One of the great year for sports fans - cricket world cup,Rugby world cup, Ashes,Boxing matches etc.. Below are the list of sporting moments i enjoyed and cherished this year.
1)Indian Cricket team's world cup victory
After 28 years , India won the cricket world cup- A Cup of Joy.The whole nation celebrated, i was watching the finals between India and Srilanka most of my housemates went out as they were started worrying after Sachin's wicket, i and only one of my friend watched the whole match.A moment to cherish for a life time.
2)Japanese women's football team's world cup victory
Uplifting the whole tsunami struck nations by their wonderful and unbelievable performance.They beat US and then Germany.First Asian team to win the world cup either in men or women, wonderful achievement.Watched the highlights in youtube,truly one of the best of the year.
My previous article about Japanese World cup victory
3)Barcelona's champions league victory
My two favorite teams.I prayed for Messi to score and Man U to win, one happened and another did not.Messi scored a beauty and what a team performance by Barca.The Catalans are the best in the world by miles.
4)All Blacks world cup victory
My favorite rugby team won this year's world cup after 20+ years,the match against Wallabies(Australia) was the highlight of the world cup.I doubted that the French might upset and eagerly switched on the TV ,luckily the All Blacks fought hard and won.
My previous article about All Blacks
5)Djokovic's US Open victory
What a year for Djokovic! The semi-final victory against my favorite Roger Federer was the highlight. And ultimately he too beat Rafal Nadal to win the US Open.He is one of the few tennis players who has improved a lot this year, waiting to see him action in 2012.
6)Indian Kabbadi teams (Men & Women) lifting the world cup
My father and my brother both were wonderful kababdi players but unfortunately i was not. Indian medias did not give even a small space for this wonderful game.Shame on Indian media.I was keenly following this world cup from the beginning and i was really happy that India won in both categories.Hats off to this unsung Indian heroes.
7)Manny Pacquiao's victory against Antonio Margarito
Im a big fan of Manny.He produced one of the best boxing matches of this year.He was too powerful and a joy to watch him action, watched the whole match .He is the "Sachin" of Philippines.
8)Australia lifting World Netball championship
This one is in this list because i watched the whole championship at the stadium as i did volunteering.I supported New Zealand , they played brilliantly even in finals until the last minute blunder.It was a terrific match.First time watched someone lifting the world cup.
9)England's Ashes victory
England played some wonderful cricket, hats off to Strauss and his team.Its been years since England beat Australia in Australia but this year they did it.Australia's decline started from this loss.Watched some matches live and some in highlights.
10)Rory McIlroy's US open victory
"Boy wonder" of golf world,he became the youngest man to win US Open.He did played wonderfully,expecting him to go miles.I did not watch him in action yet but read lots of articles about him,i like the one came in The Straits times by Rohit Brijnath.
Other notable moments : Sehwag's 200 against West Indies,Roger Federer winning Nadal,Usain Bolt's false start,Rahul Dravid's batting against England,Man U's victory against Arsenal, Barca's 3 victories against Real Madrid,Geoffrey Mutai's Boston marathon victory,Sangakkara and Dravid's speeches.
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