Sport recap 2014: Top headlines for the year

From January to December 2014, some topical issues made the headlines, please find below.

Ronaldo beats Messi, Ribery to win Ballon d'or

South Africa set to hire Keshi after Brazil World Cup

NBA: First Gay Player signs for Nets

Enyimba in, Pillars crash out of Champions League

Luis Suarez sets new Liverpool goal-scoring record

Sebastian Vettel, Bayern clinch 2014 Sports Award

Giggs, Neville, Scholes and co buy Salford City FC

BREAKING: UEFA launch Nations League

Banana Throwing Fan banned for life

Man Tattoos Bum celebrating Moyes' exit

Bye Moyes! United part ways with Manager

Copa Del Rey Final: Bale Classic wins the El Clasico for Real

Michael Phelps out of retirement to compete again?

Real Madrid is the Richest Club in the World (TOP 10 List)

Wrestling: Ultimate Warrior is dead

UCL FINAL DISASTER: 3 die, several injured in Jos Bomb Blast

Real beat Athletico to clinch 10th UCL Title

Sevilla win Europa League

Tottenham Sack Manager Tim Sherwood

Wenger Reveals Arsenal Could have signed Hazard

Nigerian Girls Abduction: Football Stars join #BringBackourGirls campaign

Suarez banned by FIFA, fined 8200 euros

Engaged! Balotelli gets a "YES" from his girlfriend

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed FIFA World Cup Player on Twitter

Gerrard told Suarez he's too good for Arsenal. Big Mouth?

Home Sweet Home: Lukaku returns to Everton, bags £28m record deal

English Premier League adopt vanishing spray for 2014/2015 season

Commonwealth Games: Nigerian Weightlifting Gold Medalist suspended after failing doping test

Commonwealth Games: Okagbare wins Gold, sets new new record

Home sweet Home! Drogba is back to Chelsea

Brazil beaten, humiliated and dazed by Germany (1-7)

''Make AC Milan fly high again'', Balotelli wishes Torres goodluck on his Milan loan move

Ronaldo bags Best Player in Europe award

Samuel Eto'o says goodbye to international football

Blue for Blue: ''Ambitious'' Samuel Etoo joins Everton from Chelsea

League One side MK Don hit Manchester United 4-0 to send the Reds out of Capital One Cup

Germany beat Nigeria to claim U-20 Womens World Cup

Security concerns force Libya to withdraw from hosting 2017 Nations Cup

Ebola: Nigeria pulls out of China Youth Olympics

Delta State FA boss Amaju Pinnick is new NFF President

Veteran Sports Journalist Godwin Spiff Sagbama is dead

Floyd Mayweather poses with a stack of Dollars in bed

Unbelievable! Nigerian Premier League Club Kaduna United players protest over unpaid one year salary

FA Slams Rio Ferdinand with three-match ban, £25,000 fine over Twitter taunt

AFCON 2015: Mind your business, CAF tells UEFA

Oscar Pistorius bags five years jail term

Michael Essien cries out, dismisses report that he contracted Ebola

Bayern Munich, Real Madrid Stars dominate UEFA Team of The Year nominees

FIFA names Casillas, four other Goalkeepers for FIF Pro World XI

Like Arsenal like Dolphins FC as Enyimba claim forth FA Cup glory

Cote d'voire celebrate Yaya Toure's 100th cap for the Elephants

Afcon 2015: Nigeria miss out, see countries that made it through

Ebola: Football world partner health organitions in fight against deadly virus

Super Eagles Social Media accounts records massive "followership"

Equatorial Guinea replaces Morocco as AFCON 2015 Host

Homeboy Emem Eduok scores as Akwa Ibom Stadium gets commissioned

Home Sweet Home: Fernando Torres returns to Atletico Madrid

Balotelli accepts FA punishment, tenders apology to teammates and Liverpool

Thierry Henry hangs boots, joins Sky Pundit crew