The Best Moments Of Sport In

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Champions who seemed to be finished rose from the ashes, legendary teams established their place in history with unforgettable victories and spent money like never before to hire stars. Those are just some of the situations that were experienced in the world of sports in 2017, in which there was no lack of emotion, tears, laughter and disappointments.

There could be many more, but let's review at least eight events that left their mark in these 12 months.

The great year of Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid

2017 has been an unforgettable year for the meringues fans, who have seen their team win the Spanish League and the Champions, in the latter case for the second consecutive year. To these trophies he added the Spanish Super Cup and the European Super Cup in summer, and a few days ago he won the Club World Cup that was held in the United Arab Emirates. Only the Spanish King's Cup resisted them, which finally took their rivals from FC Barcelona in their pockets, which prevented them from concluding a perfect season. To round off so many laurels, Cristiano Ronaldo received his fifth Ballon d'Or award for best player of the year in December. Not to mention that the Portuguese expanded the family with his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez.

The World Series returns the smile to Houston

Just over a month after suffering the worst flooding in its history, the city of Houston regained joy - if only for a few moments - with the Astros' win in the Major League Baseball World Series. Led by players like Venezuela's José Altuve, the Texas franchise managed to beat the powerful Los Angeles Dodgers in seven exciting games and claim their first trophy as the best baseball team.

Controversy in the NFL

There was no greater controversy in the world of sports in the United States this year than that generated by the decision of some NFL players to put a knee to the ground when the anthem is played before a game, protesting the death of African-Americans. unarmed by police shooting. This gesture was already seen on the football fields last year, but the real controversy broke out last September when President Donald Trump urged in tweets that players be dismissed for "disrespecting" by not getting up when they heard the "Star Spangled Banner". Team owners have so far ignored him, but it's also true that quarterback Colin Kaepernick -one of the first to protest- is still unemployed and has not found anyone to hire him.

The most expensive transfer in the history of football

The French club Paris Saint Germain threw the house out the window last summer with the purchase of striker Neymar Jr., Considered the third best player today after Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, for a price that broke all records. According to some media, the total amount of the operation exceeded the astronomical number of ate did not go as expected by the red-haired boxer, who suffered the unspeakable against his Kazakh rival. Although it was won by a decision by the judges, it is also true that a large number of fans considered that the real winner was Golovkin.

The Patriots' incredible victory

The New England Patriots secured their legendary team status last February with their thrilling victory against the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl. The Boston franchise led by Tom Brady was down 25 points midway through the third quarter when they started an impressive comeback that led them to tie at 28 with only 5 seconds to go. In the subsequent injury time, the Patriots added six more points to leave the final score at 34-28.

Nadal's return

It was not long ago that the career of the Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal seemed to have peaked and he only had one decent descent left. Plagued by injuries, without the strength in the racket that had driven him to be number one, the Majorcan went from defeat to defeat in 2016 without showing signs of recovery. But after making some adjustments, even aesthetic, Nadal returned for his reasons, winning for the tenth time the Roland Garros tournament in Paris and the US Open in New York. Come on Rafa!

Who will not go to the World Cup

There are few major disappointments for a football team than staying out of a World Cup, the event that crowns the best national football team every four years. The setback is greater if that country has an illustrious record that has made it one of the required participants in the largest sporting event in the world. This year, after finishing the qualifying stage for the World Cup in Russia, that sad drink was spent by fans of teams such as Chile, Italy, the Netherlands and the United States, among others. That means that stars like the Chilean Arturo Vidal will have to watch the championship on television.