Current Affairs in Sports December 2013, Current Affairs Nov/Dec. 13 in World Chess, Cricket, Formula 1, Football, FIFA, Hong Kong Open, IAAF & Olympics



Carlsen is new World Chess Champion
After recent match between Viswanathan Anand & Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, This youngster took the crown after a draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match, which ended in Chennai on November 22.



Czech Republic retains Davis Cup: The Czech Republic have retained the Davis Cup beating Serbia 3-2 after Radek Stepanek swept past Dusan Lajovic in the decisive fifth final rubber in straight sets on the
hard-court of the Belgrade Arena on November 17.



Qualification rounds for 2014 FIFA World Cup come to an end: Uruguay filled the last vacancy of the 32 teams for the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a 5-0 aggregate win over Jordan on November 21. Uruguay, fourth at the 2010 World Cup, ranked fifth in South America’s qualifying campaign and had to compete for a ticket in an international playoff with Jordan, fifth in Asia.


Messi gets Golden Boot 
Messi gets Golden Boot as Europe’s top scorer: Barcelona forward Lionel Messi was presented with a record third Golden Boot in Barcelona on November 20, 2013 for scoring the most goals in Europe’s domestic leagues last season.

Qatar in the dock for exploiting overseas labour for 2022 FIFA World Cup: Francois Crepeau, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants on November 10 urged Qatar to improve conditions for foreign labourers, as the Gulf emirate builds a massive infrastructure for the 2022 football World Cup

Chhetri becomes India’s highest scorer: India outplayed Nepal 2-0 in an international football friendly at the Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri on November 19, 2013 with captain Sunil Chhetri scoring a goal to become the country’s most prolific striker in national colours. India’s top five goalscorers:

Sehwag, Zaheer, Harbhajan out of BCCI’s contracted players’ list: Experience cricketers Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh were on November 14 dropped from the BCCI’s list of contracted players for the year 2013-14. In the list, pruned to 25 players from the previous year’s 37, only five have been kept inside Grade A, under which players draw in Rs one crore per annum

Ashwin is the fastest Indian to reach 100 wickets in tests: Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler to take hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on November 14

Prithvi slams record 546 runs in Harris Shield match: Fifteen-year-old Mumbai youth Prithvi Shaw created a national record on November 20, 2013, hitting an astonishing 546 playing for Rizvi Springfield against St Francis D’Assisi Borivali in an inter-school match for the prestigious Harris Shield played at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai.


Ramandeep fetches highest price in HIL auctions: Young striker Ramandeep Singh on November 22, 2013 fetched the highest price in the bidding for next year’s Hockey India League after he was picked up by Uttar Pradesh Wizards for USD 81,000. Ramandeep came to the limelight in the ninth men’s Asia Cup and third Sultan of Johor Cup this year

Lee Chong Wei victorious at Hong Kong Open: Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei won the Men’s Singles in the Hong Kong Open, whipping Indonesia’s Sony D. Kuncoro in straight games 21-13, 21-9 on November 24. In Women’s Singles, China’s Wang Yihan won against compatriot Wang Shixian 21-13, 16-21, 21-15.

Bolt, Fraser-Pryce win IAAF annual award: Jamaican duo Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce were named the male and female World Athletes of the Year for 2013 at the IAAF World Athletics Gala in Monaco on November 17

Chinese president gets with Olympic Order: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach presented Chinese President Xi Jinping the Olympic Order in Gold, the highest award of the Olympic Movement, in Beijing on November 19, 2013.

Heena Sidhu gets first ever World Cup gold in pistol shooting: Shooter Heena Sidhu on November 11 created history by becoming the first woman from India to win a gold medal in Pistol Shooting at the ISSF World Cup finals in Munich, Germany.

Gilchrist wins World Billiards Championship: Peter Gilchrist defeated Dave Causier to win the World Billiards Championship in the long format at Leeds on October 30. World titles of short and long format
shared between the two giants as Dave won the short format earlier

Vettel ends 2013 Formula 1 Season with 13 wins: Sebastian Vettel won Formula One’s season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at the Interlagos Circuit in Sao Paulo on November 24 while his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber finished second and Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was third. 

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