List of sports events

This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s - 1860s - 1850s - Pre 1850s

2000s

2004 in sports -
2003 in sports - Michael Schumacher wins record sixth Formula One Championship
2002 in sports - Canada wins double gold in ice hockey at the olympics
2001 in sports - Tiger Woods becomes first golfer to hold all four major titles
2000 in sports -

1990s

1999 in sports - Death of Joe DiMaggio
1998 in sports - NHL players compete in Winter Olympic Games for the first time
1997 in sports - Mike Tyson banned from boxing after biting a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear
1996 in sports - Professional cyclists compete at Summer Olympic Games for the first time
1995 in sports - Miguel Indura�n wins fifth consecutive Tour de France
1994 in sports - Baseball World Series cancelled after player strike
1993 in sports - Monica Seles is stabbed during a tennis tournament
1992 in sports - Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-American team to win a Baseball World Series
1991 in sports - Magic Johnson retires from basketball
1990 in sports - James Buster Douglas defeats Mike Tyson to become World Heavyweight Champion

1980s

1989 in sports - Pete Rose banned from baseball
1988 in sports - Ben Johnson breaks 100 metres record but then tests positive for banned substances
1987 in sports - First Rugby Union World Cup
1986 in sports - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion
1985 in sports -
1984 in sports - First North America Cup of harness racing
1983 in sports - First World Athletics Championships
1982 in sports -
1981 in sports - First million dollar horse race
1980 in sports - "Miracle on Ice" as US ice hockey team beats Russia

1970s

1979 in sports -
1978 in sports - First Ironman Triathlon
1977 in sports -
1976 in sports -
1975 in sports - First Cricket World Cup
1974 in sports - The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match
1973 in sports -
1972 in sports - The 1972 Summit Series between the USSR and Canada
1971 in sports -
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1960s

1950s

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1955 in sports -
1954 in sports - First sub-four minute mile run
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1951 in sports -
1950 in sports - First Formula One championship

1940s

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1930s

1939 in sports - First NCAA championship tournament in basketball

1938 in sports -
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1935 in sports -
1934 in sports - The Masters golf tournament first held
1933 in sports - England cricket team's Bodyline tour
1932 in sports -
1931 in sports -
1930 in sports - First football World Cup

1920s

1929 in sports -

1928 in sports -

1927 in sports - First Ryder Cup of golf
1926 in sports -
1925 in sports -
1924 in sports - First Winter Olympic Games
1923 in sports - First 24 hours of Le Mans race
1922 in sports - First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim
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1910s

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1911 in sports - First Indianapolis 500
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1900s

1909 in sports -
1908 in sports - First women compete in the modern Olympic Games
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1904 in sports -
1903 in sports - First Tour de France
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1890s

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1897 in sports -
1896 in sports - First modern Olympic Games
1895 in sports - First US Open of golf
1894 in sports - First auto race
1893 in sports - Stanley Cup first awarded in ice hockey
1892 in sports - First official game of basketball
1891 in sports - First French Open of tennis
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1880s

1889 in sports -
1888 in sports - English Football League founded
1887 in sports -
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1885 in sports -
1884 in sports - First baseball World Series
1883 in sports - First luge competition
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1870s

1879 in sports -
1878 in sports -
1877 in sports - First cricket test match
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1873 in sports -
1872 in sports - First football FA Cup final
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1860s

1869 in sports -
1868 in sports -
1867 in sports - Marquess of Queensberry boxing rules published
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1862 in sports - First ski jumping competition
1861 in sports -
1860 in sports - First British Open of golf

1850s

1859 in sports -
1858 in sports - Australian Rules Football codified
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1852 in sports -
1851 in sports - Birth of the America's Cup
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Pre 1850s

1840s in sports -
1830s in sports - First Aintree Grand National
1820s in sports - First Oxford and Cambridge boat race
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