Greatest Moments in Sporting World

This will go down as the greatest WC final or rather the greatest match ever played. The world cup was about to have a new winner this time and it turned out to be England. Match between the two finalist teams was played in Home of Cricket ‘LORDS’. Thousands of spectators were watching live and millions of them on TV. Match started by New Zealand winning the toss and opting to bat first. They posted a decent score of 241 while batting first under pressure. England’s top order tumbled in the start but Stokes batted well throughout the innings. The drama started in the final over when England needing 15 to win from the final over, two wickets still in hand. After two dot balls, Stokes hit a six into the stands at deep mid-wicket, bringing their score to 233/8. Then on the next ball stokes hit the shot towards the mid-wicket boundary and ran hard for 2 runs Guptill was the fielder chasing he threw the ball towards the keepers end that throw was well directed towards the stumps but, Stokes...

     Lionel Andres Messi belongs to Argentinian professional football club who is currently the captain of both the teams including; Spanish club Barcelona and Argentina National team. Messi is a left-footed player who likes to stay at forwarding striking place mostly at the right-wing or attacking mid positions while sometimes at desperate needs, at the center forward position.      Messi was born on June 24, 1987 in the city of Rosario, Argentina . In a very short time, Messi has attained his greatness in the world of football very entertaining many football fans and supporters. He starting playing football at the early age of 8 while joined the domestic clubs in 1995 . Many of the die-hard football fans call him “The Magician” . He was known for his speed, perfect passing, and assists functioning, along with the skilled-based dribbling which has dodged many biggest defenders in the world of football.      Lionel Messi played his ...

Erling Haaland is amongst the hottest young prospects in the football world right now, valued at $150 million (and a release clause of $75 million which applies in 2022).  The young Norwegian center forward started off his career at Bryne, and moved to Red Bull Salzburg in December 2019 to Borussia Dortmund for a reported fee of $20 million (a bargain it turned out to be). At the time, Halland had already played in the U-19 World Cup 2019 (also won the Golden boot for the competition plus he scored 9 goals vs Honduras in the event), and even scored goals in Europe's most prized contest - the Uefa Champions League. He was, and is, also the only teenager to score in five consecutive UCL games.  Currently, he has 37 goals in 38 games for Dortmund and his overall record there, so far, stands at 58 games with 56 goals. These numbers speak volumes for the man who has been on this relentless goal scoring form. Many dub him vs Mbappe as the new Messi-Ronaldo rivalry for this decade, ...

In the world of snooker, Ronnie O'Sullivan is the greatest player of all time, with god-gifted skills. One of the renowned skills is to play decisive gameplay under massive pressure. Ronnie O’Sullivan has won a total of 37 ranking titles and made 15 maximum 147 breaks. This would not be achievable if Rocket cannot produce his best game under pressure and make winning breaks. BUT WAIT! We are not speaking about the rankings and achievements but will look at the spectacular comebacks by the best Ronnie O’Sullivan in Masters 2017 and Shanghai Masters 2019. Ronnie O'Sullivan | The Rocket Masters championship is an executive ranking event, played at Alexandra Place London, England. Inviting the top 16 ranking players. In the first round, Ronnie O’Sullivan had a match against the Chinese Liang Wenbo. Liang fought back O’Sullivan from 2-4 down to lead 5-4. At 5-4, Liang was on a match-winning break, as he only required the 10 th frame to defeat O’Sullivan but missed the last blac...

Wasim Akram, one of the living legend Pakistan will ever have, he was born in Lahore on 1966. Wasim Akram is glamorously acknowledged as the world greatest bowler in the history of cricket. The first ever test match he played for Pakistan was in 1985 against New Zealand, in his second test match he took 10 wickets.   Wasim Akram is a left hand fast bowler, he was popular because he swings the ball in both directions. He is also known as the sultan of swing. The rise of Wasim Akram was rapid during the late 1980's, this period was said to be the best period of his cricketing life. During the time span of 1986 till 1989 he took 100 wickets with an economy rate of less than 3.9 per over. Akram has won 17 Man of the match awards in 104 Test matches. He had the most number of hat-tricks in the history of international cricket, he has taken 04 hat-tricks, 02 in ODIs and 02 in Test matches. He's the first ever cricketer who has taken 500 wickets in One Day International matches.  ...

  Novak Djokovic is a professional tennis player who is currently ranked as the world no.1 in ATP ranking. Novak was born on 22 nd May 1987 (33 years old) in Belgrade, Serbia. He is one of the most decorated players in tennis history with 18 career grand slams & 82 ATP singles titles (overall) to his name. He is considered by many even better than Fedal (Federer & Nadal) who are considered as the greatest of all times.   Novak first caught the eye of the media when he burst into the top 100 of ATP ranking at the tender age of 18. He made in mark when he became the first Serbian to win a grand slam title in 2008, where he won Australian Open defeating the Frenchman Tsonga in the process. By 2010, Novak had separated himself from the rest of men’s professionals and was now part of the most elite tennis group known as “Big Three” comprising of three all-time greats, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic”. These 3 players have been dominating tennis for over...

Ashes 2005 is widely regarded as the best test series in history of cricket. The matches were nail-biting, provided great entertainment hosted in England. The Australian cricket team was at its peak (possibly in its cricketing history) during that time. It wasn’t only this but arguably one of the greatest cricket teams ever. England in 2005 managed to build a side that could match that great Australian side for talent. (Although the Aussies had more talent England had a home advantage) so the two sides went into the series on an almost equal platform, all things considered. It is also important because England had not won the Ashes after 1986–87. If we talk about the detail of the test series here is a short summary of the five nail-biting test matches played. First test at Lord’s after England bundled Australia for 190 they found themselves reeling at 21/5 after a burst from McGrath a counter from debutant Pietersen but out for 155, Australia racked up 384 and England again scuttled o...

Mark Selby is an English professional snooker player. Not just a snooker player, but is also a professional Pool player. Mark has been a professional pool and snooker play for over more than two decades. Mark Selby turned a PRO in 1998 and still continues to play after two decades. Mark Selby Selby won the under-15 English championship in 1998 then turned pro. Mark Selby is a profound, calm, and insightful player in the game. Mark Selby secured world #01 position six-time by winning triple crown titles at least two times. The Jester lifted the master's trophy three times in 2008, 2010, and 2013, UK championship two times in 2012 and 2016. Mark Selby lifted his first world snooker championship trophy for the first time in 2014. Since the first win, Mark Selby in total has won three world snooker championships in   2014, 2016, and 2017. Mark Selby is a pool player as well having a crown of World 8-Ball Pool Federation champion in 2008. Being a pool player, allows Selby to have cr...

  Hockey is the national game of Pakistan. Each Pakistani is highly attached to hockey. The emotions, victories, and love for hockey are nervy. It’s been more than half-century Pakistan ruled in the world of Hockey whether it be Olympics or international tournaments. Pakistan owns groundbreaking records from 1947 till 2018. It was 9 th September 1960, when Pakistan won its first gold medal in hockey in Olympics, defeating its rival INDIA in Rome. This is something which rises the emotions in all Pakistanis since its independence. Pakistan Men's Field Hockey Team Pakistan Hockey team has marvelous achievements in the Men’s Field Hockey. Pakistan men’s field hockey holds the world record of winning four world cup titles in 1971, 1978, 1982, and 1994. Pakistan men’s field hockey team also has three gold medals for their spectacular gameplay in 1960, 1968, and 1984. In the late 20 th century, Pakistan men’s field hockey was known as the ACE of the game. Teams played splendid gamepl...

Shahid Afridi famously known as ‘BOOM BOOM’ was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. He established himself as one of the leading & highest-paid cricketers of Pakistan. Afridi is popular all around the world due to his explosive batting. He served Pakistan for 21 years. And achieved what no one else in Pakistan did. Shahid Afridi’s career began with a bang, showing early signs of glory. He became the youngest batsman at 16 years and 217 days to score an international century. On his batting debut against Sri Lanka, he scored the fastest ever century at the time in just 37 balls hitting eleven sixes in the process, which is also a record. This remained the fastest century for 18 years. Afridi also became the first player to receive the Man of the Series Award in the first T20 World Cup in 2007. He was the highlight of the 2009 T20 World cup, where Pakistan beat Sri Lanka thanks to Afridi’s half-century. Afridi became the captain of his natio...

     Depicting his childhood in Trinidad in the opening pages of Beyond a Boundary (1963), his own biography was famous among fans all around the world. Brain Lara, the legendary cricketer, has faced many anti-colonial politics, including the politically aesthetic dimensions of cricket in his starting careers. He also articulates cricket's role in Britain's nineteenth-century domination of the Caribbean, the performative resistance of black players on the margins of the game. This behold legend still carries many records with his bat in the sport of cricket.      This legend was born on May 2, 1969, in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad. He was very stylish and flamboyant in his personality. His nickname who was rewarded by his supporters and fans was “the prince of Spain and the prince of Trinidad”. After his primary and secondary education, Lara started his training sessions under the experienced coach, Mr. Harry Ramdass.      Brian Lara obta...

     Usain Saint Leo Bolt is considered to be World and Olympic champion sprinter who was born on the 21st of August 1986 in Sherwood Content, which is a small town Trelawny in Jamaica. Bolt started testing his sprinting potentials in his childhood by running in the annual, national primary school meeting for his area. At the age of 12, he became the school’s fastest runner over 100 meters parameter. Many people still believe he is the fastest person ever and these thoughts have awarded him the nickname of “Lightning Bolt”.       Bolt won the 200-meter race in 2002 at the arena of the World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. He was also awarded as the world junior gold medalist ever. Usain Bolt belonged to an average family who was not much well established financially. His hard work and enthusiasm to be the best, creating opportunities for him to accept the critical challenges.       The upbringing of Bolt’s life career...

 The Undertaker (aka The Phenom) joined the WWF (now WWE) in 1990, a career which spans across 3 decades. He set his legend in the history of WWE, majorly by his dark deadman gimmick but also 'The Streak' - a undefeated record of wins at the greatest televised wrestling show around the globe - Wrestlemania.  The Streak went on a tremendously long run of 18 different annual WrestleManias, starting from Snuka in 1993 to beating CM Punk at Wrestlemania XXIX. He also has the highest number of main events at this gloriously prestiged night - 5 times. Across this run he has put many icons of the game to bed most notably; The Ultimate Warrior, Big Show, Edge, Diesel, Kane, Ric Flair, Mark Henry, Batista, Shawn Michaels and Triple H. With Shawn and Kane sparring twice against the Phenomen and Triple sparring a record 3 times - all ending in defeat for anybody who tried to pin the legend. Many fans had their hearts crushed and spirits broken when Lesnar hit Taker with a gruesome F-5 at...

 The Australian cricket team is one of the toughest teams to defeat. Since the late 1990s to early 2010s Australia has been dominating on every page. They were the No. 1 team in the world in all the formats.  We can say that Australia has lived the Golden Era of cricket during this time period. Under the captaincy of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting, Australia has won the ICC World Cup Champions from 1999 to 2007 consecutively. They have beaten all the teams and achieved this milestone. Another interesting record Australia has, in 2003, Australia has won consecutively 23 ODI matches against 10 cricketing teams. No other team other than Australia has won 23 consecutive matches Australia also holds a record of having the best winning percentage among all the cricketing nations. They have a winning percentage of 63.91. World cup              Winning captains 1987                        ...

  Whenever we hear God of cricket, all the people who like cricket will imagine the great Sachin Tendulkar. He is called the God of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar represents India and has played for India for almost 24 years. In his 24 years of cricket, he has made and broken tremendous records, and those records were not easy to break. Why Sachin Tendulkar is known as the God of Cricket, his statistics say it all. There was and is no one like Sachin Tendulkar, some of his records are given below: 1) He is the only batsman in the world who has scored 100 centuries in international cricket. He has scored 51 centuries in the Test and 49 centuries in the ODIs. No batsman today is close to breaking this record except Virat Kohli, it is predicted that he has the ability to break the record. 2) He has played the most international matches, a total of 664 international matches were played in his 24-year career. 3) Sachin was the first-ever Indian cricketer who has scored centuries against all ...