• The biggest sport stories of the year

15. Valerie Adams overwhelmed with gold medal

Kicking things off was when Valerie Adams recounted the moment when Chef de Mission Dave Currie told her that Nadzeya Ostapchuk had failed a drugs test and she was being promoted to gold.

Photo by Getty Images Dec 18, 2012

The biggest sport stories of the year

It may be a new year, but before we let 2012 become a distant memory let's take a look back at the biggest sporting stories you clicked on last year. And you'll find there was one incident that you simply couldn't get enough of!

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  1. The road to the NBA finals

  2. David Beckham hangs up his boots

  3. The Fortunate 50

  4. London stunners see New Zealand glory

  5. Sports stars taken too soon

  6. Artemis left crippled on the water

  7. Sir Alex Ferguson from then to now

  8. The glitz and the glamour from the Kentucky Derby

  9. The best Sevens costumes from 2013

  10. Best sporting images of the week

  11. Super Rugby mid-season power rankings

  12. Start your engines! Maria Sharapova and Porsche team up

  13. London Marathon crazy costumes

  14. Kiwis fail to break Kangaroos' 14-year dominance

  15. 20 reasons why we love cheerleaders

  16. Sports world reacts to Boston Marathon bombings

  17. Unbridled joy: Cardiff finally secure promotion

  18. Breakers celebrate title with fans

  19. Breakers celebrate historic three-peat

  20. Lindsey Vonn upstages Tiger

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Rugby

Results

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Cheetahs 27 - 13 Reds
Bulls 35 - 18 Highlanders
Waratahs 28 - 22 Brumbies
Crusaders 23 - 3 Blues
Force 13 - 23 Sharks
Rebels 30 - 21 Stormers

Schedule

2013 Super Rugby Tournament

Chiefs vs Crusaders

7:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Rebels vs Waratahs

9:40pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Blues vs Brumbies

7:35pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Force vs Highlanders

9:40pm NZST Sat, 25th May

Kings vs Cheetahs

1:00am NZST Sun, 26th May

Stormers vs Reds

3:05am NZST Sun, 26th May

League

Results

2013 English Super League

Rhinos 22 - 30 Saints

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Storm 10 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Storm 30 - 10 Sea Eagles

2013 English Super League

Rovers 44 - 18 Wildcats

Schedule

2013 NRL Holden Cup

Bulldogs vs Broncos

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

7:20pm NZST Fri, 24th May

2013 NRL Premiership Season

Bulldogs vs Broncos

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tigers vs Cowboys

9:35pm NZST Fri, 24th May

Tennis

Live

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

Set 3
Live
Tsvetana Pironkova 3 6 2
Sloane Stephens 6 2 2
Full Scorecard

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Set 3
Live
Anna Tatishvili 6(4) 7 1
Caroline Garcia 7(7) 5 0
Full Scorecard
Set 1
Live
Marina Erakovic 6
Monica Niculescu 6
Full Scorecard

2013 Power Horse Cup

Set 3
Live
Grega Zemlja 5 6 4
David Goffin 7 0 2
Full Scorecard

Results

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

Silvia Soler-Espinosa lost to Eugenie Bouchard

3-6 3-6

Virginie Razzano def. Tamira Paszek

6-1 6-4

Marion Bartoli lost to Camila Giorgi

3-6 2-6

Marta Domachowska vs Shelby Rogers

2-6 4-5

Petra Cetkovska lost to Johanna Larsson

2-6 6-2 3-6

Lucie Hradecka def. Garbine Muguruza

6-4 6-3

Olga Puchkova lost to Magda Linette

4-6 6-7(7)

Christina McHale lost to Lauren Davis

5-7 3-6

2013 Power Horse Cup

Evgeny Korolev lost to Igor Sijsling

2-6 4-6

Lukasz Kubot lost to Guido Pella

4-6 6-4 4-6

Go Soeda lost to Andre Ghem

4-6 0-6

Gilles Muller lost to Roberto Bautista-Agut

6-2 4-6 2-6

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

Fabio Fognini def. Marco Cecchinato

1-6 6-1 6-2

Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Rogerio Dutra da Silva

6-2 6-3

Victor Hanescu def. Albert Ramos

6-3 5-7 6-4

Carlos Berlocq def. Leonardo Mayer

6-2 6-1

Schedule

2013 Davis Cup 1st Rnd - KAZ v AUT

E. Korolev vs. A. Haider-Maure

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Davis Cup World Group I 1st Rnd - TPE v AUS

T. Chen vs. L. Hewitt

2:00am NZDT Sun, 3rd February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - CZE v AUS

L. Safarova vs. S. Stosur

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

L. Safarova vs. J. Gajdosova

2:00am NZDT Sun, 10th February

2013 Fed Cup 1st Rnd - ITA v USA

R. Vinci vs. V. Lepchenko

2:00am NZDT Sat, 9th February

2013 Open 13

G. Simon(6) vs. J. del Potro(2)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

T. Berdych(1) vs. J. Janowicz(7)

2:00am NZDT Fri, 22nd February

2013 Internationaux de Strasbourg

E. Svitolina vs. F. Pennetta

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

D. Hantuchova(8) vs. M. Torro-Flor

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

M. Doi vs. K. Pliskova

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

2013 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur

S. Giraldo vs. G. Monfils

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

G. Rufin vs. P. Lorenzi

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

2013 Power Horse Cup

M. Russell vs. V. Troicki(7)

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

A. Bedene vs. N. Davydenko(8)

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

2013 Brussels Ladies Open

S. Zhang vs. M. Rybarikova

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

Y. Wickmayer vs. J. Hampton

2:00am NZST Tue, 21st May

Cricket

Results

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Match 72 - SUN v KKR: Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 5 wickets

Indian Premier League Match 71 - PWS v DEL: Pune Warriors won by 38 runs

2013 Scotland v Pakistan [ODI]

Scotland v Pakistan 2nd ODI: Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Schedule

2013 Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League Qualifier 1 (1st v 2nd) - CSK v MUM

22 May 2:30am

Indian Premier League Eliminator (3rd v 4th) - RAJ v SUN

23 May 2:30am

2013 Ireland v Pakistan [ODI]

Ireland v Pakistan 1st ODI

23 May 9:45pm

Football

Results

2013 AFC Champions League

FC Seoul 3 - 1 Beijing Guoan (FT)

2012/13 Spanish La Liga

Mallorca 1 - 0 Real Betis (FT)

Barcelona 2 - 1 Valladolid (FT)

2012/13 Italian Serie A

Cagliari 1 - 0 Lazio (FT)

Inter 2 - 5 Udinese (FT)

Schedule

2013 AFC Champions League

Bunyodkor v Buriram

22 May 2:00am

Al-Ahli v El Jaish

22 May 5:45am

Al-Shabab v Al-Gharafa

22 May 5:50am