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Contents
- 1 Athletics
- 2 Auto Racing
- 3 Baseball
- 4 Basketball
- 5 Boxing
- 6 Cycling
- 7 Dogsled racing
- 8 Field Hockey
- 9 Figure skating
- 10 Football (American)
- 11 Football (Australian rules football)
- 12 Football (Canadian)
- 13 Football (Soccer)
- 14 Golf
- 15 Thoroughbred Horse Racing
- 16 Harness Racing
- 17 Ice Hockey
- 18 Radiosport
- 19 Skiing
- 20 Snooker
- 21 Swimming
- 22 Tennis
- 23 Water Polo
- 24 General sporting events
- 25 Awards
- 26 Births
- 26.1 January
- 26.2 February
- 26.3 March
- 26.4 April
- 26.5 May
- 26.6 June
- 26.7 July
- 26.8 August
- 26.9 September
- 26.10 October
- 26.11 November
- 26.12 December
- 27 Deaths
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- March 10 - In an international women's hockey match at Wembley Stadium,England. England are beaten by Ireland 2-1.
- O.J. Simpson becomes the first player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a single season.
- For an extensive coverage see 1973 in football (soccer)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Awards
Births
January
- January 2 — Roman Karmazin, Russian boxer
- January 3 — Robert Baird, Canadian medley swimmer
- January 3 — Chris Woodruff, American tennis player
- January 7 — Rafael Dudamel, Venezuelan football (soccer) goalkeeper
- January 8 — Robert Braknis, Canadian backstroke swimmer
- January 11 — Sarah Forbes, Canadian field hockey goalkeeper
- January 11 — Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
- January 13 — Dana Anderson, Canadian field hockey player
- January 14 — Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian Formula 1-driver
- January 14 — Clarinda Sinnige, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- January 15 — Tomáš Galásek, Czech football (soccer) player
- January 16 — Nathalie Giguère, Canadian breaststroke swimmer
- January 16 — Somluck Kamsing, Thai boxer
- January 17 — Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican football (soccer) player
- January 17 — Katrin Meißner, East German freestyle swimmer
- January 18 — Regilio Vrede, Dutch football (soccer) player
- January 18 — Erle Wiltshire, Australian-Burmese boxer
- January 19 — Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
- January 22 — Mukhran Vakhtangadze, Georgian wrestler
- January 25 — Nagore Gabellanes, Spanish field hockey player
- January 25 — Elsbeth Vink, Dutch cyclist
February
- February 1 — Michael Joyce, American tennis player
- February 4 — Oscar de la Hoya, American boxer
- February 5 — Marty O'Donnell, Canadian boxer
- February 5 — Deng Yaping, Chinese table tennis player
- February 12 — Laurens Looije, Dutch athlete
- February 12 — Gianni Romme, Dutch speed skater
- February 13 — Bas Roorda, Dutch football goalkeeper
- February 15 — Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- February 16 — Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete
- February 18 — Claude Makélélé, French football (soccer) player
- February 18 — Mirjam Overdam, Dutch waterpolo player
- February 19 — Robert Grzegorczyk, Polish figure skater
- February 22 — Shota Arveladze, Georgian football player
- February 22 — Philippe Gaumont, French professional road cyclist
- February 24 — Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey rightwinger
- February 25 — Gerard Wiekens, Dutch football player
- February 26 — Jenny Thompson, American swimmer
- February 26 — Marshall Faulk, American football player
- February 28 — Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 28 — Natalya Safronnikova, Belarusian athlete
March
- March 1 — Herbert Dercksen, Dutch sailor
- March 2 — Max van Heeswijk, Dutch cyclist
- March 2 — Romans Vainsteins, Latvian cyclist
- March 3 — Sean Campbell, Canadian field hockey player
- March 6 — Silvia Manrique, Spanish field hockey player
- March 7 — Wang Manli, Chinese speed skater
- March 8 — Jeroen Delmee, Dutch field hockey player
- March 9 — Maximiliano Caldas, Argentine field hockey defender
- March 9 — Danny Green, Australian boxer
- March 9 — Jakob Piil, Danish cyclist
- March 13 — Edgar Davids, Dutch football player
- March 13 — Allison Higson, Canadian breaststroke and freestyle swimmer
- March 16 — Fernando Platas, Mexican diver
- March 17 — Daniel Ballart, Spanish water polo player
- March 20 — Javier Arnau, Spanish field hockey player
- March 24 — Mette Jacobsen, Danish freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- March 27 — Rui Jorge, Portuguese football player
- March 28 — Luis Adrian Morejon, Ecuadorian tennis player
- March 29 — Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer
- March 29 — Marc Overmars, Dutch football player
- March 30 — Simon Mason, English field hockey goalkeeper
April
- April 3 — Christopher Reitz, German field hockey goalkeeper
- April 4 — Peter Hoekstra, Dutch football (soccer) player
- April 5 — Kristin Topham, Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer
- April 6 — Edith van Dijk, Dutch long distance swimmer
- April 8 — Patrik Isaksson, Swedish breaststroke swimmer
- April 8 — Nicholas Tongue, New Zealand freestyle swimmer
- April 9 — Bart Goor, Belgian football player
- April 10 — Roberto Carlos, Brazilian football player
- April 11 — Jerine Fleurke, Dutch volleybal player
- April 11 — Olivier Magne, French rugby union player
- April 12 — Roberto Ayala, Argentine football player
- April 12 — Lionel Roux, French tennis player
- April 13 — Nicolas Jalabert, French cyclist
- April 14 — Tammy Cole, Australian field hockey player
- April 15 — Jeroen Dubbeldam, Dutch horse rider
- April 17 — Kenneth Carlsen, Danish tennis player
- April 18 — Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopian long distance track and road running athlete
- April 19 — George Gregan, Zambia-born Australian rugby union scrum half
- April 19 — Tzipora Obziler, Israeli tennis player
- April 22 — Mohamed Elsayed, Egyptian boxer
- April 22 — Christian Giantomassi, Italian boxer
- April 24 — Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
- April 26 — Stephanie Graf, Austrian middle distance athlete
- April 26 — Lee Woon-Jae, South Korean football (soccer) player
- April 29 — Tessa Appeldoorn, Dutch rower
- April 30 — Michael Blaudzun, Danish cyclist
May
- May 1 — Oliver Neuville, German football player
- May 2 — Richard Schuil, Dutch volleybal player
- May 3 — Michael Reiziger, Dutch football player
- May 3 — Peter Windt, Dutch field hockey player
- May 7 — Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
- May 8 — Wolf Wigo, American water polo player
- May 9 — Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan long-distance track and road runner
- May 9 — Oscar Ortiz, Mexican tennis player
- May 10 — Wayne Mardle, English darts player
- May 10 — Rüstu Reçber, Turkish football player
- May 11 — Britta Becker, German field hockey player
- May 12 — Kira Bulten, Dutch swimmer
- May 13 — Mike Beres, Canadian badminton player
- May 14 — Mike van de Goor, Dutch volleybal player
- May 19 — Dario Franchitti, automobile racer
- May 22 — Tatiana Petrova, Russian water polo player
- May 24 — Karim Alami, Moroccan tennis player
- May 28 — Alberto Berasategui, Spanish tennis player
- May 29 — Malcolm Allen, Australian freestyle swimmer
- May 31 — Dominique van Roost, Belgian tennis player
June
- June 1 — Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer
- June 2 — Marko Kristal, Estonian football midfielder
- June 2 — Anja Smolders, Belgian athlete
- June 4 — Lourdes Becerra, Spanish swimmer
- June 4 — Greg van Hest, Dutch athlete
- June 4 — Alexandra Verbeek, Dutch sailor
- June 5 — Gella Vandecaveye, Belgian judoka
- June 10 — Natalia Via Dufresne, Spanish sailor
- June 11 — Nicole van Hooren, Dutch badminton player
- June 12 — Daron Rahlves, American alpine skier
- June 13 — Gabriella Csépe, Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
- June 14 — Alex Calatrava, German-born tennis player from Spain
- June 15 — Vanina Oneto, Argentine field hockey player
- June 16 — Jan Maarten Heideman, Dutch marathon skater
- June 16 — Nikos Machlas, Greek football player
- June 17 — Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
- June 18 — Baljit Singh Dhillon, Indian field hockey midfielder
- June 21 — Alyson Annan, Australian field hockey player
- June 27 — Simon Archer, British badminton player
- June 28 — Brian Maisonneuve, American soccer player
- June 29 — George Hincapie, American cyclist
July
- July 5 — Marcus Allbäck, Swedish football player
- July 11 — Albert Guardado, American boxer
- July 11 — Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
- July 11 — Joeri Stoffels, Dutch waterpolo player
- July 12 — Christian Vieri, Italian football player
- July 13 — Craig Parnham, English field hockey defender
- July 14 — Maider Tellería, Spanish field hockey player
- July 16 — Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist
- July 20 — Peter Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- July 21 — Stephen Clarke, Canadian swimmer
- July 21 — Mandy Wötzel, German figure skater
- July 25 — Carolijn Brouwer, Dutch sailor
- July 26 — Jean-François Bergeron, Canadian boxer
- July 27 — David McLellan, Canadian freestyle swimmer
- July 30 — Andrea Gaudenzi, Italian tennis player
August
- August 1 — Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgian athlete
- August 2 — Daniele Nardello, Italian cyclist
- August 2 — Karina Habšudová, Slovak tennis player
- August 2 — Susie O'Neill, Australian swimmer
- August 4 — Xavier Marchand, French medley swimmer
- August 6 — Alexander Lüderitz, German freestyle swimmer
- August 7 — Larissa Loukianenko, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
- August 12 — Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
- August 14 — Jared Borgetti, Mexican football (soccer) player
- August 14 — Jimmy Muindi, Kenyan long-distance runner
- August 14 — Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian football (soccer) player
- August 14 — Kieren Perkins, Australian freestyle swimmer
- August 14 — Nancy Sweetnam, Canadian medley swimmer
- August 16 — Tracy Looze, Australian-born triathlete
- August 20 — Scott Goodman, Australian butterfly swimmer
- August 21 — Nikolay Valuev, Russian heavyweight boxer
- August 22 — Okkert Brits, South African pole vaulter
- August 22 — Eurelijus Žukauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
- August 22 — Mark Hickman, Australian field hockey goalkeeper
- August 24 — Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
- August 25 — Bas van Dooren, Dutch mountainbiker
- August 25 — Bernard Inom, French boxer
- August 27 — Karim Tulaganov, Uzbek boxer
- August 29 — Olivier Jacqué, French motorcyclist
September
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