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Nothing gets the heart pumping a little faster than a huge sporting event, and fortunately for sports fans, there are several to choose from, regardless of what sport you love. If you’re from the UK, there’s nothing like the atmosphere of an exciting derby in football, or the once-per-year thrills of the Grand National horse race. Wherever you might be based, there will be something with huge crowds, plenty of passion and skill on display, and you’ll never forget it once you’ve witnessed it.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at three sporting occasions that everybody should have on their bucket list, and should try and attend at some point in their lives.
A World Title Fight in Las Vegas
Las Vegas has been home to some of the biggest sporting events in history, and over the past 30 years, has hosted various world title fights in boxing, from Mike Tyson’s reign during the 1980s and 90s, to Floyd Mayweather’s box-office-busting fights against Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, and Conor McGregor.
When there is a fight taking place in Vegas, the fans show up in their thousands to enjoy the build-up, the weigh-in, and the big fight atmosphere, and it’s safe to say that they light up the strip with their passionate support as much as the lights of the casinos themselves. When Michael Buffer shouts ‘Let’s get ready to rumble’ over the PA system, every hair on your body will be standing as the crowd explodes into a frenzy before the fight begins. Luckily, you can get your tickets now from https://www.ticketsales.com/ to ensure you won’t miss this spectacular occasion.
A Battle of Tennis Legends at Wimbledon
The legendary tennis tournament takes place in July every year, and some of the greatest sporting rivalries of all time have played on Centre Court over the years, including such greats as Boris Becker, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, and the greatest of them all – Roger Federer.
There’s nothing as tense and exciting as watching two tennis legends try to outwit and outgun each other over five sets, especially when tennis fans have been spoiled in recent years, with the quartet of Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray battling it out in some of the greatest matches to ever take place in the UK’s most famous sporting venue.
The 100m Final at the Olympics or World Athletics Championships
Every four years, the world stops still for approximately 10 seconds, when the men’s 100m Olympic final takes place. For an idea of how popular the event is, consider that NBC reported after the 2016 Olympic final that 35 million people tuned in, and that’s just from Stateside. It helped that they were witnessing history, as Jamaican legend Usain Bolt won in 9.86 seconds, and with it, his third consecutive Gold medal win at the Olympics.
Bolt may have retired now, but the 100m final is always a mesmerizing experience, and whoever takes to the eight lanes in 2020 will have the added pressure of being the man to follow in Usain’s footsteps. Who wouldn’t want to be there to witness that kind of history?
