kmhouseindia: Sports News in 2012

1)Michael Clarke,the Australia captain became the 1st batsman to score 4 double centuries and one Century in calendar year 2012

Michael Clarke Scored 210 against India in Adelaide in Jan 2012
Michael Clarke Scored 329 Not Out against India in Sydney in Jan 2012
Michael Clarke Scored 259 Not out in the first Test in Brisbane against South Africa in Nov 2012
Michael Clarke Scored 230 in the 2nd Test against South Africa in Adelaide in Nov 2012
Michael Clarke's fifth test ton(scored 106 Runs in 187 Balls with 4x14) of the year 2012 enabled Australia to an imperious 278-run lead of the second test against Sri Lanka on Thursday Dec 27,2012

2)Australia's David Warner rewrote the record books by scoring the fastest century by a Test opener in his 69-ball ton against India in Perth.

3)Abul Hasan of Bangladesh scored a century on debut batting at number 10, thus becoming the first player to achieve the feat in more than 100 years against West Indies in Nov 2012

Md Abul Hasan(DOB Aug 5,1992)became the first No.10 to score a century on Test debut, in 110 years of Test Cricket.
Abul Hasan scored 113(14x4 and 3x6)against West Indies in Khulna on Wednesday Nov 21,2012 and was involved in 184 Runs Partnership for the 9th Wicket with Mohammad Mahmudullah

4)Virat Kohli scored 1026 in 16 matches in ODIs in 2012. and finishes as the 3rd Highest Run-getter in ODI's - Top two are Sri Lankans Kumar Sangakkara (1184) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1119) but they both played 31 matches.Virat Kohli in scoring the 1026 Runs has scored 5 ODI Tons -
133*(86 Balls with 4x16 and 6x2)against Sri Lanka in Hobart, Australia
108(120 Balls with 4x7)against Bangladesh in Mirpur,Bangladesh
183(148 Balls with 4x22 and 6x1)against Pakistan in Mirpur,Bangladesh
106(113 Balls with 4x9)against Sri Lanka in Hambantota,Sri Lanka
128*(119 Balls with 4x12 and 6x1)against Sri Lanka in Colombo,Sri Lanka
Also Virat Kohli won the ICC ODI Criketer of the Year 2012

5)Sachin Tendulkar retired from ODI's on Dec 23, 2012.The Numbers related to him are -

463 matches - highest number of matches played by a player in ODIs
18, 426 runs - highest number of runs scored in ODIs
200 not out - first player to reach 200 in ODIs
49 - maximum number of centuries in ODIs
96 - maximum number of half centuries in ODIs

6)Total number of medals won at the 2012 London Olympics-962

7)Number of records broken at the 2012 London Olympics -86

8)Medallists for India at the 2012London Olympics - 6

9)Usain Bolt became the first man to defend an Olympic sprint title since Carl Lewis in 1988 winning good at London with an incredible timing of 9.63 seconds.

10)Number of goals scored by Argentine Lionel Messi this year surpassing Gerd Muller's record of 85 goals set in 1972 - 91 Goals

11)Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas has won 100 of his 137 international matches, becoming the first player to reach a century of international wins

12)Spain successfully defended their Euro title to add to their World Cup trophy, drawing comparisons with the legendary Pele's invincible Brazil. They beat Italy 4-0 in the final on July 1, which was the biggest margin of victory in a Euro final ever.

13)For the first time ever Chelsea lifted the UEFA Champions League beating Bayern Munich on May 19,2012 in Munich, Germany.

14)Manchester City won the English Premier League for the first time since its inception in 1992. Overall, City have won the title three times, in 1967-68, 1936-37 and 2012.

15)Andy Murray won 2012 US Open(the first Grand Slam title of his career) and become the first British man to lay claim an Open title since 1936. 76 years ago, it was Fred Perry, who had won the US Championships, the Open's predecessor.