Best Of 2015: A Heady Cocktail Of Events

It was a year (2015) of Novak Djokovic and Jordan Spieth, the All Blacks and Barcelona, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams. This was also a year of glorious underdogs — Brendon McCullum’s New Zealand, Leicester City, the Icelandic men’s football team, and Flavia Pennetta.

- Shreedutta Chidananda

In a year when a dawn raid on a Zurich hotel saw seven FIFA officials make their way to police cars hiding behind bedsheets, there was never going to be any shortage of drama. Fortunately, though, 2015 in sport was not all about corruption and bribery and nauseating greed. This was a year of champion athletes and teams, those whose greatness the world was simply in awe of. A year of Novak Djokovic and Jordan Spieth, the All Blacks and Barcelona, Usain Bolt and Serena Williams. This was also a year of glorious underdogs — Brendon McCullum’s New Zealand, Leicester City, the Icelandic men’s football team, and Flavia Pennetta. There was a lot for India to celebrate as well — Saina Nehwal, Sania Mirza, the men’s hockey team, Pankaj Advani and Anirban Lahiri. Here is a look back at the year that was, its highs and its inevitable lows.

1. Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams