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Between the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and traditional sports, many significant events occurred this year in [[Sport in India|Indian sports]]. Below is a timeline.
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==January==
* M. Chitra wins the women's [[snooker]] [[title]] at the Manisha National Billiards and Snooker Championship.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article2840602.ece Chitra Magimairaj's long wait ends]</ref>
* 19–23 January: [[Rajasthan]] defeats [[Tamil Nadu]] for the 78th [[Ranji Trophy]] in [[Cricket in India|cricket]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-domestic-2011/engine/match/522988.html Ranji Trophy Elite, 2011/12]</ref>
* 28 January: In [[Tennis in India|tennis]], [[Leander Paes]] and [[Radek Štěpánek]] of the Czech Republic win the men's doubles at the [[Australian Open]].<ref>[http://in.news.yahoo.com/paes-Stepanek-win-australian-open-doubles-title-125956264--tennis.html Paes and Stepanek win Australian Open doubles title] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131100047/http://in.news.yahoo.com/paes-Stepanek-win-australian-open-doubles-title-125956264--tennis.html |date=January 31, 2012 }}</ref>
* 28 January: Australia defeats India 4–0 in the [[Border–Gavaskar Trophy|Test Series in Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/engine/current/match/518953.html |title=4th Test: Australia v India at Adelaide, Jan 24-28, 2012 | Cricket Scorecard |publisher=[[ESPN Cricinfo]] |date=28 January 2012 |accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref>

==February==
* Ajay Mittal wins the shotgun gold medal at the 55th National Shooting Championships.
* 18 February: The [[Men's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics#Qualifying 1|2012 Summer Olympics Men's qualification 1]] and [[Women's field hockey Qualifying Tournaments for the 2012 Summer Olympics#Qualifying 1|2012 Summer Olympics Women's qualification 1]] begin in [[New Delhi]].
* 26 February: The South African women's field hockey team defeats the [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women's team]], qualifying for the London Olympics.
* 26 February: The [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian men's field hockey team]] qualify for the London Olympics.
* 29 February: The first season of [[World Series Hockey]] begins.

==March==
* [[Mary Kom|M.C. Mary Kom]] and [[Laishram Sarita Devi]] are gold medalists at the Asian Women's Boxing Championship.
* March 3: [[Mahesh Bhupati]] and [[Rohan Bopanna]] win the doubles title at the [[Dubai Tennis Championships]].
* 5 March: The [[2012 I-League 2nd Division final round]] in [[Football in India|football]] begins.
* 10 March: [[Rahul Dravid]] retires from international cricket after a 16-year career.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article2979984.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=Standing tall, ‘The Wall' bows out | date=10 March 2012}}</ref>
* 13 March: In football, India is eliminated from the [[2012 AFC Challenge Cup|AFC Challenge Cup]] after losing three matches in the group stage.
* 16 March: Cricketer [[Sachin Tendulkar]] scores his 100th international hundred against Bangladesh in the [[Asia Cup 2012|Asia Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/AsiaCup-2012/Chunk-HT-UI-AsiaCup2012-TopStories/Bangaldesh-win-toss-sent-India-into-bat/SP-Article10-826284.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120904141207/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Cricket/AsiaCup-2012/Chunk-HT-UI-AsiaCup2012-TopStories/Bangaldesh-win-toss-sent-India-into-bat/SP-Article10-826284.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 4, 2012 |title=Cricket history for Sachin, but Bangladesh chase down India's 289 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=16 March 2012 |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>

==April==
* 2 April: [[Sher-e-Punjab]] wins the [[2012 World Series Hockey]] final, defeating [[Pune Strykers]] 5–2.
* 4 April: The [[Twenty20]] cricket [[Indian Premier League]] begins.
* 12 April: Shiva Thapa became the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympics.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3303793.ece Shiva Thapa]</ref>
* 16 April: The [[2012 I-League U20]] begins.
* 17 April: The [[2012 I-League 2nd Division final round]] ends, with [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]] and [[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]] promoted to the [[2012–13 I-League]].

==May==
* 5 May: Archer [[Deepika Kumari]] wins her first World Cup individual [[Bow shape#Recurve bow|recurve]] gold medal in [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]] by defeating Korea's Lee Sung Jin in the final.
* [[2011–12 I-League]] football season ends.
* 10 May: [[Viswanathan Anand]] defends his [[World Chess Championship 2012|world chess championship]] title against [[Boris Gelfand]] from May 10–31.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://moscow2012.fide.com/en/ |title = Home - Official site of the match for the title of World Chess Champion. |access-date=2012-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928013643/http://moscow2012.fide.com/en |archive-date=2013-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 18 May: [[Mary Kom]] qualifies for the London Olympics.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/london-olympics/31764359_1_london-olympics-mc-mary-kom-l-sarita-devi | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711211000/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-18/london-olympics/31764359_1_london-olympics-mc-mary-kom-l-sarita-devi | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Mary Kom qualifies for London Olympics | date=18 May 2012}}</ref>
* 19 April: [[2012 I-League U20]] ends, with [[Pune F.C.|Pune F.C. U-20]] champions.
* 27 May: The [[2012 Indian Premier League]] finals are held at the [[M.A. Chidambaram Stadium]] in [[Chennai]]. [[Kolkata Knight Raiders]] win, defeating two-time champion (and host) [[Chennai Super Kings]].
* 29 May - 2 June: First leg of the [[Indian Volley League]]

==June==
* 4–8 June: Second leg of the Indian Volley League
* 12–16 June: Third leg of the Indian Volley League
* 20–24 June: Fourth leg of the Indian Volley League

==July==
* July 31: [[Gagan Narang]] wins a bronze medal in the men's 10m air rifle at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

==August==
* July 27 – August 12: [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]:
* August 3: [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] wins a silver medal in the 25m Men's rapid-fire pistol at the Olympics.
* August 4: [[Saina Nehwal]] wins the bronze medal in women's badminton singles at the Olympics, after opponent [[Wang Xin (badminton)|Wang Xin]] retired with a knee injury while leading 21–18, 1–0.
* August 8: [[Mary Kom]] wins the bronze medal in women's [[flyweight]] boxing at the Olympics.
* August 11: [[Yogeshwar Dutt]] wins the bronze medal in men's 60 kg freestyle wrestling at the Olympics.
* August 12: [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] wins the silver medal in men's 66 kg freestyle wrestling at the Olympics.
* 23–27 August: First test between India and [[Cricket in New Zealand|New Zealand]] of [[New Zealand cricket team in India in 2012|New Zealand's tour of India 2012]] at [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium]] in [[Hyderabad, India]]; India won by an [[Cricket#Innings|innings]] and 115 [[Run (cricket)|runs]].

==September==
* 31 August – 4 September: Second test between India and New Zealand of New Zealand's tour of India at [[M Chinnaswamy Stadium]] in [[Bangalore]]
* 2 September - India defeats Cameroon for its third consecutive football [[Nehru Cup]].
* 8 September: First [[Twenty20|T20]] between India and New Zealand of New Zealand's tour of India at [[ACA-VDCA Stadium]] in [[Vishakhapatnam]]
* 11 September: Second T20 between India and New Zealand of New Zealand's tour of India at [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]] in Chennai
* 16 September: The [[India women's national football team]] win the [[2012 SAFF Women's Championship]].
* 18 September – 7 October: Indian men's and women's cricket teams at the [[2012 ICC World Twenty20|ICC World Twenty20]] in [[Cricket in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]]
* 22 September: First season of the [[2012–13 Elite Football League of India|Elite Football League of India]] begins.

==October==
* 28 October: Second [[Indian Grand Prix]] at [[Buddh International Circuit]], [[Greater Noida]]; won by Germany's [[Sebastian Vettel]] of [[Red Bull Racing]] for the second time.

==November==
* 15–19 November: First test between India and [[Cricket in England|England]] of [[English cricket team in India in 2012–13|England's tour of India]] at [[Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera|Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]]
* 23–27 November: Second test between India and England of England's tour of India at [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Mumbai]]

==December==
* 5–9 December: Third test of England's tour of India at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
* 13–17 December: Fourth test of England's tour of India at [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Nagpur]]
* 20 December: First T20 of England's tour of India at [[Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium]], [[Pune]]
* 22 December: Second T20 of England's tour of India at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

=={{anchor|Multi-Sport event}}Multi-sport events==

{| class=wikitable
! rowspan=2|Event
! colspan=3|Medals
! rowspan=2|Report
|-
! style="background:#f7f6a8;"| [[File:Gold medal.svg|17px]]
! style="background:#dce5e5;"| [[File:Silver medal.svg|17px]]
! style="background:#ffdab9;"| [[File:Bronze medal.svg|17px]]
|-
| [[2012 Winter Youth Olympics]]
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0
| style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0
| [[India at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics|Report]]
|-
| [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2
| style="background:#ffdab9;"| 4
| [[India at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Report]]
|-
| [[2012 Summer Paralympics]]
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1
| style="background:#ffdab9;"| 0
| [[India at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Report]]
|-
| [[2012 Asian Beach Games]]
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0
| style="background:#ffdab9;"| 1
| [[India at the 2012 Asian Beach Games|Report]]
|-
| '''Total'''
| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| '''2'''
| style="background:#dce5e5;"| '''3'''
| style="background:#ffdab9;"| '''5'''
|
|}

=={{anchor|Sports Leagues in 2012}}Leagues==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2|Game
! rowspan=2|Tournament
! rowspan=2|Winner
! colspan=2|Length
|-
! From
! To
|-
| American Football
| [[2012-13 Elite Football League of India]]
| TBA
| 22 September 2012
| 18 February 2012
|-
| rowspan=5|Association Football
| [[2011–12 I-League]]
| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| October 2011
| May 2012
|-
| [[2012 I-League 2nd Division]]
| [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]] 
[[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat]] 
[[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] 
[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] 
[[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]] 
[[Aizawl F.C.|Aizawl]]
|
|
|-
| [[2012 I-League 2nd Division final round]]
| [[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]] 
[[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]]
| 5 March 2012
| 17 April 2012
|-
| [[2012 I-League U20]]
| [[Pune F.C.|Pune U-20]]
| 16 April 2012
| 19 May 2012
|-
| [[2012–13 I-League]]
| [[Churchill Brothers]]
| 6 October 2012
| 12 March 2013
|-
| rowspan=3|Cricket
| [[2011–12 Ranji Trophy]]
| [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
|
| 23 January 2012
|-
| [[2012 Indian Premier League]]
| [[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| 4 April 2012
| 27 May 2012
|-
| [[2012–13 Ranji Trophy]]
| [[Mumbai cricket team|Mumbai]]
|
| 30 January 2013
|-
| rowspan=2|Field Hockey
| [[2012 World Series Hockey]]
| [[Sher-e-Punjab]]
| 29 February 2012
| 2 April 2012
|-
| [[2012-13 World Series Hockey]]
| Cancelled
| 15 December 2012
| 20 January 2013
|-
| Rugby Union
| [[All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament|2012 All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament]]
| [[Bombay Gymkhana]]
|
|
|-
| Volleyball
| Indian Volley League
| Cancelled
| 29 May 2012
| 24 June 2012
|}

==See also==

* [[2012 in India]]
* [[India national football team's in 2012-13]]

==References==
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{{Sport in India}}

[[Category:2012 in Indian sport]]

2012 in Indian sports - Revision history

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