The most memorable sporting moments of 2023 have been revealed – and the Lionesses reaching the World Cup last – is primary.
Despite a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to Spain, a ballot of two,000 sports activities followers voted the efficiency of the England girls’s staff in Australia as their most unforgettable occasion of the 12 months.
It was a ways forward of Man City’s males finishing a historic treble by profitable the FA Cup, Premier League, and Champions League – which got here second.
Third spot went to Carlos Alcaraz’s shock win over Novak Djokovic within the Wimbledon males’s last, with England’s males’s Rugby World Cup slim semi-final loss to South Africa coming fourth.
It additionally emerged 33% assume 2023 was a greater 12 months for sport than 2022 – a 12 months which noticed Argentina win the boys’s World Cup and the Lionesses win the Euros.
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Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for betting firm BoyleSports, which commissioned the analysis, stated: “The Lionesses’ quest for glory rightfully stands out as a key moment. They may not have clinched the trophy, but their performances throughout the tournament were first class. The women’s game continues to grow in popularity and will surely get even bigger next year.”
Other notable moments, based on these polled, embrace Ronnie O’Sullivan turning into the oldest winner of the snooker UK Championship – so as to add to already being the youngest.
And Mary Earps’ expletive-filled response to her penalty save within the World Cup finals – as a facet be aware the goalkeeper was additionally voted sportsperson of the 12 months by respondents
Wrexham getting their Hollywood ending by profitable the National League to safe promotion to League Two was well-liked too.
As was England’s Jonny Bairstow’s controversial stumping in the course of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s by Australia’s Alex Carey.
While LeBron James turning into the NBA’s all-time highest scorer and Frankie Dettori’s profitable the Champion Stakes in his last run at Ascot each obtained loads of votes.
The examine discovered these polled watched a complete 248 hours of sport on TV throughout 2023 and attended a mean of 5 reside occasions in particular person. With 40% inserting bets on the result of a number of sporting events over the identical interval.
This discovering could also be a contributing issue as to why 77% stated unpredictability is likely one of the issues they most like about sport, and so they’re not afraid to make a name as to what kind of 12 months 2024 might be like. The analysis, carried out by way of OneBallot, discovered 32% are satisfied it will likely be even higher than 2023.
Euro 2024, which is able to function each England and Scotland, is the occasion these polled are most enthusiastic about, adopted by the summer time Olympics, and the rugby Six Nations.
Sharon McHugh, spokesperson for BoyleSports added: “2023 has been an exciting year – full of sporting triumphs, shocks, and drama. As we reflect on the past year, we eagerly look forward to what surprises 2024 has in store for us and we’ve even started betting on it.
”It’s 7/2 England will win Euro 2024, 4/1 we’ll see The Rocket win his eighth World Snooker title, and 33/1 that Great Britain will prime the medals desk on the 2024 Olympics.
TOP 25 – MOST MEMORABLE SPORTING MOMENTS OF 2023:
- The Lionesses reaching the ultimate of the ladies’s soccer World Cup
- Manchester City FC’s males’s staff finishing a historic treble (profitable the FA Cup, Premier League, and Champions League)
- Carlos Alcaraz’s shock win over Novak Djokovic within the Wimbledon males’s last
- England dropping the Rugby World Cup semi-final to South Africa by one level
- Ronnie O’Sullivan turning into the oldest winner of the snooker UK Championship – so as to add to already being the youngest
- Frankie Dettori’s profitable the Champion Stakes in his last run at Ascot
- Mary Earp’s X-rated response to her World Cup last penalty save
- Wrexham get their Hollywood ending – profitable the National League to safe promotion to League Two
- Everton receiving a factors deduction for violating Premier League revenue and sustainability guidelines
- England Jonny Bairstow being stumped in the course of the second Ashes Test at Lord’s by Alex Carey
- Fiji’s shock defeat of Australia within the Rugby World Cup
- Harry Kane lastly becoming a member of Bayern Munich – and breaking goalscoring data (18 objectives in 12 video games and first Englishman to attain 18 objectives in a single Bundesliga marketing campaign)
- Alejandro Garnacho scoring a bicycle kick for Man Utd towards Everton
- Chelsea profitable the Women’s Super League for the sixth time
- Lionel Messi profitable the Ballon d’Or for a file eighth time
- Jude Bellingham breaking Real Madrid’s goalscoring file beforehand held by Cristiano Ronaldo (scoring 14 objectives in 15 video games)
- Luis Diaz’s wrongly disallowed aim for Liverpool at Tottenham
- Max Verstappen profitable the 2023 Formula One World Drivers’ Championship
- Tyson Fury’s ‘robbed’ victory from UFC Heavyweight and underdog, Francis Ngannou
- England reaching the 2023 Netball World Cup last
- BBC protection of Wolves vs Liverpool being tormented by porn noises
- Ange Postecoglou becoming a member of Tottenham and revealing ‘Ange-Ball’
- LeBron James turning into the NBA’s all-time highest scorer
- Jack Grealish getting drunk for 4 days straight after Man City’s Champion’s League win
- Michael Smith defeating Michael van Gerwen to win the 2023 PDC World Darts Championship
BOYLESPORTS 2024 PREDICTION SPECIALS:
- 7/2 – England to win Euro 2024
- 4/1 – Ronnie O’Sullivan to win eighth World Snooker title
- 5/1 – England to win the Six Nations
- 9/1 – GB to have extra winners than Ireland at Cheltenham
- 16/1 – Corach Rambler to win 2nd Grand National in a row
- 28/1 – Matt Fitzpatrick to win the Masters
- 33/1 – GB to prime Olympics medals desk
- 66/1 – Emma Raducanu to win Wimbledon
- 100/1 – Man United to win the Premier League