Thursday, 31 December 2015

The Year That Has Been in Sports

          Nearing to the end of this year, several spectacular events have happened in the world of sports both positive and negative. Young guns have emerged and old great ones have ended their reign of their thrones held for such a long time.


           Sharing with you then some of those memorable milestones on this sporting world. One of the scandals that rocked the world of sports is in the game of soccer when FIFA suspended seven of its officials on the charge of bribery by taking some illegal money to favour certain people that went back as far as 1990s.

         On the lighter side, victors  emerged and sweeter at this time especially for the Kansas City Royals for winning the World Series and what made it so sweet for all of them and their fans is the fact that this is their first time in 30 years. In the world of boxing, the biggest name and winner is Floyd Mayweather who recently won his mega fight with the equally popular Manny Pacquiao in a unanimous decision bout. 



          In the world of tennis, Novak Djokovic continued his dominance of this sports at this stage as he gathered wins in various tournaments this year. On the distaff side, it is Serena Williams who emerged as the most triumphant among the players as she gathered wins in the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon that allows her to gather as her achievement 21 majors and still counting.