page_title: 2010s in culture
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: 2010s in culture / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Teams parade around the stadium
context_section_description: Usain Bolt became the most successful sprinter in Olympic history, holding world records in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay.
  Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa by defeating the Netherlands 1–0 in the final.
  India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.
  London became the first city to host the Olympic Games three times in 2012.
  Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian ever after winning his 22nd medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
  The Spain national football team became the first international football team to win three consecutive major tournaments.
  Jason Collins became the first active male professional athlete in a major American professional team sport to publicly come out as gay.
  The 2014 FIFA World Cup is held in Brazil, with Germany claiming their fourth championship by defeating Argentina 1–0 in the final after extra time.
  In 2015, football's world governing body FIFA was accused of bribery totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Fourteen individuals were indicted.
  The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup expands to 24 teams of 23 players each and becomes the biggest team female sport event.
  Chile national football team won their first Copa América in 2015 and repeated the feat the following year.
  Australia won the 2015 Cricket World Cup by defeating New Zealand in the final.
  In May 2016, Leicester City became the sixth team to win the Premier League, becoming English league champions for the first time in their 132-year history. They were considered massive outsiders at 5000–1.
  The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first championship in the 2016 NBA Finals. The Cavaliers were the first in NBA Finals history to come back from a 1–3 series deficit.
  The Portuguese national football team won their first UEFA European Championship in 2016.
  The Chicago Cubs won the World Series, erasing a 108-year championship drought, defeating the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series on 3 November 2016.
  New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was awarded his fourth Super Bowl MVP award after overcoming a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, becoming the player with the most Super Bowl MVP awards in NFL history. This was also the first Super Bowl to be held in overtime.
  The Pittsburgh Penguins repeated as Stanley Cup champions in 2016–2017, becoming the first NHL team to accomplish the occupation since the Detroit Red Wings of 1997–98.
  Paris Saint-Germain's signing of Neymar in 2017 sets an all-time record for highest football transfer fee at €222 million (£198 million).
  The 2018 Winter Olympics were held in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February.
  WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announced the return of the XFL with a target relaunch in 2020. The new league will begin with 8 teams, with the promise of less off-field controversies and faster, simpler play in comparison to the rival NFL.
  In 2018, the Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl LII over the New England Patriots 41–33, ending their 57-year championship drought and bringing home their first ever Super Bowl. Nick Foles wins Super Bowl MVP.
  At the start of the 2017–18 season, the NHL is expanded with the creation of the Vegas Golden Knights. The team forms its debut roster by drafting players from all 30 existing teams and advances to the Stanley Cup Finals.
  France beat Croatia 4–2 to claim their second World Cup title during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
  On 12 June 2019, the NHL's St. Louis Blues won their first-ever Stanley Cup after 52 years, the longest wait for a first Cup for any NHL team in history. The following night, the NBA's Toronto Raptors, the first Canadian NBA Finalist, won their first ever NBA title and became the first-ever Canadian NBA champion, by defeating the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors in six games.
  The end of the decade saw three Washington, D.C.-based sports teams earn their first championships: the NHL's Washington Capitals, the WNBA's Washington Mystics and the
caption: The Parade of Nations at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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