Sportal's experts take a look back at the pivotal moments and landmark achievements of 2008 in all sports.
The year of the Rafa - Brandon Cohen finds plenty of highlights in a year which included possibly the greatest Wimbledon final of all time ... and a 22-year-old Spaniard is in nearly every one of them!
Hussler, Bart take the spoils - Andrew Wu reviews the big races and the feats of Weekend Hussler, Apache Cat, Takeover Target, Maldivian and a genius called Cummings.
NBL takes the cake - Jonathan Healy rates the NBL finals series between the Tigers and the Kings ahead of the NBA championship series between the Celtics and the Lakers!
Rugby's great divide - Lynn McConnell says the ELVs helped widen the gap between European and SANZAR rugby, as the Tri Nations series produced some sensational matches.
Hawks sweep all before them - Angus Morgan celebrates the talents of Franklin, Cooney, Ablett, Richardson, Harvey, Crawford and adds a couple of other high and lowlights from season 2008.
Dramatic year for League - Adam Lucius highlights some on-field brilliance but laments some off-field madness which marred League's Centenary season.
Spain on top of the world - Paul Gough examines the breakthrough wins of Spain, Portsmouth and Adelaide United, as well as the achievements of the Socceroos.
Woods casts giant shadow - Steve Orme remarks on yet another remarkable chapter in the Tiger Woods story, as well as the achievements of Padraig Harrington, and the near misses to Mediate, Norman and Garcia that help tell the story of golf in 2008.
India dominates cricket headlines - Andrew Wu says if anyone still doubts that the power of world cricket is centralised in Mumbai, then they must have spent 2008 on Mars.
Hamilton highlights mixed year - Luke Buttigieg takes us through the highs that included Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi's title wins and lows like the scandal that almost brought down F1 chief Max Mosley.
Bolt the best of Beijing - Murray Brust lists the most memorable moments of the 2008 Olympic Games, both from the international view and from an Australian perspective.
Sportal's top 10 Aussie moments - Luke Buttigieg takes us through the best Aussie performances of 2008, as ranked by Sportal's writers.
Sportal's top 10 world moments - Sportal's writers rank the best international performances of 2008, and Luke Buttigieg reports that there was plenty of sporting history made by the best of the best.