Round up of all the sports news from September 2012 to December 2012 : (Monthwise)

SEPTEMBER :

Sept. 2: India defeats Cameroon on penalties to retain the Nehru Cup title in New Delhi .

Sept. 3: Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda wins India’s only medal at the Paralympic Games by bagging the silver in men’s high jump F42 in London .

India defeats New Zealand at Bangalore to clinch the two-match home test series 2-0.

Sept. 7: Bob and Mike Bryan win a record-equalling 12th grand slam title in men’s doubles at the US Open.

Sept. 9: Serena Williams defeats Belarus’ Viktoria Azarenka in the final to lift the US Open women’s title.

Sept. 10: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in the US Open men’s singles final to become the first British male player to win a slam in 76 years.

Sept. 11: New Zealand defeats India by one run in Chennai to win the T20 series 1-0.

Sept. 16: India sweeps New Zealand 5-0 in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania group ‘I’ relegation play-off in Chandigarh .

Sept. 21: New Zealand ’s Brendon McCullum sets the record for the highest individual score in T20 international matches against Bangladesh at the World T20 in Pallekele.

Sept. 24: Rest of India defeats Rajasthan by an innings and 79 runs to lift the Irani Trophy in Bengaluru.

Sept. 30: East Bengal wins Federation Cup football tournament by beating Dempo SC 3-2 in the final at Siliguri.

Europe retains golf’s Ryder Cup.

OCTOBER :

Oct. 1: N. Ramachandran re-elected World Squash Federation president.

Oct. 2: German footballer Michael Ballack announces retirement.

Punjab crowned the Hockey India Senior National champion in Bangalore .

Oct. 3: P. Kashyap and Sayali Gokhale crowned the National men’s and women’s Badminton champions respectively in Srinagar .

Oct. 4: Michael Schumacher announces his decision to retire at the end of the 2012 season.

Oct. 5: Karnataka wins the overall title at the Senior National Aquatics in Pune.

Oct. 7: West Indies wins the ICC World T20 beating Sri Lanka in the final at Colombo .

Oct. 10: Former Zimbabwe all-rounder Kevin Curran passes away aged 53.

Oct. 11: Balu Alaganan, former Tamil Nadu cricketer and Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president, passes away in Chennai aged 87.

Oct. 13: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Prerna Bhambri crowned National men’s and women’s tennis champions in New Delhi .

Shamim Khan wins the BILT Open golf championship in New Delhi .

Oct. 14: Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Macau Open golf tournament.

Oct. 16: Sachin Tendulkar conferred with membership of the Order of Australia, it was announced.

Oct. 21: Thailand ’s Thaworn Wiratchant wins Hero Indian Open golf tournament in Bangalore .

Saina Nehwal wins the Denmark Super Series title.

Oct. 22: Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven Tour de France by the International Cycling Union (UCI).

Oct. 25: East Zone retains Duleep Trophy after defeating Central Zone in the final at Chennai.

The BCCI confers the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunil Gavaskar.

Oct. 28: Rupesh Shah wins the world billiards title (point frame) beating Australia ’s Matthew Bolton in the final at Leeds.

Pankaj Advani triumphed in the time format after defeating Mike Russell.

Serena Williams wins her third WTA Championships title after her victory over Maria Sharapova in the final at Istanbul .

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel wins the Indian Grand Prix.

Oct. 29: Barcelona ’s Lionel Messi awarded the European Golden Boot award.

Oct. 31: Indian women cricket team wins the inaugural Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament in Guangzhou , China .

NOVEMBER :

Nov. 4: Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna win the Paris Masters.

The Czech Republic retains Fed Cup.

Nov. 6: Roger Federer beats Janko Tipsarevic in London to achieve a record 40 match wins in the ATP tour finals.

Nov. 11: Elina Svitolina wins the Royal Indian Open tennis title in Pune.

Nov. 18: Czech Republic wins the final of the Davis Cup 3-2.

Nov. 19: India defeats England by nine wickets in the first Test at Ahmedabad.

Nov. 25: Sebastian Vettel becomes Formula One’s youngest triple world champion.

Nov. 26: England beats India by ten wickets in the second Test at Mumbai.

Faf du Plessis’ unbeaten hundred on debut helps South Africa secure a thrilling draw against Australia in the second Test at Adelaide .

Nov. 29: Former Australian cricket captain and legendary batsman Ricky Ponting announces his retirement from International cricket.

DECEMBER :

Dec. 3: South Africa retains the number one ranking in tests after defeating Australia 1-0 in a three-match series. Ricky Ponting retires from international cricket.

Dec.5: The International Olympic Committee suspends the Indian Olympic Association.

Chelsea becomes the first defending champion to exit the UEFA Champions League in the group stage.

Dec. 17: England beats India 2-1 in a four-match Test series.

Dec. 23: Sachin Tendulkar announces his retirement from ODI cricket.

P. Kashyap wins the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton championship in Lucknow .

Dec 28: India beats Pakistan in the second T20 international at Ahmedabad, to square the series 1-1.