The decade started with golfing great Tiger Woods apologising for his marital infidelity, and ends with Ash Barty winning her first major at the French Open. Here's what happened in between. 9News
It opened with golfing great Tiger Woods apologising for his marital infidelity, the scandal pushing him out of the sport for years.
Australians also dominated the motorsports circuit, with Casey Stoner and Mark Webber taking out massive wins in 2011-2012. AFL's Essendon and the NRL's Cronulla clubs would wear the brunt of the scandal, with heavy fines and coaches suspended.Come 2014, Aussie wunderkind Nick Kyrgios burst onto the world tennis scene by beating Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon."I turned to everyone who sacrificed so much to get me to where I am now."
Later that year, after defeating India in the opening Test of a series, Aussie batsman David Warner thanked his late friend. In 2015, racism reared its ugly head in the AFL, with high-profile Aboriginal great Adam Goodes booed whenever he took to the field. And continuing the year of firsts, Michelle Payne became the first woman jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.The Rio De Janeiro Olympics in 2016 saw more under-performance from Australia's Olympic swimmers, but back home it was the year of football fairytales, with the Western Bulldogs breaking a 62-year premiership drought in the AFL, and the Cronulla Sharks winning their first NRL premiership in their 49-year history.
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