LATEST CURRENT AFFAIRS SPORTS 1. ICC Women's cricket world cup 2013 was won by Australia by beating west indies in Mumbai, India. 2. Ranchi Rhinos beat Delhi Waveriders to win Inaugural Hockey India League Tournament 2013. 3. Tirush Kamini, Indian Cricketer who became the first Indian to score a hundred in ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Tournaments. 4. Belarusian Tennis Player Victoria Azarenka won Australian Open Tennis Tournament after beating Lee Na from China. 5. Dubai Open tennis tournament won by Serbian Novak Djokovic by beating Czech Republic's Tomas Berdych. 6. Federation cup volleyball tournament won by Kerala by beating Tamilnadu. 7. Indian archery players Rajat Chauhan and Manjuda Soy won Silver in Arhcery world cup archery 2013 in Turkey. 8. National Grass court Tennis Championship 2013 won by Ram Kumar Ramnathan and Ankita Raina in Men's and Women's categories. 9. Rafael Nadal(Spain) won Brazil Open Tennis Tournament 2013 after beating David Nalbandian (Argentina). 10. Rest Of India won the Irani Trophy 2013 by beating Mumbai. 11. Santosh Football Trophy 2013 has been won by Services by beating Kerala. 12. Saurav verma and Arundhati Pantawane won All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament held at Bangalore respectively in men and women's catergories. 13. SerbianTennis player Novak djokovik won Australian Open Tennis Tournament consecutive 3rd time after beating Andy Murray from Britain. 14. The 20th Asia Athletic Championships 2013 were hosted by India in Pune. China took the top spot (16 Golds, Total 27 Medals) with India at the sixth Place in medals tally (2 Golds, Total 17 Medals). 15. 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games were organized in Pyeongchang, South Korea. 16. China beat South Korea to win Sudiraman Cup Badminton tournament for the fifth consecutive time. 17. Chinese Li Xuerui won Indonesian Open Badminton Tournament 2013 in Female Category. 18. Delhi won Vijay Hazare Trophy Cricket Tournament after beating Vishakhapatnam. 19. England beated Egypt to win WSF (World Squash Federation) men Team championship in France. 20. England's Justin Rose won US Open Golf Tournament 2013. 21. Important Tennis Grand Slam Tournaments 2013 - > French Open 2013 Men - Rafael Nadal (Spain) Beated David Ferrer(Spain). Women - Serena Williams (USA) beated Maria Sharapova (Russia). Wimbeldon 2013 Men - Andy Murray (UK) beated Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women - Marion Bartoli (France) beated Sabina Lisciki (Germany) Australian Open 2013 Men - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beated Andy Murray (UK) Women - Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beated Li Na (China) 22. India wins Asian Team Snooker Championship by beating Iran in Doha, Capital of Qatar. 23. India won ICC Champions trophy cricket tournament beating England in the final. 24. Indian player K Srikant won Thailand open Badminton Tournament as his first International title win. 25. Japan's Arata Ijumi is the first foreign player to be elected into Indian Football Team 26. Malaysian Lee Chong wei beaten Germany’s Mark Jeweler in Indonesian Open Badminton Tournament 2013 in Male Category. 27. Mumbai won Ranji Trophy 2012 by beating Saurashtra. 28. Wrestling has been opted out of 2020 Olympics games. 29. 14th World Athletics Championships were held recently in Moscow, Russia. 30. 15th Asian Young weightlifting championships - Akshay B. Gaikwad won three gold medals. 31. 21st Asian Table tennis championship was held in Bussan, South Korea. China won most Medals and India performed bad and could not get Medal. 32. 27th North - East Region games were organized in Manipur's Capital Imphal. Manipur won Overall team championship by topping the medal charts. 33. 2nd Asian Youth Games were held in Nanjing, China and The host country, China was at the top of the Medal Tally. Kush Kumar won gold for India in Squash. 34. 61st National Squash Championship was organized recently in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Aaurav Ghoshal in Men's Category and Joshna Chinappa in Women's Category won the title. 35. Adam Scott (Australia) won the Augusta Masters Golf Championship Beating Angel Cabrera from Argentina. 36. Aditya Mehta, the Professional Snooker Player of India won Gold Medal in World Games 2013 in Snooker discipline in Colombia. 37. Archery (October 2012) India's Deepika Kumari won the silver Medal in World Archery Championship. She lost to Cuba's Kebo Boi in the finals. 38. Army won 67th Santosh Trophy National Footbal championship after defeating Kerala. 39. Asian Junior Wrestling Championship was held in Bishkek (Capital of Kyrgyzstan). India performed well with Women staying at Top and Men stayed Fourth in Medal Tally. 40. Athletics (November 2012) Kerala Champion in National Junior Championship with Haryana on second place. 41. Australia beat Malesia to win Sultan Ajlan Shah Hockey Tournament for the record 7th time.

42. Australia won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament beating Malaysia in Malaysia. It was 7th Azlan Shah Cup victory for Australia. 43. Badminton (November 2012) Sayali Gokhale and P. Kashyap won women's and Men's singles national badminton Championship 2012 titles in srinagar. India's Saina Nehwal won the Denmark open super Series Title beating Germany's Juliane Schenk. 44. Basketball (January 2013) Uttarakhand beat Punjab in 63rd Senior National Basketball Championship. 45. Billiards(October 2012) India's Pankaj Advani Won the World Billiards Championship by beating Mike Russell from Britain. 46. Brzail won Confederation Cup Football tournament for the third consecutive term after beating Spain. 47. Chess (December 2012) Anna Ushenina of Ukraine on wins the women's world Championship Crown of Chess. Vidit Santosh Gujarathi becomes the 30th Grandmaster of India. 48. Chess (November 2012) M Mahalakshmi and R Vaishali won Gold at World Youth Chess Championship at Maribor, Slovenia. 49. Chess (October 2012) G Akash won the 50th National Premier Chess beating GM Deep Sengupta. 50. China won Sudiraman Cup Badminton Tournament beating South Korea in Malaysia. 51. Cricket (December 2012) Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar Announces his retirement from one-day cricket. Legendary Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting retires from International Test Cricket. Ravindra Jadeja became first Indian and eighth across world to hit three triple centuries in first Class Cricket. 52. Cricket (January 2013) Australia Cricketer Michael hussey announces retirement from test cricket. Mumbai beat Saurashtra to won Ranji trophy 2012 in mumbai. 53. Cricket (October 2012) West Indian Cricket Team won ther ICC T-20 World Cup by Beating Sri Lanka in Colombo. India's Anil Kumble Appointed new ICC Cricket Committee Chairman. BCCI appointed Sandip Patil as Chairman of Selection Committee. Rest of India wins Irani cup by beating Rajasthan in Bangalore. Australian Women's Cricket Team won ICC T-20 Women's world cup 2012 by beating England. India's won Women's T-20 Asia Cup beating Pakistan in Guangzhou. Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar chosen for C K Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award by BCCI. England's Alastair Cook became youngest ever to score 7000 runs in Test Cricket. East region wins Dileep Trophy beating Central Region in chennai. 54. Cricket World cup 2019 is to be hosted in England. 55. Delhi beat Punjab in national softball championship in Jaipur. 56. Devendra Jhajharia became the first differently-abled Indian to win gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships as he bagged the Gold in javelin throw in World Athletics Championship in France. 57. Football (December 2012) Argentinian Footballer Lionel Messi scored Maximum Goals in a Calendar Year and set up a new record. 58. Football (January 2013) Argentina's football player Lionel messi honored AS FIFA Player of the Year.

59. Football (October 2012) 2014 FIFA World Cup (20th) to be held in Brazil. 2018 FIFA World Cup (21st) to be held in Russia. Federation Cup 2012 won by East Bengal beating Dempo SC in Siliguri, West Bengal Indian Women's Team win SAFF Cup Football beating Nepal in Colombo. 60. Formula One Racing (October 2012) Seven Time World Champion German Racer of Mercedes Team Michael Schumacher confirms Retirement from the game. German Racer of Red Bul Team Sebestian vettel wins Korean, Japanese and Singapore Grand Prix. 61. France won Under - 20 FIFA Football world Cup beating Uruguay in Turkey. 62. Germany won European Women Football Cup for the sixth consecutive term. 63. Golf (October 2012) Europe won Ryder Cup Golf Tournament beatin USA in Medinah, Illinois. India' Gaganjeet Bhullar won Macau Open Golf in Macau, China. 64. Hockey (December 2012) Australia win Hockey Champions Trophy 2013 by beating Netherlands and Pakistan beat India to clinch bronze. Australia won once again Hockey Champions Trophy for fifth Consecutive year. Pakistan win Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament after beating India in Doha, Qatar. 65. Hockey (January 2013) Haryana won 39th National women hockey championship after beating Uttar Pradesh. Manipur create a new record after beating Maharashtra with 22 - 0 in 39th National Women Hockey Championship (Under 20). Ranchi Rhinos win Hockey Indian League after beat to Delhi Waveriders. 66. Hockey (November 2012) India Junior Hockey Team Got defeated from Germany in Sultan of Johar Cup in Malaysia. 67. Hockey (October 2012) Punjab won the national Hockey Championship 2012 beating Air India. 68. Hockey Player Sardar Singh chosen as captain of Indian Hockey team for the upcoming Asia cup tournament 2013. 69. ISSF World Shooting Championship was recently held in Spain. India won only one Silver through Lajja Goswami. 70. In 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship held in Delhi recently, all Gold Medals were won by Singapore except Women's Singles (It was won by Zhang Mo from Canada). 71. In Boston Marathon 2013, Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) win in men's and Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) win in Women's Categories. 72. In London Marathon 2013, Tsegaye Kebede(Ethiopia) win in men's and Rita Priska (Kenya) win in Women's Categories. 73. India beat Iran to win the inaugural Asian Team Snooker Championships in Doha, Qatar. 74. India finished fourth in Archery World Cup in Colombia after Deepika Kumari shoot an Individual gold and a Mixed team Bronze after pairing with Atnu Das. 75. India won 4 Gold and 9 Total Medals in International Boxing Championship Held in Serbia. A Silambarasan and Manoj Kumar won Golds in Male while Rajesh Kumari and Chanda Udanshive won Golds in Female Category. 76. India's Abhijeet Gupta won Commonwealth Chess Championship 2013 in South Africa.

77. India's Amit Kumar won gold medal in Asian Wrestling Championship In New Delhi. 78. India's P V Sindhu Won Bronze in World Badminton Championships organized in Guangzhou city if China. 79. India's Rahi Sarnobat won gold medal in world Shooting Championship in Changwon, South Korea. 80. Indian Badminton Player P V Sindhu won Bronze Medal in women's singles category in world badminton championships 2013 held in Guangzhou, China. 81. Indian Badminton Player P V Sindhu won Malaysia Open tournament by beating Zuan Zu from Singapore. 82. Indian Cricketer Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has been elected to ICC (International Cricket Council) panel. India's Anil Kumble is the current chief of ICC. 83. Indian Junior Women's Hockey Team won Bronze medal in World Cup tournament Organized In Germany. 84. Indian Woman Basketball team beat magnolia to win first FIFA Asian basketball championship organized in Doha (Qatar). 85. Indian Young Chess player Parimarjan Negi won Politiken Cup 2013 which was organized in Kopenhagen, Denmark. 86. Indian boxer Shiva Thapa won gold in Asian Boxing Championship Organized in Jordan. 87. Indian table tennis player Saumyajeet Ghosh won ITF world tour Brazil Open Table Tennis Tournament 2013 in. 88. Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto won Singapore Open tournament beating Thailand's Bunsak Ponasana. 89. Jamaican racer Usain Bolt equaled the world record of eight gold medals. 90. Kabaddi (December 2012) India win Kabaddi World Cup 2012 in punjab by Beating Pakistan in Male Category and Malaysia in Females Category. 91. Kabaddi (November 2012) Pakistan Kabaddi Team won Asian Championship in Punjab, Pakistan after Indian Team walked out of ground due to Indian Coach was punished with Green Card. 92. Karnataka Beat Uttar Pradesh to win Rangaswamy Cup Hockey Tournamnent. 93. Kush Kumar, the squash player who gave India its first Gold medal of second Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China. 94. Malaysian Li Chang Wei beat Japanese Kenichi Tago to win Indian Open Super Series badminton Tournament 2013. 95. Malkhamb is declared as state sport of Madhya Pradesh. 96. Matt Prior is named as England's cricketer of the year 2012 - 13. 97. Muradian Khalmuratov won gold medal in Asean Cycling championship 2013.

98. National Hockey 2013 - In Senior Category - Haryana Beat Railways and in Junior Category - Haryana Beat Madhya Pradesh to win the tournaments. 99. National Sub - Junior Hockey Tournament 2013 - Odisha win Boys title by beating Jharkhand and Haryana won Girls' Title by beating Madhya Pradesh. 100. Nigeria Won African Cup of Nations Football Tournament By beating Burkina Faso in Soweto, South Africa. 101. Others (January 2013) Oldest Marathon Runner of world Fauja Singh (101 year old) retired after Hong Kong marathon. 102. Punjab win Federation Cup hockey tournament by beating Uttar Pradesh. 103. Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament 2013 - Men's - Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Milos Raonic (Canada) Women's - Serena Williams (USA) Beat Sorana Cîrstea (Romania) 104. Ronnie O'Sullivan (UK) beats Barry Hawkins (UK) In World Snooker Championship 2013 held in Sheffield, UK. 105. Rupesh Kumar won 12th Asian Billiards championship in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. 106. Russian Maria Sharapova beats Chinese Li Na to win Stuttgart tennis championship. 107. Shooting (December 2012) Apurvi Chandela win Gold medal national shooting championship. Rajvardhan Singh win Gold medal in 56th National Shooting Championship in Delhi. 108. South Korea won the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament after beating India in Malaysia. 109. Spain win Under-21 European Football Championship by beating Italy. 110. Spanish Rafael Nadal beat Nicol Alamgro rom spain to win hios 8th Barcelona Open Title. 111. Spanish Rafael Nadal win Madrid Open tournament beating Swiss Stenislas Vavrinka. In woman, USA's Serena Williams beat Russian Maria Sharapova to win the title. 112. Spanish Rafael Nadal win Rome Masters tournament beating Swiss Roger Federer. In woman, USA's Serena Williams beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka to win the title. 113. Sports authority of India sets up maximum age of Coaches for any sport in India as 70. No coach will serve the game after the age of 70. 114. Squash Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa won Men's and women's titles respectively in 60th National Squash Championship. Nicol David from Malaysia won her seventh Women's world squash Title beating Laura Massaro of England. 115. Table Tennis (January 2013) Shomyajeet Ghosh win National Table Tanis championship award in men's category. K. Shamini win National Table Tennis championship award in women category. 116. Tennis (December 2012) International Tennis Federation announces world Champions for 2012. The award Given to Novak Djokovic of Serbia in Male Category and Serena Williams of USA in Females. 117. Tennis (January 2013) Belarusian Victoria Azarenka win Australian Open in women's category after defeting Li Na in final. Novak Djkovic wins World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi after defeating Nicolas Almagro. Scottish Andy Murray Retains his Brisbane International Tennis Title after defeating the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.

Poland's Azarenka Radwanska beat Slovakia's Cibulkova to win Sydney Open Tennis Tournament 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Serbian player Djokovic win Australian Open in men's category after defeting Scottish Andy Murray. Serbian player Djokovic win Australian Open in men's category after defeting Scottish Andy Murray. Serbia's Yanko Tipsarevic best Spanish player Roberto Bautista to win Chennai Open Tennis Tournament 2012. Spain win Hopman cup Tennis Tournament by beating Serbia in Australia. 118. Tennis (November 2012) Davis Cup 2012 won by Czech Republic beating Spain in Prague. Delhi wins the National Women's Championship Beating Haryana. 119. Tennis (October 2012) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won Shanghai Open by beating Andy Murray (Scotland). Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won China Open by beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France). Serena Williams (USA) defeated Russian Maria Sharapova to win WTA Championship. 120. The Election Commission has made London Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and M.C Mary Com as its "National icons" to help promote voter participation in polls. 121. Weight-Lifting (October 2012) India's Sudhakar Jayant won gold medal at World Masters Weightlifting Championship in Ukraine. 122. Weigt Lifting (January 2013) Chandrakant Mali from defence services won 3 gold medals in national weightlifting championship 2012 and broke an eight years old record. Manpreet Kaur wins Maiden National Title in National Weightlifting Championship. 123. West Zone won Devdhar Trophy cricket tournament by defeating north zone . 124. Women's Tennis Association ranked Serena Williams (USA) as the best Female Tennis player in the world. 125. World Aquatic Championships were held in Barceolna, Spain. In a close competition with China, USA stayed at the top of the Medal tally. 126. Wrestling (November 2012) National Senior Wretsling Championship won by Haryana. 127. Wrestling (October 2012) India won two Bronze medals in world Championship in Canada. Two sisters Geeta Kumari and Babita won the same for India. Search Current Affairs