College championship
College football national championship – Army Cadets
Professional championships
Ohio League champions – Akron Parratt's Indians
Events
15 November — Harry Turner, of the Canton Professionals, becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Brazil
Formation of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol or CBF)
England
The Football League – Blackburn Rovers 51 points, Aston Villa 44, Middlesbrough 43, Oldham Athletic 43, West Bromwich Albion 43, Bolton Wanderers 42
FA Cup final – Burnley 1–0 Liverpool at Crystal Palace, London
Germany
National Championship – SpVgg Fürth (2–2) 3–2 VfB Leipzig at Magdeburg
Portugal
Formation in Lisbon of the Portuguese Football Federation (Federação Portuguesa de Futebol or FPF)
Scotland
Scottish Football League – Celtic
Scottish Cup final – Celtic 4–1 Hibernian at Ibrox Park (replay following 0–0 draw)
VFL Premiership
26 September – Carlton wins the 18th VFL Premiership, defeating South Melbourne 6.9 (45) to 4.15 (39) in the 1914 VFL Grand Final
South Australian Football League
19 September – Port Adelaide 13.15 (93) defeats North Adelaide 1.8 (14) for their second successive SAFL flag and eighth overall
Magarey Medal won by Jack Ashley (Port Adelaide)
West Australian Football League
10 October – East Fremantle 5.13 (43) defeats South Fremantle 3.6 (24) for its ninth WAFL premiership.
Events
University withdraws from the VFL at the end of the season
Port Adelaide become the only SAFA/SAFL/SANFL team to finish with a perfect season, overall winning thirty consecutive matches including one against a combined team from the other six SAFL clubs and one against Carlton.
Bandy
Sweden
Championship final – AIK 4–2 Djurgårdens IF
World Series
9–13 October — Boston Braves (NL) defeats Philadelphia Athletics (AL) to win the 1914 World Series by 4 games to 0
Events
The "Federal League War" ensues when the Federal League leaves Minor League Baseball and competes with the two established major leagues. Retaining clubs in Kansas City, Indianapolis, St Louis, Chicago and Pittsburgh, the Federal League sets up additional clubs in Buffalo, Baltimore and Brooklyn.
Baltimore Terrapins are a great popular success and drive the minor Orioles out of business, so creating the basis of the baseball anti–trust case
22 April — Babe Ruth pitches his first professional game for the Baltimore Orioles at age 19
Events
Jack Johnson spends the year moving from one country to another but stages exhibition fights as far afield as Gothenburg and Buenos Aires. In June, he defends his world heavyweight title against Frank Moran in Paris and wins over 20 rounds.
1 to 24 January — Danish boxer Waldemar Holberg defeats Ray Bronson over 20 rounds in Melbourne and claims the vacant World Welterweight Championship. Just 23 days later, Holberg loses the title to Tom McCormick after a sixth round foul, also at Melbourne.
21 March — McCormick loses the welterweight title to Matt Wells over 20 rounds at Sydney.
30 March — a World Flyweight Championship (108 lb to 112 lb) is proposed for the first time after Jimmy Wilde defeats Eugene Husson in London. Wilde, subsequently ranked by most experts as the greatest-ever flyweight, holds the title until 1923.
7 April — Al McCoy defeats George Chip with a surprise first round knockout in Brooklyn, New York, to take the World Middleweight Championship. McCoy holds the title until 1917.
With a series of wins from April to November, Jack Dillon resolves the long-standing issue of the vacant World Light Heavyweight Championship in his favour. He defeats Battling Levinsky, Bob Moha, Frank Mantell and Charley Weinert to claim the title, which he holds until 1916.
3 June — Kid Williams defeats Johnny Coulon by a third round knockout at Vernon, California, to win the World Bantamweight Championship. Williams holds the title until 1917.
7 July — Freddie Welsh defeats Willie Ritchie over 20 rounds in London to win the World Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until 1917.
Lineal world champions
World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Jack Dillon
World Middleweight Championship – George Chip → Al McCoy
World Welterweight Championship – vacant → Waldemar Holberg → Tom McCormick → Matt Wells
World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie → Freddie Welsh
World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon → Kid Williams
World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde
Grey Cup
6th Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts 14–2 University of Toronto Varsity Blues
Events
The 1914 English cricket season is cancelled at the end of August because of the outbreak of the First World War. The last four matches to be played all finish on 2 September and the remaining five scheduled fixtures are cancelled.
England
County Championship – Surrey
Minor Counties Championship – undecided
Most runs – Jack Hobbs 2697 @ 58.63 (HS 226)
Most wickets – Colin Blythe 170 @ 15.19 (BB 9–97)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Johnny Douglas, Percy Fender, Wally Hardinge, Donald Knight, Sydney Smith
Australia
Sheffield Shield – New South Wales
Most runs – Charlie Macartney 892 @ 111.50 (HS 201)
Most wickets – Charles Kelleway 45 @ 12.68 (BB 7–35)
India
Bombay Quadrangular – Hindus shared with Muslims
New Zealand
Plunket Shield – Canterbury
South Africa
Currie Cup – not contested
West Indies
Inter-Colonial Tournament – not contested
Tour de France
Philippe Thys (Belgium) wins the 12th Tour de France
World Figure Skating Championships
World Men's Champion – Gosta Sandahl (Sweden)
World Women's Champion – Opika von Méray Horváth (Hungary)
World Pairs Champions – Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers / Walter Jakobsson (Finland)
Major tournaments
British Open – Harry Vardon
US Open – Walter Hagen
Other tournaments
British Amateur – J L C Jenkins
US Amateur – Francis Ouimet
England
Grand National – Sunloch
1,000 Guineas Stakes – Princess Dorrie
2,000 Guineas Stakes – Kennymore
Epsom Derby – Durbar
Epsom Oaks – Princess Dorrie
St. Leger Stakes – Black Jester
Australia
Melbourne Cup – Kingsburgh
Canada
Queen's Plate – Beehive
Ireland
Irish Grand National – Civil War
Irish Derby Stakes – Land of Song
USA
Kentucky Derby – Old Rosebud
Preakness Stakes – Holiday
Belmont Stakes – Luke McLuke
Stanley Cup
Toronto Blueshirts wins the National Hockey Association (NHA) championship and their first Stanley Cup.
Events
Victoria Aristocrats wins the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) championship
Blueshirts play Aristocrats in a challenge series with Blueshirts winning by three games to nil. The NHA and PCHA agree to start an annual playoff in 1915 to decide the Stanley Cup winner.
Regina Victorias wins the Allan Cup
Grand Prix racing
4 July — the 6th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Lyon over 752.58 km (37.629 km x 20 laps). The winner is Christian Lautenschlager of Germany driving a Mercedes 18/100 in 7:08:18.4. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XIV Grand Prix de l´ACF.
Indianapolis 500
30 May — 4th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by René Thomas (France) in a Delage Type Y.
Vanderbilt Cup
26 February — 9th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at Santa Monica is won by Ralph DePalma (Italy) driving a Mercedes GP.
American Grand Prize
28 February — 5th running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Santa Monica over 648.934 km (13.519 km x 48 laps) and is won by Eddie Pullen (USA) driving a Mercer 35-R in 5:13:30.
The Boat Race
28 March — Cambridge wins the 71st Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
International
1914 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand
England
Championship – Salford
Challenge Cup final – Hull 6–0 Wakefield Trinity at Thrum Hall, Halifax
Lancashire League Championship – Wigan
Yorkshire League Championship – Huddersfield
Lancashire Cup – Oldham 5–0 Wigan
Yorkshire Cup – Huddersfield 19–3 Bradford Northern
Australia
NSW Premiership – South Sydney (outright winner)
New Zealand
1914 New Zealand rugby league season
Five Nations Championship
32nd Five Nations Championship series is won by England who complete the Grand Slam
Speed Skating World Championships
Men's All-round Champion – Oscar Mathisen (Norway)
Australia
Australian Men's Singles Championship – Arthur O'Hara Wood (Australia) defeats Gerald Patterson (Australia) 6–4 6–3 5–7 6–1
England
Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Norman Brookes (Australia) defeats Anthony Wilding (New Zealand) 6–4 6–4 7–5
Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers defeats Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7–5 6–4
France
French Men's Singles Championship – Max Decugis defeats Jean Samazeuilh 3–6 6–1 6–4 6–4
French Women's Singles Championship – Marguerite Broquedis defeats Suzanne Lenglen 5–7 6–4 6–3
USA
American Men's Singles Championship – Richard Norris Williams defeats Maurice McLoughlin 6–3 8–6 10–8
American Women's Singles Championship – Mary Browne defeats Marie Wagner 6–2 1–6 6–1
Davis Cup
1914 International Lawn Tennis Challenge – Australasia 3–2 United States at West Side Tennis Club (grass) New York City, United States
1914 America's Cup – Resolute competes against the Vanitie but the race is cancelled due to the onset of World War I.
