The Most Important Sports Events of 2020

The year 2020 was a special year for many reasons, even the sports world was one of the most affected spheres of this year, especially the pandemic of COVID-19.

News.net brings you the chronology of events that left behind in the sports world during 2020.

January 2020

January was the month that many people had hopes that 2020 will be productive and will have prosperity and peace in our lives.

January 26, Kobe Bryant's death.

The news that legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant died at the age of 42 with his daughter, Gianna Bryant, who was only 13.

You shouldn't know the NBA or be a basketball expert to know who Kobe Bryant was, so the American's death sent a shock wave all over the world.

Kobe and Gianna were traveling on their private Sikorsky S76-B helicopter, which Bryant owned for years.

The helicopter crashed about 9:30 a.m., and it was reported that all nine people on the helicopter had passed away.

The reason for the helicopter crash still remains completely unknown, but allegedly has to do with the bad weather and the loss of control of the butterfly vehicle.

Bryant retired from active basketball in 2016, he was five-time champion of NBA and 18 times NBA All-star. He had played at LA Lakers for 20 years. MVP in 2008.

He is named one of the best basketball players in NBA history.

February 2020

The February month of sports was good, then the world functioned normally, which means that sports were present in our lives.

February 22nd, Fury triumphs over Wilder.

This month's biggest event was the long-awaited boxing duel between the invincible boxers thus far, Tyson Fury and Daytony Wilder.

Fury and Wilder had fought once before, but the match ended evenly, so the boxers agreed to fight again.

Wilder was WBC champion, while Fury had titles now enjoying Anthony Joshua, but Fury had gone through a depressive period and had announced withdrawal from boxing, then captured in possession of drugs, and the champ's titles had removed you from ownership.

Fury beat Wilder, who had 43 matches with 42 knockouts and no recorded losses, while the British had 30 matches and zero losses.

The British victory shocked the heavy boxing category, and confirmed his return to the elite of the best. Fury, with his victory over Wilder, now sending out messages to unify all titles in boxing, that could happen in 2021, if he faces Anthony Joshua and the winner will have under his possession all the titles of the category 'Heavight'.

March 2020

March 13, 2020, the closure of all sports and economic activities in Europe.

Sports as well as various spheres of life were affected by the outbreak of Coronavirus in March, Europe had become the center of the virus, respectively, and almost all vital activities were banned by governments to prevent a real disaster.

Even sports was no different, all sporting events were suspended on March 13th.

Following the suspension of sporting events, the results were initially seen at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Olympics were suspended, then a decision was made to hold the Olympics a year later, in 2021 respectively.

But in Europe, there were many championships and sports events that had been cancelled, one of which was also Euro 2020, for which the Kosovo National also had a game with northern Macedonia defining the qualifications in this championship.

Euro 2020 was postponed to 2021, and the qualifying matches were also postponed for the end of the year.

And the F1 was brought up, where it stopped in March as well as the Chinese Grand Prix.

In mid-March all European evils also halted their activities.

Fortunately, the European Champions League and leagues returned without fans, but after three months of rest. This highlighted many problems with the shape of various athletes, footballers, and athletes.

Sports is still continuing, but without the presence of cheers.

April 2020

April was a victim of total closure, no sporting activities this month.

May 2020

May 25th, the death of George Floyd

On May 25 of 2020, in the city of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A., state police had banned a 46-year-old named George Floyd and had arrested him. The event was recorded by random passersby, and Floyd was heard complaining that he couldn't breathe, while the policeman put his knee in his throat. This was described as a procedure when a suspect is resisting arrest, although it was not without any resistance from Floyd.

This event took the world's course, athletes began to join the call for change and racism in sports. One of the campaigners was in football, where at Premierligle players kneel at the start of the match as solidification with George Floyd.

Millions of dollars were delegated because of fighting inequality and structural racism. The phrase "Black Livings Matterʹ became part of the sports lexic, appearing on T - shirts, banners, and seat covers at empty stadiums on television.

June 2020

June 16, Marcus Rasford used his sports influence to feed millions of needy children.

June was the month when people were retached a little in normality, sporting events were all restored, but without fan presence.

Premierligla, F1, Cricket and all sports were restored.

But the economic consequences of COVID-19 were evident, even in a country like Great Britain. There, he became the player of Manchester United, Marcus Rasford.

The government initially rejected calls in his open letter, which required food vouchers for 1.3 million children to cover the cost of lunch during summer holidays. Within a day, after much noise from Rasford to social media, the government changed its policy.

After Rasford's campaign, the British government agreed to supply the fruit of 1.3 million children. This was a very big message that sports can have a different effect than fun in our lives if we use it carefully and wisely.

July 2020

July 22nd, Liverpool wins Friday's first title in 30 years.

The biggest sports event of July was undoubtedly the announcement of Liverpool champions of Premierliga.

This had not happened for 30 years, although fans were not allowed to gather, euphoria had engulfed Liverpool.

Fans filled the city, full of celebrations, songs and smiling faces, this had not been seen since.

The Reds '%s' raised the trophy without the presence of fans, but outside the stadium you could hear the voices of the celebrations by fans, the latter had found another way, the online way by forming large groups GoogleMeet where thousands of fans in front of their computers could see faces.

August 2020

August 23rd, Bayern Munchen wins Champions League

August 25th, Lionel Messi seeks to leave Barcelona

August was obviously one of the most exciting months, not only from a temperature aspect, but also from sporting events.

August 23rd, Bayern Munchen won the sixth championship league title in club history.

They had had a very successful season, the bavarres won the triplete.

When it seemed that the whole world was closed up, the Germans had been driven to work, it was seen in the form of players, since they were unstoppable after the return of football.

August 25th, Lionel Messi wants to leave Barcelona.

Argentina was unhappy in Barcelona, especially after the humiliating 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munchen.

The media said the 33-year-old would leave, that caused shock in the sports world. His father, who was also his agent, had come from Argentina to negotiate the division with the club. It was speculated that there was a clause that would allow Messina to leave with zero parameters in 2020, but Barcha's president, Josep Bartholomew, said this was not true and the Argentinians would stay until the end of the contract in 2021.

Messy expressed himself desperate, but said he'd continue with the club and not go to court to fight the club he wanted. Actually, if he went to court, he could probably win the case.

This event caused a stir in the world, but in Barcelona it was now about the new president, following intense pressure, Bartholomew resigned.

September 2020

September was the month that would resume the new season in football. The main European Pragues returned immediately and without the presence of fans.

Even though August brought the end of the late season, September became the month that all was about to resume.

That would mean that even the summer passing deadline would last until September.

Teams started fights without preserzonal preparations, even though football was difficult to resume.

October 2020

October 8th, the loss of the National of Kosovo to northern Macedonia.

October was full of hope for the sports world in Kosovo, as the match against northern Macedonia valid for qualifications in Euro 2020 would take place on October 8th.

Kosovo had the chance to qualify, the dream had come true and now it was happening.

But, the situation by COVIID-19 did not prevent the arrival of leading players, Amir Nundman, Milot Rasica and Vedat Muriqi.

While Macedonia was a whole team, it happened because they had players who were fortunately allowed by their clubs to travel, while Kosovars did not.

Northern Macedonia won with the score of 250, Kosovars' hopes had already died down.

In an interview for LeTems '%s', Kosovo's Selecret, Bernard Callands, had indicated that he too had been sick of losing to Macedonia.

Zvicerani said the Kosovo National has been preparing for this match for three years and were prepared to win and make the dream a reality but that fate wanted to be different.

Currently, Kosovo plays qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup.

November 2020

November 15th, Lewis Hamilton is named F1 champion for the seventh time, equals Michael Schumacher's record record.

November 25, Diego Armando Maradona dies at the age of 60.

Lewis Hamilton, named Formula 1 champion for the seventh time, this victory equalled the German legend's record, Michael Schumacher, who was also seven-time world champion on F1.

After that victory, Hamilton will also be decorated with the Order of the Horseman by Queen Elizabeth.

This was a major event in the world of Formula 1, Britain now has the opportunity of passing the legendary German next year in the event that he once again wins the champion title.

November 25 began as an ordinary day, news of pandemic and ordinary things were present.

On the morning of November 25, however, news was given that the football legend Diego Armando Maradona had set off.

This news made headlines on the world scene, athletes, politicians, singers, and all people responded to the news about the Argentinan death.

News of Diego's death was also met with regret in Italy, at Naples, respectively.

Naples's president, Aurelio De Laurentis, said that it is the possibility that Naples Stadium, San Paolo, would be appointed in honor of the 60-year-old.

After exactly nine days, the name of the Neapolis stadium was changed to the dyego Armando Maradona Stadium.

In Argentina chaos arose, death was considered suspicious, family members complained that death could be avoided in the event of good service.

Diego Armando Maradona died at the age of 60 of a heart attack. After his death, the cause was confirmed by competent organs.

Testing confirmed that Maradonna has not been taking drugs or alcohol in recent days because of an acute lung edema that caused heart problems.

Diego's heart had grown and weighed 503 grams, meaning that it was twice the heart of a healthy person.

Maradona is said to have died after an agony ranging from six to eight hours, and traces of psychotropic drugs were found inside his blood.

Dozens of people were arrested, including the nurse who took care of Diego that night, investigations are continuing, while there are still no convicts in the case.

December 2020

December 14th, former Liverpool manager Gerard Horulier dies at the age of 73.

The sports world has lost many top figures this year, in December, former Liverpool manager Gerard Horulier lost his life at the age of 73.

The Frenchman, who died of a heart disease, had had an expansion of the aorta, where he had operated in Paris but without success.

Howuler was the coach of the “The Reds” for six years, while he managed other teams, such as Lyon, PSG, Aston Villa and the French National.

With Liverpool, Howuler led them into the famous FA Cup Cup Cup Cup Cup triple, League Cup and U EFA Cup in 2000/01 season.