1981 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1982 ,
1983 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance.
- March 20 : In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. The Netherlands beat England 4-2.
- won triple crown in Lansdowne Road for first time
Since 1948
The Sydney New South Wales Rugby League Premiership expanded its competition for the very first time in its seventy four year history out of the state of New South Wales . Nine teams contested the initial season back in 1908 , but to date the NSWRL consists of fourteen teams.
Balmain Tigers ,
Canberra Raiders ,
Canterbury Bulldogs ,
Cronulla Sharks ,
Eastern Suburbs Roosters ,
Illawarra Steelers ,
Manly Sea Eagles ,
Newtown Jets ,
North Sydney Bears ,
Parramatta Eels ,
Penrith Panthers ,
St. George Dragons ,
South Sydney Rabbitohs ,
Western Suburbs Magpies ,
- ---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork
- ---National Camogie League: Kilkenny
- --- 1-15 d. Kerry 0-17
- --- 1-9 d. Cork 0-5 (replay)
- ---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry
- ---National Football League: Kerry
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- won 4-1 over France in world tennis.
- Billy Jean King makes her final singles appearance at the US Open, losing in the first round.
- Total prize money at US Open exceeds 1 million US dollars.
- January 1 — Ahmed Khaddour , Lebanese born Danish boxer
- January 1 — Joseph Lubega , Ugandan boxer
- January 1 — David Nalbandian , Argentinian tennis player
- January 1 — Sebastián Pardo , Chilean football player
- January 5 — Janica Kostelic , Croatian alpine skier
- January 7 — Joachim Johansson , Swedish tennis player
- January 7 — Hannah Stockbauer , German swimmer
- January 12 — Sherzod Abdurahmonov , Uzbek boxer
- January 13 — Guillermo Coria , Argentinian tennis player
- January 15 — Benjamin Agosto , American skater
- January 17 — Dwyane Wade , NBA player
- January 20 — Serghei Covalciuc , Moldovan football (soccer) midfielder
- January 29 — Adam Van Koeverden , Canadian kayaker
- February 2 — Dorcus Inzikuru , Ugandan athlete
- February 2 — Filippo Magnini , Italian swimmer
- February 6 — Bojan Djordjic , Swedish football (soccer) player
- February 6 — Jade Edmistone , Australian swimmer
- February 9 — Zersenay Tadesse , Eritrean athlete
- February 10 — Justin Gatlin , American athlete
- February 14 — Marian Gaborik , Slowak ice hockey player
- February 17 — Adriano , Brazilian football (soccer) player
- February 19 — Camelia Potec , Romanian swimmer
- February 19 — Hamit Şare , Turkish skier
- February 23 — Malia Metella , French swimmer
- February 25 — Flavia Pennetta , Italian tennis player
- February 26 — Li Na , Chinese tennis player
- February 26 — Andrew Sewnauth , Scottish field hockey player
- February 28 — Thijs De Greeff , Dutch field hockey player
- March 2 — Henrik Lundqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
- March 2 — Joel Lundqvist , Swedish ice hockey player
- March 5 — Daniel Carter , New Zealand rugby player
- March 9 — Matias Paredes , Argentine field hockey midfielder
- March 17 — Steven Pienaar , South African football player
- March 21 — Klete Keller , American swimmer
- April 2 — David Ferrer , Spanish tennis player
- April 5 — Donna-Lee Patrick , Australian field hockey player
- April 8 — Gennadiy Golovkin , Kazakh boxer
- April 13 — Ria Male , Welsh field hockey goalkeeper
- April 22 — Kaká (Ricardo Iczecson Santos Leite), Brazilian football player
- May 1 — Tommy Robredo , Spanish tennis player
- May 4 — Markus Rogan , Austrian swimmer
- May 5 — Pavel Vorobiev , Kazakhstani ice hockey right winger
- May 6 — Kyle Shewfelt , Canadian gymnast
- May 8 — Ugur Yildirim , Dutch football player
- May 14 — Ai Shibata , Japanese swimmer
- May 15 — Veronica Campbell , Jamaican athlete
- May 17 — Tony Parker , French NBA player
- May 18 — Timo Glock , German race driver
- May 18 — Roderick Weusthof , Dutch field hockey player
- May 22 — Apolo Anton Ohno , US short track speed skater
- May 24 — DaMarcus Beasley , American football player
- May 26 — Mikel Arteta , Spanish football player
- June 1 — Justine Henin-Hardenne , Belgian tennis player
- June 3 — Yelena Isinbayeva , Russian athlete
- June 8 — Nadia Petrova , Russian tennis player
- June 11 — Diana Taurasi , WNBA player
- June 13 — Kenenisa Bekele , Ethiopian distance runner
- June 24 — Serginho Greene , Dutch football player
- June 25 — Mikhail Youzhny , Russian tennis player
- July 3 — Manon Van Rooijen , Dutch swimmer
- July 9 — Rebecca Sanders , Australian field hockey international
- July 21 — Katy Sexton , British swimmer
- July 31 — Anabel Medina Garrigues , Spanish tennis player
- August 5 — Brian Johns , Canadian swimmer
- August 7 — Yana Klochkova , Ukrainian swimmer
- August 7 — Marco Melandri , Italian motorcyclist
- August 10 — Shaun Murphy , English snooker player
- August 12 — Andrew Hurd , Canadian swimmer
- August 12 — Even Wetten , Norwegian speed skater
- August 13 — Shani Davis , American speedskater
- August 24 — Kim Källström , Swedish footbll player
- August 25 — Rob Derikx , Dutch field hockey player
- August 28 — Thiago Motta , Brazilian football (soccer) player
- August 30 — Andy Roddick , American tennis player
- August 31 — Ian Crocker , American swimmer
- August 31 — Lien Huyghebaert , Belgian athlete
- September 11 — Elvan Abeylegesse , Ethiopian-born Turkish woman middle and long distance track and field athlete
September 11 — Tom Prinsen , Dutch long track speedskater
- October 8 — Glenn Kirkham , English field hockey player
- October 11 — Lucas Rey , Argentine field hockey midfielder
- October 11 — Helen Wardlaw , English cricketer
- October 11 — Matthias Witthaus , German field hockey player
- October 12 — Frédéric Michalak , French rugby union player
- October 13 — Ian Thorpe , Australian swimmer
- October 19 — Chantal Groot , Dutch swimmer
- October 22 — Isaac Ekpo , Nigerian boxer
- October 22 — Melinda Czink , Hungarian tennis player
- November 3 — Moniek Kleinsman , Dutch speed skater
- November 9 — Andy Souwer , Dutch shoot boxer and kickboxer
- November 11 — Asafa Powell , Jamaican athlete
- November 15 — Giaan Rooney , Australian swimmer
- November 16 — Amare Stoudemire , NBA player
- November 17 — Andriy Serdinov , Ukrainian swimmer
- November 24 — Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson , Icelandic swimmer
- November 30 — Igor Alborov , Uzbek boxer
- November 30 — Dilshod Mahmudov , Uzbek boxer
- December 11 — Darren Gilford , Maltese athlete
- December 13 — Tsoanelo Pholo , South African field hockey striker
- January 07 - Bert Oosterhuis , Dutch motor racer
- January 20 - Marc Demeyer , 31, Belgian cyclist
- April 26 - Ville Ritola , Finnish Olympic gold medal runner
- May 7 - Claudio "Tripa" Barrientos , 45, Chilean boxer
- May 8 - Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian F1-race driver
- June 8 - Satchel Paige , baseball great
- August 12 - Salvador Sanchez , world champion boxer
- October 3 - Roger Claessen , Belgian soccer player
- November 13 - Dorothy Round , English tennis player
- November 17 - Duk Koo Kim , South Korean boxer
- November 26 - Hub Walker , Major League Baseball player
- December 16 - Anthony Chapman , English Formula One race driver
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