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2003 in sports
See also:
2002 in sports
,
other events of 2003
,
2004 in sports
and the
list of 'years in sports'
.
Table of contents
1 Auto Racing
2 Baseball
3 Basketball
4 Boxing
5 Cycling
6 Figure Skating
7 Football (Soccer)
8 Football (American)
9 Canadian Football League
10 Golf
11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
12 Harness Racing
13 Ice Hockey
14 Skiing
15 Tennis
16 General sporting events
17 Births
18 Deaths
Auto Racing
Stock car racing
:
Michael Waltrip[?]
won the
Daytona 500
NASCAR Championship
-
Indianapolis 500
-
Gil de Ferran[?]
Indy Racing League
-
CART Racing Series
-
Formula One Championship
-
24 hours of Le Mans
- won by the team of
Tom Kristensen[?]
/
Rinaldo Capello[?]
/
Guy Smith[?]
driving a
Bentley Speed 8 GT
Rally racing
- the team of
Sébastien Loeb[?]
/
Daniel Elena[?]
won the
Monte Carlo Rally
driving a
Citroën Total
Drag racing
-
Baseball
April 4
-
Sammy Sosa
hit his 500th career home run off
Cincinatti Reds[?]
pitcher
Scott Sullivan[?]
in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the 18th player in
Major League Baseball
history to hit 500 or more home runs.
May 5
-
Matt Stairs
home run off
Houston Astros
pitcher
Wade Miller[?]
was estimated at 461 feet, making it the longest home run in the history of Minute Maid Park.
May 11
-
Rafael Palmeiro
hit his 500th career home run off
Cleveland Indians
pitcher
David Elder[?]
becoming only the 19th player in
Major League Baseball
history to hit 500 or more home runs.
June 13
-
New York Yankee
Roger Clemens
became the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeated the
St. Louis Cardinals
5-2.
World Series
:
Basketball
April 7
-
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
:
Syracuse Orangemen[?]
win 81-78 over the
Kansas Jayhawks[?]
NBA Finals
:
San Antonio Spurs
won 4 games to 2 over the
New Jersey Nets
Boxing
Cycling
Giro d'Italia
won by
Gilberto Simoni[?]
of
Italy
Tour de France
-
World Cycling Championship
:
Figure Skating
World Figure Skating Championships
:
Men's champion:
Evgeni Plushenko[?]
,
Russia
Women's champion:
Michelle Kwan
,
United States
Pairs champions:
Xue Shen[?]
&
Hongbo Zhao[?]
,
China
Football (
Soccer
)
England - FA Cup
:
Arsenal
won 1-0 over
Southampton
UEFA Cup
:
FC Porto
won 3-2 over
Glasgow Celtic
Champions League
:
AC Milan
won 3-2 in penalties over
Juventus
after a 0-0 draw at
Old Trafford
.
English Premier League
-
Manchester United
wins the English Premier League by 5 points over Arsenal.
June 17
-
Manchester United
sells
English
soccer star
David Beckham
to
Real Madrid
for 35 million euros.
Football (American)
January 3
-
Fiesta Bowl
(
Bowl Championship Series[?]
):
Ohio State Buckeyes[?]
won 31-24 over the
Miami Hurricanes[?]
(double overtime)
January 27
-
Super Bowl XXXVII
:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
won 48-21 over the
Oakland Raiders
Canadian Football League
February 27
-
Darren Flutie retires
Grey Cup
:
Vanier Cup
:
Golf
Men's Golf
April 13
-
Mike Weir
is the first
Canadian
golfer and the first left-handed golfer, to win the
The Masters golf tournament
.
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.
Grand Slam of golf
results:
May
-
The Masters
-
Mike Weir
June
-
US Open
-
Jim Furyk
July
-
British Open
-
August
-
PGA Championship
-
PGA
tour's leading money winner for the year
PGA Champions Tour
leading money winner
Ryder Cup
of world golf
Women's Golf
US Women's Open
-
LPGA Championship
-
Annika Sörenstam
The leading money winner on the
LPGA
tour
Thoroughbred Horse Racing
Australia
-
Melbourne Cup
Canada
-
Queen's Plate
-
Wando[?]
France
-
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Ireland
-
Irish Derby Stakes
English Triple Crown Races
:
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes
-
Refuse to Bend[?]
Epsom Derby
-
Kris Kin[?]
St. Leger Stakes
United States Triple Crown Races
:
Kentucky Derby
-
Funny Cide
Preakness Stakes
-
Funny Cide
Belmont Stakes
-
Empire Maker[?]
Harness Racing
North America Cup
:
United States Pacing Triple Crown races
:
Cane Pace
Little Brown Jug
Messenger Stakes
United States Trotting Triple Crown races
:
Hambletonian
Yonkers Trot
Kentucky Futurity
Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship
:
Pacers:
Trotters:
Ice Hockey
Art Ross Memorial Trophy
as the
NHL
's leading scorer during the regular season:
Peter Forsberg[?]
,
Colorado Avalanche
Hart Memorial Trophy
for the
NHL
's Most Valuable Player:
Peter Forsberg[?]
,
Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup
:
New Jersey Devils
won 4 games to 3 over the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
. The
Conn Smythe Trophy
as the playoffs MVP was won by
Jean-Sebastien Giguere[?]
of Anaheim.
World Hockey Championship
Men's champion:
Canada
defeated
Sweden
3-2
Junior Men's champion:
Russia
won 3-2 over
Canada
Women's champion: tournament scheduled for
Beijing, China
cancelled due to the outbreak of
SARS
.
Skiing
Alpine Skiing
The men's overall season championship:
Stephan Eberharter[?]
,
Austria
The women's overall season championship:
Janica Kostelic[?]
,
Croatia
Tennis
Grand Slam in tennis
men's results:
Australian Open
-
Andre Agassi
French Open
-
Juan Carlos Ferrero[?]
Wimbledon championships
-
Roger Federer
US Open
Grand Slam in tennis
women's results:
Australian Open
-
Serena Williams
French Open
-
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Wimbledon championships
-
Serena Williams
US Open
Davis Cup
in world tennis.
General sporting events
Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]
:
Mark Williams[?]
won 18-16 over
Ken Doherty[?]
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion
:
Robert Sorlie[?]
won with lead dog:
Tipp
Show Jumping World Cup Champion[?]
-
Marcus Ehning[?]
of
Germany
won, riding his Oldenburg mare,
Anka
.
Births
Deaths
January 13
-
Julio Botelho[?]
(Julinho),
Brazilian
soccer star
June 9
-
Spectacular Bid[?]
, U.S. race horse, won the 1979
Derby
and
Preakness
June 18
-
Larry Doby
,
United States Baseball Hall of Fame
player
June 26
-
Marc-Vivien Foe
,
Cameroon
football player
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