Top 5 International Sports News in 2014

Sports events as well as sports personalities were all over the news in the year 2014. Right from Michael Schumacher’s recovery after his skiing accident to the FIFA World Cup, sports enthusiasts had much to cherish in the past year.

So, students who are planning to sit for entrance examinations in the coming months need to be up-to-date with the latest happenings as examiners can question them about the same in their GK/general awareness section or even in their interview rounds.

Thus, in continuation to our series on the most important events across Politics, Business, Entertainment and General Awareness, in this article we will be listing the top five sports news that captured headlines internationally in 2014.

Schumacher recovers from accident

Michael Schumacher, F1 legend had injured his head while on a skiing trip at the French Alps resort of Meribel in December, 2013. After the accident he was operated for brain haemorrhage and thereafter left in a coma. The seven-time world champion who was earlier fighting for his life came out of his coma in June 2014 and left the hospital after 254 days of the accident in September 2014. The legend who is known to have won a record 91 F1 races is currently recovering at his family home in Gland.

Federer loses

The tennis star, Roger Federer lost many series in 2014. The list is as follows:

• Lost  the US Open against Croatia’s Marin Cilic
• Lost Wimbledon to Novak Djokovic
• Lost the Italian Open to Jeremy Chardy of France

Nadal injured

Defending champion, Rafal Nadal pulled out of the US Open because he injured his right wrist while practicing at his home island of Mallorca ahead of the North American hard-court circuit.

FIFA world Cup 2014 highlights

The 20^th FIFA World Cup took place in Brazil. The finals were held between Germany and Argentina wherein Germany won by 1-0 and grabbed the winner’s title for the fourth time and Argentina became the runners up. The third and fourth spot were held by Netherlands and Brazil. Other award winners of the tournament were:

• Adidas Golden Ball: Lionel Messi
• Adidas Golden Boot: James Rodriguez
• Adidas Golden Glove: Manuel Neuer
• Hyundai Young Player Award: Paul Pogba
• Fair Play Award: Colombia

Woods returns to golf

Former world number 1, Tiger Woods returned to the practice range after he underwent a back surgery in March 2014. Sources reveal that Woods would compete in the Hero World Challenge which is scheduled to be conducted in December, 2014.