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Lionel Messi finally won the World Cup after a 3–3 final against France that went to penalties.
Lusail Stadium, Lusail, Qatar · 2022
Argentina beat France on penalties after a 3–3 draw in which Kylian Mbappé scored a hat-trick. Messi scored twice and was named player of the tournament at the first World Cup held in winter.
From Geosportle #7 (10 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 9–7 in the fifth set in near darkness, after almost five hours of play.
All England Club, Wimbledon, London, England · 2008
Nadal ended Federer's run of five straight titles at Wimbledon in 2008, winning 6–4, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7 after two rain delays. Many still call it the greatest tennis match ever played.
From Geosportle #7 (10 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
The All Blacks ended 24 years of waiting by beating France 8–7, with their fourth-choice fly-half kicking the winning penalty.
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · 2011
New Zealand beat France 8–7 in a tense 2011 final in Auckland to win their first World Cup since 1987. Stephen Donald, called up from a fishing trip weeks earlier, kicked the decisive penalty.
From Geosportle #7 (10 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
Greg LeMond overturned a 50-second deficit in a final-day time trial to win cycling's greatest race by just eight seconds.
Champs-Élysées, Paris, France · 1989
LeMond beat Laurent Fignon by eight seconds in 1989, the closest finish in Tour de France history, using aero bars in the closing time trial that finished on the grandest avenue in Paris.
From Geosportle #7 (10 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus went head-to-head for two rounds in a heatwave, Watson winning by one in the 'Duel in the Sun'.
Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1977
Watson shot 65 and 65 over the last two rounds of the 1977 Open to beat Nicklaus by a stroke on the Ailsa course in Ayrshire. Third-placed Hubert Green finished ten shots further back.
From Geosportle #7 (10 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia
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