IKEJABIRD 🕊️ SPORTS NEWS ⚽🥅
The Biggest sporting News and Sports Events in 2021..🔥🔥🔥
By IKEJABIRD 🕊️ SPORTS
GENERAL SPORTS 🚦
1️⃣ World Darts Championship :🔥
15 Dec -3 January
Gerwyn Price won the World Championship for the first time in his career, beating Gary Anderson 7–3 in the final. As a result of winning the title, Price took over from Michael van Gerwen as world number 1.
2️⃣ Tennis: Australian Open : 🎾
8-21 FEBRUARY
Australian Open Tennis, Men’s Final 2021: Novak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev to win his ninth title in Melbourne, taking his Grand Slam tally to 18, two short of Nadal and Federer’s haul.
3️⃣ Men’s golf: Masters Tournament,
5-11 APRIL
Hideki Matsuyama wins the 2021 Masters, becoming first Japanese man to win golf major.
4️⃣ Tokyo Olympic Games 🔥🔥
23 JULY TO 8 AUGUST
Tokyo 2020’s 339 events in 33 sports—was the most in Olympic history—which included the Olympic debut of sports such as skateboarding, sport climbing, surfing and karate, as well as events such as BMX freestyle and 3×3 basketball.
Tokyo Olympic Games: The highs, lows and controversies of Tokyo 2020.
The Highs :
1. The United States finished top of the medal table with 39 gold medals, one more than China at 38, and hosts Japan at 27.
2. Meanwhile, US Sprinter Allyson Felix won a record 11th Olympic medal, becoming the most decorated track and field women Olympic athlete of all-time and the most decorated in US history. Felix achieved the feat by winning gold in the 4×400-meter relay.
The Low :
1. In tennis, Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, the number one player in the world, lost in the first round in straight sets to Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3
2. In athletics, the US men’s relay team’s failure to qualify for the 4×100-metre final was panned by critics as a “total embarrassment”.
5️⃣ Rugby League World Cup 2021 💔
23 OCTOBER TO 27 NOVEMBER
This year’s Rugby League World Cup in England has been postponed until 2022 after the withdrawal of champions Australia, and New Zealand.
FOOTBALL ⚽🚦
1️⃣. Biggest transfer Moves in 2021
✴️ Jack Grealish £100M Transfer to mancity
✴️Romelu Lukaku £97.5 million to Chelsea
✴️Jadon Sancho £73m to Manutd
✴️Raphael Varane £41m move to Manutd
✴️ Sergio Ramos Transfer to PSG
✴️David Alaba Joined Real Madrid
✴️Lionel Messi joins PSG on two-year contract
✴️Cristiano Ronaldo Transfer to Manutd
Ronaldo’s return to Man United shocked the soccer world.
2️⃣. Men’s football: 2021 Uefa Champions League final 🔥🔥. 29 MAY.
Winner : Chelsea 🏆
Chelsea beat Manchester City 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League final to complete a superb season🏆.. This was Manchester City’s first time in the final in club history. Notably, City’s first European competition campaign came in 1968 against Turkish outfit Fenerbahçe where they were surprisingly knocked out in the first round.
3️⃣. Men’s football: Copa América 2021
11 JUNE TO 10 JULY
Winner : Argentina 🏆
Argentina won their fifteenth title after defeating Brazil 1–0 in the final, their first senior title since the 1993 edition of the same tournament. They also equalled Uruguay’s overall record of Copa América titles.
4️⃣. Men’s football: Uefa European Championship
11 JUNE TO 11 JULY
Winner : Italy 🏆
Italy claimed a first European Championship since 1968 after goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saved twice in a dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout victory in the Euro 2020 final against England at Wembley.
5️⃣. Cristiano Ronaldo becomes All time international highest goal scorer in 2021.
6️⃣. Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to reach 800 official career goals in 2021.
7️⃣ Lionel Messi : most goals scored for a single club (661), most appearances for Barca (767), and record 8th Pichichi. Before his shocking transfer to PSG.
8️⃣ Lionel Messi wins record seventh title as PSG finally get an award winner.
📛Two New Awards/Tittle was introduced at the ballon d’Or ceremony.
9️⃣. Lewandowski was crowned Striker of the Year for his incredible scoring feats while Chelsea took the other new title of Best Club after their Champions League triumph.
🔟Alexia Putellas 🔥wins best female player in the world
