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2000s

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• 2007 in sports - Australia wins record 4th Cricket World Cup. Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run, surpassing Hank Aaron's record. Doping scandals devastate the Tour de France. Iraq surprise winner of football's Asian Cup. Roger Federer ties Björn Borg's modern record of 5 successive Wimbledon titles. AFL team the Geelong Cats breaks a 44 year premiership drought with a 119-point annihilation of Port Adelaide Power in front of 97,302 people.
• 2006 in sports - Italy wins the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, beating France on penalties. Japan wins inaugural World Baseball Classic. Michael Schumacher retires from Formula One with 91 career race wins, Fernando Alonso wins second title.
• 2005 in sports - NHL cancels season due to labor dispute. Lance Armstrong wins a record 7th Tour de France. Another decades-long World Series drought ends, as the Chicago White Sox win their first since 1917.
• 2004 in sports - Brian Lara scores a test innings record 400 not out against England. Michael Schumacher wins his seventh and last Formula One Championship. The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918.
• 2003 in sports - England win Rugby World Cup in extra time.
• 2002 in sports - Brazil win record 5th World Cup in Korea and Japan. Real Madrid wins record 9th European Cup. Serena and Venus Williams dominate tennis winning 3 of major tournaments.
• 2001 in sports - Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer to hold the four major professional titles at once. Colombia wins the Copa América for the first time ever. The Arizona Diamondbacks become the youngest franchise in baseball history to win a World Series (1998) with a game-winning hit by Luis Gonzalez against the New York Yankees, effectively ending their dynasty.
• 2000 in sports - Essendon completes the AFL season with a 24-1 win-loss record, the best in the history of the league. Italy is admitted to the Five Nations Championship in rugby union, creating the Six Nations.

The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed Hammer, Hammerin Hank”, or Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. ... The 2007 Tour de France has been affected by a series of scandals and speculations related to doping. ... Stages in 2007 The 2007 Tour de France is the 94th Tour de France, taking place from July 7 to July 29, 2007. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “Federer” redirects here. ...   (born June 6, 1956, in Stockholm, Sweden) is a former World No. ... The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as Wimbledon, is the oldest major championship in tennis and is widely considered to be the most prestigious. ... AFL has a number of references: Football leagues Australian Football League — professional competition in Australian Rules Football. ... Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... This article is about the Australian Football League. ... “2006 World Cup” redirects here. ... The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international baseball tournament, first held in March 2006. ... Michael Schumacher (pronounced / /, born January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, Germany)[1] is a former Formula One driver, and seven-time world champion. ... “F1” redirects here. ... Fernando Alonso Díaz (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. ... For other uses, see Tour de France (disambiguation). ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 19, 42, 72, Name Chicago White Sox (1904–present) Other nicknames The Sox, The South Siders, The ChiSox, The Pale Hose, The Good Guys, The Go-Go Sox, The... The 2005 World Series, the 101st playing of Major League Baseballs championship series, saw the American League champion Chicago White Sox sweep the National League champion Houston Astros 4 games to 0 in the best-of-seven-games series, winning their third championship and first since 1917. ... The Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants in 6 games. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a record-breaking cricketer, the greatest batsman of his generation, and one of the greatest cricketers ever. ... Not out is a term used on cricket scorecards to signify that a batsman has not been dismissed when the innings is finished. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... Dates October 23, 2004–October 27, 2004 MVP Manny Ramírez (Boston) Television network Fox Announcers Joe Buck and Tim McCarver Umpires Ed Montague (Crew Chief), Dale Scott, Brian Gorman, Chuck Meriwether, Gerry Davis, Charlie Reliford The 2004 World Series represented the 100th time two modern Major League Baseball teams... The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. ... First international (also the worlds first)  Scotland 4–1 England  (27 March 1871) Largest win  England 134–0 Romania  (17 November 2001) Worst defeat  Australia 76–0 England  (6 June 1998) The England national rugby union team is a sporting side that represents England in rugby union. ... The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth rugby union world cup. ... Qualifying countries The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ... Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ... Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California) is an American professional tennis player. ... Personal Information Birth December 30, 1975 ) Cypress, California Height 6 ft 1 in (1. ... This article is about the sport. ... // The Major Championships, often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Major league affiliations National League (1998–present) West Division (1998–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–present) Other nicknames The D-Backs, The Snakes Ballpark Chase Field (1998–present) a. ... Luis Emilio Gonzalez (born September 3, 1967) (affectionately called Gonzo by many of his fans), is a baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks and plays left field. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... The RBS 6 Nations Championship, (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition held between six European sides: France, England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. ...

1990s

• 1999 in sports - Major League Lacrosse is founded. Australia win their second Rugby World Cup and second Cricket World Cup.
• 1998 in sports - NHL players compete in Winter Olympic Games for the first time. France wins the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, beating Brazil. The BCS is created for college football
• 1997 in sports - Ken Doherty becomes the first player from the Republic of Ireland to win the world championship of snooker; WNBA debuts.Saeed Anwar scores 194 not out against India to become make the highest one day innings by any batsman in ODI History.
• 1996 in sports - Sri Lanka won the Cricket World Cup;Professional cyclists compete at Summer Olympic Games for the first time; Damon Hill wins Formula One championship; Major League Soccer debuts.
• 1995 in sports - Miguel Indurain wins fifth consecutive Tour de France; Bosman ruling; post-apartheid South Africa hosts the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with the Springboks defeating the All Blacks in the final.
• 1994 in sports - A.C. Milan go 58 games unbeaten, a record among major football leagues; Roland Ratzenberger dies during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Villeneuve corner and Ayrton Senna dies at the Tamburello corner during the race. Colombian international Andrés Escobar murdered having scored an own goal at the USA World Cup.
• 1993 in sports - Monica Seles is stabbed during a tennis tournament; Zambia national football team die in air crash.
• 1992 in sports - The top 22 clubs in English football resign from The Football League and form what is now known as the Premier League. The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-American team out to win the World Series in baseball. NBA players compete in the Summer Olympics for the first time, led by the USA's original "Dream Team".
• 1991 in sports - Magic Johnson retires from basketball. First FIFA Women's World Cup, won by the USA. Australia wins Rugby world cup.
• 1990 in sports - West Germany ties record and wins third World Cup at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Martina Navratilova wins record 9th Wimbledon singles title. Inaugural Solheim Cup in women's golf.

Major League Lacrosse is a professional outdoor Lacrosse league that is made up of teams within the United States. ... The 1999 Rugby World Cup, the first to be held in rugby unions professional era,[2] was hosted by Wales, with some matches also played in England, France, Scotland and Ireland. ... For the rugby league competition, see Rugby League World Cup. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... “NHL” redirects here. ... An athlete carries the Olympic torch The Winter Olympic Games are a winter multi-sport event held every four years. ... Qualifying countries The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. ... BCS Logo 2006-Present with logo of Television Rightsholder Fox Broadcasting Company The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) is designed to pair the top two teams in college football against each other in the BCS National Championship Game, with the winner being the BCS national champion. ... Ken Doherty (born September 17, 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player. ... The Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... Saeed Anwar ([[]]: سعید انور) born. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960 in London) is a British former racing driver from England. ... “F1” redirects here. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... For other uses, see Tour de France (disambiguation). ... In football (soccer), the Bosman ruling is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision that allows professional football players in the European Union (EU) to move freely to another club at the end of their term of contract with their present team. ... The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. ... First international  South Africa 4 - 0 British and Irish Lions (30 July 1891) Largest win  Uruguay 5 - 134 South Africa  (11 June 2005) Worst defeat  England 53 - 3 South Africa  (23 November 2002) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1995) Best result Champions, 1995 Springboks redirects here. ... First international  Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand  (15 August 1903) Largest win  New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan  (4 June 1995) Worst defeat  Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand  (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 This article is about the Rugby Union team. ... Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Roland Ratzenberger (July 4, 1960 – April 30, 1994) was an Austrian Formula One driver who died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event that saw the death of three-time world champion Ayrton Senna. ... 1994 San Marino Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced / /, March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian three-times Formula One world champion. ... Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (March 13, 1967 - July 2, 1994) was a Colombian football player, who was shot and killed in Medellín. ... An own goal occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his own team. ... Qualifying countries The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... First international  Southern Rhodesia 0 - 4 Northern Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia; 1946) Biggest win Zambia 9 - 0 Kenya  (Malawi; 13 November 1978) Biggest defeat  Congo DR 10 - 1 Zambia (Congo-Kinshasa; 22 November 1969)  Belgium 9 - 0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 3 June 1994) African Nations Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1974... From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ... Association football is the national sport of England, and as such has an important place within English national life. ... The Football League is a league competition featuring professional football clubs from England and Wales, and is the oldest such competition in world football. ... For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Other nicknames The Jays Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) a. ... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... The United States mens national basketball team is the representative for the United States of America in international mens basketball. ... “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. ... This article is about the sport. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in womens football and is played amongst womens national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sports global governing body. ... For the rugby league competition, see Rugby League World Cup. ... For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ... The 1990 FIFA World Cup, the 14th staging of the World Cup, was held in Italy from June 8 to July 8. ... Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. ... The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as Wimbledon, is the oldest major championship in tennis and is widely considered to be the most prestigious. ... // The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. ...

1980s

• 1989 in sports - Hillsborough disaster
• 1988 in sports - Ben Johnson breaks 100 metres record but tests positive for banned substances; Steffi Graf wins a Golden Grand Slam (Grand Slam and Olympic Gold)
• 1987 in sports - New Zealand win the first Rugby World Cup; Arena Football League and National Lacrosse League begin operations.
• 1986 in sports - Mike Tyson becomes the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion; Diego Maradona confirms status as world's best player with incredible performance over the tournament as Argentina win the 1986 FIFA World Cup
• 1985 in sports - Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's major league record for career hits; Sergei Bubka breaks the 6 metre barrier in the pole vault; Bradford City and Heysel Stadium disasters
• 1984 in sports - First Breeders' Cup in thoroughbred racing; Michel Platini scores 9 goals including two perfect hat tricks as France win the European Championship
• 1983 in sports - First World Athletics Championships
• 1982 in sports - Mary Decker sets 6 world records in athletics. First NCAA women's basketball tournament.
• 1981 in sports - First million dollar horse race, the Arlington Million. Massively controversial 1981 Springbok Tour.
• 1980 in sports - "Miracle on Ice" as US ice hockey team beats Soviet Union

The Memorial at Hillsborough. ... Benjamin Sinclair Ben Johnson CM (born December 30, 1961) is a controversial former Canadian athlete, best known for his disqualification for doping use after winning the 100 m final in the 1988 Summer Olympics. ... In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ... Stanozolol, commonly sold under the name Winstrol (oral) and Winstrol Depot (intra-muscular), was developed by Winthrop Laboratories in 1962. ... For the Austrian middle distance runner Steffi Graf, see Stephanie Graf. ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... For the rugby league competition, see Rugby League World Cup. ... The Arena Football League (AFL) was founded in 1987 as an American football indoor league. ... NLL redirects here. ... Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is a former American world heavyweight boxing champion and is the youngest man to have won a world heavyweight title. ... For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... Diego Armando Maradona (born October 30, 1960) is an Argentine former footballer. ... For the club competition, see FIFA Club World Cup. ... Peter Edward Pete Rose, Sr. ... Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed The Georgia Peach, was a Hall of Fame baseball player and is regarded by historians and journalists[2][3] as the best player of the dead-ball era and as one of the greatest players of all time. ... MLB and Major Leagues redirect here. ... Sergei Bubka (Ukrainian: ) (born December 4, 1963) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter. ... Pole vaulting is an athletic event where a person uses a long, flexible pole (usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar. ... ... The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred due to football hooliganism in which a retaining wall of the Heysel Stadium in Brussels collapsed on May 29, 1985 during a football match between Liverpool F.C. from England and Juventus F.C. from Italy. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... «When I was a kid and played with my friends, I always chose to be Platini. ... A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts. ... The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the mens national football teams governed by the UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the European Nations Cup, changing to the name European Football... The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations. ... Mary Slaney (born Mary Teresa Decker August 4, 1958) is an American former track and field athlete, who holds seven American records in her sport. ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... The NCAA Womens Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... The Arlington Million is a race for thoroughbred horses age 3 years and upward. ... The 1981 Springbok Tour (still known by many in New Zealand as The Tour) was a controversial tour of New Zealand by the South African Springbok rugby team. ... The 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team celebrates the goal that led them to victory over the USSR. The Miracle on Ice is the popular nickname for the mens ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ...

1970s

• 1979 in sports - Sugar Ray Leonard wins his first world boxing title
• 1978 in sports - First Ironman Triathlon. Johan Cruyff pulls out of the World Cup for political reasons. Affirmed becomes the last thoroughbred to date to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• 1977 in sports - Pelé plays the last game of his professional career in a friendly between the New York Cosmos and Santos FC
• 1976 in sports - Nadia Comaneci earns the first perfect score in the history of Olympic gymnastics
• 1975 in sports - First Cricket World Cup
• 1974 in sports - The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match; Gerd "der Bomber" Müller scores his 14th World Cup goal, a then record, as West Germany win the World Cup; Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's career home run record
• 1973 in sports - Ajax win third consecutive European Cup; Secretariat wins the Triple Crown of United States Thoroughbred Racing
• 1972 in sports - USSR beat USA in last second of the Olympic basketball final; Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists at the same Olympics; Canada defeats U.S.S.R. in Summit Series - Paul Henderson scores winning goal.
• 1971 in sports - Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Championship; Second Ibrox disaster. 1971 Springbok tour causes protest all over Australia; British and Irish Lions defeat All Blacks for the first time in a series.
• 1970 in sports - Nijinsky II becomes the last horse to date to win the Triple Crown of British Thoroughbred Racing. The Marshall University football team is killed in a plane crash. The National and American Football Leagues merge to become one 26-team mega-league.

Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a retired professional boxer. ... Swimmers cross the waters of Kailua-Kona Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii in the first leg of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. ... Hendrik Johannes Cruijff ( ) - often spelled Cruyff outside the Netherlands; see IJ (digraph)); born April 25, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager/coach and former player. ... Qualifying countries The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the World Cup, was held in Argentina between June 1 and June 25. ... This article is about the racehorse. ... 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. ... “Pele” redirects here. ... The New York Cosmos (1971–1985), known simply as the Cosmos for the 1977 and 1978 seasons, were a soccer franchise based in New York City and its suburbs that operated in the North American Soccer League from 1971 to 1984. ... Santos Futebol Clube, usually known simply as Santos, is a Brazilian football team from Santos, São Paulo state, Brazil. ... Nadia Elena Comaneci (originally Comăneci ) (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian gymnast, winner of five Olympic gold medals, and the first to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. ... The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of mens One-Day International (ODI) cricket. ... The Rumble in The Jungle was an historic boxing event that took place on October 30, 1974, in the May 20 Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). ... Gerd Müller (IPA—German: ) (born November 3, 1945 in Nördlingen) is a former West German football player. ... Qualifying countries The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from June 13 to July 7. ... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed Hammer, Hammerin Hank”, or Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. ... This article is about the pitcher and outfielder. ... Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced /ˈʌɪjaks/), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... The UEFA Champions League (also known as the European Cup, UCL, CE1, C1[1] or CL) is a seasonal club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... Secretariat (March 30, 1970 – October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse considered by many to be the greatest racehorse of all time. ... 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 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ... The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, a group with ties to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... For other uses, see Summit Series (disambiguation). ... Signature of Canadian hockey player Paul Henderson Paul Henderson (born January 28, 1943 in Lucknow, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian hockey left winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames. ... Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is an American 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. ... 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. ... Ibrox disaster refers to two accidents which led to major loss of life at Ibrox Stadium (formerly Ibrox Park) in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The 1971 Springbok tour was a controversial six-week rugby union tour by the South African national team to Australia. ... First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) Jonny Wilkinson taking a penalty for the Lions The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British... First international  Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand  (15 August 1903) Largest win  New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan  (4 June 1995) Worst defeat  Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand  (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 This article is about the Rugby Union team. ... The racehorse Nijinsky II (named after the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky) was a son of Northern Dancer and Flaming Page and a grandson of Nearco. ... 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. ... Marshall University is a public university based in Huntington, West Virginia. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways DC-9 commercial jet flight. ... NFL redirects here. ... The American Football League (AFL) was a professional football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when all of its teams were absorbed into the National Football League (NFL). ...

1960s

• 1969 in sports - The New York Jets upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, the first Super Bowl victory by an American Football League team; New York Mets win an upset victory in the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles
• 1968 in sports - Jean-Claude Killy wins the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics; the Open Era in tennis begins
• 1967 in sports - First Super Bowl; Celtic FC's Lisbon Lions win the European Cup, beating the much fancied Inter; the National Hockey League doubles in size
• 1966 in sports - England wins its first and only World Cup
• 1965 in sports - The Imperial Cricket Conference becomes the International Cricket Council, and opens its membership to nations outside the Commonwealth. Bret Hanover wins the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers.
• 1964 in sports - Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, wins the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship
• 1963 in sports - Craig Breedlove breaks through the 400 mph barrier in setting a new Land speed record; football Bundesliga formed in Germany
• 1962 in sports - Rod Laver wins the men's Grand Slam in tennis
• 1961 in sports - The World Figure Skating Championships are canceled after the entire United States team is killed in a plane crash; Benfica become first team other than Real Madrid to win the European Cup
• 1960 in sports - First Paralympics; USSR win first European Football Championship; American Football League is formed.

City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, the Green and White Team colors Hunter green and white Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Woody Johnson General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American Football Conference... City Indianapolis, Indiana Other nicknames The Horseshoes Team colors Speed Blue and White Head Coach Tony Dungy Owner Jim Irsay General manager Bill Polian Mascot Blue [2] League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1953–present) Western Conference (1953-1969) Coastal Division (1967-1969) American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC East... The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ... The American Football League (AFL) was a professional football league that operated from 1960 until 1969, when all of its teams were absorbed into the National Football League (NFL). ... 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1950s

• 1959 in sports - First Daytona 500; In this season, Real Madrid win the greatest ever final of the European Cup, 7-3, in Hampden Park, Glasgow, vs Eintracht Frankfurt
• 1958 in sports - The lights go out permanently in Brooklyn as baseball's Dodgers move to Los Angeles; Munich air disaster devastates Man United
• 1957 in sports - Juan Manuel Fangio wins his fifth Formula One championship title
• 1956 in sports - Real Madrid win the first European Cup in football
• 1955 in sports - Over 80 spectators and driver Pierre Levegh are killed in a crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
• 1954 in sports - Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile
• 1953 in sports - Maureen Connolly is the first woman to win the Grand Slam in tennis; first Four Hills Tournament; first FIBA World Championship for Women (basketball)
• 1952 in sports - Dick Button performs the first triple jump in figure skating in the Winter Olympic Games. Emil Zátopek wins the 5,000m, 10,000m and the Marathon in the Summer Olympic Games.
• 1951 in sports - The National Football League has its first Pro Bowl Game (Los Angeles, California).
• 1950 in sports - First Formula One championship. Japan reorganizes its professional baseball setup, creating Nippon Professional Baseball and inaugurating the Japan Series. First FIBA World Championship (men's basketball).

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1940s

• 1949 in sports - NHL goaltender Bill Durnan sets shutout record of 309:21 minutes; the Torino F.C. squad is all but wiped out in the Superga air disaster
• 1948 in sports - Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
• 1947 in sports - Jackie Robinson breaks baseball's color barrier; first College World Series
• 1946 in sports - NBA founded (originally known as Basketball Association of America)
• 1945 in sports - Maurice Richard is the first NHL player to score 50 goals in one season
• 1944 in sports - Oxford beat Cambridge in an unofficial Boat Race on the Great Ouse
• 1943 in sports - First women's professional baseball league is formed, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• 1942 in sports - The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup after losing the first three games of the best-of-seven final series
• 1941 in sports - Ted Williams is the last batter in Major League Baseball to hit over .400
• 1940 in sports - Seabiscuit becomes the top money-earner in horse racing of all time

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1930s

• 1939 in sports - Lithuania wins Europe basketball championship; first NCAA basketball tournament. The Baseball Hall of Fame opens; Lou Gehrig retires from baseball
• 1938 in sports - Don Budge becomes the first person to win the Grand Slam in tennis
• 1937 in sports - Lithuania wins Europe basketball chempionship. Joe Louis becomes world heavyweight champion
• 1936 in sports - To the consternation of Adolf Hitler, Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin; Japan's first professional baseball league formed
• 1935 in sports - Babe Ruth retires from Major League Baseball. First European Basketball Championship is won by Latvia in Switzerland.
• 1934 in sports - The Masters in golf first held
• 1933 in sports - England cricket team's Bodyline tour; first NFL championship game played
• 1932 in sports - India becomes the sixth Test cricketing nation.
• 1931 in sports - France are expelled from the rugby union Five Nations Championship for professionalism.
• 1930 in sports - Uruguay win the first FIFA World Cup at the 1930 FIFA World Cup. The inaugural British Empire Games, today known as the Commonwealth Games, are held.

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1920s

• 1929 in sports - Wally Hammond scores 905 runs at an average of 113.12 as England defeat Australia in The Ashes
• 1928 in sports - Women's Olympic athletics and gymnastics are held for the first time at the 1928 Summer Olympics; "Dixie" Dean scores 60 league goals in 39 matches as Everton F.C. win the Football League
• 1927 in sports - First Ryder Cup of golf. The heavyweight boxing title rematch between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey enters boxing lore as The Long Count Fight.
• 1926 in sports - Jack Dempsey loses his world heavyweight boxing title to Gene Tunney; Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim the English channel
• 1925 in sports - French Open in tennis opened to non-French players for the first time; first handball international between Germany and Belgium
• 1924 in sports - First Winter Olympic Games; in the Summer Olympics, Paavo Nurmi wins 5 golds in Athletics (track and field);New Zealand's All Blacks Invincibles team tour the home nations, playing 32 and winning 32.
• 1923 in sports - First 24 hours of Le Mans race; Ty Cobb breaks Honus Wagner's major league record for career hits
• 1922 in sports - First sub-one minute 100m freestyle swim
• 1921 in sports - The schooner Bluenose begins her undefeated career in racing, winning the International Fishermen's Trophy
• 1920 in sports - National Football League formed; baseball's Negro National League formed; Babe Ruth sold to New York Yankees and hits 54 home runs, signalling the arrival of the live-ball era in baseball; Cleveland Indians' shortstop Ray Chapman is killed by a Carl Mays pitch; the Grand Prix de Paris horse race changes its name to the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

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1910s

• 1919 in sports - Black Sox scandal in baseball
• 1918 in sports - The Boston Red Sox win the 1918 World Series with Babe Ruth pitching
• 1917 in sports - Debut of the National Hockey League
• 1916 in sports - First PGA Championship of golf
• 1915 in sports - No football anywhere in Europe, thanks to World War I
• 1914 in sports - Babe Ruth makes his professional baseball debut. German and UK soldiers celebrate Christmas with a football match
• 1913 in sports - Emily Davison throws herself in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby
• 1912 in sports - Electronic timers introduced at the Stockholm Olympic Games
• 1911 in sports - First Indianapolis 500 auto race
• 1910 in sports - The rugby union Home Championship admits France, creating the Five Nations (now Six Nations)

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1900s

• 1909 in sports - Imperial Cricket Conference founded to administer world cricket
• 1908 in sports - Great Britain wins the first Olympic football title
• 1907 in sports - Norman Brookes wins men's singles at Wimbledon, the first overseas champion in that event
• 1906 in sports - First Grand Prix motor racing. National Collegiate Athletic Association formed.
• 1905 in sports - New Zealand's first All Blacks Rugby Union tour of Britain (The Originals), winning 31 matches and losing one to a controversial refereeing decision
• 1904 in sports - Louis Rigolly breaks through the 100 mph barrier in setting a new land speed record
• 1903 in sports - First Tour de France. First modern baseball World Series.
• 1902 in sports - First Rose Bowl, American college football game (Michigan defeats Stanford 49-0)
• 1901 in sports - The American League War in baseball as the AL openly competes with the National League
• 1900 in sports - First women athletes in the Olympic Games: Charlotte Cooper becomes first olympic champion winning gold in tennis. Baseball's Cuban League is integrated by one all-black team.

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1890s

• 1899 in sports - FC Barcelona is founded by Joan Gamper. A tennis tournament called the Cincinnati Open begins; today, it is known as the Cincinnati Masters & Women's Open, and is the oldest tournament in the U.S. played in its original city.
• 1898 in sports - First Serie A Championship held. Standardization of the rules of handball
• 1897 in sports - Victorian Football League founded in Australia. Juventus F.C. founded by high school students.
• 1896 in sports - First modern Olympic Games
• 1895 in sports - First US Open of golf. Volleyball invented. Northern clubs split from the Rugby Football Union and establish rugby league.
• 1894 in sports - First auto race. Julianne Weinman introduces football and rugby to Brazil.
• 1893 in sports - Stanley Cup first contested in ice hockey
• 1892 in sports - Basketball invented
• 1891 in sports - First French Open of tennis
• 1890 in sports - The Brotherhood War in baseball as the players union establishes the one-year Players League

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1880s

• 1889 in sports - Preston North End win the first double in English football, going undefeated in the league
• 1888 in sports - The Football League founded
• 1887 in sports - Celtic Football Club founded by Brother Walfrid in Glasgow. Gaelic football codified. Tippeary beat Galway in the first hurling All-Ireland Championship
• 1886 in sports - Workers at Royal Woolwich form Dial Square football team, later known as Arsenal F.C.
• 1885 in sports -
• 1884 in sports - First baseball World Series matches National League and American Association champions
• 1883 in sports - First luge competition. First Home Championship in rugby union (predecessor to the modern Six Nations).
• 1882 in sports - First Australia win over England in Test cricket in England, beginning The Ashes. John L. Sullivan becomes the first heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
• 1881 in sports -
• 1880 in sports -

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1870s

• 1879 in sports - Debut of reserve lists in baseball: the National League agrees that no one else will hire any of five players listed by each club.
• 1878 in sports - First football game played at Deepdale in Preston, the oldest continuously used ground in English League Football. Debut of baseball's Cuban League, the first league outside the United States. Everton FC were formed
• 1877 in sports - First cricket Test match. First Wimbledon Championships (lawn tennis). First intercollegiate lacrosse game.
• 1876 in sports - Debut of baseball's National League
• 1875 in sports - First running of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horse races
• 1874 in sports - First documented baseball game in Cuba
• 1873 in sports - First running of the Preakness Stakes horse race
• 1872 in sports - First football FA Cup final. England beat Scotland in the first official international football match.
• 1871 in sports - Debut of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA), baseball's first professional league. Scotland defeat England 4-1 in the first rugby union international.
• 1870 in sports - the Cincinnati Red Stockings suffered their first baseball defeat in two years.

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1860s

• 1869 in sports - The original Cincinnati Red Stockings field the first fully professional baseball team and tour coast-to-coast. The sport of football is invented in New Jersey.
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• 1867 in sports - Marquess of Queensberry rules of boxing published; first running of the Belmont Stakes horse race
• 1866 in sports - The Amateur Athletic Club introduces the definition of 'amateur' into sport and hosts the first United Kingdom national championships
• 1865 in sports - The champion Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn wins every game, undefeated since 1863
• 1864 in sports - Overarm bowling is finally permitted in cricket; First running of the Travers Stakes horse race
• 1863 in sports - The Football Association founded to unify rules (soccer) and oversee football
• 1862 in sports - First ski jumping competition, Norway; Notts County F.C. founded, now the world's oldest professional football club
• 1861 in sports - First running of the Melbourne Cup horse race; The Open Championship of golf is "opened"
• 1860 in sports - First Open Championship of golf

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1850s

• 1859 in sports - The Queen's Plate horse race organized
• 1858 in sports - Australian rules football codified 1858-1859. The Melbourne Football Club is also established.
• 1857 in sports - Sheffield F.C. founded, the oldest football (soccer) club in the world; NABBP founded, the first baseball association
• 1856 in sports - Montreal Lacrosse Club founded, the first organized lacrosse team
• 1855 in sports - Knicks, Gothams, and Eagles of New York play three baseball matches round-robin style in June
• 1854 in sports - Dublin University Football Club founded, the oldest documented football club of any code (now rugby union)
• 1853 in sports - West Australian establishes the Triple Crown by winning three main horse races in England. Land is set aside for the Melbourne Cricket Club eventually to become the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• 1852 in sports - First Harvard-Yale Regatta (rowing), a single race on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
• 1851 in sports - Birth of the America's Cup (sailing) in a race around the Isle of Wight, English Channel
• 1850 in sports - Students at the University of Oxford organise the first universities Athletics Sports meeting.

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Pre-1850s

• Pre-1850s in sports - The ancient Games. Military training. English sport prospers with aristocratic gaming and suffers under Puritan power. Professional competition develops in cricket, boxing, and horse racing. Around 1850, walking races and river races become "the new thing" and attract betting by rich and poor alike. Walking races cover anything up to 3 days or 250 miles. Both river races and walking races attract enormous crowds; this lasts until after the turn of the century. f