REVIEW: China rule world of water

AQUATICS – At the conclusion of the 2015 Aquatics World Championships, China have emerged as the most successful country winning 15 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 10 bronze medals. For the first time since 2001 (Australia), United States do not top the overall table.

REVIEW: Hat-trick hero Cristiano strikes again

FOOTBALL – Cristiano Ronaldo registered his third career hat-trick for Portugal and the 35th of his career in an official match, propelling Portugal past Armenia on Saturday. It was the third consecutive hat-trick in official matches for Cristiano Ronaldo. He also netted three in league games against RCD Espanyol (17 May) and Getafe CF (23 May). He had not played an official match since 23 May. It is the first time in his career he has performed the three square performance (3×3).

REVIEW: Barça claim fifth European crown

FOOTBALL – FC Barcelona claimed their fifth Champions Cup/Champions League trophy (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015), after beating Juventus 3-1 in the final in Berlin on Saturday.

REVIEW: Vieira Curse lives on for Arsenal

FOOTBALL – By failing to defeat Sunderland on Wednesday, Arsenal now cannot finish in the top two of the Premier League table. Their failure to finish higher than third has now reached its 10th consecutive season. This has become known as ‘The Vieira Curse’. In the eight seasons that Patrick Vieira played at Arsenal (1997-2005) the Gunners finished in the top two in the league. They did not manage that a single time since the Frenchman’s departure.

REVIEW: Messi & Ronaldo and the German connection

FOOTBALL – Lionel Messi scored twice for Barcelona in their 3-0 win against Bayern Munchen to reach a total of 14 CL goals against German teams, equal as many as Cristiano Ronaldo. Check out more below.

REVIEW: Aston Villa to face Arsenal in their 11th FA Cup Final

FOOTBALL – Aston Villa joined Arsenal in this year’s FA Cup Final. It is the first time these two teams meet in the final of the tournament. Check out 5 facts here.

REVIEW: Serena Williams claims 19th Major title

TENNIS – Serena Williams secured her 19th women’s singles title in a Grand Slam tournament by seeing off Maria Sharapova in the final of the 2015 Australian Open.

REVIEW: Vonn becomes leading lady on Olympic slopes

ALPINE SKIING – Lindsey Vonn (USA) won the Super G at St. Moritz on Sunday to secure her 19th World Cup win on an Olympic slope. Find out here what her favourite venue is.

REVIEW: Messi finishes 2014 calendar year on 50 goals for Barça

FOOTBALL – By scoring a brace late in a 5-0 victory over Córdoba CF, Lionel Messi raised his total of official goals for FC Barcelona in the 2014 calendar year to 50. At club level, Messi has now cracked the half century in four of the last five calendar years. The only exception in that span was last seasson, when he finished with 39 goals for the blaugranas.
When counting his goals for Argentina, Messi finishes the 2014 calendar year on 58 official goals for club and country

REVIEW: Cristiano Ronaldo brings up 450th career goal

FOOTBALL – Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 450th official goal for club and country on Friday. Ronaldo has reached this tally in 703 official matches. It was his 52nd goal for the Portuguese national team. He is already his country’s all-time leading goalscorer. Ronaldo made his 117th appearance for Portugal and is now only 10 shy of the national team record of 127 held by Luis Figo. Ronaldo has scored his 450 goals for Real Madrid (275), Manchester United (118), Portugal (52) and Sporting CP (5).