Top 6 memorable sporting events of 2013

New Delhi: Some of the highs were really high, and some of the lows were really low. Here is the lowdown on the events and moments that dominated the sporting landscape this year.Sachin Tendulkar's last testIndian iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar could not hold back the tears after calling time on a 24-year cricket career in Mumbai, his birthplace on November 16. The "Little Master" finished his career as the sport's most prolific international run-scorer but was unable to sign off with a century against West Indies in his 200th and final test. Tendulkar scored 15,921 test and 18,426 ODI runs.Andy Murray wins Wimbledon Andy Murray ended Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's champion by vanquishing Novak Djokovic in an electric final at the All England Club in July.He won tennis's most prestigious title in straight sets.Murray said "I know what it feels like to lose in finals, in a Wimbledon final, but now I know what it feels like to win and that's certainly a lot better."Wrestling dropped from OlympicsWrestling fans were shocked when the IOC announced it was dropping the sport from the Olympic programme because of its failure to modernise after decades of waning interest.Wrestling responded by overhauling its rules, administration and gender equality policy and was reinstated for the 2020 Games. The sport featured in the ancient Olympics as well as every modern Games, apart from 1900.Gareth Bale joins Real Madrid Ending months of speculation, Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale finally joined Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee of 100 million euros ($132 million).The fee eclipsed the previous record of 94 million euros that Real paid for Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in 2009. Oscar Pistorius accused of murderStunned disbelief greeted the news that Oscar Pistorius, who triumphed over disability to compete with able-bodied athletes at the Olympics, had shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day.South Africa's "Blade Runner", a double amputee who uses carbon-fibre prosthetic blades to compete, will be tried for murder next year. Lance Armstrong comes clean over doping Lance Armstrong finally confessed to a cycling career built on performing-enhancing drugs, putting himself on a par with Canadian athlete Ben Johnson as the world's most notorious drugs cheat.In an interview , Armstrong ended his years of denials about systematic doping and said it would have been impossible to win one of his seven Tour de France titles without the drugs.

Top 6 memorable sporting events of 2013

New Delhi: Some of the highs were really high, and some of the lows were really low. Here is the lowdown on the events and moments that dominated the sporting landscape this year.Sachin Tendulkar's last

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