To call this a review makes it sound too authoritative.
Instead here’s a highly
personal, selective, subjective Hornby-style list of my favourite sporting events
I saw live this year, in chronological order:
1. Man U 1 Real Madrid
2, Uefa Champions League round of 16. Modric.
2. Barcelona 4 Milan 0, UCL round of 16. Messi.
3. Wales v England, 6 Nations rugby. A close contest was expected,
but Wales ran away with it in the end
4. Uefa Champions League final (Bayern Munich v Borussia
Dortmund) Robben wins a big final
5. Froch v
Kessler super-middle world title. A ring war.
6. Djokovic v Nadal, French Open semi-final. If Nole hadn’t
fouled the net…
7. Murray v Verdasco, Wimbledon QF. Comeback
8. Sabine Lisicki v Agnieska Radwanska, Wimbledon SF. Great
variety with net play, lobs, drop shots & 9-7 in the final set.
9. Djokovic v del Potro, Wimbledon SF. Best match of the
tournament.
10. Wimbledon Final, Murray v Djokovic. The final game alone,
the tension was nearly unbearable.
11. Mo Farah’s last lap sprint, 10k final, World
Championships
12. San Francisco 49ers 42 Jacksonville Jaguars 10
13. Nadal v Federer, SF, ATP World Tour Finals. I was
courtside for the two GOAT contenders.
14. Man City 6 Arsenal 3. My team got whopped, but in a
cracking game
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