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Wild card entrants win Australian Open 2013 mixed doubles title

January 29, 2013

Wild card entrants Jarmila Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden combined to won the Australian Open mixed doubles title with a win over Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak in the finals.

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Djokovic first ever to win 3 consecutive Australian Open men’s singles titles

January 28, 2013

The Serbian professional tennis player Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three successive Australian Open titles in the professional era when he beat Andy Murray in the finals of men’s singles at Australian Open 2013.  

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Bryan brothers clinch men’s doubles Australian Open 2013

January 28, 2013

American siblings Bob and Mike Bryan clinched the men’s doubles title in Australian Open 2013. The pair defeated the Dutch team of Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling to win their record 13th Grand Slam doubles title.

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Victoria Azarenka lifts Australian Open 2013 women’s title

January 28, 2013

Belarus’ tennis star Victoria Azarenka vanquished Chinese opponent Li Na to clinch the 2013 title of Australian Open for the second successive time.

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Virat Kohli becomes second fastest Indian to score 4000 runs in ODIs

January 24, 2013

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli became the fastest Indian to score 4000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs). Virat Kohli played 96 ODI matches and 93 innings to reach this milestone. Before Sourav Ganguly was the fastest Indian to score ..

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IOC asks Lance Armstrong to return bronze medal won at 2000 Sydney Olympics

January 24, 2013

The International Olympics association has requested the discredited cyclist Lance Armstrong to return the Olympic bronze medal he won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics Games. The cyclist was stripped off all the seven Tour de France medals he had won ..

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Hockey India appoints Roelant Oltmans as High Performance Director

January 22, 2013

Legendry Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans has been appointed as High Performance Director by Hockey India to oversee the affairs of its senior and junior national teams. Oltmans brings with him an experience of 14-years of coaching Dutch team, which under ..

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Saina Nehwal becomes world No. 2

January 19, 2013

Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal once again attained world no.2 position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Previously, she had achieved this feat in 2010.

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