2016: Year the sporting droughts broke

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2/10 USA Ryder Cup team: The Americans beat the Europeans for the first time in the Ryder Cup since 2008, a long drought for an annual event.
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4/10 Cronulla Sharks: Another long drought in Australian sport was broken in the same weekend, with the Sharks taking their first ever title.
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5/10 Anthony Ervin: US Swimmer Anthony Ervin claimed a gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle at the Rio Olympics, a whopping 16 years since he won his last gold in the event.
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6/10 Leicester City FC: LCFC was founded in 1884, and in 2016 broke the big club stranglehold over the English Premier League with a fairytale season of success to win their first title.
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7/10 Birkenhead United FC: Sticking with football, Birkenhead FC won their first Chatham Cup, since the competition was founded in 1923.
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9/10 Cleveland Cavaliers: LeBron James returned to Cleveland, and helped the Cavaliers lift their first NBA trophy since the franchise was founded in 1970.
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2016 has been a historic year in sport, with some long-standing droughts between major victories finally being broken.

From Leicester City's giant-killing exploits in the English Premier League, to a weekend of sporting hoodoos being shattered in Australia, 2016 has been full of remarkable sporting triumphs after many years away from the podium.

Take a look at our selection of some of the biggest sporting triumphs against the odds of the year.