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Athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....

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1988 in athletics (track and field)

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Marathon

International Races

• January 31 — Osaka Marathon
  Osaka Marathon
  
  The Osaka International Ladies Marathon is an annual marathon race for women over the classic distance of 42km and 195 metres held in the city of Osaka, Japan, and hosted by , , , , and ....
  , Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  
• Women's Winner: Lisa Martin
  Lisa Martin
  
  Lisa Martin is a retired Australian long-distance runner.At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the 28-year-old won a silver medal in marathon race, only 13 seconds behind Portuguese running star Rosa Mota....
   (AUS) 2:23:51

• February 14 — Tokyo Marathon
  Tokyo Marathon
  
  The Tokyo International Marathon is held in Tokyo, Japan. It was first held in November 1979, and this race was the first women's marathon officially sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations ....
  , Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  
• Men's Winner: Abebe Mekonnen
  Abebe Mekonnen
  
  Abebe Mekonnen is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.He was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. Mekonnen also competed for Ethiopia in the Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the marathon....
   (ETH) 2:08:33

• March 6 — Los Angeles Marathon
  Los Angeles Marathon
  
  The Los Angeles Marathon is an annual marathon held in Los Angeles, California since 1986. It was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Men's Winner: Martín Mondragón
  Martín Mondragón
  
  Mart?n Mondrag?n is a retired long-distance Running from Mexico, who won the 1988 edition of the Los Angeles Marathon. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he finished in 57th place in the men's marathon, clocking 2:27:10....
   (MEX) 2:10:19
• Women's Winner: Blanca Jaime
  Blanca Jaime
  
  Blanca Jaime is a retired female long-distance Running from Mexico. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 43rd place in the women's marathon, clocking a total time of 2:43:00....
   (MEX) 2:36:11

• March 20 — Seoul Marathon, South Korea
  South Korea
  
  South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
  
• Men's Winner: Kim Won-Tak (KOR) 2:12:41
• Women's Winner: Lee Mi-Ok (KOR) 2:33:14

• April 17 — Rotterdam Marathon
  Rotterdam Marathon
  
  The Rotterdam Marathon is an annual marathon that has been held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands since 1981. It has been held in April of every year since the third edition in 1984, and attracts many top athletes....
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  
  The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
  
• Men's Winner: Belayneh Densamo
  Belayneh Densamo
  
  Belayneh Densamo is a long distance track and road running athlete from Ethiopia. He held the world record in the marathon for 10 years . This was the third longest span without the record being broken since the event was first organized at the 1896 Olympics....
   (ETH) 2:06:50 (World Record)
• Women's Winner: Xiao Hongyan (CHN) 2:37:46

• April 17 — London Marathon
  London Marathon
  
  The London Marathon is a popular road running marathon that has been held each year in London since 1981, usually in April. The race is currently sponsored by Flora , as the Flora London Marathon....
  , United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
  
• Men's Winner: Henrik Jørgensen
  Henrik Jørgensen
  
  Henrik H?ve J?rgensen is a Denmark marathon runner, who won the London Marathon in 1988. He finished 5th in 1985 in 2:09.43 hours – still the Danish and Scandinavian national record....
   (DEN) 2:10:20
• Women's Winner: Ingrid Kristiansen
  Ingrid Kristiansen
  
  Ingrid Kristiansen n?e Christensen , was one of the best female Long-distance track event in the second half of the 1980s. She finished in fourth place in Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's Marathon, at the 1984 Summer Olympics....
   (NOR) 2:25:41

• April 18 — Boston Marathon
  Boston Marathon
  
  The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon sporting event hosted by the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Men's Winner: Ibrahim Hussein
  Ibrahim Hussein
  
  Ibrahim Hussein is a retired long-distance Running from Kenya, who was a three time winner of the Boston Marathon in 1988, 1991, and 1992. He was also the winner of the New York City Marathon in 1987....
   (KEN) 2:08:43
• Women's Winner: Rosa Mota
  Rosa Mota
  
  Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, Order of Infante D. Henrique, Order of Merit , Pronunciation , is a Portugal former Marathon , one of her country's foremost athletes....
   (POR) 2:24:30

• April 24 — Hamburg Marathon
  Hamburg Marathon
  
  The Hamburg Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42km and 195 metres held in the city of Hamburg, Germany. The first edition took place in 1986....
  , Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  
• Men's Winner: Martin Vrábel (CZE) 2:14:55
• Women's Winner: Charlotte Teske
  Charlotte Teske
  
  Charlotte Teske is a former female long-distance runner from Germany, who represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She won the 1982 edition of the Boston Marathon, and the 1986 edition of the Berlin Marathon....
   (FRG) 2:30:23

• May 7 — Amsterdam Marathon
  Amsterdam Marathon
  
  The Amsterdam Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195km held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1975. It has taken place in October since the 24th edition in 1999, and has attracted many top athletes from around the world since the late 1990s, when the organizers chose a new, flatter course....
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  
  The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
  
• Men's Winner: Gerard Nijboer
  Gerard Nijboer
  
  Gerard Nijboer was a Netherlands athlete who competed mainly in the Marathon.He competed for the Netherlands in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980 Summer Olympics , when he won the silver medal in the Men's Marathon....
   (NED) 2:12:38
• Women's Winner: Elena Murgoci
  Elena Murgoci
  
  Elena Murgoci-Florea was a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.Murgoci represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 32nd place in the women's marathon race....
   (ROM) 2:41:56

• May 15 — Paris Marathon
  Paris Marathon
  
  The Paris Marathon is an annual marathon which takes place from the Champs-?lys?es heading towards the Place de la Concorde and continuing through the city to finish at Foch Avenue....
  , France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  
• Men's Winner: Manuel Matias
  Manuel Matias
  
  Manuel Fernando Gonilho Matias is a retired long-distance Running from Portugal, who won the 1989 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:12:54 on December 3, 1989....
   (POR) 2:13:53
• Women's Winner: Aurora Cunha
  Aurora Cunha
  
  Aurora Cunha is a retired long-distance Running from Portugal, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984....
   (POR) 2:34:55

• September 4 — Montreal Marathon, Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  
• Men's Winner: Ric Sayre (USA) 2:18:07
• Women's Winner: Cindy New (CAN) 2:44:37

• September 23 — Seoul Olympic Marathon
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon
  
  The official results of the Women's Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held on Friday September 23, 1988. The race started on 09.30h local time....
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  
  South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
  
• Women's Winner: Rosa Mota
  Rosa Mota
  
  Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, Order of Infante D. Henrique, Order of Merit , Pronunciation , is a Portugal former Marathon , one of her country's foremost athletes....
   (POR) 2:25:40

• October 2 — Seoul Olympic Marathon
  Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon
  
  These are the official results of the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, held on Sunday October 2, 1988. The race started on 14.30h local time....
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  
  South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
  
• Men's Winner: Gelindo Bordin
  Gelindo Bordin
  
  Gelindo Bordin is an Italy former Athletics , winner of the Marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics.Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships in Athletics where he won a gold medal....
   (ITA) 2:10:32

• October 9 — Berlin Marathon
  Berlin Marathon
  
  The Berlin Marathon is a major running and sporting event held annually in Berlin, Germany. The official marathon distance of 42.195 kilometers is set up as a city-wide Road running where professional athletes and amateur sportsmen jointly participate....
  , West Germany
  West Germany
  
  West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
  
• Men's Winner: Suleiman Nyambui
  Suleiman Nyambui
  
  Suleiman Nyambui is a former athlete from Tanzania who won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.He also won a bronze medal at the Athletics at the 1978 All-Africa Games, and twice triumphed at the Berlin Marathon....
   (TAN) 2:11:45
• Women's Winner: Renata Kokowska
  Renata Kokowska
  
  Renata Kokowska is a former long-distance Running from Poland, who is a triple winner of the Berlin Marathon: 1988, 1991 and 1993. In 1990 she triumphed in the Amsterdam Marathon....
   (POL) 2:29:16

• October 16 — Eindhoven Marathon
  Eindhoven Marathon
  
  The Eindhoven Marathon is an annual marathon race over the classic distance of 42.195km held in the city of Eindhoven, The Netherlands in October....
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  
  The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
  
• Men's Winner: Jean-Pierre Paumen (BEL) 2:14:54
• Women's Winner: Heather MacDuff (NED) 2:34:26

• October 16 — Beijing Marathon
  Beijing Marathon
  
  The Beijing International Marathon is an annual race held in October in Beijing, China. The race was first held in 1981 and has been held every year since....
  , China PR
• Men's Winner: Abebe Mekonnen
  Abebe Mekonnen
  
  Abebe Mekonnen is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.He was the winner of the 93rd Boston Marathon in 1989. Mekonnen also competed for Ethiopia in the Ethiopia at the 1992 Summer Olympics and Ethiopia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the marathon....
   (ETH) 2:07:35

• October 30 — Chicago Marathon
  Chicago Marathon
  
  The Bank of America's Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon, London Marathon and Berlin Marathons, it is one of the five World Marathon Majors....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Men's Winner: Alejandro Cruz
  Alejandro Cruz
  
  Alejandro Cruz was a Puerto Rico athlete and politician who was mayor of the city of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico during the 1980s and early 1990s. He became known across Puerto Rico also as Junior Cruz....
   (MEX) 2:08:57
• Women's Winner: Lisa Weidenbach (USA) 2:29:17

• November 6 — Lisbon Marathon, Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
  
• Men's Winner: Osmiro Souza da Silva (BRA) 2:20:20
• Women's Winner: Janete Mayal (BRA) 2:43:11

• November 6 — New York City Marathon
  New York City Marathon
  
  The New York City Marathon is a major annual Marathon whose course runs through all five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 37,850 finishers in 2006....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Men's Winner: Steve Jones
  Steve Jones (athlete)
  
  Stephen "Steve" Henry Jones is a Wales athlete and former world marathon record holder.Born and bred in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Jones began his career as an aircraft technician in the Royal Air Force....
   (GBR) 2:08:20
• Women's Winner: Grete Waitz
  Grete Waitz
  
  Grete Waitz is a former Norway Marathon runner who won nine New York City Marathons between 1978 and 1988, more than any other runner in history....
   (NOR) 2:28:07

• November 13 — Tokyo Marathon
  Tokyo Marathon
  
  The Tokyo International Marathon is held in Tokyo, Japan. It was first held in November 1979, and this race was the first women's marathon officially sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations ....
  , Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  
• Women's Winner: Aurora Cunha
  Aurora Cunha
  
  Aurora Cunha is a retired long-distance Running from Portugal, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984....
   (POR) 2:31:26

• December 4 — Fukuoka Marathon
  Fukuoka Marathon
  
  The , held in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, is a prominent international Marathon race established in 1947. It is usually held on first Sunday in December....
  , Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  
• Men's Winner: Toshihiro Shibutani
  Toshihiro Shibutani
  
  Toshihiro Shibutani is a retired long-distance Running from Japan, who won the 1988 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:11:04 on December 4, 1988....
   (JPN) 2:11:04

• December 11 — Honolulu Marathon
  Honolulu Marathon
  
  The Honolulu Marathon is the world's sixth largest marathon . It takes place annually in Honolulu, Hawaii on the second Sunday in December....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Men's Winner: Piergiovanni Poli (ITA) 2:12:47
• Women's Winner: Cyndie Welte (USA) 2:41:52

National Champions

• May 15 — Ottawa
  Ottawa
  
  Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
  , Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  
• Men's Winner: Gordon Christie
  Gordon Christie
  
  Gordon Christie, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labour Party.He represented the electorate of Napier in New Zealand Parliament from New Zealand general election 1966 to New Zealand general election 1981, when he retired and was replaced by Geoff Braybrooke....
   — 2:18:40
• Women's Winner: Jean Payette
  Jean Payette
  
  Jean Payette is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward . He would play 112 games in the World Hockey Association with the Quebec Nordiques....
   — 2:54:27

Auto Racing

Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....

• Stock car racing
  Stock car racing
  
  Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
  :
• Bobby Allison
  Bobby Allison
  
  Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
   won the Daytona 500
  Daytona 500
  
  The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
  
• NASCAR Championship - Bill Elliott
  Bill Elliott
  
  William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  
• CART Racing
  Cart
  
  A cart is a vehicle or device designed for transport, using two or four wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people....
   - Danny Sullivan
  Danny Sullivan
  
  Daniel John "Danny" Sullivan III is a former racing driver from United States. He is best known for winning the 1985 Indianapolis 500....
   won the season championship
• Indianapolis 500
  Indianapolis 500
  
  The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
   - Rick Mears
  Rick Mears
  
  Rick Ravon Mears is a retired United States race car driver. He is the third of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times , and the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six ....
  
• Formula One Championship
  Formula One
  
  Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
   - Ayrton Senna
  Ayrton Senna
  
  Ayrton Senna da Silva, was a Brazilian race car driver and three-time Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions. He was killed while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and is the most recent Grand Prix driver to die at the wheel of a Formula One car....
   of Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  
• 24 hours of Le Mans
  24 Hours of Le Mans
  
  The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
  :
• won by the team of Jan Lammers
  Jan Lammers
  
  Johannes "Jan" Lammers, , is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands. He participated in 41 Formula One Grand Prix races, debuting on January 21, 1979....
   / Johnny Dumfries / Andy Wallace driving a Jaguar XJR-9LM
  Jaguar (car)
  
  Jaguar Cars, Ltd. is an Automotive_industry of luxury and executive cars operating under the Jaguar marque. The company's headquarters are in Coventry, England, where it was founded by William_Lyons in 1922....
  
• Rally racing - Miki Biasion in a Lancia
  Lancia
  
  Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....
   won the World Rally Championship
  World Rally Championship
  
  The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
  
• the team of Bruno Saby
  Bruno Saby
  
  Bruno Saby is a Rallying from France.In 1981, Saby became French Rally Champion in a Renault 5 Turbo. He drove for the works teams of Renault, Peugeot, Volkswagen and Lancia during his career in the World Rally Championship....
   / Jean-Francois Fauchille won the Monte Carlo Rally
  Monte Carlo Rally
  
  The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
   driving a Lancia Delta HF 4x4
  Lancia
  
  Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italy automobile manufacturer founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and which became part of the Fiat in 1969. The company has a long history of producing distinctive cars and also has a strong rally heritage....
  
• Drag racing
  Drag racing
  
  Drag racing is a competition in which vehicles compete to be the first to cross a set finish line, usually from a dead stop, and in a straight line....
   - Joe Amato
  Joe Amato
  
  Joe Amato is an American dragster driver, who won the NHRA Top Fuel championship a record five occasions and scored 52 event victories, most of them with crew chief Tim Richards....
   won the NHRA "Top Fuel
  Top Fuel
  
  Top-Fuel Racing is a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on a maximum of 90% nitromethane and about 10% methanol , instead of gasoline....
  " championship.
• Touring car racing
  Touring car racing
  
  Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct auto racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. It is notably popular in United Kingdom, Germany, Scandinavia, and Australia....
  :
• Tony Longhurst
  Tony Longhurst
  
  Tony Longhurst is an Australian former racing driver and Australian Champion water skier. He is most noted for his career in the Australian Touring Car Championship and V8 Supercar series....
   and Tomas Mezera
  Tomas Mezera
  
  Tomas Mezera, born November 5, 1958, in Czechoslovakia and now resides in Queensland, Australia. Mezera is best known as an Australian racing driver....
   won the Tooheys 1000
  Bathurst 1000
  
  The Bathurst 1000 is a touring car racing race held annually at Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. The race was traditionally run on the first Sunday in October but is now held on the second Sunday....
   endurance race in Australia, driving a Ford Sierra
  Ford Sierra
  
  The Ford Sierra is a large family car built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993. It was designed by Uwe Bahnsen, Robert Lutz and Patrick le Qu?ment....
  

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...

• January 12: Former Pirates
  Pittsburgh Pirates
  
  The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions and played in the first one....
   slugger Willie Stargell
  Willie Stargell
  
  Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell , nicknamed "Pops" in the later years of his career, was a professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an outfielder and first baseman....
   is the only player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Stargell, leader of two world champions in Pittsburgh and NL co-MVP in 1979 at age 39, becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility. Jim Bunning
  Jim Bunning
  
  James Paul David "Jim" Bunning is an United States politician and former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was elected to the United States Senate from Kentucky in 1998 and has served there since 1999 as the United States Republican Party junior United States Senate....
   falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.

• August 8: The first night game ever at Wrigley Field
  Wrigley Field
  
  Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales....
   is played. After an attempt the previous night was rained out, the Cubs defeat the New York Mets 6-4.

• World Series
  World Series
  
  The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball, the culmination of the sport's playoff each October. Since the Series takes place in mid-autumn, sportswriters many years ago dubbed the event the Fall Classic, a usage reflected in the logo for the 2008 World Series; it is also sometimes known as the October Clas...
  : Los Angeles Dodgers
  Los Angeles Dodgers
  
  The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, USA. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of names before becoming the Brooklyn Dodgers circa 1911....
   won 4 games to 1 over the Oakland Athletics
  Oakland Athletics
  
  The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
  . The Series MVP was Orel Hershiser
  Orel Hershiser
  
  Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN....
  , Los Angeles

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
• Kansas wins 83-79 over Oklahoma

• NBA Finals
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  |NBA Finals
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  :
• Los Angeles Lakers
  Los Angeles Lakers
  
  The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....
   won 4 games to 3 over the Detroit Pistons
  Detroit Pistons
  
  The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
  

• National Basketball League (Australia)
  National Basketball League (Australia)
  
  The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
   Finals:
• Canberra Cannons
  Canberra Cannons
  
  The Canberra Cannons were a basketball team competing in the Australian National Basketball League . They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, Australia, where they became the Hunter Pirates....
   defeated the Buffalo BILLS
  Buffalo Bills
  
  The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They sold out every game in 2008....
   2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

Boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....

• June 6 - In Las Vegas, Nevada
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  
  Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
  , Iran Barkley
  Iran Barkley
  
  Iran Barkley is an United States former boxing....
   knocked out Thomas Hearns
  Thomas Hearns
  
  Thomas "Hitman" Hearns , is an United States 8-time world champion professional boxing.Hearns became the first ever quadruple world champion in boxing history....
   in the 3rd round to win the WBC Middleweight Title.
• June 27 In what was dubbed Superfight '88 Mike Tyson
  Mike Tyson
  
  Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson, also known as Malik Abdul, is a retired United States Boxing. He was the List of undisputed boxing champions#Heavyweight and remains the youngest man ever to win a world heavyweight title at just 20 years old....
   knocks out Michael Spinks
  Michael Spinks
  
  Michael Spinks a native of St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri, is a former boxing who was champion in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight division....
   in Atlantic City, New Jersey
  Atlantic City, New Jersey
  
  Atlantic City is a City in Atlantic County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. Famous for its boardwalk, casino, sandy beaches, shopping centers, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean, and as the inspiration for the board game Monopoly , Atlantic City is a resort community located on Absecon Island on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean....
   and defends the Undisputed
  Undisputed Champion
  
  In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a Boxing weight classes is a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by all the major sanctioning bodies....
   Heavyweight Championship of the World.
• November 7 - In Las Vegas, Nevada
  Las Vegas, Nevada
  
  Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
  , boxer Sugar Ray Leonard
  Sugar Ray Leonard
  
  Ray Charles Leonard is a retired American professional boxing. Named Fighter of the Decade for the 1980s, he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler....
   knocks out Donnie LaLonde.

Cycling

Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....

• Giro d'Italia
  Giro d'Italia
  
  The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy....
   won by Andrew Hampsten
  Andrew Hampsten
  
  Andrew Hampsten is an American cyclist who won the 1988 Giro d'Italia and the Alpe d'Huez stage of the 1992 Tour de France....
   of the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Tour de France
  Tour de France
  
  The Tour de France is a bicycle racing over more than . It is held every year. It is held in France and visits a bordering country every year. It usually lasts 23 days....
   - Pedro Delgado
  Pedro Delgado
  
  Pedro Delgado Robledo , also known as Perico, is a Spain former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, and the Vuelta a Espa?a in 1985 and 1989....
   of Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  
• World Cycling Championship
  World Cycling Championship
  
  The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale ....
  : Maurizio Fondriest
  Maurizio Fondriest
  
  Maurizio Fondriest is a retired Italy professional road racing cyclist....
   of Italy
  Italy
  
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
  

Field Hockey

Field hockey

Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score Goal by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal....

• Men's Champions Trophy in Lahore
  Lahore
  
  is the capital of the Pakistani Subdivisions of Pakistan of Punjab and is the List of most populated metropolitan areas in Pakistan city in Pakistan after Karachi....
  , Pakistan
  Pakistan
  
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th...
  
• Gold Medal: West Germany
• Silver Medal: Pakistan
• Bronze Medal: Australia

• Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Seoul
  Seoul
  
  Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  
  South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
  
• Gold Medal: Great Britain
• Silver Medal: West Germany
• Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

Figure skating

Figure skating

Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform figure skating spins, figure skating jumps, moves in the field and other intricate and challenging moves on ice....

• World Figure Skating Championships
  World Figure Skating Championships
  
  The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skating compete for the title of World Champion....
  :
• Men's champion: Brian Boitano
  Brian Boitano
  
  Brian Anthony Boitano is an United States Figure skating from Sunnyvale, California. He is a four-time United States Figure Skating Championships , two-time World Figure Skating Championships and the Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics....
  , United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• Ladies' champion: Katarina Witt
  Katarina Witt
  
  Katarina Witt is a Germany Figure skating. In Germany she was commonly affectionately called "Kati" in the past, but today her full name is used more often....
  , East Germany
• Pair skating champions: Elena Valova
  Elena Valova
  
  Elena Aleksandrovna Valova is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With partner Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev, she is the Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics....
   / Oleg Vasiliev
  Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev
  
  Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With partner Elena Valova, he is the Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics....
  , Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  
• Ice dancing champions: Natalia Bestemianova
  Natalia Bestemianova
  
  Natalia Filimonovna Bestemianova is a former Soviet Union figure skating. With partner Andrei Bukin, she is the 1988 Winter Olympics....
   / Andrei Bukin
  Andrei Bukin
  
  Andrei Anatolievich Bukin was a Soviet Union figure skating....
  , Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  

Football

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (American

American football

American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
)

• Super Bowl XXII
  Super Bowl XXII
  
  Super Bowl XXII was an American football game played on January 31, 1988 at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California to decide the National Football League champion following the 1987 NFL season....
  : The Washington Redskins
  Washington Redskins
  
  The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
   win their second Super Bowl title and fourth NFL title 42-10 over the Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
  .
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  
  The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the Varsity team sports teams of the University of Notre Dame....
   defeat West Virginia Mountaineers
  West Virginia Mountaineers
  
  The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and the Big East Conference....
   in collegiate National Championship
  National championship
  
  A national championship is the top achievement for any sport or contest in a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc....
   game.
• December 17 - Jamie Morris
  Jamie Morris
  
  James Walter "Jamie" Morris is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and a record-setting running back in college football for the University of Michigan Michigan Wolverines football....
   of Washington Redskins
  Washington Redskins
  
  The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington, D.C. area. The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, Maryland, which is in Prince George's County, Maryland....
   sets NFL single game record for rushing attempts (45) in 20-17 loss to Cincinnati Bengals
  Cincinnati Bengals
  
  The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio. It is currently a member of the AFC North of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  .

Football

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
)

• Victorian Football League
  Victorian Football League
  
  The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association is the premier league in Victoria. It is also known as the VFA/VFL, is the second-oldest Australian rules football league, formed in 1877, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the Australian Rules Football - Early...
  
• Hawthorn
  Hawthorn Football Club
  
  Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League . The club is the youngest of the Victorian based teams as they were founded in 1902 yet is the most successful club of the past 50 years having won 10 Premierships, including the 2008 Premiership....
   wins the 92nd VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 22.20 (152) d Melbourne
  Melbourne Football Club
  
  Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria ....
   6.20 (56))
• Brownlow Medal
  Brownlow Medal
  
  The Chas Brownlow Trophy ? better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game....
   awarded to Gerard Healy
  Gerard Healy
  
  Gerard Healy, is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Gerard Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone , where he was the Senior Football Captain....
   (Sydney Swans
  Sydney Swans
  
  The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans....
  )

Football

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Canadian

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
)

• Grey Cup
  Grey Cup
  
  The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
  : Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  
  The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a Canadian Football League team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers have won the league's Grey Cup championship ten times, most recently in 1990 Grey Cup....
   won 22-21 over the B.C. Lions
• Vanier Cup
  Vanier Cup
  
  The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
  : Calgary Dinos
  Calgary Dinos
  
  The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were known as the "Dinosaurs" but usually referred to as the "Dinos" until 1999, when the name was officially shortened....
   won 52-23 over the St. Mary's Huskies

Football

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football is a competitive Full-contact sport team sport played with a spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field....
)

• Sixteen Teams competing

• • Canterbury Bulldogs
    Canterbury Bulldogs
    
    The Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney....
     win their sixth title, defeating Balmain Tigers
    Balmain Tigers
    
    The Balmain Tigers were one of the founding rugby league football clubs of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership and one of the most successful in the history of that competition with eleven premierships....
     24-12 in the final.

Football

Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
 (Soccer)

Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation mainly focused on promoting Gaelic games: the traditional Ireland sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders....

• Camogie
  Camogie
  
  Camogie is a Modern Celts team sport. Played with a stick and ball, it is the women's variant of hurling, and is organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland....
  
• All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny
  Kilkenny GAA
  
  The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny....
  
• National Camogie League: Kilkenny
  Kilkenny GAA
  
  The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny....
  

• Gaelic football
  Gaelic football
  
  Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football", "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today....
  
• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
  
  The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Crok...
  : Meath
  Meath GAA
  
  The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams....
   0-13 d. Cork
  Cork GAA
  
  The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
   0-9
• National Football League
  National Football League (Ireland)
  
  The National Football League is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
  : Meath
  Meath GAA
  
  The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams....
   2-13 d. Dublin
  Dublin GAA
  
  The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the former County Dublin area....
   0-11

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  Ladies' Gaelic football
  
  Ladies' Gaelic Football is a team sport for women, very similar to Gaelic football, and coordinated by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. It is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland....
  
• All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  Kerry GAA
  
  The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry....
  
• National Football League: Kerry
  Kerry GAA
  
  The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry....
  

• Hurling
  Hurling
  
  Hurling is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic Culture origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar....
  
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  
  The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, D...
  : Galway
  Galway GAA
  
  The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway....
   1-15 d. Tipperary
  Tipperary GAA
  
  The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Tipperary....
   0-14
• National Hurling League
  National Hurling League
  
  The National Hurling League is a hurling tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
  :

Golf

Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
 

• April 7-10 - Masters Tournament - Sandy Lyle
  Sandy Lyle
  
  Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, Order of the British Empire is a Scotland professional golfer. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s....
  
• June 16-20 - U.S. Open
  U.S. Open (golf)
  
  The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
   - Curtis Strange
  Curtis Strange
  
  Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990....
  
• July 14-17 - British Open
  The Open Championship
  
  The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
   - Seve Ballesteros
  Severiano Ballesteros
  
  Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros is a Spain professional golfer and former Chronological list of World Number One male golfers, who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s....
  
• August 11-14 - PGA Championship
  PGA Championship
  
  The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
   - Jeff Sluman
  Jeff Sluman
  
  Jeffrey George "Jeff" Sluman is an United States professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories....
  
• PGA Tour
  PGA Tour
  
  The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
   money leader - Curtis Strange
  Curtis Strange
  
  Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990....
   - $1,147,644
• Senior PGA Tour
  Champions Tour
  
  The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older....
   money leader - Bob Charles
  Bob Charles (golfer)
  
  Sir Robert James "Bob" Charles, New Zealand Order of Merit, Order of the British Empire is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf Men's major golf championships, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his...
   - $533,929

• British Amateur
  The Amateur Championship
  
  The Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held in the United Kingdom. In the rest of the world, it is often known as the "British Amateur" or the "British Amateur Championship"....
   - Christian Hardin
• U.S. Amateur - Eric Meeks
• European Amateur
  European Amateur
  
  The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is played at various locations throughout Europe. It was first played in 1986....
   - not played

• Nabisco Dinah Shore
  Kraft Nabisco Championship
  
  The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four Women's major golf championships golf tournaments for women on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 in sports by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983 in sports....
   - Amy Alcott
  Amy Alcott
  
  Amy Alcott is an United States professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975 and won 5 women's major golf championships and twenty-nine LPGA Tour victories in all....
  
• LPGA Championship
  LPGA Championship
  
  The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S....
   - Sherri Turner
  Sherri Turner
  
  Sherri Turner is a professional golfer....
  
• July 21-24 - U.S. Women's Open
  United States Women's Open Championship (golf)
  
  The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's women's major golf championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship....
   - Liselotte Neumann
  Liselotte Neumann
  
  Liselotte "Lotta" Neumann is a Sweden professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour....
  
• Classique du Maurier - Sally Little
  Sally Little
  
  Sally Little is a professional golfer. She originally had South African nationality, but became a United States citizen in August 1982.Little was born in Cape Town, South Africa....
  
• LPGA Tour
  LPGA
  
  The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters are in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that runs from Feb...
   money leader - Sherri Turner
  Sherri Turner
  
  Sherri Turner is a professional golfer....
   - $350,851

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....

• Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
   - Melbourne Cup
  Melbourne Cup
  
  The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres....
   - Empire Rose
  Empire Rose
  
  Empire Rose was one of the most popular mares to race in New Zealand and Australia. She was a gigantic Chestnut , only just fitting into the barrier stalls in Melbourne....
  
• Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
   - Queen's Plate
  Queen's Plate
  
  The Queen's Plate is North America oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1? miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada....
   - Regal Intention
  Regal Intention
  
  Regal Intention is a Canada Sovereign Award Thoroughbred horse racing. A grandson of Northern Dancer, he was out of the mare, Tiffany Tam and sired by the important Vice Regent who also sired his stablemate and arch rival, Regal Classic....
  
• France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
   - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
  Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
  
  The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in France which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older....
   - Tony Bin
  Tony Bin
  
  Tony Bin was an Ireland Thoroughbred horse racing who competed in Europe for his Italy owner from a base in Milan and who became a leading sire in Japan....
  
• Ireland
  Ireland
  
  Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
   - Irish Derby Stakes
  Irish Derby Stakes
  
  The Irish Derby is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in the Republic of Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred Colt and Filly. It is run over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs at the Curragh Racecourse, County Kildare, and it takes place annually in late June or early July....
   - Kahyasi
  Kahyasi
  
  Kahyasi was an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred horse racing, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1988.Kahyasi was trained by Luca Cumani during his racing career and was ridden by Ray Cochrane to a length-and-a-half victory over Glacial Storm in the Epsom Classic....
  

• English Triple Crown Races
  Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
  
  The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
  :
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes - Doyoun
  2. Epsom Derby
     Epsom Derby
     
     The Derby Stakes, known colloquially as The Derby or internationally as the Epsom Derby, is considered one of the most prestigious flat thoroughbred horse races in the world....
      - Kahyasi
     Kahyasi
     
     Kahyasi was an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred horse racing, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1988.Kahyasi was trained by Luca Cumani during his racing career and was ridden by Ray Cochrane to a length-and-a-half victory over Glacial Storm in the Epsom Classic....
     
  3. St. Leger Stakes
     St. Leger Stakes
     
     The St. Leger Stakes is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in the United Kingdom open to three-year-old thoroughbred Colt and Filly. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards at Doncaster Racecourse, and it takes place annually in September....
      - Minister Son

• United States Triple Crown Races
  Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
  
  The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a thoroughbred racehorse....
  :
  1. May 7 - Kentucky Derby
     Kentucky Derby
     
     The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
      - Winning Colors
     Winning Colors (horse)
     
     Winning Colors was an United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing and one of only three filly to ever win the Kentucky Derby....
     
  2. Preakness Stakes
     Preakness Stakes
     
     The Preakness Stakes is an United States Graded stakes race 1-3/16 mile thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
      - Risen Star
     Risen Star
     
     Risen Star, , was a champion thoroughbred horse racing.The dark bay colt was the son of the great Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner Secretariat out of the mare Ribbon ....
     
  3. Belmont Stakes
     Belmont Stakes
     
     The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
      - Risen Star
     Risen Star
     
     Risen Star, , was a champion thoroughbred horse racing.The dark bay colt was the son of the great Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner Secretariat out of the mare Ribbon ....
     

• Breeders' Cup
  Breeders' Cup
  
  The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Graded stakes race thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982....
  :
  1. Breeders' Cup Classic
     Breeders' Cup Classic
     
     The Breeders' Cup Classic is a graded stakes race Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 year olds and older run at a distance of 1? miles on dirt....
      - Alysheba
     Alysheba
     
     Alysheba is an United States thoroughbred race horse.A bay colt, Alysheba was sired by Alydar out of the mare Bel Sheba, by Lt. Stevens. Bred by Preston Madden at Hamburg Place Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, Alysheba was sold as a yearling to Dorothy and Pam Scharbauer for $500,000....
     
  2. Breeders' Cup Distaff
     Breeders' Cup Distaff
     
     The Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for Filly and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Distaff from its inception in 1984 through 2007, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Personal Ensign
     Personal Ensign
     
     Personal Ensign is an United States champion thoroughbred racehorse.A bay filly by Private Account out of Grecian Banner , she was the undefeated winner of 13 races and won $1,679,880 in the United States from 1986 to 1988....
     
  3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile
     Breeders' Cup Juvenile
     
     The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old Colt and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Is It True
     Is It True
     
     Is It True was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by Warner L. Jones at his Hermitage Farm near Goshen, Kentucky, he was purchased by Eugene V....
     
  4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
     Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
     
     The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt for two-year-old filly run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Open Mind
     Open Mind (horse)
     
     Open Mind was an United States Thoroughbred racehorse. She was the Eclipse Award winner as Champion at age two and again at age three. In 1989 she won the American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing....
     
  5. Breeders' Cup Mile
     Breeders' Cup Mile
     
     The Breeders' Cup Mile is a 1-mile conditions races Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a sod course....
      - Miesque
     Miesque
     
     Miesque is a champion thoroughbred filly race horse best known as the first horse to win two Breeders' Cup Championships back-to-back.Born from the mare Pasadoble, Miesque was sired by Nureyev , a son of Northern Dancer....
     
  6. Breeders' Cup Sprint
     Breeders' Cup Sprint
     
     The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an United States Weight for Age Graded stakes race Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs , the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Gulch
     Gulch (horse)
     
     Gulch was an United States thoroughbred Stallion horse racing. Owned and bred by Peter M. Brant, he was sired by the outstanding North American stud and graded stakes race winner Mr....
     
  7. Breeders' Cup Turf
     Breeders' Cup Turf
     
     The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on grass for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Great Communicator
     Great Communicator
     
     Great Communicator is an American Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1988 Breeders' Cup Turf.Great Communicator suffered a breakdown in the 1990 Carleton F....
     

Harness Racing

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. They usually pull two-wheeled carts called sulky, although races to saddle are still occasionally conducted, especially in Europe....

• North America Cup
  North America Cup
  
  The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Mohawk Raceway in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada....
   - Jate Lobell

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races
  Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers
  
  The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following Harness racing:#Cane Pace, held at Freehold Raceway in Freehold, New Jersey...
  :
  1. Cane Pace
     Cane Pace
     
     The Cane Pace is a harness racing run annually since 1955 in sports. In 1956 in sports the race joined with the Little Brown Jug and the Messenger Stakes to become the first leg in the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
      - Runnymede Lobell
  2. Little Brown Jug
     Little Brown Jug (horse racing)
     
     The Little Brown Jug is a harness racing for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, Ohio....
      - B.J. Scoot
  3. Messenger Stakes
     Messenger Stakes
     
     The Messenger Stakes is an United States harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing horses. It was organized in 1956 at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York, New York to join with the Cane Pace and the Little Brown Jug to create the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers....
      - Matt's Scooter
     Matt's Scooter
     
     Matt's Scooter is a bay standardbred horse ridgeling by Direct Scooter out of Ellen's Glory by Meadow Skipper. He was born in 1985 and competed as a pacer in harness racing, winning the Meadowlands Pace, Prix d'?t?, Confederation Cup, Messenger Stakes, American National Stakes, Breeders Crown, Driscoll Series, Mohawk Gold Cup, he was named Pa...
     

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races
  Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters
  
  The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following Harness racing:# Hambletonian, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey...
  :
  1. Hambletonian
     Hambletonian
     
     Hambletonian A great grandson of the imported English Thoroughbred Messenger profoundly influenced the sport of harness racing. On May 5, 1849, Hambletonian was born in...
      - Armbro Goal
  2. Yonkers Trot
     Yonkers Trot
     
     The Yonkers Trot is a harness racing for three-year old trotting standardbreds held at Yonkers Raceway in New York. Starting in 2008, it is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
      - Southern Newton
  3. Kentucky Futurity
     Kentucky Futurity
     
     The Kentucky Futurity is a stakes race for three-year-old trotting horse, held annually at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky since 1893. It is part of the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters....
      - Huggie Hanover

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
• Pacers: Our Maestro
• Trotters: True Roman

Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL
  National Hockey League
  
  The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
  's leading scorer during the regular season: Mario Lemieux
  Mario Lemieux
  
  Mario Lemieux is a retired Canada professional ice hockey Centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984?85 NHL season and 2004?05 NHL season....
  , Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  

• Hart Memorial Trophy
  Hart Memorial Trophy
  
  The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, the "oldest and most prestigious individual award in hockey", is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in the National Hockey League....
   for the NHL
  National Hockey League
  
  The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
  's Most Valuable Player: Mario Lemieux
  Mario Lemieux
  
  Mario Lemieux is a retired Canada professional ice hockey Centre who played 17 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League between 1984?85 NHL season and 2004?05 NHL season....
  , Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  

• Stanley Cup
  Stanley Cup
  
  The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs champion....
  : Edmonton Oilers
  Edmonton Oilers
  
  The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team is currently part of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
   won 4 games to 0 over the Boston Bruins
  Boston Bruins
  
  The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  

• August 9 - Hockey's Wayne Gretzky
  Wayne Gretzky
  
  Wayne Douglas Gretzky, Order of Canada is a retired Canada professional ice hockey player. He is the current part-owner, head of hockey operations, and coach of the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League ....
   traded to the Los Angeles Kings
  Los Angeles Kings
  
  The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  

• World Hockey Championship:
• Men's champion: Soviet Union
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   won the Olympic gold medal
• Junior Men's champion: Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
   defeated the USSR
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
  

• December 31 - In a game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils
  New Jersey Devils
  
  The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  , Mario Lemieux scores five goals and becomes the only player in NHL history to score a goal in all five possible game situations in the same game: even-strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot
  Penalty shot (ice hockey)
  
  In ice hockey, a penalty shot is a type of Penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a Breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player....
  , and empty net.

Lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport originated by several tribes of Native Americans in the United States. There are four distinct versions of the modern game: men's field lacrosse, women's field lacrosse, men's box lacrosse and intercrosse ....

• The New Jersey Saints
  New Jersey Saints
  
  The New Jersey Saints were one of the founding teams in the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League . They played at the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey....
   beat the Washington Wave
  Washington Wave
  
  The Washington Wave were a member of the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1987 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season to 1989 MILL season....
   17-16 to win the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League Championship.
• Following the season, the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League changes its name to the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL).
• The Brooklin­ Redmen win the Mann Cup
  Mann Cup
  
  The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion....
  .
• The Kitchener-Waterloo win the Founders Cup
  Founders Cup
  
  The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association....
  .
• The Esquimalt Legion win the Minto Cup
  Minto Cup
  
  The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team of Canada.It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General of Canada, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and from 1901 until 1909 awarded to the senior men's champion of Canada....
  .

Radiosport

Radiosport

The term radiosport is of modern Eastern European origin and is used to describe any of several competitive amateur radio activities. It is most often written as a single word, as in radiosport, but can be found as two separate words, as in radio sport....

• Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding
  Amateur Radio Direction Finding
  
  Amateur radio direction finding is an amateur racing sport that combines radio direction finding with the map and compass skills of orienteering....
   World Championship held in Beatenberg
  Beatenberg
  
  Beatenberg is a municipalities of Switzerland in the Interlaken district of the Cantons of Switzerland of Berne in Switzerland....
  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
  
  Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  .

Skiing

Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....

• Alpine Skiing
  Alpine skiing
  
  Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
  
• The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen
  Pirmin Zurbriggen
  
  Pirmin Zurbriggen is a former champion Alpine skiing, one of the all-time best. He won the overall Alpine skiing World Cup title four times, an Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics gold medal in Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Downhill, and 9 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships medals ....
  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
  
  Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  
• The women's overall season champion: Michela Figini
  Michela Figini
  
  Michela Figini, is a Switzerland former alpine skier.Figini won the gold medal in downhill at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo when she was only 18....
  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
  
  Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
  

Snooker

Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered snooker table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions....

• World Snooker Championship
  World Snooker Championship
  
  The World Snooker Championship, held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of snooker's annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and Snooker world rankings....
  : Steve Davis
  Steve Davis
  
  Steve Davis, Order of the British Empire, is an England professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Snooker Championship during the 1980s....
   beats Terry Griffiths
  Terry Griffiths
  
  Terrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Wales snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in World Snooker Championship 1979, and reached the World Snooker Championship 1988 final....
   18-11
• World rankings
  Snooker world rankings
  
  The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments....
  : Steve Davis
  Steve Davis
  
  Steve Davis, Order of the British Empire, is an England professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Snooker Championship during the 1980s....
   remains world number one
  Snooker world number ones
  
  Below is a List of snooker players who have number 1 in the world rankings.Since the snooker world rankings began in 1976 only seven players have held the number one position - Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins , Mark J....
   for 1988/89

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....

Events

• Olympic Games
  Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans....
   held in Seoul, South Korea (September 18 – September 25)

Records

• March 25 — USA's Tom Jager
  Tom Jager
  
  Thomas Michael Jager is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from Collinsville, Illinois, who earned four medals, including two golds, in three Summer Olympics....
   betters his own world record (22.32) in the 50m freestyle (long course) at a swimming meet in Orlando, Florida
  Orlando, Florida
  
  Orlando is a major city in Central Florida, United States and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Florida. It is also the principal city of Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  , clocking 22.23.

• September 24 — Matt Biondi
  Matt Biondi
  
  Matthew Nicholas Biondi is a three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics, and 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a total of 11 medals....
   breaks Tom Jager
  Tom Jager
  
  Thomas Michael Jager is a former Freestyle swimming swimmer from Collinsville, Illinois, who earned four medals, including two golds, in three Summer Olympics....
  's world record (22.23) in the 50m freestyle (long course) in the final of the event at the Seoul Olympic Games
  Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans....
  , clocking 22.14.

Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open
     Australian Open
     
     The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
      – Mats Wilander
     Mats Wilander
     
     Mats Wilander is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title ....
     
  2. French Open – Mats Wilander
     Mats Wilander
     
     Mats Wilander is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title ....
     
  3. Wimbledon – Stefan Edberg
     Stefan Edberg
     
     Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during the course of his career....
     
  4. US Open – Mats Wilander
     Mats Wilander
     
     Mats Wilander is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title ....
     

• Steffi Graf becomes only the third woman in history to win the Grand Slam in tennis:
  1. Australian Open
     Australian Open
     
     The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
      – Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     
  2. French Open – Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     
  3. Wimbledon – Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     
  4. US Open – Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     

• 1988 Summer Olympics
  Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris....
  
• Men's Singles Competition
  1. Gold – Miloslav Mecír
     Miloslav Mecír
     
     Miloslav Mec?r is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He is best remembered for having won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the former Czechoslovakia and for having played in two Grand Slam singles finals....
     
  2. Silver – Tim Mayotte
  3. Bronze – Stefan Edberg
     Stefan Edberg
     
     Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during the course of his career....
      and Brad Gilbert
     Brad Gilbert
     
     Brad Gilbert is an American tennis coach, a television tennis commentator, and former professional tennis player. He is the current coach of Britain's 2nd highest ranked tennis player, Alex Bogdanovic, as part of his contract with the Lawn Tennis Association....
     
• Women's Singles Competition
  1. Gold – Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     
  2. Silver – Gabriela Sabatini
     Gabriela Sabatini
     
     Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentina tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s....
     
  3. Bronze – Zina Garrison
     Zina Garrison
     
     Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games....
      and Manuela Maleeva
     Manuela Maleeva
     
     Manuela Georgieva Maleeva-Fragniere is a former professional tennis player from Bulgaria. She played on the Women's Tennis Association tour between 1982 and 1994....
     
• Men's Doubles Competition
  1. Gold – Ken Flach
     Ken Flach
     
     Kenneth Eliot "Ken" Flach is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles ....
      & Robert Seguso
     Robert Seguso
     
     Robert Arthur Seguso is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 4 Grand Slam men's doubles titles ....
     
  2. Silver – Emilio Sánchez
     Emilio Sánchez
     
     Emilio Angel S?nchez Vicario is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won five Grand Slam men's doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games....
      & Sergio Casal
     Sergio Casal
     
     Sergio Casal Mart?nez is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career, he won three Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
     
  3. Bronze – Miloslav Mecír
     Miloslav Mecír
     
     Miloslav Mec?r is a former professional tennis player from Slovakia. He is best remembered for having won the men's singles gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the former Czechoslovakia and for having played in two Grand Slam singles finals....
      & Milan Šrejber
     Milan Šrejber
     
     Milan ?rejber is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There here reached the semi finals of the men's doubles competition, partnering Miloslav Mec?r....
      and Stefan Edberg
     Stefan Edberg
     
     Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam doubles titles during the course of his career....
      & Anders Järryd
     Anders Järryd
     
     Anders Per J?rryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam title doubles titles , reached the World No....
     
• Women's Doubles Competition
  1. Gold – Pam Shriver
     Pam Shriver
     
     Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments....
      & Zina Garrison
     Zina Garrison
     
     Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games....
     
  2. Silver – Jana Novotná
     Jana Novotná
     
     Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
      & Helena Suková
     Helena Suková
     
     Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....
     
  3. Bronze – Elizabeth Smylie
     Elizabeth Smylie
     
     Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....
      & Wendy Turnbull
     Wendy Turnbull
     
     Wendy Turnbull, Order of the British Empire, is a retired Australian female professional tennis player who was nicknamed "Rabbit" by her peers because of her footspeed around the court....
      and Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
      & Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
     Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
     
     Claudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former Germany tennis player. She was born Claudia Kohde, but added the hyphenated "-Kilsch" to her name which came from her adoptive father Jurgen Kilsch, an attorney....
     

• Davis Cup
  Davis Cup
  
  The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
  
• Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
   won 4-1 over Sweden
  Sweden
  
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
   in world team tennis

Yacht racing

Yacht racing

Yacht racing is the sport of competitive yachting. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water....

• The San Diego Yacht Club
  San Diego Yacht Club
  
  San Diego Yacht Club is a yacht club located in San Diego Bay. Its address is 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, CA 92106, and is on a spit of land known as Shelter Island....
   retains the America's Cup
  America's Cup
  
  The America?s Cup is the most prestigious regatta and match race in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the Summer Olympics by 45 years....
   as Stars & Stripes '88
  Stars & Stripes (yacht)
  
  Stars & Stripes is the name of a series of racing yachts operated by Dennis Conner to compete in the America's Cup. The name "Stars & Stripes" refers to the nickname often used for the flag of the United States....
   defeats New Zealand challenger KZ1
  KZ1
  
  KZ1, designed by Bruce Farr, was skippered by David Barnes_ along with a crew of 40 from the Mercury Bay Boating Club in Whitianga. The KZ1 was given the nickname of the Big Boat or Big Beauty by financial backer, Michael Fay ....
  , from the Mercury Bay Boating Club, 2 races to 0

Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....

Men's Competition

• Olympic Games
  Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's volleyball
  
  The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
   in Seoul, South Korea
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

Women's Competition

• Olympic Games
  Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Women's volleyball
  
  The Volleyball at the Summer Olympics was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the International Olympic Committee....
   in Seoul, South Korea
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

Water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....

Men's Competition

• Olympic Games
  Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  
  Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics....
   in Seoul, South Korea
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

Multi-sport event

Multi-sport event

A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, and featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states....
s

• 1988 Summer Olympics
  1988 Summer Olympics
  
  The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
   takes place in Seoul
  Seoul
  
  Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  
  South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
  
• USSR
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   wins the most medals (132), and the most gold medals (55).
• September 24: Canada's
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
   Ben Johnson
  Ben Johnson (athlete)
  
  Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, Order of Canada is a Canadian former Athletics , who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which was subsequently List of stripped Olympic medals....
   wins Olympic gold in 100 metres. Two days later, he is stripped of the medal after testing positive for a banned substance.

• 1988 Winter Olympics
  1988 Winter Olympics
  
  The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary, Alberta and opened by the List of Governors General of Canada: Jeanne Sauv?....
   takes place in Calgary, Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  
• USSR
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   wins the most medals (29), and the most gold medals (11).

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
• Susan Butcher
  Susan Butcher
  
  Susan Howlet Butcher was an United States dog mushing, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years....
   wins with lead dogs: Granite & Tolstoi

Awards

• Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
  Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  
  The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
  : Orel Hershiser
  Orel Hershiser
  
  Orel Leonard Hershiser IV is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently an analyst for Baseball Tonight and Wednesday Night Baseball on ESPN....
  , Major League Baseball
  Major League Baseball
  
  Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
  
• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
  Associated Press Athlete of the Year
  
  The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete....
  : Florence Griffith Joyner, Track and field

Births

• January 11 — Wang Yimei
  Wang Yimei
  
  Wang Yimei is a China volleyball player. She lives in Liaoning.With her superior strength, height and weight, Wang Yimei has become a main attacker for the Chinese women's volleyball team....
  , Chinese volleyball player
• January 12 — Sara Pérez
  Sara Pérez
  
  Sara P?rez Sala is a female breaststroke swimmer from Spain, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  , Spanish breaststroke swimmer
• January 19 — Gergo Kis
  Gergo Kis
  
  Gergo Kiss is a Hungarian Freestyle swimming swimmer.Kiss participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Men's 1500m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats....
  , Hungarian freestyle swimmer
• January 22 — Greg Oden
  Greg Oden
  
  Gregory Wayne Oden, Jr. is an United States basketball player at the center position. Oden is a member of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association....
  , American basketball player
• January 25 — Tatiana Golovin
  Tatiana Golovin
  
  Tatiana Golovin is a French professional tennis player of Russian descent . She is best known for winning the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event with her countryman Richard Gasquet, and also for reaching the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S....
  , French tennis player
• February 12 — Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie
  Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie
  
  Nicoleta Daniela Sofronie, known as Daniela, is an artistic gymnastics. She started gymnastics in 1992, and she burst out onto the international scene with a Silver Medal in the all around at the 2004 European Championships in Amsterdam behind Alina Kozich of the Ukraine....
  , Romanian artistic gymnast
• March 5 — Jovana Brakocevic
  Jovana Brakocevic
  
  Jovana Brakocevic is a female volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg....
  , Serbian volleyball player
• March 15 — Urpo Sivula
  Urpo Sivula
  
  Urpo Sivula is a Finnish professional volleyball player. Season 2008 he plays in Finland Volleyball league team Pielaveden Sampo. Sivula plays wing-spiker....
  , Finnish volleyball player
• April 3 — Anja Klinar
  Anja Klinar
  
  Anja Klinar is a butterfly and Medley swimming swimmer from Slovenia, who participated for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  , Slovenian butterfly and medley swimmer
• April 16 — Simon Child
  Simon Child
  
  Simon Child is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2005 against Malaysia....
  , New Zealand field hockey striker
• April 19 — Ágnes Mutina
  Ágnes Mutina
  
  ?gnes Mutina is a female Hungary swimmer, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2004 and 2008.References...
  , Hungarian swimmer
• May 6 — Doreen Amata
  Doreen Amata
  
  Doreen Amata is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event.Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings....
  , Nigerian high jumper
• May 23 — Morgan Pressel
  Morgan Pressel
  
  Morgan Pressel is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.She is the youngest-ever winner of an women's major golf championships tournament, and has reached number 4 in the Women's World Golf Rankings....
  , American golfer
• June 9 — Sara Isakovic
  Sara Isakovic
  
  Sara Isakovic is a Freestyle swimming swimmer from Slovenia who spent much of her childhood in Dubai. Isakovic was a member of the ?ito Gorenjka Radovljica Swimming Club from Radovljica, Slovenia and traind under the supervision of coach Miha Potocnik....
  , Slovenian freestyle swimmer
• June 17 — Andrew Ogilvy
  Andrew Ogilvy
  
  Andrew James "A.J." Ogilvy is an Australian college basketball player; he is the starting Center for the Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball college basketball team at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States....
  , Australian basketball player
• July 12 — Inbee Park
  Inbee Park
  
  Inbee Park, also known as In-Bee Park, is a South Korean professional golfer....
  , South Korean golfer
• August 5 — Federica Pellegrini
  Federica Pellegrini
  
  Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano , she is currently the women's 200m Freestyle swimming and 400m Freestyle swimming world record holder....
  , Italian swimmer
• August 11 — Patrick Mills
  Patrick Mills
  
  Patrick "Patty" Mills is an Australian college basketball point guard who is currently in his sophomore season at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California, USA....
  , Australian basketball player
• August 25 — Angela Park
  Angela Park
  
  Angela Park is a professional golfer of Korean ancestry currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States....
  , Brazilian golfer
• August 29 — Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
  Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
  
  Harry Aikines-Aryeetey is an England Sprint Athletics . In 2005 he was named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics....
  , English sprinter
• August 31 — Yoandry Leal
  Yoandry Leal
  
  Yoandry Leal Hidalgo is a volleyball player from Cuba, who plays as a wing-spiker for the Cuba men's national volleyball team. He became Best Spiker and Best Server at the first 2008 FIVB Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in D?sseldorf, where Cuba ended up in second place and missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olymp...
  , Cuban volleyball player
• September 19 — Thiemo de Bakker
  Thiemo de Bakker
  
  Thiemo de Bakker is a Netherlands tennis player, who won the Boys' Singles Championship at Wimbledon 2006. He is coached by Huib Troost and Eddy Bank....
  , Dutch tennis player
• September 26 — Qiuyue Wei, Chinese volleyball player
• September 29 — Kevin Durant
  Kevin Durant
  
  Kevin Wayne Durant is an United States professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.A 6'9" small forward, Durant was the consensus 2007 National College Player of the Year, in addition to being selected as the 2006-2007 Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, amongst other awards....
  , American basketball player
• October 7 — Sebastiaan Verschuren
  Sebastiaan Verschuren
  
  Sebastiaan Verschuren is a long-distance freestyle swimming swimmer from the Netherlands. He is the current holder of the Dutch records in swimming in the 800m and 1500m freestyle events ....
  , Dutch freestyle swimmer
• November 12 — Cindy Rondon
  Cindy Rondon
  
  Cindy Rondon Martinez is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who twice won the bronze medal with the Dominican Republic women's national volleyball team at the NORCECA Championship....
  , Dominican Republic volleyball player
• November 20 — Christina Irvin, Turkish swimmer
• December 4 — Lisa Ingildeeva
  Lisa Ingildeeva
  
  Lisa Ingildeeva is an Individual Rhythmic gymnastics from Germany. When she was 6 years old she moved to Germany. In Berlin coaches noticed her talent and sent her to Schmiden to consult the coach, Galina Krylenko....
  , Russia-born gymnast from Germany
• December 9 — Kim Kum-Ok
  Kim Kum-Ok
  
  Kim Kum-Ok is a female long-distance runner from North Korea, who is best known for winning the half marathon at the 2007 Summer Universiade....
  , North Korean long-distance runner
• December 15 — Ilona Senderek
  Ilona Senderek
  
  Ilona Senderek is a Poles figure skater. She is the 2004 Polish Figure Skating Championships....
  , Polish figure skater
• December 26 — Manuela Canetti
  Manuela Canetti
  
  Manuela Canetti is a female water polo goalkeeper from Brazil, who finished in fourth place with the Brazil women's national water polo team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  , Brazilian water polo goalkeeper

Deaths

• January 5 — Pete Maravich
  Pete Maravich
  
  Peter Press Maravich , nicknamed "Pistol Pete", was an American basketball player. A native Pennsylvanian, Maravich starred in college at Louisiana State University and for three National Basketball Association teams....
  , NBA basketball hall of famer
• February 28 — Harvey Kuenn
  Harvey Kuenn
  
  Harvey Edward Kuenn was an United States player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  , Major League Baseball player (1952-1966)
• March 16 — Mickey Thompson
  Mickey Thompson
  
  Marion Lee "Mickey" Thompson was an United States off-road racing legend. He won many championships as a racer, and later formed sanctioning bodies SCORE International and Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group ....
  , auto race driver — murdered
• March 19 — Bun Cook
  Bun Cook
  
  Frederick Joseph 'Bun' Cook was a Canada professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association....
  , National Hockey League and Hockey Hall of Fame player
• March 21 — Edd Roush
  Edd Roush
  
  Edd J. Roush was a left-handed Major League Baseball player. He played the majority of his career in center field.Roush made his Major League debut on August 20, 1913 for the Chicago White Sox....
  , Major League Baseball player (1963-1931)
• March 29 — Ted Kluszewski
  Ted Kluszewski
  
  Theodore Bernard Kluszewski , was a Major League Baseball first baseman from to . He batted and threw left-handed....
  , Major League Baseball player (1947-1961)
• April 10 — Cliff Gladwin
  Cliff Gladwin
  
  Clifford Gladwin, born Doe Lea, Derbyshire, April 3, 1916 and died at Chesterfield on April 10, 1988, was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club and English cricket team....
  , English cricketer
• July 7 — Paula Mollenhauer
  Paula Mollenhauer
  
  Paula Mollenhauer was a Germany athlete who won the bronze medal in the discus throw event at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. She was born and died in Hamburg....
   (79), German athlete (b. 1908)
• July 8 — Ray Barbuti
  Ray Barbuti
  
  Raymond James Barbuti was an United States athletics and American football player, winner of two gold medals at the 1928 Summer Olympics.Ray Barbuti was born in Nassau County, New York and attended Syracuse University where he won the IC4A championship at 400 Metre in 1928 in a time of 48.8 seconds, and once scored eight touchdowns in on...
   (83), American athlete and American football player (b. 1905)
• July 12 — Enzo Sacchi
  Enzo Sacchi
  
  Enzo Sacchi was a road bicycle racing and track cyclist from Italy, who won the gold medal in the men's 1.000m sprint scratch race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland....
   (62), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist (b. 1926)
• August 14 — Enzo Ferrari
  Enzo Ferrari
  
  Enzo Anselmo "the Commendatore" Ferrari Italian orders of merit was an italy race car driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer....
  , Italian automobile manufacturer
• October 13 — Mike Venezia
  Mike Venezia
  
  Michael Joseph Venezia was an United States Thoroughbred horse race jockey who was killed in a racing accident.Venezia had been a jockey for twenty-five years and rode his first winner in 1964....
  , jockey, racing accident at Belmont Park
  Belmont Park
  
  Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York, New York, in Nassau County, New York, Long Island, in the Town of Hempstead....
  
• October 22 — Henry Armstrong
  Henry Armstrong
  
  Henry Jackson Jr. was a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong.The son of an African-American sharecropper and an Iroquois Native American, Henry Jr....
  , World boxing champion
• November 21 — "King" Carl Hubbell
  Carl Hubbell
  
  Carl Owen Hubbell was a left-handed screwball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the San Francisco Giants in the National League from to ....
  , Major League Baseball pitcher (1928-1943)