College championship
College football national championship – Yale Bulldogs
Professional Championships
Western Pennsylvania championship – Homestead Library & Athletic Club
England
The Football League – Aston Villa 50 points, Sheffield United 48, Sunderland 41, Wolves 39, Newcastle United 36, Derby County 36
FA Cup final – Bury 4–0 Southampton at Crystal Palace, London.
Germany
German Football Association (i.e., the Deutscher Fußball-Bund or DFB) founded in Leipzig by representatives of 86 clubs (28 January).
FC Bayern Munich founded on 27 February as Schwabinger Bayern at a meeting in Munich's Gisela Restaurant by dissident players from a club called MTV 1879. The name was later changed to Bayern Roten (Reds).
Italy
Lazio of Rome officially founded on January 9.
Olympic Games
Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics:
- Upton Park FC (Great Britain)
- Club Française (France)
- Université de Bruxelles (Belgium)
Scotland
Scottish Football League – Rangers
Scottish Cup – Celtic 4–3 Queen's Park at Ibrox Park
Uruguay
Formation of the Uruguayan Football Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol or AUF)
Jack Caffery wins the fourth running of the Boston Marathon
VFL Premiership
Melbourne Football Club wins the 4th VFL Premiership: Melbourne 4.10 (34) d Fitzroy 3.12 (30) at East Melbourne
National championship
National League championship – Brooklyn Superbas
Events
The National League contracts from twelve to eight clubs in a circuit of eight cities that will persist through 1952.
The Western League takes the name "American League" and moves teams into Chicago and Cleveland. The Chicago White Stockings win the pennant in this one season under the new name and the old minor league status.
Lineal world champions
World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Jeffries
World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
World Welterweight Championship – "Mysterious" Billy Smith → William "Matty" Matthews → Eddie Connolly → James "Rube" Ferns → William "Matty" Matthews
World Lightweight Championship – Frank Erne
World Featherweight Championship – George Dixon → "Terrible" Terry McGovern
World Bantamweight Championship – title vacant
Events
Cricket is suspended in South Africa for the next three seasons on account of the Boer War.
Yorkshire completes the County Championship season unbeaten, the first time this has happened since the start of the official championship in 1890.
The Minor Counties Championship ends in a three-way tie between three future first-class clubs.
England
County Championship – Yorkshire
Minor Counties Championship – Durham, Glamorgan and Northamptonshire share the title
Most runs – K S Ranjitsinhji 3065 @ 87.57 (HS 275)
Most wickets – Wilfred Rhodes 261 @ 13.81 (BB 8–23)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – R. E. Foster, Schofield Haigh, George Herbert Hirst, Tom Taylor, John Tunnicliffe
Australia
Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Victor Trumper 721 @ 72.10 (HS 208)
Most wickets – Monty Noble 37 @ 20.64 (BB 6–91)
India
Bombay Presidency – Europeans shared with Parsees
South Africa
Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
Inter-Colonial Tournament – Barbados
World Figure Skating Championships
World Men's Champion – Gustav Hügel (Austria)
Major tournaments
British Open – John Henry Taylor
U.S. Open – Harry Vardon
Other tournaments
British Amateur – Harold Hilton
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship – Rhona Adair
US Amateur – Walter Travis
US Women's Amateur – Frances C. Griscom
Canadian Amateur Championship – George Lyon
Olympic Games (Men) – Charles Sands
Olympic Games (Women) – Margaret Ives Abbott
England
Grand National – Ambush II
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Winifreda
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Diamond Jubilee
Epsom Derby – Diamond Jubilee
Epsom Oaks – La Roche
St. Leger Stakes – Diamond Jubilee
Australia
Melbourne Cup – Clean Sweep
Canada
Queen's Plate – Dalmoor
Ireland
Irish Grand National – Mavis of Meath
Irish Derby Stakes – Gallinaria
USA
Kentucky Derby – Lieut. Gibson
Preakness Stakes – Jean Bereaud
Belmont Stakes – Ildrim
Stanley Cup
12–16 February — Montreal Shamrocks successfully defends the Stanley Cup, defeating Winnipeg Victorias in a best–of–three series 2–1.
5–7 March — Montreal Shamrocks defeats Halifax Crescents in a Cup challenge best–of–three series 2–0.
Other events
10 March — Montreal Shamrocks wins the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL) championship for the second successive season with a regular season record of 7–1.
Gordon Bennett Cup
James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald newspaper and the International Herald Tribune, establishes the Gordon Bennett Cup. He hopes that the creation of an international event will drive automobile manufacturers to improve their cars. Each country is allowed to enter up to three cars, which must be fully built in the country that they represent and entered by that country's automotive governing body. International racing colours are first established in this event.
The trophy is awarded annually until 1905, after which the Automobile Club de France (ACF) holds the first Grand Prix motor racing event on the Circuit de la Sarthe at Le Mans
The inaugural Gordon Bennett Cup (Paris to Lyon) is won by Fernand Charron (France) driving a Panhard & Levassor
Paris-Toulouse-Paris Trail
The Paris-Toulouse-Paris Trail is run on 25–28 July over 1347 km and won by Alfred Velghe (France) driving a Mors in a time of 20:50:09. The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the V Grand Prix de l'ACF.
1900 Summer Olympics
The 1900 Summer Olympics takes place in Paris but the Olympic status of the games is underplayed and many competitors do not realise that they have participated in the modern Olympics.
Women take part in the modern Olympics for the first time. The first sportswomen to compete in the games are Mme. Brohy and Mlle. Ohnier of France in croquet. The first female champion is Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain in tennis.
France wins the most medals (100), and the most gold medals (25).
The Boat Race
31 March — Cambridge wins the 57th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
England
Championship – not contested
Challenge Cup final – Swinton 16–8 Salford at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester
Lancashire League Championship – Runcorn
Yorkshire League Championship – Bradford FC
Home Nations Championship
18th Home Nations Championship series is won by Wales
Speed Skating World Championships
Men's All-round Champion – Edvard Engelsaas (Norway)
Events
9 February — Davis Cup competition is established, the inaugural competition being called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge and involving only Great Britain and the USA.
England
Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Reginald Doherty (GB) defeats Sydney Smith (GB) 6–8 6–3 6–1 6–2
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Blanche Bingley Hillyard (GB) defeats Charlotte Cooper-Sterry (GB) 4–6 6–4 6–4
France
French Men's Singles Championship – Paul Aymé defeats André Prévost: details unknown
French Women's Singles Championship – Hélène Prévost wins: details unknown
USA
American Men's Singles Championship – Malcolm Whitman defeats William Larned 6–4 1–6 6–2 6–2
American Women's Singles Championship – Myrtle McAteer defeats Edith Parker 6–2 6–2 6–0
Davis Cup
1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – United States 3–0 British Isles at Longwood Cricket Club (grass) Boston, United States
