South Africa won Rugby World Cup 2019

South Africa captured its third Rugby World Cup Championship defeating a favored England team 32-12 and extending the dominance of teams from the Southern Hemisphere in the tournament.

The South Africans broke open a tight defensive struggle late in the second half behind tries by Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin Kolbe. South Africa also won the title in 1995 and 2007; it is the only country to win every Rugby World Cup final it has contested.

The first half was a battle of attrition, with both teams delivering punishing tackles and several players leaving the game early with injuries. But it was the powerful South African forward pack that set the tone, forcing England into several penalties during scrums, which contributed to a 12-6 South Africa lead at halftime on four penalty goals from flyhalf Handre Pollard.

The England captain, Owen Farrell, converted two penalty goals for the English. Six minutes into the second half, South Africa won another penalty at the scrum, and Pollard converted a long-range kick to make it 15-6. But England turned the tables with another kick by Farrell made it 15-9, and for a moment the English appeared to seize momentum.

But South Africa held off the English, and then Mapimpi broke free on the left-wing in the 67th minute, delivering a kick pass along the ground to a charging Lukhanyo Am, the outside center. Am scooped up the ball and immediately shoveled it back to Mapimpi, who took it over for the game’s first try.

Kolbe sealed the victory in the 74th minute, getting the ball on the right-wing some 40 yards out and dancing around several defenders for the try that put the game out of reach. Pollard’s conversion produced the final 32-12 score. South Africa became the first team to win the World Cup despite losing a match in the pool stage. The Springboks, as the team is known, were defeated by New Zealand, the two-time defending champion, in their opening game in Japan.

PV Sindhu wins historic World Championships Gold

PV Sindhu produced a dominating performance to outclass third seeded Nozomi Okuhara from Japan 21-7, 21-7 to win a gold medal in the World Championships 2019. In the process, the fifth seeded PV Sindhu bettered her 2017, 2018 appearances in the World Championships final and became the first Indian to win the marquee tournament.

PV Sindhu, without breaking a sweat, closed the first game in 16 minutes. Nozomi Okuhara, on the other hand, continued to make unforced errors to allow PV Sindhu clinch the championship point and seal the final in 38 minutes.

With the historic victory, the Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu leads the head-to-head battle against Okuhara 8-7. The 2016 Olympics silver medallist had previously beaten the Japanese in the Indonesia Open 2019. Sindhu completely took control of the match from the opening game. She clinched eight consecutive points to make the final look like a walk in the park. Okuhara, on the contrary, looked out of touch and failed to produce any serious challenge for her Indian counterpart.

In the second game, Sindhu, who had defeated World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfinals, continued to display her brilliance from the outset, clinching seven consecutive points. She did not allow Okuhara settle down as the Japanese displayed her agony by screaming loudly with every point she lost.

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.

2015 FIFA Women World Cup

The 2015 FIFA Women World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women World Cup. In March 2011, Canada won the right to host the event; the first Canada had hosted the event and third time in North America. United States won the FIFA Women World Cup over Japan by 5:2. In this World Cup, teams were expanded to 24 from 16 in 2011. Canada team received direct entry from the host.

Carli Lloyd hat-trick apparently was not enough. Team USA wanted more as they scored four goals in the first 16 minutes of the FIFA World Cup to an overwhelming victory over Japan. Carli Lloyd also became the first women to score a hat-trick in a World Cup Final. The United States, winners in 1991 and 1999, became the first nation to win the crown three times and avenged their loss to Japan on penalties in the 2011 Final.

Lloyd scored her first goal after just three minutes with the second coming two minutes later and the third after 16 minutes. Lauren Holiday and Tobin Heath also found the net for the Stars and Stripes. Yuki Ogimi got one back on 27 minutes for the Asian champions with their second coming thanks to a 52^nd minute own goal by US defender Julie Johnson.

It was the third meeting between the two teams in a major championship with the Americans winning the Olympic gold ahead of Japan in 2012, when Lloyd scored both goals in a 2-1 win. Lloyd also won the Golden Ball Award as the tournament best player. England finishes off third in the tournament while Germany was placed fourth.

Golden Ball Award was given to Carli Lloyd, Amandine Henry and Aya Miyama. Golden Boot Award was given to Celia Sasic, Carli Lloyd, and Anja Mittag. Golden Glove award was given to Hope Solo. Kadeisha Buchanan from Canada got the Hyundai young player award. At last, Fair play award was given to France. The next FIFA Women World Cup will held in 2019 in France.