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 Europeʼs 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 Federerʼs 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
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