Yearender: The highs and lows of 2014 in Sports

London Olympics bronze medallist Yogeshwar Dutt ended India's 28-year gold drought in wrestling at the Asian Games, in Incheon. He beat Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan in the men's 65kg freestyle and accounted for the country's fourth yellow metal at the 17th Asiad. This is India's first Asian Games wrestling gold since 1986, when Kartar Singh triumphed at the Seoul Games.

India beat Pakistan 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out to clinch the men's hockey gold at the Asian Games in Incheon.

A gold was there for the taking but Saurav Ghosal let it slip, squandering a two-game advantage to narrowly miss out on becoming the first Indian squash player to win the yellow metal at the Asian Games.

Sri Lankan cricket team celebrating after winning the ICC Twenty20 World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka.

Ishant Sharma claimed seven wickets to power India to a 95-run victory over England in the second Test at the Lord’s, their first overseas win since 2011. It is India's second victory at home of cricket and first since 1986.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 celebrates victory and the title with the team during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Germany became the first European side to win the football World Cup on South American soil with a dramatic late goal in a 1-0 victory over Argentina.