See also: 1982 in sports, other events of 1983, 1984 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page indexes the individual year in sports pages. ...

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison
  • Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500
• CART Racing - Al Unser won the season championship
  • Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva
• Formula One Championship - Nelson Piquet of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Vern Schuppan / Al Holbert / Hurley Haywood won, driving a Porsche 956
• Rally racing - Hannu Mikkola in an Audi won the World Rally Championship
  • the team of Walter Röhrl /Christian Geistdorfer won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia 037
• Drag racing - Gary Beck won the NHRA Top Fuel championship.

Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... NASCAR Nextel Cup logo NEXTEL Cup trophy, adopted in 2004 4-time champion Jeff Gordon poses with the Winston Cup trophy (used prior to 2004) The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Bobby Allison (born December 3, 1937) was one of the first NASCAR drivers and was named one of NASCARs 50 greatest drivers. ... William Caleb Cale Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) in Timmonsville SC, near the Famous Darlington Speedway, is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. ... The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Nigel Mansell racing in a Champcar in 1993 Terminology Champcar, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ... Alfred Unser (born May 29, 1939 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a former U.S. automobile racer. ... Indianapolis 500, 1994 The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, frequently shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, is an American race for open-wheel automobiles held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... Tom Sneva (full name Thomas E. Sneva) won the 1983 Indianapolis 500. ... The inaugural Formula One World Championship was won by Italian Giuseppe Farina in his Alfa Romeo in 1950, barely defeating his Argentine teammate Juan Manuel Fangio. ... Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (born August 17, 1952), more commonly known as Nelson Piquet, is a Brazilian racing driver who was Formula One world champion in 1981, 1983, and 1987. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Vern Schuppan (born 19 March 1943) was a racing driver from Australia. ... Porsche (), (pronounced porsh-uh) is a German manufacturer of sports cars, founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, the engineer who created the first Volkswagen. ... Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ... Hannu Olavi Mikkola (born 24 May 1942 in Joensuu, Finland) is a retired world champion rally driver. ... Audi is an automobile maker in Germany, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. ... The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of automobile rally races across the world (although the main focus is in Europe, due to the sports roots), culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ... Walter Röhrl (born March 7, 1947 in Regensburg) is a German rally and racing driver, with famous victories for Audi and Porsche. ... The Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is an automobile racing event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco and the Monaco Kart Cup. ... The Lancia Rally (also known as the Abarth #037) is a car built by Lancia purely for FIA World Rally Championship. ... A Top Fuel dragster, the ultimate in drag racing. ... The National Hot Rod Association, known as the NHRA, was founded by Wally Parks in 1951 in the State of California to provide a governing body to organize and promote the sport of drag racing. ... Clocked Speed = 506 km/h, Kwinana Race Track, W.A., 2005 Top-Fuel Racing refers to a class of drag racing in which the cars are run on 85% nitromethane and about 15% methanol also known as racing alcohol, instead of gasoline. ...

Baseball

• January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame. Robinson, winner of 16 straight Gold Glove Awards and hero of the 1970 World Series, becomes the 14th player elected in his first year of eligibility. Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2.50 or less six times.

• World Series: - Baltimore Orioles win their most recent World Series 4 games to 1 over the Philadelphia Phillies

Baseball is a team sport in which a player on one team (the pitcher) attempts to throw a hard, fist-sized ball past a player on the other team (the batter), who attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth cylinder called a bat. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. ... Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez (born October 20, 1937 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic), better known as Juan Marichal, was a Major League Baseball starting pitcher known for his high leg kick (image of Marichals leg kick), dominating stuff and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the... Various fields of endeavour have established Halls of Fame that honour individuals of noteworthy achievement in their respective fields. ... In American baseball, the Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to simply as the Gold Glove, is the award annually given to the Major League player judged to be the most superior individual fielding performance at each position (in each league), as voted by the managers and coaches in each... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sports postseason each October. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, the culmination of the sports postseason each October. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1983 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1966 AL Pennants (7) 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 1969 â€¢ 1966 â€¢ 1944 East Division titles (8) 1997 â€¢ 1983 â€¢ 1979 â€¢ 1974 1973 â€¢ 1971 â€¢ 1970 â€¢ 1969 Wild card berths (1) 1996 Major league... Major league affiliations National League (1883-present) East Division (1969-present) Major league titles World Series titles (1) 1980 NL Pennants (5) 1993 â€¢ 1983 â€¢ 1980 â€¢ 1950 1915 East Division titles (6) [1] 1993 â€¢ 1983 â€¢ 1980 â€¢ 1978 1977 â€¢ 1976 Wild card berths (0) None [1] - In 1981, a players strike in...

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • North Carolina State wins 54-52 over Houston

• NBA Finals:
  • Philadelphia 76ers won 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers

Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005 Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls attempts to score. ... The NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is held each spring featuring 65 of the top college basketball teams in the United States. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... The Philadelphia 76ers are a National Basketball Association team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, also known as the Sixers for short. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ...

Boxing

• May 20 - For the first time ever, two world Heavyweight champions defend their titles the same night, at the same place: Larry Holmes retains the WBC title defeating future two time world champion Tim Witherspoon, and Michael Dokes retains his WBA title with a 15 round draw (tie) against former world champion Mike Weaver.

• June 16 - Roberto Duran wins his third world title, knocking out WBA world Jr. Middleweight champion Davey Moore in eight rounds.

• November 10 - Marvin Hagler retains his unified world Middleweight title with a 15 round unanimous decision over Roberto Duran. It was 1983's most anticipated bout.

Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano at Madison Square Garden, 1951 Julio Cesar Chavez and Ivan Robinson at the Staples Centre, Los Angeles, 2005 Amir Khan of Britain and Mario Cesar Kindelan Mesa of Cuba at the Athens Olympics, 2004 Boxing, nicknamed the sweet science and also called pugilism or prizefighting... 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... Larry Holmes is a former world heavyweight boxing champion considered one of the fiercest fighters in the history of heavyweight boxing. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ... Terrible Tim Witherspoon (1957-present) is an American prizefighter who twice was recognized as Heavyweight Champion of the World by a professional boxing sanctioning organization. ... Michael Dokes is an American boxer in the heavyweight division, nicknamed Dynamite. Dokes turned professional in 1976 and first came to prominence in 1979 when he defeated veteran contender Jimmy Young. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... Michael Dwayne Weaver (born July 7, 1952, in Gatesville, Texas) is a former boxer who is better known in the boxing world simply as Mike Weaver. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Roberto Duran (b. ... World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... The name Davey Moore will probably forever be linked to fame, fortune and death in the sport of boxing. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Marvin Hagler Marvelous Marvin Hagler (born Marvin Nathaniel Hagler in Newark, New Jersey May 23, 1954), a native of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a very tough looking character, and a number one ranked Middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. ... Roberto Duran (b. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cricket

• Cricket World Cup - India beat West Indies by 43 runs.
• Asian Cricket Council formed.

For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... The Asian Cricket Council was formed as the Asian Cricket Conference in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore. ...

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Giuseppe Saronni of Italy
• Tour de France - Laurent Fignon of France
• World Cycling Championship: Greg Lemond of the United States

Cycling is a recreation, a sport, and a means of transport across land. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... Giuseppe Saronni (22 September 1957), also known as Beppe, is a former Italian cyclist. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ... The professional World Cycling Championship is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), and is a single massed start road race, the winner being the first across the line at the completion of the full race distance. ... Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States. ...

Field Hockey

• March 12 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England beat West Germany 3-2.
• April - In the 5th women's Field Hockey Cup,The Netherlands are the World Champions.
• October 28 - November 4: Fifth Men's Champions Trophy held in Pakistan for the fourth time in 5 editions in Karachi won by Australia for the first time. Hosts Pakistan finish 2nd.

A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... The Champions Trophy was founded by the Pakistan airmarshal Nur Khan. ... Karachi (كراچى) is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. ...

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Scott Hamilton, (United States)
  • Women's champion: Rosalynn Sumners, (United States)
  • Pairs champions: Jelena Walowa & Oleg Wassiljew, (Soviet Union)

Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... The World Figure Skating Championships in an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... Hamilton at the Holiday Celebration on Ice, 2003 photo © Andrea Hoo Chempinsky. ... Rosalynn Sumners (born April 20, 1964) is an American ladies singles figure skater. ...

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XVII: Washington Redskins won 27-17 over the Miami Dolphins

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Date January 30, 1983 Stadium Rose Bowl Stadium City Pasadena, California MVP John Riggins, Running back Favorite Dolphins by 3 National Anthem Leslie Easterbrook Coin toss Elroy Hirsch Halftime show Bob Jani Productions presents KaleidoSUPERscope with the Los Angeles Super Drill Team Attendance 103,667 TV in the United States... City Landover, Maryland Other nicknames The Skins Team colors Burgundy and Gold Head Coach Joe Gibbs Owner Daniel Snyder Fight song Hail to the Redskins Mascot {{{mascot}}} Local radio Flagship stations: WJFK (106. ... City Miami, Florida Team Colors Aqua Green, Coral Orange, Blue, and White Head Coach Nick Saban Fight song {{{song}}} Mascot T D League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1966-1969) Eastern Division (1966-1969) National Football League (1970-present) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC East (1970-present) Team history...

Football (Australian Rules)

• Victorian Football League
  • Hawthorn wins the 87th VFL Premiership (Hawthorn 20.20 (140) d Essendon 8.9 (57))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded to Ross Glendinning (North Melbourne)

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Australian football, which is also known as Australian rules football, or less formally as Aussie rules or simply as footy is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Victorian Football League is Australias second highest professional football league. ... The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal, is an annual medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie. ... Kangaroos Football Club logo The Kangaroos Football Club, formerly the North Melbourne Football Club, and informally known as the Shinboners or the Kangaroos plays Australian rules football in the Australian Football League. ...

Football (Canadian)

• Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts won 18-17 over the B.C. Lions
• Vanier Cup: Calgary Dinos won 31-21 over the Queen's Golden Gaels

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Then Prime Minister Joe Clark presents the 1979 Grey Cup to victorious Edmonton Eskimos Danny Kepley and Tom Wilkinson. ... The Toronto Argonauts are a Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The British Columbia Lions are a Canadian Football League team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... The Vanier Cup (French: Coupe Vanier) is the championship trophy of Canadian Interuniversity Sport mens football. ... The Calgary Dinos are the athletic teams that represent the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The Queens Golden Gaels are the athletic teams that represent Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ...

Football (Soccer)

• UEFA Champions League: Hamburg 1-0 Juventus
• UEFA Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-0 Benfica; 2nd leg Benfica 1-1 Anderlecht; Anderlecht won 2-1 on aggregate
• Cup Winners' Cup: Aberdeen 2-1 Real Madrid (AET)
• Super Cup: Two legs; 1st leg Hamburg 0-0 Aberdeen; 2nd leg Aberdeen 2-0 Hamburg; Aberdeen won 2-0 on aggregate
• Copa Libertadores de América: Two legs; 1st leg Peñarol 1-1 Grêmio; 2nd leg Grêmio 2-1 Peñarol; Grêmio won 3-2 on aggregate
• League champions
  • Argentina: Estudiantes LP (Nacional), Independiente (Metropolitano)
  • Brazil: Flamengo (Taça de Ouro)
  • England: Liverpool
  • France: Nantes
  • Italy: Roma
  • Netherlands: Ajax
  • Portugal: Benfica
  • Scotland: Dundee United
  • Spain: Athletic Bilbao
  • West Germany: Hamburg
• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 2 - 2 (aet); 4 - 0 (replay) over Brighton & Hove Albion
• FIFA decided to give to Mexico the right to host the Football World Cup 1986 after Colombia announced the reject to celebrate the event.

Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The Champions League logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition for Europes most successful clubs. ... Hamburger Sportverein (short HSV or Hamburger SV) is the principal football club in Hamburg, Germany. ... Juventus Football Club (Latin for Youth, pronounced yoo-VEHN-toos) is one of Italys oldest and most successful football clubs, based in Turin. ... UEFA Cup logo The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams. ... Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht, is a Belgian football club from the Brussels Capital Region. ... Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly referred to as simply SL Benfica, Benfica or Benfica Lisbon; pron. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ... Aberdeen Football Club is a football team from Scotland, who compete in the Scottish Premier League. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club ranked as The 20th Centurys Best Club by FIFA. The team plays in an all-white kit, which is the origin of their nickname Los merengues (the whites). ... There are several Super Cups: European Super Cup, a trophy for the top European football team Super Cup, an English football tournament held in 1985-86 This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Copa Libertadores Logo Libertadores Cup The Copa Libertadores de América (Liberators of the Americas Cup) is an international football cup competition played annually by the top clubs of South America. ... Club Atlético Peñarol is a famous football team in Montevideo, Uruguay. ... Grêmio is a Brazilian football team team from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on September 15, 1903. ... Estudiantes de La Plata is a sports club in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, with a history of achievement in professional football. ... Club Atlético Independiente de Avellaneda is an Argentinian football club. ... Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multimodality sportive association from Rio de Janeiro. ... Liverpool Football Club (often known simply as Liverpool), an English football club based in Liverpool, Lancashire, are the current champions of Europe and the most successful English football team to date. ... FC Nantes Atlantique is a French football team, playing in the city of Nantes. ... A.S. Roma (Associazione Sportiva Roma) is an Italian football club. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Sport Lisboa e Benfica (commonly referred to as simply SL Benfica, Benfica or Benfica Lisbon; pron. ... Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Dundee. ... Athletic Club de Bilbao is a Basque football club from Bilbao in Vizcaya. ... The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ... Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford Football Ground in Manchester, Lancashire. ... Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. are an English football team based in Brighton. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer). ... The 1986 Football World Cup was held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29. ...

Gaelic Athletic Association

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
  • National Camogie League: Dublin

• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Dublin 1-10 d. Galway 1-8
  • National Football League: Down 1-8 d. Armagh 0-8

• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
  • National Football League: Kerry

• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Kilkenny 3-18 d. Cork 1-13
  • National Hurling League:

The Gaelic Athletic Association (The GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) is an organisation which is mostly focussed on promoting Irish sports, such as hurling and camogie, Gaelic football and handball, and rounders. ... Camogie (in Irish, Camógaíocht) is a Celtic team sport, the female variant of hurling. ... The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (or Cork GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork. ... // Information Dublin play their home league games at Parnell Park in Donnycarney on Dublins northside. ... Gaelic football (Irish: peil ghaelach) is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Football Championship) is the premier knockout competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. ... // Information Dublin play their home league games at Parnell Park in Donnycarney on Dublins northside. ... The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Galway. ... The National Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League) is a Gaelic football tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. ... // History Gaelic football Hurling External links Down on Hoganstand. ... The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha) or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Armagh. ... Ladies Gaelic Football is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland. ... // History Gaelic football Hurling External links Kerry on Hoganstand. ... // History Gaelic football Hurling External links Kerry on Hoganstand. ... For the Cornish sport of hurling, see Hurling the Silver Ball. ... The Gaelic Athletic Association The Liam McCarthy Cup, the greatest hurling prize of all The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Hurling Championship) is the premier knockout competition in the game of hurling played in Ireland. ... The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Cill Chainnigh) or Kilkenny GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. ... The Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (or Cork GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Cork. ... The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Hurling League) is a hurling tournament held annually between the county teams of Ireland, under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. ...

Golf

Men's Golf Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ...

• Major championship results:
  1. April - The Masters - Seve Ballesteros
  2. June - US Open - Larry Nelson
  3. July - British Open - Tom Watson
  4. August - PGA Championship - Hal Sutton

• PGA Tour leading money winner for the year: Hal Sutton - $426,668
• Champions Tour leading money winner: Don January - $237,571
• Ryder Cup: United States won 14 1/2 - 13 1/2 over Europe in world team golf.

Women's Golf The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... Severiano Seve Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957 in Pedreña, Spain) is a Spanish golfer who was one of the sports leading figures in the 1980s and 1990s. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... The United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ... Larry (Gene) Nelson (born September 10, 1947 in Fort Payne, Alabama) is an American golfer. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... The Champions Belt & The Claret Jug. ... Thomas Sturges Watson (born September 4, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a golfer on the Champions Tour, who still occasionally competes in PGA TOUR events. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... // The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament, conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA TOUR. The PGA Championship is one of the four Major Championships in mens golf, and it is the golf seasons final major, being played in August. ... Hal Sutton (born April 28, 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American golfer and captain of the 2004 American Ryder Cup team. ... The PGA Tour is an organization that is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. It operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ... Hal Sutton (born April 28, 1958 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American golfer and captain of the 2004 American Ryder Cup team. ... The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States and Canada for golfers 50 and older. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in an event officially called the Ryder Cup Matches by teams from Europe and the United States. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor game where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ...

• US Women's Open - Jan Stephenson
• LPGA Championship - Patty Sheehan
• JoAnne Carner:leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $291,404.

The United States Open Golf Tournament is an annual mens golf tournament staged by the United States Golf Association each June. ... Jan Stephenson (born December 22, 1951 in Sydney, Australia) is a professional golfer. ... The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the McDonalds LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Womens Open. ... Patty Sheehan (b October 27 1956 Middlebury, Vermont) is an American professional golfer. ... JoAnne Carner (b April 4 1939 Kirkland, Washington) is an American professional golfer. ... LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. ...

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• February 8 - the great Shergar was kidnapped from Ballymany Stud, near the Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland. No trace of the horse has ever been found.

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kiwi
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Bompago
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - All Along
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Shareef Dancer

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Lomond
  2. Epsom Derby - Teenoso
  3. St. Leger Stakes - Sun Princess

• United States Triple Crown Races:
• Sunny's Halo becomes on the second Canadian bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby.
  1. Kentucky Derby - Sunny's Halo
  2. Preakness Stakes - Deputed Testamony
  3. Belmont Stakes - Caveat

Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Shergar (born 1978. ... County Kildare (Irish: Contae Chill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... The Melbourne Cup is Australias major annual thoroughbred horse race. ... Kiwi was a race horse who in 1983 won the the most important double featuring races in both Australia and New Zealand, the Wellington Cup and the Melbourne Cup. ... The Queens Plate is North Americas oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. ... Races at Lonchamp - Édouard Manet, 1867 The Prix de LArc de Triomphe is a flat thoroughbred horse race of a 2400 metres (about 1 mile 4 furlongs) raced on turf for 3 year olds and up, Colts, horses, Fillies and mares (exclude geldings). ... All Along (foaled April 17, 1979; died February 23, 2005) was a champion thoroughbred race horse. ... The Irish Derby Stakes have been held annually at The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland since 1866. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 1 mile (1600 meters) thoroughbred flat racing horse race for 3-year-olds colts and fillies run in May of each year over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket, Suffolk, England. ... Looking south from Inveruglas Bay Loch Lomond (pronounced LOW-mond) (Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a Scottish loch (lake) located in both the western lowlands of Central Scotland and the southern Highlands. ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... Teenoso was a racehorse and the winner of the 1983 Epsom Derby, ridden by Lester Piggott, his ninth and last Derby winner. ... The St. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

Harness Racing

• Ralph Hanover wins the United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace - Ralph Hanover
  2. Little Brown Jug - Ralph Hanover
  3. Messenger Stakes - Ralph Hanover

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian - Duenna
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Gammalite
  • Trotters: Scotch Notch

A trotter training at Vincennes hippodrome Harness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait. ... The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers consists of the following horse races: Cane Pace Messenger Stakes Little Brown Jug The traditional order of the races was Cane Pace, Little Brown Jug, and Messenger. ... The Cane Pace is a harness horse race run annually since 1955. ... The Little Brown Jug is a harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbreds hosted by the Delaware County Agricultural Society since 1946 at the County Fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio. ... The Messenger Stakes is an American harness racing event for 3-year-old pacing horses. ... The Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters consists of the following horse races: Hambletonian Yonkers Trot Kentucky Futurity Since its inauguration in 1955, only seven horses have ever won the Trotting Triple Crown. ... The Hambletonian is a United States harness racing event held annually for three-year-old trotting standardbreds. ... For the biological meaning, see chaperone. ... The Yonkers Trot is a harness race for three-year old trotting standardbreds held at Yonkers Raceway in New York. ... The Kentucky Futurity is a stakes race for three-year-old trotters, held annually at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky since 1893. ... The Interdominions is a harness racing competition held between horses from Australia and New Zealand. ...

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oilers

• Stanley Cup: New York Islanders win 4-0 over the Edmonton Oilers

• World Hockey Championship:
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Czechoslovakia
  • Junior Men's champion: USSR defetated Czechoslovakia

Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Art Ross Memorial Trophy is given to the National Hockey League player with the most points scored at the end of the regular season. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... Wayne Gretzky playing for the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a former professional ice hockey player and currently a part owner and coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ... The Edmonton Oilers are a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The Hart Memorial Trophy is presented annually to the most valuable ice hockey player in the National Hockey League during the regular season. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... Wayne Gretzky playing for the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born January 26, 1961) is a former professional ice hockey player and currently a part owner and coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. ... The Edmonton Oilers are a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame. ... The New York Islanders are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Uniondale, New York. ... The Edmonton Oilers are a National Hockey League team based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event put together by the IIHF, the International Ice Hockey Federation, since 1930. ...

Radiosport

• First European High Speed Telegraphy Championships held in Moscow, Russia.

The term Radiosport is of modern Eastern European origin and is used to describe one of several competitive amateur radio activities. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ... High Speed Telegraphy (HST) competitions challenge individuals to correctly receive and copy Morse code transmissions sent at very high speeds. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: ▶ (help· info)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ...

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Phil Mahre, USA
  • The women's overall season champion: Tamara McKinney, USA

Members of the US Air Force skiing (and snowboarding) at Keystone Resorts 14th Annual SnoFest An alpine skier Deep powder skiing Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. ... Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot. ...

Snooker

• World Snooker Championship: Steve Davis beats Cliff Thorburn 18-6
• World rankings: Steve Davis becomes world number one for 1983/84

Snooker table Snooker is a billiard sport that is played on a large (12 × 6) baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long cushions. ... The World Snooker Championship is the climax of snookers annual calendar and the most important snooker event of the year in terms of prestige, prize money and world ranking points. ... Alternate uses: Steve Davis (trombonist); Steve Davis (footballer) Steve Davis (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player, widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. ... Clifford Charles Devlin (Cliff) Thorburn (born January 16, 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired professional snooker player. ... The snooker world rankings are a system of ranking professional snooker players. ... Alternate uses: Steve Davis (trombonist); Steve Davis (footballer) Steve Davis (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player, widely considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. ... The snooker players ranked number one in the world are listed below for each season since rankings began. ...

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Mats Wilander
  2. French Open - Yannick Noah
  3. Wimbledon championships - John McEnroe
  4. US Open - Jimmy Connors

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Martina Navratilova
  2. French Open - Chris Evert
  3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
  4. US Open - Martina Navratilova

• Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over Sweden in world tennis.

Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments... This article is about the Australian Open tennis tournament. ... Mats Wilander (b. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... Yannick Noah on a clay court Yannick Noah (b. ... Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... Country: United States Residence: New York, New York, USA Height: 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) Weight: 165 lbs. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... Country: United States Residence: Belleville, IL Height: 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) Weight: 70 Kg (155 lb) Plays: Left-handed Turned pro: 1972 Highest singles ranking: 1 (29 July 1974) Singles titles: 109 Career Prize Money: US$8,461,040 Grand Slam Record Titles: 8 Australian Open W (1974... A Grand Slam is a term in tennis used to denote winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments, and rank as the most important tennis tournaments... This article is about the Australian Open tennis tournament. ... Martina Navrátilová â–¶ (help· info) (b. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... Christine Marie Evert (b. ... Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... Martina Navrátilová â–¶ (help· info) (b. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... Martina Navrátilová â–¶ (help· info) (b. ... Davis Cup logo The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ...

General sporting events

• January 18 - The International Olympic Committee restores the medals to the family of Jim Thorpe

• February 27 - In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Ireland's Eamonn Coghlan set a new World Indoor Record for the mile, clocking 3:49.78.

• First IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Helsinki

• Alan Bond and his team from of Australia defeated Dennis Conner and his team from the United States to capture the America's Cup of yacht racing. For 132 years, from 1850-1980, and through 25 challenges, the America's Cup had been held by the United States.
• 61 year old potato farmer Cliff Young Wins Sydney-Melbourne Foot Race(a)

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Rick Mackey won with lead dogs: Preacher & Jody

Multi-Sport Events Arctic Winter Games Asian Games Canada Games Commonwealth Games Francophone Games Gaelic Games Gay Games Goodwill Games Nordic Games Pan American Games Paralympic Games Special Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games World Games World Wheelchair Games X Games American football Alamo Bowl Aztec Bowl Capital... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Olympic Committee is an organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organise this sports event every four years. ... Thorpe participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Map highlighting East Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Eamonn Coghlan (born November 21, 1952) is an Irish 3-time Olympian and retired runner. ... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki City manager Jussi Pajunen Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area  - total  - land ranked 342nd 185. ... Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938) is an Australian business man. ... Dennis Conner, 1980 Dennis W. Conner (born December 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman who has participated in the Americas Cup nine times. ... The Americas Cup (originally the 100 Guineas Cup) is is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of yachting, and the oldest active trophy in international sports, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Image:Iditarod map. ...

Births

• January 13 - Marsha Marescia, South African field hockey player
• February 11 - Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch football player
• February 13 - Bradley Shaw, New Zealand field hockey player
• February 23 - Mido, Egyptian football player
• February 26 - Floris Evers, Dutch field hockey player
• February 27 - Duje Draganja, Croatian swimmer
• March 13 - Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
• March 14 - Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
• April 12 - Jelena Dokic, Serbian tennis player
• April 13 - Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• April 15 - Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian NHL player
• April 17 - Miguel Cabrera, Major League Baseball All-Star
• April 23 - Daniela Hantuchova, Slovak tennis player
• May 6 - Connor Grimes, Canadian field hockey player
• May 17 - Nicky Hofs, Dutch football player
• May 17 - Danko Lazović, Serbian football player
• May 24 - Thomas Felten, Dutch swimmer
• May 27 - Bobby Convey, American football player
• June 6 - Joe Rokocoko, New Zealand rugby player
• June 8 - Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
• June 12 - Christine Sinclair, Canadian soccer player
• June 13 - Gerson Magraõ, Brazilian football player
• July 5 - Jie Zheng, Chinese tennis player
• July 14 - Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
• July 23 - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
• July 26 - Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
• August 6 - Robin van Persie, Dutch football player
• August 12 - Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Dutch football player
• August 18 - Georgina Bardach, Argentine swimmer
• August 20 - Leonoor Voskamp, Dutch field hockey player
• August 22 - Theo Bos, Dutch track cyclist
• August 31 - Alex Blackwell, Australian cricketer
• August 31 - Kate Blackwell, Australian cricketer
• September 16 - Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
• September 22 - Glenn Loovens, Dutch football player
• September 23 - Carly Piper, American swimmer
• September 29 - Ricardo Quaresma, Portuguese football player
• October 11 - Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrianian chess player
• October 16 - Ramaz Nozadze, Georgian wrestler
• October 24 - Brian Vickers, NASCAR driver
• November 15 - John Heitinga, Dutch football player
• November 17 - Jodie Henry, Australian swimmer
• November 24 - André Bahia, Brazilian football player
• December 6 - Bryan Habana, South African rugby player
• December 13 - Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer
• December 21 - Niels Scheuneman, Dutch cyclist

January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Marsha Marescia (born January 13, 1983) is a field hockey player from South Africa, who was a member of the national squad that finished 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Rafael van der Vaart Rafael van der Vaart (born February 11, 1983 in Heemskerk) is a football player of Hamburger SV and the Dutch national team. ... February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bradley Shaw (born February 13, 1983 in Christchurch) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2004 at the Champions Trophy against The Netherlands. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mido Hussein Abdelamid Ahmed Hossam (born February 23, 1983 in Cairo), better known as Mido, is an Egyptian footballer who is currently a striker for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the English Premiership. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Floris Maarten Alphons Maria Evers (born on February 26, 1983 in Tilburg) is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Duje Draganja is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the Mens 50 m Freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Kaitlin Sandeno (in water, arms stretched) at the Athens Olympic Games. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... Bakhtiyar Artayev (born March 14, 1983) is a Kazakh boxer who competed in the welterweight (69 kg) category at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Jelena Dokić (born 1983) is a Serbian tennis player who is currently ranked high on the WTA list. ... 13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... Schalk Schalla Burger Jr. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... Ilya Kovalchuk (Russian: Илья Ковалчук, Ilja Kovalčuk; born April 15, 1983, in Tver, USSR) is a professional Ice Hockey Left Wing in the NHL, playing for the Atlanta Thrashers. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... José Miguel Torres Cabrera (born April 17, 1983 in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela) has been a Major League Baseball player for the Florida Marlins since the 2003 season. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the Midsummer Classic, is an annual exhibition baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the position players and by the manager for pitchers. ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... Country: Slovakia Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco Height: 5 11 1/4 Weight: 124 lbs. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... Connor Grimes (born on May 6, 1983 in Duncan, British Columbia) is a field hockey player from Canada, who was first selected with the National Team for the 2002 European Tour (Scotland and Wales). ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Bobby Convey (born May 27, 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soccer (football) player who currently plays on the left wing for Reading in the English Football League Championship. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Josevata Taliga Joe Rokocoko (born 6 June 1983 in Nadi, Fiji) is a New Zealand rugby union player, generally regarded as one of the rising stars in todays game. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Kim Clijsters IPA â–¶ (help· info) , (born on June 8, 1983, Bilzen, Belgium) is a former World No. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Christine Sinclair (born June 12, 1983 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian soccer player. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... Zheng Jie (July 5, 1983) is a Chinese professional female tennis player. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... Igor Andreev ( June 14, 1983) is a Russian professional tennis player, born in Moscow. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983 in Irvine, California) is an American competitive swimmer. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... Robin van Persie (born August 6, 1983 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer currently employed by English FA Premier League team Arsenal F.C. He is married to Bouchra van Persie. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Klaas Jan Huntelaar (born August 12, 1983 in Drempt) is a Dutch footballer. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Georgina Bardach is a swimmer from Argentina. ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... Theo Bos (born August 22 1983 in Hierden) is a Dutch racing cyclist. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining, as the final day of August. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born September 16, 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer who won gold, silver, and bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo, born 26 September 1983 in Lisbon, Portugal is a professional footballer, nicknamed Ciganito (little gipsy), Harry Potter and also Mustang by former coach Laszlo Bölöni. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukrainian: Руслан Пономарьов; Russian: Русла́н Пономарёв) (born October 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian chess player. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Ramaz Nozadze (born October 16, 1983 in Tblisi) is an Georgian wrestler who competed in the Mens Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Brian Lee Vickers (born October 24, 1983) is an American NASCAR driver. ... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... John (Johnny) Heitinga (born November 15, 1983 in Alphen aan den Rijn) is a football defender who plays for the Netherlands national football team and Ajax Amsterdam. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Categories: Stub | 1983 births | Olympic swimmers of Australia | Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bryan Gary Habana (born 6 December 1983 in Benoni, Gauteng) is a South African rugby player who is a wing for the Blue Bulls in the Currie Cup, the Bulls in Super 14, and the Springboks internationally. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Otylia JÄ™drzejczak (born December 13, 1983 in Ruda ÅšlÄ…ska) is a Polish swimmer. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Deaths

• Adios Butler - harness racing horse
• January 24 - Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentine athlete (b. 1911)
• January 26 - Del Rice, Major League Baseball player
• January 26 - Paul "Bear" Bryant college football coach at Alabama
• February 1 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer
• February 14 - Lina Radke, German athlete
• February 22 - Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist
• March 13 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist
• April 23 - Buster Crabbe, U.S. Olympic swimming gold medalist turned actor
• April 24 - Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver, killed in an IMSA race
• April 28 - Ron James, Australian cricketer
• April 17 - Dutch Leonard, Major League Baseball player (b. 1909)
• May 31 - Jack Dempsey, American world champion boxer
• June 27 - Don Ida, balloonist, killed during a race
• June 27 - Maxie Anderson, balloonist, killed during a race
• June 29 - Joe Delaney, football player, Kansas City Chiefs, a true hero, after rescuing one boy, he drowned while attempting to rescue 2 more
• July 7 - Vic Wertz, Major League Baseball player
• July 28 - Alec Marks, Australian cricketer
• August 12 - Henry Gifford Vivian, New Zealand cricketer
• September 08 - Antonin Magne, French cylist
• October 31 - George Halas, NFL coach, Chicago Bears
• November 15 - Charlie Grimm, Major League Baseball player