Rugby union is the most popular form of rugby, globally, and is played in over a hundred countries on six countries. Indeed, rugby union is the national sport in developed countries, such as New Zealand, Wales, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Georgia – all of whom have played, at one time or another, in the Rugby World Cup – and even in Madagascar, which is one of the least developed countries in the world, according to the United Nations.
Half a dozen players have scored 50 or more tries in international rugby, but the leading tryscorer of all time is the former Japanese wing, and occasional centre, Daisuke Ohata. Ohata rose to prominence in the World Rugby Sevens Series but, having scored a hat-trick on his debut for the Japanese national team on November 9, 1996, went on to play 58 test matches. All in all, he scored 69 tries and, while his record was criticised because he spent much of his career playing inferior nations, he also scored tries against against France, Ireland, Wales and Argentina.
Second place on the list of all-time tryscorers in international rugby is former South African wing Bryan Habana, with 67 tries. A Rugby World Cup winner in 2007, Habana also jointly holds the record, with Jonah Lomu, for the number of tries scored in a single Rugby World Cup tournament (8) and for the number of tries scored at the Rugby World Cup (15). Habana is closely followed by former Australian wing and full-back David ‘Campo’ Campese, with 64 tries in 101 test matches; Campese was the first Australian player to participate in hundred test matches.
In recent seasons, countless column inches have been devoted, not without justification, to the rivalry between two giants of the modern game, Cristiano Ronaldo, nowadays of Juventus and Portugal, and Lionel Messi, of Barcelona and Argentina. Between them, they have won every individual award in the game, including the coveted Ballon d’Or, or ‘Golden Ball’, every year between 2008 and 2017 and, although neither of them is getting any younger, their rivalry seems set to continue for a while yet.
In terms of hat-tricks, Cristiano Ronaldo, 33, just holds the edge over his nemesis, having chalked up a total of 52 trebles in his career to date, including 44 for Real Madrid. He has scored three goals in a game for Los Blancos 34 times in La Liga, seven times in the UEFA Champion League, twice in the Copa del Rey and once in the FIFA Club World Cup. The remainder of his hat-trick tally is made up of six for Portugal, one for Juventus, in the UEFA Champions League and one for Manchester United in the Premier League. By contrast, Messi, 30, has racked up 51 career hat-tricks, including 45 for Barcelona. His Barça record includes 33 hat-tricks in La Liga, eight in the UEFA Champions League, three in the Copa del Rey and one in the Spanish Super Cup; like Ronaldo, he scored six hat-tricks at international level, for Argentina.
For all their accolades, neither Ronaldo nor Messi is likely to come anywhere near the record of 92 career hat-tricks set by the Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, who also recorded 31 four-goal ‘pokers’ between 1956 and 1977.
England made a bright start to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, opening their campaign with a 2-1 win over Tunisia, followed by a freewheeling 6-1 win over World Cup newcomers Panama, in which Harry Kane scored a hat-trick. However, for their final group game, against Belgium, manager Gareth Southgate fielded a weakened side and England suffered their first defeat, losing 1-0 after a spectacular, curling strike from former Manchester United midfielder Adnan Januzaj. Consequently, England faced Colombia, rather than Japan, in the last sixteen but, after a 1-1 draw, won a penalty shootout 4-3 to record their first knockout victory in a World Cup since 2006.
A 2-0 win over Sweden, courtesy of goals from Harry Maguire and Dele Alli either side of half-time, saw England reach their first World Cup semi-final since 1990, in which they faced Croatia. England made a near-perfect start, with right-back Kieran Tripper opening the scoring with a 20-yard free kick after just five minutes, but a second-half equaliser from Croatian forward Ivan Perisic sent the match into extra time. Deep into the additional period, Perisic was also involved again, flicking the ball on for Mario Mandzukic to score the winning goal. In the effectively meaningless third-place playoff, England again lost to Belgium, 2-0, to finish a creditable fourth in the tournament.
Michael Gerard ‘Mike’ Tyson made his professional boxing debut, as an 18-year-old, on March 6, 1985 and the following November knocked out Trevor Berbick to become World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion. In his 58-fight career, ‘Iron Mike’ won 50 fights, 44 of them by knockout (KO), and became undisputed world heavyweight champion. However, he did lose six times, three times by knockout, twice by technical knockout and once by disqualification. Although Mike Tyson has finished his career, you can check out current boxers and bet on boxing on the 1xbet site.”
His first knockout came at the hands of the unheralded James ‘Buster’ Douglas on February 11, 1990. In one of the biggest shocks in modern sporting history, Douglas recovered from an eighth-round knockdown to knock out Tyson – who had never previously hit the canvas – early in the tenth round and bring his hitherto unbeaten record to an end. Although he suffered a surprising loss, by technical knockout (T-KO), to Evander Holyfield in November, 1996 and another, less surprisingly, by disqualification – after he bit Holyfield twice on his right ear, severely enough to remove part of it – in their rematch six months later, Tyson was only ever knocked out twice more.
In what became, ultimately, a one-sided contest against undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis on June 8, 2003, Tyson was eventually knocked down, and out, in the eighth round. The following July, facing debts of $38 million, Tyson returned to the ring for what proved to be the penultimate fight of his career against former British Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny ‘The Brixton Bomber’ Williams. In the fourth round, Williams unleashed a flurry of unanswered punches, culminating with a huge right hand, which sent Tyson reeling. Tyson sat, dazed, on the canvas, leaning against the ropes and, although he did eventually try to get to his feet, was counted out.
It was thought that Tyson’s boxing career was over, and that he no longer had to worry about the risk of getting knocked out. He instead spent a lot of time granting interviews and promoting sportsbooks across the world. With boxing though, ‘retirement’ is an overused word/
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On November 15th 2024 in knock out news, Iron Mike stepped out of retirement and entered the ring once again, fighting Youtube star turned boxer Jake Paul (boxing record 9-1). The fight aired live on Netflix and took place in the sold out AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas. Netflix revealed post-fight that a staggering 108 million viewers tuned in, and betting company Entain that the Tyson vs Paul fight was the most bet on boxing match in the companies history.
For the fight itself, there were many question, would Tyson risk facing a further KO by taking on the Youtuber, is would it be Jake Paul getting knocked out? It could be argued that the Paul brother has only fought has-beens, but at 58 years of age now, didd Mike Tyson himself fall into that category? The betting odds were in favour of a Jake Paul and Mike Tyson’s last win by knock out (and indeed win!) was more than 20 years ago.
As it turned out, the fight was something of an anti climax, with some even questioning its legitimacy. There were no knock downs, let alone knock outs, and though he may fight on, many are hoping that Iron Mike hangs up his gloves off the back of his reported $20,000,000 earnings / purse for the fight.