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Athletics

Athletics (track and field)

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

Track

• Hicham El Guerrouj
  Hicham El Guerrouj
  
  Hicham El Guerrouj is a Morocco former Middle distance track event. He is the World records in athletics holder for the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres , the World record progression for the mile run and the outdoor Middle_distance_track_event#2000_m , and a double Olympic Games gold medalist....
   sets the new World Record in the mile at the World Championships in Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
  . He recorded a time of 3:43.13, barely edging out Noah Ngeny
  Noah Ngeny
  
  Noah Kiprono Ngeny is a Kenyan Athletics , and the surprise winner of the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
   of Kenya
  Kenya
  
  The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
   who recorded 3:43.40.

• Michael Johnson
  Michael Johnson (athlete)
  
  Michael Duane Johnson is a retired United States Sprint . He won four Olympic Games gold medals and was crowned IAAF World Championships in Athletics nine times....
   sets the new World Record in the 400 metres in 43.18.

Marathon

• June 6 — 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: Anatoli Zerouk (UKR) 2:16:31
• Women's Winner: Galina Karnatevicz (BLR) 2:37:35

• July 25 — Pan American Games Marathon
  Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  Athletics at the 1999 Pan American GamesTwo new events were introduced for women: pole vault and hammer throw. In addition the 20 km road walk replaced the 10,000 m track walk....
  , Winnipeg, Canada
• Men's Winner: Vanderlei de Lima
  Vanderlei de Lima
  
  Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima is a marathon Athletics from Brazil. De Lima received international renown after a spectator, a defrocked Irish people priest, attacked him in the Marathon race at the 2004 Summer Olympics, when he was leading the race at 35 km....
   (BRA) 2:17:20
• Women's Winner: Erika Olivera
  Érika Olivera
  
  ?rika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon Running from Chile. She won the 1995 edition of the Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina, and the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American record at 2:37.41 hours....
   (CHL) 2:37:41

• August 28 — IAAF World Championships Marathon
  1999 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Marathon
  
  The official results of the Marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, held on Saturday August 28, 1999....
  , Seville, Spain
• 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) 2:13:36

• August 29 — IAAF World Championships Marathon
  1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Marathon
  
  The official results of the Women's Marathon at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain, held on Sunday August 29, 1999....
  , Seville, Spain
• Women's Winner: Jong Song-Ok (PRK) 2:26:59

• December 5 — 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: Gezahegne Abera
  Gezahegne Abera
  
  Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian Athletics , winner of the Marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Etya, Arsi Province, Abera's first international competition was the 1999 Los Angeles Marathon, where he finished fourth, behind three Kenyans....
   (ETH) 2:07:54

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....
   won the Daytona 500
  Daytona 500
  
  The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
  
• NASCAR Championship - Dale Jarrett
  Dale Jarrett
  
  Dale Arnold Jarrett is a former United States Auto racing driver. He is the 1999 NASCAR NASCAR Championship and the son of two-time NASCAR Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett....
  
• 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....
   - Kenny Bräck
  Kenny Bräck
  
  Kenneth "Kenny" Br?ck is a race car driver from Sweden. Until his retirement from racing, he competed in the CART, Indy Racing League and the IROC series....
  
• CART Racing - Juan Pablo Montoya
  Juan Pablo Montoya
  
  Juan Pablo Montoya Rold?n is a race car driver in NASCAR and a former Formula One and Champ Car driver. He has enjoyed great success, most famously in top open wheel racing series....
   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 ....
   - Mika Häkkinen
  Mika Häkkinen
  
  Mika Pauli H?kkinen is a Finland auto racing and two-time Formula One champion. He was Michael Schumacher's greatest rival in F1. The German has said himself that H?kkinen is the rival he respected the most during his Formula One career....
   of 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....
  
• 24 hours of Le Mans
  24 Hours of Le Mans
  
  The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a sports car racing endurance racing held annually since near the town of Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance, it is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and runs on a Circuit de la Sarthe containing closed public roads that are meant not only to test a car and dr...
  : won by the team of Pierluigi Martini
  Pierluigi Martini
  
  Pierluigi Martini is an Italy former racing driver.He participated in 124 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 9, 1984 substituting for Ayrton Senna at the Toleman team....
   / Yannick Dalmas
  Yannick Dalmas
  
  Yannick Dalmas is a former racing driver from France. He participated in 49 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 18 October 1987, but qualified for only 24 of them....
   / Joachim Winkelhock
  Joachim Winkelhock
  
  Joachim Winkelhock , is a Germany motor racing driver.The younger brother of the late Manfred Winkelhock, Winkelhock was born in Waiblingen, near Stuttgart....
   driving a BMW V-12 LMR
  BMW
  
  , is an independent German automotive industry founded in 1916. It also produces BMW Motorrad, is the owner of the MINI brand and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars....
  
• 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....
   - 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...
    / Risto Mannisenmäki
  Risto Mannisenmäki
  
  Risto Mannisenm?ki is a former rally co-driver and two-times World Rally Championship with driver Tommi M?kinen.Mannisenm?ki begun his career 1982 World Rally Championship season and was co-driving for various drivers such as Tommi M?kinen, Sebastian Lindholm and Ari M?kk?nen in local rallies....
   of 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....
  
• 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....
   - Tony Schumacher 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.
• Formula Nippon
  Formula Nippon
  
  Formula Nippon is a type of formula racing and the top level of single-seater racing in Japan.Formula Nippon has a fairly long history, evolving from the Japanese Formula 2 series begun in 1973 by way of the Japanese Formula 2 and Japanese Formula 3000 championships....
   - Tom Coronel
  Tom Coronel
  
  Tom Romeo Coronel is a Netherlands auto racing driver. Tom's twin brother Tim is also a racer, just like their father Tom Coronel Sr. His most important results are winning the Ultimate Masters of Formula 3 race in 1997, the Formula Nippon championship in 1999, and the 2006 World Touring Car Championship Independents' Trophy....
   of The Netherlands.

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...

• May 10: The Boston Red Sox
  Boston Red Sox
  
  The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
   pound the Seattle Mariners
  Seattle Mariners
  
  The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
  , 12-4, as shortstop
  Shortstop
  
  Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball positions between second base and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the ball slightly, so more balls go to the sho...
   Nomar Garciaparra
  Nomar Garciaparra
  
  Anthony Nomar Garciaparra is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played First baseman and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox....
   leads the way with three home run
  Home run
  
  In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batting is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring run for himself and each baserunning who was already on base, with no error by the defensive team on the play....
  s, including two grand slam
  Grand slam (baseball)
  
  In the sport of baseball, a grand slam is a home run hit with bases loaded, thereby scoring 4 run - the most possible on a single play. According to The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the term originated in the card game of contract bridge, in which a "grand slam" involves taking all the possible tricks....
  s. Garciaparra drives home 10 of Boston's runs as he clouts a bases loaded homer in the 1st, a 2-run shot in the 3rd, and another grand slam in the 8th. Nomar is the first Bosox since Jim Tabor
  Jim Tabor
  
  James Reubin Tabor , also nicknamed "Rawhide", was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies ....
  , in 1939
  1939 in sports
  
  Many sporting events did not take place because of World War II....
  , to slam two slams in a game, and just the 9th in MLB
  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 ....
   history. Robin Ventura
  Robin Ventura
  
  Robin Mark Ventura is a former professional baseball player, a third baseman who played for four Major League Baseball teams, most notably for the Chicago White Sox....
   last did it, in 1995
  1995 in sports
  
  Athletics...
  .

• 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...
  : New York Yankees
  New York Yankees
  
  The New York Yankees are a professional baseball based in the Borough of the Bronx, in New York City, New York and are a member of the American League East of Major League Baseball's American League....
   won 4 games to 0 over the Atlanta Braves
  Atlanta Braves
  
  The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the National League East of Major League Baseball's National League....
  . The series MVP: Mariano Rivera
  Mariano Rivera
  
  Mariano Rivera is a professional baseball player. He is a relief pitcher for Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. Nicknamed "Mo," Rivera originally began his Major League career as a starting pitcher in , but it was after he was moved to the bullpen that he found success....
  , New York

• 1999 in baseball
  1999 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....

• NBA Finals
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  |NBA Finals
  National Basketball Association
  
  The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
  : - The San Antonio Spurs
  San Antonio Spurs
  
  The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
   defeat the New York Knicks
  New York Knicks
  
  The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association ....
  , 4 games to 1, to win the franchises' first championship. The Knicks were the first number eight seed in NBA history to make it to the NBA Finals.

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
• Connecticut wins 77-74 over Duke

• WNBA 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....
  : - The 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....
  , 2 games to 1, to win their third title in a row.

• 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:
• Adelaide 36ers
  Adelaide 36ers
  
  The Adelaide 36ers are Adelaide's men's professional basketball team, established as the Adelaide City Eagles when they joined the National Basketball League in 1982....
   defeated the Victoria Titans
  Victoria Titans
  
  The Victoria Titans were an Australia 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 inaugural NBL summer season of 1999....
   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....

• July 31 to August 8 – Pan American Games
  Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. It served as a qualification tournament for the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
   held in Winnipeg, Canada.
• 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): Omar Andrés Narváez
  Omar Andrés Narváez
  
  Omar Andr?s Narv?ez is a southpaw professional boxing in the flyweight division and is the WBO flyweight champion. Narv?ez was also the first boxer from the 2000 Olympics to capture a major world title....
   (Argentina)
• Bantamweight (– 54 kg): Gerald Tucker
  Gerald Tucker
  
  Gerald Tuckerwas the head coach on the Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics Gold Medal Olympic Team. He was the coach of Bartlesville Phillips 66ers for four seasons from 1954-58 having the most wins in the National Industrial Basketball League in each of those 4 seasons....
   (United States)
• Featherweight (– 57 kg): Yudel Jhonson (Cuba)
• Lightweight (– 60 kg): Mario Kindelán (Cuba)
• Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg): Victor Hugo Castro
  Victor Hugo Castro
  
  Victor Castro is a boxing from Argentina, who won the gold medal in the Light Welterweight at the Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada....
   (Argentina)
• Welterweight (– 67 kg): Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra
  
  Juan Hern?ndez Sierra is a retired boxing from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
   (Cuba)
• Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Jorge Gutierrez
  Jorge Gutiérrez
  
  Jorge Guti?rrez Espinosa is a former boxing from Cuba. Guti?rrez won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.His Olympic results were:...
   (Cuba)
• Middleweight (– 75 kg): Yohanson Martínez (Cuba)
• Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Humberto Savigne (Cuba)
• Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Odlanier Solis
  Odlanier Solis
  
  Odlanier Sol?s Font? is a Cuban Boxing. He won the Olympic Gold medal in 2004 Summer Olympics and was a three time winner at the World Amateur Boxing Championships....
   (Cuba)
• Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Alexis Rubalcaba
  Alexis Rubalcaba
  
  Alexis Rubalcaba is a retired boxing from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division. He twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics....
   (Cuba)

• August 20 to 27 – World Amateur Boxing Championships
  1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships
  
  The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, Texas from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA....
   held in Houston, Texas
  Houston, Texas
  
  Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
   in 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...
  
• Light Flyweight (– 48 kg): Brian Viloria
  Brian Viloria
  
  Brian Viloria is an United States professional Boxing of Filipino people ancestry and a former World Boxing Council world light flyweight champion....
   (United States)
• Flyweight (– 51 kg): Bulat Jumadilov
  Bulat Jumadilov
  
  Bulat Jumadilov is a Kazakhstan boxing who competed in the Men's Flyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. Four years earlier at the 1996 Summer Olympics he also captured the silver medal....
   (Kazakhstan)
• Bantamweight (– 54 kg): George Olteanu
  George Olteanu
  
  George Olteanu is a former boxing from Romania, who competed for his native country at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
   (Romania)
• Featherweight (– 57 kg): Ricardo Juarez (United States)
• Lightweight (– 60 kg): Mario Kindelán (Cuba)
• Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg): Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev
  Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev
  
  Muhammadqodir Abdullayev is an Uzbekistani boxing, who won the Olympic medalists in boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas....
   (Uzbekistan)
• Welterweight (– 67 kg): Juan Hernández Sierra
  Juan Hernández Sierra
  
  Juan Hern?ndez Sierra is a retired boxing from Cuba, who competed in the welterweight division during the 1990s. He represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....
   (Cuba)
• Light Middleweight (– 71 kg): Marian Simion
  Marian Simion
  
  Marian Simion is a Romanian boxing, who competed in the Light Middleweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He repeated that feat one year later, at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Belfast after having won the world title at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas....
   (Romania)
• Middleweight (– 75 kg): Utkirbek Haydarov
  Utkirbek Haydarov
  
  Utkirbek Haydarov is an Uzbekistani boxing who competed in the light heavyweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal....
   (Uzbekistan)
• Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg): Michael Simms
  Michael Simms
  
  Michael Simms Jr is a US American boxer best known to win the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships at light heavyweight....
   (United States)
• Heavyweight (– 91 kg): Michael Bennett
  Michael Bennett (boxer)
  
  Michael Bennett is a former US-American boxing who won the amateur world championships in 1999 and represented the United States at the 2000 Olympic Games in the heavyweight division ....
   (United States)
• Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg): Sinan Samil Sam
  Sinan Samil Sam
  
  Sinan Samil Sam is a Germany born Turkey heavyweight professional boxing. As a professional boxer, Sam won the European Boxing Union and World Boxing Council titles in the heavyweight division....
   (Turkey)

• September 18 – The Fight of the Millennium
  Fight of the Millennium
  
  The Fight Of The Millennium was a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, on September 18, 1999, to unify the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation's world Welterweight championships....
  :
• Félix Trinidad
  Félix Trinidad
  
  F?lix 'Tito' Trinidad, Jr. is a Puerto Rico professional boxer, considered as one of the best boxers in that archipelago's history. When he was an amateur Trinidad won five National Amateur Championships in Puerto Rico....
   defeats 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....
   by split 12 round decision to unify the IBF
  International Boxing Federation
  
  The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and WBO....
   and WBC's
  World Boxing Council
  
  The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo L?pez Mateos, to create an international boxi...
   world Welterweight championships.

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....

Curling

Curling

Curling is a team sport with similarities to bowls and shuffleboard, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice....

• World Curling Championships
  World Curling Championships
  
  The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships....
  :
• Men: Scotland
  Scotland
  
  conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
   won 6-5 over 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....
  
• Women: 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 8-5 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...
  

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....
   - Lance Armstrong
  Lance Armstrong
  
  Lance Armstrong is an United States professional Road bicycle racing who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 Tour de France to 2005 Tour de France....
   of the United States
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  
• 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 ....
  : Óscar Freire
  Óscar Freire
  
  ?scar Freire G?mez is a Spain professional road bicycle racer for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank . Freire is considered one of the top Cycling sprinter in road bicycle racing, having won the World Cycling Championship on a record-equalling three occasions, along with Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx, and the cycling monument Mila...
   of Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  

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:
• Doug Swingley
  Doug Swingley
  
  Doug Swingley is an United Statesn dog mushing and dogsled racing from Lincoln, Montana, who is a four-time winner of the 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska....
   with lead dogs: Stormy, Cola & Elmer

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....

World competitions

• Men's Champions Trophy
  1999 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  
  The 1999 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy took place from June 10 to June 20, 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Australia. Participating nations were: hosting nation Australia national field hockey team, England national field hockey team, titleholders Netherlands national field hockey team, Pakistan national field hockey team, Korea...
   in Brisbane
  Brisbane
  
  Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
  , 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: Australia
• Silver: South Korea
• Bronze: The Netherlands

• Women's Champions Trophy
  1999 Women's Champions Trophy (field hockey)
  
  The sixth edition of the Women's Champions Trophy took place from Thursday June 10 until Saturday June 19 1999 in the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane, Queensland....
   in Brisbane
  Brisbane
  
  Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
  , 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: Australia
• Silver: The Netherlands
• Bronze: Germany

Regional competitions

• Men's Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Gold Medal: South Korea
• Silver Medal: Pakistan
• Bronze Medal: India

• Men's European Nations Cup in Padua
  Padua
  
  Padua is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 ....
  , 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....
  
• Gold: Germany
• Silver: The Netherlands
• Bronze: England

• Pan American Games (Men's Competition)
  Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The field hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on the pitch of the Kildonan East College near Winnipeg, Canada, from Saturday July 24 to Wednesday August 4....
   in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg
  
  Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitude centre of North America, at the confluence of the historic Red River of the North and Assiniboine River Rivers, a point now commonly known as The Forks, Winnipeg....
  , 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....
  
• Gold: Canada
• Silver: Argentina
• Bronze: Cuba

• Women's Asia Cup in New Delhi, India
• Gold Medal: South Korea
• Silver Medal: India
• Bronze Medal: China

• Women's European Nations Cup
  1999 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
  
  The 1999 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the fifth edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for women. It was held in Cologne, Germany from August 18 to August 29, 1999....
   in Cologne
  Cologne
  
  Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
  , 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: The Netherlands
• Silver: Germany
• Bronze: England

• Pan American Games (Women's Competition)
  Hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The field hockey at the 1999 Pan American Games was held on the pitch of the Kildonan East College near Winnipeg, Canada, from Saturday July 24 to Wednesday August 4....
   in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg
  
  Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitude centre of North America, at the confluence of the historic Red River of the North and Assiniboine River Rivers, a point now commonly known as The Forks, Winnipeg....
  , 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....
  
• Gold: Argentina
• Silver: United States
• Bronze: Canada

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: Alexei Yagudin
  Alexei Yagudin
  
  Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a Russian figure skater. Born in Leningrad , Yagudin is the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, a two-time World Professional Figure Skating Championships, a three-time European Figure Skating Championships, and three-time Grand Prix Final gold medalist....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya
  Maria Butyrskaya
  
  Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian figure skater. In 1999, she became the oldest person to win the ladies' singles title at the World Figure Skating Championships, and also became the first Russian woman to win the World Championships....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Pairs' champions: Yelena Berezhnaya
  Yelena Berezhnaya
  
  Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya is a Russian figure skating. She and skating partner Anton Sikharulidze were awarded an Olympic Games gold medal in pair skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, which the pair shared with another pair from Canada after a notable 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal....
   & Anton Sikharulidze
  Anton Sikharulidze
  
  Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze was born October 25, 1976 in St. Petersburg. He is a Russian pairs figure skater, currently professional and partnered with Yelena Berezhnaya....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova
  Anjelika Krylova
  
  Anjelika Krylova is a Russian Figure skating. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she captured a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won the World title in 1998 and 1999....
   & Oleg Ovsyannikov
  Oleg Ovsyannikov
  
  Oleg Ovsyannikov is a Russian Figure skating. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he captured a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won the World Figure Skating Championships title in 1998 and 1999....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  

• European Figure Skating Championships
  European Figure Skating Championships
  
  The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skating compete for the title of European Champion....
  :
• Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin
  Alexei Yagudin
  
  Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a Russian figure skater. Born in Leningrad , Yagudin is the 2002 Winter Olympics as well as a four-time World Figure Skating Championships, a two-time World Professional Figure Skating Championships, a three-time European Figure Skating Championships, and three-time Grand Prix Final gold medalist....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya
  Maria Butyrskaya
  
  Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian figure skater. In 1999, she became the oldest person to win the ladies' singles title at the World Figure Skating Championships, and also became the first Russian woman to win the World Championships....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova
  Maria Petrova (figure skater)
  
  Maria Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1999 & 2000 European Figure Skating Championships....
   & Alexei Tikhonov
  Alexei Tikhonov
  
  Alexei Vladimirovich Tikhonov is a Russian pair skater. With partner Maria Petrova , he is the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships....
  , Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  
• Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova
  Anjelika Krylova
  
  Anjelika Krylova is a Russian Figure skating. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she captured a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won the World title in 1998 and 1999....
   & Oleg Ovsyannikov
  Oleg Ovsyannikov
  
  Oleg Ovsyannikov is a Russian Figure skating. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he captured a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics and won the World Figure Skating Championships title in 1998 and 1999....
  , 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....
)

• 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....
  : The Florida State Seminoles
  Florida State University
  
  Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....
   won 49-29 over the Virginia Tech Hokies
  Virginia Tech Hokies
  
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University sponsors 19 sports and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level....
   in the Bowl Championship Series
  Bowl Championship Series
  
  The Bowl Championship Series is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the Division I#Football Bowl Subdivision an opportunity to compete in a "national championship game"....
   National Championship Game.
• Super Bowl XXXIII
  Super Bowl XXXIII
  
  Super Bowl XXXIII was an American football game played on January 31, 1999 at Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League champion following the 1998 NFL season....
  : Denver Broncos
  Denver Broncos
  
  The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado, Colorado. They are currently a member of the American Football Conference AFC West in the National Football League ....
   won 34-19 over the Atlanta Falcons
  Atlanta Falcons
  
  The Atlanta Falcons are an American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia . They are currently a member of the NFC South division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  

Football

Football

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

Australian rules football

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

• Australian Football League
  Australian Football League
  
  The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
  
• The Kangaroos
  Kangaroos Football Club
  
  The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia....
   win the 103rd AFL premiership (Kangaroos 19.10 (124) d Carlton
  Carlton Football Club
  
  Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment Australian rules football clubs....
   12.17 (89))
• Brownlow Medal
  Brownlow Medal
  
  The Chas Brownlow Trophy ? better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game....
   awarded to Shane Crawford
  Shane Crawford
  
  Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. He announced his retirement on 8th November 2008....
   (Hawthorn
  Hawthorn Football Club
  
  Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League . The club is the youngest of the Victorian based teams as they were founded in 1902 yet is the most successful club of the past 50 years having won 10 Premierships, including the 2008 Premiership....
  )

Football

Football

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

Canadian Football League

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

• Grey Cup
  Grey Cup
  
  The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
  : Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  Hamilton Tiger-Cats
  
  The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Flying Wildcats....
   win 32-21 over the Calgary Stampeders
  Calgary Stampeders
  
  The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium. They have won the league's Grey Cup championship six times, most recently in 96th Grey Cup....
  
• Vanier Cup
  Vanier Cup
  
  The Vanier Cup is the name of the championship of Canadian Interuniversity Sport CIS football and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team....
  : Laval Rouge et Or win 14-10 over the Saint Mary's Huskies
  Saint Mary's Huskies
  
  The Saint Mary's Huskies are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent Saint Mary's University in Halifax Urban Area, Canada. Their primary home turf is Huskies Stadium located in the center of the University's campus....
  

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)

• Champions League
  UEFA Champions League 1998-99
  
  The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the seventh season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup"....
   - Manchester United FC beat FC Bayern München 2 - 1
• UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup Finals
  
  The UEFA Cup is an association football competition established in 1972. It is considered to be the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League....
   - Parma F.C.
  Parma F.C.
  
  Parma Football Club is an Italy football club based in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, team that are currently competing in the Serie B 2008-09 Serie B season....
   beat Olympique Marseille 3-0

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: 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....
  
• 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...
  : Meath
  Meath GAA
  
  The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams....
   1-11 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
• 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....
  : Cork
  Cork GAA
  
  The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
   0-12 d. Dublin
  Dublin GAA
  
  The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the former County Dublin area....
   1-7

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

• Hurling
  Hurling
  
  Hurling is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic Culture origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar....
  
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
  
  The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, D...
  : Cork
  Cork GAA
  
  The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork....
   0-13 d. Kilkenny
  Kilkenny GAA
  
  The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 GAA county of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny....
   0-12
• National Hurling League
  National Hurling League
  
  The National Hurling League is a hurling tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association....
  :

Golf

Golf

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

• April 11 - Masters Tournament - José María Olazábal
  José María Olazábal
  
  Jos? Mar?a Olaz?bal is a Spain professional golfer who has enjoyed success on both the European Tour and the PGA Tour, and has won two Men's major golf championships....
  
• June 20 - U.S. Open
  U.S. Open (golf)
  
  The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
   - Payne Stewart
  Payne Stewart
  
  William Payne Stewart was an United States professional golfer who won three Men's major golf championships in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42....
  
• July 18 - 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....
   - Paul Lawrie
  Paul Lawrie
  
  Paul Stewart Lawrie is a Scottish people professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999.Lawrie was born in Aberdeen....
   This Open is also remembered for the epic collapse of French golfer Jean Van de Velde
  Jean Van de Velde
  
  Jean Van de Velde is a France golfer who is known mainly for his loss at The Open Championship in 1999.Van de Velde was born in Mont-de-Marsan, Landes ....
  , who threw away a three-shot lead on the final hole, finding himself in a playoff which Lawrie won.
• August 15 - 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 ....
   - 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
  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....
   - $6,616,585
• 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....
   - Carlos Franco
  Carlos Franco
  
  Carlos Daniel Franco is a Paraguayan professional golfer.Franco was born in Asunci?n, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home....
  
• 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 - Bruce Fleisher
  Bruce Fleisher
  
  Bruce Lee Fleisher is an United States professional golfer.Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University....
   - $2,515,705
• 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....
   - 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...
   won 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 over 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....
   in team golf.

• 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"....
   - Graeme Storm
  Graeme Storm
  
  Graeme Storm is an England golfer on the European Tour.Storm was born in Hartlepool. He learnt his trade at Hartlepool Golf Club, and still holds the course record of 62....
  
• U.S. Amateur - David Gossett
  David Gossett
  
  David Spencer Gossett is an United States professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Gossett was born in Phoenix, Arizona....
  
• 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....
   - Grégory Havret
  Gregory Havret
  
  Gr?gory Havret is a France professional golfer.Havret won the French Amateur Championship three years in a row from 1997 to 1999, and in 1999 he won the European Amateur....
  

• 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....
   - Dottie Pepper
  Dottie Pepper
  
  Dottie Pepper is an United States professional golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce....
  
• 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....
   - Juli Inkster
  Juli Inkster
  
  Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour....
  
• 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....
   - Juli Inkster
  Juli Inkster
  
  Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour....
  
• Classique du Maurier - Karrie Webb
  Karrie Webb
  
  Karrie Anne Webb is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S....
  
• 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 - Karrie Webb
  Karrie Webb
  
  Karrie Anne Webb is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S....
   - $1,591,959

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....
   - Rogan Josh
  Rogan Josh
  
  Rogan josh is an spice curry dish popular in India. Rogan means clarified butter in Persian language, while Josh means hot or passionate. Rogan Josh thus means meat cooked in clarified butter at intense heat....
  
• 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....
   - Woodcarver
• 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....
   - Montjeu
  Montjeu
  
  Montjeu is a thoroughbred horse racing World Champion Colt and sire of champions. Sired by Sadler's Wells from the dam Floripedes, Montjeu is a grandson of Northern Dancer....
  
• 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....
   - Montjeu
  Montjeu
  
  Montjeu is a thoroughbred horse racing World Champion Colt and sire of champions. Sired by Sadler's Wells from the dam Floripedes, Montjeu is a grandson of Northern Dancer....
  

• 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 - Island Sands
  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....
      - Oath
     Oath (horse)
     
     Oath is an Irish-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred horse racing, winner of the Epsom Derby in 1999.References ...
     
  3. St. Leger Stakes
     St. Leger Stakes
     
     The St. Leger Stakes is a Conditions races Flat racing Horse racing in the United Kingdom open to three-year-old thoroughbred Colt and Filly. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards at Doncaster Racecourse, and it takes place annually in September....
      - Mutafaweq

• 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 1 - 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....
      - Charismatic
     Charismatic (horse)
     
     Charismatic is a stallion Thoroughbred horse, and is known as one of the closest challengers to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing since the last winner, Affirmed, accomplished the feat in 1978....
     
  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....
      - Charismatic
     Charismatic (horse)
     
     Charismatic is a stallion Thoroughbred horse, and is known as one of the closest challengers to the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing since the last winner, Affirmed, accomplished the feat in 1978....
     
  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....
      - Lemon Drop Kid
     Lemon Drop Kid
     
     Lemon Drop Kid is a Eclipse Award United States Thoroughbred horse racing. He is among many stakes-winning Thoroughbreds to be descended from Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing winner Seattle Slew....
     

• 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....
      - Cat Thief
     Cat Thief
     
     Cat Thief is an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Regally bred, he is the son of Storm Cat, an outstanding Champion sire and the grandson of both the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer and whose damsire was the legendary Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#United States champion, Secretariat ....
     
  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....
      - Beautiful Pleasure
  3. Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
     Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
     
     The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on sod for Filly and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup....
      - Soaring Softly
  4. 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....
      - Anees
     Anees (horse)
     
     Anees was an United States Thoroughbred horse racing. Bred by Kip and Suzanne Knelman's Farfellow Farms near Paris, Kentucky, he was out of the unraced Mare Ivory Idol, a daughter of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Alydar....
     
  5. 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....
      - Cash Run
  6. 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....
      - Silic
     Silic
     
     Silic is a France Thoroughbred horse racing who competed both in France and in the United States. His most notable win came in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Mile....
     
  7. 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....
      - Artax
  8. 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....
      - Daylami
     Daylami
     
     Daylami is a Thoroughbred Cartier Racing Award horse racing.A Northern Dancer outcross, Daylami raced for most of his career by Godolphin Stables....
     

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....
   - The Panderosa

• 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....
      - Blissful Hall
  2. Little Brown Jug
     Little Brown Jug (horse racing)
     
     The Little Brown Jug is a harness racing for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, Ohio....
      - Blissful Hall
  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....
      - Blissful Hall

• 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...
      - Self Possessed
  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....
      - CR Renegade
  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....
      - Self Possessed

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
• Pacers: Sir Vancelot
• Trotters: Special Force
  Special Force
  
  Special Force is a first-person shooter military video game, published by the group Hezbollah, created using the Genesis 3D engine. The game is set in a 3D environment, in which the player takes the role of a Hezbollah combatant fighting the Israel Defense Forces....
  

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: Jaromir Jagr
  Jaromir Jagr
  
  Jarom?r J?gr is a professional ice hockey Winger , who plays for Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. J?gr formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and most recently the New York Rangers....
  , 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:
• Jaromir Jagr
  Jaromir Jagr
  
  Jarom?r J?gr is a professional ice hockey Winger , who plays for Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. J?gr formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, and most recently the New York Rangers....
   - Pittsburgh Penguins
  Pittsburgh Penguins
  
  The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ....
  

• Stanley Cup
  Stanley Cup
  
  The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs champion....
  : Dallas Stars
  Dallas Stars
  
  The Dallas Stars are a National Hockey League team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference ....
   defeat 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 ....
   4 games to 2, Conn Smythe Trophy
  Conn Smythe Trophy
  
  The Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded annually to the player judged Most Valuable Player during the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs. The Conn Smythe Trophy has been awarded 43 times to 37 players since the 1964-65 NHL season....
  : Joe Nieuwendyk
  Joe Nieuwendyk
  
  Joseph Nieuwendyk is a retired Canada ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He won the Stanley Cup three times, in three different decades, on three different teams, and is considered to be one of the best face-off men in NHL history....
  

• World Hockey Championship
• Men's champion: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....
   defeated 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....
  
• Junior Men's champion: Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
   defeated 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....
  
• 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...
  

• NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
  NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship
  
  The annual NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship tournament determines the top ice hockey team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I and Division III....
  : University of Maine
  University of Maine
  
  The University of Maine, established in 1865, is the largest campus, in terms of full-time equivalent enrollments, of the seven campuses in the University of Maine System....
   Black Bears defeat University of New Hampshire Wildcats 3-2 in overtime

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 ....

• Major League Lacrosse
  Major League Lacrosse
  
  Major League Lacrosse is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of 5 teams in the United States and 1 team in Canada. The league currently has all six teams in one conference....
   (MLL) is founded by Jake Steinfeld, Dave Morrow and Tim Robertson.
• The Toronto Rock
  Toronto Rock
  
  The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The Rock of the late 1990s / early 2000s has been called a dynasty , having won five NLL championships in seven years....
   beat 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....
   13-10 to win 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....
   Championship.
• The 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 ....
   win the Mann Cup
  Mann Cup
  
  The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion....
  .
• The Edmonton Miners win the Founders Cup
  Founders Cup
  
  The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association....
  .
• The Whitby Warriors win the Minto Cup
  Minto Cup
  
  The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's lacrosse team of Canada.It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General of Canada, Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and from 1901 until 1909 awarded to the senior men's champion of Canada....
  .

Motorcycle sport

• Yvon Duhamel
  Yvon Duhamel
  
  Yvon Duhamel is a French-Canadian professional motorcycle sport and father to current AMA Superbike roadracer Miguel Duhamel. He won the World Championship Snowmobile Derby in 1970....
   is inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame
  Motorcycle Hall of Fame
  
  The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is located near Columbus, Ohio, United States suburb of Pickerington, Ohio. The Motorcycle Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have contributed to motorcycle sport, motorcycle construction and motorcycling in general....
  .

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....

• First IARU
  International Amateur Radio Union
  
  The International Amateur Radio Union is an international confederation of national amateur radio organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunications Union ....
   Region II 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....
   Championships held in Portland, Oregon
  Portland, Oregon
  
  Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
  , USA. This is the first IARU
  International Amateur Radio Union
  
  The International Amateur Radio Union is an international confederation of national amateur radio organisations that allows a forum for common matters of concern and collectively represents matters to the International Telecommunications Union ....
   sanctioned international ARDF competition in the Americas
  Americas
  
  The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
  .
• Third 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 Pordenone
  Pordenone
  
  Pordenone is a comune of Province of Pordenone of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.The name comes from the Latin "Portus Naonis" meaning the port on the river Noncello ...
  , 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....
  .

Rugby Union

Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....

• Bledisloe Cup
  Bledisloe Cup
  
  Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup is contested by Australia Australia national rugby union team and New Zealand All Blacks. It is named after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, the former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931....
  : 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....
   retains the cup drawing the two match series with 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....
   1-1
• Rugby 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....
   35 defeats 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....
   12
• Five Nations - Scotland
  Scotland
  
  conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  
• Tri Nations - 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....
  

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: Lasse Kjus
  Lasse Kjus
  
  Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian Alpine skier who has won the overall Alpine Skiing World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships....
  , Norway
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
  
• The women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer
  Alexandra Meissnitzer
  
  Alexandra Meissnitzer is a retired alpine skier from Austria. Her specialities are the Downhill, Super-G and Giant Slalom disciplines.She comes from Abtenau, Land Salzburg....
  , Austria
  Austria
  
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  

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....
  : 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....
   beats Mark Williams 18-11
• World rankings
  Snooker world rankings
  
  The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments....
  : John Higgins 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 1999/00

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....

International tournaments

• Fourth World Short Course Championships
  1999 FINA Short Course World Championships
  
  The 4th FINA Short Course World Championships were held in Hong Kong, China from 1 April till 4 April 1999....
  , held in Hong Kong, China (April 1 – 4)
• Australia wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (9)

• 24th European LC Championships
  European LC Championships 1999
  
  The European Long Course Championships 1999 were held in Istanbul, Turkey from Monday July 26 to Sunday August 1, in the 50 m pool of the Atak?y Olympic Pool Stadium....
  , held in Istanbul, Turkey (July 26 – August 1)
• Germany wins the most medals (23), and the most gold medals (11)

• XIII Pan American Games
  Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The Swimming Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games took place in the Pan Am Pool in Winnipeg, Manitoba, from August 2 to August 7, 1999....
  , held in Winnipeg, Canada (August 2 – 7)

• Eighth Pan Pacific Championships
  1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
  
  The eighth edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course event, was held in 1999 in Sydney, Australia, from August 22 till August 29....
  , held in Sydney, Australia (August 22 – 29)

• Third European SC Championships
  European SC Championships 1999
  
  The third edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Complexo Desportivo do Jamor in Lisboa, Portugal, from December 9 till December 12, 1999....
  , held in Lisboa, Portugal
  Portugal
  
  Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
   (December 9 – 12)
• Germany wins the most medals (26), Sweden the most gold medals (9)

Records

• February 17 — Australia's Susie O'Neill snapped the oldest world record in the books, clocking 2:05.37 in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a World Cup meet in Malmö
  Malmö
  
  is the third most populous urban areas in Sweden in Sweden, situated in its southernmost province of Scania.Malm? is the seat of Malm? Municipality and the capital of Sk?ne County....
  , 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....
  . The old mark, set by Mary T. Meagher
  Mary T. Meagher
  
  Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant is a former swimming from the United States. Meagher, originally from Kentucky, began competing at an early age, setting her first world record in the butterfly stroke at the age of 14 in 1979 at the Pan American Games....
   on January 2, 1981, stood at 2:05.65.

• September 2 — Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a meet in Canberra, Australia, clocking 2:04.43.

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
  1999 World Taekwondo Championships
  
  The 1999 World Taekwondo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Edmonton, Canada from June 2 to June 6, 1999....
   held in Edmonton, Canada

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....
      - Yevgeny Kafelnikov
     Yevgeny Kafelnikov
     
     Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Kafelnikov is a retired and former List of ATP number 1 ranked players tennis player from Russia. He won two Grand Slam singles titles , four Grand Slam doubles titles, and the men's singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games....
     
  2. French Open - Andre Agassi
     Andre Agassi
     
     Andre Kirk Agassi is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional Armenian American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics gold medal in singles....
     
  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 - Andre Agassi
     Andre Agassi
     
     Andre Kirk Agassi is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked players professional Armenian American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Tennis at the Summer Olympics gold medal in singles....
     

• 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 - Steffi Graf
     Steffi Graf
     
     Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
     
  3. Wimbledon championships - Lindsay Davenport
     Lindsay Davenport
     
     Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....
     
  4. US Open - Serena Williams
     Serena Williams
     
     Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who, as of February 2, 2009, is ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, having now held that ranking on four different occasions....
     

• 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....
  : 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....
   won 3-2 over 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....
   in world tennis.
• Kim Clijsters
  Kim Clijsters
  
  Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters is a retired Belgian tennis player. She is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked player in singles and in doubles....
   makes her WTA Tour debut.

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 1999
  
  The Volleyball World League was the tenth edition of the annual volleyball, played by twelve countries from May 28 to July 17, 1999. The final round was staged in Mar del Plata, Argentina....
   – Final Round in Mar del Plata, Argentina
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:
• Women's World Grand Prix
  FIVB World Grand Prix 1999
  
  The Volleyball Grand Prix was the seventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Volleyball World League....
   – Final Round in Yuxi
  Yuxi
  
  Yuxi City is a prefecture-level city in the Yunnan province of the People's Republic of China. The administrative center of Yuxi is Hongta District....
  , PR China
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• FIVB Women's World Cup
  1999 FIVB Women's World Cup
  
  The 1999 Volleyball World Cup was held from November 2 to November 16, 1999 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia 2000....
   in Japan
  Japan
  
  Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
  
• Gold Medal:
• 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 Tehran, Iran
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:
• Women's Tournament 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....
  
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Men's European Championship
  1999 Men's European Volleyball Championship
  
  The European Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Conf?d?ration Europ?enne de Volleyball....
   in Wiener Neustadt
  Wiener Neustadt
  
  Wiener Neustadt , is a town located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land....
   and Vienna
  Vienna
  
  Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
  , Austria
  Austria
  
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Women's European Championship in Rome
  Rome
  
  Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
   and Perugia
  Perugia
  
  Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city symbol is the griffin, which can be seen in the form of plaques and statues on buildings around the city....
  , 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....
  
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Pan American Games
  Volleyball at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  This page presents the results of the Volleyball during the 1999 Pan American Games, which was held from July 24 to August 2, 1999 in Winnipeg, Canada....
   in Winnipeg, Canada
• Men's Tournament
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:
• Women's Tournament
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Men's America's Cup
  1999 Volleyball America's Cup
  
  The America Cup of Volleyball was the second edition of the annual volleyball, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from October 14 to October 23, 1999 in St....
   in Tampa, Florida
  Tampa, Florida
  
  Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County....
   (USA)
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• 1999 Women's NORCECA Championship
  1999 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
  
  The NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 16th edition of the volleyball, played by eight countries from September 21 to September 26, 1999 in Monterrey, Mexico....
   in Monterrey, Mexico
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• II. Beach Volleyball World Championships
  1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships
  
  These page shows the results of the II Swatch FIVB World Championships, held from 19 July to 24 July 1999 in Marseille, France. It was the second official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships all held in Rio de Janeiro, and the first to be organized in Europe....
   in Marseille
  Marseille
  
  "Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....
  , France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  
• Men's Competition
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:
• Women's Competition
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

Water polo

Water polo

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

Men's Competition

• European Championship
  1999 Men's European Water Polo Championship
  
  The European Water Polo Championship was the 24th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ?enne de Natation....
   in Firenze
  Firenze
  
  Firenze is Italian language for Florence.*Andrea da Firenze is an Italian composer.*Lorenzo da Firenze, is an Italian composer and music teacher of the trecento....
  , 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....
  
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• FINA World Cup
  1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
  
  The FINA Water Polo World Cup was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation ....
   in Sydney, Australia
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Pan American Games
  Water polo at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The Water polo at the Pan American Games at the 1999 Pan American Games had a men's and a women's competition in Winnipeg, Canada. The women were competing for the first time at the Pan American Games....
   in Winnipeg, Canada
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

Women's Competition

• European Championship
  1999 Women's European Water Polo Championship
  
  The European Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Europ?enne de Natation....
   in Prato, Italy
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• FINA World Cup
  1999 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
  
  The FINA Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation ....
   in Winnipeg, Canada
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Pan American Games
  Water polo at the 1999 Pan American Games
  
  The Water polo at the Pan American Games at the 1999 Pan American Games had a men's and a women's competition in Winnipeg, Canada. The women were competing for the first time at the Pan American Games....
   in Winnipeg, Canada
• Gold Medal:
• Silver Medal:
• Bronze Medal:

• Holiday Cup in Los Alamitos, United States
  Los Alamitos, California
  
  Los Alamitos is a small city in Orange County, California, California, United States. The city was incorporated in March 1960. The population was 11,536 at the 2000 census....
  
• 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

• 13th Pan American Games
  1999 Pan American Games
  
  The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Canada, from 23 July to 8 August, 1999 for the second time, after the 1967 Pan American Games of the multi-sports event....
   held in Winnipeg, Canada
• Seventh All-Africa Games
  1999 All-Africa Games
  
  The 7th All-Africa Games were held from September 10 1999 to September 19 1999 in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports....
   held in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Winter Asian Games
  1999 Winter Asian Games
  
  The 4th Asian Winter Games were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999 in the mountainous northern province of Gangwon-do , South Korea. The sites for the events were Yongpyeong, Chuncheon and Gangneung....
   held in Gangwon, 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....
  
• Ninth Pan Arab Games held in Amman, Jordan
• 20th Summer Universiade
  1999 Summer Universiade
  
  The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain....
   held on Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• 19th Winter Universiade
  1999 Winter Universiade
  
  The 1999 Winter Universiade, the XIX Winter Universiade, took place in Poprad, Slovakia....
   held in Poprad
  Poprad
  
  Poprad is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains. It is the biggest town of the Spi? region and the tenth largest city in Slovakia....
  , Slovakia
  Slovakia
  
  Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
  

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....
  : United States women's national soccer team
  United States women's national soccer team
  
  The United States Women's National Soccer Team is operated by the United States Soccer Federation. The team has won two FIFA Women's World Cups ; three Football at the Summer Olympics and six Algarve Cups ....
  , soccer

Deaths

• January 5 — Jarmila Nygrýnová
  Jarmila Nygrýnová
  
  Jarmila Nygr?nov?-Strejckov? was a long jumper from the Czech Republic, representing Czechoslovakia. She won six medals at the European Indoor Championships in Athletics as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics....
   (45), Czech long jumper (b. 1953)
• January 9 — James Peters
  James Peters (athlete)
  
  James Henry Peters was a former long-distance Running from England, who set new marathon records four times during the 1950s, including the first authenticated timing of under 2 hours 20 minutes, regarded as the equivalent of the sub-4-minute mile; this feat was achieved in the Polytechnic Marathon of 1953, a point-to-point race from Windso...
   (80), English long-distance runner (b. 1918)
• January 28 — Josef Doležal
  Josef Doležal
  
  Josef Dole?al was a Czechoslovakia athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.He competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the silver medal....
   (78), Czechoslovak race walker (b. 1920)
• February 3 — Mikko Hietanen
  Mikko Hietanen
  
  Mikko Hietanen was a Finland long-distance runner, who competed for his native country at two consective Summer Olympics, starting in 1948.Born in Polyany, Leningrad, Hietanen is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1946 European Championships in Oslo, Norway....
   (87), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1911)
• February 22 — Menno Oosting
  Menno Oosting
  
  Menno Oosting was a professional tennis player from the Netherlands, who won seven ATP Tour doubles titles and reached 11 finals in his career....
   (34), Dutch tennis player
• February 27 — Ken Robinson
  Kenny Robinson
  
  Kenneth Neal Robinson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals . Robinson batted and threw right-handed....
   (29), Major League pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks
  Arizona Diamondbacks
  
  The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the National League West of Major League Baseball's National League....
  )
• March 8 — Joe DiMaggio
  Joe DiMaggio
  
  Joseph Paul DiMaggio A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, DiMaggio was a 3-time MLB Most Valuable Player Award winner and 13-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game ....
   (84), Major League Baseball player
• March 25 — Cal Ripken, Sr.
  Cal Ripken, Sr.
  
  Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout ....
   (63), father of baseball player and manager Cal Ripken, Jr.
  Cal Ripken, Jr.
  
  Calvin Edwin "Cal" Ripken, Jr. , is a retired Major League Baseball player and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Class of 2007 inductee, where he was a first-time ballot inductee with the third highest voting percentage in Hall of Fame voting history behind Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan....
  
• April 4 — Early Wynn
  Early Wynn
  
  Early Wynn Jr., familiarly known as "Gus" Wynn, was a right-handed baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox....
   (79), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
• April 25 — Lord Killanin (84), former head of the International Olympic Committee
  International Olympic Committee
  
  The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
  
• May 3 — Steve Chiasson
  Steve Chiasson
  
  Steven Chiasson was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers, and Carolina Hurricanes....
   (32), Ice hockey player, died in a car crash in Raleigh, North Carolina
  Raleigh, North Carolina
  
  Raleigh is the Capital of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh is known as the ?City of Oaks? for its many oaks....
  
• May 7 — Leon Hess
  Leon Hess
  
  Leon Hess was the founder of the Hess Corporation and the owner of the New York Jets....
   (85), Owner of the New York Jets
  New York Jets
  
  The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
   football team
• May 13 — Gene Sarazen
  Gene Sarazen
  
  Gene Sarazen is one of only five golfers to win all the men's major golf championships in his career, the Career Grand Slam :U.S. Open in 1922, 1932,...
   (97), golfer
• May 17 — João Carlos de Oliveira
  João Carlos de Oliveira
  
  Jo?o Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "Jo?o do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.Born in Pindamonhangaba, S?o Paulo De Oliveira won two Olympic Games bronze medals....
   (44), Brazilian athlete (b. 1954)
• May 18 — Betty Robinson
  Betty Robinson
  
  Elizabeth Robinson , later Elizabeth R. Schwartz was an United States Athletics and winner of the first Olympic Games 100 m for women....
   (87), American athlete (b. 1911)
• May 23 — Owen Hart
  Owen Hart
  
  Owen James Hart was a Canada professional wrestling who was widely known for his time in the World Wrestling Entertainment . Hart was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada the youngest of 12 children to wrestling promoter Stu Hart and Helen Hart....
   (34), professional wrestler
• June 6 — Eddie Stanky
  Eddie Stanky
  
  Edward Raymond Stanky , nicknamed "The Brat", was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago Cubs , Los Angeles Dodgers , Atlanta Braves , San Francisco Giants , and St....
   (83), American baseball player and manager
• June 14 — Bernie Faloney
  Bernie Faloney
  
  Bernie Faloney was a professional Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding college football player at the University of Maryland, College Park....
   (CFL
  Canadian Football League
  
  The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located entirely in Canada.Its eight teams, which are located in eight cities, are divided into two division of four teams each ....
   football player
• July 2 — Ricky Byrdsong
  Ricky Byrdsong
  
  Ricky Byrdsong was an African American men's basketball coach who was murdered in a hate crime....
   (43), basketball coach at Northwestern University
  Northwestern University
  
  Northwestern University is a non-sectarian private university research university located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States....
  
• July 23 — Demetrius DuBose
  Demetrius DuBose
  
  Adolphus Demetrius DuBose was a former American football linebacker in the National Football League, who was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft....
   (28), American football player (New York Jets
  New York Jets
  
  The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They are members of the AFC East of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  ))
• July 23 — Dmitri Tertyshny
  Dmitri Tertyshny
  
  Dmitri Valerievich Tertyshny was a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman ....
   (22), ice hockey player
• July 30 — Hermann Panzo
  Hermann Panzo
  
  Hermann Panzo was a France athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was twice French 100 metre champion.In 1977, he won the gold medal of the 100 metres in the junior European championship....
   (41), French sprinter (b. 1958)
• August 14 — Pee Wee Reese
  Pee Wee Reese
  
  Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese was an United States professional baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958.Reese was a ten-time Major League Baseball All-Star Game shortstop who contributed to seven league championships for Brooklyn....
   (81), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
• August 17 — Reiner Klimke
  Reiner Klimke
  
  Dr Reiner Klimke was a Germany Equestrianism, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events....
   (63), German equestrian (b. 1936)
• August 19 — Kim Perrot
  Kim Perrot
  
  Kim Perrot , was an United States basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association for the Houston Comets.A guard who attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette , Perrot was the regular point guard for the Comets, helping them to win WNBA championships in 1997 and 1998....
   (32), women's basketball player
• August 26 — Elena Murgoci
  Elena Murgoci
  
  Elena Murgoci-Florea was a female long-distance runner from Romania, who specialized in the marathon race.Murgoci represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 32nd place in the women's marathon race....
   (39), Romanian long-distance runner (b. 1960)
• September 9 — Catfish Hunter
  Catfish Hunter
  
  James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter , was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. He is one of only 17 players to pitch a perfect game in an official Major League Baseball game....
   (53), American baseball pitcher
• September 12 – Allen Stack
  Allen Stack
  
  Allen McIntyre Stack was a U.S. backstroke swimmer, who won the 100m Backstroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. From 1948 to 1951, during and after his college days, Stack broke six world and 22 American records in the backstroke....
   (71), American backstroke swimmer (b. 1928)
• October 12 — Carlos Barreto
  Carlos Barreto
  
  Carlos Barreto was a bantamweight Boxing from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
   (23), Venezuelan boxer (b. 1976)
• October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain
  Wilt Chamberlain
  
  Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain , nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters....
   (62), basketball player
• October 25 — Payne Stewart
  Payne Stewart
  
  William Payne Stewart was an United States professional golfer who won three Men's major golf championships in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42....
   (42), U.S. golfing champion
• October 31 — Greg Moore
  Greg Moore (race car driver)
  
  Greg Moore was a Canada racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART World Series, where he had great success with several wins in both series and a championship in the 1995 Indy Lights series....
   (24), CART
  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....
   racing driver
• November 1 — Walter Payton
  Walter Payton
  
  Walter Jerry Payton was an American football player who spent his entire professional career with the National Football League's Chicago Bears....
   (45), American football player
• November 8 — Leon Štukelj
  Leon Štukelj
  
  Leon ?tukelj was a Yugoslavia gymnast of Slovenes nationality, Olympic Games gold medalist and athlete.?tukelj was born in Novo Mesto, Austria-Hungary ....
   (100), Slovene gymnast
• November 15 — Harry Llewellyn
  Harry Llewellyn
  
  Sir Harry Morton Llewellyn, 3rd Baronet, Order of the British Empire was a Great Britain equestrianism champion. He was born in Aberdare, South Wales, the son of a colliery owner, Sir David Llewellyn, 1st Baronet....
   (88), British equestrian (b. 1911)
• December 11 — Big Ben
  Big Ben (horse)
  
  Big Ben was a world champion show jumping horse....
   (23), world champion show-jumping horse
• December 13 — Tarmo Uusivirta
  Tarmo Uusivirta
  
  Tarmo Tapani Uusivirta was a boxing from Finland, who represented his native country at the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union....
   (42), Finnish boxer (b. 1957)