Wednesday 2 March 2016

5 of the Biggest International Sporting Events You Should Watch in Your Lifetime

Sporting event is always exciting and gives some sensation, multiple experiences and emotions. That's why some of the largest, biggest, and famous sporting events always steal everybody's attention from every kind of country, culture and background. there are some of the biggest sporting events that are always waited by almost every people around the world. Here are 5 of the biggest International sporting events you should to watch in your entire life.
#5. Rugby World Cup
Rugby world cup is the tournament held by The International Rugby Board (IRB). this tournament was established for the first time in 1987. the inaugural tournament itself was held by IRB to make this kind of sport more recognizable especially for the countries outside The Bristish Monarch.There wasn't any world scale tournament for this sport before. It was just only involved some of the British dominion countries before the tournament was established. This tournament grows significantly from the total audience watching live in the stadium, television year after year. According to the tournament organizer, they claim The Rugby World Cup as the biggest world sporting event behind the Olympic and FIFA World Cup although this claim still remains in dispute, this tournament is always exciting, and creates some historical moments that you shouldn't miss. There are some of the powerhouse countries dominating this world championship such as Australia, South Africa, England, and Scotland. The most succesive country on this tournament is New Zealand as the All Black collects William Web-Ellis cup 3 times.

#4. Monaco F1 Grand Prix
Though the F1 season consisted of the numbers of race, there is an event that every F1 fans will wait and that must be F1 Monaco Grand Prix. Earlier before some of the grand prix held in street city circuits such as Singapore Gran Prix, and the recent European Gran Prix in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan. Monaco Grand Prix is the first abd the most famous. This grand prix has the most unique city circuit sorrounded by a lot of classical building. Considered as the most challenging track, the track itself is not only dangerous but also one of a kind with its tunnel, snot corners and mixed elevation. For those who declare as speedlovers and adrenalin chaser will be delighted as some of the famous F1 Driver such as Kimi Raikonnen, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel were passed them on the track.


#3. The Wimbledon
The Championship or simply known as The Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament established 1877. This tournament is considered as the most prestigious tournament on tennis. A long tradition of the tournament meets the prestige and delightful prize money making this tournament as one of the most legendary and expensive tournament. The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July, culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled always for the second Saturday and Sunday. This tournament have some unique and long run tradition throughout the ages such as a strick dress code, the eating of strawberries and cream by the spectators, and Royal patronage.Wimbledon is a place for the legends and the place where the legends itself were born. William Renshaw, Pete Sampras and Roger Federer are the most succesful men's player in Wimbledon with 7 times champion for each player, meanwhile Martina Navratilova is the most succesful Woman's player  with 9 times champion    

Honorable mention: Superbowl
Super bowl is one of the most watched sporting event not only in US, but also around the world. Superbowl is the great shared TV experience. It has the most expensive value of all kind of sports including the advertising, and the music show during the half time. There non-other feeling than cheering alongside thousands of others american football fans when two of the best NFL time fight against each other every year. You will see the rivalry especially among legendaries QB were born, such as Tom Brady from New England Patriots against Eli Manning from New York Giants or against Peyton Manning from Indianapolis Colts/Denver Croncos. It is the highest sporting competition in profesional sports and also the stage for the big artists and musicians ever known to show their talent on the halftime show. Superstars such as Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Katty Perry, Bruno Mars, Sir Paul McCartney had performed their best performance on the Superbowl Halftime Show.

#2. Olympic Games
This event is should be called as the largest and perhaps the most famous sporting event thanks to the 200 countries participating on this event every 4 years. The Olympic Games is not only the the biggest but also the oldest, and we should call it the mythical event due to its long history on greek mythology as the worship to Zeus at his sanctuary on the mount olympus. The modern Olympic games have a huge spotlight and attention for all the people accross the globe. This event is not just only a game but also involves a nation pride and superiority. The Olympic Games is the place for every country to show their pride and put their dignity on the line. Those things have also being experienced by the host cities to be the succesful host. We will see some spectaculer opening and closing ceremonies and of course a lot of legendary moments, pride, smile, tears, thrill, excitment and joy as a whole nation unites to come and compete together
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#1. FIFA World Cup
There is nothing could compare the greatness and and some spectacular moment in sporting history in Olympic games other than FIFA World Cup. This event is just bringing all of the people united together just because Football is the most famous sports around the world. there is nothing could be compared to it. First time held in Uruguay in 1930 this tournament had a target to make football more recognizeable around the world and make it more popular than rugby at that time. Time after time this tournament surprisingly exceeded the expectation and being the most popular on Earth. Once postponed during WWII this tournament is being hugely popular thanks to some of the legendary national teams such as Hungary, West Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Argentina, England and Italy which revolutionized the game. Numbers of player such as Pele, Maradona, Franz Backenbauer, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo created dramatic, magical, staggering and controversial moments that make this tournament has its own memories to be enjoyed and remembered . The World Cup is the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative audience of all matches of the FIFA World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet. Long time history of this tournament meet a hugely attention from the people around the world make this tournament becoming the best sporting event of them all.

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