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On 28 January Samuel Yin , A business magnate tycoon from Taiwan has launched

the Tang Prize(Asian Noble prize) for outstanding achievements in natural and so
cial sciences.He announced that he would establish Tang Prize Foundation which w
ould have an initial donation of 103 million dollar.Tang Prize Foundation was de
cided that the prizes under the Tang Prize Foundation will be awarded every alte
rnate year to the international leaders in sustainable development, biopharmaceu
tical science, the rule of law as well as the study of China.
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SPORTS & GAMES
Kohli is CEAT
International Cricketer of the Year
On 4 January Vice-captain of Indian Cricket team Virat Kohli was named the Inte
rnational Cricketer of the Year while Pakistan cricket team was named as the Bes
t International Cricket Team in the 2011-2012 season at the CEAT cricket awards
in New Delhi. Unmukt Chand, who led India to the U-19 World Cup win last year, g
ot the inaugural Indian Youngster of the Year award.The Former Pakistan cricket
captain Zaheer Abbas received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Uttarakhand won 63rd National Basketball Championship
On 4 January Uttarakhand won 63rd National basketball championship men s title aft
er defeated Punjab in the final at Ludhiana (Punjab).In the women s section, Railw
ays won the title against by first-time finalist Tamil Nadu in the final.
Tipsarevic won Chennai Open Tennis Title
On 6 January Second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia has won the ATP Chennai Op
en Title after defeated Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain in the final at Chennai.T
ipsarevic won the chennai open title for the first time in his career.
Nicol David won World Series Squash Title
On 6 January Nicol David won the World Series Squash Finals women s title after d
efeated England s Laura Massaro in the final at London.In the men s final, Egypt s Amr
Shabana came from behind to beat England s Nick Matthew .
Australia Won Test Against Sri Lanka
Australia secured a five-wicket won in the third and final Test match against Sr
i Lanka on 6 January at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) .
Brisbane International Tennis Winners
2013
Womens Single s :Serena Williams (USA) won the WTA Brisbane International womens s
ingle s title on 5 January with a straight sets demolition of Russian Anastasia Pa
vlyuchenkova.
Men s Singles : In the Men s singles Category Andy Murray from scotland won the titl
e after defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov .
Women s Doubles : Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the women s
doubles trophy by winning against Kveta Peschke and Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Men s Doubles : Marcelo Melo
Tommy Robredo won the doubles title after defeated Er
ic Butorac Paul Hanley .
Pakistan won the Three
Match Series
On 6 January Pakistan won the three-match series by 2-1 against India.With this
win over Pakistan, India lost the three matches one day series .Nasir Jamshed of
Paksitan was declared as the Player of the tournament.MS Dhoni was once again c
hosen as the Player of the match.
Lionel Messi, the man of the four Golden Balls
Lionel Messi became the first four-time winner of the FIFA Player of the Year aw
ard after shattering the world record with 91 goals last year(2012) for Barcelon
a and Argentina.His 91 goals topped Gerd Mueller s mark of 85 for Bayern Munich an
d Germany in 1972.
Bangar quits first-class cricket
Former India player and Railways captain Sanjay Bangar announced his retirement
from first-class cricket after guiding his team to a 122-run victory over Benga
l in the final league game of the Ranji Trophy on 01 January 2013 in Kolkata.He
played 165 first class matches amassing 8342 runs at an average of 33.35 and has
300 wickets to his credit.
National Table Tennis Championship Winners
On 11 January Soumyajit Ghosh became the youngest national champion after he de
feated six-time winner Achanta Sharath Kamal in the summit clash of the 74th Nat

ional Table Tennis Championship mens singles final at Raipur.Shamini Kumaresan w


on the womens singles title.Sourav Chakraborty and Ganeshan Sathiyan won the dou
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