The year 2022 will always be remembered by sports fans. After a long silence due to Covid-19, 2022 was able to bring smiles, tears, and much more to the sports lovers across the globe. As we wrap up the year, let us take a look at the major sports events that made it to the news. India clinched several gold medals at the Commonwealth Games 2022 held in Birmingham. Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Achinta Sheuli and many more athletes won gold medals at the commonwealth games 2022. Roger Federer bids farewell to the tennis world with one last contest after a superlative career that included 20 Grand Slam titles and a statesman’s role. Team India was knocked out of the T20 world cup in Australia after losing to England in the semi finals. Fans were highly disappointed with India’s loss at the World Cup. An explosion of joy ripped through Argentina as its football team won the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Fans were overjoyed with this win as many thought this as Messi’s last world cup.

It was a sober party for Lionel Messi and his team, who clinched the prestigious World Cup after 36 years for Argentina, beating France 4-2 via a penalty shootout at the Lusail Stadium. The Argentines went around town in an open-top bus ride and returned to their accommodation at the Qatar National University only around 1 am, a good three hours after Messi lifted the coveted Jules Rimet trophy. Then, at the University, the staff, mostly comprising Asian expat workers, had organised a party for their heroes. “There was a lot of singing and dancing around Messi. The players climbed on tables singing their famous Muchachos anthem song throughout. There were cold drinks, fruit juices, cornflakes, a special organic tea which the Argentines prefer and a lot of coffee. There was no alcohol,” Mumbai resident Shaikh Ishraque Ahmad, who has been working in Doha for two years and was contracted by FIFA to be among the support staffers at the Qatar University premises, told mid-day on Monday.