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Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics. Competitive gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting ....

  • World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
    1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

    The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997.The 1997 Worlds were notable because they were the first major contest to be held after the elimination of compulsory exercises....
    :
    • Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov
      Ivan Ivankov

      Ivan Ivankov is an artistic gymnast who competed for Belarus. The 1994 and 1997 all-around World Champion and the 1994 and 1996 all-around European Champion, Ivankov has competed for over a decade on the international circuit....
      , Belarus
      Belarus

      Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
    • Women's all-around champion: Svetlana Khorkina
      Svetlana Khorkina

      Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has been cited as a fan favorite in various poll...
      , Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    • Men's team competition champion: China
      People's Republic of China

      The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
    • Women's team competition champion: Romania
      Romania

      Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....


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....


Decathlon
Decathlon

The decathlon is an athletic event consisting of ten track and field events. Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all....

  • Best Year Performance
– 8837 points


Marathon

  • June 8 — 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: Dmitriy Kapitonov
      Dmitriy Kapitonov

      Dmitriy Kapitonov is a former long-distance Running from Russia, who won the 1997 edition of the Enschede Marathon, on June 8, 1997, clocking a total time of 2:12:09....
       (RUS) 2:12:09
    • Women's Winner: Carla Beurskens
      Carla Beurskens

      Carolina Alwina Hubertina Beurskens was one of the Netherlands's most prominent female long distance runners from the second half of the seventies until far into the nineties of last century, including all distances from 3000 metres until the marathon....
       (NED) 2:37:20


  • June 15 — Mediterranean Games Marathon
    Mediterranean Games

    The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet....
    , Bari, Italy
    • Men's Winner: Azzedine Sakhri
      Azzedine Sakhri

      Azzedine Sakhri is a retired Algerian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.He won the gold medal at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, finished eighth at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and fifth at the 2001 Mediterranean Games....
       (ALG) 2:20:40
    • Women's Winner: Serap Aktas
      Serap Aktas

      Serap Aktas is a Turkey female middle distance runner and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon. She holds various Turkish records....
       (TUR) 2:39:22


  • August 9 — IAAF World Championships Marathon
    1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Marathon

    The official results of the Women's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, held on Saturday August 9, 1997....
    , Athens, Greece
    • Women's Winner: Hiromi Suzuki
      Hiromi Suzuki (athlete)

      is a former female long-distance Running from Japan. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. Suzuki is best known for winning the world title in the women's marathon in Athens, Greece ....
       (JPN) 2:29:48


  • August 10 — IAAF World Championships Marathon
    1997 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon

    The official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece, held on Sunday August 10, 1997....
    , Athens, Greece
    • Men's Winner: Abel Antón
      Abel Antón

      Abel Ant?n Rodrigo is a Spain long-distance runner, who won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics....
       (ESP) 2:13:16


  • December 7 — 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: Josia Thugwane
      Josia Thugwane

      Josia Thugwane is a South African Athletics , best known for winning the Gold Medal in the Marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Thugwane, who is of Ndebele heritage, is the first black athlete to earn an Olympic gold for South Africa....
       (RSA) 2:07:28


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....
    :
    • 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....
       is the youngest driver ever to win 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....
       on February 16
    • NASCAR Championship - 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....
  • Indy Racing League
    Indy Racing League

    The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel Auto racing.The League sanctions two series, the premier IndyCar Series , whose centerpiece is the Indianapolis 500, and Firestone Indy Lights, the official developmental series of the Indy Racing League....
     -
  • 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....
     - Arie Luyendyk
    Arie Luyendyk

    Arie Luyendyk, originally Arie Luijendijk is a Netherlands automobile racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.Born in Sommelsdijk, Luyendyk started racing in the early 1970s, winning a number of Dutch national titles....
     of The Netherlands
  • 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....
     - Alex Zanardi
    Alex Zanardi

    Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi is an italian people racing driver. He won two Champ Car championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver....
     won the season championship
  • 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 ....
     - Jacques Villeneuve
    Jacques Villeneuve

    Jacques Joseph Charles Villeneuve, National Order of Quebec is a Canadian automobile racing driver. He is the son of Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, and is the namesake of his uncle ....
     of 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....
  • V8 Supercars Australia
    V8 Supercar

    V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category operated under the regulations of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile . It is the most popular motorsport in Australia, has a considerable following in New Zealand, and is steadily growing in popularity across the world where television coverage allows....
    • Championship Series
      V8 Supercar

      V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category operated under the regulations of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile . It is the most popular motorsport in Australia, has a considerable following in New Zealand, and is steadily growing in popularity across the world where television coverage allows....
       won by Glenn Seton
      Glenn Seton

      Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series....
       in a Ford Falcon EL.
    • Bathurst 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....
       for V8 Supercars won by Russel Ingall and Larry Perkins in a Holden
      Holden

      GM Holden Ltd is an Australian Automotive industry based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was originally independent, but since 1931 has been a subsidiary of General Motors ....
       Commodore VS.
    • Bathurst 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....
       for Super Touring won by Jim Richards
      Jim Richards (race driver)

      Jim Richards is a New Zealand racing driver who has spent most of his racing life in Australia. While retired from professional racing, Richards continues to compete in the historic category Touring Car Masters while running a team in the Australian GT Championship....
       and Rickard Rydell
      Rickard Rydell

      Rickard Rydell is a Sweden racing driver. He won the 1998 British Touring Car Championship, and has also been a frontrunner in the European/World Touring Car Championship....
      . Rydell setting a shootout lap of 2:14.x, fastest super touring lap ever around the mountain at that time.
  • 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...
    : the team of Michele Alboreto
    Michele Alboreto

    Michele Alboreto was an Italy racing driver. He is famous for finishing runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One season, as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races....
     / Stefan Johansson
    Stefan Johansson

    Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson is a former Formula One driver from Sweden. Since leaving Formula One he has raced in a number of categories, including Champ Car, various kinds of Sports car racing, and Grand Prix Masters....
     / Tom Kristensen
    Tom Kristensen

    Tom Kristensen is a Denmark auto racing. He has won many championships in auto racing but his most famous achievement is being the only person to win the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans eight times, six of which were consecutive ....
     won, driving a TWR-Porsche
  • Rallying
    Rallying

    Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars....
     - Tommi Mäkinen
    Tommi Mäkinen

    "Turbo" Tommi Antero M?kinen He is a four-time World Rally Championship List of World Rally Championship Drivers' Champions, a series he first won, and then successfully defended, continuously throughout 1996 World Rally Championship season, 1997 World Rally Championship season, 1998 World Rally Championship season and 1999 World Rally Cham...
     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 Piero Liatti
      Piero Liatti

      Piero Liatti is an Italy rallying driver. His speciality was driving on Tarmac rallies like Monte Carlo Rally, Rally Catalunya, Rally Corsica and the San Remo Rally....
       / Fabrizia Pons 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 Subaru Impreza WRC97
      Subaru

      is the automaker division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of flat engine in most of their vehicles....
  • 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....
     - Gary Scelzi
    Gary Scelzi

    Gary Scelzi, , is an American dragster racer and midget car owner who has won the NHRA Powerade Top Fuel championship on three occasions and the Funny Car title once....
     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
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...

  • June 12 - Interleague play begins in 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...
    , ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until 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...
    .
  • 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...
    : Florida Marlins
    Florida Marlins

    The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball based in Miami Gardens, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise, the Marlins are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
     won 4 games to 3 over the Cleveland Indians
    Cleveland Indians

    The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball based in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio. They are in the American League Central of Major League Baseball's American League....
    . The Series MVP was Liván Hernández
    Liván Hernández

    Eisler Liv?n Hern?ndez Carrera is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets organization. He is the half-brother of pitcher Orlando Hern?ndez....
    , Florida
  • More information: 1997 in baseball
    1997 in baseball

    Champions...


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:
    • Arizona Wildcats
      Arizona Wildcats

      The athletic teams at the University of Arizona are known as the Arizona Wildcats....
       win 84-79 in overtime over the Kentucky Wildcats
      Kentucky Wildcats

      The Kentucky Wildcats are the men's and women's college athletics teams representing the University of Kentucky , a founding member of the Southeastern Conference....
      . This is Arizona's first NCAA title in men's basketball.


  • 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....
    :
    • Chicago Bulls
      Chicago Bulls

      The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
       earn their second repeat of the decade as they beat the Utah Jazz
      Utah Jazz

      The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are currently members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
       4 games to 2 (see Steve Kerr
      Steve Kerr

      Stephen Douglas "Steve" Kerr is a retired United States professional basketball player. He was the most accurate three-point field goal shooter in National Basketball Association history upon his retirement in 2003....
      ).


  • WNBA 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....
    , inaugural WNBA season:
    • Houston Comets
      Houston Comets

      The Houston Comets was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team is one of the original eight WNBA teams and won all four championships in the first four years of the league's existence....
       defeat the New York Liberty
      New York Liberty

      The New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City, New York. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history....
       in one game playoff series.


  • 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:
    • Melbourne Tigers
      Melbourne Tigers

      The Melbourne Tigers are a team in the Australian National Basketball League , and along with the South Dragons is one of two teams based in Melbourne....
       defeated the South East Melbourne Magic
      South East Melbourne Magic

      The South East Melbourne Magic were an Australian basketball team, that played in Melbourne, Victoria, in the National Basketball League . The team was the result of a merger of two Melbourne clubs for the 1991 season....
       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....

  • January 18 – Oscar de la Hoya
    Oscar de la Hoya

    Oscar De La Hoya — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an United States boxing and promoter who won a List of Olympic medalists in boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics....
     maintained his World Boxing Council super lightweight title in with a 12-round unanimous decision over Miguel Angel Gonzalez
    Miguel Angel Gonzalez

    Miguel ?ngel Gonz?lez , is a Mexico professional boxing best known to be world lightweight champion as a professional. He also campaigned as a junior welterweight, as well as welterweight in his career, and is currently rated as a junior middleweight but was never as respected as in his best weightclass....
     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....
    .
  • June 28 – 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....
     bites off a piece of the ear of Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
     in the third round of their WBA
    World Boxing Association

    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level....
     Heavyweight title fight, getting disqualified by referee Mills Lane
    Mills Lane

    Mills Bee Lane III is a Referee , and also a former Boxing, judge, and television personality. He is best known for having officiated over several major heavyweight championship boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s, and for starring in the television show Judge Mills Lane....
    .
  • July 9 – 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....
    's 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....
     license is suspended for at least a year and he is fined $3 million for biting Evander Holyfield
    Evander Holyfield

    Evander Holyfield is a professional boxing from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"....
    's ear in a televised match.

  • October 18 to 26 – World Amateur Boxing Championships
    1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships

    The Men's 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from October 18 to October 26. The ninth edition of this competition, a year after the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA....
     held in Budapest, Hungary
    • Light Flyweight (– 48 kg): Maikro Romero
      Maikro Romero

      Maikro Romero is a Cuban boxing, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Later he changed weight class to Light Flyweight and won the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships....
       (Cuba)
    • Flyweight (– 51 kg): Manuel Mantilla
      Manuel Mantilla

      Manuel Mantilla is an amateur boxing from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
       (Cuba)
    • Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Raimkul Malakhbekov
      Raimkul Malakhbekov

      Raimkul Khudoynazarovich Malakhbekov is one of highest titled boxing of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight category....
       (Russia)
    • Featherweight (– 57 kg): István Kovács
      István Kovács

      Istv?n Kov?cs , nicknamed Ko-Ko or sometimes The Cobra is a retired Hungarian people boxing. As an amateur he won the bantamweight gold medal at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was a world champion at the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships in flyweight and at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships in featherw...
       (Hungary)
    • Lightweight (– 60 kg): Aleksander Maletin (Russia)
    • Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg): Dorel Simion
      Dorel Simion

      Dorel Simion is a Romanian boxing. Simion won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
       (Romania)
    • Welterweight (– 67 kg): Oleg Saitov
      Oleg Saitov

      Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov is a Russian Boxing. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.He won the Olympic Games gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics....
       (Russia)
    • Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Alfredo Duvergel
      Alfredo Duvergel

      Alfredo Duvergel is a Cuban boxing, who won the silver medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
       (Cuba)
    • Middleweight (– 75 kg): Zsolt Erdei
      Zsolt Erdei

      Zsolt Erdei is a Hungarian boxing in the light heavyweight division. He is the current World Boxing Organization light heavyweight champion.Erdei Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
       (Hungary)
    • Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Aleksandr Lebziak
      Aleksandr Lebziak

      Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak is a Russian boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing in the men's Light Heavyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....
       (Russia)
    • Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Félix Savón
      Félix Savón

      F?lix Sav?n Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxing, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Sav?n is 6 ft 5 in tall....
       (Cuba)
    • Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Georgi Kandalaki (Georgia)


Cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....

  • The Ashes
    The Ashes

    The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England cricket team and Australia national cricket team. It is one of international cricket's most celebrated sports rivalry and dates back to 1882....
     - 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....
     win the six test series 3-2
  • ICC Trophy
    ICC Trophy

    The ICC World Cup Qualifier is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events....
     - Bangladesh
    Bangladesh

    , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south....
  • Women's Cricket World Cup
    Women's Cricket World Cup

    The Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. Women's cricket was ahead of the male form of the game, with the first Women's World Cup held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's Cricket World Cup....
     - 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....
     beat New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
     by five wickets
  • County Cricket Championship (England and Wales) - Glamorgan
    Glamorgan

    Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....


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 Ivan Gotti
    Ivan Gotti

    Ivan Gotti is an Italy former professional road racing cyclist.Gotti was born at San Pellegrino Terme, Lombardy. He first came to prominence by finishing 5th overall in the 1995 Tour de France....
     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....
  • 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....
     - Jan Ullrich
    Jan Ullrich

    Jan Ullrich is a Germany former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German people to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and in 2005....
     of 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....
  • 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 ....
    : Laurent Brochard
    Laurent Brochard

    Laurent Brochard is a professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became 1997 UCI Road World Championships in San Sebasti?n, Spain....
     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....


Dogsled racing
Dogsled racing

Dogsled racing, more accurately referred to as sled dog racing, is a winter List of dog sports involving the timed competition of teams of sleddogs that pull a dog sled with the dog driver or musher standing on the runners....

  • 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....
       won with lead dogs: Blondie & Fearless


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 World Cup Qualifier Tournament
    1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier

    The sixth Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier for the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht , The Netherlands was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997....
     in Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur

    Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....
    , Malaysia
    Malaysia

    Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


  • Men's Champions Trophy
    1997 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)

    The 1997 Hockey Champions Trophy took place from October 11 to October 19, 1997 in the Pines Hockey Stadium in Adelaide, Australia. It was the toughest tournament of the year, and a prelude to the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup in Utrecht next year....
     in Adelaide
    Adelaide

    Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
    , 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:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


  • Women's World Cup Qualifier Tournament in Harare
    Harare

    Harare is the Capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province....
    , Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


  • Women's Champions Trophy in Berlin
    Berlin

    Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
    , 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....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


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: 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: Tara Lipinski
      Tara Lipinski

      Tara Kristen Lipinski is an American figure skating. At the age of 15, she won the Olympic Games gold medal in Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and remains the youngest individual gold medalist in the history of the Olympic Winter Games....
      , 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...
    • Pairs' champions: Mandy Wötzel
      Mandy Wötzel

      Mandy W?tzel is a Germany World Champion figure skater....
       & Ingo Steuer
      Ingo Steuer

      Ingo Steuer is a German Figure skating....
      , 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....
    • 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....
       / 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
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....
)

  • January 26-Super Bowl XXXI
    Super Bowl XXXI

    Super Bowl XXXI was an American football game played on January 26, 1997 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football League champion following the 1996 NFL season....
    : Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers

    The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the NFC North of the National Football Conference in the National Football League and are the third-oldest franchise in the NFL....
     won 35-21 over the 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....
  • January 2-Sugar Bowl
    Sugar Bowl

    The Sugar Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since December 2, 1934, and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009....
    : University of Florida Gators won 52-20 over rival Florida State Seminoles
    Florida State Seminoles

    The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I ....
     to claim NCAA Football national title.


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
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....
)

  • 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....
    • Port Adelaide
      Port Adelaide Football Club

      Port Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as simply Port or the Power, is an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia....
       join the league
Australian Rugby League premiership, Newcastle knights defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 22-16 in the Grand Final

Florida lose to Nebraska in College Football National Championship.

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

Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide , attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area ....
)

  • 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....
    : Toronto Argonauts
    Toronto Argonauts

    The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1873, they are one of the oldest extant professional sports teams in North America....
     won 47-23 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders
    Saskatchewan Roughriders

    The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, founded in 1910 in sports. They play their home games at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field....
  • 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....
    : UBC Thunderbirds
    UBC Thunderbirds

    The UBC Thunderbirds are the athletic teams that represent the University of British Columbia in the University Endowment Lands just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada....
     win 39-23 over the Ottawa Gee-Gees


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)

For an extensive coverage see 1997 in football (soccer)
1997 in football (soccer)

The following are the football events of the year 1997 throughout the world....


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: 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....
    • National Camogie League: 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....


  • 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...
      : 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....
       0-13 d. Mayo 1-7
    • 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....
      : 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....
       3-7 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....
       1-8


  • 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: 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....
    • National Football League: 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....


  • 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...
      : Clare
      Clare GAA

      The Clare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Clare GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Clare....
       0-20 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....
       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....
 

Men's professional
  • April 13 - Masters Tournament - 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....
  • June 15 - 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 20 - 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....
     - Justin Leonard
    Justin Leonard

    Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an United States professional golfer.Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990....
  • August 17 - 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 ....
     - Davis Love III
    Davis Love III

    Davis Milton Love III is an United States professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before turning professional in 1985....
  • 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 - 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....
     - $2,066,833
  • PGA Tour Player of the Year
    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....
     - 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....
  • PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
    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....
     - Stewart Cink
    Stewart Cink

    Stewart Ernest Cink is an United States professional golfer. He spent 39 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2008....
  • 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 - Hale Irwin
    Hale Irwin

    Hale S. Irwin is an United States professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Open and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s....
     - $2,343,364
  • Ryder Cup
    Ryder Cup

    The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy, donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Europe and the United States of America....
     - 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....
     won 14 1/2-13 1/2 over 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...
     in team golf.
  • 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....
     creates an uproar with his record 12-shot victory at the Masters, and becomes the first Masters winner of African-American descent. He set the record for the lowest to-par score of -18, and the lowest 72-hole score of 272. He also rises to the No. 1 ranking
    Official World Golf Rankings

    The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Men's major golf championships and the six professional golf tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour...
     on June 15, in only his 42nd week as a professional -- the fastest ascent to the No. 1 ranking.
Men's amateur
  • 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"....
     - Craig Watson
  • U.S. Amateur - Matt Kuchar
    Matt Kuchar

    Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an United States professional golfer, who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Kuchar was born in Winter Park, Florida....
  • 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....
     - Didier de Voogt
Women's professional
  • 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....
     - Betsy King
    Betsy King

    Betsy King is a professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 6 women's major golf championships and thirty-four 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....
     - Christa Johnson
    Christa Johnson

    Christa Johnson is an United States golfer. She attended the University of Arizona and her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was in 1980.Johnson was born in Arcata, California....
  • 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....
     - Alison Nicholas
    Alison Nicholas

    Alison Nicholas Order of the British Empire is an England golfer....
  • Classique du Maurier - Colleen Walker
    Colleen Walker

    Colleen Walker is an American golfer who formerly played on the LPGA Tour. She is currently playing on the Legends Tour.Walker attended Florida State University and her rookie year on the tour was 1982....
  • 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 - Annika Sörenstam
    Annika Sörenstam

    Annika S?renstam is a Sweden professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before "stepping away" from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golf player with the most wins to her name....
     - $1,236,789


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....
     - Might And Power
    Might and Power

    Might and Power was arguably the greatest thoroughbred in Australian horse-racing during the 1990s. In a period of 12 months during 1997 and 1998, he won the Caulfield Cup, the Melbourne Cup and the Cox Plate....
  • 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....
     - Awesome Again
    Awesome Again

    Awesome Again is an Canada Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse racing. Owned and bred by Frank Stronach of Newmarket, Ontario, Awesome Again was sired by Deputy Minister out of the 2000 Broodmare of the Year, Primal Force ....
  • 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....
     - Peintre Célèbre
    Peintre Celebre

    Peintre Celebre, , is a champion thoroughbred racehorse.Bred and owned by Daniel Wildenstein , the renowned France art dealer and highly successful horseman, Peintre Celebre came from a line of outstanding thoroughbreds....
  • 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....
     - Desert King
    Desert King

    Desert King is a Thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ireland. He is the bay son of Danehill ....


  • 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 - Entrepreneur
    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....
       - Benny the Dip
      Benny the Dip

      Benny the Dip was an American-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred horse racing, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1997 by a short head from the future St....
    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....
       - Silver Patriarch
      Silver Patriarch

      Silver Patriarch is a former racehorse, winner of the 1997 St. Leger Stakes and of seven other races. He was ridden by Pat Eddery in all but three of his races....


  • 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 3 - 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....
       - Silver Charm
      Silver Charm

      Silver Charm is an United States Champion Thoroughbred race horse.Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary L. Stevens, Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short of the Triple Crown by placing second in the Belmont Stakes to Touch Gold....
    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....
       - Silver Charm
      Silver Charm

      Silver Charm is an United States Champion Thoroughbred race horse.Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary L. Stevens, Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short of the Triple Crown by placing second in the Belmont Stakes to Touch Gold....
    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....
       - Touch Gold
      Touch Gold

      Touch Gold is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing best known as the winner of the American Classic Races Belmont Stakes in which he ended Silver Charm bid for the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States....


  • 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....
       - Skip Away
      Skip Away

      Skip Away , a gray thoroughbred race horse, was named America's Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice named America's Champion Handicap Horse....
    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....
       - Ajina
      Ajina

      Ajina is an United States Eclipse Award Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by renowned horseman Allen E. Paulson, Ajina was purchased by Robert C....
    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....
       - Favorite Trick
      Favorite Trick

      Favorite Trick was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing who in 1997 became the first 2-year-old in twenty-five years to be voted Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year....
    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....
       - Countess Diana
    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....
       - Spinning World
      Spinning World

      Spinning World is a French thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the top European milers during the 1990s.After winning the 1996 Irish 2,000 Guineas at Curragh Racecourse in Ireland, and the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Hippodrome Deauville-La Touques in France, Spinning World finished second to Da Hoss in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Wo...
    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....
       - Elmhurst
    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....
       - Chief Bearhart
      Chief Bearhart

      Chief Bearhart is a Canada thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ontario by Richard D. Maynard and sired by Chief's Crown out of the mare Amelia Bearhart....


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....
     - Gothic Dream


  • Western Dreamer won the 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....
       - Western Dreamer
    2. Little Brown Jug
      Little Brown Jug

      Little Brown Jug can refer to:*Little Brown Jug , an 1869 song by Joseph Winner. Most or all other uses of this phrase are named after this famous song....
       - Western Dreamer
    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....
       - Western Dreamer


  • 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...
       - Malabar Man
    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....
       - Lord Stormont
    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....
       - Take Chances


  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
    • Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot
      Our Sir Vancelot

      Our Sir Vancelot is a New Zealand bred, standardbred stallion. Known as Sir Vancelot in New Zealand, he won a record three straight Inter Dominion finals, 1997, 1998 and 1999....
    • Trotters: Pride Of Petite


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: Dominik Hasek
    Dominik Hašek

    Dominik Ha?ek is a retired Czech Republic ice hockey goaltender. In his 18-season NHL career, he played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, and the Ottawa Senators....
     of the Buffalo Sabres
    Buffalo Sabres

    The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast 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....
     - Detroit Red Wings
    Detroit Red Wings

    The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, who are the current Stanley Cup champions.They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
     win 4 games to 0 over the Philadelphia Flyers
    Philadelphia Flyers

    The Philadelphia Flyers are an ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....


  • World Hockey Championship
    • 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 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....
    • Junior Men's champion: Finland
      Finland

      Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
       defeated Russia
      Russia

      Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    • Women'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 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...


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 Rochester Knighthawks
    Rochester Knighthawks

    The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional box lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena....
     defeat the Buffalo Bandits
    Buffalo Bandits

    The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 MILL season to 1997 MILL season, until the turned into the NLL in 1998 NLL season....
     15-12 to win the Major Indoor Lacrosse League championship
    • The National Lacrosse League
      National Lacrosse League

      The National Lacrosse League is the league of men's box lacrosse in North America. It currently has 12 teams; 3 in Canada and 9 in the United States....
       (NLL) is formed from the Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL), with the decision to move from league ownership of all teams to individual team ownership.
  • 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....
     for the Canadian
    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....
     box lacrosse
    Box lacrosse

    Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America....
     championship: Victoria Shamrocks
    Victoria Shamrocks

    The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse club, based in Victoria, British Columbia, British Columbia. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association ....
     of the Western Lacrosse Association
    Western Lacrosse Association

    The Western Lacrosse Association is an amateur league of men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia....
  • European Lacrosse Championships
    European Lacrosse Championships

    The European Lacrosse Championships are held every four years, and have been held since 1995 to determine the best national lacrosse team of Europe....
    :
    • Men's champion: England
      England

      native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
       defeats the Czech Republic
      Czech Republic

      The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    • Women's champion: England
      England

      native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
       defeats Wales
      Wales

      native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...


Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts is a Contact sport combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions....


  • February 2 — Vitor Belfort
    Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial arts, who has fought both in Japan and the United States. The majority of his bouts have taken place in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and he is the former UFC light heavyweight champion....
     makes his UFC debut at UFC 12
    UFC 12

    UFC 12: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 7, 1997 at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, Alabama....
    . He wins the heavyweight tournament by beating Tra Telligman
    Tra Telligman

    Tracy "Trauma" Telligman is an American mixed martial artist who has fought both in Japan and the USA. He is best known for his bouts in the UFC....
     in the first round and then demolishing Scott Ferrozzo
    Scott Ferrozzo

    image=Replace this image male.svg only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see...
     in forty-three seconds in the final.
  • May 30 — Randy Couture
    Randy Couture

    Randy Duane Couture , also known as "The Natural" and "Captain America," is an American actor and mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestling, and former collegiate wrestling, and the former heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship....
     and Tito Ortiz
    Tito Ortiz

    Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter from Huntington Beach, California....
     make their UFC, and professional MMA debuts, at UFC 13
    UFC 13

    UFC 13: Ultimate Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 30, 1997 in Augusta, Georgia. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on VHS....
    . Couture beats Tony Halme
    Tony Halme

    Tony Christian Halme is a former member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the True Finns party. He is also known by the pseudonym viking he used while appearing in the Finnish Gladiators of the TV game show American Gladiators in the 1990s ....
     and Steven Graham on his way to winning the heavyweight tournament. Ortiz takes part in the light-heavyweight tournament. He beats Wes Albritton in his first bout but then loses to Guy Mezger
    Guy Mezger

    Guy Mezger is an United States martial arts who competed in professional combat sports ranging from full contact karate, kickboxing, and boxing, but is most recognized as a mixed martial arts fighter ....
     in the tournament finals.
  • October 11 — KRS-PRIDE (later renamed PRIDE Fighting Championships) holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome. In the show’s main event Rickson Gracie
    Rickson Gracie

    Rickson Gracie is a Brazilian people martial artist and professional mixed martial artist who holds a 8th degree Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu....
     defeats Nobuhiko Takada
    Nobuhiko Takada

    Nobuhiko Takada is a Japanese people mixed martial arts fighter and professional wrestler. He is best known for helping to popularize shoot-style professional wrestling, as one of the biggest stars of the Universal Wrestling Federation and Union of Wrestling Force International in the '80s and '90s....
     by armbar, in the first round.


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....

  • Eighth 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 Sankt Englmar
    Sankt Englmar

    Sankt Englmar is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria, Germany....
    , 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....
    .
  • Second High Speed Telegraphy
    High Speed Telegraphy

    High Speed Telegraphy competitions challenge individuals to correctly receive and copy Morse code transmissions sent at very high speeds. It is most popular in Eastern Europe, where it is one of several activities collectively referred to as radiosport....
     World Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria.


Rowing

  • McGill University
    McGill University

    McGill University is a Public university#Canada located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university....
     wins the inaugural McGill-Queen's Challenge
    Queen's-McGill rivalry

    Queen's-McGill rivalry refers to the competition, both in academics and athletics between Queen's University and McGill University. Both schools have rich histories of academic excellence, as well as athletic competition and school pride....
     Boat race.


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: Luc Alphand
      Luc Alphand

      Luc Alphand is a France former Alpine skiing, who is now a auto racing.Born in Brian?on, Alphand made his World Cup skiing debut in 1984. In 1997 he won the Alpine skiing World Cup....
      , 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....
    • The women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg
      Pernilla Wiberg

      Pernilla Wiberg is a Sweden former Alpine skiing, who competed on a high level between 1990 and 2002. On club level, she represented Norrk?pings SK....
      , 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....


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....
    : Ken Doherty
    Ken Doherty

    Ken Doherty is an Republic of Ireland professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and World Snooker Championship champion ....
     beats Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Hendry

    Stephen Gordon Hendry, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish people professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21....
     18-12
  • 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....
    : Stephen Hendry
    Stephen Hendry

    Stephen Gordon Hendry, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish people professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21....
     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 1997/98


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....

  • March 28 – 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....
    's Ayari Aoyama
    Ayari Aoyama

    Ayari Aoyama is a retired female Butterfly swimming swimmer from Japan. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
     breaks Misty Hyman
    Misty Hyman

    Misty Hyman is an United States swimmer who won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Hyman was only expected to contend for silver on that night , as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title....
    's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 58:24

  • Third World Short Course Championships
    1997 FINA Short Course World Championships

    The 3rd FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 17 till April 20, 1997....
    , held in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 17 – 20)
    • April 19 – U.S.-swimmer Jenny Thompson
      Jenny Thompson

      Dr. Jennifer Beth Thompson is a former competitive swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympic Games in history, winning twelve medals, including eight gold medals, while representing the United States of America in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, and 2004 Summer Olympics....
       breaks Ayari Aoyama
      Ayari Aoyama

      Ayari Aoyama is a retired female Butterfly swimming swimmer from Japan. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
      's world record in the Women's 100m Butterfly (short course): 57:79
    • April 20 – Australia wins the most medals (17), and the most gold medals (9)

  • 23rd European LC Championships
    European LC Championships 1997

    The European Long Course Championships 1997 in aquatics were held in Seville, Spain from Tuesday August 19 to Sunday August 24, in the 50 m pool of the Piscina Centro Deportivo San Pablo....
    , held in Seville, Spain (August 19 – 24)
    • Germany wins the most medals (19), and the most gold medals (8)

  • XIX Summer Universiade
    Swimming at the 1997 Summer Universiade

    The swimming competition during the 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, was a long course event , and took place in Messina, on the island of Sicily, Italy from August 24 till August 30, 1997....
    , held on Sicily
    Sicily

    Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
    , 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....
     (August 24 – 30)


Taekwondo
Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. It is the world's most popular martial art in terms of the number of practitioners....

  • World Championships
    1997 World Taekwondo Championships

    The 1997 World Taekwondo Championships were the 13th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Hong Kong from November 19 to November 23, 1997....
     held in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....


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....
       - Pete Sampras
      Pete Sampras

      Petros "Pete" Sampras is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from the United States of America. During his 15-year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles , and had a 203?38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
    2. French Open - Gustavo Kuerten
      Gustavo Kuerten

      Gustavo Kuerten is a retired former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001, and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000....
    3. Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
      Pete Sampras

      Petros "Pete" Sampras is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from the United States of America. During his 15-year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles , and had a 203?38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
    4. US Open - Patrick Rafter
      Patrick Rafter

      Patrick "Pat" Michael Rafter is a retired Australian former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player. He twice won the men's singles title at the U.S....


  • Grand Slam in tennis women'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....
       - Martina Hingis
      Martina Hingis

      Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....
    2. French Open - Iva Majoli
      Iva Majoli

      Iva Majoli Maric is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997....
    3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Hingis
      Martina Hingis

      Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....
    4. US Open - Martina Hingis
      Martina Hingis

      Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....


  • 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....
    : 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....
     won 5-0 over 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...
     in world tennis.


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 World League
    FIVB World League 1997

    The Volleyball World League was the eighth edition of the annual volleyball, played by twelve countries from May 16 to July 5, 1997. The final round was staged in Moscow, Russia....
     – Final Round in Moscow, Russia
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:
  • Women's World Grand Prix – Final Round in Kobe, Japan
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • Asian Championship
    Asia Volleyball Championship

    The Asian Volleyball Championship is a sport for national teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation, the Asia volleyball federation....
    • Men's Tournament in Doha, Qatar
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:
    • Women's Tournament in Manila, Philippines
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:

  • Men's European Championship
    1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship

    The European Volleyball Championship was the 20th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Conf?d?ration Europ?enne de Volleyball....
     in Den Bosch and Eindhoven
    Eindhoven

    Eindhoven is a municipality and a city located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, originally at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender streams....
    , 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....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • Women's European Championship in Brno
    Brno

    Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
    , Czech Republic
    Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:

  • I. Beach Volleyball World Championships
    1997 Beach Volleyball World Championships

    The1997 Swatch FIVB World Championships, were held from September 10 to September 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California . It was the first official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships all held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
     in Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
    , 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 Competition
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:
      • Bronze Medal:
    • Women's Competition
      • Gold Medal:
      • Silver Medal:
      • Bronze 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

  • FINA World Cup in Athens, Greece
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


  • European Championship
    1997 Men's European Water Polo Championship

    The European Water Polo Championship was the 23rd edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ?enne de Natation....
     in Sevilla, Spain
    • Gold Medal:
    • Silver Medal:
    • Bronze Medal:


Women's Competition

  • European Championship
    1997 Women's European Water Polo Championship

    The European Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ?enne de Natation....
     in Sevilla, Spain
    • 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

  • Second East Asian Games
    East Asian Games

    The East Asian Games is a multi-sport event organised by East Asian Games Association and held every four years since 1993 East Asian Games among athletes from East Asian countries....
     held in Busan
    Busan

    Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....
    , 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....
  • 8th Pan Arab Games held in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Fifth World Games
    World Games

    The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association , under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee ....
     held in Lahti, Finland
  • 13th Mediterranean Games
    Mediterranean Games

    The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years, mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet....
     held in Bari, Italy
  • 19th Summer Universiade
    1997 Summer Universiade

    The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in Sicily, Italy....
     held on Sicily
    Sicily

    Sicily is an Autonomous regions with special statute of Italy. Of all the regions of Italy, Sicily covers the largest land area at 25,708 km? and currently has just over five million inhabitants....
    , 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....
  • 18th Winter Universiade
    1997 Winter Universiade

    The 1997 Winter Universiade, the XVIII Winter Universiade, took place in Muju, South Korea....
     held in Muju County
    Muju County

    Muju County ,is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in North Jeolla Province , South Korea. is a local government in Korea emerging as a world-class resort city on the back of a clean ecological city, an international tourism city and an affluent healthy city....
    , 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....


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....
    : 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....
    , PGA golf
    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....
  • 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....
    : Martina Hingis
    Martina Hingis

    Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....
    , 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....


Deaths

  • Exceller
    Exceller

    Exceller is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States to not win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a horse-racing, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winners in the same race , Exceller is now remembered more for...
     — thoroughbred racehorse
  • March 2 — Grete Heublein
    Grete Heublein

    Margarete Heublein was a Germany Athletics who competed in the discus throw, shot put and the 100 metres sprint. She set the world record on June 19, 1932 in Hagen, reaching 40.84 metres, but lost it the same day....
     (89), German track and field athlete (b. 1908)
  • March 11 — Stefan Fernholm
    Stefan Fernholm

    Bengt Stefan Fernholm was a discus thrower and shot putter from Sweden.Fernholm represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California....
    , Swedish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1959)
  • March 21 — John Nemechek
    John Nemechek

    John Nemechek , was a race car driver who was killed in an accident during a Craftsman truck race at Homestead, Florida....
     (27), NASCAR
    NASCAR

    The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is the largest sanctioning body of stock cars in the United States. The three largest racing series sanctioned by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series....
     race driver
  • March 25 — Oswaldo "Baltazar" da Silva (71), Brazilian football (soccer) player (b. 1926)
  • May 13 — Eduard Zakharov
    Eduard Zakharov

    Eduard Zakharov was a male boxing from Russia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's light-welterweight division by Cuba's eventual gold medalist H?ctor Vinent....
     (22), Russian boxer (b. 1975)
  • June 20 — John Akii-Bua
    John Akii-Bua

    John Akii-Bua was a Ugandan hurdles and the first Olympic Games champion from his country.Akii-Bua started his athletic career as a hurdler on the short distance, but coached by British-born coach Malcolm Arnold, he was introduced to the 400 m hurdles ....
    , Ugandan hurdler (b. 1949)
  • September 9 — Richie Ashburn
    Richie Ashburn

    Don Richard "Richie" Ashburn , also known by the nickname "Whitey" due to his light-blond hair, was an United States center fielder in Major League Baseball....
    , 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 ....
     player
  • November 14 — Eddie Arcaro
    Eddie Arcaro

    Edward Arcaro , known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an United States Thoroughbred horse race National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing twice....
    , only jockey to win two Triple Crowns
    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....
  • November 29 — Heikki Savolainen
    Heikki Savolainen (athlete)

    Heikki Ilmari Savolainen was one of the most successful Finnish gymnasts and a two-time olympic winner.Savolainen's career as a top gymnast lasted for six Summer Olympics....
     (90), Finnish gymnast (b. 1907)
  • December 6 — Willy den Ouden
    Willy den Ouden

    Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden was a freestyle swimming swimmer from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1932....
     (79), Dutch freestyle swimmer (b. 1918)
  • December 23 — Felix Bwalya
    Felix Bwalya

    Felix Bwalya was a boxing from Zambia, who competed for his native country at the Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was stopped in the first round of the lightweight division by Tanzania's Rashid Matoumla....
     (27), Zambian boxer (b. 1970)