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1990 in sports

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1990 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

  • Super Bowl XXIV – the San Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 55–10 over the Denver Broncos (AFC)
    • Location: Superdome
    • Attendance: 72,919
    • MVP: Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco)
  • Sugar Bowl (1989 season):
  • November 11 – Derrick Thomas has 7 sacks for Kansas City Chiefs against Seattle Seahawks.

Association football

[[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]

[[Australian rules football]]

  • Australian Football League
    • The Victorian Football League is renamed the Australian Football League
    • Collingwood wins the 94th AFL premiership (Collingwood 13.11 (89) to Essendon 5.11 (41))
    • Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Liberatore (Footscray)

[[Baseball]]

Main article: 1990 in baseball

  • March 17 – Taiwan Professional Baseball League, a first official game held.
  • June 11 – Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitched a no-hitter, his 6th, against the Oakland Athletics.
  • The Cincinnati Reds sweep the Oakland A's in the World Series.
  • Ira Smith becomes the first player in NCAA history to win consecutive batting titles after hitting .519 with the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.

[[Basketball]]

NBA Finals

[[Boxing]]

Main article: Boxing in the 1990s#1990

  • February 11 – Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson by a knockout in round 10 to win the world's unified Heavyweight title, in what many consider boxing's biggest upset ever.
  • March 17 – Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio César Chávez defeated Meldrick Taylor to unify boxing's world junior welterweight title
  • September 22 to October 7 – Asian Games held in Beijing, China
  • November 24 to December 3 – Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City

[[Canadian football]]

  • Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50–11 over the Edmonton Eskimos
  • Vanier Cup – Saskatchewan Huskies win 24–21 over the St. Mary's Huskies

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

[[Dogsled racing]]

  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion –
    • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Sluggo & Lightning

[[Darts]]

  • Phil Taylor (darts player) wins his first world title

[[Field hockey]]

[[Figure skating]]

  • World Figure Skating Championships –
    • Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada
    • Ladies' champion: Jill Trenary, United States
    • Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union
    • Ice dancing champions: Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, Soviet Union

[[Gaelic Athletic Association]]

[[Golf]]

Men's professional

[[Harness racing]]

  • North America Cup – Apaches Fame
  • United States Pacing Triple Crown races –
    1. Cane Pace – Jake And Elwood
    2. Little Brown Jug – Beach Towel
    3. Messenger Stakes – Jake And Elwood
  • United States Trotting Triple Crown races –
    1. Hambletonian – Harmonious
    2. Yonkers Trot - Royal Troubador
    3. Kentucky Futurity – Star Mystic
  • Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
    • Pacers: Thorate
    • Trotters: Real Force

[[Horse racing]]

Steeplechases

  • Cheltenham Gold Cup – Norton's Coin
  • Grand National – Mr Frisk Flat races
  • Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Kingston Rule
  • Canadian Triple Crown Races:
    1. Queen's Plate – Izvestia
    2. Prince of Wales Stakes – Izvestia
    3. Breeders' Stakes – Izvestia
    • For the second straight year, a horse sweeps the series.
  • France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Saumarez
  • Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Salsabil
  • Japan – Japan Cup won by Better Loosen Up
  • English Triple Crown Races:
    1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Tirol
    2. The Derby – Quest for Fame
    3. St. Leger Stakes – Snurge
  • United States Triple Crown Races:
    1. Kentucky Derby – Unbridled
    2. Preakness Stakes – Summer Squall
    3. Belmont Stakes – Go and Go
  • Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
    1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Unbridled
    2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Bayakoa
    3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Fly So Free
    4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Meadow Star
    5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Royal Academy
    6. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Safely Kept
    7. Breeders' Cup Turf – In the Wings

[[Ice hockey]]

  • Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings
  • Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers
  • Stanley Cup – Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins
  • World Hockey Championships

[[Lacrosse]]

  • The 6th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Perth, Australia. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
  • The Philadelphia Wings beat the New England Blazers 17–7 in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League Championship.
  • The Brooklin Redmen win the Mann Cup.
  • Orangeville wins the Founders Cup.
  • The St. Catharines Athletics win the Minto Cup.

[[Motorsport]]

Main article: 1990 in motorsport, List of 1990 motorsport champions

[[Radiosport]]

  • The first World Radiosport Team Championship held in Seattle, United States Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Doug Grant K1DG of the United States.
  • Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia).

[[Rugby league]]

[[Rugby union]]

[[Snooker]]

  • World Snooker Championship – Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12
  • World rankings – Stephen Hendry becomes world number one for 1990/91

[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]

  • March 24 – Tom Jager betters his own world record (22.12) in the 50m freestyle (long course) twice at a swimming meet in Nashville, Tennessee, swimming 21.98 in the heats and 21.81 in the final.

[[Tennis]]

[[Triathlon]]

[[Volleyball]]

[[Multi-sport event]]s

Awards

  • Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Joe Montana, National Football League
  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Beth Daniel, LPGA golf
  • BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year - Joe Montana, National Football League

References

References

  1. Jerardi, Dick. (February 27, 2015). "Remembering Hank, 25 years later". Philadelphia Daily News.
  2. "Epsom Derby {{!}} History, Winners, & Facts {{!}} Britannica".
  3. "Our Games {{!}} Commonwealth Games Federation".
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