1966 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1967 ,
1968 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- May 9 — Muhammad Ali was stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion titles and was banned from boxing by the various commissions for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army
- March 11 — In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, England. England beat Ireland 7-1.
- The first win 35-10 over the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs . This was following the 1966 seasons.
- won 2-1 over Chelsea
- Celtic FC win the European Cup Final 2-1 against Internazionale in Lisbon, earning the team the nickname of the Lisbon Lions . The team also won the Scottish league and Scottish Cup, thus becoming the first team to complete the domestic and European Treble .
Men's Golf
- wins 23½ to 8½ over Britain in world team golf.
Women's Golf
- wins 4-1 over Spain in world tennis.
- January 2 — Helen Morgan , British field hockey goalkeeper
- January 3 — Magnus Gustafsson , Swedish tennis player
- January 7 — Corrie Sanders , South African boxer
- January 9 — Claudio Caniggia , Argentinian football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Pieter Huistra , Dutch football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Esteban De Palma , Argentine volleyball player
- January 21 — Ulf Stenlund , Swedish tennis player
- January 22 — Nick Gillingham , British swimmer
- January 23 — Naim Suleymanoglu , Bulgarian-born Turkish weightlifter
- January 25 — Robert Havekotte , Dutch water polo player
- July 2 — Claudio Baggio , Argentine football (soccer) player
- July 5 — Christian Miniussi , Argentine tennis player from
- July 11 — Bent-Ove Pedersen , Norwegian tennis player
- July 12 — Kevin Painter , English darts player
- July 12 — Bruny Surin , Haiti-born Canadian athlete
- July 14 — Leonardo Lavalle , Mexican tennis player
- July 19 — Christian Bergstrøm , Swedish tennis player
- July 22 — Monique Javer , English tennis player
- July 25 — Magdalena Forsberg , Swedish cross country skier and biathlete
- July 28 — Mike Bernardo , South African professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist
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