:00:00. > :00:00.Or someone standing on the beach shouting! Now on Breakfast, Patrick
:00:00. > :00:00.Geary looks back at some of the sporting events which shaped the
:00:00. > :00:21.year. In the middle of 2013, Centre Court
:00:22. > :00:25.seemed like the centre of the nation. One of British boats oldest
:00:26. > :00:30.frustration, the long wait for a men's singles champion at Wimbledon,
:00:31. > :00:33.was finally over. Andy Murray's big three persona long in the making
:00:34. > :00:39.that it was nice to have it preserved. After 77 years of
:00:40. > :00:46.waiting, a useful reminder to the British public that it finally
:00:47. > :00:49.actually happened. It can seem like an illusion after all the country
:00:50. > :00:54.had been there before. A year before, to be precise. Murray was a
:00:55. > :01:03.setup on the 2012 final before Richard Federer took him apart. I'm
:01:04. > :01:08.getting closer! He certainly was. His Olympic gold and the US Open
:01:09. > :01:13.title make the 2013 Wimbledon more highly anticipated film ever. There
:01:14. > :01:17.are already a lot more people here than there was at the same time last
:01:18. > :01:22.year. Refreshments were served and everyone settled down for the
:01:23. > :01:29.journey. First up, a German court check, Benjamin Becker. Straight
:01:30. > :01:33.sets, straightforward. Round to begin, Murray through. For the time
:01:34. > :01:40.he saw off Tommy Robredo, he had gone a week without losing a set.
:01:41. > :01:46.Expectations: As others fell, Rafael Nadal, out of sorts and of
:01:47. > :01:54.Wimbledon. Roger Federer went to. Over two Wimbledon's folk hero, with
:01:55. > :01:56.a folk song. No worries indeed against Mikael usually, another
:01:57. > :02:03.straight sets win. Little was expected against the land of the
:02:04. > :02:11.desk, but he pushed Murray to be boring. His unblemished record was
:02:12. > :02:14.gone in one set. Unsettling became uncomfortable as Verdasco won the
:02:15. > :02:19.second, too. Murray was in a fight and one he was losing. Then he
:02:20. > :02:23.stood, grabbing the third set and eventually the fourth after another
:02:24. > :02:35.battle. Verdasco suddenly seemed overstretched and Murray won the
:02:36. > :02:38.fifth, and Wimbledon breathed again. A comeback to be appreciated by a
:02:39. > :02:43.connoisseur of them. From there, anything was possible. The six foot
:02:44. > :02:48.eight semifinal opponent appeared daunting and the poll vault at the
:02:49. > :02:55.first set, but we have been here before. Sure enough, back came
:02:56. > :03:02.Murray. Set to end set three were his. They closed the roof but Murray
:03:03. > :03:12.just that the party indoors. -- took the party.
:03:13. > :03:20.Welcome to Wimbledon, and the men's singles final, Andy Murray against
:03:21. > :03:24.Novak took a bridge. But Djokovic had already beaten Murray in the
:03:25. > :03:29.Australian open final. At times he seems unbeatable, not this time.
:03:30. > :03:34.Murray broke Djokovic in the third game. The Serbian broken back but
:03:35. > :03:39.his composure had been disrupted. Murray seized his chance, you took
:03:40. > :03:43.the first set, then the second. He got the better of a turbulent third.
:03:44. > :03:51.Soon he was a game from history, three match points came and went.
:03:52. > :03:53.The emotions I had in that last game, the last four or five points,
:03:54. > :04:05.it was like one blurb. It was tough. The waiting is over! Andy Murray is
:04:06. > :04:24.the Wimbledon champion! There was another, quieter side of
:04:25. > :04:27.the Bristol British tennis. Robson's runt of the fourth round
:04:28. > :04:32.gave the women's game a boost. Even she didn't seem to be expecting to
:04:33. > :04:35.progress in the first round against Kirilenko, but a momentum carried
:04:36. > :04:41.her through two more rounds into the second week and she finishes the
:04:42. > :04:45.year inside the world's top 50. The women's tournament was full of
:04:46. > :04:49.surprises, not least the eventual winner, France's Marion Bartoli.
:04:50. > :04:57.Serena Williams went out early but at least one to the other grand
:04:58. > :05:00.slams. Azarenka one the other one. For more than a quarter of a
:05:01. > :05:06.century, this dugout was dominated by one man. Sir Alex Ferguson
:05:07. > :05:12.watched as Manchester United teams of his creation swept all before
:05:13. > :05:16.them, and 2013 was no different, but for one thing. This was the year
:05:17. > :05:21.that the most decorated manager in English or history finally handed
:05:22. > :05:25.over his watch. But there was no chance of Sir Alex leaving unsettled
:05:26. > :05:29.scores in his last season. The smiles masked a fierce determination
:05:30. > :05:34.to reclaim the title he had lost to Manchester city in 2012. At the
:05:35. > :05:40.beginning of 2013, they had a 7-point lead over the side who had
:05:41. > :05:45.hit the wall. Ferguson's teams go the distance. Van Persie's 26 league
:05:46. > :05:48.goals in his first season at the club helped return the Premier
:05:49. > :05:52.League trophy to Old Trafford. Still no one except the man himself knew
:05:53. > :05:59.that his 13th league title would be his last. We have just heard that
:06:00. > :06:03.the Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has retired after more
:06:04. > :06:09.than 26 years in charge and 38 trophies, Sir Alex Ferguson is to
:06:10. > :06:14.step down as managing -- manager. During his time here, he has built a
:06:15. > :06:21.global sporting but Norman. As retirement do is go, his wasn't bad.
:06:22. > :06:27.Old Trafford sang his eulogy. Those last minutes goals, the comebacks,
:06:28. > :06:31.even the defeats, are all part of this great football club of hours.
:06:32. > :06:36.It has been an unbelievable experience for all of us, so thank
:06:37. > :06:41.you for that. The party ended with the old ritual of lifting the
:06:42. > :06:44.Premier League trophy. United fans came out onto the streets of
:06:45. > :06:51.Manchester in their thousands, determined to enjoy these moments.
:06:52. > :06:56.Beyond them lies uncertainty. David Moyes was the anointed successor,
:06:57. > :07:00.but following Fergie may just deepen the worry lines. The old boss sits
:07:01. > :07:09.watching over the new one but insists he's not descending to the
:07:10. > :07:13.dugout. That was very important to me, to go out as a winner. And I
:07:14. > :07:20.think, to be honest, my time had come. He was the only United hero
:07:21. > :07:24.calling time, two members of the famous class of 92 retired from
:07:25. > :07:29.playing. David Beckham and Paul Scholes will probably enjoy
:07:30. > :07:32.different retirements. Meanwhile, the age of Greater Manchester, the
:07:33. > :07:36.sun was shining on a small town getting ready for it against foot
:07:37. > :07:43.boring day. Wigan Athletic were in the FA Cup final. But that optimism
:07:44. > :07:49.wasn't shared in the rest of the country. Surely Manchester city
:07:50. > :07:56.would be too strong. Headed in by Watson! His header has won the FA
:07:57. > :07:59.Cup final for Wigan Athletic! Glory was fleeting, they lost their
:08:00. > :08:04.Premier League status and manager within a month but for Wigan, 2013
:08:05. > :08:09.will be unforgettable. The Capital One cup also had a surprising
:08:10. > :08:12.winner, Swansea City took it, beating an even more unlikely
:08:13. > :08:16.opponent, Bradford city. In Scotland, things were more
:08:17. > :08:21.predictable with Rangers in lower league XL, Celtic swapped the league
:08:22. > :08:25.and cup double. Chelsea had a runner to be quiet season but there was at
:08:26. > :08:34.least one trophy to celebrate, they won the Europa League. 2013 marked
:08:35. > :08:38.the end of the road to Brazil. The 2014 World Cup has an appeal like
:08:39. > :08:42.few others but the sunny festival of football was out of reach for three
:08:43. > :08:46.of the home nations. Wales team with the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron
:08:47. > :08:50.Ramsey finished a point below Scotland, for whom qualifying was
:08:51. > :08:55.also frustrating. Northern Ireland and Russia and lost to Luxembourg in
:08:56. > :09:02.a confusing campaign. England, though, are through. Two wins in the
:09:03. > :09:05.last two games soften some of the criticism of manager Roy Hodgson,
:09:06. > :09:11.for a day. He was soon apologising after a half-time joke of his that
:09:12. > :09:18.somehow find racist word leaked to a newspaper. In the World Cup draws on
:09:19. > :09:25.the news he wanted either. England. The FA chairman Greg Dyke's reaction
:09:26. > :09:28.suggests a lack of confidence after England were drawn to play Italy in
:09:29. > :09:34.the Amazon and then Uruguay and Costa Rica. It wouldn't be a World
:09:35. > :09:40.Cup -- would be a World Cup without the world present most expensive
:09:41. > :09:45.player. Off to real Madrid in exchange for a world-record fee. If
:09:46. > :09:50.Gareth Bale didn't realise it before, he now knows exactly what
:09:51. > :09:58.life is like as a Real Madrid Calexico. All he has to do now is
:09:59. > :10:01.live up to the price tag. There was a much fated trip abroad for the
:10:02. > :10:06.England women's team, too. Much was expected of them in Sweden, far less
:10:07. > :10:11.was delivered. A defeat to Spain set an unwanted tone. They needed to win
:10:12. > :10:16.their final group game against France. They lost 3-0. Such was the
:10:17. > :10:23.disappointment that it cost coach Hope Powell her job after fifth teen
:10:24. > :10:29.years in charge. -- 15 years in charge. This was generally's six
:10:30. > :10:34.straight win at the Euros. Arsenal now have a rival after nine years in
:10:35. > :10:43.the Gunners trophy cabinet, the league title went to Liverpool.
:10:44. > :10:50.Cardiff in March, scene of both a show stopping finale and an
:10:51. > :10:54.audition. Wales were taking on England. The English wanted the
:10:55. > :11:10.Grand Slam, Welsh and 8.3 the given the six Nations final. Wales be the
:11:11. > :11:15.winners in every sense. Not only did they have the satisfaction of ruin
:11:16. > :11:22.in England's party, 15 Welshman were on the Alliance tour. On arriving
:11:23. > :11:27.down and there was a little time to acclimatise, but things were to get
:11:28. > :11:34.high octane fast. The first test was in Brisbane. The Lions were roared
:11:35. > :11:40.on by a big travelling support. It was a match of fine margins. Leigh
:11:41. > :11:45.Halfpenny kicked three penalties, Australia two. So to Melbourne and a
:11:46. > :11:54.chance for the Lions to win the series. Australia had other ideas.
:11:55. > :12:00.Leigh Halfpenny's five penalties had the match won, then Australia got
:12:01. > :12:04.within range. It was all to play for in Sydney. It was billed as a game
:12:05. > :12:11.that might define the British and Irish Lions concept, but Brian
:12:12. > :12:16.O'Driscoll was dropped from what would have been the last match of
:12:17. > :12:21.his Lions career. Warren Gatland that the players that he knew.
:12:22. > :12:28.Obviously he was disappointed. It is the first time a coach has made that
:12:29. > :12:33.decision, it is not easy for that to be the first time. It was a huge
:12:34. > :12:40.gamble with the highest stakes, but it paid off spectacularly. Alliance
:12:41. > :12:44.scored two second-half tries and ended 16 years waiting for a Lions
:12:45. > :12:52.win. Warren Gatland had won the argument. Meanwhile, rugby league
:12:53. > :12:58.was coming home. 14 teams going head to head to win rugby league's
:12:59. > :13:01.greatest prize and create a piece of sporting history. England last won
:13:02. > :13:06.the World Cup as part of Great Britain in 1972. England's first
:13:07. > :13:10.game against Australia showed the scale of their task. The next few
:13:11. > :13:17.steps were trouble-free. Ireland and Fiji were dispatched. Scotland also
:13:18. > :13:20.reached the quarterfinals. The journey finished against New
:13:21. > :13:25.Zealand. England progressed, beating France, to meet the Kiwis in the
:13:26. > :13:29.semifinals. Suddenly it all came together for England. They matched
:13:30. > :13:35.the World Cup holders and then they were beating them. The clock ticked
:13:36. > :13:45.down. One minute remaining, New Zealand made one last push. Heart
:13:46. > :13:52.stopping heartbreak. Still, Johnson had to dust himself off and kick for
:13:53. > :13:56.the final. So, England have to watch the rest of their own party from the
:13:57. > :14:02.sidelines. Australia were too strong, overwhelming New Zealand to
:14:03. > :14:07.reclaim the World Cup. Both the domestic trophies are being held at
:14:08. > :14:10.Wigan. They beat Hull FC and the challenge cup final and battled
:14:11. > :14:21.their way to the super league grand final where they came from behind to
:14:22. > :14:25.beat Warrington. Sir Bradley Wiggins was injured for the Tour de France
:14:26. > :14:32.saw the road was clear for Chris Froome. The Kenyan born Brit made it
:14:33. > :14:36.two in a row for Team Sky. He crossed the line more than four
:14:37. > :14:44.minutes ahead of his nearest rival. He dedicated his victory to his
:14:45. > :14:47.mother who died in 2008 of cancer. I was overwhelmed with emotion. I
:14:48. > :14:52.could feel myself welling up with tears, coming up to the finish line.
:14:53. > :14:56.It was a special moment. British cycling remains successful on the
:14:57. > :15:12.tracks, too. Becky James won at the World Championships. The world title
:15:13. > :15:17.at stake and Becky James is the champion of the world. This board
:15:18. > :15:20.remained haunted by Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong has admitted for the
:15:21. > :15:23.first time he did use performance enhancing drugs. He said he had used
:15:24. > :15:26.banned substances during all of his victories. Armstrong finally
:15:27. > :15:35.admitted to doping in a television interview. For many, it was too
:15:36. > :15:40.late. 2013 was the year that Justin Rose finally blossomed. He was in
:15:41. > :15:47.the running for the US open with Phil Mickelson. It came down to the
:15:48. > :15:57.last hole. Rose beat Mickelson in a play-off. A month later, Mickelson
:15:58. > :16:07.was on fine form as Royal Muirfield. He stormed through to lift the
:16:08. > :16:10.British Open, his fifth major title. At the Crucible, Ronnie O'Sullivan
:16:11. > :16:15.was making a big entrance, or rather, re-entrance. His latest
:16:16. > :16:21.comeback came to defend the world title. He clocked up six century
:16:22. > :16:27.breaks in defeating Barry Hawkins to win his fifth World Championship.
:16:28. > :16:33.Snooker's darker side came to light, too. Stephen Lee was banned for 12
:16:34. > :16:46.years for match fixing. He intends to appeal.
:16:47. > :16:54.He has done it! What a hero, what a sportsman, what a jockey. AP McCoy
:16:55. > :16:57.rides into history at Towcester. Race number 4000 were special even
:16:58. > :17:03.for a man who has been the champion jockey since 1995. How does that
:17:04. > :17:08.feel? It is an amazing feeling. I am proud. The first time probably I
:17:09. > :17:15.have been proud of what I have achieved. The Grand National was run
:17:16. > :17:18.on a modified course. All 40 verses got back safely. The winner was a
:17:19. > :17:44.surprise. Aurora 's encore. As he crosses the line, Sebastien
:17:45. > :17:47.Vettel is the 2013 world champion. Formula one's number one has not
:17:48. > :17:50.changed. Sebastian Vettel won the first nine races of the season. He
:17:51. > :17:53.claimed a fourth consecutive championship in India with three
:17:54. > :17:57.races remaining. Red Bull successfully defended the
:17:58. > :18:02.constructors championship. The race to the top was a little predictable.
:18:03. > :18:10.The tyres were anything but. Pirelli had to defend themselves from
:18:11. > :18:15.criticism. In MotoGP, the rookie year is supposed to be about
:18:16. > :18:19.learning. Marc Marquez uses to go for the title. Reigning champion
:18:20. > :18:31.Jorge Lorenzo pushed his fellow Spaniard to the final race. It is a
:18:32. > :18:36.dream come true. I did a mistake in the first season. The America's Cup
:18:37. > :18:41.represents unfamiliar waters for the British. But with Ben Ainslie,
:18:42. > :18:51.America won nine victories in a row, taking the title from Australia. It
:18:52. > :18:59.was a mountain to climb. It was always possible. We had to keep the
:19:00. > :19:03.boat going faster. We did that. British women reigned supreme in the
:19:04. > :19:14.triathlon. Non Stanford won the final race in London and the World
:19:15. > :19:22.Series. A magnificent victory. Fellow Brit Jodie Stimpson finished
:19:23. > :19:25.just below her in second. The question of who is the greatest
:19:26. > :19:39.British athlete is a tricky one to answer. And now added to the likes
:19:40. > :19:43.of, Daley Thompson and Kelly Holmes, are two new names. The first, Mo
:19:44. > :19:46.Farah. Less than a year after winning the Olympics, he was in
:19:47. > :19:49.Moscow chasing the world titles. First up, the longer distance, ten
:19:50. > :19:56.kilometres. For Mo Farah, it looked a formality. Most would never rest.
:19:57. > :20:05.Not Mo Farah. He had to go again over 5000 metres, a distance he won
:20:06. > :20:15.over 2011 and 2012. My aim was to hold him off and not give the
:20:16. > :20:18.outside lane. It is he wouldn't let me in. I had to do something
:20:19. > :20:25.different because he knew I was going to go 400 metres out. So I
:20:26. > :20:28.went from 700 metres out. Think about saying, I'm not going to let
:20:29. > :20:38.anybody pass me, I worked too hard for this and I wanted more than
:20:39. > :20:52.anyone else. Mo Farah is running for greatness! He wins it! Two Olympic
:20:53. > :20:55.gold medals, two world gold medals. Christian ruler went to Russia as
:20:56. > :20:59.the reigning world champion over 400 metres. No British woman had ever
:21:00. > :21:05.defended a world title. If Mo Farah was close, this was closer. Will it
:21:06. > :21:20.be quick enough? Will she get there? She might just make it! She won buy
:21:21. > :21:24.4000th of a second. Usain Bolt was a little further in front. The fastest
:21:25. > :21:29.man on earth won three more gold medals. 2013 was a year for
:21:30. > :21:32.disability sport to keep itself in the public imagination. Hannah
:21:33. > :21:38.Cockroft has become something of a poster girl. She won two goals at
:21:39. > :21:46.the World Championships. Great Britain won 11 golds in all. Jonnie
:21:47. > :21:51.Peacock operates over the short distance. He beat Richard Browne to
:21:52. > :22:03.take the 100 metres gold. There was more success in the pool. 18 gold
:22:04. > :22:06.medals at the world swimming Championships in Montreal. There was
:22:07. > :22:27.a new name. Amy Marren won four gold medals. Those left in the stands
:22:28. > :22:31.came out to applaud a victory for the weather. The Ashes had been
:22:32. > :22:34.retained in the rain with a draw in the third test. It was a strangely
:22:35. > :22:36.anti-climactic moment in some are prone to the occasional storm.
:22:37. > :22:39.Before the series, Australian and English players were out drinking
:22:40. > :22:42.when an altercation ended with David Warner punching Joe Root. I'm here
:22:43. > :22:46.today to put my hand up and apologise publicly. Sorry was not
:22:47. > :22:50.enough. Warner was banned until the third test. Australia had to start
:22:51. > :22:53.without him. At Trent Bridge, another row was looming. Stuart
:22:54. > :23:00.Broad clearly edged a delivery to slip. The umpires did not see it.
:23:01. > :23:02.Stuart Broad did not walk. The match was effectively settled by Jimmy
:23:03. > :23:10.Anderson, who took five wickets in each innings. At Lord's, on day one
:23:11. > :23:15.of the second test, it was Royal. England were majestic. Ian Bell hit
:23:16. > :23:25.the first of his three centuries. The Ashes were almost safe. It
:23:26. > :23:28.didn't stay that way. A much improved Australia were denied a
:23:29. > :23:31.shot at victory by the drizzle. The draw meant the Ashes were retained.
:23:32. > :23:35.North to Durham where the weather had perked up. The Aussies were
:23:36. > :23:43.again better. Stuart Broad took 11 wickets. That won the series. I see
:23:44. > :23:47.a few good signs within the Australian camp that they will push
:23:48. > :23:53.England. England are developing this experience and expertise. That is
:23:54. > :23:55.why they have won the last three. The hope, even expectation, when
:23:56. > :24:01.England arrived in Australia was to make it four in a row. But
:24:02. > :24:06.everything has gone upside down. It happened at speed. Mitchell Johnson
:24:07. > :24:16.inspired Australia to take a 2-0 lead. England's batting fell apart.
:24:17. > :24:22.A sorrowful performance by England. We are going to get annihilated in
:24:23. > :24:27.this one. I think their mind is not right. They are not there as a team.
:24:28. > :24:31.It is beginning to unravel. They had lost the thread and the Ashes by the
:24:32. > :24:38.end of the third test in putt for England, this feels like the end of
:24:39. > :24:41.something. How they are any cricket playing nation could do with Sachin
:24:42. > :24:44.Tendulkar, one of the greatest batsmen of all, who retired in
:24:45. > :24:47.November. A hero to millions of Indians are all just wanted one last
:24:48. > :25:04.glimpse of Sachin Tendulkar in their colours. 2013's women's Ashes was
:25:05. > :25:10.more colourful than ever. It wasn't just about playing test cricket in a
:25:11. > :25:16.new format. England won and again, unlike the men, they hold the ass is
:25:17. > :25:19.going to 2014. When it came to picking one sports person above all
:25:20. > :25:26.of the others who triumphed in the last 12 months, perhaps it can only
:25:27. > :25:32.go to one man. The 2013 Sports Personality of the Year is Andy
:25:33. > :25:36.Murray. Andy Murray picked up his Sports Personality of the Year
:25:37. > :25:41.trophy in Miami, where he is planning his next year.