1977 In Sports ,
Other Events Of 1978 ,
1979 In Sports and the
List Of 'years In Sports' .
- defeats Muhammad Ali by decision in 15 rounds to win the world's Heavyweight title.
- September 15 : Muhammad Ali recovers the world's Heavyweight title, beating Leon Spinks by decision in their rematch. It is the first time a boxer wins the world Heavyweight title for a third time.
- March 11 - In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium, London. England drew with the United States of America: 2-2.
- wins 3-1 (after extra time) over the Netherlands
- won 1-0 over Arsenal
- won the championship as well as the League Cup
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- January 4 — Dominik Hrbaty , Slovakian tennis player
- January 8 — Gennaro Gattuso , Italian football player
- January 12 — Bonaventura Kalou , Ivorian football (soccer) player
- January 14 — Shawn Crawford , American athlete
- January 17 — Petra Mandula , Hungarian tennis player
- January 18 — Thor Hushovd , Norwegian cyclist
- January 18 — Bogdan Lobont , Romanian football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Stev Theloke , German swimmer
- January 19 — Zbigniew Malkowski , Polish football (soccer) player
- January 19 — Megan Sargeant , Australian field hockey player
- January 20 — Lim Jung-Woo , South Korean field hockey player
- January 26 — Corina Morariu , American tennis player
- January 27 — Dipsy Selolwane , Botswana football (soccer) player
- January 28 — Gianluigi Buffon , Italian football (soccer) player
- January 28 — Takumo Sato , Japanese Formula 1-driver
- January 28 — Paul Wettlaufer , Canadian field hockey player
- January 31 — Clemens Arnold , German field hockey goalkeeper
- April 2 — Chiel Warners , Dutch athlete
- April 3 — Tommy Haas , German tennis player
- April 5 — Franziska Van Almsick , German swimmer
- April 7 — Vladimir Voltchkov , Belarussian tennis player
- April 11 — Victor Sikora , Dutch football player
- April 13 — Carles Puyol , Spanish football player
- April 13 — Raemon Sluiter , Dutch tennis player
- April 16 — Noam Okun , Israeli tennis player
- April 20 — David Sánchez , Spanish tennis player
- April 29 — Bob and Mike Bryan , American twins and tennis players
- July 1 — Vladimer Tchanturia , Georgian boxer
- July 4 — Fatima Moreiro De Melo , Dutch field hockey player
- July 4 — Peter Mankoc , Slovenian swimmer
- July 7 — Jana Toepel , American field hockey midfielder
- July 11 — Massimiliano Rosolino , Italian swimmer
- July 12 — Florien Cornelis , Dutch field hockey player
- July 15 — Kim Baker , Canadian field hockey player
- July 22 — Ishe Smith , American boxer
- July 29 — Joseph Batangdon , Cameroonian sprints athlete
- July 29 — Caroline Jack , South African field hockey goalkeeper
- August 5 — Kim Gevaert , Belgian athlete
- August 5 — Harel Levy , Israeli tennis player
- August 9 — Wesley Sonck , Belgian football player
- August 11 — Jermain Taylor , American boxer
- August 12 — Jesse Mahieu , Dutch field hockey player
- August 20 — Alberto Martin , Spanish tennis player
- August 22 — Kutre Dulecha , Ethiopian middle distance runner
- August 23 — Kobe Bryant , American basketball player
- August 26 — Hestrie Cloete , South African high jumper
- August 29 — Jens Boden , German speed skater
- September 3 — Sam Oud , Dutch canoer
- September 6 — Amy Agulay , Canadian field hockey player
- September 10 — Jyoti Sunita Kullu , Indian field hockey player
- September 13 — Jill Orbinson , Irish field hockey midfielder
- September 15 — Kew Jaliens , Dutch football (soccer) player
- September 21 — Alexander Heath , South African alpine skier
- September 24 — Wietse Van Alten , Dutch archer
- September 26 — Gert-Jan Liefers , Dutch athlete
- September 26 — Judith Meulendijks , Dutch badminton player
- September 29 — Karel Klaver , Dutch field hockey player
- October 3 — Claudio Pizarro , Peruvian football (soccer) striker
- October 4 — Daniël Mensch , Dutch rower
- October 8 — Ewout Holst , Dutch swimmer
- October 9 — Jacob Carstensen , Danish swimmer
- October 9 — Kristy Kowal , American swimmer
- October 10 — Caroline Evers-Swindell , New Zealand rower
- October 14 — Paul Hunter , British snooker player
- October 16 — Andria Shannon , Canadian field hockey player
- October 19 — Ruslan Chagaev , Uzbek boxer
- October 20 — Virender Sehwag , Indian cricketer
- October 25 — Matt Shirvington , Australian athlete
- October 29 — Alwin De Prins , Luxembourgish swimmer
- October 31 — Emmanuel Izonritei , Nigerian boxer
- October 31 — Martin Verkerk , Dutch tennis player
- November 1 — Andrew Smith , Australian field hockey striker
- November 2 — Christian Gyan , Ghanaian football player
- November 2 — Alexander Östlund , Swedish football player
- November 6 — Dean Kent , New Zealand swimmer
- November 7 — Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink , Dutch football player
- November 8 — Tim De Cler , Dutch football player
- November 12 — Eric Addo , Ghanaian football player
- November 15 — Paul Miller , Australian boxer
- November 22 — Francis Obikwelu , Nigerian-born athlete
- November 27 — Radek Štěpánek , Czech tennis player
- December 2 — Sven Coster , Dutch sailor
- December 2 — Louisa Walter , German field hockey goalkeeper
- December 9 — Gaston Gaudio , Argentinian tennis player
- December 12 — Kassim Ouma , Ugandan boxer
- December 14 — Patty Schnyder , Swiss tennis player
- December 15 — Christophe Rochus , Belgian tennis player
- December 16 — Rachel Imison , Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- December 20 — Lechedzani Luza , Botswanan boxer
- December 21 — Emiliano Brembilla , Italian swimmer
- December 21 — Jackie Stiles , WNBA player
- December 22 — Kristal Timmer , Canadian field hockey player
- December 27 — Antje Buschschulte , German swimmer
- December 29 — Kieron Dyer , English football player
- December 29 — Wayne Fernandes , Canadian field hockey player
- December 29 — Brian Pinas , Dutch football player
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