1990 in sports

Alpine skiing

Alpine Skiing World Cup

Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland

American football

January 1 Sugar Bowl (1989 season)

The Miami Hurricanes won 33-25 over the Alabama Crimson Tide to win the national championship

January 28 - Super Bowl XXIV - San Francisco 49ers won 55-10 over the Denver Broncos

November 11 - Derrick Thomas has 7 sacks for Kansas City Chiefs against Seattle Seahawks.

Association football

West Germany won the Football World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending champion Argentina 1-0 in the final.

Ecuador - Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

Athletics

1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand

1990 European Championships in Athletics held in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

Australian rules football

Australian Football League

The Victorian Football League is renamed the Australian Football League

Collingwood wins the 94th AFL premiership (Collingwood 13.11 (89) d Essendon 5.11 (41))

Brownlow Medal awarded to Tony Liberatore (Footscray)

Baseball

March 17 – Taiwan Professional Baseball League, a first official game held.

June 11 - Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitched a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics.

The Cincinnati Reds sweep the Oakland A's in the World Series.

Ira Smith becomes the first player in NCAA history to win consecutive batting titles after hitting .519 with the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks.

Basketball

NBA Finals

Detroit Pistons win four games to one over the Portland Trail Blazers

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals

Perth Wildcats defeated the Brisbane Bullets 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

Events

Erica Jiles AkA All-City of Indianapolis, Indiana

UNLV wins the NCAA Men's Division I championship

Yugoslavia wins the FIBA World Championship.

Boxing

February 11 – Buster Douglas defeated Mike Tyson by a knockout in round 10 to win the world's unified Heavyweight title, in what many consider boxing's biggest upset ever.

March 31 – Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio César Chávez defeated Meldrick Taylor to unify boxing's world junior welterweight title

September 22 to October 7 – Asian Games held in Beijing, PR China

November 24 to December 3 – Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City

Canadian football

Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos

Vanier Cup – Saskatchewan Huskies win 24-21 over the St. Mary's Huskies

Cycling

Giro d'Italia won by Gianni Bugno of Italy

Tour de France - Greg LeMond of the United States

UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race – Rudy Dhaenens of Belgium

Dogsled racing

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion –

Susan Butcher won with lead dogs: Sluggo & Lightning

Darts

Phil Taylor (darts player) wins his first world title

Field hockey

Men's World Cup held in Lahore won by the Netherlands

Men's Champions Trophy held in Melbourne won by Australia

Women's World Cup held in Sydney won by the Netherlands

Figure skating

World Figure Skating Championships –

Men's champion: Kurt Browning, Canada

Ladies' champion: Jill Trenary, United States

Pair skating champions: Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov, Soviet Union

Ice dancing champions: Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, Soviet Union

Gaelic Athletic Association

Camogie

All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Kilkenny

National Camogie League: Kilkenny

Gaelic football

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship – Cork 0-11 died Meath 0-9

National Football League – Meath 2-7 died Down 0-11

Ladies' Gaelic football

All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Kerry

National Football League: Kerry

Hurling

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Cork 5-15 died Galway 2-21

National Hurling League –

Golf

Men's professional

Masters Tournament - Nick Faldo

U.S. Open - Hale Irwin

British Open - Nick Faldo

PGA Championship - Wayne Grady

PGA Tour money leader - Greg Norman - $1,165,477

Senior PGA Tour money leader - Lee Trevino - $1,190,518

Men's amateur

British Amateur - Rolf Muntz

U.S. Amateur - Phil Mickelson

European Amateur - Klas Erikson

Women's professional

Nabisco Dinah Shore - Betsy King

U.S. Women's Open - Betsy King

LPGA Championship - Beth Daniel

Classique du Maurier - Cathy Johnston-Forbes

LPGA Tour money leader - Beth Daniel - $863,578

The inaugural Solheim Cup match was won by the United States who beat Europe 11½ - 4½

Harness racing

North America Cup - Apaches Fame

United States Pacing Triple Crown races –

1. Cane Pace - Jake And Elwood
2. Little Brown Jug - Beach Towel
3. Messenger Stakes - Jake And Elwood

United States Trotting Triple Crown races –

1. Hambletonian - Harmonious
2. Yonkers Trot -
3. Kentucky Futurity - Star Mystic

Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –

Pacers: Thorate

Trotters: Real Force

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Cheltenham Gold Cup – Norton's Coin

Grand National – Mr Frisk

Flat races

Australia – Melbourne Cup won by Kingston Rule

Canadian Triple Crown Races:

1. Queen's Plate – Izvestia
2. Prince of Wales Stakes – Izvestia
3. Breeders' Stakes – Izvestia

For the second straight year, a horse sweeps the series.

France – Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe won by Saumarez

Ireland – Irish Derby Stakes won by Salsabil

Japan – Japan Cup won by Better Loosen Up

English Triple Crown Races:

1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes – Tirol
2. Epsom Derby – Quest for Fame
3. St. Leger Stakes – Snurge

United States Triple Crown Races:

1. Kentucky Derby – Unbridled
2. Preakness Stakes – Summer Squall
3. Belmont Stakes – Go and Go

Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships:

1. Breeders' Cup Classic – Unbridled
2. Breeders' Cup Distaff – Bayakoa
3. Breeders' Cup Juvenile – Fly So Free
4. Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies – Meadow Star
5. Breeders' Cup Mile – Royal Academy
6. Breeders' Cup Sprint – Safely Kept
7. Breeders' Cup Turf – In the Wings

Ice hockey

Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier, Edmonton Oilers

Stanley Cup – Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

World Hockey Championship

Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden

Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated russia

Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States

Lacrosse

The 6th World Lacrosse Championship is held in Perth, Australia. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.

The Philadelphia Wings beat the New England Blazers 17-7 in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League Championship.

The Brooklin Redmen win the Mann Cup.

Orangeville wins the Founders Cup.

The St. Catharines Athletics win the Minto Cup.

Motor racing

Stock car racing –

Derrike Cope won the Daytona 500

NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt

CART Racing - Al Unser, Jr. won the season championship

Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk of the Netherlands

Formula One Championship - Ayrton Senna of Brazil

24 hours of Le Mans –

won by the team of John Nielsen / Price Cobb / Martin Brundle driving a Jaguar XJR-12.

Rally racing - Carlos Sainz in a Toyota won the World Rally Championship

the team of Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF Integrale

Drag racing - Joe Amato won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Radiosport

The first World Radiosport Team Championship held in Seattle, Washington, US Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Doug Grant K1DG of the United States.

Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia.

Rugby league

1990–91 French Championship season

1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France

1990 New Zealand rugby league season

1990 NSWRL season

1990 Pacific Cup

1989–90 Rugby Football League season / 1990–91 Rugby Football League season

1990 State of Origin series

1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup

Rugby union

96th Five Nations Championship series is won by Scotland who complete the Grand Slam

Snooker

World Snooker Championship – Stephen Hendry beats Jimmy White 18-12

World rankings – Stephen Hendry becomes world number one for 1990/91

Swimming

March 24 – Tom Jager betters his own world record (22.12) in the 50m freestyle (long course) twice at a swimming meet in Nashville, Tennessee, swimming 21.98 in the heats and 21.81 in the final.

Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

1. Australian Open - Ivan Lendl
2. French Open - Andrés Gómez
3. Wimbledon championships - Stefan Edberg
4. US Open - Pete Sampras

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

1. Australian Open - Steffi Graf
2. French Open - Monica Seles
3. Wimbledon championships - Martina Navratilova
4. US Open - Gabriela Sabatini

Davis Cup – United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

Triathlon

ITU World Championships held in Orlando, United States

ETU European Championships held in Linz, Austria

Volleyball

FIVB World League 1990 held in Osaka, Japan won by Italy

1990 FIVB Men's World Championship held in Rio de Janeiro won by Italy

1990 FIVB Women's World Championship held in Beijing won by USSR

Multi-sport events

Asian Games held in Beijing, China

Winter Asian Games held in Sapporo, Japan

Central American and Caribbean Games held in Mexico City, Mexico

Commonwealth Games held in Auckland

Summer Goodwill Games held in Seattle, United States

Awards

Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Joe Montana, National Football League

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Beth Daniel, LPGA golf

BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year – Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league footballer