Happy New Year: Messi, Kohli and other sports stars who welcomed 2023 in style

Sportstar presents a picture gallery of our favourite sporting heroes as they celebrated the New Year.

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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED feat. Lionel Messi: Celebrating the New Year as world champion! ▲

Former India captain Virat Kohli welcomed 2023 with wife and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma. ▲

“No time to stand beneath the boughs” for Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra as he spent the New Year training in Loughborough. ▲

The Australian women’s cricket team are in vacay mode! ▲

Smriti Mandhana, meanwhile, is taking a much-needed break in the snowy terrains of Pahalgam. ▲

Hardik Pandya celebrated three years of togetherness with wife Nataša Stanković this NY. ▲

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu ushered in 2023 with a simple note - “Trust the magic of new beginnings”. ▲

Pramod Bhagat maybe on a holiday, but the star shuttler remains steadfast in his resolve. “Let’s focus on #Paris🎯with smile 🥳,” he wrote on his Twitter handle. ▲