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Sports Current Affairs 2013

Grand Slam Tennis 2012

Event	Men’s Singles	Women’s Singles
Australian Open	Novak Djokovic	Victoria Azarenka
French Open	Rafael Nadal	Maria Sharapova
Wimbledon	Roger Federer	Serena Williams
US Open	Andy Murray	Serena Williams

Grand Slam Tennis 2013

Event	Men’s Singles	Women’s Singles
Australian Open	Novak Djokovic	Victoria Azarenka
French Open	Rafael Nadal	Serena Williams
Wimbledon	Andy Murray	Marion Bartoli
US Open

Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy (50 over) Winner: India
Man of the series ICC Champions Trophy: Shikar Dhawan
IPL 2013 Man of the series: Shane Watson
IPL 2013 Purple Cap (Most runs) Winner:  Michael Hussey
IPL 2013 Orange Cap (Most Wickets) Winner:  Dwayne Bravo

Here are the some important and latest Sports current affairs 2013 which is useful for competitive exams  like RRB / TNPSC / SSC / UPSC and more

1} who got the gold medal in ISSF world cup in Korea on 5 April 2013?
Ans: Rahi srnobat

2) Who won Asian Junior Chess Title on 6 April 2013?
Ans: Narayan Srinath.

3) Who won the 12th Asian Billiards Championship at Indore tennis Club, Indore  on 7 April 2013?
Ans: Rupesh Shah

4) Who won the family circle cup tennis title on 7 April 2013?
Ans: Serena Williams

5) Which City of India would host the upcoming final of world Chess championship?
Ans: Chennai.

6) Who won the Chinese grand pix 2013?
Ans: Fernando Alonso

7) Who won the Bahrain grand prix title on 21 April 2013?
Ans: Sebastian vettel.

 8) Who won the men’s single title at India open Super series badminton tournament on 28 April 2013?
Ans: Lee Chong wei

9) Who won the Barcelona open Tennis Title on 28 April 2013?
Ans: Rafael nadal

10) Who won the men’s national basketball championship title on 11 April 2013?
Ans: TamilNadu

11) Who won the Augusta 77th Masters Golf tournament on 14 April 2013?
Ans: Adam Scott

12) 27th edition of north-East games recently concluded at which venue?
Ans: imphal.

13) Who won the Monte Carlo Masters title on 21 April 2013?
Ans: Novak Djokovic

14)Which cricketer hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during royal Challengers Bangalore- Pune Warrior IPL match on 23 April 2013?
Ans: Chris Gayle

15) Who won the Porsche tennis Grand Prix title on 28 April 2013?
Ans: Maria Sharapova

16) Which state has won 3rd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship on 1 May 2013?
Ans: Haryana

17) Who has been named Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year?
Ans: Gareth Bale

18) Which Indian Women Badminton Player won the Women’s singles title at Malaysian Grand Prix Gold in Kuala Lumpur on 4 May 2013?
Ans: PV Sindhu

19) Who is the Pakistan’s top seeded player has won the Asian Squash individual championship for the first time in 14 years?
Ans:  Aamir Atlas Khan

20) Who won the world snooker Championship title?
Ans: Ronnie O’Sulivan

21) Who won the Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 on 12 May 2013 at Barcelona circuit?
Ans: Fernando Alonso

22) Serena Williams on 12 May 2013 won 50th title of her career after defeating Maria Sharapova in the finals. Which title was this?
Ans: Madrid Open

23) Which Country boxers won the FXTM International Limassol Boxing Cup held in Limassol, Cyprus on 19 May 2013?
Ans: India

24) Which country secured 2 silver and 7 Bronze and ended its journey in the 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships held at New Delhi?
Ans: India

25) Where was the 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships held recently which concluded on 10 May 2013?
Ans: New Delhi

26) Which Country boxers have created history by winning a record haul of 10 medals, including 4 Gold, in the International Boxing Cup held in Limassol, Cyprus?
Ans: India

27) Which franchisee team won the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL), final of which was held on 26 May 2013 at Kolkata’s Eden Garden?
Ans: Mumbai Indians (MI)

28) Who is the Indian Cricketer Announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket format after Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings in IPL6 Final?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar

29) Which Team won the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League 2013?
Ans: Bayern Munich

30) Which Indian city will host 20th Asian Athletics Championships, as announced on 30 May 2013?
Ans: Pune

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Australia's downcast captain Michael Clarke trusts his team have regained respect and credibility as candidates for the Ashes urn over the course of an amazing, winding match at Trent Bridge, even if it decided with the searing pain of a fifth successive Test defeat for the visitors.

Clarke and the break of the team were clearly upset by a loss that arrived in painful situations 12 minutes after lunch on the final day. Having additional 65 with the last man James Pattinson to take the tourists to within 15 runs of victory, Brad Haddin was given out on a choice referral after the highest of edges behind from the bowling of the Man of the Match, James Anderson.

But Clarke maintained his men had proved they were going to give England an dreadful fright, defying the expectations of many before the series initiated, and also going some way towards redeeming themselves after the embarrassments of the India tour earlier this year.

I think we have probably proved to a few people that we are here to compete," Clarke said. "I said it on day one and I am not surprised at how close we got. I'm dissatisfied that we couldn't get over the line and I said last night that I static thought we could win the Test match.

So we as a team are disappointed we haven't won this first Test but I hope we have got a bit of respect by the way we have played. That's what's main. Our team is going to give our all every single time we take the field. We're here to win this series.

We know it is going to be strong and we have just experienced that over five days but for the people that have written us off or did write us off before a ball was bowled, I think we might have changed a few of their minds.

The wicket of Haddin brought back recalls of the similarly epic Edgbaston Test of 2005, which resulted in a two-run win for England after Brett Lee and Michael Kasprowicz put on 59 for the last wicket.

Back then, Clarke was a advanced young batsman in a team of greats. Now he must find a way of guaranteeing the trauma of the Nottingham defeat does not envelop a team far less experienced or confident than the side of eight years ago ahead of a second Test at Lord's that is a mere four days away.

"I can't remember '05. Well, I can but I just don't want to," Clarke said. "I was a lot younger then so it's tough to compare. It probably does hurt you more when you are captain because I predict you are a little bit older and I care so much about the guys that I am enclosed by.

He also had words of approval for the young debutant Ashton Agar, whose 98 at No. 11 in the first innings brought the Test active. "He has played really well," Clarke said. "He is an amazing talent, no uncertainty about it. He is a great kid with a very smart mind - he is older than his age will tell you. He is enjoying being around the team and I think you are going to see a lot extra of him."

The final act of the match, with its delayed resolve and reliance on technology, was symbolic of how the DRS had cast a considerable shadow over the competition. But it also showed how England used the system more effectively than their complements.

Alastair Cook still had two transfers up his sleeve when he definite to review the Haddin decision, while on day three Clarke had scorched his own before the umpire Aleem Dar failed to spot a clear advantage from Stuart Broad to slip. Clarke recognized he had to show better decision in the future.

"The benefit you have now, especially as a batsman, is that if you think you did not hit the ball, you have the casual to refer it. Sometimes you find out you did hit it, like in my case, other times you find out you were right. That is how the games is and you learn to live with it."

How Clarke and Australia acquire to live with their loss at Trent Bridge will be known at Lord's on Thursday morning.

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When Australia lost their 9th wicket on the 5th and last day, they were 80 runs loose of their victory target of 311 and all but out of the match.

Score Display at lunch on the 5th day of the first Test between England and Australia at Trent Bridge on Sunday:

England 1st Innings 215 (P Siddle 5-50; J Pattinson 3-69)
Australia 1st Innings 280 (A Agar 98, P Hughes 81 no, S Smith 53; J Anderson 5-85)
England 2nd Innings 375 (I Bell 109, S Broad 65, K Pietersen 64, A Cook 50; M Starc 3-81)
Australia 2nd Innings (overnight: 174-6)

S. Watson lbw b Broad 46
C. Rogers c Bell b Anderson 52
E. Cowan c Trott b Root 14
M. Clarke c Prior b Broad 23
S. Smith lbw b Swann 17
P. Hughes lbw b Swann 0
B. Haddin not out 69
A. Agar c Cook b Anderson 14
M. Starc c Cook b Anderson 1
P. Siddle c Cook b Anderson 11
J. Pattinson not out 22
Extras (b11, lb10, nb1) 22
Total (9 wkts, 108 overs, 462 mins) 291

Decrease of wickets: 1-84 (Watson), 2-111 (Cowan), 3-124 (Rogers), 4-161 (Clarke), 5-161 (Smith), 6-164 (Hughes), 7-207 (Agar), 8-211 (Starc), 9-231 (Siddle)
Bowling: Anderson 30-10-73-4; Broad 23-7-54-2 (1nb); Swann 43-10-100-2; Finn 10-3-37-0; Root 2-0-6-1

England: Alastair Cook (capt), Joe Root, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior (wkt), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson

Match situation: Australia need 20 more runs to extent their success target of 311 with one second innings wicket standing.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni just the once again lived up to the 'Captain Cool' tag as he seized his nerve to almost by yourself guide India to yet another title success with a narrow one-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a exciting final of the Tri-nation ODI series.
Needing 15 from the last over in their follow of 202, Dhoni damaged Shaminda Eranga for two sixes and a boundary in just four balls to end off the game in style at the Queen's Park Oval.

The result also meant that the Champions Trophy winners' current run of success in the 50-over format continuous.
As the captain slammed Eranga over more cover for the winning shot, the Indian crowd erupted in joy and the proud players run down the pitch to side the man of the moment, who remained winning on 45 off 52 balls.
Coming in at the reduce of Suresh Raina's wicket with India in a stain of difficulty at 145 for five in the 35th over, Dhoni added important runs with lower-order and in the route hit five fours and two sixes.

Dhoni was calculative and waited till the end previous to launching that one final attack which left the Lankans shell-shocked as the islanders fancied their chances after Rangana Hearth’s four-wicket come apart on a pitch that was not beneficial for stroke play.

While Dhoni played the match-winning beat, Rohit Sharma, who hit five fours and a six, top-scored for India with 58 off 89 balls. Raina contributed 32 off 27 balls.

In chase of what seemed like a modest target, India gone Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli early to Eranga.

Sharma found an helper in Dinesh Karthik with whom he added 50 runs for the third wicket previous to the wicketkeeper-batsman was dismissed for 23. Sharma then fake a 62-run stand in eight over’s with Raina to combine India's position.

Sensing the need to submit time in the focus, Sharma and Raina played sensible cricket before the Mumbaikar was done in by a Herath ball that kept low before hitting the stumps.

This was Herath's second wicket, behind he sent back Karthik who was caught by Mahela Jayawardene at trip.

Previous to making his way back to the pavilion, Sharma showed exemplary endurance. While he slashed Lasith Malinga over third man for a six in the 14th over, Sharma had to wait until the 19th over of the Indian innings to score his first four.

While Sharma's first four was a slice past point, the next one came off a fastener that almost cleared fine leg. Lasith Malinga was carted for three fours -- a force over extra cover and a pull beside the ground was followed by a cut over top.

After that Sri Lanka pulled things reverse by dismissing Sharma and Raina followed ensemble to leave the game equally poised.

Desperate to put India under more strain, Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara appealed beside Dhoni for what they felt was difficulty of field while running for a single.

After responding behind to Jadeja's call, Dhoni was running towards the striker's end and came in between the throw and the stumps. Together the SL players were convinced that Dhoni changed his route, but the umpires thought otherwise.

The Lankans soon found reasons to root for as Hearth took two wickets off straight balls in his final over to leave India precariously placed at 152/7 in 38 over’s.

With Sri Lanka closing in on India's back, Dhoni decided to use the long handle, which was obvious from that thick exterior edge that flew over the first-slip for a four. He then whacked Malinga's full toss delivery through deep midwicket, before pushing Mathews for a four through the gap between point and short third man.

Dhoni saw Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and R Vinay Kumar getting dismissed in fast sequence, but himself showed nerves of strengthen to steer his side home in company of number 11 Ishant Sharma.

Earlier, India benefited enormously after Sri Lanka's middle and lower-order batsmen committed hara-kiri, which saw the team lose eight wickets for just 30 runs previous to being bundled out for 201.

Sent into bat, Sri Lanka were sitting pretty at 171 for two in the 38th over, but lack of request saw them being packed off with seven balls left in their innings.

Jadeja was the most doing well Indian bowlers returning figures of 4/24 while there were two wickets apiece for Bhuvneshwar, Ishant and Ashwin.

Bhuvneshwar made use of seaming situation to send back Upul Tharanga and Mahela Jayawardene. Incidentally, the pair had punished India with a double-century partnership in the match that the young seamer was dropped.

Sri Lanka then ride on Sangakkara (71) and Lahiru Thirimanne's 122-run partnership for the third wicket to period a fight back before their innings disintegrate due to some mindless batting. Thirimanne scored 46 off 72 balls.

From a easy position with about 12 over’s to go, Sri Lanka were left defeat their wounds at 193 for seven in the 46th over when captain Angelo Mathews got out. None of the last six batsmen could arrive at double information.

Sri Lanka made a careful start but after reaching 27 in the seventh over, the islanders suffered their first drive when Bhuvneshwar changed his angle to make an inside boundary from Upul Tharanga.

The ever-consistent Bhuvneshwar was at it again, in the 14th over, as he removed Jayawardene with an inoffensive delivery that moved a fragment on landing at the Queen's Park Oval.

Losing the experienced Jayawardene so early into the innings was a big drive for the Lankans and they very much needed hardness at that point of time. Sri Lanka found the reply to their worries in the form of another expert, Sangakkara, who anchored the innings.

Combination hands at 49 for two in the 14th over, the two brought up their 100 partnership in the 36th over with Thirimanne cutting Ishant for a boundary.

It was the start of batting powerplay and Lanka were straightaway on the funds with both Sangakkara and Thirimanne going after Ishant who accepted 24 runs in the two over’s he bowled at that point of the game.

After being carted for two fours through the offside by Thirimanne, Ishant was at the receiving ending of Sangakkara's action. Not content hitting two consecutive fours in the 38th over are first two balls, Sangakkara launched into Ishant smashing his length ball straight down the ground for a six.

But the over turned to be an exciting one as Ishant finally tasted achievement having Thirimanne caught by Bhuvneshwar at midoff. Soon Sri lanka suffered an extra push as Ashwin joined the party by removing Sangakkara with a tossed-up ball.

Ashwin struck again as he had Kusal Perera who was swiftly stumped by Dhoni. After fighting their way back into the match, Sri Lanka was crumbling with Jadeja having Dinesh Chandimal. Mathews followed go with as Sri Lanka's innings approached its en

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India will start their five match ODI International series against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on July 24.
The ground at Harare will host the first three matches of the series while the final two ODIs are scheduled at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo, the BCCI announced on Thursday.

The tour was clean at the BCCI working committee’s developing meeting in Delhi. The working committee also complete India A’s tour of South Africa in August, India under-19 team’s tour of Australia in June-July and India under-19 team’s tour of Sri Lanka in August.

The Indian national team players have been on the road since the start of the home series beside England last November.

India last toured Zimbabwe in 2010 when Suresh Raina captained a young side, and India didn’t make it to the final of the ODIs tri-series which also built-in Sri Lanka.

Reports advice there won’t be forceful changes to the side this time.

A team of twenty seven players has been in camp from ay twenty seven in preparation for the tour excluding for Chamu Chibhabha, who took up a contract to play club cricket in the UK and Tino Mawoyo, who is still recovering from damage.

Meanwhile, the verification of the Indian tour will come as good news to newly chosen coach Andy Waller as it will be his first assignment since taking over as head coach after the Bangladesh series.

English County Cricket Club Yorkshire’s strength and conditioning Coach Tom Summers is also estimated in the country on Friday for a five-day fitness training assembly with the team ahead of the tour.

In the ICC Schedule this series will be start from 10 July, this year. This is also a bilateral series between this two team.

Match 1:  1st ODI, July 24. Venue: Harare

Match 2:  2nd ODI, July 26. Venue: Harare

Match 3:  3rd ODI July 28. Venue: Harare

Match 4:  4th ODI July 31. Venue: Bulawayo

Match 5:  5th ODI, August 3. Venue: Bulawayo

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India 119 for 3 (Rohit 48*) beat Sri Lanka 96 (Bhuvneshwar 4-8) by 81 runs (D/L method)
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Rohit Sharma strikes the ball through the covers, India v Sri Lanka, West Indies tri-series, Port-of-Spain, July 9, 2013
Rohit Sharma fought hard on a difficult surface to remain unbeaten

Players/Officials: Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Rohit Sharma
Matches: India v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain
Series/Tournaments: West Indies Tri-Nation Series
Teams: India | Sri Lanka

After a four-and-a-half hour rain interruption, Sri Lanka had ten wickets available over a truncated 26 overs to chase 178. India needed to restrict Sri Lanka to 167 or below to make the final ahead of West Indies. In an ideal Twenty20 world, this was a situation loaded in favour of the chasing side. The Queen's Park Oval pitch, with patches of green spiced up by all the rain, was an ideal Test bowler's paradise, though. And Bhuvneshwar Kumar used it to perfection, ending the chase early and taking India to the final with a spell of 6-1-8-4, his best international figures.

Bhuvneshwar got the ball to do so much, even survival became a lottery, leave alone a chase that began at an asking rate of close to seven an over. Some moved in, some moved away, some hit a green patch and bounced extra, with Bhuvneshwar's impeccable control forcing the batsmen to play at almost everything. It was only his 16th ODI, but Bhuvneshwar has already built up a reputation for striking early in his spell. Again, he did not disappoint.

Upul Tharanga flashed to the slips in Bhuvneshwar's second over, Kumar Sangakkara got a first-ball shocker of a leg-before decision, Mahela Jayawardene could not keep a cut down, and Lahiru Thirimanne hit an airy drive. In no time, Sri Lanka were 31 for 4, and India already had the final within their sights. Of course, it was the asking rate that made the batsmen play all those strokes, but against the combination of Bhuvneshwar and the pitch, the attempts were doomed to fail. The spinners found generous help from the pitch as well, and made sure there was no fightback from the Sri Lanka lower middle order. The margin of the win showed just how futile a T20-style chase can be on a difficult pitch.

This pitch was so difficult it forced even the usually flashy Rohit Sharma to play the survival game. A battered and struggling Rohit fought the conditions, his own lack of touch, and a disciplined Sri Lanka attack but still hung in to build a base for India. But we will never know what could have been in this Rohit knock as the rain terminated India's innings at 119 for 3 in 29 overs.

Though the normally free-flowing Rohit's grind wasn't easy on the eye, it was far more refreshing to see him unwilling to fall to a soft dismissal, though he benefited from a dropped catch off Lasith Malinga when on 11.

Despite West Indies losing both their games on the same ground after choosing to bowl, Angelo Mathews had no hesitation in doing the same. And his attack bowled far better than West Indies had, which was highly commendable, considering they had sent down 41 overs a day ago against the hosts. There was swing, seam, sharp lift, and the occasional low bounce.

Rohit was beaten several times by the movement initially, but to his credit, he played the original line close to his body. For some time, Virat Kohli looked even more uncomfortable than Rohit had and even played out a maiden to Malinga for the first time.

Kohli slowly started to come to terms against the fast bowlers and put away the rare wide delivery. Perhaps the pitch made Kohli hesitant to get forward against spin as well, and led to his downfall, when he went back and was caught in front by a flighted Rangana Herath slider, cutting short a second-wicket stand of 49 in 14.1 overs.

Rohit, meanwhile, continued to find it hard, inside-edging onto the box, and taking blows on the glove. He did slog-sweep Herath for six but the left-arm spinner hit back in his next over, when another India batsman played back to him. This time, Dinesh Karthik got a turner that spun away to hit his off stump. India were three down now, making it even more important for Rohit to not give it away. As it turned out, though, he had already done enough, after which Bhuvneshwar took over.

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New Delhi: Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Riana have apologized for their on-field fight during the continuing tri-series match in opposition to the West Indies, which sparked off a debate about lack of synchronization in the Indian dressing room.

According to a BCCI official, equally cricketers spoke to the team manager M V Sridhar and spoken be apologetic for their on-field behavior.

"Raina and Jadeja have spoken to the team manager and tendered unqualified apology for their on-field activities. They have promised that this kind of an act won`t be frequent again. Both the cricketers have unspoken that their conduct is unbecoming of a national team cricketer," a senior BCCI official believed.

The provisional chief of the BCCI, Jagmohan Dalmiya, had informed the media persons that the BCCI had required a manager`s report into the incident.

The incident happened after Raina failed to take Sunil Narine`s catch on two occasion. Jadeja, after dismissing Narine with the last but one delivery of the 34th over, quick towards Raina and said a few harsh things to which the left-handed batsman reacted heatedly before captain Virat Kohli intervened.

But once the match gets over, Raina was seen walking up to Jadeja, putting his hand about his neck and trying to give explanation for the dropped catches.

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•  West Indies Tri-Series 2013: Sri Lanka won by 39 runs (D/L method)
•   New Zealand Cricket named 20 contracted players
•   Pakistan cricket team depart for West Indies tour

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