Sports World in 2018

         Year 2018 indeed was filled with many exciting events in the world of sports. To name some of these big events, events like Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Football's World Cup, Formula 1 Races and many more have resulted in new sporting heroes coming out and some old faces fading away from the limelight.

          Picking up a few of these sports, first in the tennis world, new interesting names that are coming out are the likes of Alexander Zverev, the 6'6" 21 yrs old German who made big waves most notably in the Roland Garros tournament

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when he reached the quarter finals. Another new big name that came out last year was 21 year old Croatian Borna Coric, who made himself spectacular with victories over big names like Andy Murray and Dominic Thiem. 

Meanwhile in the Formula 1 races, the following emerged as the dominant drivers:

1. Lewis Hamilton

2. Valterri Bottas

3. Sebastian Vettel

4. Kimi Raikkonen

5. Fernando Alonzo

6. Sergio Perez

Source: https://www.formula1.com/en/teams.html

          In the world of boxing, prominent names that made waves last year are the following: Keith Thurman, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, Chris Eubank, and Luis Nery. All throughout the year 2018, several interesting bouts were held and in all of them, joy was evident on the faces of those triumphant ones while pain of defeat was rather displayed on the not so lucky ones. 

Source: http://www.the-sports.org/sport-calendar-2018-p0-62018.html