England celebrate their first Cricket World Cup victory after Super Over drama at Lord’s

International sporting highlights 2019 

Thrilling finale

Rise of Rafa
Oldest player, at 33, to end year as World No.1

Rapinoe rules
Megan Rapinoe captains Team USA to World Cup glory

Redemption
Tiger roars at U.S. Masters

Brilliant Biles
Wins five gold medals at World Championships

Latin leader
Bernal claims yellow jersey

Super Springboks
Siya Kolisi
Triumph for South Africa’s first black captain

Hamilton’s sixth
Clinches F1 drivers’ title at U.S. Grand Prix


JAN 27 Novak Djokovic wins record seventh title at Australian Open, beating Rafael Nadal
in straight sets

FEB 1 Qatar defeat Japan to secure first AFC Asian Cup

3 New England Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl – sixth triumph for Patriots legend Tom Brady

MAR 17 Marcel Hirscher claims eighth consecutive Alpine Ski World Cup title, and Mikaela Shiffrin her third

APR 14 Golfer Tiger Woods ends 11-year wait to claim 15th major title at U.S. Masters

MAY 11 Saracens beat Leinster to win rugby’s European Cup, but later lose Premiership points over breach of salary cap rules
 
12 Manchester City, Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern Munich retain Europe’s top soccer league titles

JUN 1 Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur in all-English Champions League final

12 St Louis Blues defeat Boston Bruins to win NHL Stanley Cup

13 Toronto Raptors are first Canadian team to win NBA Finals, beating Golden State Warriors

JUL 7 United States power to record fourth victory at FIFA Women’s World Cup – outclassing Netherlands

7 Brazil defeat Peru to claim ninth Copa America

14 Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer in longest ever Wimbledon final – first Grand Slam singles final to go to fifth-set tiebreaker

14 England beat New Zealand in dramatic Cricket World Cup Final

21 Raucous scenes as Irish golfer Shane Lowry wins British Open at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland

28 Colombia’s Egan Bernal is first cyclist from Latin America to win Le Tour de France

AUG 26 Rafael Nadal returns to U.S. Open – where he claims 19th Grand Slam title following record 12th French Open victory

SEP 15 Spain win second FIBA Basketball World Cup

OCT 12 Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge becomes first person to break two-hour barrier in marathon, running 1:59:40 in unofficial challenge

13 Simone Biles becomes most decorated artistic gymnast with 25th World medal

30 Washington Nationals win baseball World Series for first time

NOV 2 Japan hosts Rugby World Cup, where South Africa claims trophy for third time

3 Lewis Hamilton wins sixth F1 title

23 Brazil’s Flamengo beat River Plate to secure Copa Libertadores

DEC 7 Anthony Joshua regains heavyweight boxing titles with points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr


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