2013 in sports
January

2013 in sports

Section Title: January
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Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

2–6	Squash	England 2012 PSA and WSA World Series Finals	International	Egypt Amr Shabana / Malaysia Nicol David

4 – 22 September	Golf	United States 2013 PGA Tour	Domestic	Money leader and most tournaments won: United States Tiger Woods FedEx Cup winner: Sweden Henrik Stenson

5–13	Darts	United Kingdom 2013 BDO World Darts Championship	International	England Scott Waites / Russia Anastasia Dobromyslova

5–18	Association football	Bahrain 21st Arabian Gulf Cup	Regional	United Arab Emirates

5–19	Auto racing	PeruArgentinaChile 2013 Dakar Rally	International	FranceCyril Despres (bikes) Argentina Marcos Patronelli (quads) France Stéphane Peterhansel / Jean-Paul Cottret (cars) Russia Eduard Nikolaev / Sergey Savostin / Vladimir Rybakov (trucks)

7	American football	United States 2013 BCS National Championship Game	Domestic	Alabama University of Alabama

10–13	Curling	Canada 2013 Continental Cup of Curling	International	Canada/United States North America

11–27	Handball	Spain 2013 World Men's Handball Championship	International	Spain

14–27	Tennis	Australia 2013 Australian Open	International	Serbia Novak Djoković / Belarus Victoria Azarenka

14 – 10 February	Field hockey	India 2013 Hockey India League	Domestic	India Ranchi Rhinos

15–20	WRC	Monaco 81ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo	International	France Sébastien Loeb / Monaco Daniel Elena

18–24	Squash	United States Tournament of Champions 2013	International	Egypt Ramy Ashour

18–27	Association football	Costa Rica 2013 Copa Centroamericana	Regional	Costa Rica

19 – 10 February	Association football	South Africa 2013 Africa Cup of Nations	Continental	Nigeria

19 – 27 April	Ice hockey	United States / Canada 2012–13 NHL season	Domestic	Presidents' Trophy and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl (Western Conference (NHL)) winner: Illinois Chicago Blackhawks Prince of Wales Trophy (Eastern Conference (NHL)) winner: Massachusetts Boston Bruins

20	Marathon	India Mumbai Marathon	International	Uganda Jackson Kiprop / Ethiopia Valentine Kipketer

21–27	Figure skating	Croatia 2013 European Figure Skating Championships	Continental	Men: Spain Javier Fernandez Ladies: Italy Carolina Kostner Pairs: Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ice dance: Russia Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev

22–27	Road cycling	Australia 2013 Tour Down Under	International	Netherlands Tom-Jelte Slagter

22 – 24 July	Association football	South America 2013 Copa Libertadores	Continental	Brazil Atlético Mineiro

23–27	Curling	Canada 2013 The National	International	Canada Jeff Stoughton (skip)

25	Marathon	United Arab Emirates Dubai Marathon	International	Ethiopia Lelisa Desisa / Tsegayae Beyene

29 – 5 February	Multi-sport	South Korea 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games	International	Note: See Multi-sport events section below

31 – 17 February	Cricket	India 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup	International	Australia

Sentence(s)

On January 11 – 27, Spain won the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

final_sentence: On January 11 – 27, Spain won the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.