2013 in sports is listing and describing the major sporting events from the current year: by month and by discipline. The year after the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and the year before the

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Alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel Ski binding, bindings, unlike other types of skiing (Cross-country skiing, cross-country, Telemark skiing, Telemark, or ski jumping) ...

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

Super Bowl XLVII Super Bowl XLVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Baltimore Ravens and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion San Francisco 49ers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champio ...

– the

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team plays its home g ...

(AFC) won 34–31 over the

San Francisco 49ers The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The 49ers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member ...

(NFC) **Location: Superdome **Attendance: 71,024 **MVP: Joe Flacco, QB (Baltimore) *7 January:

BCS National Championship Game The BCS National Championship Game was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college football season as one of four des ...

Sun Life Stadium Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Southeastern United States, located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the Universit ...

Miami Gardens, Florida Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of Miami and located north of Greater Downtown Miami, downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from Interstate 95 in Florida, I-95 and N ...

. (2012 season): ** The

Alabama Crimson Tide The Alabama Crimson Tide refers to the college athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletic varsity teams that represent the University of Alabama, located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Tuscaloosa. The Crimson Tide teams compete in the Na ...

defeat the

Notre Dame Fighting Irish The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports and in the NCAA's Division ...

42–14. It is the second consecutive national title, third in the last four years, and 15th overall for

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

. *June 28 – July 6: 2013 IFAF Women's World Championship in

Vantaa Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropoli ...

(

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

), Finland ** Champions: (second consecutive title); Second: ; Third:

Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...

Archery

* May 13 – August 25: 2013 FITA Archery World Cup ** May 13 – 19 at

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

*** won both gold and overall medal tallies. ** June 10–16 at

Antalya Antalya is the fifth-most populous city in Turkey and the capital of Antalya Province. Recognized as the "capital of tourism" in Turkey and a pivotal part of the Turkish Riviera, Antalya sits on Anatolia's southwest coast, flanked by the Tau ...

*** won both gold and overall medal tallies. ** July 15–21 at

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

*** and are tied in the gold medal tally. However, the won the overall medal tally, too. ** August 19–25 at

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

*** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * September 21 & 22: FITA World Cup final in Paris ** won the gold medal tally. and the are tied for the overall medal tally. * September 29 – October 6: 2013

World Archery Championships The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation. The first competition held under that title took place in 1931. Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the titl ...

Belek Belek is a neighbourhood in the Serik district in Turkey's Antalya Province. As of 2022, it had a population of 9,102. Before the 2013 Turkish local government reorganization, it was a town (''Belde''). Belek is one of the centers of Turkey' ...

(Antalya) ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 8–12: 2013 World Archery 3D Championships at

Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 120,497 inhabitants as of 2025, and a functional urban area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, it contains ...

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 13–20: 2013 World Archery Youth Championships at

Wuxi Wuxi ( zh, s=无锡, p=Wúxī, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu, China. As of the 2024 census, it had a population of 7,495,000. The city lies in the southern Yangtze delta and borders Lake Tai. Notable landmarks include Lihu Park, the Mt. Lings ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 1–7: 2013 World Archery Para Championships at

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...

** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.

Artistic gymnastics

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

* 5–18 January: The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup took place in

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

** Champions: (second title), Second: , Third: * 19 January – 10 February: The

2013 Africa Cup of Nations The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange S.A., Orange Africa Cup of Nations South Africa 2013 for sponsorship reasons, held from 19 January to 10 February 2013, was the 29th Africa Cup of Nations, the Association football, footbal ...

was held in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

** Champions: (third title), Second: , Third: * 18–27 January: The 2013 Copa Centroamericana was held in

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

** Champions: (seventh title), Second: , Third: * March 6–13: The 2013 Algarve Cup was held in Portugal. ** Champions: (ninth title), Second: , Third: *

2013 AFC Champions League The 2013 AFC Champions League was the 32nd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 11th under the current AFC Champions League title. The defending champions, Ulsan ...

( First leg of final at the

Seoul World Cup Stadium The Seoul World Cup Stadium (), the Sangam Stadium, is a stadium used mostly for association football matches. The venue is located in 240, World Cup-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened on Nov ...

(South Korea); second leg at the Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou, China) ** Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. defeated

FC Seoul FC Seoul () is a South Korean professional Association football, football club based in Seoul that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of Football in South Korea, South Korean football. The club is owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS G ...

by the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

. Guangzhou Evergrande represents the AFC region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. * 2013 CAF Champions League ( First leg of final at the

Orlando Stadium Orlando Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. It is the home venue for Orlando Pirates Football Club, a professional soccer team that plays in the Premier Soccer League a ...

(Johannesburg, South Africa); second leg at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo, Egypt) **

Al Ahly Al-Ahly Sporting Club (), commonly known as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest ...

defeated the Orlando Pirates 3–1 on aggregate. Al Ahly represents the CAF region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. *

2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League The 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League was the 5th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 48th edition of the premier association football, football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional g ...

(First leg of final at

Estadio Corona The Estadio Corona is a stadium in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, and the home stadium of Santos Laguna of Liga MX. History It was completed in 2009, it has a standard capacity of 30,000, with 20,000 for special events. The stadium's total cost ...

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Coahuila. The city's population is 720,848 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the state of Coahuila. Also Torreón is par ...

; second leg at Estadio Tecnológico in

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

) **

defeated fellow Mexican team,

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

, 4–2 on aggregate. Monterrey represents the CONCACAF region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. *

2013 Copa Libertadores The 2013 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2013 Copa Bridgestone Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 54th edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organize ...

(First leg of final at Estadio Defensores del Chaco in

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

; second leg at

Mineirão Mineirão (; , named after its large structure), officially known as Governador Magalhães Pinto Stadium (, ; , named after Magalhães Pinto), is an association football stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Owned by the state of Minas Gerais, it ...

Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte is the List of largest cities in Brazil, sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.3 million, and the third largest metropolitan area, containing a population of 6 million. It is the List of cities in Sout ...

) ** After a 2–2 tie on aggregate a.e.t.,

Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

defeated Olimpia 4–3 on penalties to claim its first title in this tournament. Atlético Mineiro represents the CONMEBOL region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. * 2012–13 OFC Champions League (

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...

Mount Smart Stadium Mount Smart Stadium, currently known as Go Media Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand. It is the main home ground of the New Zealand Warriors of the National Rugby League a ...

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

) ** Auckland City defeated fellow New Zealand team, Waitakere United, 2–1 in the final. Auckland City represents the OFC region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. * 2012–13 UEFA Champions League (

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium, currently branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE Limited, EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Sta ...

, London) **

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

defeated fellow German team,

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

, 2–1 to claim its fifth title in this tournament. Bayern Munich represents the UEFA region at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup. *

2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Amsterdam Are ...

(

Amsterdam Arena The Johan Cruyff Arena ( ; officially stylised as Johan Cruijff ArenA) is the main stadium of the Dutch capital city of Amsterdam and the home stadium of association football, football club AFC Ajax, Ajax since its opening. Built from 1993 to ...

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

) ** Chelsea defeated Benfica 2–1 to win the team's first Europa title. * 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League (

at Stamford Bridge, London) **

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian language, Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth-largest city in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony, on the river Aller (Germany), Aller east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the locat ...

defeated

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

1–0 to win its first title. * June 5–18: The 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship was held in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

** defeated 4–2 to claim its fourth title in this event. * June 15–30: The

2013 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup was the ninth FIFA Confederations Cup, which was held in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013 as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The most recent winners of the six continental championships appeared in the tourn ...

was held in Brazil (

at Estádio do Maracanã). ** Host nation defeated 3–0 to win its fourth title in this event. * June 21 – July 13: The

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

was held in Turkey ** After a 0–0 tie, defeated 4–1 on penalties to claim its first title in this event. * July 7–28: The

2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup competition and the 22nd CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's fifty years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition began on July 7, 2013, at the ...

was in the United States ** The defeated 1–0 to claim its fifth title in this event, and advances to a playoff against the 2015 Gold Cup winner for a spot in the

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup The 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup was the tenth and final edition of the FIFA Confederations Cup, a quadrennial international men's Association football, football tournament organised by FIFA. It was held in Russia, from 17 June to 2 July 2017, ...

. * July 10–28: The

UEFA Women's Euro 2013 The 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as Women's Euro 2013, was the 11th European Championship for List of women's national association football teams#UEFA, women's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament ...

was held in Sweden ** defeated 1–0 to claim its eighth title for this event. * October 17 – November 8: The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was held in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

** defeated 3–0 to win its fourth title in this event. * December 11–22: The

2013 FIFA Club World Cup The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between t ...

will be held in

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

FC Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional association foo ...

defeated

Raja Casablanca Raja Club Athletic, widely known as Raja Casablanca or simply Raja, is a Football team, football club based in Casablanca, Morocco, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football. Founded on 20 M ...

, 2–0, to claim its first Club World Cup title.

Athletics

* March 1–3:

2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships The 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013. Bidding process The decision to grant the event for Gothenburg was made by the European Athletics Council at ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

, Sweden ** won both gold and overall medals tally. * March 24: 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

, Poland ** won the gold medal tally; won the overall medal tally. * April 6 – September 8:

IAAF World Challenge The IAAF World Challenge was an annual, global circuit of one-day track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation ...

* May 10 – September 6: 2013 IAAF Diamond League ** The has the most overall winners in these one-day events of the IAAF DL. * July 10–14: 2013 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capita ...

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

** won the gold medal tally; won the overall medal tally. * August 10–18:

2013 World Championships in Athletics The 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics (Moscow 2013; ) was an international athletics (sport), athletics competition held in Moscow, Russia, from 10 to 18 August 2013. Initially, Russia at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, Russia ...

in Moscow ** Host nation, Russia, won the gold medal tally; United States won the overall medal tally.

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

* The

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...

move from the

National League National League often refers to: *National League (baseball), one of the two baseball leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada *National League (division), the fifth division of the English football (soccer) system ...

to the

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

* March 2–19: The

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike the tw ...

was held. First-round matches were played in Japan,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

, and the United States. Japan and the US hosted the second round, and the final was organised in San Francisco. became the first undefeated team in the tournament's history, beating in the final game by the score of 3–0. Robinson Canó was named tournament MVP. * July 16: The 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held at

Citi Field Citi Field is a baseball park, baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the Boroughs of New York, borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opened in 2009, Citi Field is the home of Major League Baseball's New York M ...

, home of the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

. ** The

defeated the

, with the score of 3–0. It is the American League's 39th win overall. The MVP of the match is

Mariano Rivera Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969) is a Panamanian Americans, Panamanian-American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, from 1995 to 2013. Nicknamed "Mo" and " ...

, of the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Am ...

. * October 23–30:

2013 World Series The 2013 World Series was the World Series, championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2013 Major League Baseball season, 2013 season. The 109th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (A ...

** Winner:

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

. The

MVP MVP most commonly refers to: * Most valuable player, an award, typically for the best performing player in a sport or competition * Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering MVP may also refer to: ...

of the series is

David Ortiz David Américo Ortiz Arias (born November 18, 1975), nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican Americans, Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter and first baseman who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1997 ...

of the Boston Red Sox. Also, this is the team's eighth World Series title.

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

* October 11, 2012 – May 12, 2013:

2012–13 Euroleague The 2012–13 Euroleague was the 13th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the third under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was ...

** Olympiacos Piraeus defeated

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

100–88 in the final for their second consecutive Euroleague title and third overall.

Vassilis Spanoulis Vassilis Spanoulis (), also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis (), or Billy Spanoulis (; born 7 August 1982) is a Greek former professional basketball player and basketball coach, coach, who is currently the head coach for AS Monaco Basket, AS Mon ...

of Olympiacos is named Final Four MVP after having been named season MVP. * November 6, 2012 – April 13, 2013:

2012–13 Eurocup Basketball 2012–13 Eurocup Basketball was the 11th edition of Europe's second-tier level transnational competition for men's professional basketball clubs, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide league level that is one level below the EuroLeague. ...

PBC Lokomotiv Kuban PBC Lokomotiv Kuban () is a Russian professional basketball team based in Krasnodar. It participates in the VTB United League. Their honour list includes a EuroCup Basketball, EuroCup championship in the 2012–13 season, and two Russian Basketb ...

defeated Uxue Bilbao Basket 75–64 in the final. * October 30, 2012 – June 20, 2013:

2012–13 NBA season The 2012–13 NBA season was the 67th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 30, 2012, when the 2011–12 NBA champions Miami Heat started the season by hosting the Boston Celtics. The 2013 NBA A ...

Miami Heat The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern C ...

defeated the

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...

4–3 in the best-of-7

NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern and Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league ...

to claim their third NBA title. * 17 February:

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

** The West Conference defeated the East Conference 143–138.

Chris Paul Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985), nicknamed "CP3" and "the Point God", is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded by some as one of the greatest p ...

, of the

Los Angeles Clippers The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The ...

, was named as the

of the game. * March 19 – April 8:

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defeated Michigan 82–76 in the championship game. The win gave

its first championship since

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, and third overall. * March 23 – April 9:

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defeated Louisville 93–60 to win its eighth national championship. * February 1 – April 13: 2013 FIBA Americas League ** EC Pinheiros

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* June 15–30: EuroBasket Women 2013 in France;

at the Pévèle Arena in

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** defeated 70–69 to claim its second title in this event. * August 30 – September 11: 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Men in

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** defeated 91–89 to win its first title. * September 4–22: FIBA EuroBasket 2013 in

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

;

Arena Stožice The Stožice Arena () is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It was designed by Slovenian Sadar + Vuga architects and is the biggest indoor arena in the country. It lies in the Bežigrad district, north of t ...

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** defeated 80–66 to win its first title. * September 21–28: FIBA Americas Championship for Women in

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** defeated 79–71 to claim its fourth title in this event. * October 4–6: 2013 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in

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** Olympiacos Piraeus defeated EC Pinheiros 2–0 in a series to claim its first title in this event.

Beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or sand soccer, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand between two teams of five players each. Association football has long been played informally on ...

* May 24 – August 11: 2013 Euro Beach Soccer League. Superfinal and Promotional Final at Torredembarra, from August 8–11 ** wins its third EBSL title (Superfinal). won the Promotional final. * September 18–28: 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in

Papeete Papeete (Tahitian language, Tahitian: ''Papeʻetē'', pronounced ; old name: ''Vaiʻetē''Personal communication with Michael Koch in ) is the capital city of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the France, French Republic in the Pacific ...

** defeated 5–1 to claim its second title. came in third here.

Beach volleyball

Biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...

BMX (supercross) biking

Bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of 2 to 4 athletes make timed speed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobslei ...
and
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Canadian football Canadian football, or simply football, is a Sports in Canada, sport in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete on a field long and wide, attempting to advance a Ball (gridiron football), pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposi ...

* November 23: 49th Vanier Cup in

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defeated the Calgary Dinos 25–14 to win its eighth title. * November 24: 101st Grey Cup in

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defeated the

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45–23 to win its fourth Grey Cup.

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(flatwater racing)

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

* June 6–23 – ICC Champions Trophy in and ** Winner:

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...

Fencing

*August 5–12:

2013 World Fencing Championships The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations 827 fencers from 101 countries competed. * (1) * (13) * ...

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, Hungary ** and were tied for the gold medal tally, but won the overall medal tally.

Field hockey

* August 17–24: 2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship at Boom ** defeated in a

penalty shootout The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

to win its second title. * August 17–25: 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship at Boom ** defeated , to win its eighth title. * November 30 – December 8: 2012–13 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final at

San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Argentin ...

** The defeated 5–1 to win its first title.

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

Floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

* Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion: * Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion: * Champions Cup ** Men's champion: IBF Falun ** Women's champion: Rönnby IBK

Freestyle skiing

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Men's

; Major championships *April 11–14:

Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply the Masters, or as the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four men's major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week in April, the Masters is the ...

**Winner: Adam Scott (first title and first major) *June 13–16: U.S. Open **Winner: Justin Rose (first title and first major) *July 18–21:

Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

**Winner:

Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six Men's major golf championships, major championships: three Masters ...

(first title and fifth major) *August 8–11:

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. The PGA is one of the four men's major golf champi ...

**Winner: Jason Dufner (first title and first major) ;Other significant events * October 3–6: 2013 Presidents Cup at Muirfield Village in

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** Team USA defeated Team International 18½ – 15½, to claim its eighth title. * November 21–24: 2013

World Cup of Golf The World Cup of Golf is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the fir ...

at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club ** Individual winner: Jason Day ** Team winner: Jason Day and Adam Scott

Women's

; Major championships *April 4–7: Kraft Nabisco Championship **Winner:

Inbee Park Inbee Park (, or ; born 12 July 1988) is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the LPGA of Japan Tour. She has been the number one ranked player in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four separate runs: April 201 ...

(first title and second major) *June 6–9:

LPGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...

**Winner:

(first title and third major) *June 27–30: U.S. Women's Open **Winner:

(second title and fourth major) *August 1–4:

Women's British Open The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...

**Winner: Stacy Lewis (first title and second major) *September 12–15:

The Evian Championship The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...

**Winner: Suzann Pettersen (first title and second major) ;Other significant events * August 15–18:

Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving forc ...

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** Team Europe wins 18–10. It is Team Europe's first Solheim Cup win on American soil, and also the first time that the Europeans retain the Cup.

Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

* September 22, 2012 – May 12, 2013: 2012–13 EHF Women's Champions League. ** Winner: Győri Audi ETO KC (first title) * September 26, 2012 – June 2, 2013:

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. ** Winner:

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(first title) * January 11–27:

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in ** defeated by the score of 35–19 to win their second title. won the bronze medal. * December 7–22: 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in ** defeated , 22–20, to claim its first title.

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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* 5 January – 16 March:

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North American Lacrosse League season ** Champions: Boston Rockhoppers * 5 January – 11 May:

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season ** Champions:

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(fourth title).

Luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...

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The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events by month. January 1/12 — Strikeforce: Marquardt vs. Saffiedine 1/19 — UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping 1/26 — UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson February 2/2 — ONE Fighting Championship: Return of Warriors 2/2 — UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar 2/16 — UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald 2/23 — UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche March 3/2 — UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann 3/16 — UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz April 4/5 — ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions 4/6 — UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi 4/13 — The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale 4/20 — UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez 4/27 — UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen May 5/18 — UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold 5/25 — UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2 5/31 — ONE Fighting Championship: Rise to Power June 6/8 — UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum 6/15 — UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson July 7/6 — UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman 7/27 — UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga August 8/3 — UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie 8/17 — UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen 8/28 — UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 8/31 — UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis II September 9/4 — UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader 9/13 — ONE Fighting Championship: Champions & Warriors 9/21 — UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson October 10/9 — UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Shields 10/18 — ONE Fighting Championship: Total Domination 10/19 — UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3 10/26 — UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Muñoz November 11/6 — UFC: Fight for the Troops 3 11/9 — UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 2 11/16 — UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks 11/30 — The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale December 12/6 — UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot 12/14 — UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 12/28 — UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2

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Mountain biking

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

;International tournaments ;Major leagues

Nordic skiing Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel. Re ...

Orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

2013 Orienteering World Cup

* January 6: #1 in ** Winners: Fabian Hertner (m) / Helena Jansson (f) * January 8: #2 in ** Winners: Matthias Kyburz (m) / Tove Alexandersson (f) * January 13: #3 in ** Winners: Jerker Lysell (m) / Tove Alexandersson (f) * June 1: #4 in ** Winners: Matthias Kyburz (m) /

Simone Niggli-Luder Simone Niggli-Luder (born 9 January 1978) is a Swiss orienteering athlete who has twice won (in 2003 and 2005) all four women's competitions at the world championships. She is widely seen as one of the greatest orienteers of all time. Personal ...

(f) * June 2: #5 in ** Winners: Carl Kaas Codager (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) * June 4: #6 in * June 7: #7 in ** Winners: Matthias Kyburz (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) * June 8: #8 in * October 5: #9 in ** Winners: Daniel Hubmann (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) * October 6: #10 in ** Winners: Matthias Kyburz (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f)

International and Continental events

* January 6–13: 2013 Oceania Orienteering Championships in ** Sprint winners: Toby Scott (m) / Angela Simpson (f) ** Middle distance winners: Kasimir Gregory (m) / Lauren Gillis (f) ** Long distance winners: Thomas Reynolds (m) / Grace Crane (f) ** Relay winners: (m) / (f) * February 22 – 24: Mediterranean Championships in Orienteering 2013 in ** Sprint winners: Daniel Hubmann (m) / Lena Eliasson (f) ** Middle distance winners: Baptiste Rollier (m) / Silje Ekroll Jahren (f) * April 13: Central European Spring Orienteering Meeting, Stage 1 in ** Sprint winners: Jan Procházka (m) / Elisa Elstner (f) * May 18: Baltic Championships in ** Long distance winners: Timo Sild (m) / Indrė Valaitė * July 31 – August 7: 2013 World Orienteering Championships in

Vuokatti Vuokatti is an urban area that is a physically separate part of the municipality of Sotkamo, Finland. It is home to more than 6,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populous urban area in the region of Kainuu, after the main urban area of ...

** Long distance #1 winners: Edgars Bertuks (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) ** Long distance #2 winners: Tero Föhr (m) / Tove Alexandersson (f) ** Long distance #3 winners:

Jani Lakanen Jani Lakanen (born 11 December 1976 in Lohja) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 2006 World Orienteering Championships (Long distance). He became world champion in ''relay'' in 2001, together with Jarkko Huovila, Juha Peltol ...

(m) / Catherine Taylor (f) ** Long distance #4 winners: Thierry Gueorgiou (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) ** Sprint #1 winners:

Mårten Boström Mårten Boström (born 3 August 1982 in Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. He won a gold medal in ''sprint'' at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti. He reached the podium in the junior ...

(m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) ** Sprint #2 winners: Jerker Lysell (m) / Maja Alm (f) ** Sprint #3 winners: Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (m) / Galina Vinogradova (f) ** Sprint #4 winners: Rasmus Thrane Hansen (m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) ** Middle distance #1 winners: Daniel Hubmann (m) / Annika Billstam (f) ** Middle distance #2 winners: Kalvis Mihailovs (m) / Inga Dambe (f) ** Middle distance #3 winners: Matthias Kyburz (m) / Tove Alexandersson (f) ** Middle distance #4 winners:

Leonid Novikov Leonid Novikov (born 10 January 1984) is a Russian orienteering competitor. He won a gold medal in the middle distance at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships. and a silver medal in the long distance at the 2017 world championships. He was ...

(m) / Simone Niggli-Luder (f) * September 5–7: South East European Orienteering Championships 2013 in ** Sprint winners: Ionut Zinca (m) / Alicia Cobo Caballero (f) ** Long distance winners: Ionut Zinca (m) / Nataliya Dimitrova (f) ** Middle distance winners: Ionut Zinca (m) / Veronica Minoiu (f) * November 17: South American Orienteering Championship in ** Winners: Cleber Baratto Vidal (m) / Miriam Ferraz Pasturiza (f)

Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...

Rink hockey Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or ball roller hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is a quad-skate team sport where two teams face-off against one another, trying to drive a hard ball with t ...

* September 20–28: 2013 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup in

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and Namibe (now Moçâmedes) ** defeated 4–3 to claim its sixteenth title. * October 6–12: 2013 FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup U-20 in Cartagena ** defeated 4–1 to claim its second title.

Road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...

Roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...

* November 8–10: The 2013 Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships in

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, hosted by the Brewcity Bruisers. ** Winner: Gotham Girls Roller Derby

Rowing

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

* October 26 – November 30:

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at the ( and only) ** won its 10th title by defeating 34–2 in the

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* 2 February – 16 March:

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** defended their RBS 6 Nations crown with a 30–3 victory against . 26th title. * May 17: Amlin Challenge Cup Final at RDS Arena,

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

: **

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defeat

Stade Français Stade Français Paris (known commonly as Stade Français, ) is a French professional rugby union club based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The club plays in the Top 14 domestic league in France and is one of the most successful French ...

34–13 to claim the first Challenge Cup title for an Irish side. * May 18: Heineken Cup Final at

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, Dublin: **

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defeat Clermont 16–15 to win their first European trophy. * May 28 – June 9: 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in

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** , , . Italy claim their second title and earn promotion to the

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. * June 1 – July 6:

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tour to Australia ** The Lions win the three-Test series against 2–1. It is the Lions' first series win since defeating in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

. *

IRB Sevens World Series The SVNS, known as the HSBC SVNS for sponsorship reasons, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World ...

: ** , , . New Zealand claim their third consecutive series crown and 11th overall. ** World Series Core Team Qualifier: , and all retain their core team status for the 2013–14 series. * IRB Women's Sevens World Series: ** , , . New Zealand claim the inaugural series crown. * June 5–23: 2013 IRB Junior World Championship in France ** , , . England win their first title. The finishes last and is relegated to the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. * June 28–30:

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in Moscow, Russia ** Men's: , , . New Zealand win their second title. ** Women's: , , . New Zealand win their first title. * 15 February – 13 July:

Super Rugby Super Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the S ...

: The Chiefs top the regular-season table. ** Super Rugby Final, August 3 at

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Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton (, ) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato, Waikato region. With a territorial population of , it is the country's List of c ...

: *** The Chiefs successfully defend their title from last season, defeating the

Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the feral horses which inh ...

27–22. It is also the second Super Rugby title for the Chiefs. ** In the South African promotion/relegation playoff, held over two legs on July 26 and August 3, the Lions defeat the Kings 44–42. The Lions will replace the Kings for the 2014 season. * August 17 – October 5: The Rugby Championship ** sweep all six matches for the second consecutive year, maintaining their 100% record since the competition was expanded to include

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2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

. Including the competition's previous history as the Tri Nations, it is the 10th title for the All Blacks. ;Domestic competitions *

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Final, 27 January at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo: ** Suntory Sungoliath defeat Toshiba Brave Lupus 19–3 to defend their title from last season. It is also Suntory's third league title overall. * English Premiership Final, May 25 at

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, London: **

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

defeat

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

37–17 to claim their 10th Premiership crown. *

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

Final, May 23 and 30: **

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

defeat

Bedford Blues Bedford Blues are a semi-professional rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in the RFU Championship. History Foundation and 19th century Bedford RUFC was founded in 1886 after an amalgamation between Bedford Rove ...

49–33 on aggregate in the two-legged final. As Newcastle were confirmed as meeting the Premiership's minimum standards, they replaced the Premiership's bottom club,

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. *

Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the National Rugby League (France), France National Rugby League, also ...

Final, June 1 at

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, Saint-Denis: **

Castres Castres (; ''Castras'' in the Languedocian dialect, Languedocian dialect of Occitan language, Occitan) is the sole Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department in the Occitania (adminis ...

defeat

19–14 to claim their fourth

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, and first since

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. *

Rugby Pro D2 The Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition division in France. It is operated by Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR) which also runs the division directly above, the first division Top 14. Rugby Pro D2 was introduced in 2000. It ...

: ** Oyonnax automatically promoted to Top 14 as champion. '' Brive'' also earn promotion as winner of playoffs between the next four teams. They replaced the bottom two teams in Top 14,

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and

Mont-de-Marsan Mont-de-Marsan (; Gascon dialect, Occitan: ''Lo Mont de Marçan'') is a communes of France, commune and capital of the Landes (department), Landes Departments of France, department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population Milit ...

. * Pro12 Final, May 25 at RDS Arena,

: **

, fresh off victory in the Amlin Challenge Cup, defeat

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24–18 for their third Celtic League/Pro12 title. * LV Cup (Anglo-Welsh Cup): Harlequins *

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** Premiership Final, October 26 at

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Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

: defeat 29–13 to claim their sixth consecutive title in New Zealand's top level, and 11th overall. ** Championship Final, October 25 at Trafalgar Park,

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: defeat 26–25 and are promoted to the 2014 ITM Premiership, replacing bottom-placed . *

Currie Cup The Currie Cup () is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier domestic competition, four South African franc ...

Final, October 26 at

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: ** The defeat Western Province 33–19 for their seventh Currie Cup crown.

Sailing (yachting)

Short-track speed skating

Snowboarding

Speed skating (long-track)

Squash

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Tennis

Australian Open The Australian Open (stylized ΛO) is a tennis tournament organised by Tennis Australia annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. It is chronologically the first of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Sl ...

**26 January:

Victoria Azarenka Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...

defeated

Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association. Li won nine WTA Tour-level singles titles, including two Grand Slam (t ...

4–6, 6–4, 6–3. Second title. **27 January:

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...

defeated

Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

6–7 7–6 6–3 6–2. Sixth Grand Slam title. Fourth Australian Open, third in a row. *

French Open The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...

**June 8:

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...

defeated

Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (, ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level sin ...

6–4 6–4. **June 9:

Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...

defeated

David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...

6–3, 6–2, 6–3. *

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**July 6:

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defeated

Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki (; born 22 September 1989) is a German inactive professional tennis player. Lisicki turned professional in 2006, and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships � ...

6–1, 6–4. First Grand Slam title. **July 7:

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6–4, 7–5, 6–4. Murray becomes the first British winner of the Gentlemen's Singles at Wimbledon since

Fred Perry Frederick John Perry (18 May 1909 – 2 February 1995) was a British tennis and table tennis player and former World number 1 male tennis player rankings, world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam (tennis), ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...

, and also earns his second Grand Slam title. * US Open **September 8:

defeated

7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 6–1. 17th Grand Slam title. **September 9:

defeated

6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. 13th Grand Slam title. *

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** Winner: Serena Williams. 11th title. * ATP World Tour Finals ** Winner: Novak Djokovic. *

Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an international tennis tournament that plays mixed teams (one male and one female) on a country-by-country basis. It was first held in Perth, Western Australia each year from 1989 to 2019, played on indoor hardcourt, before b ...

29 December 2012 – 5 January 2013 ** defeated in the final by the score of 2–1 . Fourth title. *

Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...

** defeated 4–0, to claim their fourth title. *

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

** defeated 3–2, to claim their third title. ;Other events * July 6: Bob and Mike Bryan win the Gentlemen's Doubles at Wimbledon, becoming the first men's doubles team in the Open era to hold all four Grand Slam titles at once.

Track cycling

Trampolining Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Whitewater Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's Stream gradient, gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that foam, froths, making t ...
(canoe) slalom

Wrestling

* September 16–22: 2013 World Wrestling Championships in

** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally.

Multi-sport events A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...

* 29 January – 5 February: 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in

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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

**Alpine skiing result
here.
**Cross country skiing result
here.
**Figure skating result
here.
**Floor hockey result
here.
**Floorball result
here.
**Short track speed skating result
here.
**Snowboarding result
here.
**Snowshoeing result
here.
* March 3–17: 2013 Central American Games in

San José, Costa Rica San José (; meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital city, capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of San José Province. It is in the center of the country, in the mid-west of the Costa Rican Central Valley, Central Valley, wi ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * March 25–29: 2013 CSIM World Winter Games in

Annecy Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ...

, France ** Host nation, , won both gold and overall medal tallies. * May 27 – June 1: 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe in

Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxe ...

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 20–30:

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games (), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games () and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 in Mersin, Turkey. Mersin was announced as the host cit ...

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

, Turkey ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * June 29 – July 6: 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in

Incheon Incheon is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international port in 1883. As of February 2020, ...

(formerly the Asian Indoor Games and the Asian Martial Arts Games separately) ** won the gold medal tally. Host nation, , won the overall medal tally. * July 6–17: 2013 Summer Universiade in

Kazan Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

, Russia ** Host nation,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

, won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 13–19: 2013 Island Games in

Bermuda Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. Bermuda is an ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 18–30: 2013 Maccabiah Games in

Jerusalem Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 25 – August 4: World Games 2013 in

Cali Santiago de Cali (), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by National Administrative Department of Statistics, DANE in 2023. The city span ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

** won the gold medal tally; won the overall medal tally. * July 26 – August 4: 2013 Summer Deaflympics in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * July 28 – August 4: 2013 World Transplant Games in

Durban Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South ...

** Link to result
here
* August 1–10: 2013 World Police and Fire Games in

Belfast Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares Repub ...

, UK ** The won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * August 3–11: 2013

World Masters Games The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years which, in terms of competitor numbers, has developed into the largest of its kind. Governed by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA), the World Mas ...

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, Italy ** Link to result
here
* September 2–12: 2013 Pacific Mini Games in

Mata-Utu Mata Utu (; , ) is the capital (political), capital city of Wallis and Futuna, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located on the island of Wallis Island, Uvéa (Uvea), in the district of Hahake District, Hahake, of which it is also the cap ...

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (), is a French island territorial collectivity, collectivity in the Oceania, South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga t ...

** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * September 6–15: 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie in

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million2013 Islamic Solidarity Games in

Palembang Palembang (, Palembang: ''Pelémbang'', Mandarin: 巨港 (Jùgǎng), Hokkien: 舊港 (Kū-káng), Jawi: ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River in the ea ...

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 6–15: 2013 East Asian Games in

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * October 18–26: SportAccord 2013 World Combat Games in Saint Petersburg ** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * November 16–30: 2013 Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru ** won the gold medal tally. won the overall medal tally. * December 11–21: 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 11–22: 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw, Myanmar ** won both the gold and overall medal tallies. * December 12–18: 2013 SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing ** Host nation, , won both the gold and overall medal tallies.

Notes

*The 2013 Boston Marathon was overshadowed by the Boston Marathon bombing which resulted in 3 fatalities and hundreds being injured.

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Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

Indoor lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in the 1930s in Canada, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's officia ...

Luge A luge () is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds Supine position, supine (face-up) and feet-first. A luger begins seated, propelling themselves initially from handles on either side of the start ramp, then steers by using the Ca ...

Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

Motorsport Motorsport or motor sport are sporting events, competitions and related activities that primarily involve the use of Car, automobiles, motorcycles, motorboats and Aircraft, powered aircraft. For each of these vehicle types, the more specific term ...

Mountain biking

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

Nordic skiing Nordic skiing encompasses the various types of skiing in which the toe of the ski boot is fixed to the binding in a manner that allows the heel to rise off the ski, unlike alpine skiing, where the boot is attached to the ski from toe to heel. Re ...

Orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

2013 Orienteering World Cup

International and Continental events

Rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...

Rink hockey Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or ball roller hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is a quad-skate team sport where two teams face-off against one another, trying to drive a hard ball with t ...

Road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...

Roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leaguesA Roller Derby league is synonymous with an individual club or team in other team sports, as ...

Rowing

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

Rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

Sailing (yachting)

Short-track speed skating

Snowboarding

Speed skating (long-track)

Squash

Sumo is a form of competitive full-contact wrestling where a ''rikishi'' (wrestler) attempts to force his opponent out of a circular ring (''dohyō'') or into touching the ground with any body part other than the soles of his feet (usually by th ...

Tennis

Track cycling

Trampolining Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Whitewater Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's Stream gradient, gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that foam, froths, making t ... (canoe) slalom

Wrestling

Multi-sport events A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...

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Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...

Canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
(flatwater racing)

Whitewater Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's Stream gradient, gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that foam, froths, making t ...
(canoe) slalom