2015 was anything but a dull year for sports having witnessed World Cups and Annual sporting events like the ICC Cricket World Cup, The UEFA Champions League, The Davis Cup and The IAAF World Championships and The eye catching Rugby World Cup.
Here is our take on the top 5 of the best sporting events that took place this year, in no particular order.
1) Barcelona won the treble for the Second time in their history.
The Catalyunan side dominated Europe as they won the La Liga, Copa Del Rey and the all important UEFA Champions league largely thanks to the front three, South American trio, Luis Suarez, Junior Neymar and the golden boy from Argentina, Lionel Messi.
Luis Enrique’s side defeated Italian Giants Juventus to secure their 5th UEFA Champions League and their second treble winning season, the first one being in 2008-09.
Barcelona are arguably the best side in the world currently and are on full throttle to dominate Europe in the upcoming years.
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2) Australia cemented their name on the Cricket World Cup trophy for the 5th time.
The 2015 Cricket World Cup was hosted in Australia and New Zealand and the two co hosting countries met each other in the final only for the Aussies to thrash their neighbours by 7 wickets with just under 12 overs to spare bidding their wicket keeper,Brad Haddin a fine farewell.
Ex Skipper Michael Clarke also mentioned the name of Phil Hughes, who tragically lost his life in 2014, in his World Cup winning speech
3) Bolt kissed 3 Gold Medals at this year’s IAAF World Championships held in Beijing, China.
Questions had been asked regarding Bolt’s fitness and whether the Fastest man on the planet could deliver this time around having considered his injury problems and the form of his closest competitor, American International, Justin Gatlin.
However, Bolt narrowly got the better off his counterpart in the 100 and 200m races, moreover the Jamaicans swept the Americans aside in the 4x100m Baton Relay.
Bolt celebrating his 100m victory; Image Source: Getty Images
4) Andy Murray and his Great Britain side were victorious in the Davis Cup for the first time since 1936.
Murray’s Davis cup run this year is a jaw dropping 8-0 in singles and a 3-0 in doubles along with his brother Jamie.
His singles were more than just key to Great Britain’s run to the title and his side swept aside the Belgians 3-1 to gain the title.
5) New Zealand win the Rugby World Cup
The All Blacks Rugby team thrashed the Wallabies 34-17 to win their third Rugby World Cup in Twickenham,England.
The heroics of Dan Carter proved to be vital throughout the tournament particularly in the finals as the flyhalf converted four penalty kicks and kicked a drop goal that ensured the Kiwi’s victory.
He was named man of the match and was crowned with the honour of World Rugby player of the year for the third time.
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2016 is gonna be a delight for sporting Giests as the Olympic games are returning and this time Rio,Brazil is the host City
Starting on the 5th of August up until the 21st of the same month, the major event promises to be a cracker.
Furthermore, for all you Cricket worshippers, there is the ICC T20 World Cup held in India involving all the cricketing Giants, this one will not cease to amaze you.
Football fans, something for you to cherish this June-July apart from all the transfer news, The UEFA Euro takes place in 2016 with France being the host nation and will see many of Europe’s giant Countries and individual stars.
One notable absentee is the Dutch National side having failed to qualify from their group. It will be nice to see the footballers don the pitch with their national team jerseys put on in a major tournament after the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
