2013 Indian Premier League Final
The 2013 Indian Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 26 May 2013 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata to determine the winners of the 2013 Indian Premier League, the sixth annual season of the professional Twenty20 cricket tournament in India. Mumbai defeated Chennai by 23 runs, attributed to Kieron Pollard's unbeaten innings of 60 runs from 32 balls which earned him the man of the match award.


2013 Indian Premier League Final
Mumbai won their first IPL title playing in their second IPL Final, after losing to Chennai in 2010. Chennai were playing their fifth IPL Final, attempting to win their third title. It was also the final match where Mumbai's Sachin Tendulkar was an IPL cricketer, although he did not participate in the match due to injury. He announced his retirement from the IPL at the conclusion of the match.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final
Heading into the tournament, as with the previous seasons, both the Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians were considered to be amongst the favourites due to their past performances and squads. Chennai were the runners-up of 2012 and twice IPL champions before. Mumbai had made playoff-stage appearances in each of the past three years and were runners-up in 2010 when they lost to Chennai.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Chennai and Mumbai were dominant throughout the group stage. At the end of the group stage, they were ranked first and second respectively and each had 11 wins from 16 matches. Apart from losing their first match, which was against Mumbai, and an upset against Pune Warriors India, Chennai started their season strong with consistent batting from Michael Hussey and Suresh Raina. Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja formed a strong middle order as they scored quickly late in their innings to help Chennai while chasing. Chennai's bowling attack continued to be considered their one weakness.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
While the inclusion of Dirk Nannes and Chris Morris, both purchased at this year's auction, produced a few successes, the best bowling performances came from Dwayne Bravo and Mohit Sharma. Sharma, an uncapped Indian player playing in his debut IPL season, took the most wickets in powerplays in the first half of the season. For most of the season's second half, Chennai held the top position on the points table with an IPL record-equalling seven-match winning streak. Hussey and Raina continued their prolific run-scoring. Hussey was frequently the season's highest run-scorer while Raina made his maiden IPL century and another score of 99. They, however, finished the group stage with three losses from five matches, including another against Mumbai.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
Mumbai began the season with the new opening batting partnership of Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, who was acquired in the auction and took on the captaincy. This partnership failed to produce runs and Ponting was benched after five matches. Instead, Mumbai's batting solely depended on Dinesh Karthik, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard and they could only win three of their first six matches. Mumbai were at the middle of the points table halfway through the season.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage
As the tournament progressed, they had a more consistent top order with Dwayne Smith replacing Ponting and an improved bowling attack that included Mitchell Johnson, in his first IPL season, Harbhajan Singh, Lasith Malinga and Pragyan Ojha. Sharma, who took over the captaincy from Ponting, continued his form while Karthik began to struggle. Pollard only made one more significant contribution when he scored 66 runs from 27 balls. Towards the end of the group stage, Tendulkar suffered a wrist injury. This did not hamper the team as his replacement, Aditya Tare, showed promise with a score of 59 runs in his first innings. Mumbai only lost two of their last ten matches, both due to batting collapses.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
In the two group stage matches between Mumbai and Chennai, Mumbai won both. In the first, Mumbai initially struggled and were 83 for 6 after 12 overs before Pollard's unbeaten innings of 57 runs from 38 balls lifted them to a total of 148 for 6. Chennai suffered a similar collapse to lose the match by 9 runs despite a valiant innings of 51 runs from Dhoni. In their second encounter, Mumbai struggled to a below-par total of 139 for 5 with Sharma having the top score of 39.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Group stage, Group stage series
Chennai was then bowled out for 79, the lowest total of the season, and lost by 60 runs. Only three of their batsmen made scores of double figures, including Hussey who was dropped by Pollard in three successive deliveries off Johnson's bowling. Dhoni described the match as "a comedy of errors" and explained the cause of the defeat to be complacency and a lack of focus as they had won their past seven matches.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The playoff stage is played according to the Page playoff system and provided Mumbai and Chennai, being the top- and second-ranked teams, with two ways of qualifying for the Final. They first faced either other in Qualifier 1 where the winners would qualify for the Final. The losers of Qualifier 1 would play against the winners of the Eliminator in Qualifier 2, the winners of which would also qualify for the Final.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
In Qualifier 1, Chennai chose to bat first. Both captains wished to bat first and believed the flat pitch and quick outfield would favour batsmen and produce a high-scoring match. Chennai's innings began steady before a 140-run partnership between Raina and Hussey boosted their total to 192 for 1. They scored 123 runs from the last 10 overs against Mumbai's formidable bowling attack. Malinga and Johnson, two of Mumbai's key bowlers, conceded 45 and 40 runs each without taking a wicket. Harbhajan, with figures of 0 for 26, was the only bowler to concede less than 9 runs an over.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
The chase started promisingly as Smith propelled them to 86 for 1 after 8 overs. Jadeja was then introduced into the attack and took the wickets of Smith, Karthik and Pollard. Mumbai did not recover as Bravo helped remove the remaining batsmen, finishing with figures of 3 for 9. Mumbai was bowled out in 18.4 overs and lost the match by 48 runs.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Qualifier 2 was between Mumbai and the Rajasthan Royals. Rain delayed the game by an hour but it remained a full-length match. Rajasthan captain Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to bat. Both captains wanted to bat, stating it appeared to be a good pitch to bat on. Dravid and Ajinkya Rahane provided a solid but slow start to reach 42 without loss after 6 overs. Harbhajan then entered the attack and took the wickets of Rahane and Shane Watson, Royals' top scorer of the season, in his first two overs.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Road to the final, Playoff stage
Apart from Dravid, who also fell to Harbhajan for 43 runs, only Stuart Binny and Dishant Yagnik made good scores. Yagnik's quick scoring helped Rajasthan get 46 runs from the last 3 overs and finish with 165 for 5. Mumbai were confident in their chase as Smith helped them reach 125 for 1 after 14 overs. Wickets were then lost at regular intervals but the required rate remained manageable and Mumbai won by 4 wickets with one ball remaining. Smith was again the top scorer for Mumbai with 62 runs.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Team history
Both the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians were a part of the original eight teams of the Indian Premier League when its first season was held in 2008. From the first season, Chennai had been a formidable, well-balanced team with a strong lineup of Indian players, including the captain of India Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni was bought for US$1.5 million, the highest of the 2008 auction, and appointed their captain. They immediately became runners-up in 2008 and had continued to appear in every knockout/playoff stage since.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Team history
They were the most successful IPL team, being twice champions and twice runners-up in the IPL and also the winners of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20. Apart from Dhoni, their most recognised player is Suresh Raina, who has played in every one of Chennai's matches and holds the record for most career runs in the IPL. Chennai's squad is batting oriented, largely consisting of specialist batsmen and all-rounders in favour of specialist bowlers.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Team history
In contrast, Mumbai struggled in their first two seasons and failed to make the knockout stage in both. The team began with the notoriety of being the most expensive team in the league and the team with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. The team was bought for $111.9 million by Reliance Industries, one of India's largest private sector enterprises. In 2010, the team began to shed its problems of inconsistency and unsettled squad composition.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Team history
The team perpetuated their reputation of being big spenders as they signed Kieron Pollard at the 2010 auction for an undisclosed amount after reaching the maximum open-auction bid of $750,000. Mumbai reached the Final that year, where they lost to Chennai. They then made the playoff stage every year since with the staple of their squad comprising Tendulkar, Pollard, Lasith Malinga and Rohit Sharma, who was acquired in 2011. Pollard and Malinga are amongst the most sought out players of the format for their big-hitting and death-over bowling respectively. Despite their lineup, they had yet to become IPL champions but did win the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
The Final was at the neutral venue of Eden Gardens, Kolkata and saw Chennai and Mumbai face each other for the fourth time this season in a rematch of the 2010 Final, won by Chennai. In 14 previous encounters between the two teams, Mumbai had won 8 and Chennai had won 6. In knockout/playoff stage matches, the record was 3–0 in favour of Chennai. In all three matches, Chennai batted first and restricted Mumbai to totals in the 140s.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
While both had the same win-loss record in the group stage this season, Mumbai's record was attributed to their undefeated record at their home ground. Chennai had the best record playing away from home in this season's group stage, winning 5 of 8 matches. Chennai had the tournament's highest run-scorer in Michael Hussey and joint-top wicket-taker in Dwayne Bravo.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Background
The final weeks of the tournament were shrouded by controversies involving corruption. It began with the arrest of three players from the Rajasthan Royals by the Delhi Police on allegations of spot fixing. Two days before the Final, Gurunath Meiyappan, a top official of the Chennai Super Kings, was arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of cheating, forgery and fraud. His arrest also implicated N. Srinivasan, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Meiyappan's father-in-law.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
The toss was won by Mumbai. Their captain Rohit Sharma described the pitch as being drier than the previous match and predicted it would slow down as the match progressed. Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also wanted to bat first as it would have put pressure on the team chasing. Both squads were unchanged from their respective previous matches.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Mumbai's innings began poorly as Mohit Sharma and Albie Morkel troubled their batsmen with straight deliveries. Both opening batsmen, Dwayne Smith and Aditya Tare, and Rohit Sharma lost their wickets within the first four overs for 16 runs. Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu attempted to build a partnership but also struggled and Karthik was dismissed after they added 36 runs. In came Kieron Pollard in the tenth over and immediately played aggressively. Pollard and Rayudu were able to score more freely against Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja to lift Mumbai to 100 for 4 after 15 overs.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
The following delivery, Rayudu fell to Dwayne Bravo for 37 runs and Mumbai was left with only Pollard and their bowlers. Harbhajan Singh briefly provided support for Pollard with boundaries coming from the edges of his bat before he fell to Bravo off a mishit. The remaining batsmen only made minimal contributions and most were dismissed by Bravo, who finished with figures of 4 for 42. Despite Pollard getting his third half-century of the season, Mumbai could only achieve a total of 148 for 9.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Michael Hussey and Murali Vijay opened in the chase. In the first over, Lasith Malinga took the wickets of Hussey and Suresh Raina in two successive deliveries. Subramaniam Badrinath was dismissed in the following over and Chennai's score was 3 for 3. Vijay and Bravo attempted to target Pragyan Ojha and Rishi Dhawan but wickets continued to fall due to poor shot selection and Chennai was reduced to 39 for 6 in the eighth over. This forced Dhoni to bat earlier than his preference of late in the innings.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Report
Dhoni attempted to  rescue the innings but wickets continued to fall around him. Chennai's innings finally improved in the ninth-wicket partnership between Dhoni and Ashwin, during which Dhoni hit three boundary sixes off the bowling of Ojha and Pollard. The asking rate slowly became unmanagable and Ashwin was dismissed in the 18th over. Dhoni finished with an unbeaten 63 runs and Chennai lost by 23 runs.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
In a match that resembled their first group stage encounter, Mumbai defeated Chennai by 23 runs. The top run-scorers of the season for both teams failed to make high scores while Rayudu and Malinga produced one of their best performances of the season. These performances, along with Pollard's 60 runs, helped Mumbai better Chennai's lone resistance from Dhoni. Pollard's good innings had only come sporadically before and his contribution earned him the man of the match.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Match, Summary
It was Mumbai's first IPL title and Chennai's second consecutive time as runners-up. It was the second IPL title for Rohit Sharma and Ojha, who were with the Deccan Chargers when they won the 2009 Final. Bravo's four wickets made him the top wicket-taker of the season with 32 wickets, unprecedented for an IPL season. Hussey remained the top run-scorer of the season with 733 runs. They were awarded the Purple Cap and Orange Cap awards respectively.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Toss : Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–4 (Smith, 0.4 ov), 2–8 (Tare, 1.1 ov), 3–16 (R Sharma, 3.2 ov), 4–52 (Karthik, 9.3 ov), 5–100 (Rayudu, 15.1 ov), 6–125 (Harbhajan Singh, 17.5 ov), 7–133 (Dhawan, 18.4 ov), 8–135 (Johnson, 19.1 ov), 9–135 (Malinga, 19.3 ov)


2013 Indian Premier League Final, Scorecard
Fall of wickets: 1–2 (Hussey, 0.4 ov), 2–2 (Raina, 0.5 ov), 3–3 (Badrinath, 1.4 ov), 4–35 (Bravo, 5.6 ov), 5–36 (Jadeja, 6.4 ov), 6–39 (Vijay, 7.3 ov), 7–57 (Morkel, 10.6 ov), 8–58 (Morris, 11.3 ov), 9–99 (Ashwin, 17.4 ov)


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
The 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case arose when the Delhi Police arrested three cricketers, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, on the charges of alleged spot-fixing. The three represented the Rajasthan Royals in the 2013 Indian Premier League. In a separate case, Mumbai Police arrested Vindu Dara Singh, Priyank Sepany (diamond dealer)and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan for alleged betting.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
In July 2015, the RM Lodha Committee suspended India Cements and Jaipur IPL, owners of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals respectively, for two years. Additionally, Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan were cleared of all the charges after they were found not guilty by the Patiala House Courts. However, in January 2016, Chandila was given a life ban from all forms of cricket by the BCCI.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
In March 2019, the Supreme Court lifted the life ban imposed by BCCI on Sreesanth.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
Sreesanth was arrested at his friend's house, whereas Chandila and Chavan were arrested from their team hotel in Mumbai. Rajasthan Royals suspended the contracts of the three players until the investigation was complete. Delhi police have claimed that Chavan has confessed being involved in the spot fixing. The police also claimed that Chandila had tried to get other players, including Chavan, involved in the spot fixing under the direction of the bookies.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) suspended the players till further investigation. BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale, said, "The BCCI is shocked and saddened at the recent developments. The BCCI has zero tolerance to corruption. We will offer all cooperation to the Delhi police and all other authorities in their investigations in this matter. The IPL Governing Council has met and decided that the cricketers found involved will be dealt with severely."


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
On 4 June 2013, Delhi Police said that Sreeshant, Chandila, Chavan and 23 other people arrested by them in the spot-fixing scandal were going to be charged with the provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) since they were acting under the command of underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 17 other people (including 14 alleged bookies) who were arrested by the Delhi Police were released on bail on 10 June 2013 by a Delhi court due to lack of evidence to be charged under MCOCA. Ajit Chandila had not applied for bail. Bombay High Court has sought investigation progress report from Mumbai Crime Branch during the hearing of a public interest litigation filed by social-activist Ketan Tirodkar.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar said they had been taping phone calls since April 2013. He added, "Further arrests will be of bookies and no more players will be arrested."


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details
The International Cricket Council withdrew umpire Asad Rauf from the Champions Trophy in the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police were conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities in the IPL spot fixing scandal.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Arrest of bookies
Sunil Bhatia, a bookie arrested by Delhi Police, said that he was involved in fixing in Indian Cricket League and Bangladesh Premier League besides the IPL leading to speculations that the entire fixing scandal runs even deeper.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Arrest of bookies
A team of Delhi Police Special Cell officers arrested Yahya Mohammad in the early hours of 24 May 2013 from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad in connection with the cricket betting.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Arrest of bookies
Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested bookie Vinod Mulchandani from the Satellite Area of Ahmedabad city on 25 May 2013. 12.8 million INR in cash, laptops and mobile phones were seized from his possession.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Arrest of bookies
Vindu Dara Singh was arrested for alleged links to bookies in this spot fixing. He was later released on bail on 3 June 2013 by a Mumbai court.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Gurunath Meiyappan case
Call records of Vindu Dara Singh in connection with the betting scandal showed that he was in frequent contact with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team principal and BCCI president N. Sreenivasan's son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan. To investigate whether frequent calls to Meiyappan were for betting, Mumbai Police issued summons to him. On 24 May 2013, Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested on charges of betting, conspiracy and cheating after he was questioned by the Mumbai Crime Branch. After his arrest, the CSK franchise immediately disowned him.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Gurunath Meiyappan case
In a press statement on 24 May 2013, India Cements, which owns the CSK franchisee said: "Mr. Meiyappan is neither the owner, nor the CEO/Team Principal of the Chennai Super Kings. [ He] is only one of the members (Honorary) of the management team of the Chennai Super Kings." The main reason for the immediate disowning of him was that, his arrest could lead to termination of the CSK franchise. This was because of the Clause 11.3 (c) of the Franchise Agreement, which stated


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Gurunath Meiyappan case
a franchise may be terminated immediately if the Franchisee, any Franchisee Group Company and /or any Owner acts in any way which has a material adverse effect upon the reputation or standing of the League, BCCI-IPL, BCCI, the Franchisee, the Team (or any other team in the League) and/or the game of cricket.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Gurunath Meiyappan case
On 26 May, BCCI announced that a three-member commission would investigate the role of Meiyappan in the spot-fixing and betting scandal. On 31 May 2013, a senior Mumbai Police official said that Meiyappanan had been warned by an official from the International Cricket Council's ACSU. Meiyappan was later released on bail by a Mumbai court, on 3 June 2013.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Raj Kundra case
On 5 June 2013, Rajasthan Royals team co-owner Raj Kundra was questioned by the Delhi Police for alleged involvement in illegal betting. On 6 June 2013, Delhi Police claimed that he had confessed to them of placing bets on his IPL team through a bookie who was his friend. On 7 June 2013, Rajasthan Royals team management said that Raj Kundra would be suspended and all his shares in the team taken back if the charges against him of betting were proved. Because of this, he was suspended from the IPL by the BCCI on 10 June 2013.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Supreme court observation
On 25 March 2014, the Supreme Court of India told N. Srinivasan to step down from his position on his own as BCCI president in order to ensure a fair investigation into the betting and spot-fixing charges levied against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan who was team principal of Chennai Super Kings, else it would pass verdict asking him to step down. The Supreme court said it was "nauseating" that N. Srinivasan continued as BCCI chief.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Investigation details, Mukul Mudgal Committee
In October 2013, Supreme Court of India appointed a three-member committee headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal to probe allegations of betting and spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The committee submitted its report to the Supreme Court in February 2014. The details of the report have not been made public. The other members of the committee are Additional Solicitor General of India L Nageswara Rao and senior advocate and former cricket umpire Nilay Dutta. The former Indian Cricket Captain Sourav Ganguly has also been appointed as a part of the committee and a part of the investigating process of the committee.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Reactions
Initially, Sreesanth's father Shantakumaran Nair termed his son's arrest to be a "larger conspiracy", and blamed cricketers M. S. Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh for connecting his son with the scandal, but later retracted the statement.


2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case, Reactions
There were reports that the Delhi and the Mumbai police were in an unfriendly competition between each other and there was a lack of coordination between them. These reports were later dismissed by Maharashtra Home minister R.R. Patil saying that the two teams were co-operating with each other to uncover the truth.


2013 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Minor Rajya Sabha elections were held in 2013, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber also known as the Council of States. Routine elections were held in May and June among proportionately qualifying legislators to elect (nominate) two members from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu, to the 245-member body.


2013 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
By-elections were also held among legislators of the States of Bihar, Meghalaya, Karnataka, (one seat for each) and two in Uttar Pradesh.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
Also referred to as the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, the Indian helicopter bribery scandal by Congress led UPA Government refers to a multimillion-dollar corruption case in India, wherein money was paid to middlemen and Indian officials in 2006 and 2007 to purchase helicopters for high level politicians. As per the CBI, this amounted to ₹2.5 billion (US$35 million), transferred through bank accounts in the UK and UAE.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
It came to light in early 2013, when an Indian national parliamentary investigation began into allegations of bribery and corruption involving several senior officials and a helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland surrounding the purchase of a new fleet of helicopters. The scandal has been referred to as the Chopper scam or Choppergate by the media and popular press.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
Several Indian Congress politicians and military officials were accused of accepting bribes from AgustaWestland in order to win the ₹3.6 billion (US$50 million) Indian contract for the supply of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters; these helicopters are intended to perform VVIP duties for the President of India and other important state officials. Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, is alleged by Italian prosecutors to have received kickbacks from the deal.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
A note presented in the Italian court, sent by middleman Christian Michel (who was extradited to India on 4 December 2018), asks Peter Hulett, an Agusta Westland employee, to target key advisors to Sonia Gandhi and lists their names as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Ahmed Patel, Pranab Mukherjee, M. Veerappa Moily, Oscar Fernandes, M. K. Narayanan and Vinay Singh. The note also contains the bribes to be paid out, divided as "AF" €6 million, "BUR" €8.4 million, "Pol" €6 million and "AP" €3 million. On 8 January 2018, the third Court of Appeals of Milan acquitted the defendants on all charges Abhay Tyagi was also accused to have received kickbacks worth ₹69,00,000.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
The case continues to be investigated in India by the Indian government and the CBI.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Overview
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) signed a contract to purchase 12 AgustaWestland AW101 helicopters in February 2010 for the Communication Squadron of Indian Air Force to carry the president, PM and other VVIPs. Controversy over the contract came to light on 12 February 2013 with the arrest of Giuseppe Orsi, the CEO of Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland's parent company by Italian authorities over corruption and bribery charges; the following day Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony ordered a probe into the contract.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
After a huge controversy and allegations of corruption, Defence Minister A.K. Antony, on 12 February, ordered an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
On 25 February 2013, CBI registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) against 11 persons including the former Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, and his cousins, besides four companies. After carrying out the preliminary enquiry, the CBI found sufficient evidence and registered an FIR on 13 March. The FIR named 13 persons including: former Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi, his three brothers: Juli, Docsa and Sandeep, the brother of former Union minister Santosh Bagrodia, Satish Bagrodia, and Pratap Aggarwal (Chairman and Managing Director of IDS Infotech). The FIR also named four companies - Italy-based Finmeccanica, UK-based AgustaWestland and Chandigarh-based IDS Infotech and Aeromatrix.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
In 2013, billionaire Indian arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his Romanian born wife Anca Neacsu were named suspects in this scandal. Abhishek had played the role of a middleman in the deal and had interfaced with the politicians in securing CCS clearance from the Cabinet Committee. This nexus was exposed by TimesNow TV with their global investigation.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
According to the investigators, part of the bribes from AgustaWestland was sent to Abhishek's companies Atlas Defence Systems accounts in Mauritius, to Bermuda accounts of Atlas Group Ltd and the other part was diverted to his wife's front company in New York, Ganton Limited. These funds are suspected to have been sent to Indian politicians who were beneficiaries in this scandal. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had first identified the role of Abhishek Verma and his wife Anca Neacsu in 2013 in several of his blogs and press-releases. Later in April 2017, the Verma couple were exonerated from these allegations of corruption by CBI Special Court of Judge Anju Bajaj Chandana.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
In September 2015, a special CBI court issued an open non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Christian Michel based on a CBI report that he was needed to be questioned in the case to know how much amount he had received as "commission" in the deal. The CBI said that "Based on this arrest warrant, Interpol India would be requested to issue a Red Corner Notice against Christian Michel James and execute said warrant." In an interview to a newspaper, he denied any wrongdoing by stating that he had never met any "Gandhi" in his life.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money laundering allegations. In March 2015, the ED traced and identified the properties worth around ₹ 1.12 crore owned by Christian Michel and issued a provisional attachment order. The ED claimed that Michel bought a flat in south Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave in the name of media firm Media Exim using the bribe money. He was also reportedly in possession of a luxury car and a Fixed Deposit of ₹ 54 lakh. In September 2015, the adjudicating authority confirmed the attachment of properties and allowed the agency to retain the properties. In September 2015, the ED attached assets worth about ₹ 7 crore alleged to be in the name of family members of ex-IAF Chief S. P. Tyagi.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Investigation
The CBI and the ED have sent letters rogatory to as many as eight countries including Italy, Tunisia, Mauritius, the UAE, the UK, Switzerland, Singapore and the British Virgin Islands.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation
On 27 February 2013, UPA-II Government introduced a motion in Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Parliament of India) for an investigation led by a 30-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The motion was passed after a walkout by most of the opposition parties like BJP, JD(U), Trinamool Congress, CPI, TDP and AGP. During the debate, Leader of the Opposition Arun Jaitley said the JPC was an "exercise in futility" and a "diversionary tactic."


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation
He argued that the case involved various legal aspects such as extradition of accused foreigners and custodial interrogation and the JPC can have "none of these powers," leaving it ineffective. Many opposition members demanded Supreme Court-monitored investigation (on the similar lines of 2G spectrum case). Demands were also made to establish money trail and issue Letter Rogatory (LR).


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) investigation
The UPA government initially denied all allegations and claimed it has "nothing to hide" and that "our track record is not cover up."


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Cancellation of the contract by the Indian Government
India cancelled the ₹ 3,600 crore deal with AgustaWestland in January 2014. The government cancelled the contract "on grounds of breach of the Pre-contract Integrity Pact and the agreement by AWIL (AgustaWestland International Ltd)". The contract was frozen in February 2013 after allegations surfaced that ₹3.6 billion (equivalent to ₹4.9 billion or US$69 million in 2019) was paid as a bribe.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Decision-makers
Senior officials involved in the decision-making process that led to the selection of the AgustaWestland helicopters for VVIP use were M. K. Narayanan (Indian Police Service (IPS), former Director Intelligence Bureau (India) and NSA); B V Wanchoo (IPS, and Chief of Special Protection Group); and Shashi Kant Sharma, IAS, and former defence secretary. After their tenures at the centre, the UPA Government made M.K. Narayanan governor of West Bengal, B.V. Wanchoo governor of Goa and Shashikant Sharma Comptroller and Auditor General of India.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, CBI probe
The CBI approached Union Law Ministry to record statements of M. K. Narayanan and B. V. Wanchoo in January 2014. M.K Narayanan and B. V. Wanchoo were West Bengal and Goa Governors respectively at the time of CBI's request. Their statements were considered vital as they were National Security Adviser and Special Protection Group (SPG) chief at the time of the signing of the contract with AgustaWestland. Their views were also considered before the Indian Government signed the contract with AgustaWestland.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, CBI probe
However, Kapil Sibal's Union Law ministry stonewalled the CBI probe by rejecting CBI's request to examine them under the usual excuse of "immunity." The CBI, therefore, approached President Pranab Mukherjee to seek permission to examine ex-NSA and ex-chief of SPG. M. K. Narayanan and B. V. Wanchoo were questioned by CBI later in June and July 2014 respectively.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Recovery of bank guarantee
After the cancellation of the contract, India encashed over ₹2.5 billion (US$35 million) made by AgustaWestland as a bank guarantee in the Indian banks in January 2014. Separately, India requested the Italian government to retrieve the bank guarantee amount made by the firm in Italian banks which was more than €275 million (₹ 23.64 billion). On 17 March 2014, a request made by India was rejected by an Italian court. However, the appellate court in Milan reversed the lower court's judgement and upheld the claims of the Indian government.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Recovery of bank guarantee
Accordingly, in June 2014, the Indian government encashed ₹18.18 billion (US$250 million), taking the total amount recovered so far to ₹20.68 billion (US$290 million). With this, India was reported to have recovered the entire amount of around ₹16.2 billion (US$230 million) (45% of the total contract value ₹36 billion (US$500 million)) it had paid to AgustaWestland. However, it was later reported that AgustaWestland had not returned the entire amount, and kept €106 million for three helicopters it had delivered.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Italian Court judgments
Italian prosecutors started investigating the case in late 2011. After completing the investigations, they referred the case for trial to the Court of Busto Arsizio. The Italian court, passing its judgment in October 2014, acquitted ex-IAF Chief S.P. Tyagi of all corruption charges. It also acquitted the former Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi and former AgustaWestland head Bruno Spagnolini of "charges of international corruption". The court, however, convicted and sentenced them to two years in prison on the lesser charge of "false invoicing" in the case.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Italian Court judgments
On 8 April 2016, the Milan Court of Appeal, in a 225-page judgement, overturned the lower court verdict and sentenced Giuseppe Orsi to four years' imprisonment. Then, on 16 December 2016, the Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court) cancelled the Appeals Court guilty verdict, and ordered a retrial, referring the matter to a different Court of Appeal, always in Milan.


2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, Italian Court judgments
After nine months of proceedings, on 8 January 2018, the Milan Third Court of Appeals finally cleared the defendants and dismissed all charges, on grounds of insufficient evidence provided by the prosecution to support the allegations The verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court of Cassazione on 22 May 2019 after the Milan General Prosecutor's office failed to have a recourse supported by the Attorney General.


2013 Indiana Fever season
The 2013 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association.


2013 Indiana Fever season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Fever's selections in the 2013 WNBA Draft. Layshia Clarendon 9th overall


2013 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
The 2013 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team represented the Indiana University Bloomington in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Hoosiers were coached by Tracy Smith, in his eighth season, and played their home games at Bart Kaufman Field.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team
The Hoosiers finished with 49 wins, the most in school history, against 16 losses overall, and 17–7 in the Big Ten Conference, earning the conference championship. They claimed the 2013 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament Championship, their third title in that event, and reached the College World Series for the first time in their history, where they finished 1–2, eliminated by Oregon State 1–0.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 2013 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana University during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hoosiers played in the Leaders Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was led by head coach Kevin Wilson, who was in his third season. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in Big Ten play to finish in fourth place in the Leaders Division.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team
The 2013 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team was the college's 41st season playing organized men's college soccer.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Background
In the 2012 regular season Indiana finished 4th in the conference, losing in the Big Ten Tournament to eventual champions Michigan State. Indiana also entered the NCAA Tournament, defeating the Georgetown Hoyas in the 2012 College Cup Final 1–0 and winning the national championship.


2013 Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Indiana State Sycamores football team
The 2013 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.


2013 Indianapolis 500
The 97th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 26, 2013. It was the premier event of the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. Tony Kanaan, a native of Brazil, was victorious on a record-setting day. Kanaan became the fourth Brazilian driver to win the Indianapolis 500 joined by Emerson Fittipaldi, Helio Castroneves, and Gil de Ferran.


2013 Indianapolis 500
The track opened for practice on Saturday, May 11. Time trials were held May 18–19, and the final practice, traditionally dubbed "Carb Day," was Friday, May 24. A support race, the Freedom 100 for the Indy Lights series was also held on Carb Day. In time trials, owner/driver Ed Carpenter of Indianapolis won the pole position, the first American-born pole-sitter since 2006, and the first owner/driver to sit on the pole since 1975.


2013 Indianapolis 500
For the first time since 1987, two drivers in the field entered the race attempting to win a fourth Indianapolis 500. Three-time winners Hélio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009) and Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010, 2012) attempted to tie A. J. Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears for the most Indy 500 victories.


2013 Indianapolis 500
After eleven previous attempts, Tony Kanaan, racing for KV Racing Technology, won the race. On a restart with three laps remaining, Kanaan overtook leader Ryan Hunter-Reay in the first turn. Three-time champion Dario Franchitti got loose and crashed into the outside wall bringing out the final caution of the race. Kanaan led Rookie of the Year Carlos Muñoz and Hunter-Reay across the line. The average speed of the race – 187.433 mph (301.644 km/h) – was the fastest Indianapolis 500, breaking the record set in 1990 by Arie Luyendyk. The record would stand until 2021.


2013 Indianapolis 500
The 68 lead changes, and 14 different leaders, set during the race are also new records. Other records set (each of which have since been broken) included most cars running at the finish in a race that completed 200 laps (26), fewest caution laps (21), most laps completed by the field (5,863), as well as a 133-lap caution-free segment from lap 61 through 193.


2013 Indianapolis 500
Chevrolet swept the top four finishing positions, and took its first Indianapolis 500 win since 2002, breaking Honda's streak of nine consecutive Indy 500 wins. Chassis manufacturer Dallara won its 8th straight Indy 500, and 13th overall since joining the series in 1997.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Schedule
* Includes days where track activitywas significantly limited due to rain


2013 Indianapolis 500, Entry list
The official entry list was released May 7, featuring 34 entries. The initial entry list included four rookies (A. J. Allmendinger, Conor Daly, Tristan Vautier, Carlos Muñoz) and four former winners in Hélio Castroneves, Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon and Buddy Lazier.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Entry list
Ryan Briscoe—who took pole position for the 2012 race—was unable to secure a full-time drive for the 2013 season, but participated in the race in a fourth car entered by Chip Ganassi Racing.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Practice and rookie orientation
Rookie orientation was scheduled for Thursday, April 11. However, due to a poor weather forecast, was postponed. Instead, rookies will participate in special two-hour sessions during the first two days of Indianapolis 500 practice.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Practice and rookie orientation, Testing – Thursday, May 9
A private test focused on NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, who tested a car for Andretti Autosport. Busch conducted the evaluation test with the possibility of attempting "Double Duty" in 2014. Busch reached a top lap of 218 mph.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Starting grid
(R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie; (W) = Former Indianapolis 500 winner


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Start
For the first time since 1987, multiple three-time winners of the race were in contention (Franchitti and Castroneves); however, neither driver ended up being a serious threat to win the race. The race started at 12:15 p.m. EDT (4:15 p.m. UTC). Ed Carpenter started in pole position, but Marco Andretti, who started in third position, soon took the lead. The initial start and first laps commenced without any crashes or yellow flags.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, First half
The first caution flag flew when J. R. Hildebrand hit the wall in Turn 2 on the fourth lap of the race, just after posting the fastest time for a lap in the race. Hildebrand had almost won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 but lost due to a crash during the final lap, and in the 2013 was then was out of contention after the early crash. On lap 27, driver Sebastián Saavedra was bumped between turns three and four and subsequently crashed into the wall outside of turn four. Driver Pippa Mann later apologized for the accident on her website. The first half of the race featured many lead changes, with Tony Kanaan, Carpenter, and Andretti exchanging the leading spot; however, just before the halfway point in the race, A. J. Allmendinger passed Kanaan to take the lead, with Ryan Hunter-Reay and Andretti following behind in third and fourth, respectively.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Allmendinger, leading with 70 laps to go, had a clasp from his seatbelt come loose and was forced to make a pitstop so his pit crew could refasten it, losing the lead. Driver Graham Rahal then crashed with 7 laps left to go, bringing the race under a yellow caution flag. Ryan Hunter-Reay had been in the lead during this caution flag, but when the caution ended, Kanaan, who ran in the top ten most of the race, slipped by Hunter-Reay to take the lead.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race summary, Second half
Just when Kanaan led in the first turn, Dario Franchitti crashed with three laps left, causing another yellow caution flag that would last for the remainder of the race. Under the yellow flag, Kanaan finished the final 2,5 laps to win his first Indy 500, with Carlos Muñoz in second place and Hunter-Reay in third. The race featured more lead changes than any previous Indianapolis 500 with 68, twice the number of the previous record (34), set in 2012. Kanaan said after the race, "I was looking at the stands, and it was unbelievable ... This is it, man. I made it. Finally they're going to put my ugly face on this trophy".


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race results
Points include qualification points from Time Trials, 1 point for leading a lap, and 2 points for most laps led.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Race results, Record and milestones
Numerous race records and statistical milestones were set during the race:


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was broadcast live in high definition in the United States on ABC. A newcomer to the telecast was Lindsay Czarniak, served as host. Brent Musburger, who served as host from 2005–2012, departed the broadcast crew.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
Time trials, Carb Day, and the 500 Festival Parade were covered live in the United States on NBC Sports Network. Two separate crews will be used for the qualifying weekend and final practice.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
For qualifying, the on-air crew was Leigh Diffey, Gil de Ferran and Jon Beekhuis in the booth, with Kevin Lee, Marty Snider, Robin Miller and Will Buxton in the pits and garage area. de Ferran substituted for regular Townsend Bell, who was participating in the event.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
For final practice, the on-air crew was Bob Jenkins, Jon Beekhuis and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. in the booth, with pit reporters Snider, Lee and Miller. Jenkins was filling in for Diffey, who was leading NBC's Monaco Grand Prix broadcast. The Freedom 100 was covered by Mike King, Davey Hamilton and Josef Newgarden, with Jake Query covering the pits, and the parade coverage on Saturday was anchored by Jenkins, Diane Willis and Lee.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The IMS Radio Network broadcast the race live on approximately 400 affiliates, as well as AFN, the LeSEA broadcasting network, and World Harvest Radio. The broadcast was carried on XM channel 94 and Sirius channel 212. Mike King served as anchor for the 15th and unknown to all final year. King resigned his position in late October 2013. Historian Donald Davidson celebrated his 50th year as an official member of the network broadcast. Several drivers, including A. J. Foyt and Bobby Unser recorded celebratory greetings. The commercial out-cues used in 2013 were the drivers (like 2010) during the pre-race coverage, and the historical chief announcers during the race (like 2011-2012).


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Katie Hargitt, who had worked other races during the year as a pit reporter, joined the crew for the first time. Her duties were limited to interviews during the pre-race coverage. During the first half of the race, Mike King interviewed future Vice President of the United States and current Indiana Governor Mike Pence in the broadcast booth.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
1070 The Fan broadcast nightly with Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee, followed by Donald Davidson's The Talk of Gasoline Alley.


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Chief Announcer: Mike KingDriver expert: Davey HamiltonColor: Paul PageHistorian: Donald DavidsonAnalyst: Jerry Baker


2013 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: not usedTurn 2: Jake QueryTurn 3: Mark JaynesTurn 4: Chris Denari


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
The 2013 Indianapolis Colts season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League, the 30th in Indianapolis and the second season under head coach Chuck Pagano, who missed most of the 2012 season due to treatment for leukemia. The Colts matched their 2012 record of 11–5, and went undefeated within the division during the season. The Colts hoped to advance further than the Wild Card round in the playoffs than in 2012, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Ravens. They did so after falling behind by 28 points against the Chiefs, but came back and won 45–44. However, the Colts were defeated by the New England Patriots in the Divisional round, by a score of 43–22.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
On March 7, 2013, Jeff Saturday signed a one-day contract in order to retire as a member of the Indianapolis Colts.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
For the second consecutive season, the Colts held the final pick in the NFL Draft, number 254, which is famously known as Mr. Irrelevant. In 2012, the final player selected was Chandler Harnish. The 2013 season's Mr. Irrelevant was Justice Cunningham.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
Throughout the season, the Colts wore a patch to recognize the 30th season since their move to Indianapolis.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
On October 20, 2013, Peyton Manning made his first return to Indianapolis since being released by the Indianapolis Colts in March 2012 and signed by the Denver Broncos, a game in which commentator Al Michaels dubbed "the War of 1812" (referring to Peyton Manning's number of 18 and Colts quarterback Andrew Luck's number of 12). The Colts won the game 39–33.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
While losing their Week 14 match-up against the Cincinnati Bengals, the Colts overall record as well as a 4–0 record within the division was enough to earn them their 15th division title after the Denver Broncos defeated the Tennessee Titans. The Colts became the first team of the 2013 season to win their division, securing a home playoff game.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
With the Titans' loss to the Cardinals in Week 15, the Colts were the only AFC South team to make the playoffs.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season
In the AFC Wild Card Game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Colts rallied to turn a 38–10 Chiefs' lead into a 45–44 victory for the second largest comeback in NFL playoff history. It is behind only the Bills who rallied from a 32-point deficit in the 1993 AFC Wild Card Game.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Regular season
For the first time since the 2002 season, the Colts did not play the New England Patriots during the regular season. The Colts–Patriots rivalry had become one of the most known in modern era sports. However, they did play each other in playoffs.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Schedule, Regular season
One highlight of the 2013 Colts season was a trip to San Francisco to play the 49ers. This game marked the return of starting quarterback Andrew Luck to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he played three seasons of college football at Stanford University, which for his first two years there was coached by Jim Harbaugh, then-coach of the 49ers. Luck got the better of his old coach with a 27–7 statement victory.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Oakland Raiders
The Colts began their 2013 season at home, for the first time since 2009, against the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders, who received the opening kickoff, would turn the ball over on a Terrelle Pryor interception by Colts cornerback Greg Toler. The interception would allow Andrew Luck and the Colts offense to drive down the field and score the first touchdown of the season on a pass from Luck to Reggie Wayne. Heading into the second quarter, the Colts defense would continue to prevent the Raiders from scoring, forcing Oakland to punt on second drive of the game.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Oakland Raiders
Luck would again lead the Colts down the field in an eight play, 69-yard drive that would result in a touchdown pass from Luck to tight end Dwayne Allen, giving the Colts an early 14–0 lead. Pryor and the Raiders would respond for the first time on their next offensive drive, which ended in a touchdown run from Darren McFadden. Defensive stops by both the Colts and the Raiders would ensure no further scoring in the half and would allow Indianapolis to head into halftime with the 14–7 lead.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Oakland Raiders
Indianapolis was forced to punt on their first offensive possession of the second half, while the Raiders would drive down to the Colts 20-yard line and would score on a Sebastian Janikowski field goal, cutting the Colts lead to 14–10 lead. The Raiders would again begin to drive down the field and would score the go ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter on a pass from Denarius Moore from Terrelle Pryor, giving the Raiders a 17–14 lead.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Oakland Raiders
Andrew Luck, on the next Colts offensive drive, would lead the team down the field, 71 yards in 11 plays, with Luck himself scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 19-yard run. Pryor and the Raiders would drive down to the Colts 24-yard line, though the drive would end with an interception by Antoine Bethea, sealing the Colts victory.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 1: vs. Oakland Raiders
With the win, the Colts went to 1–0 on the season and extended their home winning streak to seven games.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Colts faced the Miami Dolphins in week two, a rematch of the 23–20 Colts victory during the 2012 season. This game also marked the second meeting between Andrew Luck of the Colts and Ryan Tannehill of the Dolphins, both sophomore quarterbacks. Indianapolis, who received the opening kickoff, were unable to score on their first drive, unlike the Dolphins who drove down 58 yards in six plays, while scoring on a Tannehill pass to wide receiver Mike Wallace, giving the Dolphins an early 7–0 lead.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
The Colts would respond with a long drive of their own, however they would be able to put it into the endzone, settling instead for an Adam Vinatieri field goal. The Dolphins would strike again, this time scoring in just two plays following a Tannehill 67-yard pass and a Lamar Miller touchdown run. The Colts, who entered the second quarter trailing 14–3, quickly scored their first touchdown on the day with an Andrew Luck pass to tight end Coby Fleener.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
After trading possessions, the Indianapolis offense would strike again, scoring their second touchdown of the quarter and taking the first lead of the day, though it would be taken away by a Caleb Sturgis field goal to end the half, with the teams going into halftime tied at 17. Indianapolis would drive down on their first possession of the second half, though a touchdown would be nullified by an illegal shift penalty and forcing the Colts to settle for a field goal.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
Midway through the third quarter, the Dolphins would score the go ahead touchdown on a Charles Clay run, putting them ahead 24–20. On their last offensive possession of the day, Luck and the Colts would drive down to the Miami 23-yard line, though the comeback would fall short following a sack of Luck on fourth down.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
With the loss, the Colts went to 1–1 on the season and lost their first home game since September 23, 2012.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos
The game was preceded by a 90-second tribute to Manning.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 9: at Houston Texans
The Colts fell behind 21–3 before rallying to defeat the Houston Texans on Sunday Night Football 27–24.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 14: at Cincinnati Bengals
With the loss, the Colts dropped to 8–5, however, they clinched the AFC South division title after the Broncos defeated the Titans later in the evening.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 15: vs. Houston Texans
With the win, the Colts improved to 9–5 and 12–0 at home against the Texans.


2013 Indianapolis Colts season, Game summaries, Regular season, Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
With the win, the Colts were the only team during the 2013 season to sweep all of their division rivals.


2013 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2013 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on 18 August 2013.


2013 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
Ben Spies crashed heavily in practice, and the resulting injuries caused the end of his racing career.


2013 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
The 2013 India–Pakistan border incidents was a series of armed skirmishes along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir area. Starting from the mid-January 2013, they have been described as the "worst bout of fighting in the region in nearly 10 years". It began on 6 January 2013,  when according to Pakistani reports Indian forces attacked a Pakistani border post, killing one soldier. Indian authorities claimed the incident as a retaliation against preceding Pakistani ceasefire violations, but denied having crossed the demarcation line.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
In a second skirmish on 8 January, Indian authorities said that Pakistani forces crossed the LoC, killing two Indian soldiers. The incident sparked outrage in India and harsh reactions by the Indian army and government over the news that the body of one of the soldiers had been beheaded. Pakistan denied these reports. On 15 January, a third skirmish reportedly led to the death of another Pakistani soldier.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
After talks between Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia and Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, an understanding was reached to de-escalate the situation. But the skirmishes continued despite peace efforts by the countries resulting in 8 Indian casualties in total and 9 Pakistani casualties till August. Civilians were also affected adversely by the border skirmishes.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
On 9 October 2014 Indian media claimed that a total of 9 military personnel and 6 civilians were killed on Pakistani side. 12 Indian soldiers and 1 civilian were killed on Indian side.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Incidents, In January
According to the Indian Army, the skirmish lasted for approximately 30 minutes, after which the intruders retreated from the Indian territory. Two soldiers, Lance Naik Hemraj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, were killed and their bodies were apparently found mutilated, with one decapitated. The bodies were then recovered and the injured soldiers were airlifted and admitted to the Indian Army's Command Hospital. The Military Intelligence of India claimed that the operation was carried out by Anwar Khan, from Azad Kashmir, who was hired by the Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence for ₨0.5 million (US$3,100).


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, India
If Pakistan does not return the severed head of the martyred soldier Hemraj, India should get at least 10 heads from the other side


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, India
The reaction in India was overwhelmingly one of anger. Then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that this incident had seriously damaged the ongoing peace process and "after this dastardly act, there can’t be business as usual with Pakistan." Bikram Singh, the Chief of Army Staff of India said that "We reserve the right to retaliate at a time of our choosing." Bikram Singh also said,"The attack on January 8 was premeditated, a pre-planned activity. Such an operation requires planning, detailed reconnaissance."


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, India
Then Indian Leader of Opposition, Sushma Swaraj said that "If Pakistan does not return the severed head of the martyred soldier Hemraj, India should get at least 10 heads from the other side". She also said that the Indian government had to avenge the death of the two soldiers. Protests took place outside the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi, and the protesters painted Pakistan Murdabad (Death to Pakistan) on its walls.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, India
The Indian Army also released the photos of landmines planted by Pakistan in Indian-controlled land, though Pakistan refused to acknowledge any such act.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, India
The then Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde alleged on 9 January that the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Saeed has visited the Indo-Pakistani border a few days before the Indian soldiers were killed. He cited intelligence obtained by Indian intelligence agencies, and said that they were trying to obtain more details on the visit. However, Saeed rejected the claim, calling it a "blatant lie" and challenged the Indian government to prove the allegation. He said that India was trying to shift focus from its internal problems and was exploiting the sentiments against Pakistan.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
The Pakistan military information sources, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), rejected the allegation that the incident was unprovoked, calling the Indian presentation of events as "propaganda" to divert international attention from an earlier incident on 6 January, when a Pakistani soldier was killed by Indian troops in what was claimed by Pakistan as an Indian violation of the Line of Control. Pakistani officials also welcomed an investigation from the UN. The Washington Post quoted an Indian security official admitting that the 8 January incident may have "come in retaliation" for the 6 January incident in which Indian troops had killed the Pakistani soldier.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
After every Indian violation of the LoC, Indians fabricate something and rather put an allegation of violation on Pakistan to ease pressure.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
The Foreign Office of Pakistan stated that it had summoned the Deputy Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad during which a protest note was handed on the "unprovoked Indian attack" and the Government of India "was strongly urged to take appropriate measures to avoid recurrence of such incidents in the future." Earlier in January 2013, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said to the media that she was "unpleasantly surprised" by India's accusations. She further said that "Pakistan's government and its people have demonstrated a deep and abiding commitment to normalize and improve relations with India and to really start a journey of trust-building."


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
In an interview with Times Now, former President and chief of army staff General Pervez Musharraf similarly refuted allegations of any Indian soldier being mutilated by the Pakistani military, pointing out that this was not part of army discipline and culture. He also criticised India's tendency of painting "us as rogues when you yourself are not prepared to admit all the cruelty that you inflict on us" and India's decision of sending back Pakistani artists and hockey players, adding: "The politicians, media, everyone in India have a tendency to be hysterical about everything."


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
Responding to the incident to media, senior fleet commander, Vice-Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah quoted that, Pakistan has ability to answer the disturbance of border. Addressing the media representatives at the ISPR directorate, Admiral Zakaullah noted to media that "Pakistan forces are prepared for any critical situation." Answering the question of Indian Army's further capabilities, Admiral Zakaullah said that Pakistan was not concerned due to New Delhi's ground capability as it had the ability to defend itself from against any aggression.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
In August, protestors in Muzaffarabad of Azad Kashmir protested against India's attacks during which they chanted anti-India and pro-Kashmir slogans. In the aftermath of the August incidents, Pakistan considered withdrawing diplomatic staff from its High Commission in New Delhi and redeploying troops positioned on the Afghan border towards the Line of Control. The Provincial Assembly of Punjab passed a unanimous resolution against India's violations of the LoC and expressed concern over the killing of Pakistani soldiers and civilians, in addition to calling on the federal government to raise the issue at international forums. The Parliament of Pakistan adopted a unanimous resolution similarly condemning the incidents and demanded the Pakistan government to take up the issue with India in a "forceful but prudent manner".


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Reactions, Pakistan
Pakistan has also temporarily abandoned talks on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan–Pakistan–India pipeline with India.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, International reactions, Effect on India-Pakistan relations
Due to the tensions building between the two nations and as a sign of protest, the Indian Government on 15 January decided to send back the Pakistani hockey players who were in India to participate in the Hockey India League.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, International reactions, Effect on India-Pakistan relations
The Indian government has put on hold a plan to issue visas to Pakistani senior citizens on arrival in India. Though the government sources initially mentioned that the agreement was delayed, a senior home ministry official said that the deal was put on hold for some time.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, International reactions, Effect on India-Pakistan relations
After a brief phone conversation between Indian Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia and his Pakistani counterpart Major General Ashfaq Nadeem, an Indian spokesman told that the Indian Army has reached an understanding with Pakistan to de-escalate the situation. Pakistan's DGMO conveyed that his troops had been ordered to observe the ceasefire at the LoC strictly and exercise restraint.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Media coverage, India
In the backdrop of the border incident, Indian television news anchors questioned the peace process and cultural and sporting ties between India and Pakistan. The Indian government spoke of the "barbaric and inhuman mutilation" of the corpses and denounced the "ghastly" and "dastardly" act.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Media coverage, India
Saikat Datta for the Daily News and Analysis suggested that Indian army units in the Uri sector could have provoked the incident.


2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes, Media coverage, Pakistan
Ali Ahmed, a freelance journalist who writes for the Express Tribune, wrote that media coverage in Pakistan was not very extensive was partially due to focus being diverted to Pakistan's upcoming general elections – which was only weeks away – and the fallout of the War in North-West Pakistan.


2013 Individual Ice Racing World Championship
The 2013 FIM Ice Speedway World Championship was the 2013 version of FIM Individual Ice Racing World Championship season. The world champion was determined by ten races hosted in five cities, Krasnogorsk, Tolyatti, Assen, Inzell and Uppsala between 2 February and 24 March 2013.


2013 Individual Long Track World Championship
The 2013 Individual Long Track/Grasstrack World Championship was the 43rd edition of the FIM speedway Individual Long Track World Championship.


2013 Individual Long Track World Championship
The world title was won by Joonas Kylmäkorpi of Finland for the fourth consecutive year.


2013 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The 2013 European Individual Speedway Junior Championship (also known as the 2013 Speedway European Under 21 Championship) was the 16th edition of the Championship.


2013 Individual Speedway Junior European Championship
The final was staged at Güstrow in Germany and was won by Denmark's Mikkel Michelsen. He scored 13 points, level with Latvian Andžejs Ļebedevs, but won the run-off to claim the title.2013 Final Results.


2013 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The 2013 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 37th edition of the FIM World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships.


2013 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship
The competition retained the 'Grand Prix' style format, but was reduced from seven to three rounds, which took place in June, August and September. It was won by Poland's Patryk Dudek.


2013 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship, Classification
The meeting classification was according to the points scored during the meeting (heats 1–20). The total points scored by each rider during each final meeting (heat 1–20) were credited also as World Championship points. The FIM Speedway Under 21 World Champion was the rider having collected most World Championship points at the end of the series. In case of a tie between one or more riders in the final overall classification, a run-off will decide the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. For all other placings, the better-placed rider in the last final meeting will be the better placed rider.


2013 Indonesia Super League
The 2013 Indonesia Super League season is the fifth season of the Indonesia Super League (ISL), a fully professional football competition as the top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia. The season scheduled begins in November 2012. Sriwijaya are the defending champions, having won their second league title.


2013 Indonesia Super League
This season is also the first season of ISL organized with authorization from the Joint Committee of PSSI until the establishment of a new league.


2013 Indonesia Super League
After the signing of the MoU between Djohar Arifin Husin (PSSI) and La Nyalla Matalitti (KPSI-PSSI) that initiated by FIFA and the AFC through the Asian Football Confederation's Task Force, now Indonesia Super League will be under the control of the Joint Committee to remain manageable by PT Liga Indonesia until the establishment of a new professional competition by the committee.


2013 Indonesia Super League
In the original plan the league season will begin in November. But to honor the results of the joint committee meeting, the league schedule was postponed. At a meeting with club participants decided that the league will be held in 2013 precisely starts at 5 January 2013 and ended on 18 September 2013 in the same year.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams
PSMS Medan, Deltras and PSAP Sigli were relegated during the end of the Previous season . They were replaced by the best three teams from the 2011–12 Liga Indonesia Premier Division (LI), PS Barito Putera, Persita Tangerang and Persepam Pamekasan.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Fourth-placed Premier Division sides PSIM Yogyakarta failed to be promoted to the Indonesia Super League after defeated by the 15th-placed finishers of 2011–12 Indonesia Super League, Gresik United by score 3–1.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Indonesian Premier League Champion (IPL) season 2011/2012, Semen Padang finally officially returned to the Indonesia Super League (ISL). The Return of Semen Padang to ISL was known as PT Liga Indonesia issued numbered 01010/Liga/X/2012, regarding the delivery status of Semen Padang.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams
Finalize participant Indonesia Super League (ISL) season 2013 will be completed on 30 October 2012. After that PT Liga Indonesia will build on the planning competition.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Personnel and kits
1Gustavo Chena is Gresik United captain, before he leaves the club after his contract terminated. 2Aldo Barreto was Gresik captain until 14 June, when he suffered an injury due to a broken hand when playing against Arema and adjudged not to play again until the Super League finish. Ambrizal was handed the captaincy in Aldo's absence. 3Eka Ramdani was Pelita captain until April, when he was injured. Mijo Dadić was handed the captaincy in Eka's absence. 4Ambrizal is PSPS captain, before he resigned from the club and joined Gresik United.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Teams, Foreign players
Note:1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Indonesia Residency;2Foreign residents or foreign residents of Indonesian descent who have chosen to represent Indonesian national team;3Injury Replacement Players;4Pass away Players (R.I.P)


2013 Indonesia Super League, League table
Persijap Jepara and Semen Padang FC return to Indonesia Super League this season, but in last November Persijap and Semen Padang withdrew and joined Premier League


2013 Indonesia Super League, Results
The fixtures for the Super League were released on 14 December 2012. The season kicked off on 5 January 2013 and is scheduled to conclude on 7 September 2013.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Achievement, Monthly awards
The selection is done by a team of Technical Study Group (TSG) which was formed by PT Liga Indonesia. TSG is a part of the High Performance Group (HPG), whose task is to analyze the technical, the whole game Indonesia Super League and also determine individual worthy of the award. The team consists of Joppie Lepel, Yeyen Tumena, Demis Djamaoeddin, and Tommy Welly.


2013 Indonesia Super League, Achievement, Season award
The selection is done by a team of Technical Study Group (TSG).


2013 Indonesia Super League, Attendances
Updated to games played on 18 September 2013Source: Notes:† Team played previous season in Premier Division.


2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game
2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game (in Indonesian: ISL Perang Bintang 2013) is the annual football All-star game in Indonesia, which was held shortly after the end of 2013 Indonesia Super League. This is the closing event for the Indonesia Super League's 2013 season.


2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game
For this year football fans can't vote for the players to be included in the ISL All-Star team, now the player choice by a team of Technical Study Group (TSG). The other spot will be automatically taken by the 2013 Indonesia Super League champions, Persipura Jayapura. Obviously, the ISL All-star team will not be composed of any player from Persipura.


2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game
The 2013 season's MVP award and top-scorer award (both given to Boaz Solossa), best goalkeeper award (to Yoo Jae-Hun), coach of the year award (to Jacksen F. Tiago), rookie of the year award (to Syakir Sulaiman) and the ISL Champions' trophy (to Persipura Jayapura) were awarded by PSSI (Indonesia's FA) during a ceremony after the All-Star game.


2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game, ISL All-Star Squad
The 2013 ISL All-Star squad was announced on September 13, 2013.


2013 Indonesia Super League All-Star Game, ISL All-Star Squad, Players
Note: 1. All-star players composition changed by the coach after several players required by their respective clubs to go down in the International Tournament Menpora Cup. 2 . List of players who were replaced:  Beto,  Greg Nwokolo,  Thierry Gathuessi and  Hasyim Kipuw from Arema,  Supardi Nasir and  Muhammad Ridwan from Persib,  Diogo Santos Rangel from Gresik.


2013 Indonesia Super Series Premier
The 2013 Indonesia Super Series Premier will be the fifth super series tournament of the 2013 BWF Super Series. The tournament will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from June 10–16, 2013 and had a total purse of $700,000. A qualification was held to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2013 Indonesian Community Shield
The 2013 Indonesian Community Shield was the third Indonesian Community Shield. The match was contested by the 2011–12 Indonesian Premier League winners Semen Padang FC and 2012 Piala Indonesia winners Persibo Bojonegoro. It took place on 10 February 2013 at the Haji Agus Salim Stadium in Padang, Indonesia. Semen Padang won the match 4–1.


2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold
The 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold was the tenth grand prix gold and grand prix tournament of the 2013 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held in GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia September 24 until September 29, 2013 and had a total purse of $120,000.


2013 Indonesian Movie Awards
The 7th Annual Indonesian Movie Awards was held on May 27, 2013, at the Studio 8 RCTI, West Jakarta. The award show was hosted by Choky Sitohang and Tamara Geraldine. And the nominations have been announced for the category of Favorite, which will be chosen by the public via SMS. As for the category of Best, will be selected by a jury that has been appointed. As a guest star who will fill the event, among them Ahmad Dhani, Bebi Romeo, Rossa, Bunga Citra Lestari, 3Composer, and the participants of X Factor Indonesia.


2013 Indonesian Movie Awards
Belenggu leads the nominations with nine nominations, with Rectoverso and Habibie & Ainun followed behind with eight and seven nominations each. In the night ceremonies, Rectoverso and Habibie & Ainun were biggest winner with receiving three awards trophies each. Followed behind by film Belenggu success taking home two awards.


2013 Indonesian Movie Awards
Aminah Cendrakasih received a Lifetime Achievement Award, the first to be awarded by the Indonesian Movie Awards.


2013 Indonesian Premier Division (LPIS)
2013 Indonesian Premier Division was the second and the final edition of Indonesian Premier Division organized by LPIS before reverted to be organized by PT.LI. PSS Sleman was the champions but not awarded promotion to 2014 Indonesian Super League.


2013 Indonesian Premier Division (LPIS), Semi Final
PSS Sleman became the host for Semi Final, Third place play-off and Final


2013 Indonesian Premier League
The 2013 Indonesian Premier League season is the 2nd and a final season of the Indonesian Premier League (IPL), a fully professional football competition as the shared top tier of the football league pyramid in Indonesia with the Indonesia Super League before the two leagues merged for the 2014 season. The season scheduled begins on 16 February 2013. Semen Padang are the defending champions, having won their 1st league title .


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Teams
PSMS Medan were relegated during the end of the previous season . They were replaced by the best three teams (three group champions) from the 2011–12 Liga Indonesia Premier Division, Persepar Palangkaraya, Perseman Manokwari and Pro Duta FC.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Teams
Eleventh place Indonesian Premier League side Bontang FC managed to retain his place in the highest competition after finishing as champions of the play-offs.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Teams
Two Premier Division group runner-up last season side PSLS Lhokseumawe and PSIR Rembang managed promotion after finished runner-up and third-place in the play-offs.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round
After the meeting on Wednesday, 2 October 2013 between PSSI and PT. Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo and club participants Indonesian Premier League (IPL), they decided that the IPL competition was stopped and the entire first and second round scores are not recognised. Due to this on Thursday 3 October 2013 PSSI executive committee decided to hold a play-off to determine which club to be eligible for the verification of 2014 Indonesia Super League club participants and also determine the champions of IPL 2013 season.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round
Ten clubs participated in the play-off. These were Persiraja Banda Aceh, PSLS Lhokseumawe, Pro Duta FC, Persijap Jepara, PSIR Rembang, Persiba Bantul, Bontang FC, PSM Makassar, Persepar Palangkaraya and Perseman Manokwari. Meanwhile, Persebaya 1927 and Arema Indonesia disqualified for not official members of the PSSI . While Semen Padang FC wildcard to qualify directly for the finals and 2014 leagues verification as the defending champion of last season and in the standings this season they are top of the standings.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round
As for the format of the play-off with the home tournament system, Jepara (Gelora Bumi Kartini) and Bantul (Sultan Agung Stadium) was appointed as the host. Play-offs were divided into two groups with five teams each, the top three teams of each group qualify for the following leagues verification. While the winner of each group qualify for the semi-finals of the play-offs, the winner advanced to the finals to face with Semen Padang to determine the champion of the 2013 Indonesian Premier League.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round
The play-off was originally scheduled to start on 16 October and finish on 2 November 2013.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round, Group stage
Group stage draw made on Friday on 4 October 2013 at the headquarters of the Football Association of Indonesia. Among the group stage starts on 16 October 2013 and will finish on 25 October 2013.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round, Knockout stage
Knockout stage starts on 28 October and finish on 2 November 2013 in grandfinal match.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round, Cancellation of Final
On 25 October 2013, PSSI secretary-general Joko Driyono announced the cancellation of the 2013 IPL play-off final match. Joko said that the game was not a priority, because competition in the IPL was already finished, since it had been cancelled by PSSI. He elaborated that the main objective of the play-off was to determine 7 teams that would be join the new unified league in 2014, pursuant to a verification process. According to Joko, other agendas were not considered not a priority.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round, Cancellation of Final
The cancellation of the final solved a scheduling problem. Semen Padang was committed to play in a tournament in Vietnam from 25 October to 3 November, making it impossible for them to play in the final match that scheduled for 2 November.


2013 Indonesian Premier League, Play-off round, Cancellation of Final
The cancellation meant that there is no league champion for the IPL's final season. Rather, the winner of the semifinal match earned the title of 2013 IPL play-off champion. Three days after the announcement by PSSI, Pro Duta FC defeated Persepar Palangkaraya in the final IPL match that will ever be played to win the title.


2013 Indoor Football League season
The 2013 Indoor Football League season was the fifth season of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Playing with nine teams in two conferences spread across the United States, the league's regular season kicked off on February 15, 2013, when the Sioux Falls Storm beat the Green Bay Blizzard 64–41. The season ended on June 15, 2013, with the visiting Sioux Falls Storm defeating the Texas Revolution 52-38.


2013 Indoor Football League season, Teams
For 2013, the IFL maintained its two-conference no-divisions format with each team scheduled to play 14 games during the 16-week regular season. The league contracted from 16 teams to just nine with the Bloomington Edge, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, Omaha Beef, Reading Express, Everett Raptors, New Mexico Stars, and Wichita Wild either folding, hibernating, or moving to a different league. A new team, the Cheyenne Warriors, were expected to join the league for 2013 until the death of the team's owner in late December 2012; the team subsequently became inactive. The Texas-based Allen Wranglers changed ownership and became the Texas Revolution.


2013 Indoor Football League season, Personnel
Robert Loving served as interim commissioner of the IFL in 2012 after Tommy Benizio left mid-season to pursue other opportunities. Benizio became president of the Texas Revolution, an IFL franchise based in Allen, Texas. Loving was officially named as the IFL's commissioner by the league's board of directors during the 2012 annual league meetings.


2013 Indoor Football League season, Personnel
For 2013, Michael Allshouse was Director of Football Operations, Sean Whitmire was Director of Communications/Team Services, and Tom Falcinelli was the Director of Officiating.


2013 Indy Lights
The 2013 Indy Lights season was a season of open wheel motor racing. It was the 28th season of the series and the twelfth sanctioned by IndyCar, acting as the primary support series for the IZOD IndyCar Series. It began March 24, 2013 in St. Petersburg.


2013 Indy Lights
Rookie Sage Karam won the championship, the eighth rookie to win the series title. Karam clinched the championship in the final race over rookie teammate Gabby Chaves. Second-year driver Carlos Muñoz won a series-high four races but was forced to settle for third in the championship. Peter Dempsey captured the Freedom 100 in a spectacular four-wide finish in what was the closest finish in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history.


2013 Indy Lights
In June, it was announced that the series would be promoted by Andersen Promotions beginning in 2014. INDYCAR sanctioning will remain. In August it was announced that Cooper Tire would replace Firestone as the official tire of the series in 2014.


2013 Indy Lights, Schedule
IndyCar announced the 2013 Indy Lights schedule on October 18, 2012. It joined all IndyCar Series weekends in North America except Detroit, Texas and Sonoma.


2013 IndyCar Series
The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series was the 18th season of the IndyCar Series and the 102nd season of American open wheel racing. Its premier event was the 97th Indianapolis 500 held on Sunday, May 26. The 2013 season was the second to feature the Dallara DW12 chassis. Ryan Hunter-Reay entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Chevrolet entered as the defending Manufacturers' Cup champion.


2013 IndyCar Series
The 2013 season has featured four first-time winners, the most since 1965. Also highlighting the season is the introduction of doubleheader races, and the experimentation with standing starts at selected events. Heading into the final race of the season, two-time champion Scott Dixon led Hélio Castroneves by 25 points in a two driver fight for the championship. In a race where only nine drivers finished, Dixon finished fifth while Castroneves finished sixth, and as a result, Dixon won his third series title by 27 points. In the manufacturers' championship, Chevrolet defended their title ahead of Honda.


2013 IndyCar Series
After Lotus decided to withdraw from the IndyCar Series due to a poor 2012 season, the 2013 season marks the first season since 2002 that the series would feature only two engine manufacturers.


2013 IndyCar Series
2013 was the final season that Izod—which became the main sponsor in the 2010 IndyCar Series—was the main sponsor of the championship; as Verizon Communications was announced as the new series sponsor for the 2014 season.


2013 IndyCar Series, Schedule
The 2013 IndyCar Series schedule was formally announced on Speed's WindTunnel with Dave Despain, on the evening of September 30, 2012. The schedule consists of nineteen races, hosted across sixteen venues. Included are three doubleheader events – with one race of the Toronto and Houston doubleheader featuring a standing start (Belle Isle will not use a standing start because of the narrowness of the start-finish area). The IndyCar Triple Crown will return for the first time since 1989, featuring the races at Indianapolis, Pocono and Fontana. IndyCar is offering a $1,000,000 bonus to a driver who can win all three events, with a $250,000 consolation prize if a driver can win two of the three events.


2013 IndyCar Series, Schedule
O  Oval/Speedway R  Road courseBOLD indicates a Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka IndyCar Triple Crown event.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: St. Petersburg
James Hinchcliffe won the first IndyCar race of his career, taking the lead from Hélio Castroneves on a restart on lap 85 of 110. Hinchcliffe held off Castroneves by 1.09 seconds, with Marco Andretti finishing third, passing Simona de Silvestro for the position on the final lap.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 1: St. Petersburg
Will Power dominated the early parts of the race, but dropped to 16th at the finish after contact with J. R. Hildebrand. Dario Franchitti finished last after an early crash, and defending series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay dropped out with mechanical problems.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 2: Barber
Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole position and led 53 laps en route to victory. After a sequence of pit stops around lap 50, Hélio Castroneves led. Hunter-Reay caught up and passed Castroneves for the lead on lap 76, with Scott Dixon moving up to second. Hunter-Reay held off the charge of Dixon over the last 5–10 laps, to seal the win. Castroneves held on to finish third. Will Power started second, but slid off the track in turn one at the start, losing several positions. After working his way back to the front for two laps, he came home 5th.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3: Long Beach
Takuma Sato led 50 of 80 laps, and won his first career IndyCar race at the 39th annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Sato effectively took control of the race on lap 23, when he passed Ryan Hunter-Reay for second place in turn 1. After the leaders cycled through pit stops, Sato assumed the lead on lap 31, and did not relinquish the top spot for the remainder of the race. Sato's win was the first for A. J. Foyt Enterprises since 2002 and their first ever (in the team's 34th season) not on an Oval.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 3: Long Beach
Top teams Penske, Ganassi, and Andretti were all shut out of the podium. In addition, contenders and Andretti teammates James Hinchcliffe and Hunter-Reay both dropped out early due to contact.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 4: São Paulo
In the dramatic closing laps, Takuma Sato was leading, looking for his second consecutive victory. Josef Newgarden was running second, and in third was a hard-charging James Hinchcliffe. Newgarden challenged Sato for the lead with a few laps to go, but Sato held the lead. Hinchcliffe then managed to take over second, and set his sights on Sato. On the backstretch, Hinchcliffe went side-by-side, but again Sato held the lead, with what some thought may have been intentional 'blocking.' On the final lap, Hinchcliffe again tried for the lead on the backstretch, and again Sato aggressively defended his position. At the end of the backstretch, going into the final turn, Sato slid high, and Hinchcliffe slipped by on the inside to take the win by 0.3463 seconds. At the same time, Marco Andretti made a similar pass for third place, to round out the podium.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 5: Indianapolis 500
A race record 68 lead changes amongst 14 different drivers highlighted the most competitive and fastest Indy 500 in history. On a restart with three laps to go, Ryan Hunter-Reay led rookie Carlos Muñoz, Tony Kanaan, and Marco Andretti. At the green flag, the top three cars went three-wide into turn one, with Kanaan taking the lead. Seconds later, Dario Franchitti hit the outside wall in turn one, bringing out the final caution. Tony Kanaan completed the final two laps in the lead under yellow, and won his first Indy 500, a popular victory after eleven previous unsuccessful attempts.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 6: Detroit (Sat.)
The first race of the Detroit Grand Prix (IndyCar) saw part-time driver Mike Conway dominate. The series began utilizing a revised and upgraded version of the Belle Isle circuit, a layout used by CART from 1998–2001. Conway took the lead on lap 44 and led a total of 47 laps en route to victory. In the second half, Conway pulled out to an insurmountable 20-second lead at one point.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 7: Detroit (Sun.)
Mike Conway started from the pole position and looked to sweep the weekend of races in the second race of the Chevrolet Dual at Detroit. Conway led 31 of the first 45 laps, but after a sequence of pit stops, and a failed tire strategy, was shuffled back to third in the closing stages. After a ten-car accident that took out several front-runners, the final stint shaped up as a three-car battle between Simon Pagenaud, James Jakes, and Conway. Pagenaud came to the lead when Jakes pitted on lap 58. Jakes came back out on the track close behind, with Conway charging in third. Pagenaud held off the challenge, and won his first-career IndyCar race, and the first victory for Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 8: Texas
Hélio Castroneves dominated en route to his first win of the season, and Team Penske's first victory of 2013. Castroneves led the final 132 laps, and won over second place Ryan Hunter-Reay by 4.6919 seconds. However, Castroneves' car failed post-race inspection due to an illegal underwing. The team was fined $35,000 but Castroneves maintained the victory.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 9: Milwaukee
Ryan Hunter-Reay won for the second year in a row at Milwaukee, taking the lead from Takuma Sato with 53 laps to go, after executing a daring pass on Hélio Castroneves only a few laps before. Marco Andretti started on the pole and led 61 laps, but an electrical problem dropped him from contention. The combination of these events meant Hunter-Reay passed his Andretti Autosport teammate for 2nd in the championship.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 10: Iowa
James Hinchcliffe led 226 of 250 laps, dominating his way to victory. Second place Ryan Hunter-Reay mounted a charge in the waning laps as Hinchcliffe developed some handling problems, but fell short at the finish. Hélio Castroneves finished 8th, but held on to the championship points lead.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 11: Pocono
IndyCars returned to Pocono for the first time since 1989. Marco Andretti started on the pole, and dominated most of the first half. His fuel stop strategy, however, forced him to conserve late in the race, and dropped him to a 10th-place finish. Early contenders Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato dropped out when Sato overshot the entrance to pit road, slamming into Hunter-Reay's car from behind. In the late stages, Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball, and Dario Franchitti came to the front after a well-executed final pit stop strategy. Dixon led the Ganassi sweep of the podium, owner Chip Ganassi's first 1–2–3 sweep, the team's 100th Indycar win, and the 200th victory for Honda in the series.


2013 IndyCar Series, Race summaries, Round 12: Toronto (Sat.)
The second doubleheader of the season was held at Toronto. The Saturday race was scheduled to utilize a standing start, but it was waved off when Josef Newgarden stalled on the track. Scott Dixon won, while Sébastien Bourdais finished second, his first open-wheel podium since 2007.