Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Sports Update

Tennis

French Open



The French Open Tennis Tournament was held between 26th May and 9th June 2013.

Men's Singles Champion - Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women's Singles  - Serena Williams (US)

Men's Doubles - Bob Byran/Mike Byran (US)

Women's Doubles - Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Wimbledon 2013

Held between June 24 and July 7



Men's Singles : Andy Murray (UK)

Women's Singles - Marion Bartoli (France)

Football

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup



The FIFA Confederations cup was won by Brazil.

Brazil defended their title by winning 3-0 over Spain

It is the fourth onsecutive Confederations Cup Title for Brazil.

FIFA Fair Play Trophy - Spain

Golden Ball Winner - Neymar (Brazil)

Golden Shoe Winner - Fernando Torres (Spain)

Golden Glove Winner - Júlio César (Brazil)

Silver Ball Winner - Andrés Iniesta (Spain)

Silver Shoe Winner - Fred (Brazil)

Bronze Ball Winner - Paulinho (Brazil)

Bronze Shoe Winner - Neymar (Brazil)

Cricket

Warne - Muralitharan Trophy

The series began in December 2012 and the third test being played in January 2013.

Australia won the series 3-0 completing a clean sweep over Sri Lanka.


Miachel Clarke was the man of the series. 

Sri Lanka in Australia ODI Series

Sri Lanka drew the  ODI Series 2-2 in the 5 match series with the fourth match being abandoned due to wet outfield.



Airtel India vs England ODI Series 2013

The bilateral ODI Series was held between January 11, 2013 and January 27, 2013

The series was won by India 3-2 with Suresh Raina bagging the Man of the Series Award.

England in New Zealand 2013



England drew the Test Series 0-0.

ODI Series was won by England 2-1.

T20I Series was won by England 2-1. 

Women's Cricket World Cup India 2013



The tournament was held in the month of February 2013.
Australia won the Women's World Cup 2013 by defeating West Indies in the final.

India ended up in the 7th place in the rankings by defeating Pakistan by 6 wickets.

Suzi Bates of Australia scored the maximum number of runs (407).

Megan Schutt of Australia picked up 15 wickets to be at the top of the bowlers.
 
 Border Gavaskar Rolling Trophy 2013

The Border–Gavaskar Trophy is a Test cricket series, played between India and Australia. It has witnessed some of the most competitive Test series played in recen
t years, with results usually either being a narrow win for one of the sides or a closely fought draw.

India won the 2013 edition of Border Gavaskar Trophy by trouncing Australia. India won the series 4-0 in the 4-match test series to complete a clean sweep over the Aussies. Ravichandran Ashwin was adjudged the man-of-the series for picking up 29 wickets in the 4 tests. The series also witnessed the entry of debutant Shikhar Dhawan who made his presence felt with a superb knock of 187 in the third test.
Shikhar Dhawan scored the fastest century on Test debut in the Third Test at Mohali, scoring from 85 balls. His final score was 187 which is also the highest score by an Indian on debut

IPL (Indian Premier League) 2013

  
 

The 2013 edition IPL was won by Mumbai Indians.
Dwayne Bravo was the leading wicket-taker with 32 wickets in the season
Michael Hussey was the most successful batsman, scoring 733 runs.

The tournament also witnessed some match-fixing allegations with some players and team franchises involving in corruption.

Champions Trophy 2013

 India won the last edition of the Champions Trophy held in England and Wales.



 The Champions Trophy will be replaced by World Test Championship in 2013.

 Shikhar Dhawan was the man of the series for scoring the maximum number of runs.

 Ravindra Jadeja proved to be the best bowler, picking up 12 wickets. 

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