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BokMagic
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OK, this is straight off the cuff, possibly missed a few worthy mentions, but here are some of my sporting highlights of 2006, might just end up as a poll, what do you guys think?
My nominations:
Football
- Italy winning the World Cup for the 4th time
- Zizou finally moving out of Cantona`s shadow with his well-timed World Cup Final header, single-handedly erasing any memories of Kung-Fu Cantona.
Motorsport
- Awesome F1 season, ***le race between Schumi and Alonso going down to the wire
- Schumi`s retirement- thanks for the memories, a legend of note, whether you loved or hated him.
- Andy Hayden`s MotoGP ***le victory vs Rossi- another great ***le race going down to the wire.
Golf
- Europe kicking some Yankee butt, again, in the Ryder Cup
- Tiger`s phenomenal Open victory, with all the emotion going with it
Tennis
- Roger Federer winning his 3rd successive Wimbledon and US Open ***les, also throwing in the Aussie open and the French Open final in the process.
- Maria Sharapova winning at Wimbledon- in fact, Maria Sharapova in tennis kit, full stop!
Rugby
- AB`s winning 7th Tri-Nations ***le
- France scooping the Six Nations
- Ireland`s back-to-back victories over the SH superpowers, SA and Aus
- Rustenburg, SA vs NZ- some Saffa indulgence!
Cricket
- Mohammad Yousuf`s 2006 form- breaking Viv Richards` calendar-year record
- Aus taking the ICC Champion`s trophy
- Shane Warne getting to 700 Test wickets? Possible during this year still- there`s Perth and the Boxing Day test
Cycling
- Yet ANOTHER farking drugs scandal hits the Tour de France- no real moments there then.
Baseball, basketball, Gridiron and Ice-hockey
- American team wins the USA, uhm sorry I mean the World Championship- again.
No real highlights internationally in athletics or boxing that immediately comes to mind. Feel free to add to this list, or make any suggestions- possible poll later on?
My nominations:
Football
- Italy winning the World Cup for the 4th time
- Zizou finally moving out of Cantona`s shadow with his well-timed World Cup Final header, single-handedly erasing any memories of Kung-Fu Cantona.
Motorsport
- Awesome F1 season, ***le race between Schumi and Alonso going down to the wire
- Schumi`s retirement- thanks for the memories, a legend of note, whether you loved or hated him.
- Andy Hayden`s MotoGP ***le victory vs Rossi- another great ***le race going down to the wire.
Golf
- Europe kicking some Yankee butt, again, in the Ryder Cup
- Tiger`s phenomenal Open victory, with all the emotion going with it
Tennis
- Roger Federer winning his 3rd successive Wimbledon and US Open ***les, also throwing in the Aussie open and the French Open final in the process.
- Maria Sharapova winning at Wimbledon- in fact, Maria Sharapova in tennis kit, full stop!
Rugby
- AB`s winning 7th Tri-Nations ***le
- France scooping the Six Nations
- Ireland`s back-to-back victories over the SH superpowers, SA and Aus
- Rustenburg, SA vs NZ- some Saffa indulgence!
Cricket
- Mohammad Yousuf`s 2006 form- breaking Viv Richards` calendar-year record
- Aus taking the ICC Champion`s trophy
- Shane Warne getting to 700 Test wickets? Possible during this year still- there`s Perth and the Boxing Day test
Cycling
- Yet ANOTHER farking drugs scandal hits the Tour de France- no real moments there then.
Baseball, basketball, Gridiron and Ice-hockey
- American team wins the USA, uhm sorry I mean the World Championship- again.
No real highlights internationally in athletics or boxing that immediately comes to mind. Feel free to add to this list, or make any suggestions- possible poll later on?