1998 In Sports

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AUTO RACING

Stock Car Racing :

--- Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500

--- NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon

--- NASCAR celebrates its 50th anniversary

Indy Racing League -

Indianapolis 500 - Eddie Cheever

CART Racing - Alex Zanardi won the season championship

Formula One Championship - Mika Häkkinen of Finland

/ Allan McNish / Stéphane Ortelli driving a Porsche 911 GT-1

Rally Racing - Tommi Mäkinen won the World Rally Championship

---the team of Carlos Sainz / Luis Moya won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Toyota Corolla WRC

Drag Racing - Gary Scelzi won the NHRA " Top Fuel " championship.

BASEBALL

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa each chase the homerun record set previously by Roger Maris in 1961 . Both men end up breaking the record; McGwire with 70 and Sosa with 66.

win 4 games to 0 over the San Diego Padres . The Series MVP is Scott Brosius , New York

BASKETBALL

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship :

---Kentucky wins 78-69 over Utah

NBA Finals :

--- Chicago Bulls win 4 games to 2 over the Utah Jazz , to complete their second three-peat of the decade.

WNBA Finals :

--- Houston Comets win two games to one over the Phoenix Mercury to repeat as champions.

FIBA World Championship

--- Yugoslavia World Champion

BOXING

stopped Wilfrido Ruiz in the 5th round to retain the IBF Lightweight Championship.

CYCLING

Giro D'Italia won by Marco Pantani of Italy

Tour De France - Marco Pantani of Italy

of Switzerland

DOGSLED RACING

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion :

--- Jeff King wins with lead dogs: ''Red'' & ''Jenna''

FIELD HOCKEY

World Competitions

Men's World Cup in Utrecht , The Netherlands

--- Gold Medal: The Netherlands

--- Silver Medal: Spain

--- Bronze Medal: Germany

Commonwealth Games (Men's Competition) in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

--- Gold Medal: Australia

--- Silver Medal: Malaysia

--- Bronze Medal: England

Men's Champions Trophy in Lahore , Pakistan

--- Gold Medal: The Netherlands

--- Silver Medal: Pakistan

--- Bronze Medal: Australia

Women's World Cup in Utrecht , The Netherlands

--- Gold Medal: Australia

--- Silver Medal: The Netherlands

--- Bronze Medal: Germany

Commonwealth Games (Women's Competition) in Manchester , England

--- Gold Medal: Australia

--- Silver Medal: England

--- Bronze Medal: New Zealand

Regional Competitions

Asian Games (Men's Competition) in Bangkok , Thailand

--- Gold Medal: India

--- Silver Medal: South Korea

--- Bronze Medal: Pakistan

Asian Games (Women's Competition) in Bangkok , Thailand

--- Gold Medal: South Korea

--- Silver Medal: India

--- Bronze Medal: China

FIGURE SKATING

World Figure Skating Championships :

---Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin , Russia

---Women's champion: Michelle Kwan , United States

---Pairs champions: Elena Bereschnaya & Anton Sicharulidze , Russia

FOOTBALL ( AMERICAN )

January 13 - ABC and ESPN negotiate a $1.15 billion a season contract to keep Monday Night Football .

won 31-24 over the Green Bay Packers

FOOTBALL ( AUSTRALIAN RULES )

Australian Football League

--- The Adelaide Crows win the 102nd AFL premiership (Adelaide Crows 15.15 (105) d North Melbourne 8.22 (70))

--- Brownlow Medal awarded to Robert Harvey ] ( St Kilda )

FOOTBALL ( CANADIAN )

win 26-24 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats

win 24-17 over the Concordia Stingers

FOOTBALL ( RUGBY LEAGUE )

The North Queensland Cowboys home stadium sponsor Stockland finished up their sponsorship contract seeing out their three year deal.

A new sponsorship deal was drawn up by the Cowboys, with local milking organisation Dairy Farmers who owned the local North Queensland milking dairy in the Tablelands . It was rebadged into the newly named ' Dairy Farmers Stadium ' for year 1998.

It was also the start of the National Rugby League competition. Super League (Australia) ended its 1 year competition and the Australian Rugby League also ended theirs to merge together to become one. But for some clubs it came at a cost.

For the Hunter Mariners and Western Reds from Super League (Australia) and the South Queensland Crushers from the Australian Rugby League these franchises were over. But it was the birth of a new franchise and a first in Rugby League history. A team in the state of Victoria going by the name Melbourne Storm .

The 20 teams competing in season 98 were:

Adelaide Rams ,

Auckland Warriors ,

Balmain Tigers ,

Brisbane Broncos ,

Canberra Raiders ,

Canterbury Bulldogs ,

Cronulla Sharks ,

Gold Coast Chargers ,

Illawarra Steelers ,

Manly Sea Eagles ,

Melbourne Storm ,

Newcastle Knights ,

North Queensland Cowboys ,

North Sydney Bears ,

Parramatta Eels ,

Penrith Panthers ,

St. George Dragons ,

South Sydney Rabbitohs ,

Sydney City Roosters ,

Western Suburbs Magpies .

--- Brisbane Broncos win their fourth title, defeating Canterbury Bulldogs 38-12 in the final.

FOOTBALL ( SOCCER )

''For fuller coverage, see: 1998 In Football (soccer) ''

GAELIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Camogie

---All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Cork

---National Camogie League: Cork

Gaelic Football

--- 1-14 d. Kiladre 1-10

--- 0-9 d. Derry 0-7

Ladies' Gaelic Football

---All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Waterford

---National Football League: Waterford

Hurling

--- 2-16 d. Kilkenny 1-13

--- National Hurling League :

GOLF

Men's Golf

Major Championship results:

#April - The Masters - Mark O'Meara

#June - US Open - Lee Janzen

#July - British Open - Mark O'Meara

#August - PGA Championship - Vijay Singh

- $2,591,031

- $2,861,945

Women's Golf

tour, earning $1,092,748

HARNESS RACING

North America Cup - Straight Path

United States Pacing Triple Crown Races :

# Cane Pace - Shady Character

# Little Brown Jug - Shady Character

# Messenger Stakes - Fit For Life

United States Trotting Triple Crown Races :

# Hambletonian - Muscles Yankee

# Yonkers Trot - Muscles Yankee

# Kentucky Futurity - Trade Balance

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship :

---Pacers: Our Sir Vancelot

---Trotters: Buster Hanover

ICE HOCKEY

For the first time, professional players from the National Hockey League (NHL, USA) participated in the Winter Olympics . And also for the first time in Olympic history, women took part in ice hockey.

Women's Gold Medal - United States won 3-1 over Canada

Men's Gold Medal - Czech Republic won 1-0 over Russia

, Pittsburgh Penguins

- Buffalo Sabres

defeated the Washington Capitals 4 games to 0.

World Hockey Championship

--- Men's champion: Sweden defeated Finland

--- Junior Men's champion: Russia defeated Canada

LACROSSE

The 8th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Baltimore, Maryland . The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.

The Philadelphia Wings sweep the Baltimore Thunder in the best of three series held to determine the winner of the Champion's Cup .

The Brampton Excelsiors win the Mann Cup .

The Clarington Green Gaels win the Founders Cup .

The Burnaby Lakers win the Minto Cup .

RADIOSPORT

Ninth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Campionship held in Nyíregyháza , Hungary .

RUGBY LEAGUE

The North Queensland Cowboys home stadium sponsor Stockland finished up their sponsorship contract seeing out their three year deal.

A new sponsorship deal was drawn up by the Cowboys, with local milking organisation Dairy Farmers who owned the local North Queensland milking dairy in the Tablelands . It was rebadged into the newly named ' Dairy Farmers Stadium ' for year 1998.

SKIING

Alpine Skiing

---The men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier , Austria

---The women's overall season champion: Katja Seizinger , Germany

SNOOKER

beats Ken Doherty 18-12

becomes World Number One for 1998/99

TENNIS

Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:

# Australian Open - Petr Korda

# French Open - Carlos Moya

# Wimbledon Championships - Pete Sampras

# US Open - Patrick Rafter

Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:

# Australian Open - Martina Hingis

# French Open - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

# Wimbledon Championships - Jana Novotná

# US Open - Lindsay Davenport

Davis Cup : Sweden wins 4-1 over Italy in world tennis.

Serena Williams finishes the year in the top 20

Elena Dementieva turns professional, becomes the first woman representing Russia to enter the US Open semifinal.

THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING

Australia - Melbourne Cup - Jezabeel

Canada - Queen's Plate - Archers Bay

France - Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe - Sagamix

Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Dream Well

English Triple Crown Races :

# Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - King Of Kings

# Epsom Derby - High Rise

# St. Leger Stakes - Nedawi

United States Triple Crown Races :

# Kentucky Derby - Real Quiet

# Preakness Stakes - Real Quiet

# Belmont Stakes - Victory Gallop

Breeders' Cup :

# Breeders' Cup Classic - Awesome Again

# Breeders' Cup Distaff - Escena

# Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Answer Lively

# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Silverbulletday

# Breeders' Cup Mile - Da Hoss

# Breeders' Cup Sprint - Reraise

# Breeders' Cup Turf - Buck's Boy

WATER POLO

Men's World Championship in Perth, Australia

--- Gold Medal: Spain

--- Silver Medal: Hungary

--- Bronze Medal: Yugoslavia

Women's World Championship in Perth, Australia

--- Gold Medal: Italy

--- Silver Medal: The Netherlands

--- Bronze Medal: Australia

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING

World Championship Wrestling

--- World War III

-- Kevin Nash wins the 60-man, 3-ring World War III battle royale match.

World Wrestling Federation

--- Royal Rumble

-- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wins the Royal Rumble match.

--- WrestleMania XIV

-- "Stone Cold" Steve Austin wins his first WWF World Heavyweight Championship by beating Shawn Michaels . Mike Tyson was a special guest enforcer.

--- Unforgiven

-- The Undertaker defeats Kane in the first ever Inferno Match

--- King Of The Ring

-- Ken Shamrock is crowned King of the Ring.

-- Mick Foley is thrown from the top of the Cell by The Undertaker during Their Hell In A Cell Match in one of the most memorable moments in wrestling history.

--- Survivor Series

-- The Rock wins a tournament to crown a new WWF World Champion , beating Mankind via a Montreal Screwjob finish.

GENERAL SPORTING EVENTS

1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano , Japan

--- Germany wins the most medals (29), and the most gold medals (12)

--- Curling makes its Olympic debut

--Men's Gold Medal: Switzerland wins 9-3 over Canada

--Women's Gold Medal: Canada wins 7-5 over Denmark

1998 Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand

Summer Goodwill Games held in New York City , United States

Fifth Gay Games held in Amsterdam , The Netherlands

DEATHS

January 1 — Helen Wills Moody , tennis player

March 8 — Ray Nitschke , American football player

March 13 — Risen Star , champion thoroughbred race horse

April 9 — John Tate (43), American boxer (b. 1955 )

May 15 — Earl Manigault , basketball player

July 4 — Strike Out , harness racing horse

July 8 — Lili De Alvarez , Spanish multi-sport competitor, tennis champion and author (b. 1905 )

October 2 — Olivier Gendebien , Belgian race car driver

October 27 — Winnie Van Weerdenburg (52), Dutch swimmer

November 10 — Hal Newhouser , baseball player

November 17 — Kornelia Bouman (94), Dutch female tennis player (b. 1903 )

December 20 — Phil Stubbs (36), New Zealand ocean rowing champion, died in a plane crash

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