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Athletics

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1994 in athletics (track and field)

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Track

• February 20 — In Boston, Massachusetts
  Boston, Massachusetts
  
  Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
  , 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....
  's 41-year-old Eamonn Coghlan
  Eamonn Coghlan
  
  Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is a 3-time Olympic Games and world championship winning athlete. Coghlan an Irishman was born in Drimnagh, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland and later also became a naturalized United States citizen....
   becomes the first man over the age of forty to run a sub-four minute mile when he clocked 3min.58.15sec.

Marathon

• June 5 — Enschede Marathon
  Enschede Marathon
  
  The Enschede Marathon is an annual marathon race held in the city of Enschede, Netherlands. The race is the distance of a typical marathon . It has been held annually since 1991, after being bi-annual for the previous 44 years....
  , 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: Piotr Poblocki (POL) 2:13:01

• August 7 — European Championships Marathon
  1994 European Championships in Athletics
  
  The 16th European Championships in Athletics were held from August 7 to August 14, 1994 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, Finland....
  , Helsinki, Finland
• Women's Winner: Manuela Machado
  Manuela Machado
  
  Maria Manuela Machado is a former Portugal long-distance runner, who was particularly successful when running the marathon race. Unlike many other marathoners, she did not focus on running city marathons that would have earned her lots of money....
   (POR) 2:29:54

• August 14 — European Championships Marathon
  1994 European Championships in Athletics
  
  The 16th European Championships in Athletics were held from August 7 to August 14, 1994 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium of Helsinki, Finland....
  , Helsinki, Finland
• Men's Winner: Martin Fiz
  Martín Fiz
  
  Mart?n Fiz Mart?n is a former long-distance runner from Spain, who won the marathon at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki and repeated his success at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg....
   (ESP) 2:10:31

• August 28 — Commonwealth Games Marathon
  1994 Commonwealth Games
  
  The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held from 18 August to 28 August 1994 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.The 15th Commonwealth Games marked South Africa return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the Games....
  , Victoria, Canada
• Men's Winner: Steve Moneghetti
  Steve Moneghetti
  
  Stephen James Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance Running. He was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal....
   (AUS) 2:11:49
• Women's Winner: Carole Rouillard
  Carole Rouillard
  
  Carole Rouillard is a retired long-distance Running from Canada, who represented her country twice in the women's 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics, starting in Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics ....
   (CAN) 2:30:41

• October 9 — Asian Games Marathon
  1994 Asian Games
  
  The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations....
  , Hiroshima, Japan
• Men's Winner: Hwang Yeong-Jo (KOR) 2:11:13
• Women's Winner: Huan-di Zhong (CHN) 2:29:32

• 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: Boay Akonay
  Boay Akonay
  
  Boay Akonay is a retired Tanzanian long-distance runner who won the bronze medal at the 1992 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships....
   (TAN) 2:09:45

Auto Racing

• 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....
  :
• Sterling Marlin
  Sterling Marlin
  
  Sterling Marlin is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver who drives the #09 Finch Racing car on a part time basis. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin....
   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....
  
• Jeff Gordon
  Jeff Gordon
  
  Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
   wins the Coca Cola 600
• Jeff Gordon
  Jeff Gordon
  
  Jeffery Michael Gordon is a professional United States of America race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina....
   wins the first Brickyard 400
• NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
  Dale Earnhardt
  
  Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  
• CART Racing - season championship won by Al Unser, Jr.
  Al Unser, Jr.
  
  Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  
• 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....
   - Al Unser, Jr.
  Al Unser, Jr.
  
  Alfred Unser, Jr. , nicknamed "Little Al", "Al Junior" or simply "Junior" is an United States race car driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner....
  
• Formula One
  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 ....
   - Michael Schumacher
  Michael Schumacher
  
  Michael Schumacher is a former Formula One driver, seven-time world champion, and current advisor and occasional test driver for Scuderia Ferrari....
   wins the Drivers' Championship.
• The season is marred when, during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix
  1994 San Marino Grand Prix
  
  The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 1, 1994 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the third race of the 1994 Formula One season, and the first race of the season to be held in Europe....
  , Roland Ratzenberger
  Roland Ratzenberger
  
  Roland Ratzenberger was an Austrian racing driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw Death of Ayrton Senna of three-time Formula One list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions Ayrton Senna....
   crashes at the Villeneuve corner and dies from his injuries. The race goes ahead and 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....
   is killed in a crash at the Tamburello corner
  Death of Ayrton Senna
  
  The death of Formula One triple world champion Ayrton Senna resulted from a crash that occurred while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari....
  .
• 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...
  : Yannick Dalmas
  Yannick Dalmas
  
  Yannick Dalmas is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 18 October 1987, but qualified for only 24 of them....
   / Hurley Haywood
  Hurley Haywood
  
  Hurley Haywood is an American race-car driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 , 1983 and 1994 and is the most winning driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5...
   / Mauro Baldi
  Mauro Baldi
  
  Mauro Baldi is an italy former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams.He started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup....
   won, driving a Porsche 962LM
  Porsche
  
  Porsche SE or Porsche is a Germany automotive industry of luxury vehicle automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche family and Pi?ch families....
  
• Rally racing - Didier Auriol
  Didier Auriol
  
  Didier Auriol is a French people Rallying driver.Born in Montpellier, and initially an ambulance driver, Auriol made his name as a France rally driver in the World Rally Championship throughout the 1990s....
   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 Francois Delecour
  François Delecour
  
  Fran?ois Delecour is a automotive rally driver.In the employ of Ford Motor Company as a driver of the factory-fettled Ford Escort RS Cosworth, he finished as runner-up in drivers' standings in the 1993 World Rally Championship season World Rally Championship season....
   / Daniel Grataloup 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 Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  Ford Motor Company
  
  The Ford Motor Company is an United States multinational corporation and the world's List of automobile manufacturers#World Motor Vehicle Production by Manufacturer based on worldwide vehicle sales, following Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen Group....
  
• 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....
   - Scott Kalitta
  Scott Kalitta
  
  Scott Kalitta was an United States drag racing who competed in the Funny Car class in the National Hot Rod Association Powerade Drag Racing Series....
   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.

Baseball

• January 12: Steve Carlton
  Steve Carlton
  
  Steven Norman Carlton is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, from to . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in . He was affectionately known to Philadelphia fans as "Lefty"....
  , winner of 329 games and four Cy Young Award
  Cy Young Award
  
  The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League leagues....
  s, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

• June 22: OF
  Outfielder
  
  Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder....
   Ken Griffey, Jr.
  Ken Griffey, Jr.
  
  George Kenneth "Ken" Griffey, Jr. is a Major League Baseball left fielder and designated hitter, who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners, who he had played with in the beginning of his career....
   leads the Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  
  The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
   to a 12-3 win over the Angels
  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  
  The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
   by stroking his 31st home run
  Home run
  
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batting is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring run for himself and each baserunning who was already on base, with no error by the defensive team on the play....
   of the season. In doing so, Griffey Jr. breaks Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an United States Major League Baseball baseball player from –....
  's record for most home runs before the end of June.

• September 14: A labor strike by 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 ....
   players results in the premature termination of the season, and the cancellation of the 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...
   for the first time since 1904
  1904 in sports
  
  1904 in sports describes the year's events in world sport....
  . The Montreal Expos
  Montreal Expos
  
  The Montreal Expos were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 Major League Baseball season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to Washington, D.C....
   were the league-leading team up to the strike, with a 74-40 record.

• Mets
  New York Mets
  
  The New York Mets are a professional baseball based in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York. The Mets are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
   pitcher
  Pitcher
  
  In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a base on balls....
   John Franco
  John Franco
  
  John Anthony Franco is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams from 1984 to 2005, primarily the New York Mets....
   breaks Dave Righetti
  Dave Righetti
  
  David Allan Righetti is a former United States left-handed pitcher for various Major League Baseball teams. He is currently the pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants and was the first player in history to both pitch a no-hitter and also lead the league in save in his career....
  's major league record for left-handers of 252 career saves.

• The Richmond Braves
  Richmond Braves
  
  The Richmond Braves were the AAA minor league baseball affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and played in the International League. Colloquially referred to as the R-Braves, they were based in Richmond, Virginia, where they played from 1966, when the Atlanta Braves moved to Atlanta where their AAA team, the Atlanta Crackers, had been playing...
   win the International League championship.

• The Albuquerque Dukes
  Albuquerque Dukes
  
  The Albuquerque Dukes were a minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, USA....
   win the Pacific Coast League championship.

• The Indianapolis Indians
  Indianapolis Indians
  
  The Indianapolis Indians are a minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league club....
   win the American Association championship.

• The Winnipeg Goldeyes
  Winnipeg Goldeyes
  
  The Winnipeg Goldeyes are a professional baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. The Goldeyes are a member of the Northern League , which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball....
   win the Northern League
  Northern League (baseball)
  
  The Northern League, based in Chicago, is an Independent league baseball baseball league which operates in the Northern United States and the Canada province of Manitoba, unaffiliated with either Major League Baseball or the Minor League Baseball....
   championship.

• The Yomiuri Giants
  Yomiuri Giants
  
  The are a Professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League of Japan's top-tier major league, Nippon Professional Baseball, and they play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988....
   win the Japan Series
  Japan Series
  
  , or is a seven-game championship played by the teams of Japan's two professional baseball leagues . The Series is the highest level of play in professional baseball in Japan....
  , and in the view of the baseball media, are World Champions.

Boxing

• January 29 - Frankie Randall
  Frankie Randall
  
  Frankie Billy Randall is a three-time world champion boxing who is best known as the man who handed Mexico legend Julio C?sar Ch?vez his first professional defeat....
   causes Julio César Chávez
  Julio César Chávez
  
  Julio C?sar Ch?vez Gonz?lez is a legendary Mexico professional boxing....
   his first defeat in 91 professional bouts, winning the WBC world Jr. Welterweight title in the process, by a split decision in 12 rounds.
• November 5 - Forty-five year old George Foreman
  George Foreman
  
  George Edward Foreman is an United States two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic gold medalist, and entrepreneur.He is the oldest man ever to win a major heavyweight title when, at 45, he knocked out 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round....
   becomes 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....
  's oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer
  Michael Moorer
  
  Michael Lee Moorer is a boxing who is a former light heavyweight and heavyweight World Champion....
   in the 10th round of a 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....
   fight.

Cycling

• 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 Eugeni Berzin
  Eugeni Berzin
  
  Evgeni Berzin is a Russian cyclist whose best year was 1994, when he won the Giro d'Italia and Li?ge-Bastogne-Li?ge. Only 24 at the time, Berzin was then tipped as being a future megastar in cycling, but he was never quite able to live up to the results of 1994....
   of Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• 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....
   - Miguel Indurain
  Miguel Indurain
  
  Miguel ?ngel Indurain Larraya is a retired Spain road racing cyclist. He is best known for winning the Tour de France from 1991 Tour de France to 1995 Tour de France, becoming only the fourth person to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row.Lance Armstrong would subsequently duplicate and, indeed, improve...
   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 ....
  : Luc Leblanc
  Luc Leblanc
  
  Luc Leblanc was a professional male cycling from France. In 1994 he became World Cycling Championship....
   of 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....
  
• Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
  Djamolidine Abdoujaparov
  
  Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a cycling sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints....
   becomes the first cyclist (and only as of 2007) to win the points classification
  Points classification
  
  The points classification is an award category in road bicycle racing that recognizes the most consistent finisher in a stage race. The points classification is the top prize for many cycling sprinters and therefore is often known as the Sprint Classification; however, some stage races these classifications are based on different crite...
   at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia in the same year.

Dogsled racing

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
• Martin Buser
  Martin Buser
  
  Martin Buser is a champion of sled dog racing.Martin Buser began mushing at age seventeen in Switzerland. In 1979, Buser moved to Alaska to train and raise sled dogs full time....
   wins with lead dogs: D2 & Dave

Field Hockey

World Competitions

• Men's Champions Trophy
  1994 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  
  The 1994 Hockey Champions Trophy took place from March 17 to March 25 1994 in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. Participating nations were: titleholders Australia national field hockey team, Germany national field hockey team, Great Britain and Northern Ireland national field hockey team, Netherlands national field hockey team,...
   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: Pakistan
• Silver Medal: Germany
• Bronze Medal: The Netherlands

• Men's World Cup in Sydney
  Sydney
  
  Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
  , 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....
  
• Gold Medal: Pakistan
• Silver Medal: The Netherlands
• Bronze Medal: Australia

• Women's World Cup in Dublin
  Dublin
  
  Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
  , Republic of Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
  
  Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
  
• Gold Medal: Australia
• Silver Medal: Argentina
• Bronze Medal: United States

Regional Competitions

• Asian Games (Men's Competition)
  1994 Asian Games
  
  The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations....
   in Hiroshima
  Hiroshima
  
  The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....
  , 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....
  
• Gold Medal: South Korea
• Silver Medal: India
• Bronze Medal: Pakistan

Figure skating

• 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: Elvis Stojko
  Elvis Stojko
  
  Elvis Stojko M.S.C., M.S.M. is a Canadian figure skating World Figure Skating Championships....
  , 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....
  
• Ladies' champion: Yuka Sato
  Yuka Sato
  
  Yuka Sato is a Japanese people figure skater. Shortly after placing fifth in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games, she won the gold medal at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships....
  , 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....
  
• Pairs' champions: Evgenia Shishkova
  Evgenia Shishkova
  
  Evgenia Shishkova is a professional pairs figure skating and coach. She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and competed on the Russian team from 1987 to 1999, partnering with Vadim Naumov....
   and Vadim Naumov
  Vadim Naumov
  
  Vadim Naumov is a Russian pairs figure skater. With partner Evgenia Shishkova, he won the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships. The pair competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics, where they placed fifth, and the 1994 Winter Olympics, where they placed fourth....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Ice dancing champions: Oksana Grishuk
  Oksana Grishuk
  
  Oksana Grishuk is a Russian Figure skating. She began training in skating at the age of four. Grishuk moved to Moscow in 1986, and studied at the Sport University of Moscow from 1988 to 1992....
   and Evgeny Platov
  Evgeny Platov
  
  Evgeny Platov is a former competitive ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia in international competition and now works as a figure skating coach and choreographer....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXVIII
  Super Bowl XXVIII
  
  Super Bowl XXVIII was an American football game played on January 30, 1994, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, to decide the National Football League champion following the 1993 NFL season....
  : Dallas Cowboys
  Dallas Cowboys
  
  The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team in the National Football Conference East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
   won 30-13 over 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....
  
• October 23 - In a game where the New Orleans Saints
  New Orleans Saints
  
  The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints play in the NFC South of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
   beat the Los Angeles Rams 37-34 Robert Bailey
  Robert Bailey
  
  Robert Martin Luther Bailey is a former American football cornerback who played eleven seasons for six teams, the St. Louis Rams, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, the Detroit Lions, and the Baltimore Ravens from 1991 to 2001 in the National Football League....
   of the Rams sets the NFL record for longest punt return (103 yards) and Tyrone Hughes
  Tyrone Hughes
  
  Tyrone Christopher Hughes was an American football defensive back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears, and the Dallas Cowboys. He went to the Pro Bowl after the 1993 season as a kick returner....
   of the Saints sets the NFL single game record for kickoff return yards (304) and most return yards (347) and ties the single game record for kickoff returns returned for touchdown (2).
• November 13 - Drew Bledsoe
  Drew Bledsoe
  
  Drew McQueen Bledsoe is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League, best known as the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots from 1993 New England Patriots season-2001 New England Patriots season....
   sets NFL single game records for pass attempts (70) and pass completions (45) helping New England Patriots
  New England Patriots
  
  The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats" by sports writers and fans, are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
   beat Minnesota Vikings
  Minnesota Vikings
  
  The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings compete in the NFC North of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
   26-20.

Football (Australian rules football)

• Australian Football League
  Australian Football League
  
  The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
  
• The West Coast Eagles
  West Coast Eagles
  
  The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. The club is based at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia and was formed in August 1986 when the then Australian Football League expanded to include teams from Perth and Brisbane for the 1987 season....
   win the 98th AFL premiership (West Coast Eagles 20.23 (143) d Geelong
  Geelong Football Club
  
  Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong. Playing in the Australian Football League , they have won seven Australian Football League premierships, and nine McClelland Trophies.....
   8.15 (63))
• 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 Greg Williams
  Greg Williams
  
  Greg "Diesel" Williams is a former champion Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans, Geelong Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the VFL/AFL....
   (Carlton
  Carlton Football Club
  
  Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment Australian rules football clubs....
  )in 1994

Football (Canadian)

• 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....
  : B.C. Lions win 26-23 over the Baltimore Stallions
  Baltimore Stallions
  
  The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian football team based in Baltimore, Maryland, which played the 1994 CFL season and 1995 CFL season. They were the most successful United States team in the Canadian Football League having two winning seasons, a division title and became the only American team to win the Grey Cup in 83rd Grey Cup....
  
• 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....
  : Western Ontario Mustangs
  Western Ontario Mustangs
  
  The Western Ontario Mustangs are the athletic teams that represent the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.UWO has teams for badminton, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country running, curling, Fencing , field hockey, figure skating, Canadian football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, Sport rowing, rugby union, fo...
   win 50-40 over the Saskatchewan Huskies
  Saskatchewan Huskies
  
  The University of Saskatchewan began in 1907 and has operated teams that compete with others since 1911. The term Huskie Athletics is defined as those student Sportsperson from the University of Saskatchewan that compete in elite interuniversity competition administered by Canadian Interuniversity Sport and its members, both as regions and as indi...
  

Football (rugby league)

• The 16 club teams for 1994 were:

• Canberra Raiders
  Canberra Raiders
  
  The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They compete in the National Rugby League , Australasia's premier rugby league competition....
   captain & 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....
   legend Mal Meninga
  Mal Meninga
  
  Malcolm Norman Meninga Order of Australia is an Australian rugby league personality. As a player he was a legendary Rugby league positions#Centre, counted amongst the best players of the 20th century....
   ends his club career on a winning note leading the Raiders to their third title winning 36-12 over 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....
   in the New South Wales Rugby League
  New South Wales Rugby League premiership
  
  The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League from 1908 until 1994, the premiership was the state's and later the country's elite rugby league competition....
   Grand Final. Meninga's playing career in 1994 finished with him leading the Kanagroos on a successful tour of Great Britain & France.

Football (soccer)

See 1994 in football (soccer)

1994 in football (soccer)

The following are the football events of the year 1994 throughout the world....

Gaelic Athletic Association

• 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:

• 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...
  : Down
  Down GAA
  
  The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Down GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Down....
   1-12 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....
   0-13
• 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....
   2-11 d. Armagh
  Armagh GAA
  
  The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Armagh....
   0-8

• 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: Waterford
  Waterford GAA
  
  The Waterford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Waterford GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for all levels of Gaelic games in County Waterford....
  
• National Football League: Monaghan
  Monaghan GAA
  
  The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Monaghan and the Monaghan inter-county Gaelic football and hurling teams....
  

• 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...
  : Offaly
  Offaly GAA
  
  The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Offaly GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Offaly....
   3-16 d. Limerick
  Limerick GAA
  
  The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick....
   2-13
• 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 10 - Masters Tournament - José María Olazábal
  José María Olazábal
  
  Jos? Mar?a Olaz?bal is a Spain professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two Men's major golf championships....
  
• June 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....
   - Ernie Els
  Ernie Els
  
  Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African golfer who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former Official World Golf Rankings, he is known as "The Big Easy", for his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing....
  
• July 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....
   - Nick Price
  Nick Price
  
  Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings....
  
• August 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 ....
   - Nick Price
  Nick Price
  
  Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings....
  
• 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 - Nick Price
  Nick Price
  
  Nicholas Raymond Leige Price is a Zimbabwean professional golfer and inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-nineties, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings....
   - $1,499,927
• 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 - Dave Stockton
  Dave Stockton
  
  David Knapp Stockton is an United States professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Stockton was born in San Bernardino, California....
   - $1,402,519

• 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"....
   - Lee James
• U.S. Amateur - Tiger Woods
  Tiger Woods
  
  Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
   becomes the youngest man ever to win the U.S. Amateur, at age 18.
• 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....
   - Stephen Gallacher
  Stephen Gallacher
  
  Stephen Gallacher is a Scotland golfer. He is the nephew of former European Ryder Cup Captain Bernard Gallacher.Gallacher was born in Dechmont, Scotland....
  

• 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....
   - Donna Andrews
  Donna Andrews
  
  Donna Andrews in Lynchburg, Virginia is an United States golfer. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and as an amateur, won the 1988 North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship....
  
• 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....
   - Laura Davies
  Laura Davies
  
  Laura Jane Davies Commander of the Order of the British Empire is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times...
  
• 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....
   - Patty Sheehan
  Patty Sheehan
  
  Patty Sheehan is an United States professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won 6 women's major golf championships and thirty-five LPGA Tour victories in all....
  
• Classique du Maurier - Martha Nause
  Martha Nause
  
  Martha Nause is an United States golfer. She attended St. Olaf College and her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 1978. She won three times on the Tour, including one women's majors, the 1994 du Maurier Classic....
  
• 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 - Laura Davies
  Laura Davies
  
  Laura Jane Davies Commander of the Order of the British Empire is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times...
   - $687,201
• The Solheim Cup
  1994 Solheim Cup
  
  The third Solheim Cup match took place from October 21 to October 23, 1994 at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA. The United States team regained the cup from the European team winning by 13 points to 7....
   was won by 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...
   team who beat the Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  an team 13 to 7.

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• 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....
   - Jeune
  Jeune
  
  Jeune was a United Kingdom Thoroughbred horse racing who raced in England and Australia and is best known for winning the prestigious Melbourne Cup in 1994....
  
• 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....
   - Basqueian
  Basqueian
  
  Basqueian is a Canada Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning two of the 1994 Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing races.Basqueian was bred and raced by prominent businessman and major stable owner, Frank Stronach....
  
• 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....
   - Carnegie
• 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....
   - Balanchine

• 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 - Mister Baileys
  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....
      - Erhaab
     Erhaab
     
     Erhaab is an American-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred horse racing, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1994.References ...
     
  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....
      - Moonax

• 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....
      - Go for Gin
     Go for Gin
     
     Go for Gin is an United States thoroughbred racehorse most well known as the winner of the 1994 Kentucky Derby. He was sired by Cormorant out of the dam Never Knock....
     
  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....
      - Tabasco Cat
     Tabasco Cat
     
     Tabasco Cat was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of Storm Cat, who in 2006 became the world's most expensive stallion, he was out of the mare Barbicue Sauce....
     
  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....
      - Tabasco Cat
     Tabasco Cat
     
     Tabasco Cat was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of Storm Cat, who in 2006 became the world's most expensive stallion, he was out of the mare Barbicue Sauce....
     

• 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....
      - Concern
     Concern (horse)
     
     Concern is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1994 Breeders' Cup Classic. Born at Robert Meyerhoff's Fitzhugh Farm in Phoenix, Maryland, Concern established himself as one his crop's top three year olds by Winning the Arkansas Derby....
     
  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....
      - One Dreamer
     One Dreamer
     
     One Dreamer is a retired United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known for winning the 1994 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic.One Dreamer was bred and raced by the Glen Hill Farm of Ocala, Florida owned by Leonard H....
     
  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....
      - Timber Country
     Timber Country
     
     Timber Country is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who was the first horse to ever win the Breeders' Cup Juvenile then go on to win one of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States races for three-year-olds....
     
  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....
      - Flanders
  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....
      - Barathea
  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....
      - Cherokee Run
     Cherokee Run
     
     Cherokee Run is an United States thoroughbred stallion horse racing. He was sired by 1982 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Runaway Groom, who in turn was a son of leading sire, Blushing Groom....
     
  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....
      - Tikkanen
     Tikkanen
     
     Tikkanen was a France Thoroughbred horse racing who competed internationally. He was owned and bred by American George W. Strawbridge, Jr., an avid ice hockey fan and a shareholder and Board of Directors of the National Hockey League Buffalo Sabres who named the foal for the Finland player, Esa Tikkanen....
     

Handball

Men's Competition

• European Championship
  1994 European Men's Handball Championship
  
  The 1994 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Portugal from 3?12 June, in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden national handball team won the tournament with Russia national handball team second and Croatia national handball team third....
   in 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....