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India wins its first Sultan of Johor Cup titleOctober 2nd, 2013

IndiavanquishedMalaysiato clinch Under-21 Sultan of Johor Cuphockeytournament. It

was a maiden title victory for India. Below is the roll of honour for the tournament:

Champions: India Runner Up: Malaysia Third:Argentina

Most Outstanding Player: Mohd Fitri Saari (Malaysia)

Top Scorer: Mohd Shahril Saabah (Malaysia) 8 goals

Most Promising Player: Harpreet Singh (India)

Best Goalkeeper: Lee Se Young (Korea)

Liu Shiwen of China clinched Womens Table Tennis World Cup 2013 October 1st, 2013

Chinese tabletennisplayer Liu Shiwen clinched WomensTable TennisWorld

Cup2013 after beating teammate Wu Yang in the final play of the tournament held inKobe,Japan. Liu had won the World Cup in Guangzhou in 2009 and in Huangshi one year

back. It was her third world cup victory.

Indian Team reserves berth Wrestling World Cup for the first timeSeptember 23rd, 2013

WithIndiafinishing 6thin the mens freestyle at the World Championships in Budapest,

Hungary, it also reserved its maidenWrestlingWorld Cup berth. India qualified for the

big event by finishing sixth behind Iran,Russia, Georgia,Ukraineand the USA. As per FILA

norms, the top 8 teams in the World Championship automatically qualify for the World

Cup.

Mohameddan Sporting Club wins Durand Cup after 73 yearsSeptember 22nd, 2013

After a long gap of 73 years, Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) of Kolkata won the

Durand Cupfootballtournament. The club vanquished ONGC 2-1 in the 126 th edition of the

tournament played at the Ambedkar Stadium in NewDelhi. It was in 1940 when MSC last

lifted the Durand Cup when they won the tournament defeating Warwickshire Regiment.

The Durand Cup:

The inaugural Durand Football Tournament was held at Simla in the year 1888 by Sir Henry

Mortimer Durand, who was then, the Foreign Secretary to Government ofIndia. Durand isthe third oldest football tournament in the world and oldest in Asia and India.

Thomas Bach is new President of International Olympic CommitteeSeptember 12th, 2013

Thomas Bach (59) fromGermanyhas been elected as the President of

theInternationalOlympic Committee (IOC). He is the first Olympic gold medallist to become

the President of the IOC. He will succeed Jacques Rogge, who stepped down after 12 years

in service.
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Who is Thomas Bach?

Thomas Bach is a German former fencer and is the President of the International Olympic

Committee and the German Olympic Committee. He won a gold medal in the team foil event

at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Serena Williams wins US Open 2013September 11th, 2013

World no.1 Serena Williams conquered her fifth US Open title by defeating second

ranked Victoria Azarenka to clinch her 17th career Grand Slam crown.

Serena became the oldest Open Era womens winner in US Open history, 293 days older

than Margaret Court when she set the prior mark in 1973, and the third-oldest Grand Slam

womens champion of the Open Era.

She is the first top-seeded champion since Justine Henin in 2007 and the first woman to

defendthe USOpen crown since Kim Clijsters in 2010.

Sebastian Vettel lifts Italian Grand PrixSeptember 9th, 2013

Red Bulls star driver Sebastian Vettel has won the Italian Grand Prix Championship. He left

behind Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso and Red Bull teammate Mark Webber, who finished

second and third respectively.

Sebastian Vettel:

Sebastian Vettel is a GermanFormula Oneracing driver, currently driving for

the Austrian racing team Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won

the championship in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Paes-Stepanek clinch US Open mens doubles titleSeptember 9th, 2013

The pair ofIndias Leander Paes and Czechs Radek Stepanek clinched US Open mens

doubles title as they vanquished Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the final held in New

York. For Paes, it is his eighth mens doubles Grand Slam title.

Leander Paes won his eighth mens doubles Grand Slam title, and overall this was his 14th.

Tokyo bags 2020 Olympic hosting rightSeptember 9th, 2013

The 2020 Olympic Games will be hosted by Tokyo as it has won the right to host the

games, beating Istanbul in the second round of voting in Buenos Aires,Argentina. This

makes Tokyo to be the first Asian city to host the Olympics twice, having also hosted the

1964 Games.

Note: Olympics 2016 will be held in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil.
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Key Players of Ashes Test Series 2013:

Man of the Series (England): Ian Bell Man of the Series (Australia): Ryan Harris

IAAF World Championships: Bolt wins 200 meters, Kiprotich bags marathon

gold

August 20th, 2013

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his second gold medal of the World Athletic

Championships being held in Moscow,Russia,cruising through the finish line to win the

mens 200 meters. The 100-meter champion won the race in 19.66 seconds for his third

straight world title in the 200. Warren Weir of Jamaica was second in 19.79 and Curtis

Mitchell of the United States took bronze in 20.04.

In Marathon, Olympic champion Stephen Kiprotich ofUgandabeat two Ethiopian rivals in

the final two kilometres to win the world championship marathon.

Rafael Nadal wins mens singles title in Rogers Cup 2013August 20th, 2013

Rafael Nadal ofSpaindefeatedCanadasMilos Raonic in the final of the mensRogers

Cup 2013 in Montreal, Canada.

This is the Nadals third Rogers Cup title. He also won Rogers cup in 2005 and 2008. This

triumph brought Rafael Nadal his 25th ATP World Tour Masters title. As per the latest ATP

world rankings Rafael Nadal moves to third rank and Milos Raonic rose to tenth

rank and also became the first Canadian to be ranked in the top 10 on the ATP Tour.

The top position is held by Serbian player Novak Djokovic.

About Canadian Open/ Canada Masters/ Rogers Cup

The Canadian Open (also known as the Canada Masters), currently sponsored as the Rogers

Cup presented by National Bank. Held in Canada.

Annualtennistournament Mens competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals

(ATP) tour.

The womens competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Womens Tennis Association(WTA) tour.

Played on hard courts.Shree Ganeshan Chundan wins Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2013August 19th, 2013

Shree Ganeshan Chundan, the snake boat of the St Francis Boat Club, Harippad won the

61st edition of the Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2013 held in Punnamada Lake in Alleppey

(Alappuzha), SouthKerala. This is the second consecutive win for Shree Ganeshan that

was captained by Arunkumar, Karthikapally. Ganeshan was honoured with the silver trophy

that was donated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1952 with his signature embossed on it.
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About the Nehru Trophy Boat Race:

The practice of the boat race started in 1952 after the first Prime Minister

ofIndiaJawaharlal Nehru visited the area in Kerela. The villagers held a boat race to honour

his visit in the area.

The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is conducted every year on the second Saturday of August.

Nehru donated a silver trophy to the winners of the race and since then the competition isheld by his name.

The main attraction of the contest remains the snake boats, which are locally known

as Chundan Vallam, which means Beaked Boat. Snake boats have been named following

its structure that is long and narrow in shape and 36 to 42 meter in its length.

Serena Williams wins womens Rogers CupAugust 18th, 2013

UStennisstar Serena Williams defeated Romanias Sorana Cirstea in the final of the

womensRogers Cupheld in Toronto to bag her 54th WTA singles title.

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and is currently rankedNo. 1 in womens singles tennis.

On six separate occasions, the WTA (Womens Tennis Association) has ranked her WorldNo. 1 in singles .

Usain Bolt regains 100-meter gold at worldsAugust 18th, 2013

Six-time Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt, regained World 100 meter title as he won

the race in 9.77 seconds at the IAAF World Athletics Championships held in Moscow.

Bolt finished ahead ofJustin Gatlin of the U.S. (9.85) and Jamaican Nesta Carter(9.95).

Bolt had previously won the event at the World championships in Berlin in 2009 where

he set the current world record of 9.58 seconds.

Other Winners at IAAF World Athletics Championship 2013:

Olympic decathlon champion Ashton Eaton ofthe U.S. won gold in the event. Olympic winner Brittney Reese ofthe U.S. won the womens long jump for the third

consecutive time with a leap of 7.01 meters.

Tirunesh Dibaba ofEthiopiawon the womens 10,000 meter title for the third time. Sandra Perkovic ofCroatiawon the womens discus. Aleksandr Ivanov ofRussiawon the mens 20-kilometer walk.

PV Sindhu creates history by winning Bronze in World Badminton

ChampionshipAugust 15th, 2013

PV Sindhu created history as she won bronze medal in the WorldBadmintonChampionships

Although she lost in the semifinal to Ratchanok Intanon ofThailand,she became the first

Indian to win a womens singles medal in the World Badminton Championship.
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PV Sindhu holds both junior and senior national titles after thelegendary Prakash

Padukone

In past, Prakash Padukone had won the mens singles bronze in 1983 at Copenhagen. J wala

Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won another bronze in womens doubles in the 2011 edition.

Chakde India: India wins historic bronze at Junior Women Hockey World CupAugust 12th, 2013

Indias junior womenhockeyteam created a history by clinching countrys first ever bronze

medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they defeatedEngland. The Indian girls

beat England 3-2 in the bronze medal play-off to finish on the podium their best-ever

showing in the marquee event. Captain Ms Sushila Chanu held that the entire team was

delighted to have made the country proud.

India win over Zimbabwe is countrys first-ever ODI Series whitewash on

foreign soilAugust 6th, 2013

History was created whenIndiathrashedZimbabwein the final match of the five-match ODI

series played in Zimbabwe.The victory marked Indias first-ever five-match ODI

series whitewash on foreign soil. The Indian team, under the captaincy Virat Kohli,

achieved the feat when they pipped Zimbabwe by 7 wickets in the fifth and final one-dayer

at Bulawayo.

ICC World Cup 2015 to be jointly hosted by Australia and New ZealandAugust 3rd, 2013

Defending championIndiawill take onPakistanin its opening match of the

ICCcricketWorld Cup, 2015 on February 15, 2015 which is to be jointly hosted

byAustraliaandNew Zealandfrom February 14 to March 29, 2015. India has never lost to

Pakistan in any of its five World Cup clashes so far.

India to play against the following teams in the group stage

Pakistan at Adelaide on February 15, 2015 Zimbabweat Eden Park, Auckland on March 14, 2015 SouthAfricain Melbourne on February 22, 2015 Qualifier 4 in Perth on February 28, 2015 West Indiesin Perth on March 6, 2015 Irelandin Hamilton on March 10, 2015

Competing Groups:

Pool A:England, Australia,Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, New Zealand co-host, Qualifier 2(TBD), Qualifier 3 (TBD)

Pool B:South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Qualifier 1 (Ireland),Qualifier 4 (TBD)

SAFF U-16 football title: India defeats NepalAugust 3rd, 2013
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IndiabeatNepal1-0 to in the final match lift the South

AsianFootballFederation(SAFF) Under-16 Championships title played at the Dasharath

Stadium in Nepal. India returned unbeaten in the biennial tournament.

SAFF U-16 Championship

Annualinternationalfootball competition

First edition: Nepal (August 2011)

Contestants: National teams of the members of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Member Associations:

Bangladesh1997 India 1997 Maldives1997 Nepal 1997 Pakistan1997 Sri Lanka1997 Bhutan2000 Afghanistan2005

Indian Grand Prix 2014 droppedAugust 3rd, 2013

Formula Onechief Bernie Ecclestone has droppedIndiafrom the 2014 as the racing

calendar for the coming year has been modified. The race

organizers JaypeeSportsInternationalLtd. statedthatthe India will hold the Grand Prix

in March 2015.

Indias K. Jennitha Anto wins IPCA World Womens Chess ChampionshipJuly 31st, 2013

Indias K Jennitha Antowon the 13thIPCA World Womens

IndividualChessChampionship title organised by the Interntional Physically Disabled

Chess Association, at Velke Losiny in theCzech Republic.

She bagged the WomanInternationalMaster title. The WIM title would allow her direct

entry in many of the National events for women except the premier. 49 physically

challenged players of from 15 countries competed in the IPCA event.

K.D. Singh is the new President for the IHFJuly 31st, 2013

K.D. Singh who is presently one of the vice-presidents ofIndianHockeyFederation

(IHF) will now be its president. He will take the charge from Dinesh Reddy who stepped

down as the president of the due to his inability to continue with the responsibility.

Froome wins the 100th Tour de France titleJuly 30th, 2013
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Britains Christopher Froome who belongs to Team Sky (28) has clinched the

100th edition of Tour deFrancetitle of 2013. Colombian Nairo Quintana of Movistar

bagged the second place.

Christopher Froome has became the second successive Briton to win the race after

teammate and compatriot Bradley Wiggins Froome who made history as Britains first

winner in 2012, when Froome finished runner-up.

Results of Tour de France:

Froome won his first ever yellow jersey with a winning Nairo Quintana, who stood at second position, secured the white jersey for the best

young rider and the best climbers polka dot jersey.

Slovakian Peter Sagan of Cannondale won the points competitions green jersey for thesecond successive year.

Aussie Spinner Shane Warne included in ICC Hall of FameJuly 25th, 2013

Legendary leg spinner,Australias Shane Warne wasinductedinto theInternationalCricketCouncil (ICC) Hall of Fame at Lords,England.

Shane Warnes Achievements:

He represented Australia in 145 tests between 1992 and 2007.

He took 708 test wickets at an average of 25.41.

Shane Warne also took 293 wickets in 194 one-day internationals at an average of 25.73

He was in the playing Australian side that beatPakistanin the 1999 World Cup final at

Lords and was named man-of-the-match.

Note: Shane Warne is the 69th

member to be included in the Hall of Fame and the18th from Australia.

Archery World Cup: India finished 4thJuly 25th, 2013

Indiafinishes fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 held in Medellin,Colombia.

Deepika Kumaris gold and bronze medal performances on the concluding day helped

India finished fourth in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia.

Key Achievements during the Archery World Cup:

Deepika Kumari won gold by beatingChinaand bronze medal in mixed event paired withAtanu Das by beatingMexico.

This was Indias first World Cup team gold since Shanghai 2011. India finished fourth with one gold and two bronze. US topped the medal tally with 9 medals (2-5-2), while China (2-1-2) and Colombia (1-1-

0) were second and third respectively.

Maiden ATP Tour title win for Divij Sharan and Purav RajaJuly 25th, 2013
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Divij Sharan and Purav Raja beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin ofFranceand Igor Sijsling of

theNetherlandsto clinch their maiden ATP Tour doubles title in the final of the Claro

Open in Bogota,Colombia.Divij, who was ranked No. 5 in junior doubles, has won four

Challenger doubles titles and 19 Futures titles. Purav who did not play the junior circuit, has

four Challenger and 14 Futures titles.

Swiss tennis legend Martina Hingis included in Tennis Hall of FameJuly 24th, 2013

Swisstennislegend Martina Hingis (32) was inducted in Tennis Hall of Fame. She has

become the fourth youngest member to be inducted in the Tennis Hall of Fame

after Tracy Austin (30),Bjorn Borg (31) and Hana Mandlikova (32).

Martina Hingis Career & Achievements:

She came into limelight after clinching the 1993 Roland Garros junior title at just 12year of age.

Won three Australian Open titles (1997, 1998, 1999), one Wimbledon (1997) anda US Open title (1997).

Stood at the number one ranking for 209 weeks. She also won nine grand slam doubles titles and a mixed doubles title. In 1997, Hingis became the undisputed World No. 1 womens tennis player. In 1998, Hingis won all four of the Grand Slam womens doubles titles, only the

fourth in womens tennis history to do so.

In 2001,Switzerland, with Hingis and Roger Federer as mixed doubles won the HopmanCup.

In 2003, at the age of 22, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis, due to herinjuries and being in pain.

In 2005, Martina Hingis made a return at an event in Pattaya,Thailand, where she losttoGermanys Marlene Weingrtner in the first round.

In 2011, she was named one of the 30 Legends of Womens Tennis: Past, Presentand Future.

She is counted as the most successful player to play theToray Pan-PacificTournament with 5 wins in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, and reached 8 finals in

the years1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007.

Helicopter Shot discoverer Santosh Lal, a friend of M.S.Dhoni diesJuly 21st, 2013

Mahendra Singh Dhonis childhood friend Santosh Lal , a first-class cricketer who

invented helicopter shot passed away.

Andy Murray becomes the first Briton in 77 Years to clinch Wimbledon Mens

Single titleJuly 10th, 2013

Andy Murray of Britain created history when he defeated Serbian star player Novak Djokovic

at Center Court of London to become the first Briton in 77 years to win the Mens Singles

Title at Wimbledon 2013. Earlier he was Fred Perry, who won his last Championship in

1936.

Winners of other formats at Wimbledon:
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Mixed Doubles Final: Daniel Nestor ofCanadaand Kristina Mladenovic

ofFrance.

Girls Doubles Championship Final : Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina

Siniakova of theCzech Republic

Boys Singles Championship Final: Gianluigi Quinzi ofItaly

Boys Doubles Title Final: Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis ofAustralia.

Wheelchair Gentlemens Doubles Title Final: Shingo Kunieda ofJapanand

Stephane Houdet of France.

Wheelchair Ladies Doubles Title Final: J. Griffioen and A. Van Koot

ofNetherlands.

Sr. Gents Invitation Doubles Final: Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde of Australia.

Ladies Invitation Doubles Final: L. Davenport of USA and Martina HingisofSwitzerland.

Gentlemens Invitation Doubles Final: Thomas Enqvist ofSwedenand Mark

Philippoussis of Australia.

Parveez Rasool is the first J&K cricketer in Team IndiaJuly 7th, 2013

Parveez Rasool (24) created history by becoming the first cricketer fromJammu and

Kashmirto be named in the Indian team as the selectors chose to rest captain Mahendra

Singh Dhoni and four other key players for the upcoming ODI tour ofZimbabwe. The all-

rounder has got the nod in the 15-member squad for the five-match ODI series to be heldfrom July 24 to August 3 at Harare and Bulawayo.

Russia to send Olympic torch to spaceJuly 6th, 2013

Russiawho will be hosting 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has announced to send an

unlit Olympic torch into space.

The Russian Federal Space Agency will take the torch to the Soyuz TMA-11M manned

spaceship in early November 2013 as part of the four-month torch relay. Once it reaches

space, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryazansky and Oleg Kotov will take the Olympic torch on

a spacewalk. It will be first event of its kind.

Marion Bartoli clinches Wimbledon 2013Womens Singles titleJuly 6th, 2013

Frenchtennisplayer Marion Bartoli defeated German Sabine Lasicki to win the womens

Singles category of Wimbledon tournament played in London.

Marion Bartoli is a top-10 French professional tennis player. She has won one singles major;

seven other Womens Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles.

Brazil wins Confederations Cup 2013
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July 5th, 2013

Brazilvanquished world and European championsSpainby registering a 3-0 win in

the Confederations Cup final. Brazil who will be hosting the next World Cup has clinched the

cup for a third time in a row.

FIFA Confederations Cup

Internationalfootballtournament for national teams Held every four years by FIFA 8 Teams contest - holders of each of the 6 FIFA confederation championships (UEFA,

CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, CAF, AFC, OFC), along with the FIFA World Cup holder and the

host nation.

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the 9th FIFA Confederations Cup, and was held inBrazil.

India to host 2016 World T20 and 2023 ODI World CupJuly 3rd, 2013

As per the announcement made by theInternationalCricketCouncil (ICC),Indiawill hostthe World T20 in 2016 and the 50-over World Cup in 2023.

The Champions Trophy, the last edition of which was won by India recently has been

replaced with World Test Championship,the first edition of which will be held

inEnglandand Wales in June-July 2017. India will host its 2nd edition in February-March

2021.

ICC agreed on the following:

Full members of the ICC will play a minimum of 16 tests over a four-year period. In order to ensure that all ODIs player over the four-year cycle b/w World Cups count

towards a teams ranking, the ODIs ranking period will be changed from three years to

four years.

In order to bring consistency, the calculations of the T20 ranking will be changed to coverthe same period.

The date of the annual ICC Rankings update will be changed to May 1 rather than August1.

Fact Box: AmmuJune 24th, 2013

Ammu: Mascot for 35th National Games

The official mascot of the 35th National Games has been named Ammu which is

a hornbill. The games will be hosted byKeralain November-December 2013. The

characterized versions of the mascot showing Ammu in the various disciplines of the games

have also been released. The event would be held in seven of the 14 districts of the state in

36 disciplines with more than 10,000 athletes taking part. The games were last held in the

Kerala in 1987. Last National Games (34th edition) was hosted byJharkhandin 2011.

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First held in 1924 in Lahore under the name Indian Olympic Games, which was the birthof Indian Olympic movement.

It was rechristened as National Games when they were first held in Bombay in 1940. The Indian Olympic Association mooted the concept of the National Games. The Modern National Games on the lines of the Olympics were first held in 1985 in

NewDelhiand it continues.

The National Games are required to be held once in two years leaving those years inwhich the Olympic Games and Asian Games are scheduled to be held.

India vanquishes England to clinch ICC Champions TrophyJune 24th, 2013

IndiadefeatedEnglandin the final match played at Edgbaston in Birmingham city of

Englnad to clinch the ICC Champions Trophywhich was tournaments last edition. India

defeated Egland by 5 runs, giving their skipper M S Dhoni, the unique record of being

the first captain to win three world titles.

Awards:

The Man of the Match and the Golden Ball Award: Given to Indian all-

rounder Ravindra Jadeja for picking the most number of wickets, 12, in the tournament.

The Golden Bat: Shikhar Dhawan, Indias left-handed batsman won this award for

scoring the most runs in the tournament, 363 runs from five matches at an average of

90.75.

Rafael Nadal wins French Open 2013June 12th, 2013

Spanishtennisplayer Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer to win mens French Open 2013

title. With this victory, Nadal now owns eight French Open titles.

With 12 majors overall, the Nadal moves into a tie for third place with Roy Emerson. He

trails only Roger Federer (17) and Pete Sampras (14) and is the second youngest, after

Federer, to reach a dozen Grand Slam titles.

French Open 2013: Serena Williams won the womens titleJune 11th, 2013

World no.1 Americantennisplayer Serena Williams defeated her Russian opponent Maria

Sharapova to clinch the French Open 2013 womens title.

This victory brought up her 16th

grand slam title, taking her to within two of the great 1980sduo of Chris Evert and Martina Navatilova.

Vesnina, Makarova clinch French Open womens doubles title 2013June 11th, 2013

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina ofRussiawon their first Grand Slam title together by

defeating defending champions Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci ofItalyin the womens

doubles final of the French Open.

HC directs ESPN to provide add free live signal of ICC Champions Trophy to

DD
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June 10th, 2013

A bench of justices which is hearing a petition filed by ESPN TV channel which sought a

direction to Prasar Bharati not to insist on the live signal of the ICC Trophy without any

commercial, has directed ESPN to provide live signals of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy

2013 without any commercials. This is an interim order and the pleadings in the matter are

yet to be completed.

The direction has been given so that Doordarshan would be able to telecast the ICC

Champions Trophy 2013 as per commitment and object of the Prasar Bharati

(Broadcasting Corporation ofIndia) Act.

Bryan brothers clinch French Open mens doubles 2013June 10th, 2013

American Twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan bagged their record 14 th major doubles title by

vanquishing Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut ofFrancein the French Open mens doubles

final. The Bryans had won their only other French Open in 2003.

2014 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals to be held in DelhiApril 29th, 2013

Indian capital, NewDelhiwill host famousBadmintonchampionships- Thomas Cup and

Uber Cup finals for the first time in May 2014.

Thomas Cup: Also called the World Mens Team Championships, isaninternationalbadminton competition among teams representing member nations of

the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sports global governing body. First held in

1948-1949, the championships are contested at three year intervals.

Uber Cup:Also called the World Team Championships for Women, is a majorinternational badminton competition contested by womens national badminton teams.

First held in 1956-1957 and contested at three year intervals.

Chris Gayle scores fastest century in cricket history during IPL gameApril 24th, 2013

Chris Gayle (the cricketer fromWest Indies) set a new record inCricketwhen he hit the

fastest century in the history of professional cricket during a cricket match of IPL (Indian

Premier League) tournament at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Chris Gayle playing

for Team Bangalore (Royal Challengers Bangalore) hit an unbeaten with 175 off 66 balls

with his 100 coming in just 30 balls, the fastest ever in Cricket history in any form of the

game. Gayle hit 17 sixes and 13 fours during his entire innings.

Sher-i-Kashmir Award: Navjot becomes youngest recipient athlete of Jammuand Kashmir to be conferredApril 20th, 2013

Navjot Singh (16 years) became the youngest athlete ofJammu and Kashmirto be

conferred with the Sher-i-KashmirSportsAward. He was declared the best sportsperson for

2008-09. Navjot received the award at an impressive investiture ceremony hosted after a

gap of 22 years.

Sher-i-Kashmir SportsAwards
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Established in 1978. After 1991 when the militancy began in J&K, the awards stopped. The awards returned in 2002 to be continued since then.

Sania joins as 4th Vice President of of ITPAApril 17th, 2013

Sania Mirza joined as the fourth Vice-President of the freshly formedTennisbody inIndia:ITPA (Indian Tennis Players Association). Sania, was the first female player from India to

win a Grand Slam. Sania now plays only in doubles as she gave up her singles career due to

injuries.

The 4 Vice-Presidents of the ITPA are:

1. Leander Paes2. Mahesh Bhupathi3. Somdev Devvarman4. Sania Mirza

President of ITPA:

Jaideep MukherjeaWhy a need for ITPA when AITA already exists?

The existing structure of tennis administration in India i.e. All India TennisAssociation (AITA), is unable to represent or adequately address contemporary

issues faced by the players in the India. Thus, there was a need for a separate body

likeITPA which is modelled on the functioning of the ATP, which encourages

players to make decisions for the benefit of the sport.

The ITPA has conveyed its opinion in the principles of self-governance and consultativedialogue in arriving at key decisions impacting professional tennis in the country. The

not-for-profit association, being established as a Section 25 company, has opened

membership to all current and former national andinternationalplayers via a process of

registration.

Status of All India Tennis Association (AITA):

The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Established in 1920 Governing body of tennis in India Affiliated by International Tennis Federation and Asian Tennis Federation. Operates all of the Indian national representative tennis sides, including the India Davis

Cup team, the India Fed Cup team and youth sides as well.

Responsible for organizing and hosting tennis tournaments within India and schedulingthe home international fixtures.

Manipur bags overall team Champion for 22nd time in North East Game 2013April 16th, 2013
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In the 27th edition of North-East Games played at Imphal, the host stateManipurclaimed

the title of overall team champion for the 22nd time.

Overall standing:

1. Manipur2. Assam3. Mizoram4. Nagaland5. Meghalaya6. Tripura7. Sikkim

This was the 27th edition of the North East games. North East Games were earlier known as

North EastSportsFestival and were started in 1986-87 with an objective of

encouraging sports in the NE region ofIndia.

Harmanpreet KaurNew captain of Indian Womens Cricket TeamApril 1st, 2013

Harmanpreet Kaurwas named the Captain of the Indian womensCricketteam, she

replaced Mithali Raj. Poonam Raut was named as the Vice-Captain of the team.

India wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a defeating Australia 4-0 in Test

SeriesMarch 29th, 2013

Indiacompleted a historic 4-0 clean sweep againstAustraliaby recording an emphatic six-

wicket victory in the fourth and finalcricketTest.

BorderGavaskar Trophy

A Test cricket series played between India and Australia. If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it. The series is named after Australias Allan Border and Indias Sunil Gavaskar, who both

scored over 10,000 Test runs in their career

Tiger Woods Reclaims No. 1 Ranking with Win at 2013 Arnold Palmer

InvitationalMarch 29th, 2013

With his eighth career win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Woods reclaimed the

world No.1 ranking for the first time since 2010. Woods replaces NorthernIrelands RoryMcIlroy atop the world rankings.

Kimi Raikkonen bags formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2013March 20th, 2013

Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus team has won the Australian Grand Prix 2013.

Kimi Raikkonen:

Finnish racing driver.
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Drives inFormula Onenow for Lotus Team.Australia win Azlan Shah hockey tournament for seventh timeMarch 20th, 2013

Australiadefeated hostsMalaysiato win the Sultan Azlan ShahHockeytournament for the

seventh time.

Services defeat Kerala to win 67th Santosh TrophyMarch 6th, 2013

Services beat hostsKeralain the final of the 67th Santosh Trophyfootballtournament

played at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. It was the third Santosh Trophy title for the

Services.

Man of the Match: Services striker Lalian Mawia.

Novak Djokovic clinches ATP Dubai Open 2013March 6th, 2013

World No.1 Novak Djokovic ofSerbiadefeatedCzech Republics Tomas Berdych to win theATP Dubai OpenTennistitle 2013.

Indian-French win doubles title

The duo ofIndias Mahesh Bhupathi and French partner Michael Lloldra defeated Serbian-

Swedish pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Robert Lindstedt to win the doubles title.

Goal-line technology to be adopted in 2014 FIFA World CupFebruary 22nd, 2013

Worldfootballs governing body FIFA has announced thatgoal-line technology will be

used during the 2014 World Cup inBrazil.

Why is Goal-line technology?

A method to determine whether the Football has completely crossed the goal line or not. This is done using electronic devices. This technology will assist the referee in taking the final decision that whether it was a

goal or not.

On 5 July 2012, IFAB officially approved the use of goal line technology. FIFA has already approved two systems Hawk Eye and GoalRef. The Hawk Eye system,

used incricketandtennis, involves the strategic placing of cameras from different points

within the stadium while GoalRef uses an electronic chip inside the ball.

Viswanathan Anand wins Grenke ClassicFebruary 22nd, 2013

Worldchesschampion Viswanathan Anand scored an emphatic victory over

German Arkadij Naiditsch to clinch the Grenke Chess Classic trophy.

Nadal beats David Nalbandian to grab Brazil Open 2013February 21st, 2013

Spainstennisstar Rafael Nadal vanquishedArgentinasDavid Nalbandian to win the

2013BrazilOpen title.
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Australia clinches womens cricket World CupFebruary 20th, 2013

In the womenscricketWorld Cup tournament,AustraliabeatWest Indiesby 114 runs in the

final match played in Mumbai to win the title.

Horacio Zeballos defeats Rafael Nadal to win VTR OpenFebruary 15th, 2013

Horacio Zeballos ofArgentinadefeated Rafael Nadal ofSpainto win the VTR Open held in

Chile.

Fact Box: Special Olympics World Winter GamesFebruary 13th, 2013

Indiabagged 46 Medals in 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in

Pyeongchang (South Korea)

India clinched record 46 medals in the 2013 Pyeongchang Special Olympics World Winter

Games. The games were organized at Pyeongchang and Gangneung in South Korea. Indias

medal tally includes 13 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze from mentally-challenged. The medaltally of India doubled from World Winter Games 2009.

About 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games held at South Korea:

Held at Pyeongchang and Gangneung in South Korea it was 11th event of its kind.

The mascots were Ra, In and Bow.

The event witnessed participation of 2200 athletes from more than 120 countries. Athletes competed in 8 categories ofsports- alpine skiing, cross-country skiing,

snowboarding, snowshoeing, figure skating, short track speed skating, floorhockeyandfloorball.

What is Special Olympics ?

They are the worlds largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual

disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 4 million athletes

in 170 countries.

Special Olympics World Games are held alternatively between summer and winter games.Special Olympics World Games are held every two years.

1968 FirstInternationalSpecial Olympics Summer Games held at Soldier Field inChicago. 1971 US Olympic Committee gave the Special Olympics official approval to use the

name Olympics

2011 Games held at Athens,Greece 2013 Games held at Pyeongchang, South Korea 2015 Games to be held at Los Angeles, California 2017 Games to be held at Graz and Schladming,Austria
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