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1990 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

• Alpine Skiing World Cup
  • Men's overall season champion:Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland

• Super Bowl XXIV – theSan Francisco 49ers (NFC) won 55–10 over theDenver Broncos (AFC)
  • Location:Superdome
  • Attendance: 72,919
  • MVP:Joe Montana, QB (San Francisco)
• Sugar Bowl (1989 season):
  • TheMiami Hurricanes won 33–25 over theAlabama Crimson Tide to win thenational championship
• November 11 –Derrick Thomas has 7 sacks forKansas City Chiefs againstSeattle Seahawks.

• West Germany won theFootball World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending championArgentina 1–0 in thefinal.
• Ecuador –Ecuadorian Serie A Champions:Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito

• 1990 Commonwealth Games held inAuckland, New Zealand
• 1990 European Athletics Championships held inSplit, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

• Australian Football League
  • TheVictorian Football League is renamed the Australian Football League
  • Collingwood wins the 94thAFL premiership (Collingwood 13.11 (89) toEssendon 5.11 (41))
  • Brownlow Medal awarded toTony Liberatore (Footscray)

• March 17 –Taiwan Professional Baseball League, a first official game held.^{[citation needed]}
• June 11 –Nolan Ryan of theTexas Rangers pitched a no-hitter, his 6th, against theOakland Athletics.
• TheCincinnati Reds sweep theOakland A's in theWorld Series.
• Ira Smith becomes the first player in NCAA history to win consecutive batting titles after hitting .519 with theMaryland Eastern Shore Hawks.

NBA Finals

• Detroit Pistons win four games to one over thePortland Trail Blazers

National Basketball League (Australia) Finals

• Perth Wildcats defeated theBrisbane Bullets 2–1 in the best-of-threefinal series.

Events

• UNLV wins theNCAA Division I Men's championship
• Yugoslavia wins theFIBA World Championship.
• March 4 – American playerHank Gathers died after collapsing during the semifinals of aWest Coast Conference tournament game.^[1]

• February 11 –Buster DouglasdefeatedMike 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 17 –Thunder Meets Lightning:Julio César Chávez defeatedMeldrick Taylor to unifyboxing's worldjunior welterweight title
• September 22 to October 7 –Asian Games held inBeijing,China
• November 24 to December 3 –Central American and Caribbean Games held inMexico City

• Grey Cup –Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50–11 over theEdmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup –Saskatchewan Huskies win 24–21 over theSt. Mary's Huskies

• Giro d'Italia won byGianni Bugno of Italy
• Tour de France –Greg LeMond of the United States
• UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race –Rudy Dhaenens of Belgium

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion –
  • Susan Butcher won with lead dogs:Sluggo &Lightning

• Phil Taylor (darts player) wins his first world title

• Men's Champions Trophy held in Melbourne won by Australia
• Women's World Cup held in Sydney won by the Netherlands

• 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

• Camogie
  • All-Ireland Camogie champion:Kilkenny
  • National Camogie League:Kilkenny
• Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Championship –Cork 0-11 diedMeath 0-9
  • National Football League –Meath 2-7 diedDown 0-11
• Ladies' Gaelic football
  • All-Ireland Senior Football Champion:Kerry
  • National Football League:Kerry
• Hurling
  • All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship –Cork 5-15 diedGalway 2-21
  • National Hurling League –Kilkenny 0–19 beatNew York 0–9

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 inauguralSolheim Cup match was won by the United States who beat Europe 11½ – 4½

• 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 - Royal Troubador
  3. Kentucky Futurity –Star Mystic
• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship –
  • Pacers:Thorate
  • Trotters:Real Force

Steeplechases

• Cheltenham Gold Cup –Norton's Coin
• Grand National –Mr Frisk

Flat races

• Australia –Melbourne Cup won byKingston 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 bySaumarez
• Ireland –Irish Derby Stakes won bySalsabil
• Japan –Japan Cup won byBetter Loosen Up
• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. 2,000 Guineas Stakes –Tirol
  2. The Derby –Quest for Fame^[2]
  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

• Art Ross Trophy as theNHL's leading scorer during the regular season:Wayne Gretzky,Los Angeles Kings
• Hart Memorial Trophy for theNHL's Most Valuable Player:Mark Messier,Edmonton Oilers
• Stanley Cup –Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over theBoston Bruins
• World Hockey Championships
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated Soviet Union
  • Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States

• The 6thWorld Lacrosse Championship is held inPerth, Australia. The United States win, and Canada is the runner-up.
• ThePhiladelphia Wings beat theNew England Blazers 17–7 in theMajor Indoor Lacrosse League Championship.
• The Brooklin Redmen win theMann Cup.
• Orangeville wins theFounders Cup.
• The St. Catharines Athletics win theMinto Cup.

• The firstWorld Radiosport Team Championship held inSeattle, United States Gold medals won by John Dorr K1AR and Doug Grant K1DG of the United States.
• FifthAmateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held inŠtrbské Pleso,Czechoslovakia (nowSlovakia).

• 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

• 96thFive Nations Championship series is won byScotland who complete theGrand Slam

• World Snooker Championship –Stephen Hendry beatsJimmy White 18-12
• World rankings –Stephen Hendry becomesworld number one for 1990/91

• March 24 –Tom Jager betters his ownworld record (22.12) in the 50m freestyle (long course) twice at a swimming meet inNashville, Tennessee, swimming21.98 in the heats and21.81 in the final.

• 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. U.S. Open –Gabriela Sabatini
• Davis Cup – United States won 3–2 over Australia in world tennis.

• ITU World Championships held inOrlando, United States
• ETU European Championships held inLinz, Austria

• FIVB World League 1990 held inOsaka, 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

• Asian Games held inBeijing, China
• Winter Asian Games held inSapporo, Japan
• Central American and Caribbean Games held inMexico City,Mexico
• 1990 Commonwealth Games held inAuckland, New Zealand^[3]
• Summer Goodwill Games held inSeattle, United States

• 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, Australianrugby league footballer
• Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Year - Joe Montana, National Football League

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