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ATLETICO MADRID have allegedly reported Barcelona to FIFA over their continued approach of their striker, Antoine Griezmann. Representatives of the French forward, who has a €100 million release clause in his contract, have reportedly held discussions with the Catalan club in recent weeks.
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That was the year that was! by
Tony Matthews
So much has happened in the sporting world in 2017 that it would take a few pages to cover all the highs, lows, winners and losers. So here are details of the headline-makers, good or bad!
Cricket took his 500th Test wicket… Two Bens, Stokes and Duckett, were suspended by
the ECB… Chris Gayle smashed a record 18 sixes in his 146 not out off 69 balls for Rangpur v Dhaka in Bangladesh’s T20 final… and the Cayman Islands, Germany, Guernsey, Italy and Jersey became international cricketing countries. Credit: @EssexCricket/Twitter
ESSEX became County Champions for the first time since 1992… England won 15 of their 23 competitive matches but lost the Ashes! England’s women won the World Cup… Pakistan lifted the Champions Trophy… England’s Jimmy Anderson
Tennis ROGER FEDERER won seven titles in 2017 including the Australian, USA and Wimbledon singles… Rafael Nadal gained seven victories, two in Spain (Barcelona and Madrid)… Venus Williams lost two major finals against Spain’s Garbine Muguruza at Wimbledon and sister Serena in Australia… Caroline Wozniacki won the WTA end-of-season final… Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis became Wimbledon mixed doubles
champions… Russian Maria Sharapova returned to action after a drugs ban… France beat Belgium 3-2 in the Davis Cup final… and Nadal’s winnings in 2017 were €13.4m/$15.8m.
Round up GB/MERCEDES star Lewis Hamilton won his fourth F1 world title and claimed race victories in Belgium, Canada, China, GB, Singapore, Spain and the USA, and Alfa Romeo announced they’ll have a car racing in F1 in 2018 … Spain’s Marc Marquez was the MotoGP champion… Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers 43 to win their first baseball World series… GB cyclist Chris Froome completed the Tour de France and Vuelta a España double… Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones added another Taekwondo title to her CV as did Bianca Walkden.… Michael van Gerwen (PDC), retiring Phil Taylor (World Matchplay) and Glen Durrant (BDO) won darts tournaments… boxers George Groves, Anthony Joshua, Lee Selby and Michael Conlon all retained their respective IBF/WBA titles, but James DeGale lost his while Tyson Fury was given his licence back … Birmingham was chosen to stage the 2022 Commonwealth Games… and athlete Sir Mo Farah was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2017. LONG TIME COMING: Essex celebrated their first county championship since 1992 See more of best of the year on page 102