Major Sporting Events Of July 2013

Friends this is our new initiative to keep SSB aspirants updated, this time I have tried to collect information useful for us on Sports. So that before going to SSB we can get a review of all recent events in sports without turning back to newspaper pages. Here are famous Major Sporting Events Of July 2013.

Major Sporting Events Of July 2013

1. Asian athletics championship:-20th version of the game hosted in Pune, India. And India won 17 medals 2golds, 6 silvers and 9 bronze India ranked 6th in tournament, China was first, Bahrain 2nd and Japan stood third. Indian Vikas Gowda, a discus thrower won gold and in 4*400 meter relay Tintu Luka, Nirmala, Ana Mariyam Jose, R.M. Poovama won gold.
2. Wimbledon 2013:- Wimbledon is played on grass court; it was 127th edition of the tournament. In males Andy Murry of great Briton won title by defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. In the Women’s Singles category of Wimbledon, Marion Bartoli of France on 6 July 2013 won her maiden Grand Slam by defeating Sabine lisicki of Germany.
3. Indian hockey coach:-Michael Nobbs, Coach of India’s men’s hockey team was sacked on 10 July 2013. Roelant Oltmans got charge of coach till replacement of Nobb is named. Hockey India (HI) on 10 July 2013 appointed Olympic gold medallist Maharaj Kishan Kaushik as the men’s hockey team coach. 
4. India- Sri Lanka-West Indies tri series:-India won the West Indies Tri-Nation Series by one wicket. The final was played between India and Sri Lanka at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain.
5. Scottish Open 2013 GOLF: American Golfer Phil Mickelson won the title Phil Mickelson on 14 July 2013 won the Scottish Open title in a sudden-death play-off against South Africa’s Branden Grace.
6. Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Biruly won Gold Medal in Archery:-India on 21 July 2013 bagged a Gold medal in the Women’s Recurve Team event at Colombia. India finished at fourth Position in the Archery World Cup Stage 3India finished at fourth Position in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 on 21 July 2013 with Deepika Kumari winning gold and bronze medal.
7. Tour de France 2013 Chris Froome won 100th Edition of the Race:-Christopher Froome from Britain on 21 July 2013 has won the 100th edition of the Tour de France.
8. Devendra Jhajharia won Gold at IPC Athletics World Championships:-Devendra Jhajharia is the 1st differently-abled Indian to win gold at IPC Athletics World Championships. Earlier he Won gold at 2004 Summer Paralympics, Athens. He is a javelin thrower.
9. Lajja Goswami won Silver in shooting World Cup:-Lajja Goswami on 9 July 2013 won silver medal in women’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event at the ISSF World Cup in Granada, Spain.
10. World’s leading Sprinters Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell found Positive in Doping Test :-Two of the sport’s biggest names Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell had failed drugs tests and tested positive for an at an Out-of-competition test.
11. Boxing:- Indian boxers clinched 1 gold ,2 silver and 1 bronze in Asian boxing championship 2013,jordan Gold in56 kg by shiva thapa.devendro singh (49kg) and mandeep jangra (69kg) won silver medals.
12. Formula one:-German G.P. won by Sebastian Vettel of redbull. And British G.P. won by Mercedes nico roseberg.
13. Shane Warne to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame:-ICC on 11 July 2013 announced that Shane Warne would be inducted into the ICC cricket hall of fame.
14. Martina Hingis leads 2013 Tennis Hall of Fame class.

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