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May Current Affairs
May 03 2013
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa was elected as the New president of Asian Football Confederation
May 06 2013
At IAAF World Challenge meeting 2013, at Kingston, Vikas Gowda clinched Gold on US-based discus throw of 61.38 metres
May 09 2013
Chennai Super Kings became the first team to confirm their place in the IPL 6 play-offs
May 10 2013
Stiliyan Petrov, the captain of Aston Villa Retired from Football
May 15 2013
Matt Prior was named The England cricketer-of-the-year for 2012-13
May 17 2013
David Beckham, The Legendary footballer announced his retirement from professional football
May 23 2013
Preeti Beniwal won gold in Senior National Women's Boxing Championship 2013
April Current Affairs
April 01 2013
Andy Murray won the ATP Miami Masters 2013 by defeating Spanish third seed David Ferrer .
World No. 1 Serena Williams won Miami masters open Tennis Tournament for record sixth time in Key Biscayne.
April 09 2013
Serena Williams won the Family Circle Cup,2013, by defeating Jelena Jankovic in three sets of the final match.
April 10 2013
Jamjang Deru won silver in the 50 kg boys’ category at Tashkent, in the world youth weightlifting championships 2013.
April 16 2013
Adam Scott won the 77th Version of Augusta Masters Golf championship on 14 April 2013.
April 23 2013
Prayag Chauhan won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian Confederation Junior Boxing Championships on 22
April 2013
ICC Test Rankings released Pujara and Ashwin are the only Two Indians among Top-10
April 24 2013
Chris Gayle, the West Indies opener, hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket during IPL
April 26 2013
World champion Viswanathan Anand beats Chinese champion Ding Liren and jumped to sixth spot
April 29 2013
Sabine Lisicki and Mona Barthel won the women’s doubles title at the WTA Porsche Grand Prix 2013
MarchCurrent Affairs
March 04 2013
On 2 March 2013 World Number one Novak Djokovic won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis title 2013.
Sahmim Khan won the PGTI Players Championship Title on 1 March 2013 .
on 1 March 2013 Vijitha Bandara of Sri Lanka won Eighth NCR Cup Golf Tournament at Delhi Golf Club .
March 07 2013
Saina Nehwal Entered pre-quarterfinals of All England Championship.
March 08 2013
The veteran golfer Smriti Mehra won her second title in the Hero Women`s pro golf tour 2013
March 11 2013
On 10 March 2013 Neha Tripathi won BT Pro Am of Champions golf tournament 2013 in Manesar.
The 33-year-old Tine Baun won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013.
March 12 2013
David Beckham was named as the richest footballer of the world According to the Goal Rich List 2013.
Manorama and Deborah won Bronze for India in Hero Asian Cycling Championships on 10 March 2013.
March 13 2013
New Zealand businessman ‘Ralph Waters’ selected as New chairman of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
March 19 2013
Murali Vijay moves to career best 43rd spot in ICC rankings
March 22 2013
Neha Tripathi won sixth leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013 on 21 March 2013
March 25 2013
India won ‘Border- Gavaskar Trophy’ 2013 by Beating Australia 4-0.
March 26 2013
Tiger Woods won the third PGA Tour title 2013, regained the world number one spot.
February 07 2013 The New Formula 1 car called MR02 unveiled by Marussia F1 team.
February Current Affairs
February 08 2013
In the ICC T20 ranking India placed at third with 119 points, Virat Kohli on the sixth spot. At Special Winter Olympics in South Korea Indian athletes win 46 medals made the country proud. World Player of the Year : Lionel Messi signed a new contract with Barcelona until June 30 2018
February 11 2013
On 8 February 2013 Sachin Tendulkar equaled the record of Sunil Gavaskar of 81 Centuries in First Class Cricket.
February 12 2013
India maintain their Position number one in the ICC ODI Championship table .
February 13 2013
“Pankaj Advani” created history by becoming the first Indian ever to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the “BetVictor Welsh Open’.
February 18 2013
Serena Williams achieve the new World number one women’s tennis player. Australia defeated West Indies by 114 runs to win ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy. South Africa to retain No. 1 spot in ICC Test ranking.
February 19 2013
The World Champion in Chess “ Viswanathan Anand” from India won the Grenke Chess Classic trophy. Rafael Nadal won the finals of Brazil Open 2013 by defeating Argentinean David Nalbandian.
February 20 2013
ON 19 February 2013 FiFA confirmed the use of goal-line technology during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. England beat New Zealand by 8 wickets in 2nd ODI, Level series 1-1.
February 21 2013
Virat Kohli was appointed as Captain of the IPL Franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League. Saina Nehwal continued to hold on to her second position in the latest World badminton ranking; P Kashyap out of top 10.
February 22 2013
The Former World Cup-winning Sri Lanka's captain Arjuna Ranatunga feels ‘Test cricket will die’ after Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement.
February 27 2013
India beat Australia by 8 wickets in first Test. In Test rankings India move to Fourth spot.
January 01 2013 Rajastan’s Mahaveer Singh and Maharashtra’s Tejaswini Sawant bags Gold medals in National Shooting Championship 2012 Mithali Raj is being named captain of the Indian Women’s squad for the upcoming International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup Tournament
January Current Affairs
January 03 2013
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis becomes the 4th test cricketer to reach the 13,000 runs milestone
January 06 2013
Sania Mirza- Bethanie Mattek-Sands pair wins the WTA Brisbane International trophy Women’s doubles title defeating the pair of Kveta Peschke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld Virat Kohli selected as the CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2011-12
January 08 2013
Former South African fast bowler Neil Adcock passed away at the age of 81 following prolonged ailments Scottish Andy Murray wins the Brisbane International Tennis Title by defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov Argentine Striker Lionell Messi wins the FIFA Footballer of the Year award for the fourth consecutive year American Abby Wambach is being selected as the FIFA Women’s footballer of the Year 2012 Spain's Vicente del Bosque is being named the FIFA Coach of the year for 2012
January 09 2013
South African batsman Hashim Amla tops the latest ICC ODI Player Ranking List released on 7th January, 2013
January 10 2013
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was named as the best coach of 2012 by the Federation of Football History and Statistics
January 11 2013
Sprinters Usain Bolt and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce are awarded the Male and Female Athlete of the Year Golden Cleats Awards Korean coach Lim Chae Woong to be appointed to train Indian Archers
January 12 2013
Umpire Simon Taufel is being selected to deliver the prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture 2013 Former cricket all-rounder, popularly known as poor man’s Garry Sobers, Rusi Framroze Surti, died at the age of 76 years at Surat
January 14 2013
Bernard Tomic of Australia wins the Sydney International defeating South African Kevin Anderson in the finals to clinch his first ATP Tour title Michael Appleton is being appointed as the Venky’s owned second tier English football club Blackburn Rovers
January 18 2013
Saina Nehwal climbs up by one position to become the second ranked player as per the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF)
January 19 2013
The Dutch Coach Roelant Oltmans is appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team. The International Olympics Committee asks 2000 Sydney Games cycling bronze medallist Lance Amstrong who is facing doping charges, to return the medal
January 22 2013
Mercedez has announced launch of its 2013 Formula One car named F1W04 for Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton
January 23 2013
Virat Kohli becomes world’s second quickest player to score 4000 ODI Runs after West Indian, Viv Richards Cricket IPL Team Mumbai Indians appoint Indian Spinner Anil Kumble as the Chief Mentor of the team, replacing South African Shaun Pollock
January 25 2013
World’s oldest marathon runner Fauja Singh announces retirement at the age of 101 January 26 2013 Belarus’ Victora Azarenka wins the Women’s Singles title at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2013 defeating Li Na of China
January 27 2013
The American pair of Mike and Bob Bryan defeats Dutch Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling in the finals to clinch the Australian Open Doubles Title 2013 Australians Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden wins the Austalian Open Mixed Doubles beating the Czech-pair Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak
January 29 2013
Serbian Novak Djokovic wins the Australian Open Singles Title, defeating Andy Murray of UK in the finals Former Srilankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya is appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team Selection Panel Mumbai wins the 40th Ranji Trophy Tournament by beating Saurashtra in the finals by an Innings and 125 runs
January 31 2013
Tiger Woods wins the Farmers Insurance PGA Tour Title held at Torrey Pines The ICC Women’s World Cup Tournament 2013 to begin in Mumbai, India