October was jam packed of sporting events. We saw amazing plays, giant-killing defeats, knock-out blows, new titles won and let’s not forget the NBA Finals and World Series!
Here’s the best action from around the sports world that’s definitely worth another look. Let’s jump right in…
1 – Haka
Is there anything more iconic or intimidating than the New Zealand All Blacks’ pre-game Haka? Well for sports fans and even New Zealand’s opponents, Australia, it was a very welcomed sight as it emphatically marked the return of Rugby. 🏉
The first #AllBlacks #Haka since sports started returning… 🏉pic.twitter.com/4vrjmoyeMD
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 11, 2020
2 – The Day the English Premier League Went Bananas (Part 1)
If you’ve shaken off the goosebumps from the Haka above Manchester United fans may want to brace themselves for more. 😬
October 4th is definitely a day United fans will want to forget after Tottenham Hotspur recorded their biggest ever win at Old Trafford by scoring an incredible six after going a goal down in the opening moments of the game. It was a very sweet victory indeed for Ex-United boss Jose Mourinho, who’s now managing Spurs.
🎞️ 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 | 𝗠𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝘁𝗱 𝟭-𝟲 𝗦𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀#THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/4jXNecHX5B
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 4, 2020
Manchester United fans was obviously dismayed at the crazy score line but luckily an unlikely result in the game that immediately followed took a lot of the attention off this result…
3 – The Day the English Premier League Went Bananas (Part 2)
Liverpool fans would have loved seeing their rivals United being smashed at home by Spurs, but what happened next was even more incredible!
Aston Villa hosted Liverpool and recorded one of the biggest giant-killing defeats of all time in the English Premier League. Pretty much every attack the Villans put together ended up in a goal…
Aston Villa 7-2 Liverpool.
𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡. 🟣 pic.twitter.com/OHn2BN7L4F
— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) October 5, 2020
Granted they got a number of lucky deflections along the way, but the result was truly remarkable given the amazing squad Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has amassed at Liverpool. Let’s not forget they were last season’s Premier League champions by a country mile.
4 – KO of the Year
This one is pretty much self explanatory, a stunning knock-out in the UFC by Joaquin Buckley that Impa Kasanganay just didn’t see coming.
You won’t see another one as special as this for a very long time and it’s even more impressive in slow motion…
We’ve all seen #JoaquinBuckley‘s knockout of the year by now.
But have you seen it in this angle & in slow mo? 🤕🥊#KO #UFC #ImpaKasanganay pic.twitter.com/lT5fvwIQsl
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 13, 2020
5 – AFL Grand Final Moment of Magic
Heading down under now here’s a look at the 2020 AFL Grand Final between Richmond and Geelong.
Richmond won the Grand Final in style, running away with it with the score ending up 81–50. But check out the individual moment of brilliance in the thread below. The interception, the turn, the kick. Incredible goal!
The moment #Richmond won the #AFLGrandFinal. 🇦🇺#AFLGF #GoTiges #aflgrandfinal2020 pic.twitter.com/7t6tKhSJlJ
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 25, 2020
6 – Lakers Crowned NBA Finals Champions
The NBA’s bubble at Disney World can be showcased as a complete success with not one single positive coronavirus test in the three month period which saw over 172 games played.
Despite a truly impressive tournament showing from Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers went on to rightly win the Finals series, with who else but LeBron James given the Finals MVP title following his heroics on and off the court.
#LakeShow x NBA CHAMPS
Recap the @Lakers‘ BEST PLAYS of the NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV! pic.twitter.com/066FTAhb5U
— NBA (@NBA) October 13, 2020
…and the moment they won it!
The moment @Lakers became 2019-20 #NBAFinals champions.#NBA #Lakers #LeBronJames #NBABubble pic.twitter.com/M9FOCCncWP
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 13, 2020
By becoming champions the Lakers equaled the Boston Celtics number of titles, 17.
7 – MLB Seeing Double
Nope, below you’re not seeing a repeat. This really happened…TWICE!
𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝟭: Ozzie Albies hits home run, Mark Melancon catches it in bullpen in the 9th inning.
𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝟮: Ozzie Albies hits home run, Mark Melancon catches it in bullpen in the 9th inning. 🤯#MixItUp | #ForTheA | #OzzieAlbies | #MarkMelancon pic.twitter.com/BvE6YGU0c6
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 15, 2020
8 – World Series Game 4 Finish
This year’s World Series featured two cities that already had secured major sports victories. Tampa, whose team team Tampa Bay Lightning, won the NHL Stanley Cup in September and Los Angeles whose Lakers, as you saw above, won the NBA Finals.
So back to baseball, would the Tampa Bay Rays or Los Angeles Dodgers be able to secure more glory for their city in 2020? Well, one of the highlights from the series was game 4, where the Rays went on to level the series 2–2. Amazing scenes…
What a finish to #WorldSeries Game 4. 😲#Arozarena #Rays #MLBpic.twitter.com/zz8U1RQywi
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 25, 2020
9 – Dodgers Win 7th World Series Title
To answer the above question, the Dodgers were the ones who led their city to glory, just 16 days after the Lakers’ Finals win.
The final out. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/d0rOut8iJN
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 28, 2020
The win came in a tight game six and ended a 32-year title drought for the Dodgers.
Soak it in, Kersh. pic.twitter.com/4iCK9e0Ow7
— MLB (@MLB) October 28, 2020
10 – NFL Hurdles
Why go around when you can go over? That’s exactly the tactic 49ers’ wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk put into practice here…
AIYUK KIDDING ME🤯@THE2ERA@SNFonNBC pic.twitter.com/q5BYO7rAtW
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) October 5, 2020
11 – OBJ Reminds Us How Fast He Is
Odell Beckham Jr. emphatically exploiting the Cowboys’ (lack of) defense with his blistering speed…
ODELL BECKHAM JR.
📺: #CLEvsDAL on FOX
📱: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/wvEEn0SFTV pic.twitter.com/A8P7Hx8E7H— NFL (@NFL) October 4, 2020
12 – First 4-Belt Lightweight Champ in History
The caption below pretty much tells you everything you need to know here. You can expect to see a whole lot more from Teófimo López in the future…
🆕 Lightweight Champion of the World @TeofimoLopez.
He became the youngest 4-belt champ to win world titles from all four major sanctioning bodies and the
only 4-belt champ in Lightweight history! 🥊👑#LomaLopez #LomachenkoLopez #TheTakeover pic.twitter.com/JMLqQrsGM7— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 18, 2020
13 – Ajax score… 13!
Probably the most eye-catching scoreline in top flight football in 2020 so far was VVV 0-13 Ajax.
19-year-old Lassina Traoré was a clear standout player scoring five of the 13 and making three assists. The game ended up setting a new Eredivisie scoring record.
Interestingly the previous record was Ajax’s 12–1 win over Vitesse in 1972.
Bonus
Like every month there’s always a handful of bonus moments I like to include that were just too good not to mention. So here’s October’s bonus bits…
Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won his 92nd race to ‘overtake’ German racing legend Michael Schumacher for most victories in Formula One.
Hugs from Dad 😍#PortugueseGP 🇵🇹 #F1 pic.twitter.com/AKsjGur8Tr
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 25, 2020
Spain’s Rafael Nadal destroyed Novak Djokovic in the French Open final, winning in straight sets, 6–0, 6–2, 7–5, to equal Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam titles and further his reputation as the undisputed ‘King of Clay’.
The King of Clay reigns supreme. 👑@RafaelNadal | #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/G6KJX6iDc9
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) October 11, 2020
Shoutout to WNBA star A’ja Wilson, who was crowned 2020 MVP or ‘Queen of the Wubble’ following her stellar performances for Las Vegas Aces.
The MVP went CRAZY this year 🔥@_ajawilson22 finished the Playoffs with this stat line:
20.8 PPG | 8.9 RPG | 2.4 APG | 2.3 BPG | 1 SPGpic.twitter.com/rTz1D7RTAd
— WNBA (@WNBA) October 13, 2020
Social distancing at its best in the NFL…
2020 when someone gets too close to you without wearing a face mask… 😷pic.twitter.com/SMzj7YFABq
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 15, 2020
What about this thing of beauty in the MLS?
𝙒𝙊𝙒. ⚽
Can you think of a better volley since football restarted?@SportingKC @mls #MLS #football pic.twitter.com/yjyQuMwNjK
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 13, 2020
From MLS beauty, to a real nightmare. A moment to forget for this keeper…
Wait for it… 🤦pic.twitter.com/7CzM2Y5yfv
— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) October 19, 2020
Looking Ahead
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Important sports dates to keep an eye on in 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿:
🏎️ | 01/11 | 🇮🇹 | #EmiliaRomagna #GrandPrix
🏁 | 01/11 | 🇺🇸 | #NASCAR #Xfinity500
🏇 | 07/11 | 🇺🇸 | #BreedersCup
🏁 | 08/11 | 🇺🇸 | NASCAR #SeasonFinale500#WSCsports | #ItsAutomagical | #November 👇 pic.twitter.com/B6Prnr2vL7— WSC Sports (@WSC_Sports) November 1, 2020
If you enjoyed this roundup be sure to take a look at all the best moments from September .
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