Sport in 2018: The year in pictures
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The sporting year in pictures: KJT raises the bar
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The sporting year in pictures: In pursuit of glory
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The sporting year in pictures: Almost unparalleled
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The sporting year in pictures: Soaring into the sky
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The sporting year in pictures: Sliding supreme
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The sporting year in pictures: Heat on Hartley
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The sporting year in pictures: Calamity for Christie – again
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The sporting year in pictures: Searching for silverware
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The sporting year in pictures: Ribbon rhythm
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The sporting year in pictures: More Bale bicycle kick ends Reds hopes
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The sporting year in pictures: Southgate steers England to success
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The sporting year in pictures: Clean bowled
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The sporting year in pictures: Fantastic Francesco
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The sporting year in pictures: Delight for Djokovic
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The sporting year in pictures: ‘Thank you, Chef’
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The sporting year in pictures: Cycle of success continues
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The sporting year in pictures: Europe united in Ryder romp
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The sporting year in pictures: Tommy on top at Ryder Cup
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The sporting year in pictures: On the charge
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The sporting year in pictures: Five-star Hamilton
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The sporting year in pictures: From triumph to tragedy at Leicester
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The sporting year in pictures: Makwala makes headlines on the track
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The sporting year in pictures: Tyson in tie with Wilder
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The sporting year in pictures: Premier League FootballThe Football ShowTennisFormula 1CyclingCricketNFLBoxingMMANBAMLBNHLMotorsportAthleticsGolfRugbyHorse Racing Sport in 2018 – the year in pictures PA Ready Sport By Press Association Sport staff PA Ready Sport13 Dec 2018, 06:00 Soaring into the sky (PA ref: 34909094) Alexandra KustovaView photos Alexandra Kustova of Olympic Athletes from Russia soars into the sky at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The participation of Russian athletes overshadowed the build-up and much of the Games themselves, following the Sochi 2014 doping scandal. Those representing Olympic Athletes from Russia had to receive special dispensation to compete (David Davies/PA). More Catch me if you can (PA ref: 34986653) China’s Hao Zhang and Yu XiaoyuView photos China’s Hao Zhang and Yu Xiaoyu compete in the free skate section of the pairs figure skating final during the Winter Olympics. The athletic and aesthetic pursuit proved alluring to spectators in Pyeongchang, South Korea (Mike Egerton/PA). More Heat on Hartley (PA ref: 35012663) Dylan HartleyView photos Dylan Hartley is pictured during an intense training session on a cold February day. The Northampton hooker and his England team endured mixed fortunes in 2018. A fifth-placed finish and a run of five losses put pressure on Eddie Jones, but England responded. Hartley finished the year on the bench for the final Test of the 2018 with Australia (Adam Davy/PA). Less Calamity for Christie – again (PA ref: 35038220) Elise ChristieView photos Short-track skater Elise Christie crashes in the 1500metres. After three disqualifications at the Sochi 2014 Games, Christie returned hungry to prove her detractors wrong. Only her ill-fortune continued, with further disqualifications and injury seeing her end her Games on her bottom on the ice (Mike Egerton/PA). Less Sliding supreme (PA ref: 34846410) Lizzy YarnoldView photos Lizzy Yarnold slides in the penultimate run of her women’s skeleton final. Dom Parsons’ men’s bronze was followed 24 hours later by bronze for Laura Deas in the women’s event, behind Yarnold. Yarnold became the first Briton to successfully defend a Winter Olympics title (David Davies/PA). More KJT raises the bar (PA ref: 35298281) View photos Great Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson competes in the high jump as she bids for pentathlon glory at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. The Liverpool athlete bounced back from a tough couple of years to win gold before going on to add the Commonwealth title and European silver in the heptathlon. (Simon Cooper/PA). Less In pursuit of glory (PA ref: 35836947) Emily Nelson, Rebecca Reybould, Ellie Dickinson and Emily KayView photos England’s Emily Nelson, Rebecca Reybould, Ellie Dickinson and Emily Kay compete in the team pursuit at the Commonwealth Games. There was no medal for the young English quartet, but there was plenty of Home Nations success on the Brisbane boards, with golds for Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Charlie Tanfield and Mark Stewart (Martin Rickett/PA). Less Almost unparalleled (PA ref: 35913300) Nile WilsonView photos Nile Wilson competes in the parallel bars in which he won one of five medals at April’s Commonwealth Games on Australia’s Gold Coast. Wilson took silver on the apparatus and the rings, plus gold medals in the all-around, horizontal bar and the men’s team gold, to show British men’s gymnastics is not all about Max Whitlock (Danny Lawson/PA). Less Makwala makes headlines on the track (PA ref: 39731840) Isaac MakwalaView photos Botswana’s Isaac Makwala wins Commonwealth gold in the men’s 400m. Makwala was previously best known to British audiences for his norovirus illness at the 2017 World Championships in London which saw him placed into quarantine. He added a second gold when Botswana won the 4x400m relay (Martin Rickett/PA). Less Ribbon rhythm (PA ref: 39842833) Izzah AmzanView photos Malaysia’s Izzah Amzan competes in the ribbon discipline in the rhythmic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. She claimed a silver medal in the team event (Martin Rickett/PA). More Ireland left in the shade
It was another massive year for sport.
Manchester City won the Premier League title, Gareth Bale’s stunning overhead kick won Real Madrid their third consecutive Champions League title, and England fell in love with the Three Lions all over again.
However, there were so many more moments, from triumph to tragedy, that made their indelible mark on the sporting landscape in 2018.
From ‘Moliwood’ helping Europe win back the Ryder Cup, to Alastair Cook calling time on 161-Test career, Lewis Hamilton’s fifth Formula 1 world championship, the Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics, and so many more.
These are the best sporting moments of 2018.