TOP TEN SPORTS CONTROVESIES OF 2013
1. LANCE
ARMSTRONG:- In the month of January 2013, one of the biggest doping confessions
of the decade was made by seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in
an interview to Oprah Winfrey, that he used performance-enhancing drugs during
his cycling performances.
2.
FOOTBALL MATCHES FIXING:- The whole world was rocked by a match-fixing
controversy when the truth was revealed on February 4th, that
persons belonging to Singapore and the Far East fixed more than 700 football
ties worldwide including UEFA Champions Leagues and World Cup qualifiers.
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| LUIS SUAREZ BITING BRANISLAV |
3. LUIS
SUAREZ:- On April 21st , Liverpool’s striker Luis Suarez started a new
controversy when he bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during the League
match in Anfield. It occurred after a penalty-area tussle, and he apparently
sank his teeth into the Serbian defender’s upper arm. Luis was banned for 10
matches in EPL after the incident.
4. IPL
MATCH FIXING:- On May 16th, Indian Cricket fans were put into great
shock after 3 Rajasthan Royals players were arrested for alleged spot fixing
during the 6th edition of the IPL. It was the greatest scandal after
the 2000 match-fixing scandal involving Hansie Cronje, South African skipper.
5. DAVID
WARNER:- He was disqualified from his team during the ICC Champions Trophy on
June 12, after he punched Joe Root in a club. He was suspended till the
beginning of the First Ashes Test in England.
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| KRISHNA POONIA |
6. KRISHNA
POONIA: After the ace Indian shooter Ronjan Sodhi was choosen for the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia complained that
the selection committee had made a mistake by not selecting her for the award. A
selections panel member commented that the Commonwealth Games gold-medalist discus
thrower Krishna Poonia and London Paralympics silver medalist H.N. Girisha were
short listed for voting by 11 out of 12 panel members whereas Sodhi’s name was
not initially considered.
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| ENGLAND TEAM ON OVAL PITCH |
7. OVAL
PITCH:- On August 26, Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad and James Anderson were said
to have urinated on The Oval stadium pitch, by Australian media, while being
cheered by their team-mates after England draw the fifth and final Test. The
players later apologized for the indecent incident.
8. LALIT
MODI:- The former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was slapped with a life ban by the
BCCI, on September 25, after its disciplinary committee found him guilty on
eight charges of "indiscipline and misconduct". He had gone in exile
after he was suspended from BCCI and its affairs after the third edition of IPL
in 2010.
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