2003 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for ...

Alpine Skiing World Cup The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( ...

** Men's overall season championship: Stephan Eberharter,

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

** Women's overall season championship:

Janica Kostelić Janica Kostelić (; born 5 January 1982) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she w ...

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

Super Bowl XXXVII Super Bowl XXXVII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Oakland Raiders and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers to decide the National Football League (NFL) cham ...

– the

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South divisio ...

(NFC) won 48–21 over the

Oakland Raiders The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide ...

(AFC) **Location:

San Diego Stadium San Diego Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium on the West Coast of the United States, west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California. The stadium opened in 1967 as San Diego Stadium and was known as Jack Murphy Stadium from 1981 to 199 ...

**Attendance: 67,603 **MVP: Dexter Jackson, S (Tampa Bay) *

Fiesta Bowl The Fiesta Bowl is an American college football bowl game played annually in the Phoenix metropolitan area. From its beginning in 1971 until 2006, the game was hosted at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Since 2007, the game has been playe ...

( 2002 season): ** The

Ohio State Buckeyes The Ohio State Buckeyes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio State University, located in Columbus, Ohio. The athletic programs are named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree ...

won 31-24 over the

Miami Hurricanes The Miami Hurricanes (known informally as The U, UM, or The 'Canes) are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The Hurricanes compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic A ...

(double overtime) to win BCS National Championship * September 14 –

Jamal Lewis Jamal Lewis (born August 26, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns. He played college football at Tennessee and was s ...

sets NFL single game record for rushing yards (295) helping

Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...

beat

Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...

33-13.

Artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnas ...

– ** Men's all-around champions:

Paul Hamm Paul Elbert Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Washburn, Wisconsin) is a retired United States, American artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He is the 2004 Olympic Games, 2004 Olympic all-around champion, a three-time Gymnastics at the Summer Ol ...

, US, Yang Wei,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

** Women's all-around champion:

Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Ol ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

** Men's team competition champion:

** Women's team competition champion: US

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

2003 Confederations Cup The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the sixth FIFA Confederations Cup, held in France in June 2003. France retained the title they had won in 2001, but the tournament was overshadowed by the death of Cameroon player Marc-Vi ...

– host nation France wins a tournament marred by tragedy after Cameroon player

Marc-Vivien Foé Marc-Vivien Foé (1 May 1975 – 26 June 2003) was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder for both club and country. Having initially played for Canon Yaoundé, Foé went on to play professionally in Ligue 1 ...

collapsed and died during a semifinal match. *

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

–

AC Milan Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons ...

wins 3-2 on

penalties Penalty or The Penalty may refer to: Sports * Penalty (golf) * Penalty (gridiron football) * Penalty (ice hockey) * Penalty (rugby) * Penalty (rugby union) * Penalty kick (association football) * Penalty shoot-out (association football) * Penalty ...

over

Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

, after a 0-0 draw at

Old Trafford Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...

. This was

’s 6th European Cup. *

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcela ...

–

FC Porto Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM (), commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portu ...

wins 3-2 in the

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

against

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...

, after extra time, with a

silver goal The golden goal or golden point is a rule used in association football, lacrosse, field hockey, and ice hockey to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the end of normal time. It is a type of sud ...

Derlei Vanderlei Fernandes Silva (born 14 July 1975), known as Derlei, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his 16-year professional career in Portugal (one full decade), having represented all three most impor ...

. This is Porto’s first UEFA Cup title. * European Super Cup –

beats

1-0, winning the cup for the fourth time. * Intercontinental Cup –

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

win 3-1 on penalties over

, after a 1-1 draw at the end of extra time. This is

’ third cup. * Women's World Cup –

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

wins the

against

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

2-1 after

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

* 23–31 August –

2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. Men's results ...

held in Paris

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

** The

Brisbane Lions The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was formed in late 1996 via a merger of the Melbourne-based 1883 foundation VFL c ...

win the 107th

AFL premiership This page is a complete chronological listing of VFL/AFL premiers. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football. The inaugur ...

by defeating Collingwood 20.14 (134) to 12.12 (84) in the 2003 AFL Grand Final. The Lions’ win gives them the first premiership “hat-trick” since in 1955,

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

and 1957. **

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

awarded to

Nathan Buckley Nathan Charles Buckley (born 26 July 1972) is a former professional Australian rules football coach, player and commentator. He is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan as one of the top 50 players of all time. Buckley won the inaugural Rising St ...

(Collingwood),

Adam Goodes Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...

(

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

) and

Mark Ricciuto Mark Anthony Ricciuto ( ; born 8 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Ramco, South Australia, Ricciuto started as a junior with the local Waike ...

(

Adelaide Crows The Adelaide Crows (officially the Adelaide Football Club) are a professional Australian rules football team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1990. The Crows has fielded a men's team in the Australian Football League (AFL) sinc ...

) **

Leigh Matthews Trophy The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was st ...

awarded to

Michael Voss Michael Voss (born 7 July 1975) is a former professional Australian rules football player with the Brisbane Bears/Lions and current senior coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Voss was a triple premiersh ...

(Brisbane Lions) *

West Australian Football League The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...

: ** August 10: On a rainswept

Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup, known as HBF Arena under a commercial naming rights arrangement, is a multi-purpose sports complex in Joondalup, Western Australia, located on 35 ha of parkland approximately 25 km north of Perth. It was officially o ...

East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...

score only 0.9 (9) against deadly rivals West Perth. It is the first goalless score in WAFL/WANFL/Westar Rules football since West Perth themselves kicked 0.10 (10) against soon-to-be-defunct

Midland Junction Midland is a suburb in the Perth metropolitan region, as well as the regional centre for the City of Swan local government area that covers the Swan Valley and parts of the Darling Scarp to the east. It is situated at the intersection of G ...

in May 1916.

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

* April 4 –

Sammy Sosa Samuel Peralta Sosa (born November 12, 1968) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Chicago Cubs. After playing for the Texas Rangers and C ...

hits his 500th career home run off

Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) National League Central, Central division and were a charter member of ...

pitcher Scott Sullivan in the seventh inning at

Great American Ball Park Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It served as the home stadium of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB), and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the R ...

, becoming only the eighteenth player in

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

history to hit 500 or more home runs, as well as the first

Hispanic The term ''Hispanic'' ( es, hispano) refers to people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad. The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...

to do so. * May 5 –

Matt Stairs Matthew Wade Stairs (born February 27, 1968) is a Canadian former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman, and designated hitter, who holds the record for most pinch-hit home runs in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with 23. His pinc ...

’ home run off

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

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 Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. H ...

hit his 500th career home run off

Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Guardians are an American professional baseball team based in Cleveland. The Guardians compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. Since , they have played at Progressive F ...

pitcher David Elder becoming only the 19th player in

history to hit 500 or more home runs. * June 11 – Houston Astro pitcher

Roy Oswalt Roy Edward Oswalt (; born August 29, 1977) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Oswalt played for the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Houston Astros. He also played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Texa ...

started a no-hitter against the New York Yankees on June 11. Oswalt left after one inning, and five more Astros continued to no-hit the Yankees.

Peter Munro Peter Daniel Munro (born June 14, 1975) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played with the Toronto Blue Jays (–) and Houston Astros (–). He batted and threw right-handed. Career After being selected by the Boston Red ...

pitched 2? innings,

Kirk Saarloos Kirk Craig Saarloos (born May 23, 1979) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the TCU Horned Frogs. He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton for coach George Horton from 1999 to 2001 ...

pitched 1? innings,

Brad Lidge Bradley Thomas Lidge (born December 23, 1976) nicknamed "Lights Out" is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Lidge played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 2002–2012. He played for the Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phi ...

pitched two innings,

Octavio Dotel Octavio Eduardo Dotel Diaz (born November 25, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Dotel played for 13 major league teams, the second most teams played for by any player in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), setti ...

pitched one inning in which he recorded four strikeouts and

Billy Wagner William Edward Wagner (born July 25, 1971), nicknamed "Billy the Kid", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He pitched for the Houston Astros (1995–2003), Philadelphia Phil ...

pitched a perfect ninth to close out a six-pitcher no-hitter that resulted in 13 strikeouts and an 8-0 victory over the Yankees. * June 13 –

New York Yankee The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of ...

Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Boston Red Sox. Clemens was one of the most dominant pi ...

becomes the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeats the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. * July 29 –

Bill Mueller William Richard Mueller ( ; born March 17, 1971) is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Mueller's MLB playing career was spent with the San Francisco Giants (1996–2000, 2002), Chic ...

becomes the only player in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game from opposite sides of the plate. He in fact hit three home runs in that game, and the two grand slams were in consecutive at-bats. * 2003 World Series – The Florida Marlins win 4 games to 2 over

the New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

NBA Finals The NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awa ...

– The San Antonio Spurs win their second NBA title, defeating the New Jersey Nets 4 games to 2.

Tim Duncan Timothy Theodore Duncan (born April 25, 1976) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Big Fundamental", he is widely regarded as the greatest power forward of all time and one of the greatest players in NBA histor ...

, who nearly scores a quadruple-double in the deciding Game 6, is named Finals MVP. *

NCAA Men's Basketball Championship The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...

– **

Syracuse Orange The Syracuse Orange are the athletic teams that represent Syracuse University. The school is a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Until 2013, Syracuse was a member of the Big East Conference. The school's mascot is ...

win 81-78 over the

Kansas Jayhawks The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a mem ...

* December 13 – The largest crowd in the sport's history, 78,129, packed

Ford Field Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state champ ...

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...

to watch

Michigan State Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

and

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

. Kentucky wins 79-74.* *

NCAA Women's Basketball Championship The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic ...

– **

UConn Huskies The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs. The school is a member of the NCAA's Division I and the Big East Conference. The university's fo ...

win 73-68 over the

Tennessee Lady Vols The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the 20 male and female varsity intercollegiate athletics programs that represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers compete in Division I of the National Collegi ...

WNBA Finals The WNBA Finals are the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. Starting 2016 Verizon is the officia ...

–

Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. ...

win 2 games to 1 over the

Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was foun ...

, winning the franchise's first title, and marking the first time an Eastern conference team is WNBA world champions. *

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

finals Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

Bayi Rockets The Bayi Rockets () was a professional basketball team based in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, which played in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. On 20 October 2020, Chinese Basketball Association announced that Bayi Rockets h ...

defeat

Guangdong Southern Tigers Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers () or Guangdong Southern Tigers, also known as Guangdong Dongguan Bank () for sponsorship reasons, are a Chinese professional basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway (Hongyuan) Group. The team is one o ...

, 3 games to 1. *

National Basketball League (Australia) The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's Professional sports#Basketball, professional basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australasia, currently composed of 10 teams: 9 in Australia and 1 in New Zealand. It is the premier ...

Finals Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Kings were formed from a merger between the West Sydney Westars and the ...

defeated the

Perth Wildcats The Perth Wildcats are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Wildcats compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at RAC Arena, known colloquially as "The Jungle". Afte ...

2-0 in best-of-three final series.

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

* May 9 to May 18 –

African Amateur Boxing Championships The African Amateur Boxing Championships is the premier pan-continental annual competition for amateur boxing in Africa. The championships are organised by the continent's governing body, the ''African Boxing Union'' (ABU). The first edition of ...

held in Yaoundé, Cameroon * July 6 to July 13 –

World Amateur Boxing Championships The IBA World Boxing Championships, and the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships (previously known as AIBA), are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which is the sport governing body. A ...

held in Bangkok * August 8 to August 15 –

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

held in

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* September 13 –

Shane Mosley Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971), often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF l ...

conquers the WBA and WBC world Jr. Middleweight titles with a 12-round unanimous decision over

Oscar De La Hoya Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championshi ...

in rematch of their 2000 bout * October 4 to October 13 –

All-Africa Games The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (AN ...

held in

Abuja, Nigeria Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's sco ...

* February 27 – Darren Flutie retires * November 16 – the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Commo ...

win the

91st Grey Cup The 91st Grey Cup was the 2003 Canadian Football League championship game played between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Montreal Alouettes on November 16 at Taylor Field, in Regina, Saskatchewan before 50,909 fans. The two teams had played during t ...

game, defeating the

Montreal Alouettes The Montreal Alouettes (Canadian French, French: Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 1946, the team has folded and been revived twice. The Alouettes compete in the Canadian F ...

34–22 at

Mosaic Stadium Mosaic Stadium is an open-air stadium at REAL District in Regina, Saskatchewan. Announced on July 12, 2012, the stadium replaced Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field as the home field of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. It wa ...

in Regina. * November 22 –

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...

win the

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, defeating St. Mary's University 14–7.

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– Australia defeats England 4-1 * May –

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defeats

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by scoring a world record 418 runs in the fourth innings *

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– Australia defeats India in the final by 125 runs * Domestic competitions **

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(England and Wales) –

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(Australia) –

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** First

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series held in England and won by

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Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

* 2003 Ford World Curling Championship ** Women's Final: (April 12) United States (

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) 5-3 Canada (

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) ** Men's Final: (April 13)

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(

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) 10-6 Switzerland (

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)

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* Giro d'Italia won by

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–

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(Rescinded) *

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–

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Cyclo-cross *

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** men's competition won by

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** women's competition won by

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* Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion **

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wins will lead dog: ''Tipp''

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* Men's Champions Trophy: Netherlands * Women's Champions Trophy: Australia

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– ** Men's champion:

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** Ladies’ champion:

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** Pair skating champions:

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and

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** Ice dancing champions:

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and

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* Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion:

* Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion:

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** Men's champion: Haninge IBK ** Women's champion: Balrog Botkyrka IK, Balrog IK

Gaelic Athletic Association

* Camogie ** 2003 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Tipperary GAA, Tipperary ** 2003 National Camogie League, National Camogie League: Cork GAA, Cork * Gaelic football ** 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Tyrone GAA, Tyrone 0-12 defeated Armagh GAA, Armagh 0-9 ** 2003 National Football League (Ireland), National Football League – Tyrone GAA, Tyrone 0-21 defeated Laois GAA, Laois 1-8 * Ladies' Gaelic football ** All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo GAA, Mayo ** National Football League: Laois GAA, Laois * Hurling ** 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny 1-14 died Cork GAA, Cork 1-11 ** 2003 National Hurling League, National Hurling League – Kilkenny GAA, Kilkenny 5–14 beat Tipperary GAA, Tipperary 5–13

Gliding

* World Gliding Championships, Leszno, Poland ** Open Class Winner: Holger Karow, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 ** 18-metre Class Winner: Wolfgang Janowitsch, Austria; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 ** 15-metre Class Winner: John Coutts, New Zealand; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27 ** Standard Class Winner: Andrew Davis, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Discus 2 * World Gliding Championships, Nitra, Slovakia ** World Class Winner: Sebastian Kawa, Poland; Glider: PZL PW-5

Golf

Men's professional * Men's major golf championships, Major championship results: ** 2003 Masters Tournament, Masters Tournament – Mike Weir becomes the first Canadian and the first left-handed golfer to win The Masters. He defeats Len Mattiace on the first playoff hole. ** 2003 U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open – Jim Furyk. Tournament takes place at Olympia Fields, and Furyk wins his first major by 3 shots. ** 2003 Open Championship, British Open – Ben Curtis (golfer), Ben Curtis, an outsider, wins by a single shot from Thomas Björn and Vijay Singh at Royal St. George's. ** 2003 PGA Championship, PGA Championship – Shaun Micheel, another outside, wins by 2 shots at Oak Hill Country Club. Men's amateur * British Amateur – Gary Wolstenholme * U.S. Amateur – Nick Flanagan * European Amateur – Brian McElhinney Women's professional * Women's major golf championships, Major results: ** 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship – Patricia Meunier-Lebouc ** 2003 U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Women's Open – Hilary Lunke wins an 18-hole playoff over Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins. ** 2003 LPGA Championship, LPGA Championship – Annika Sörenstam ** 2003 Women's British Open, Women's British Open – Annika Sörenstam * September 12–14 – 2003 Solheim Cup – Team Europe win back the cup from Team

17½ to 10½ points.

Team handball, Handball

* 2003 World Men's Handball Championship played in Portugal ** Gold medal:

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** Silver medal: Germany ** Bronze medal: France

Harness racing

* North America Cup – Yankee Cruiser * Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers, United States Pacing Triple Crown races – *# Cane Pace – No Pan Intended *# Little Brown Jug (horse racing), Little Brown Jug – No Pan Intended *# Messenger Stakes – No Pan Intended * Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters, United States Trotting Triple Crown races – *# Hambletonian Stakes, Hambletonian – Amigo Hall *# Yonkers Trot – Sugar Trader *# Kentucky Futurity – Mr. Muscleman * Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship – ** Pacers: Baltic Eagle ** Trotters: Take A Moment

Horse racing

Steeplechases * 2003 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Cheltenham Gold Cup – Best Mate * 2003 Grand National, Grand National – Monty's Pass Hurdle races * Champion Hurdle – Rooster Booster (horse), Rooster Booster Flat races * Australia – 2003 Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Cup won by Makybe Diva * Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Canadian Triple Crown Races: *# Queen's Plate won by Wando (horse), Wando *# Prince of Wales Stakes won by Wando *# Breeders' Stakes won by Wando ** Wando becomes the seventh horse to win the Canadian Triple Crown. * Dubai – 2003 Dubai World Cup, Dubai World Cup won by Moon Ballad * France – 2003 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dalakhani * Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Alamshar * Japan – Japan Cup won by Tap Dance City * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#English Triple Crowns, English Triple Crown Races: *# 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Refuse To Bend *# 2003 Epsom Derby, The Derby – Kris Kin *# St. Leger Stakes – Brian Boru (horse), Brian Boru * United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, United States Triple Crown Races: *# 2003 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby won by Funny Cide *# 2003 Preakness Stakes, Preakness Stakes won by Funny Cide *# 2003 Belmont Stakes, Belmont Stakes won by Empire Maker * Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: *# Breeders' Cup Classic – Pleasantly Perfect *# Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, Breeders’ Cup Distaff – Adoration (horse), Adoration *# Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Islington (horse), Islington *# Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Action This Day (horse), Action This Day *# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Halfbridled *# Breeders' Cup Mile – Six Perfections (horse), Six Perfections *# Breeders' Cup Sprint – Cajun Beat *# Breeders' Cup Turf – High Chaparral and Johar dead-heated

Ice hockey

* Art Ross Trophy as the National Hockey League, NHL’s leading scorer during the regular season: Peter Forsberg, 2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season, Colorado Avalanche. * Hart Memorial Trophy for the National Hockey League, NHL’s Most Valuable Player: Peter Forsberg, 2002–03 Colorado Avalanche season, Colorado Avalanche. * 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup – 2002–03 New Jersey Devils season, New Jersey Devils win 4 games to 3 over 2002–03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP is won by Jean-Sébastien Giguère of Anaheim. * World Hockey Championship ** 2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Men’s champion:

defeats Sweden 3-2. ** 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Junior Men’s champion:

win 3-2 over

. ** 2003 IIHF Women's World Championship, Women’s champion: tournament scheduled for Beijing, China, Beijing, China cancelled due to the outbreak of SARS. * 2003 Memorial Cup ** Final: Kitchener Rangers 6-3 Hull Olympiques.

Lacrosse

* Victoria Shamrocks win the Mann Cup. * St. Catharines, Ontario, St. Catharines Athletics win the Minto Cup * In May,

wins the first 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, defeating the Iroquois Nation in the final by a score of 21-4. * The Toronto Rock win the 2003 NLL season, Champion's Cup over the Rochester Knighthawks. * The Long Island Lizards win the 2003 MLL season, Steinfeld Cup over the Baltimore Bayhawks. * Amherst College Women’s Lacrosse team defeats Middlebury College to win the Division III National Championship, 11-9.

Mixed martial arts

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Motorsport

Radiosport

* Fifth High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in Minsk, Belarus.

Rugby league

*2003 NRL grand final - won by the Penrith Panthers. *2003 Kangaroo tour took place in the post season with Australia national rugby league team, Australia winning The Ashes (rugby league), The Ashes *2003 Challenge Cup - won by the Bradford Bulls *2003 World Club Challenge - won by the Sydney Roosters *2003 Super League Grand Final - won by the Bradford Bulls *2003 State of Origin series - won by New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales

Rugby union

* 109th 2003 Six Nations Championship, Six Nations Championship series is won by England national rugby union team, England who complete the Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam * Bledisloe Cup – New Zealand All Blacks defeats the Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies 2 matches to 0 in a two-match series * 2002–03 Heineken Cup, Heineken Cup – Stade Toulousain, Toulouse defeats USA Perpignan, Perpignan 22–17 * 2003 Rugby World Cup, Rugby World Cup – England national rugby union team, England defeats Australia national rugby union team, Australia 20–17 after extra time * 2003 Tri Nations Series, Tri Nations Series – All Blacks, New Zealand

Show jumping

* Marcus Ehning of Germany wins the Show Jumping World Cup riding his Oldenburg mare, ''Anka''

Snooker

* 2003 World Snooker Championship, World Snooker Championship – Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams beats Ken Doherty 18-16 * Snooker world rankings, World rankings – Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams becomes List of world number-one snooker players, world number one for Snooker season 2003/2004, 2003/04

swimming (sport), Swimming

* July – 10th 2003 World Aquatics Championships, World LC Championships held at Barcelona * August – Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games, held at

* December – 7th European SC Championships 2003, held at Dublin ** Germany wins the most medals (21); Germany and Great Britain win the most gold medals (7)

Tennis

* Grand Slam in tennis men's results: ** 2003 Australian Open – Men's singles, Australian Open – Andre Agassi defeats Rainer Schüttler, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. ** 2003 French Open – Men's singles, French Open – Juan Carlos Ferrero defeats Martin Verkerk, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. ** 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Wimbledon championships – Roger Federer defeats Mark Philippoussis, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6. ** 2003 U.S. Open – Men's singles, U.S. Open – Andy Roddick defeats Juan Carlos Ferrero, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3. * Grand Slam in tennis women's results: ** 2003 Australian Open – Women's singles, Australian Open – Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams, 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. ** 2003 French Open – Women's singles, French Open – Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Kim Clijsters, 6-0, 6-4. ** 2003 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Wimbledon championships – Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. ** 2003 U.S. Open – Women's singles, U.S. Open – Justine Henin-Hardenne defeats Kim Clijsters, 7-5, 6-1. * Pete Sampras retires, aged 32 on August 25

Volleyball

* FIVB World League 2003, Men's World League: Brazil * FIVB World Grand Prix 2003, Women's World Grand Prix: China * 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup: Brazil * 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup: China * 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship: Italy * 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship: Poland

Water polo

* 2003 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship: Hungary * 2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Hungary * 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship: Yugoslavia * 2003 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship: USA * 2003 Women's European Water Polo Championship: Italy

Olympic weightlifting, Weightlifting

* 2003 World Weightlifting Championships, World Championships held in Vancouver, British Columbia,

Yacht racing

* Switzerland becomes the first landlocked country to win the 2003 America's Cup, America's Cup as ''Alinghi'', from the Société Nautique de Genève, beats defender ''Team New Zealand'', of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, 5 races to 0

Multi-sport events

* 14th 2003 Pan American Games, Pan American Games held in

** United States tops the medal table with a total number of 270 medals, including 117 golds. * 8th 2003 All-Africa Games, All-Africa Games held in

** Egypt tops the medal table with a total number of 214 medals, including 80 golds. * Fifth 2003 Winter Asian Games, Winter Asian Games held in Aomori, Japan ** Japan tops the medal table with a total number of 67 medals, including 24 golds. * First 2003 Afro-Asian Games, Afro–Asian Games held in Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, India ** China tops the medal table with a total number of 41 medals, including 25 golds. * XXII 2003 Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade held in Daegu, South Korea ** China tops the medal table with a total number of 80 medals, including 41 golds. * 21st 2003 Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade held in Tarvisio,

** Russia tops the medal table with a total number of 31 medals, including 11 golds. * 12th 2003 South Pacific Games, South Pacific Games held in Suva, Fiji

Awards

* Associated Press Athlete of the Year#List of award winners, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year –

, Road bicycle racing, Cycling * Associated Press Athlete of the Year#List of award winners, Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Annika Sörenstam, LPGA, LPGA golf

References

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