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 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 champion:

Aksel Lund Svindal Aksel Lund Svindal (born 26 December 1982) is a Norwegian former World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Lørenskog in Akershus county, Svindal is a two-time overall World Cup champion (2007 and 2009), an Olympic gold medalist in super-G at the 20 ...

(Norway) ** Women's overall season champion:

Nicole Hosp Nicole Hosp (; born 6 November 1983) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria. She competed in all five disciplines and was a world champion, three-time Olympic medalist, and an overall World Cup champion. Career Born in Ehenbichl, ...

(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 with ...

Super Bowl XLI Super Bowl XLI was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League (NFL) champio ...

– 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 2008 ...

(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 NF ...

(NFC) **Location:

Dolphin Stadium Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami's NCAA Division I colleg ...

**Attendance: 74,512 **MVP:

Peyton Manning Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Nicknamed "the Sheriff", he spent 14 seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and four with th ...

, QB (Indianapolis) *

BCS National Championship Game The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college fo ...

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 The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as t ...

won 41–14 over 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 ...

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 pla ...

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 its ...

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 A winless season is a regular season in which a sports team fails to win any of its games. The antithesis of a perfect season, this ignominy has been suffered twelve times in professional American football, six times in arena football, three times ...

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 Ford ...

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 The 1972 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's seventh season and third in the National Football League (NFL). The team was led by third-year head coach Don Shula and achieved the only perfect season in NFL history. They also led the league ...

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 division. ...

38-35 (16-0). They would win 2 playoff games and enter Super Bowl XLII 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 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

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 ...

in Athens won by

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 seaso ...

over

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

2–1 *

UEFA Cup 2006-07 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

in Glasgow –

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

beat

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league sy ...

2–2 (3–1 pens) *

Copa América 2007 Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Asso ...

in Venezuela –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

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, th ...

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 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 ...

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

wins its first

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 ...

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 ...

since 1963, thrashing

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

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 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 ...

* 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 federat ...

held at

Nagai Stadium , known as the Yanmar Stadium Nagai ( ja, ヤンマースタジアム長居) for sponsorship reasons, is a stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 47,000. History When ...

in Osaka * September 9 – sprinter

Asafa Powell Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. He set the 100 metres world record twice, between June 2005 and May 2008 with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. Powell has consiste ...

of Jamaica breaks the previous record set by himself at the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

sprint (9.77 seconds) and sets a new world record of 9.74 * September 30 –

Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie ( am, ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, ''haylē gebre silassē''; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian retired long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Champion ...

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 eight ...

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 Fie ...

4–0 *

2007 Japan Series The Japan Series, the 58th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began Saturday, October 27, 2007, pitting the Pacific League Regular League and Climax Series' Champion, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and the Chunichi ...

– in a rematch of last year's series, the

Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...

win 4–1 over the 2006 champion

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters The are a Japanese professional 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 Fighters also host a ...

. * August 7 –

Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24, 1964) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Bonds was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants f ...

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 Performance-enhancing substances, also known as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans. A well-known example of cheating in sports involves doping in sport, where bann ...

by hitting the 756th home run of his career, surpassing

Hank Aaron Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. One of the gre ...

's previous mark of 755 * 2007 Asia Series – Japanese team

wins against Koreans

SK Wyverns SSG Landers () are a South Korean professional baseball team. The team was originally established as the SK Wyverns but was renamed as the SSG Landers in 2021 after Shinsegae acquired the team from SK Group. They are a member of the KBO League. B ...

Oregon State Beavers win back to back National Championships. * 2007 Pacific Asian Baseball League Finals - Seoul Shrubbery defeat the defend champions

Singapore Sushi Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

1,300-1,212 to capture their first ever Periwinkle Feather.

Basketball

* January 1:

Bob Knight Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-ti ...

becomes the winningest coach in men's college basketball history when

Texas Tech Texas Tech University (Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU) is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on , and called Texas Technological College until 1969, it is the main institution of the five-institution Texas Tech University Sys ...

defeats

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, 70–68. *

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference Southwest Division ( ...

won their fourth

NBA Championship 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 ...

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 William Anthony Parker Jr. (born 17 May 1982) is a French-American former professional basketball player and majority owner of ASVEL Basket in LNB Pro A. Himself the son of a basketball pro, Parker started his career at Paris Basket Racing in ...

was named Finals MVP. * 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament –

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, and to ...

became the first team to repeat as champions since

Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

and

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* 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament won for the seventh time by

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

with the Lady Vols'

Candace Parker Candace Nicole Parker (born April 19, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was selected as the first overall pick in the 2008 WNBA draft by the Los An ...

named Most Outstanding Player. * Euroleague

–

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

defeat defending champions

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

93–91 at the

Olympic Indoor Hall The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall (honorarily named ''Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall'' since 2016), which is a part of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (O.A.C.A.) « Spyros Louis» ( el, O.A.K.A. «Σπύρος Λούης»), was completed ...

in Athens * The

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league ...

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 predetermined ...

* January 20

Nicolay Valuev Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev (, rus, Никола́й Серге́евич Валу́ев, p=vɐˈlujɪf; born 21 August 1973) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer. He competed in boxing from 1993 to 2009, and held the WBA heav ...

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 Samuel ...

, by technical knockout aun McCline blows out his knee. * February 3

Chad Dawson Chad Dawson (born July 13, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2019. He has held multiple light heavyweight world championships, and was one of the most highly regarded boxers in that division between 2006 and ...

becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight champion after defeating

Tomasz Adamek Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek (; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. He held world championships in two weight class (boxing), weight classes, including the World Boxing Council, WBC light heavyweig ...

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 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 ...

becomes the WBC Welterweight champion by defeating

Luis Collazo Luis Collazo (born April 22, 1981) is an American professional boxer who held the WBA welterweight title from 2005 to 2006. Professional career Collazo is of Puerto Rican descent, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Collazo won the WBA Wel ...

by unanimous decision. * March 10

Wladimir Klitschko Wladimir Klitschko; an equivalent English spelling is Vladimir Klichko . His full name in uk, label=Ukrainian is, Володимир Володимирович Кличко, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko, . ( uk, Володимир Вол� ...

successfully defends his IBF Heavyweight title after defeating Ray Austin by 2nd-round knockout. * April 14

Ruslan Chagaev Ruslan Shamilevich Chagaev ( tt-Cyrl, Руслан Шамил улы Чагаев; uz, Ruslan Shamilovich Chagayev; russian: Руслан Шамилович Чагаев); born 19 October 1978) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who c ...

becomes the new WBA Heavyweight Champion after defeating

by majority decision. * April 28 Juan Díaz unifies the WBA and WBO Lightweight titles after defeating

Acelino Freitas Acelino "Popó" Freitas (; born September 21, 1975) is a Brazilian politician and a former professional boxer who competed between 1995 to 2017. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO super featherweight title from 19 ...

, after Freitas refused to answer the bell before round nine. * June 2

Sultan Ibragimov Sultan-Ahmed Magomedsalihovich Ibragimov (russian: Султан-Ахмед Магомедсалихович Ибрагимов, av, Султан-АхӀмад МухӀаммадсалихӀазул вас Ибрагьимов; born 8 March 1975 ...

defeats

Shannon Briggs Shannon Briggs (born December 4, 1971) is an American former professional boxer. He is a two-time heavyweight champion, having held the lineal heavyweight championship from 1997 to 1998, and the WBO title from 2006 to 2007. Briggs is known for h ...

by unanimous decision to take the WBO Heavyweight title. * September 29

Kelly Pavlik Kelly Robert Pavlik (born April 5, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He won the unified WBC, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three ...

upsets

Jermain Taylor Jermain Taylor (born August 11, 1978) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He remains the most recent undisputed middleweight champion, having won the WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine, a ...

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 Joseph William Calzaghe ( ; born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the unified WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, WBO, ''Ring'' magazine ...

defeats

Mikkel Kessler Mikkel Kessler (born 1 March 1979) is a Danish former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2013. He held multiple super-middleweight world championships, including the WBA title three times between 2004 and 2013, and the WBC title twic ...

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 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 ...

* November 25 – The

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in 1 ...

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 The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fiel ...

23–19 at

Rogers Centre Rogers Centre (originally SkyDome) is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated at the base of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands, it ...

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 striki ...

The Ashes The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, ''The Sporting Times'', immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Te ...

– 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 The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the ...

held in the West Indies – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs 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 ...

* The inaugural

ICC World Twenty20 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (earlier known as ICC World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 16 teams, comprising t ...

held in South Africa; India beat Pakistan in the finals by 5 runs

Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

Cycling

Grand Tours In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the ''Grand Tours'', and all three races are similar in ...

: *

Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice ( 2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vue ...

wins the 2007 Tour de France. *

Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca (born 2 January 1976) is a former Italy, Italian professional road racing cyclist, best known for winning the 2007 Giro d'Italia, but also for several positive doping tests, the last of which resulting in a lifetime ban from the sp ...

wins the

2007 Giro d'Italia The 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 12 May to 3 June 2007. The race began in Sardinia and finished in Milan, and featured five mountain top finishes, of which one wa ...

. *

Denis Menchov Denis Nikolayevich Menchov (russian: Денис Николаевич Меньшов; born 25 January 1978) is a former professional Russian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2000 and 2013. He was best known as a general clas ...

wins the 2007 Vuelta a España.

Darts Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small projectile point, sharp-pointed projectile, missiles known as dart (missile), darts at a round shooting target, target known as a #Dartboard, dar ...

* 2007 PDC World Darts Championship Final –

Raymond van Barneveld Raymond van Barneveld (born 20 April 1967) is a Dutch professional darts player. Nicknamed Barney, although originally known as The Man, he is one of the most successful darts players in history. Van Barneveld is a five-time World Darts Champ ...

beats Phil Taylor 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 shooting ci ...

* 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy: Germany * 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge: Argentina * 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Netherlands * 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy: Netherlands * 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge: China * 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Germany

Floorball

* 2007 Women's World Floorball Championships, Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion: Sweden women's national floorball team, Sweden * 2007 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships, Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion: Sweden men's national under-19 floorball team, Sweden * Champions Cup (floorball), European Cup ** 2006–07 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, Men's champion: AIK Innebandy, AIK IBF ** Women's champion: UHC Dietlikon

Golf

Men's professional * 2007 Masters Tournament, Masters Tournament – Zach Johnson * 2007 U.S. Open (golf), U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont – Ángel Cabrera * 2007 Open Championship, British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie – Pádraig Harrington beats Sergio García in a play-off. * 2007 PGA Championship, PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club, Southern Hills – Tiger Woods wins his thirteenth major championship, and fourth PGA Championship. Men's amateur * The Amateur Championship, British Amateur – Drew Weaver * United States Amateur Championship (men's golf), U.S. Amateur – Colt Knost * European Amateur – Benjamin Hébert Women's professional * 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California, 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 in 1999. * 2007 LPGA Championship, LPGA Championship at Bulle Rock Golf Course (Havre de Grace, Maryland, Havre de Grace, Maryland) – Norway's Suzann Pettersen wins her first major. * 2007 U.S. Women's Open, US Women's Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, North Carolina, Southern Pines, North Carolina) – American Cristie Kerr wins her first major. * 2007 Women's British Open, Women's British Open at Old Course at St Andrews, St Andrews – World Number 1 Lorena Ochoa of Mexico wins her first major.

Team handball, Handball

* 2007 World Men's Handball Championship – won by Germany men's national handball team, Germany

Horse racing

Steeplechases * 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Cheltenham Gold Cup – Kauto Star * 2007 Grand National, Grand National – Silver Birch Flat races * Australia – 2007 Melbourne Cup, Melbourne Cup won by Efficient (horse), Efficient * Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Canadian Triple Crown: *# Queen's Plate – Mike Fox (horse), Mike Fox *# Prince of Wales Stakes – Alezzandro *# Breeders' Stakes – Marchfield * Dubai – 2007 Dubai World Cup, Dubai World Cup won by Invasor (horse), Invasor * France – 2007 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Dylan Thomas (horse), Dylan Thomas * Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Soldier of Fortune (horse), Soldier of Fortune * Japan – Japan Cup won by Admire Moon * Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing#English Triple Crowns, English Triple Crown: *# 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Cockney Rebel *# 2007 Epsom Derby, The Derby – Authorized (horse), Authorized *# St. Leger Stakes – Lucarno * United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, United States Triple Crown Races: *# 2007 Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby – Street Sense (horse), Street Sense *# 2007 Preakness Stakes, Preakness Stakes – Curlin *# 2007 Belmont Stakes, Belmont Stakes – Rags to Riches (horse), Rags to Riches * 2007 Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships: ** Day 1: **# Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint – Maryfield (horse), Maryfield **# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf – Nownownow **# Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile – Corinthian (horse), Corinthian ** Day 2: **# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Indian Blessing **# Breeders' Cup Juvenile – War Pass **# Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Lahudood **# Breeders' Cup Sprint – Midnight Lute **# Breeders' Cup Mile – Kip Deville **# Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, Breeders' Cup Distaff – Ginger Punch **# Breeders' Cup Turf – English Channel (horse), English Channel **# Breeders' Cup Classic – Curlin

Ice hockey

* May 8 – The International Ice Hockey Federation 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 Ice hockey at the Olympic Games, Olympics and Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championships. At the time of announcement, the club consisted of 18 members. * Anaheim Ducks win the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup, defeating the Ottawa Senators 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 which leads to the creation of the phrase “50 in ‘07.”

Mixed martial arts

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 , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Event , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Alternate Name/s , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Location , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Attendance , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", PPV Buyrate , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Notes , -align=center , January 19 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Oakland , , Oakland, California, USA , , , , -align=center , January 20 , WEC 25, WEC 25: McCullough vs. Cope , , Oakland, California, USA , , , , -align=center , January 25 , UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon, UFC Fight Night: Rashad Evans vs Sean Salmon , UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon UFC Fight Night 8 , Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , February 2 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Houston , , Houston, Texas, USA , , , , -align=center , February 3 , UFC 67, UFC 67: All or Nothing , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 10,227 , 350,000 (Min.) 400,000 (Max.) , , -align=center , February 10 , Strikeforce: Young Guns , , San Jose, California, San Jose, California, USA , 3,169 , , , -align=center , February 10 , EliteXC Destiny , , Southaven, Mississippi, Southaven, Mississippi, USA , 7,200 , , , -align=center , February 10 , Cage Rage 20: Born 2 Fight , , London, England , , , , -align=center , February 23 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Atlanta , , Duluth, Georgia, Duluth, Georgia, USA , , , , -align=center , February 24 , Pride 33, Pride 33: The Second Coming , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 12,911 , , , -align=center , March 3 , UFC 68, UFC 68: The Uprising , , Columbus, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, USA , 19,049 , 534,000 , , -align=center , March 12 , List of Hero's events#K-1 Hero's 8, K-1 Hero's 8 , , Nagoya, Japan , , , , -align=center , March 12 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Los Angeles , , Inglewood, California, Inglewood, California, USA , , , , -align=center , March 24 , 2007 in WEC#WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio, WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 1,819 , , , -align=center , April 5 , UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard , UFC Fight Night 9 , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 1,734 , , , -align=center , April 7 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Moline , , Moline, Illinois, Moline, Illinois, USA , , , , -align=center , April 7 , UFC 69, UFC 69: Shootout , , Houston, Texas, USA , 15,269 , 400,000 , , -align=center , April 8 , Pride 34, Pride 34: Kamikaze , , Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Japan , , , , -align=center , April 13 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Connecticut , , Uncasville, Connecticut, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA , , , , -align=center , April 21 , UFC 70, UFC 70: Nations Collide , , Manchester, England , 15,114 , , , -align=center , April 21 , Cage Rage 21, Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day , , London, England , , , , -align=center , May 12 , WEC 27, WEC 27: Marshall vs. McElfresh , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , May 19 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Chicago , , Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA , , , , -align=center , May 26 , UFC 71, UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 14,728 , 675,000 , , -align=center , June 1 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Everett , , Everett, Washington, Everett, Washington, USA , , , , -align=center , June 2 , Dynamite!! USA, SoftBank presents Dynamite!! USA , Dynamite!! USA , Los Angeles, California, USA , 18,340 , 35,000 , , -align=center , June 3 , WEC 28, WEC 28: Faber vs. Farrar , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , June 12 , UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher , UFC Fight Night 10 , Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , June 16 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: Las Vegas , , Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , June 16 , UFC 72, UFC 72: Victory , , Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK , 7,850 , 200,000 , , -align=center , June 22 , Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni , , San Jose, California, San Jose, California, USA , 9,672 , 35,000 , , -align=center , June 23 , The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , June 23 , Cage Fury Fighting Championships#Cage Fury Fighting Championships V, CFFC V: Two Worlds, One Cage , , Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA , 7,286 , , , -align=center , June 7 , UFC 73, UFC 73: Stacked , , Sacramento, California, Sacramento, California, USA , 13,183 , 425,000 , , -align=center , June 16 , List of Hero's events#K-1 Hero's 9 - Middleweight Tournament Opening Round, K-1 Hero's 9 , , Yokohama, Japan , , , , -align=center , June 27 , ShoXC#July 27, 2007 card, ShoXC 1 , , Santa Ynez, California, Santa Ynez, California, USA , , , , -align=center , August 2 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: 2007 Semifinals , , East Rutherford, New Jersey, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA , , , , -align=center , August 5 , WEC 29, WEC 29: Condit vs. Larson , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , August 25 , ShoXC#August 25, 2007 card, ShoXC 2 , , Vicksburg, Mississippi, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA , , , , -align=center , August 25 , UFC 74, UFC 74: Respect , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 11,118 , 520,000 , , -align=center , September 1 , Art of War 3, Art of War 3: USA vs Brazil , , Dallas, Texas, USA , , , , -align=center , September 5 , WEC 30, WEC 30: McCullough vs. Crunkilton , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , September 8 , UFC 75, UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion , , London, England , 16,235 , , , -align=center , September 15 , EliteXC: Uprising , , Oahu, Hawaii, USA , , , , -align=center , September 17 , List of Hero's events#K-1 Hero's 10 - Middleweight Tournament Final, K-1 Hero's 10 , , Yokohama, 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, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , September 20 , 2007 International Fight League, IFL: 2007 Championship , , Hollywood, Florida, Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , September 22 , UFC 76, UFC 76: Knockout , , Anaheim, California, Anaheim, 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, UFC 77: Hostile Territory , , Cincinnati, Ohio, USA , 16,054 , 325,000 , , -align=center , October 26 , ShoXC#October 26, 2007 card, ShoXC 3 , , Santa Ynez, California, Santa Ynez, California, USA , , , , -align=center , October 28 , List of Hero's events#K-1 Hero's Korea 2007, K-1 Hero's Korea 2007 , , Seoul, South Korea , , , , -align=center , November 10 , EliteXC: Renegade , , Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA , , , , -align=center , November 16 , Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives , , San Jose, California, San Jose, California, USA , 7,249 , , , -align=center , November 17 , UFC 78, UFC 78: Validation , , Newark, New Jersey, 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, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , December 12 , WEC 31, WEC 31: Faber vs. Curran , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , December 29 , UFC 79, UFC 79: Nemesis , , Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA , 11,075 , 750,000+ , , -align=center , December 31 , K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!! , , Osaka, Japan , 47,928 , , , -align=center , December 31 , Yarennoka! , , Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Japan , 27,128 , , , -align=center

Motorsport

Orienteering

* August – 2007 World Orienteering Championships, 2007 World Orienteering Championships held in Kiev

Rink hockey

* Spain wins the 2007 Rink Hockey World Championship, defeating Switzerland in the final.

Rugby league

* February 23 at Reebok Stadium, Bolton, England – 2007 World Club Challenge is won by St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens who defeated the Brisbane Broncos 18–14 before 23,207 * April 20 at Brisbane – 2007 Anzac Test, 2007 ANZAC Day Test is won by Australian Kangaroos, Australia 30–6 against New Zealand national rugby league team, New Zealand at Suncorp Stadium before 35,241 * June 13 at Telstra Stadium, Sydney – The 2007 State of Origin series is wrapped up by Queensland Maroons, Queensland in game two of the series before 76,924 * August 25 at Wembley Stadium – 2007 Challenge Cup tournament culminates in St Helens R.F.C., 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 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 R.F.C., St. Helens in the 2007 Super League Grand Final, Grand Final * 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 national rugby league team, New Zealand win against France national rugby league team, France.

Rugby union

* 113th 2007 Six Nations Championship, Six Nations Championship series is won by France national rugby union team, France * 2007 Rugby World Cup held in stadiums throughout France, with matches also held in Edinburgh and Cardiff. South Africa beat 2003 Rugby World Cup, defending champions England in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Final, final 15–6 to win the World Cup. * 2007 Super 14 season, 2007 Super 14 2007 Super 14 Final, Final at Kings Park Stadium, ABSA Stadium, Durban – The Bulls (Super rugby franchise), Bulls score a converted try after the final horn to defeat the homestanding Sharks (Super rugby franchise), Sharks 20–19, becoming the first South African team to win the Super Rugby competition in its professional era. * 2006-07 Heineken Cup, 2007 Heineken Cup 2007 Heineken Cup Final, Final at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London – Wasps RFC, London Wasps deny Leicester Tigers a treble with a 25–9 win. Domestic competitions * 2006–07 English Premiership (rugby union), English Premiership – Leicester Tigers * 2006–07 Top 14 season, Top 14 – Stade Français * 2006–07 Celtic League, Celtic League – Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys * 2006–07 EDF Energy Cup, EDF Energy Cup – Leicester Tigers * 2007 Air New Zealand Cup, Air New Zealand Cup – Auckland Rugby Football Union, Auckland * 2007 Currie Cup Premier Division, Currie Cup – Free State Cheetahs * 2007 Australian Rugby Championship, Australian Rugby Championship – Central Coast Rays

Ski jumping

* Anders Jacobsen (ski jumper), Anders Jacobsen (Norway) wins the 2006–07 Four Hills Tournament, Four Hills Tournament

Snooker

* 2007 World Snooker Championship – John Higgins wins his second world title after beating Mark Selby in the final 18–13.

Speed skating

Swimming

* 2007 World Aquatics Championships held in Melbourne * July – Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games * December – European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 held in Debrecen, Hungary

Taekwondo

* 2007 World Taekwondo Championships, World Championships held in Beijing

Tennis

* 2007 Australian Open, Australian Open 2007 Australian Open – Women's singles, Women's Singles – Serena Williams defeats Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–2 in the final * 2007 U.S. Open (tennis), U.S. Open 2007 U.S. Open – Men's singles, Men's Singles – Roger Federer defeats Novak Djokovic * 2007 U.S. Open (tennis), U.S. Open 2007 US Open – Women's singles, Women's Singles – Justine Henin defeats Svetlana Kuznetsova

Volleyball

* FIVB World League 2007, Men's World League: Brazil * 2007 Men's European Volleyball League: Spain * FIVB World Grand Prix 2007, Women's World Grand Prix: Netherlands

Water polo

* Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament, Men's water polo World Championship 2007 : Croatia * Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament, Women's water polo World Championship 2007 : United States * 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League: Serbia * 2007 FINA Women's Water Polo World League: USA

Powerlifting, Weightlifting

* 2007 European Weightlifting Championships, European Championships held in Strasbourg * 2007 World Weightlifting Championships, World Championships held in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Multi-sport events

* 2007 Winter Universiade, also known as the World Student Games, held in Turin, Italy * 2007 All-Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria * 2007 Pan American Games, XV Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * 2007 Summer Universiade held in Bangkok, Thailand * 2007 Southeast Asian Games held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

References

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