Nico Rosberg wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg defeated Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton for the third race in succession on Sunday, with a commanding drive in the 2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The World Champion put in a late charge, but it wasn’t enough to stop Rosberg prevailing by 8.2s to score his sixth win of the season.

Kimi Raikkonen was a distant third for Ferrari – his third podium of the season – with team mate Sebastian Vettel coming through from 15^th on the grid to take fourth, ahead of Force India Sergio Perez who held off Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo for fifth. Nico Hulkenberg was seventh in the second Force India, ahead of Williams Felipe Massa and Lotus Romain Grosjean with Red Bull Daniil Kvyat completing the top ten.

Lotus Pastor Maldonado was the only retirement of the afternoon after a first lap clash with Fernando Alonso McLaren on the run into Turn 1. Alonso, who had brushed the Sauber of Felipe Nasr before hitting Maldonado, continued after pitting for a new nose and tyres, but was given a drive through penalty for causing the incident. The Spaniard eventually came home 17^th ahead of Marussias of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi.

Lewis Hamilton was handed the 2015 DHL Fastest Lap Award and Ferrari collected the 2015 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award. Valtteri Bottas was another driver to pick up a penalty after Williams released him into the path of Jenson Button McLaren during pit stops. Bottas, who finished 14^th just 0.4s behind the Englishman, had to complete a lap with a damaged front wing before returning for a new nose. This was the last race of the 2015 Formula 1 Season. New Season will begin in Race from Australia in January 2016.

Novak Djokovic won ATP World Tour Title

Novak Djokovic capped a remarkable season with victory over Roger Federer to claim a record fourth straight ATP World Tour Finals Title. The world number one from Serbia broke serve three times to win 6-3 6-4 in 80 minutes at London O2 Arena. Djokovic also made amends for defeat by six time champion Federer in group stage.

He ends the year with 11 titles including three Grand Slams taking his total to 10 majors. The 28 year old has now won the season Finale five times and surpasses Ivan Lendl’s 1987 achievement, when he won his third straight Tour Finals title in New York. The defeat by Federer has been his first Indoor since 2012, but Djokovic responded in simply irresistible style as he dispatched first Rafael Nadal and then in the final, Roger Federer.

It ended with a double fault as even the 17 time Grand Slam Champion wilted under the pressure of such relentless accuracy from his opponent. Aside from the trophy, another 1300 ranking points and the cheque for Euro 1.4m, Djokovic draws level with Federer at 22-22 in career meetings. The pair has shared 11 of the best 13 season ending titles between them, but it is the Serb who now dominates.

Djokovic victory ended Federer chance of overtaking Andy Murray in the rankings, meaning the British will end the year as world Number two for the first time. Federer had been quick to play down the significance of his group stage win and Djokovic did indeed prove a very different opponent in the final just as he had at Wimbledon and US Open. Djokovic was within two sets of winning the calendar Grand Slam this year, losing out to an inspired Stan Wawrinka in the French Open Final but completing his set of majors will not be the only target for 2016.

Nico Rosberg wins Brazil Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg beat Lewis Hamilton for the second race in succession to win the Brazilian Grand Prix. The German converted pole position into a lead at the first corner and controlled the race from there, despite Hamilton pushed hard throughout. Hamilton looked faster but in the turbulent air behind Rosberg car he was unable to get close enough to try to pass his team-mate. Ferrari Sebastian Vettel was third ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.

Rosberg took the initiative at the start, narrowly avoided contact with Hamilton, and held on to it throughout. Hamilton got very close at one stage before his tyres cried enough. They eventually finished 7.7s apart after a nip and tuck battle, as the champion struggled and was being caught gently by hard charging Vettel. Kimi Raikkonen, on a two stop strategy to Ferrari teammate Vettel three, had an undramatic run to fourth place ahead of William’s Valtteri Bottas.

Nico Hulkenberg and Daniil Kvyat battled throughout, the Force India driver taking sixth ahead of the Red Bull. Felipe Massa was eighth in the second Williams, but is being investigated by the stewards after the pressures and temperatures of his right rear tyre were found to contravene FIA regulations before the start. A fine drive by Grosjean netted Lotus two points.

Red Bull stablemate Daniel Ricciardo did the same to Maldonado but still finished behind the Venezuelan, who received a five second time penalty for tipping Sauber Marcus Ericsson into a spin in the Senna S. They finished 11^th and 12^th with Perez 13^th from Nasr as the Brazilian attempt to make two pit stops work failed to pay off. Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso had a race long intra McLaren battle, which the Englishmen won comfortably by 9.3s.

Sachin Tendulkar vs Shane Warne

One can take champions out of cricket but one cannot take cricket out of champions. This seems to be true in case of Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne who are all set to renew their rivalry in the Cricket All Stars series that starts in New York.

Right from Sydney in January 1992, when Warne made his Test debut in the third match of the series in which Tendulkar smashed an unbeaten 148, to the numerous T20 Matches in the Indian Premier League, the two greatest cricketers of the past two decades have fought enduring battles on the pitch which have become part of cricket folklore.

The draw for the teams was conducted at the Times Square garden in New York and 27 players were assigned randomly to Sachin Blasters and Warne Warriors. The two greatest batsman of their generation Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, were drawn on the same team. Australian big hitters like Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, and Andrew Symonds ended up with Warne. Sachin Blasters will also have swashbuckling Virender Sehwag, the wristy VVS Laxman, and the enigmatic Saurav Ganguly.

It will be surely be a sight for the eyes when these batsmen take guard against a bowling attack comprising Warne, Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald and Wasim Akram. Tendulkar bowling attack will have Muttiah Muralitharan and great pacers Curtly Ambrose, Glenn McGrath, Shaun Pollock and Shoaib Akhtar. Apart from these legends Blasters will also have Mahela Jayawardene, Carl Hooper, Lance Klusener, Moin Khan, and Graeme Swann.

Michael Vaughan, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Jonty Rhodes, Saqlain Mushtaq, Daniel Vettori and Ajit Agarkar complete the team of warriors. These ICC sanctioned matches will be played on drop in pitches at major baseball fields in New York, Houston, and Los Angeles.

Nico Rosberg won Mexico Grand Prix

The World Championship may have gone to Mercedes Lewis Hamilton but Nico Rosberg at least had the satisfaction of making F1 memorable return to Mexico with a pole to checkered flag win on Sunday. This takes Nico Rosberg to second position this year and increases his margin of points from Ferrari Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton finished second, with Valtteri Bottas completing the podiums for Williams. Rosberg who dominated practice and qualifying held off Hamilton after a Vettel crash saw the safety car deployed on lap 53 of 71. A late mistake in a similar situation in the previous round last Sunday had seen Hamilton win the United States Grand Prix to wrap up his second straight title.

But Nico Rosberg was clearly determined to avoid a repetition and it was errors by Hamilton which left him unable to claim his fourth straight win. It has also cost him chance to equal the record wins for an F1 season of 13, with 10 under his belt but only two rounds to go in 2015 in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. The Red Bull pair of Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo drove fine races for fourth and fifth.

Home hero Sergio Perez finished eighth for Force India. Raucous Scenes greeted the drivers at the end of an enthralling race, enlivened by Vettel collision into a barrier the four time champion walking away unscathed. The next race will held in Brazil on 15^th November 2015.

New Zealand won Rugby World Cup 2015

The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October 2015. New Zealand won the cup for the third time and two consecutive years. Australia took second place as runner up and South Africa took third place.

England was chosen to host the competition in July 2009, beating rival bids from Italy, Japan and South Africa. Of the 20 teams competing the 2015 World Cup, 12 of them qualified by finishing in the top three place in their pools in the 2011 World Cup. The other eight teams qualified through regional competition. Next and ninth Rugby World Cup will held in Japan from 20 September to 2 November 2019.

New Zealand won the game by 34-17. Wonderful tries from Milner-Skudder and Nonu had given the all blacks a 21-3 lead early in the second half before David Pocock and Tevita struck back. With 15 Minutes to go there was just four points in it, but a nerveless long distance drop goal and penalty from Dan Carter snatched back control. In the end, Barrett sprinted away on to Ben Smith clearing kick at the death history was made.

After Missing the 2011 World Cup final through Injury, this was the perfect ending for world Rugby most perfect 10 Dan Carter, who also won Man of the Match award. No team has ever scored so many in the first period of a World Cup Final, and the brilliance resumed a minute into the second half. In this World Cup, most tries are scored Julian Savea, most penalties are scored by Handre Pollard, most conversions are scored by Daniel Carter and most points are scored by Nicolas Sanchez.