4,000
runs in less number of innings. Before Kohli, the former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly had
this record of scoring the fastest 4,000 runs in ODI in 110 matches and 105 innings.
Lalith Babu won Chennai Chess Tournament
Indian Grandmaster M.R. Lalith Babu emerged the winner of the CSK 5th Chennai Open
International Grandmasters Chess Tournament by defeating Swapnil Dhopade in the
final round on 23rd January. Grandmaster Lu Shanglei of China became the runner-up of the
event as he outwitted Russian Grandmaster Anderi Deviatkin. Though both Lalith Babu and
Lu Shanglei were tied with nine points each, Lalith Babu emerged champion because of
superior tie-break. Indian Grandmaster B. Adhiban annexed the third place with 8.5 points.
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Djokovic won Australian Open
Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Andy Murray of UK in four sets to win Australian
Open 2013 final held in Melbourne. It was Djokovic’s third consecutive Australian Open
title and fourth overall. In 2012, Djokovic had started with an epic 5-hour,
53-minute five-set win over Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open, the
longest Grand Slam final. Djokovic won his first major title in 2008
Australian Open. He now has six Grand Slam titles altogether. Victoria
Azarenka of Belarus on 26th January 2013 won the Women’s Singles title of
the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne by defeating Li Na of China, 4-6, 6-4,
6-3 in the final to win the title for the second successive time. Top seeded American brothers
Bob and Mike Bryan won the men's doubles title. Americans Mike and Bob Bryan won their
record 13th Grand Slam doubles title, defeating the Dutch team of Robin Haase and Igor
Sijsling 6-3, 6-4.
Tiger Woods won his 75th career golf title
World No. 2 Tiger Woods captured his 75th career golf title on 28th January, winning the US
PGA Farmers Insurance Open by four strokes for his record-setting eighth career triumph at
Torrey Pines, U.S.A. Woods won his most recent major crown at the 2008 US Open at Torrey
Pines and has also won the PGA event staged at Torrey Pines seven times. No other PGA
player has won so many times on a single course.
Fauja Singh the oldest marathon runner
Fauja singh (101), the oldest marathon runner of the world decided to stop running in the
competitions after Hong Kong marathon which will be held in February 2013. Before the
Hong Kong marathon, Singh will also be running in the Australia marathon. Fauja Singh
is also popularly known as the Turbaned Tornado in all the international events. Fauja
Singh was born on 1st April 1911.
Dhoni Launches ‘7 By MS Dhoni’
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni joined the likes of Roger
Federer and David Beckham as he launched his own signature brand of
international perfumes at an event held in Dubai on 31st January. Dhoni
became the first Indian cricketer to launch his line of fragrances
named '7 By MS Dhoni', which is to be named after his lucky number 7. In
an event held at the Al Joharah Ballroom in Madinat Jumeirah, the Indian skipper
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launched a collection of six body sprays and perfumes. The six fragrances are named Intense,
Power, Action, Connect, Cool and Energy.
February
Dhoni appointed as Vice President of India Cement
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain of the Indian cricket team, as appointed as the vice-
president of India Cements on 1st February 2013. India Cements is headed (MD cum-Vice
Precedent) by BCCI President N Srinivasan. India Cements owns IPL franchise Chennai
Super Kings, the captaincy of which lies in the hands of Dhoni since 2008.
ICC rankings for test cricket were released
ICC rankings for test cricket were released on 4th February 2013 in Dubai. South Africa
emerged as the world number one team in this category and followed by England, Australia,
Pakistan and India. In the latest rankings, Hashim Amla, the South African batsman has
bagged the first position. He became the first batsman to hold the number one dice in both
test and one-day format of the game since 2007, before him Ricky Ponting
held this unique position. Michael Clarke, the Australian batsman was racked
at second position in the ranking. Dale Steyn, the South African bowler holds
the top position in the bowling ranking and is followed by his teammate,
Vernan Philander. Pragyan Ojha is the only Indian to feature among the top
ten bowlers in the test rankings released.
Rebecca announced retirement
Britain-based Rebecca Adlington, the Olympic champion announced retirement from all
forms of competitive swimming on 4th February 2013. Adlington, 23, is from Mansfield. She
won, 2008 - Olympic Games 400m gold, 2008 - Olympic Games 800m gold, 2009 - World
Championship 400m bronze, 2011 - World Championship 400m silver, 2011 - World
Championship 800m gold, 2012 - Olympic Games 400m bronze, 2012 - Olympic Games 800m
bronze.
India returned with 46 medals in 2013 Special Olympics
The 2013 Pyeong Chang Special Olympics World Winter Games finished on 5th February
2013 after a week of competition among differently-abled athletes from different countries.
The games took place from 29th January to 5th February 2013 at Pyeong Chang, South
Korea. The differently-abled athletes of India won 46 medals in this sporting event - 13
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gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze medals. About 2,200 mentally-challenged athletes participated
from more than 120 nations in the games.
BCCI was slapped a penalty of Rs. 52.24 crore
Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) was slapped a penalty of Rs. 52.24 crore by the
Competition Commission of India (CCI) on 8th February 2013 for indulging in anti-
competitive practices. The CCI ordered BCCI to deposit the penalty within 90 days from the
date of issue of orders. In its verdict, the CCI stated that BCCI abused its dominant position
and directed it to cease its all practices of denying market access to the potential competitors.
The regulator also stated that the stance of BCCI was of serious concern and quantum of
penalty which should be levied that is proportional to the seriousness of violation. A complaint
was filed by Surinder Singh Barmi in November 2010 against BCCI and his allegations were
based on issues related to Professional League Tournament and Indian Premier League
(IPL) conducted by the BCCI.
Sachin equaled Gavaskar record
Sachin Tendulkar equaled the record of Sunil Gavaskar of 81 first class centuries in first
class cricket at Mumbai on 8th February 2013. He managed to equal Gavaskar’s record after
scoring an unbeaten 140 runs in Irani Trophy against Rest of India in the first innings of the
tournament of Mumbai team.
Serena Became the World Number One
Serena Williams became the new World number one. The 31-years Serena thrashed Petra
Kvitova of Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and reached Semifinals of Qatar Open Tennis
Championship in Doha, which propelled her ranking to the top. She achieved this position
after two and half years.
Zedong died in Beijing
Zhuang Zedong (72), the table tennis legend of China, died fighting cancer in Beijing on 10th
February 2013. Zedong is a three-time world TT champion. He won a range of events in
1960s. He remained a crucial figure in ping-pong diplomacy of 1971 and is popularly also
called the Architect of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Ping-pong diplomacy means exchange of the
table tennis (Ping-Pong) players between China and US. This was done to normalise relations
between these two countries.
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Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Wave riders
Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Wave riders 2-1 to win the inaugural Hockey India League
(HIL) in the match at Astroturf Hockey Stadium on 10th February 2013. Apart from winning
the trophy, Ranchi Rhinos took away Rs. 2.5 crore. Mumbai Magicians player Sandeep Singh
hit maximum goals (11) in the tournament. HIL was played from 14th January to 10 February
2013 in which 5 teams Delhi Waveriders, Jaypee Punjab Riders, Sahara India Uttar
Pradesh Wizards, Dabur Mumbai Magicians and Patel-Union Ranchi Rhinos
participated. The tournament was played at 5 places-Delhi, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Mumbai
and b.
Wrestling may be removed from 2020 Olympics Games
Members of the International Olympic Committee have voted to drop wrestling from the
2020 Summer Olympics Games. The proposal came as a surprise, as wrestling is one of the
oldest Olympic sports. The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board
voted on 12 February, to remove wrestling from the 2020 Summer Olympics Games,
however the move is not yet final. The board recommended dropping wrestling as it was not a
part of the 25 "core sports" list.
Pankaj Advani made history Bet Victor Welsh Open
Pankaj Advani made history at the Bet Victor Welsh Open on 14th February, as a 4-1
victory over Graeme Dott saw him become the first Indian player to reach the quarter-finals
of a world ranking event. Advani, 8-time world billiards champion playing as a newcomer on
the main snooker tour this season, went 2-0 up in the second-round match in Newport with
breaks of 63 and 73. The 27-year-old from Pune has now defeated two former world
champions at this tournament.
Mathews was appointed as the Captain of Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lankan all-rounder cricketer was appointed as the Captain of the
test and one-day cricket team of Sri Lanka on 14th February for a period of one year.
Mathews replaced Mahela Jayawardene, who announced to quit
captaincy after Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia. Dinesh Chandimal, the
wicket-keeper batsman was appointed as the vice-captain in the test and
one-day format of the game and will lead the country as a captain in the
T20 format of the game. Lasith Malinga was appointed as the vice-
captain for the T20 team.
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“Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius appeared in court
South African “Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius appeared in court on 15th February, charged
with the murder of his girlfriend, an incident that has stunned the country. Reeva Steenkamp,
a model and budding reality TV show participant, was shot and killed at Pistorius'
upmarket home in an eastern suburb of the South African capital in the predawn
hours of 12th February, sending the country reeling. South African media reported
that Paralympic and Olympic track star Pistorius shot his girlfriend four times
through a bathroom door at his Pretoria home. Pistorius made history at the London Olympics
last year when he became the first double-amputee track athlete to compete at any games.
Australia won the ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy
Australia won the ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy after defeating West Indies by 114-runs
on 17th February 2013 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Australia clinched the title for
the sixth time in the history of women’s cricket World Cup, it last won the title in 2005.
New Zealand’s Suzie Bates elected as player of the tournament for scoring 407 runs with
three half-centuries in the series.
March
Rafael Nadal won ATP Mexican Open
Rafael Nadal defeated top seed and defending champion David Ferrer 6-0, 6-2
on 2nd March 2013 in the final match of the ATP Mexican Open 2013 tennis
tournament. David Ferrer was the 3-time defending champion. On the other
hand, in the women’s final, Italy's Sara Errani defeated Carla Suarez-Navarro
of Spain 6--0, 6-4. Rafael Nadal won ATP Mexican Open tournament for the
second time. Earlier he had won this title in 2005. This is the 38th clay court title of Nadal.
Smriti Mehra won Hero Women’s Golf Tour
Smriti Mehra, the veteran golfer, won her second title in the fourth leg of Hero Women’s pro
golf tour 2013 in Mumbai on 6th March. Smriti played a round of one under 64 and finished
with an overall score of 194 at the Willington Sports Club. At the second position was Neha
Tripathi who completed with the final round score of one over 66 and an overall score of 200.
Sharmila Nicollet achieved third position with lowly six over 71 and a total score of 202.
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Chen Long won the All England Badminton Championship
Chen Long of China won the All England Badminton Championship men’s singles title by
defeating Lee Chong Wei with 21-17, 21-18. Tine Baun of Denmark, won the women’s
singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013 at the National
Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England on 10th March 2013. With this victory, the 33-year-old
Baun became the oldest All-England women’s singles champion of Open Era. She
defeated three-time world junior champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-14, 16-21, 21-
10.
Liu and Qiu of China defeated the Japanese pair of Endo and Hayakawa in the men’s
doubles in a one-sided final, with the unseeded Chinese pair winning 21-11, 21-9 for their first
All England title. Wang and Yu of China won the women’s doubles title by defeating their
fellow compatriots Cheng and Zhao in two games. In the Mixed doubles event, the second
seeded Indonesian pairing of Ahmad and Natsir successfully defended their All England title
against the Olympic champions Zhang and Zhao of China. All England Open Badminton
Championships is one of the oldest as well as the prestigious badminton tournaments of the
world, which is played annually.
Neha Tripathi won BT Pro Golf Tournamnet
Neha Tripathi defeated Thailand's Pennapa Pulsawath to win BT Pro Am of Champions
golf tournament 2013 in Manesar on 10th March 2013. After initially tying up at a score of
141, Neha won the match in second playoff on 18th hole. At the third position was golfer
Smriti Mehra from India who got the total score of 142. Thai golfer Tiranan Yoopan finished
at the fourth position with a score of 143. Tang Ni Nhung of Vietnam came at the fifth position
with an overall score of 148.
Beckham was named as the richest footballer of the world
David Beckham was named as the richest footballer of the world,
according to the Goal Rich List 2013. David Beckham has a total
income of 175 million pound. 37-year-old Beckham is the biggest
brand in the world now, leaving behind Cristiano Ronaldo and
Lionel Messi. In 2012, Beckham earned more than 20 million pound
from wages as well as endorsement. The Goal Rich List 2013
revealed that the worth of Beckham is 60 million pound more than Messi.
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Shrinivas won 42nd National Carrom Championship
Shrinivas won 42nd Senior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship at Akola. He
defeated world no.3 Yogesh Pardeshi in the men’s final 8-25, 25-18, 25-4. In the women’s
final, Rashmi Kumari defeated I Ilavazhaki 25-9, 25-18 to win the women’s title. This was
the fifth title of her career.
Manorama Devi won bronze in Cycling Championship
India's Deborah and Manorama Devi on 10th March 2013 won a bronze in the team sprint on
the second to last day of the Hero Asian Cycling Championships in New Delhi. The pair came
just 0.148 seconds ahead by defeating Malaysia's Faihah Shahwati Mohd Adnan and Nurul
Alissa Mohamad Azman. Deborah is from Andaman and Nicobar.
India won eight medals in Archery Championship
India won a total of eight medals in the inaugural Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship
at Bangkok on 14th March 2013. India won two gold, two silver and four bronze. In the
category of compound Men's individual, Ch. Jignas clinched the Gold after he defeated China's
He Ying 145-142. In the Compound Men's trio category, Ch. Jignas, Abhishek Verma and
Ritul Chatterjee won the Gold, registering a victory over Vietnam, 226-218. Silver was won
by Rahul Banerjee in Recurve Men and Anjali Kumari in Compound Women in the individual
categories. In the Recurve Men's event, Atanu Das clinched the Bronze. Recurve Women's
team of Bombayala Devi, Dola Banerjee and Rimil Biruli defeated Indonesia to win a Bronze.
In the same section, Bombayla Devi won a Bronze in individual category. Atanu and
Bombayala also defeated opponent team in Mixed team event to win fourth Bronze for India.
Laureus World Sports Awards 2013
Laureus World Sports Awards 2013 were organized in Rio de Janeiro on 11th March 2013.
Prestigious awards were claimed by sports stars - Jessica Ennis, Andy Murray and
Sebastian Coe. Jessica Ennis who won heptathlon gold in London 2012 Olympics was awarded
the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award at the Theatro Municipal. Andy Murray
won the Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award. Andy
Murray had won Olympic gold in the singles as well as silver in
mixed doubles before winning grand slam title at the US Open in
2012. Sebastian Coe, the Chairman of the London 2012