From distinguished Indian wrestlers alleging that former Indian wrestling chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sexually harassed feminine athletes to India’s splendid efficiency on the Asian Games and Asian Para Games 2023 in Hangzhou, listed here are the important thing sporting moments of the yr.
January
18 Jan: Wrestlers Protest-
The yr started with Indian wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik protesting and accusing Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually harassing feminine wrestlers throughout his tenure because the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
29 Jan: FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup-
Germany received in opposition to Belgium in a penalty shootout of 5-4 after a 3-3 tie on the finish of the fourth quarter within the closing. India, because the host, concluded its marketing campaign with a disappointing ninth-place tie with Argentina.
29 Jan: Women’s U19 World Cup 2023-
India received the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup by defeating England with seven wickets. Titas Sidhu was awarded the participant of the match.
29 Jan: Australian Open 2023-
Novak Djokovic secured his tenth Australian Open title and twenty second main Grand Slam by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6–3, 7–6(4), 7–6(5), matching Rafael Nadal’s file. Aryna Sabalenka claimed her first main singles title on the 2023 Australian Open on January 28 by defeating Elena Rybakina 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.
February
16 Feb: Ranji Trophy 2023-
Saurashtra, led by Jaydev Unadkat, received its second Ranji Trophy closing in three seasons, defeating Bengal by 9 wickets on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Unadkat, named the Player of the Match, took 9 wickets, together with a notable 6/85 within the third innings.
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26 Feb: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup-
Beth Mooney struck a match-winning unbeaten 74 as Australia claimed its sixth and third consecutive Women’s T20 World Cup title with a 19-run victory over host South Africa.
March
26 Mar: Women’s Premier League-
Harmanpreet Kaur settled scores with Meg Lanning, this time in a franchise league. Mumbai Indians secured the maiden WPL title by counting on Harmanpreet’s resilient 37 and one other unbeaten half-century from Nat Sciver-Brunt, defeating Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.
26 Mar: IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships 2023-
India completed with 4 gold medals, equalling its best-ever efficiency from 17 years in the past on the occasion. Nitu Ghanghas, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain and Saweety Boora had been the gold medallists who helped India rank first on the medals tally forward of China, which had three golds.
April
14 Apr: Asian Wrestling Championships 2023-
Aman Sehrawat received India’s sole gold medal on the Asian Wrestling Championships 2023 after defeating Almaz Smanbekov 9-4 within the males’s 57kg class. Antim Panghal, Rupin Gahlawat and Nisha Dahiya received silver whereas 10 different wrestlers received bronze elevating India’s medal tally to 14.
30 Apr: Badminton Asia Championships 2023-
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created historical past by changing into the first-ever Indian males’s doubles pair to win gold medal on the Badminton Asia Championships. The Indian duo beat the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in 67 minutes within the closing in Dubai.
May
29 May: Indian Premier League 2023-
Chennai Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in a rain-hit match on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to clinch its fifth Indian Premier League title, equalling Mumbai Indians’ file. CSK captain MS Dhoni, in his eleventh closing, additionally equalled Rohit Sharma for probably the most titles as captain.
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June
11 Jun: Manchester City treble-
Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 within the 2022-23 Champions League closing to win the competitors for the primary time in historical past. Having received the Premier League and FA Cup earlier, the UCL win meant that Man City turned solely the second membership in England after arch-rival Manchester United to win the coveted treble.
11 Jun: French Open 2023-
Novak Djokovic secured his file twenty third Grand Slam singles championship, surpassing Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. He achieved this with a 7-6(1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Casper Ruud on the French Open. In the ladies’s singles, Iga Swiatek efficiently defended her French Open title by defeating Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 on June 10.
13 Jun: NBA Finals 2023-
MVP Nikola Jokic’s 28 factors helped the Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 94-89 to deliver its first NBA title to Mile High City. The Nuggets ended a 47-year championship wait by taking the best-of-seven collection 4-1.
July
15 Jul: Messi-MLS switch
Lionel Messi departed from European soccer after signing with Major League Soccer (MLS) membership Inter Miami. Messi, who left Ligue 1 membership Paris Saint-Germain on a free switch, signed a contract by way of the top of the 2025 MLS season with Miami.
16 Jul: Wimbledon 2023-
Carlos Alcaraz put apart a poor begin and surged down the stretch to finish Novak Djokovic’s 34-match successful streak on the All England Club by edging him 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in an interesting, back-and-forth closing. Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur heartbroken as soon as once more as she claimed a shock 6-4, 6-4 victory to turn out to be the primary unseeded participant to win the Wimbledon girls’s singles title on July 15.
30 Jul: Swimming World Championship 2023-
A complete of 10 world data had been damaged on the Swimming World Championship 2023 held in Fukuoka, Japan. Additionally, Katie Ledecky clinched gold within the 800m freestyle to turn out to be the swimmer with most gold medals on the Worlds, eclipsing the file of Michael Phelps. She additionally turned the primary swimmer to win any occasion on the world championships six instances when she received her signature race, the 800m freestyle.
August
6 Aug: World Archery Championships 2023-
India’s Aditi Swami and Ojas Deotale received the person compound gold of their respective occasions on the World Archery Championships 2023. Jyothi Surekha Vennam and the ladies’s compound workforce received bronze and gold, respectively.
12 Aug: Asian Champions Trophy 2023-
India got here again from a two-goal deficit to defeat Malaysia 4-3 and win its fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey title on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai.
20 Aug: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023-
Olga Carmona’s sole purpose helped Spain clinch its debut Women’s World Cup title, beating England 1-0 within the closing. Spain’s first main worldwide trophy made it the primary European workforce to win the Women’s World Cup since Germany in 2007.
24 Aug: Magnus- Praggnanandhaa FIDE World Cup
Magnus Carlsen got here good when it mattered and stopped R. Praggnanandhaa 2.5–1.5 for his maiden World Cup title in Baku, in Azerbaijan. After the 2 classical video games led to attracts, Carlsen received the primary speedy sport when Praggnanandhaa erred below time strain on the forty second flip. Facing a must-win scenario within the second sport with black items, Praggnanandhaa couldn’t get the place from which he may put strain on Carlsen and, at finest, may get a draw.
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26 Aug: BWF World Championships 2023-
H.S Prannoy’s dream run on the World Championships ended after he misplaced in three video games to Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand within the males’s singles semifinal to log off with a bronze, extending India’s file of getting at the very least one medallist within the showpiece since 2011.
27 Aug: World Athletics Championships 2023-
India completed tied 18th after Neeraj Chopra’s 88.17-metre javelin throw landed him his first World Championship title in Budapest after lacking the identical in Eugene final yr. Another breakthrough efficiency was the boys’s 4x400m workforce, which surprised the gang with a splendid run of two:59.05 within the heats to qualify for the ultimate and break the Asian file. In the ultimate, nonetheless, they may solely end fifth.
September
10 Sep: US Open 2023-
Novak Djokovic clinched a 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Daniil Medvedev at Flushing Meadows to assert a historic twenty fourth Grand Slam title in a match extra carefully contested than the straight-set rating indicated. Coco Gauff surged to her first Grand Slam title at age 19, coming again to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 within the U.S. Open closing on September 9.
17 Sep: Diamond League Final 2023-
Neeraj Chopra landed a finest throw of 83.80m to complete second on the Diamond League finals in Eugene. Chopra had received the crown in 2022 with a finest try of 88.44m. Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch ended because the Diamond League champion with a finest throw of 84.24m, which got here on his closing try.
October
8 Oct: Asian Games-
India completed its marketing campaign on the nineteenth Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, with a complete of 107 medals, its biggest-ever haul at a single version. The medal haul comprised 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze with the nation attaining its finest efficiency when it comes to particular colors as properly. Shooting fetched India probably the most variety of gold medals (seven) adopted by athletics (six) and archery (5).
10 Oct: Satwik-Chirag high World rating
Indian Men’s Doubles pair of Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rose to primary within the BWF rankings for the primary time of their careers. The Indian duo sealed the highest spot after securing gold within the Men’s Doubles within the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Satwik-Chirag beat South Korea’s Choi Solgyu and Kim Wonho in straight video games to win India’s first ever badminton gold within the Asian Games.
28 Oct: Asian Para Games 2023-
India completed fifth within the medal tally with a formidable whole of 111 medals—29 gold, 31 silver, and 51 bronze. Not solely did the 2023 version see India’s best-ever efficiency on the Asian Para Games, however it was additionally the nation’s highest gold medal tally at this occasion, with the earlier highest being in 2018, with a distinction of 14 gold medals between the 2 editions.
30 Oct: Hermoso-Rubiales kiss controversy-
After beating England 1-0 within the girls’s World Cup closing, whereas the Spain gamers had been celebrating the feat, then Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lip. After FIFA’s investigation, the matter went to court docket, and a restraining order on Rubiales was imposed. The closing nail within the coffin for Rubiales was when FIFA banned him from soccer for 3 years.
31 Oct: Ballon d’Or-
Argentina captain Lionel Messi clinched a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or, beating Norway’s UEFA Player of the Year and treble winner Erling Haaland of Manchester City to the distinguished prize.
November
19 Nov: ICC World Cup 2023-
Travis Head’s 137 helped Australia defeat India by six wickets to clinch its record-extending sixth ICC World Cup title on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
26 Nov: Verstappen’s nineteenth win
Red Bull’s triple world champion Max Verstappen wrapped up a yr of unprecedented dominance together with his record-extending nineteenth win in 22 races on the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. With this win, the 26-year-old was in third place on Formula One’s all-time record of winners, changing into the primary driver to steer 1,000 racing laps in a single championship and scoring a file 575 factors.
28 Nov: Sheetal Devi turns into World No 1
Indian para archer Sheetal Devi turned the World No 1 within the girls’s compound archery open class. Sheetal, who topped in her class with 230 factors, had jumped two locations to realize this feat. She is world’s first-ever armless feminine archer to compete internationally and hails from Jammu and Kashmir.
December
9 Dec: WPL 2024 Auction-
Thirty slots throughout 5 franchises had been crammed within the 2024 Women’s Premier League public sale in Mumbai with 5 gamers making it to the crorepati membership. All-rounder Kashvee Gautam turned the costliest uncapped cricketer within the Women’s Premier League (WPL) after being snapped up by Gujarat Giants for Rs. 2 crore.
16 Dec: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-
Haryana received its first ever Vijay Hazare Trophy after beating Rajasthan by 30 runs within the closing performed on the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot. Ashok Maneria, who performed for Rajasthan earlier than this season, led Haryana to the title.
16 Dec: IND-W vs ENG-W, One-off Test-
India recorded the most important win in girls’s Tests with a 347-run overcome England, surpassing the earlier better of 309 by Sri Lanka in opposition to Pakistan. India’s win was its sixth in 39 Tests. It was additionally India’s first win over England at residence, extending its total constructive head-to-head to 3-1 throughout 15 conferences.
19 Dec: IPL 2024 Auction-
The IPL 2024 Player Auction, held abroad for the primary time, noticed 72 gamers price 230.45 crore rupees being snapped up by 10 groups on the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. Australia’s Mitchell Starc turned the costliest participant ever to be bought on the IPL Auction when the Kolkata Knight Riders acquired the pacer’s providers for Rs. 24.75 crore.
