Socially distanced German Bundesliga is first major European league to resume play – after nine-week shutdown – in May

Sporting highlights in disrupted year
   

INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Soccer

Jun 25 Liverpool end 30-year-wait to reclaim English Premier League trophy

Aug 2 Real Madrid, Juventus, Bayern Munich and PSG win Europe’s top league titles

Aug 23 Bayern conquer Europe, overcoming PSG to claim sixth Champions League crown

Nov 25 Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona (left) – who lifted 1986 World Cup – dies aged 60


Tennis


Feb 2 Novak Djokovic wins record eighth Australian Open title

Sep 12 Naomi Osaka triumphs at U.S. Open – new face mask for each match highlights victims of racism and police brutality

Oct 10 Iga Swiatek, 19 (right), ranked 54th, becomes lowest-ranked woman to take title at Roland Garros

Oct 11 Rafael Nadal equals Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles with 13th victory in Paris


Cricket

Mar 8 Australia cruise to victory against India in Women’s T20 World Cup Final

Nov 10 Mumbai Indians beat Delhi in IPL final


2021: Tokyo Olympics and UEFA Euro 2020, both delayed by pandemic, set to go ahead


Bayern brilliance

Role model

Lakers glory
LeBron James
Legend clinches fourth NBA title

Star debut
Pogacar claims yellow jersey

Osaka finds her voice


Golf
      
Sep 20 Big-hitting American Bryson DeChambeau (left) charges to first major title with six-shot victory at U.S. Open

Nov 15 World No.1 Dustin Johnson claims Green Jacket at autumnal U.S. Masters with record score of 20 under par


Motorsport

Jan 17 Carlos Sainz (above) wins third Dakar Rally, aged 57

Aug 23 Japanese driver Takuma Sato conquers gruelling Indy500

Oct 25 British driver Lewis Hamilton (below) wins 92nd F1 race – passing record of Michael Schumacher – and goes on to win 7th Championship

Nov 15 Joan Mir secures maiden MotoGP title, racing for Suzuki


American sport
      
Feb 2 Kansas City Chiefs end 50-year wait to win Super Bowl

Oct 11 Los Angeles Lakers beat Miami Heat to equal Boston Celtics for most NBA titles – 17

Oct 27 LA Dodgers win first baseball World Series since 1988


Best of the rest

Feb 22 Tyson Fury pummels Deontay Wilder in rematch to win WBC heavyweight boxing title

Aug 14 Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei sets new 5000m world record – later smashes 10,000m mark

Sep 20 Tadej Pogacar is youngest winner of Tour de France since 1909


Seventh heaven
Lewis Hamilton hits new heights
           

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