* Gagan Narang won Bronze in the men's 10 meter air rifle event
at London Olympics on
30 July 2012.
* Brett
Lee announced his retirement from all forms of
international cricket on 12 July 2012.
* South
African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher on 10 July 2012 announced his retirement
from International Cricket due to eye injury.
* Serena
Williams beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in Wimbledon
women’s singles Title in London on 7 July 2012.
*
Swiss (Switzerland) Tennis maestro Roger
Federer beat British player Andy Murray to
win the Wimbledon Open Championship men Singles Final 2012 in
London on 8 July 2012.
*
Spain beat Italy 4-0 in the final to win UEFA
(Union of European Football Associations) Euro Cup Football Championship 2012 at
the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on 1 July 2012.
*
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed as a brand
ambassador of Nepal Cricket Association, Nepal on 17 June 2012.
*
Saina Nehwal clinched her third Indonesia Open Super Series title after
beating China's Xuerui Li in title clash in Jakarta on 17 June
2012.
*
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova won French
Open 2012 on 9 June 2012 by defeating Saria Erani of
Italy.
*
Rafael Nadal on 11 June 2012 defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic to
clinch French Open Singles Title 2012.
*
Saina Nehwal defeated Thailand's Ratchanok Inathon in
the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold
title in Bangkok on 10 June 2012.
*
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won their 2nd Grand Slam
title together and 1st t French Open trophy after beating
Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Klaudia Jans Ignacik of Poland in the mixed
doubles final, in Paris on 7 June 2012.
*
New Zealand beat Argentina 1-0 to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey
tournament at Ipoh, Malaysia on 3 June 2012.
*
Rafael Nadal defeated world no. 1 Novak Djokovic to
claim his sixth Italian Open Title on 21 May 2012.
*
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova defeated
Li Na of China to retain the Italian
Open title on 20 May 2012.
*
Malaysia defeated Pakistan to win the Junior Hockey World Cup 2012.
*
India's top-seeded snooker player Aditya Mehta defeated
Pankaj Advani to win 28th Asian snooker title concluded in Doha, on 29
April 2012.
*
Indian women boxers M.C. Mary Kom and
Sarita clinched two gold medals in the Asian women's boxing
championship at Mongolian capital Ulaanbator on 25 March 2012.
*
Pakistan
defeated host Bangladesh to lift Asia Cup
Cricket Trophy on 22 March 2012.
*
Saina Nehwal retained the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold trophy by
securing a victory over China's Shixian Wang at Basel, Switzerland on
18 March 2012.
*
Indian national women Kabaddi team clinched
maiden Women World Cup Kabaddi championship title on 4 March 2012.
*
Indian Tennis pair of Mahesh Bhupati and
Rohan Bopanna won the doubles title of Dubai Open on
3 March 2012.
*
Roger Federar defeated Andy Murray in the Men’s singles final of Dubai Open
on 4 March 2012.
*
Rajasthan won its second consecutive Ranji Trophy title by defeating Tamil
Nadu on 23 January 2012.
*
Australian
Open-2012 Men’s Final
Winner: Novak Djokovic.
*
Australian
Open-2012 Women’s Final
Winner: Victoria Azarenka.
*
Australian
Open Men’s Doubles-2012 Winners:
Leander Paes (India) and Radek Štěpánek (Czech Republic).
*
Argentina’s Lionel Messi was
awarded the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or on 9 January 2012 in
Zurich. He won the award for the third consecutive year for the world's
outstanding footballer.
*
India striker Sunil Chhetri was
on 20 December 2011 voted Player of the Year by the All
India Football Federation.
*
India won its 6th SAFF Championship title against the
newcomer, Afghanistan on 11 December 2011.
