2007 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 ...
*
Alpine Skiing World Cup
** Men's overall season champion:
Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway)
** Women's overall season champion:
Nicole Hosp (Austria)
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 wit ...
*
Super Bowl XLI – the
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. The Colts compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Since the 20 ...
(AFC) won 29–17 over the
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine ...
(NFC)
**Location:
Dolphin Stadium
**Attendance: 74,512
**MVP:
Peyton Manning, QB (Indianapolis)
*
BCS National Championship Game at
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 ...
(
2006 season):
** The
Florida Gators won 41–14 over the
Ohio State Buckeyes to win the National Championship
* December 16 - The
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pl ...
defeat the
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 it ...
22–16 in overtime to claim their only win of the
2007 NFL season. With the Dolphins losing their final two games, they would've suffered an
Imperfect season if not for that overtime victory, a year before the
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at For ...
became the first winless team since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule.
* December 29 - The
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...
became the second team after the
1972 Miami Dolphins to win all their regular season games after defeating the
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...
38-35 (16-0). They would win 2 playoff games and enter
Super Bowl XLII
Super Bowl XLII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion 2007 New York Giants season, New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion 2007 New England Patriots season, New England ...
at 18–0. However, the Patriots could not complete what could have been a historic 19–0 season. The Giants upset the Patriots 17–14.
Association football
*
UEFA Champions League 2006-07 Final
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* 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 con ...
in Athens won by
AC Milan over
Liverpool
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2–1
*
UEFA Cup 2006-07
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Final
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* 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 con ...
in Glasgow –
Sevilla beat
Espanyol 2–2 (3–1 pens)
*
Copa América 2007 in Venezuela –
Brazil
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beat
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...
3–0 in the final
*
Copa Libertadores 2007
The 2007 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2007 Copa Toyota Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th edition of the Copa Libertadores. It started on January 24, 2007 and finished on June 20, 2007. It was won by ...
won by
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 ...
.
Australian rules football
*
Geelong wins its first
Australian Football League Grand Final
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since 1963, thrashing
Port Adelaide by 119 points in the biggest Grand Final margin in VFL/AFL history. The final score was 24.19 (163) to 6.8 (44).
Athletics
* August–September –
2007 World Championships in Athletics
The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federa ...
held at
Nagai Stadium in Osaka
* September 9 –
sprinter Asafa Powell of Jamaica breaks the previous record set by himself at the
100 metres
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sprint (9.77 seconds) and sets a new world record of 9.74
* September 30 –
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia sets new world marathon record time of 2:04:26 at Berlin
Baseball
*
2007 World Series –
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eig ...
sweep the
Colorado Rockies
The Colorado Rockies are an American professional baseball team based in Denver. The Rockies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. The team plays its home baseball games at Coors Fi ...
4–0
*
2007 Japan Series – in a rematch of
last year's series, the
Chunichi Dragons win 4–1 over the 2006 champion
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
The are a Japanese professional Baseball in Japan, baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the majority of their home games at ES CON Field Hokkaido. The Figh ...
.
* August 7 –
Barry Bonds became
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) ...
's career leader in home runs amid a
cloud of controversy regarding his suspected use of
performance-enhancing drugs by hitting the 756th home run of his career, surpassing
Hank Aaron's previous mark of 755
*
2007 Asia Series Official logo (Japanese language)
The third annual Konami Cup Asia Series was held in November 2007 with four teams participating. The champions from the domestic leagues in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan along with an all-star team from China took pa ...
– Japanese team
Chunichi Dragons wins against Koreans
SK Wyverns
Oregon State Beavers win back to back National Championships.
*
2007 Pacific Asian Baseball League Finals
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-
Seoul Shrubbery
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defeat the defend champions
Singapore Sushi 1,300-1,212 to capture their first ever
Periwinkle Feather Periwinkle may refer to:
Fauna
* Periwinkle, a common name for a number of gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae
** Common periwinkle (''Littorina littorea'')
** '' Austrolittorina unifasciata''
* Periwinkle, a regional name for the caddi ...
.
Basketball
* January 1:
Bob Knight becomes the winningest coach in men's college basketball history when
Texas Tech defeats
New Mexico
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, 70–68.
*
San Antonio Spurs won their fourth
NBA Championship by sweeping the
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers (often referred to as the Cavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Ea ...
in four games.
Tony Parker was named
Finals MVP.
*
2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball sea ...
–
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
became the first team to repeat as champions since
Duke
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in
1991
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and
1992
*
2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament won for the seventh time by
Tennessee
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with the Lady Vols'
Candace Parker named Most Outstanding Player.
*
Euroleague Final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
–
Panathinaikos defeat defending champions
CSKA Moscow 93–91 at the
Olympic Indoor Hall
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in Athens
* The
Phoenix Mercury would stun the 2006 WNBA Champion
Detroit Shock in 5 games to capture their
first title in franchise history. It was the second year in a row that a defending champion was stunned by another team who wasn't in the finals that previous year.
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 predetermine ...
* January 20
Nicolay Valuev successfully defends his WBA Heavyweight title by defeating
Jameel McCline
Jameel McCline (born May 20, 1970) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged for the world heavyweight title on an unprecedented four occasions, losing all four attempts to Wladimir Klitschko, Chris Byrd, Nikolai Valuev and Sam ...
, by technical knockout aun McCline blows out his knee.
* February 3
Chad Dawson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight champion after defeating
Tomasz Adamek by unanimous decision. Despite being knocked down from a straight right hand on round ten, Dawson dominates most of the fight with his speed.
* February 10
Shane Mosley becomes the WBC Welterweight champion by defeating
Luis Collazo by unanimous decision.
* March 10
Wladimir Klitschko successfully defends his IBF Heavyweight title after defeating
Ray Austin by 2nd-round knockout.
* April 14
Ruslan Chagaev becomes the new WBA Heavyweight Champion after defeating
Nicolay Valuev by majority decision.
* April 28
Juan Díaz unifies the WBA and WBO Lightweight titles after defeating
Acelino Freitas, after Freitas refused to answer the bell before round nine.
* June 2
Sultan Ibragimov defeats
Shannon Briggs by unanimous decision to take the WBO Heavyweight title.
* September 29
Kelly Pavlik upsets
Jermain Taylor by seventh-round TKO to win the WBC, WBO, and universally recognized Middleweight Champion of the World. Pavlik was knocked down in the second round, but rallied back against a tired Taylor.
* November 4
Joe Calzaghe defeats
Mikkel Kessler by unanimous decision in a unification bout for the WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles. Calzaghe becomes the first undisputed super middleweight champion and surpasses the 20 defences made by Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes at middleweight and heavyweight respectively.
Canadian football
Canadian football () is a 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 scoring area ( ...
* November 25 – The
Saskatchewan Roughriders win the
95th Grey Cup
The 95th Grey Cup was held in Toronto at the Rogers Centre on November 25, 2007. The Grey Cup, first awarded in 1909, is the championship game of the Canadian Football League. It was played between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg ...
game, defeating the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 23–19 at
Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
*
The Ashes – Australia completes a 5–0 whitewash over England in the
2006-07 Ashes series, the first time since 1920–21 that one team has won all the Tests in an Ashes series
*
2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs in the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
* The inaugural
ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa; India beat Pakistan in the finals by 5 runs
Cross-country skiing
Cycling
Grand Tours:
*
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former Road bicycle racing, professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007 Tour de France, 2007, 2009 Tour de France ...
wins the
2007 Tour de France.
*
Danilo Di Luca wins the
2007 Giro d'Italia.
*
Denis Menchov wins the
2007 Vuelta a España
The 2007 Vuelta a España, the 62nd edition of the cycle race, took place from 1 September until 23 September 2007. For the first time in a decade, the race started in the region of Galicia, at Vigo, home to Óscar Pereiro, with a flat stage. It ...
.
Darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed missiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Points can be scored by hitting specific marked areas of the ...
*
2007 PDC World Darts Championship Final –
Raymond van Barneveld beats
Phil Taylor
Phil Taylor may refer to:
* Phil Taylor (musician) (1954–2015), English drummer, best known as "Philthy Animal" Taylor
* Phil Taylor (darts player) (born 1960), English darts player
* Phil Taylor (American football) (born 1988), American footbal ...
7–6
Field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...
*
2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy: Germany
*
2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge
The 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge took place in Boom, Belgium from June 23 to July 1, 2007.
Argentina earned a spot at the 2008 Champions Trophy in Rotterdam, Netherlands after having defeated New Zealand in the final.
Squads
Head Coa ...
: Argentina
*
2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manc ...
: Netherlands
*
2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 15th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 13–21 January 2007 in Quilmes, Argentina.
The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Argentina ...
: Netherlands
*
2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge
The 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I was the 4th edition of the Champions Challenge I for women.
China won the tournament for the first time, defeating South Korea 2–1 in the final.
Teams
Alongside the host nation, 5 teams competed i ...
: China
*
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 8th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from August 18 to August 25, 2007.
In the final, German ...
: Germany
Floorball
*
Women's World Floorball Championships
** Champion:
Sweden
*
Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
** Champion:
Sweden
*
European Cup
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 competi ...
**
Men's champion:
AIK IBF
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** Women's champion:
UHC Dietlikon
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Companies
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* United Healthcare, brand of U.S. health insurer UnitedHealth Group
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Golf
Men's professional
*
Masters Tournament –
Zach Johnson
*
U.S. Open at
Oakmont
Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 6,303 as of the 2010 Census.
Incorporated as a town in 1889, this Allegheny River c ...
–
Ángel Cabrera
*
British Open at
Carnoustie –
Pádraig Harrington beats
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández (; born 9 January 1980) is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, PGA Tour and LIV Golf Invitational Series. García has won 36 international tournaments as a professional, most notably ...
in a play-off.
*
PGA Championship
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at
Southern Hills
Southern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
History
The club was established in 1935 from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips (Frank Phillips, Waite's brother, was the namesake and ...
–
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
*
*
* Woods is widely regarded as ...
wins his thirteenth major championship, and fourth PGA Championship.
Men's amateur
*
British Amateur –
Drew Weaver
Drew Weaver (born May 18, 1987) is an American professional golfer.
Weaver was born in High Point, North Carolina. He grew up playing at nearby Willow Creek Country Club.
He won the 2007 Amateur Championship with a 2 & 1 victory over Australian ...
*
U.S. Amateur –
Colt Knost
*
European Amateur
The European Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament played at various locations throughout Europe. It is organized by the European Golf Association and was one of the "Elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf ...
–
Benjamin Hébert
Women's professional
*
Kraft Nabisco Championship at
Mission Hills Country Club (
Rancho Mirage, California) –
Morgan Pressel, at 18 years 313 days, becomes the youngest woman to ever win a major. She is also the first American to win this particular event since
Dottie Pepper
Dottie Pepper (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17 LPGA T ...
in 1999.
*
LPGA Championship
The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...
at
Bulle Rock Golf Course (
Havre de Grace, Maryland) –
Norway
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's
Suzann Pettersen
Suzann Pettersen (born 7 April 1981) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position ...
wins her first major.
*
US Women's Open at
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (
Southern Pines, North Carolina) – American
Cristie Kerr wins her first major.
*
Women's British Open
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at
St Andrews
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– World Number 1
Lorena Ochoa of Mexico wins her first major.
Handball
*
2007 World Men's Handball Championship – won by
Germany
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Horse racing
Steeplechases
*
Cheltenham Gold Cup –
Kauto Star
*
Grand National
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–
Silver Birch
Flat races
* Australia –
Melbourne Cup
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won by
Efficient
*
Canadian Triple Crown:
*#
Queen's Plate –
Mike Fox
*#
Prince of Wales Stakes
The Prince of Wales Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Fort Erie Race Track in Fort Erie, Ontario. Restricted to only three-year-old horses bred in Canada, it is contested on dirt over a distance of miles (1.9 km; ...
–
Alezzandro
*#
Breeders' Stakes –
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The Breeders' Stakes is a s ...
* Dubai –
Dubai World Cup won by
Invasor
* France –
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
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won by
Dylan Thomas
* Ireland –
Irish Derby Stakes won by
Soldier of Fortune
* Japan –
Japan Cup won by
Admire Moon
*
English Triple Crown:
*#
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Cockney Rebel
*#
The Derby –
Authorized
*#
St. Leger Stakes –
Lucarno
*
United States Triple Crown Races:
*#
Kentucky Derby
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–
Street Sense
*#
Preakness Stakes
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–
Curlin
*#
Belmont Stakes –
Rags to Riches
*
Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:
** Day 1:
**#
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint –
Maryfield
**#
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf –
Nownownow
**#
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile –
Corinthian
** Day 2:
**#
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies –
Indian Blessing
Indian Blessing (foaled April 9, 2005, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly in 2007 and Champion Female Sprint Horse in 2008.
Background
Indian Blessing was bred by and raced for ...
**#
Breeders' Cup Juvenile –
War Pass
**#
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf –
Lahudood
**#
Breeders' Cup Sprint –
Midnight Lute
**#
Breeders' Cup Mile –
Kip Deville
**#
Breeders' Cup Distaff –
Ginger Punch
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**#
Breeders' Cup Turf –
English Channel
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**#
Breeders' Cup Classic – Curlin
Ice hockey
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* May 8 – The
International Ice Hockey Federation
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announces that it will formalize the
Triple Gold Club, previously a media-created term that grouped individuals who have won the Stanley Cup along with gold medals at the
Olympics
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and
World Championships. At the time of announcement, the club consisted of 18 members.
*
Anaheim Ducks win the
Stanley Cup, defeating the
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member ...
in 5 games.
** The Ducks'
Scott Niedermayer wins the
Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
** Fellow Duck
Chris Pronger becomes the newest member of the Triple Gold Club.
*
Dany Heatley scores 50 goals with the
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators (french: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member ...
which leads to the creation of the phrase “50 in ‘07.”
Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2007 in chronological order.
, -
, align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Date
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, -align=center
, January 19
,
IFL: Oakland
,
,
Oakland, California, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, January 20
,
WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope
,
,
Oakland, California, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, January 25
,
UFC Fight Night: Rashad Evans vs Sean Salmon
, UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon
UFC Fight Night 8
,
Hollywood, Florida, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, February 2
,
IFL: Houston
,
,
Houston
Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most pop ...
, Texas, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, February 3
,
UFC 67: All or Nothing
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 10,227
, 350,000 (Min.)
400,000 (Max.)
,
, -align=center
, February 10
,
Strikeforce: Young Guns
,
,
San Jose, California, USA
, 3,169
,
,
, -align=center
, February 10
,
EliteXC Destiny
,
,
Southaven
Southaven is a city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States. It is a principal city in Greater Memphis. The 2020 census reported a population of 54,648, making Southaven the third-largest city in Mississippi and the second most populous ...
, Mississippi, USA
, 7,200
,
,
, -align=center
, February 10
, Cage Rage 20: Born 2 Fight
,
, London, England
,
,
,
, -align=center
, February 23
,
IFL: Atlanta
,
,
Duluth, Georgia, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, February 24
,
Pride 33: The Second Coming
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 12,911
,
,
, -align=center
, March 3
,
UFC 68: The Uprising
,
,
Columbus
Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to:
* Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer
* Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio
Columbus may also refer to:
Places ...
, Ohio, USA
, 19,049
, 534,000
,
, -align=center
, March 12
,
K-1 Hero's 8
,
,
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most p ...
, Japan
,
,
,
, -align=center
, March 12
,
IFL: Los Angeles
,
,
Inglewood Inglewood may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Inglewood, Queensland
* Shire of Inglewood, Queensland, a former local government area
*Inglewood, South Australia
*Inglewood, Victoria
* Inglewood, Western Australia
Canada
* Inglewood, Ontario
*Inglewo ...
, California, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, March 24
,
WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 1,819
,
,
, -align=center
, April 5
, UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard
, UFC Fight Night 9
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 1,734
,
,
, -align=center
, April 7
,
IFL: Moline
,
,
Moline, Illinois, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, April 7
,
UFC 69: Shootout
,
,
Houston
Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United States#Major cities, most populous city in the Southern United States, the List of United States cities by population, fourth-most pop ...
, Texas, USA
, 15,269
, 400,000
,
, -align=center
, April 8
,
Pride 34: Kamikaze
,
,
Saitama, Japan
,
,
,
, -align=center
, April 13
,
IFL: Connecticut
,
,
Uncasville
Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River where it flows into the Thames River. The name is now applied more generally to all of the ea ...
, Connecticut, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, April 21
,
UFC 70: Nations Collide
,
,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...
, England
, 15,114
,
,
, -align=center
, April 21
,
Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day
,
, London, England
,
,
,
, -align=center
, May 12
,
WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, May 19
,
IFL: Chicago
,
,
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, May 26
,
UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 14,728
, 675,000
,
, -align=center
, June 1
,
IFL: Everett
,
,
Everett, Washington, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 2
,
SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA
, Dynamite!! USA
, Los Angeles, California, USA
, 18,340
, 35,000
,
, -align=center
, June 3
,
WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 12
,
UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher
, UFC Fight Night 10
,
Hollywood, Florida, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 16
,
IFL: Las Vegas
,
,
Hollywood, Florida, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 16
,
UFC 72: Victory
,
,
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingd ...
, Northern Ireland, UK
, 7,850
, 200,000
,
, -align=center
, June 22
,
Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni
,
,
San Jose, California, USA
, 9,672
, 35,000
,
, -align=center
, June 23
,
The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 23
,
CFFC V: Two Worlds, One Cage
,
,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
, 7,286
,
,
, -align=center
, June 7
,
UFC 73: Stacked
,
,
Sacramento
)
, image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg
, mapsize = 250x200px
, map_caption = Location within Sacramento ...
, California, USA
, 13,183
, 425,000
,
, -align=center
, June 16
,
K-1 Hero's 9
,
,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of ...
, Japan
,
,
,
, -align=center
, June 27
,
ShoXC 1
,
,
Santa Ynez, California, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, August 2
,
IFL: 2007 Semifinals
,
,
East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, August 5
,
WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, August 25
,
ShoXC 2
,
,
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, August 25
,
UFC 74: Respect
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 11,118
, 520,000
,
, -align=center
, September 1
,
Art of War 3: USA vs Brazil
,
,
Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
, Texas, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 5
,
WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 8
,
UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion
,
, London, England
, 16,235
,
,
, -align=center
, September 15
,
EliteXC: Uprising
,
,
Oahu
Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is home to roughly one million people—over two-thirds of the population of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The island of O� ...
, Hawaii, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 17
,
K-1 Hero's 10
,
,
Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of ...
, Japan
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 19
,
UFC Fight Night: Din Thomas vs Kenny Florian
, UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian
UFC Fight Night 11
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 20
,
IFL: 2007 Championship
,
,
Hollywood, Florida, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 22
,
UFC 76: Knockout
,
,
Anaheim
Anaheim ( ) is a city in northern Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the 10th-mos ...
, California, USA
, 13,770
, 475,000
,
, -align=center
, September 22
, Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable
,
, London, England
,
,
,
, -align=center
, September 29
,
Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion
,
, Los Angeles, California, USA
, 3,569
,
,
, -align=center
, October 20
,
UFC 77: Hostile Territory
,
,
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state lin ...
, Ohio, USA
, 16,054
, 325,000
,
, -align=center
, October 26
,
ShoXC 3
,
,
Santa Ynez, California, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, October 28
,
K-1 Hero's Korea 2007
,
,
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
, South Korea
,
,
,
, -align=center
, November 10
,
EliteXC: Renegade
,
,
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, November 16
,
Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives
,
,
San Jose, California, USA
, 7,249
,
,
, -align=center
, November 17
,
UFC 78: Validation
,
,
Newark, New Jersey, USA
, 14,071
, 400,000
,
, -align=center
, December 1
, Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain
,
, London, England
,
,
,
, -align=center
, December 8
,
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra Finale
, The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, December 12
,
WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
,
,
,
, -align=center
, December 29
,
UFC 79: Nemesis
,
,
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish language, Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the List of United States cities by population, 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the U.S. state, state of Neva ...
, Nevada, USA
, 11,075
, 750,000+
,
, -align=center
, December 31
,
K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!
,
,
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
, Japan
, 47,928
,
,
, -align=center
, December 31
,
Yarennoka!
,
,
Saitama, Japan
, 27,128
,
,
, -align=center
Motorsport
Orienteering
Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...
* August –
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
World Orienteering Championships held in Kiev
Rink hockey
* Spain wins the
2007 Rink Hockey World Championship
The 2007 Rink Hockey World Championship was the 38th edition of the Rink Hockey World Championship, being held between 16 and 23 June 2007, in Montreux, Switzerland. It was disputed by 16 countries and it watched Spain achieving his 13th title, af ...
, defeating Switzerland in the final.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...
* February 23 at
Reebok Stadium,
Bolton
Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ce ...
, England –
2007 World Club Challenge is won by
St. Helens who defeated the
Brisbane Broncos 18–14 before 23,207
* April 20 at Brisbane –
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
ANZAC Day Test is won by
Australia 30–6 against
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
at
Suncorp Stadium before 35,241
* June 13 at
Telstra Stadium, Sydney – The
2007 State of Origin series is wrapped up by
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
in game two of the series before 76,924
* August 25 at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
–
2007 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in
St. Helens' 30–8 win against
Catalans Dragons in the final before 84,241
* September 30 at Sydney – The
2007 NRL season culminates in the minor premiers
Melbourne Storm's 34–8 win against the
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rug ...
in the
2007 NRL Grand Final
* October 13 at Manchester –
Super League XII culminates in the
Leeds Rhinos' 33–5 win against minor premiers
St. Helens in the
Grand Final
Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final (sometimes colloquially abbreviated to "grannie") is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Sy ...
* November 17 at Paris –
2007 All Golds Tour, a repeat of the first ever international rugby league tour 100 years before, ends with a
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
win against
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
.
Rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the Comparison of rugby league and rugby union, two codes of ru ...
* 113th
Six Nations Championship series is won by
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
*
2007 Rugby World Cup held in stadiums throughout France, with matches also held in Edinburgh and Cardiff. South Africa beat
defending champions England in the
final
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* 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 con ...
15–6 to win the World Cup.
*
2007 Super 14 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 con ...
at
ABSA Stadium
The Kings Park Stadium (known as the Hollywoodbets Kings Park for sponsorship reasons since 2022), is a stadium located in the Kings Park Sporting Precinct in Durban, South Africa.
The stadium was originally built with a capacity of 12,000 ...
,
Durban
Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
– The
Bulls
Bulls may refer to:
*The plural of bull, an adult male bovine
*Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District
Sports
*Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding
*Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...
score a converted try after the final horn to defeat the homestanding
Sharks 20–19, becoming the first South African team to win the Super Rugby competition in its professional era.
*
2007 Heineken Cup Final
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* 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 con ...
at
Twickenham
Twickenham is a suburban district in London, England. It is situated on the River Thames southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965, and the borou ...
, London –
London Wasps deny
Leicester Tigers a treble with a 25–9 win.
Domestic competitions
*
English Premiership –
Leicester Tigers
*
Top 14 –
Stade Français
*
Celtic League –
Ospreys
The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...
*
EDF Energy Cup –
Leicester Tigers
*
Air New Zealand Cup –
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...
*
Currie Cup –
Free State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs (formerly the Orange Free State), currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by th ...
*
Australian Rugby Championship –
Central Coast Rays
Ski jumping
*
Anders Jacobsen (Norway) wins the
Four Hills Tournament
Snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side. First played by British Army officers stationed in Ind ...
*
2007 World Snooker Championship
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–
John Higgins wins his second world title after beating
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the a ...
in the final 18–13.
Speed skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skati ...
*
Swimming
*
2007 World Aquatics Championships
The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic ...
held in Melbourne
* July –
Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games
The swimming competitions at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of 34 events,
Note: Open water is/was considered a separate discipline from swimming for the Games, similar to how it is treated by FINA, the international federation which oversee ...
* December –
European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 held in
Debrecen
Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and i ...
, Hungary
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. ...
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World Championships held in Beijing
Tennis
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Australian Open Women's Singles –
Serena Williams defeats
Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2 in the final
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U.S. Open Men's Singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series
* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
* ''Singles'' ...
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Roger Federer
Roger Federer (; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 310 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-e ...
defeats
Novak Djokovic
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U.S. Open Women's Singles –
Justine Henin defeats
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Volleyball
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Men's World League: Brazil
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2007 Men's European Volleyball League
The 2007 Men's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the European Volleyball League, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the CEV. The Final Four was held in Portimão, Portugal from 7 to 8 July 2005.
Competing nations ...
: Spain
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Women's World Grand Prix: Netherlands
Water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
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Men's water polo World Championship 2007 : Croatia
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Women's water polo World Championship 2007 : United States
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2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Serbia
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2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. Three qualification tournaments were held, before the final round took off in the Parc Jean Drapea ...
: USA
Weightlifting
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European Championships held in Strasbourg
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World Championships held in
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of intern ...
s
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2007 Winter Universiade, also known as the World Student Games, held in Turin, Italy
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2007 All-Africa Games
The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...
held in Algiers, Algeria
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XV Pan American Games
The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Comm ...
held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2007 Summer Universiade held in Bangkok, Thailand
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2007 Southeast Asian Games
The 2007 Southeast Asian Games ( th, กีฬาแห่งเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ 2007, Kila haeng echiye tawan oak chiyeng tai 2007), officially known as the 24th Southeast Asian Games, was a Sout ...
held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
References
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