2002 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 2003 ,
2004 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- Stock Car Racing :
- --- Michael Waltrip wins rain-shortened Daytona 500
- --- Winston Cup Championship won by Matt Kenseth for Ford.
-- Nextel signs deal to replace R.J. Reynolds as title sponsor of series
- Indianapolis 500
- ---Won by Gil De Ferran of Brazil for Team Penske .
- Indy Racing League
- ---Won by Scott Dixon of New Zealand , for Chip Ganassi Racing.
- CART Racing Series
- --- Paul Tracy of Canada was the champion.
- --- Sebastien Bourdais was the rookie of the year.
- Formula One Championship
- --- Michael Schumacher of Germany wins his 6th World Driver's Championship, breaking tie with Juan Manuel Fangio .
- --- Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Monaco Grand Prix .
- 24 Hours Of Le Mans
- ---Victors Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Guy Smith driving a Bentley Speed 8 GT
- V8 Supercars :
- --- Bathurst 1000 , Australia — Won by Greg Murphy of New Zealand and Rick Kelly of Australia for the K-Mart Racing Team . Murphy sets the fastest ever lap of any type of car on the mountain, including open wheelers.
- --- Marcos Ambrose for Stone Brothers Racing wins V8 Supercar Championship Series, with more wins and more poles than any other.
- --- Mark Winterbottom for Stone Brothers Racing wins 'junior division', Konica Championship Series.
- Rally Racing :
- ---the team of Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena wins the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Citroën Total .
- --- Petter Solberg of Norway wins the World Rally Championship for Subaru, defeating Loeb by a single point at season's end.
- Drag Racing
- Nations Cup Australia
- ---Championship won by Paul Stokell for Team Lamborghini in a Lamborghini Diablo GTR .
- --- Bathurst 24 Hours at Mount Panorama , Bathurst, New South Wales , Australia , won by Peter Brock , Grey Murphy , Jason Bright and Todd Kelly in a Monaro GRM 427, 7 L Race Prototype.
- conquers the WBA and WBC world Jr. Middleweight titles with a 12 round unanimous decision over Oscar De La Hoya in rematch of their 2000 bout
''For fuller coverage, see: 2003 In Football (soccer) ''
Men's Golf
- Major Championship results:
- ---April 10-13 — The Masters — Mike Weir . Weir becomes the first Canadian and the first left-handed golfer to win The Masters . He defeats Len Mattiace on the first playoff hole.
- ---June 12-15 — US Open — Jim Furyk — takes place at Olympia Fields, Furyk wins his first major by 3 shots.
- ---July 17-20- British Open — Ben Curtis , a virtual unknown, shocks the world, posting a -1, a single shot ahead of Thomas Björn and Vijay Singh at the very difficult Royal St. George's.
- ---August 14-17 — PGA Championship — Shaun Micheel , another virtual unknown, wins by 2 shots at the tough Oak Hill Country Club.
- Other highlights
- ---March 2 — Tiger Woods wins the Accenture Match Play Championships, defeating David Toms 2 and 1.
- ---April 20 — Davis Love III chips in on the 72nd hole to force a playoff, which he wins, giving him his fifth victory at the MCI Heritage at Harbour Town.
- ---May 22 — At the Colonial Open golf tournament, LPGA champion Annika Sörenstam became the first woman in 58 years to compete in a men's professional golf tournament.
- ---June 1 — Kenny Perry wins for the second straight week, this time at The Memorial, held at Muirfield Village Golf Club.
- ---July 6 — Tiger Woods wins the 100th Western Open at Cog Hill
- Vijay Singh is the PGA TOUR 's leading money winner for the year, with earnings of $7,349,907 in 27 events.
- Tom Watson is the leading money winner on the Champions Tour , with earnings of $1,853,108 in 14 events.
- President's Cup — For the first time ever, the Cup is shared between the United States and International teams.
Women's Golf
See also: 2002-03 NHL Season and 2003-04 NHL Season
- Grand Slam In Tennis men's results:
- --- Australian Open — Andre Agassi defeats Rainer Schuettler , 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
- --- French Open — Juan Carlos Ferrero defeats Martin Verkerk , 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.
- --- Wimbledon Championships — Roger Federer defeats Mark Philippoussis , 7-6, 6-2, 7-6.
- --- US Open — Andy Roddick defeats Juan Carlos Ferrero , 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
- Grand Slam In Tennis women's results:
- --- Australian Open — Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams , 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.
- --- French Open — Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Kim Clijsters , 6-0, 6-4.
- --- Wimbledon Championships — Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams , 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
- --- US Open — Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Kim Clijsters , 7-5, 6-1.
- Davis Cup in world tennis.
- Pete Sampras retires, aged 32 on August 25
- Michael Chang retires, aged 31 on August 26
- 14th Pan American Games held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- --- United States tops the medal table with a total number of 270 medals, including 117 golds.
- 8th All-Africa Games held in Abuja, Nigeria
- --- Egypt tops the medal table with a total number of 214 medals, including 80 golds.
- Fifth Winter Asian Games held in Aomori, Japan
- --- Japan tops the medal table with a total number of 67 medals, including 24 golds.
- First Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad, India
- --- China tops the medal table with a total number of 41 medals, including 25 golds.
- XXII Summer Universiade held in Daegu , South Korea
- --- China tops the medal table with a total number of 80 medals, including 41 golds.
- 21st Winter Universiade held in Tarvisio , Italy
- --- Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 31 medals, including 11 golds.
- January 13 — Julio Botelho (Julinho), Brazilian soccer star
- February 14 — Johnny Longden , Hall of Fame jockey
- February 17 — Steve Bechler , baseball player, collapsed during Spring Training
- March 10 — Naftali Temu , Kenyan athlete (b. 1945 )
- April 28 — Juha Tiainen , Finnish hammer thrower (b. 1955 )
- May 14 — Dave DeBusschere , basketball hall of famer
- June 9 — Spectacular Bid , U.S. race horse, won the 1979 Derby and Preakness
- June 18 — Larry Doby , Hall of Fame baseball player
- June 21 — Roger Nielson , Canadian ice hockey coach
- June 26 — Marc-Vivien Foé , Cameroon football player, collapsed during a FIFA Confederations Cup match
- June 28 — Wim Slijkhuis (80), Dutch middle distance runneryclist (b. 1923 )
- August 4 — Pål Arne Fagernes , Norwegian athlete (b. 1974 )
- August 11 — Herb Brooks , U.S. Ice Hockey coach
- August 23 — Bobby Bonds , U.S. baseball player and father of Barry Bonds
- September 11 — Ben Bril (91), Dutch Jewish boxer (b. 1912 )
- October 12 — Bill Shoemaker , jockey
- October 16 — László Papp , Hungarian boxer (b. 1926 )
- October 22 — Tony Renna , Indy Racing League driver, killed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- November 6 — Rie Mastenbroek , Dutch swimmer
- November 23 — Nick Carter , New Zealand cyclist (b. 1924 )
- November 24 — Warren Spahn , Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
- December 18 — Otto Graham , Cleveland Browns Hall Of Fame quarterback
- December 21 — Morappakkam Gopalan , Indian test cricket and field hockey
- December 30 — Yoshio Shirai , Japanese boxer (world champion at flyweight)
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