US Open 2013 Men’s Single: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Women’s Single: Serena Williams (USA) defeated Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) Men’s Doubles: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek defeating Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. Wimbledon 2013 Men’s Single: Andy Murray(Britain) defeated Novak Djokovic (Serbia) Women’s Single: Marion Bartoli (France) defeated Sabine Lisick (Germany) Men’s Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan defeated Dodig & M. Melo French Open 2013 Men’s Single: Rafael Nadal Defeated David Ferrer Women’s Single: Serena Willimas Defeated Maria Sharapova Men’s Doubles: Bob and Mike Bryan Defeated Michael Llodra & Nicolas Mahut Mixed doubles: Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka defeated Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic Miami Open 2013 Andy Murray beat David Ferrer Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova. Italian Open 2013 Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federar Serena Williams defeated Victoria Azarenka Madrid Open 2013 Rafael Nadal beat Stanislas Wawrinka Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova. Australian Open 2013 Men Single: Novak Djokovic(Serbia) bt Andy Murray(Britain). Women Single-Victoria Azarenka bt Li Na( china) Men Double: Bob & Mike Byan bt Robin haase & Igor Sijsling Women Double: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci(Italy) bt Ashlegh Barty and Casey Dellaqua CRICKET England won the 2013 Ashes series 3–0; the series of Test cricket matches contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. India lifts Champions Trophy 2013 by defeating England in a rain-hit final in Birmingham. Ravindra Jadeja declared man of the match and Shikhar Dhawan declared man of the tournament. England to host Cricket World Test Champions in – 2017, ODI World Cup in – 2019 Australia to host 2019 World Cup and World Twenty20 in 2020 India will host the: World T20 Cup -2016, World Test Championship 2021, World Cup for the fourth time in 2023 West Indies to host Women’s World T20 in 2018 and Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2022. Afghanistan was granted the Associate membership of the ICC, making it the eighth Asian nation and the 38th overall to get the status. Rajeev Shukla resigned as Chairman of IPL Mumbai Indians won the sixth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2013), defeated Chennai Super Kings in final. Indian pacer S. Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were caught by Delhi Police in spot- fixing racket in the ongoing Indian Premier League matches Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI president N. Srinivasan and CEO of Chennai Super King team was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from Indian Premier League Shikhar Dhawan first Indian Cricketer who scored a ton on Test debut as an opener. Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers Bangalore player) has set a new record for the fastest century in just 30 balls IPL 2013 (T20) 6th edition against Pune Warriors. Indian Badminton League Indian Badminton League (IBL) is a franchise league by Badminton Association of India (BAI). The inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League is held in India from August 14,2013 to August 31, 2013. There were 6 franchises with each team having 12 players including 4 foreign players. Six franchise of IBL – Hyderabad HotShots, Banga Beats, Awadhe Warriors, Mumbai Masters, Pune Pistons, Delhi Smashers Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is the highest paid player of Indian Badminton League with $135,000 in salary and Saina Nehwal of India is the second highest paid and the highest paid Indian Player with $ 120,000 in salary. The league kicked off at Delhi with a gala ceremony on 14 August 2013. The Finals were played at Mumbai on 31 August 2013. Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural IBL title at Mumbai on 31 August 2013. Formula One season 2013 Following are the Winner of Formula one Grand Prix of 2013 Australian Grand Prix – Kimi Räikkönen Malaysian Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Chinese Grand Prix – Fernando Alonso Bahrain Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Spanish Grand Prix – Fernando Alonso Monaco Grand Prix – Nico Rosberg Canadian Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel British Grand Prix – Nico Rosberg German Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Hungarian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton Belgian Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Italian Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Singapore Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel Other Important Sports Update: Sudirman Cup – China defeated South Korea PV Sindhu won Malaysia Badminton Grand Prix Title Gu Juan of Singapore Brazil beats Spain to win Confederations Cup 2013 Parimarjan Negi won the Continental Chess Association Open title defeated Bindi Cheng Ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda clinched the first gold for India in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships in Pune Chris Martin, the fast Bowler of New Zealand has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. K Srikanth clinched defeated Boonsak Ponsana to clinch the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton 2013 4th Kabaddi World Cup will be held in Punjab in November BCB (Bangladesh Cricket Board) Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful match-fixing charges in Bangladesh Premier League. Bayern Munich won German Cup 2013 defeated Stuttgart Ananya Gupta claimed a bronze medal in the World School Chess championship held at Haldikki in Greece Ragala Venkat Rahul bags three Golds in Asian Youth Weightlifting MS Dhoni becomes first captain to win all ICC trophies Boxer Manjeet Singh won Silver medal at China Open: Bolt won Jamaican 100 title to reach World Championships Pune host Asian Athletic Championship meet in July Delhi to host South Asian Junior Table Tennis India win silver in Archery World Cup: Rajat Chouhan and Manjudha won silver medal at the World Cup (Stage-II) Archery competition in Turkey. Prasanna new Grand Master : V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria Punjab beat Odisha to lift HI Jr. Men’s National Ch’ship: Australia became the third country after Japan and hosts Brazil to reach next summer’s World Cup after sealing a dramatic late win against Iraq. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named captain of the ICC’s Team of the Champions Trophy Australia (CA) sacked Mickey Arthur and appointed Darren Lehmann as the new coach of the Australian team. V Vishnu Prasanna celebrated his new Grandmaster status by outwitting seasoned GM Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria Somyajeet Ghosh – become the youngest national Table Tennis Champion Rupesh Shah clinched the 12th Asian Billiards championship title after beating compatriot Alok Kumar in the final Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior title by defeating J Saranya at the Asian Junior Chess Championship Preeti Beniwal won gold in 2013 Senior National Women’s Boxing Championship Winner Asian Chess Championship 2012 – Parivarjan Negi. Serena Williams named WTA Player of the Year 2012 after winning Wimbledon Grenke Chess Classic Trophy 2013 – Viswanathan Anand (India) after defeating Arkadij Naiditsch (Germany.) ICC Women’s World Cup 2013 – Australia defeated West Indies at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
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