The world at a glance

New Zealand’s corey anderson hit the fastest international century, off 36 balls against west indies, in queenstown. he broke shahid afridi’s 37-ball hundred against sri lanka.

Portuguese forward Eusebio succumbed to a heart attack in Lisbon.

Australia routed England 5-0 to regain the Ashes.

Cristiano Ronaldo pipped Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery to win the Ballon d’or.

Sangakkara hit 319 against Bangladesh to join the 300 club and complete 11,000 runs in Tests.

Bayern Munich clinched Bundesliga title in record time, with seven games left.

South Africa won the U-19 World Cup. This was their maiden world title.

Afghanistan registered their first ODI win over a Test playing nation, defeating Bangladesh by 32 runs in the Asia Cup.

Sri Lanka were crowned Asia’s best after defeating Pakistan by five wickets.

Malaysian Lee Chong Wei and Wang Shixian of China bagged the India Open Super Series title.

Australia women’s cricket team completed a hat-trick of World T20 titles. They beat England by six wickets in the final.

West Ham’s 20-year old footballer Dylan Tombides lost the battle with cancer

Former US professional boxer Rubin Carter passed away.

Former double sprint champion Tyson Gay suspended for a year after testing positive in 2013 for a banned substance.

Atletico Madrid won the La Liga crown, their first title since 1996, after they rallied to hold Barcelona 1-1.

Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal were winners at Roland Garros.

Clint Dempsey netted the fifth fastest World Cup goal, against Ghana in 30 seconds.

Former Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stefano passed away in Madrid.

Germany lifted the World Cup, defeating Argentina 1-0. Mario Goetze scored the winner.

Rory McIlroy continued his dominating form. He won the Bridestone International by two-strokes and regained the No. 1 spot.

Atletico Madrid’s Mario Mandzukic netted an early goal to help his team clinch the Super Cup after a 2-1 victory on aggregate over Real Madrid.

Saeed Ajmal is suspended for illegal bowling action.

Oscar Pistorius charged with culpable homicide only in the murder investigation of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Europe’s eighth Ryder Cup in 10 years.

Marussia’s Jules Bianchi suffered a horrific crash in the final lapses of the Japanese Grand Prix when his car hit a tractor on the track.

SA’s soccer captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot by burglers, at Johannesburg.

Switzerland clinched maiden Davis Cup title.

Lewis Hamilton joined elite ranks of double Formula One champions after a victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

A Sean Abbott bouncer hit Phil Hughes during a Sheffield Shield match at SCG. He succumbed to his injuries a couple of days later.