2003 in sports

See also: 2002 in sports, other events of 2003, 2004 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Auto Racing 2 Baseball 3 Basketball 4 Boxing 5 Cycling 6 Figure Skating 7 Football (Soccer) 8 Football (American) 9 Canadian Football League 10 Golf 11 Thoroughbred Horse Racing 12 Harness Racing 13 Ice Hockey 14 Skiing 15 Tennis 16 General sporting events 17 Births 18 Deaths

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Michael Waltrip[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship -
• Indianapolis 500 - Gil de Ferran[?]
• Indy Racing League -
• CART Racing Series -
• Formula One Championship -
• 24 hours of Le Mans - won by the team of Tom Kristensen[?] / Rinaldo Capello[?] / Guy Smith[?] driving a Bentley Speed 8 GT
• Rally racing - the team of Sébastien Loeb[?] / Daniel Elena[?] won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Citroën Total
• Drag racing -

Baseball

• April 4 - Sammy Sosa hit his 500th career home run off Cincinatti Reds[?] pitcher Scott Sullivan[?] in the seventh inning at Great American Ball Park, becoming only the 18th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs.

• May 5 - Matt Stairs home run off Houston Astros pitcher Wade Miller[?] was estimated at 461 feet, making it the longest home run in the history of Minute Maid Park.

• May 11 - Rafael Palmeiro hit his 500th career home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher David Elder[?] becoming only the 19th player in Major League Baseball history to hit 500 or more home runs.

• June 13 - New York Yankee Roger Clemens became the 21st pitcher in history to win 300 games and only the 3rd pitcher to record 4,000 career strikeouts as he defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2.

• World Series:

Basketball

• April 7 - NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • Syracuse Orangemen[?] win 81-78 over the Kansas Jayhawks[?]

• NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs won 4 games to 2 over the New Jersey Nets

Boxing

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Gilberto Simoni[?] of Italy
• Tour de France -
• World Cycling Championship:

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Evgeni Plushenko[?], Russia
  • Women's champion: Michelle Kwan, United States
  • Pairs champions: Xue Shen[?] & Hongbo Zhao[?], China

Football (Soccer)

• England - FA Cup: Arsenal won 1-0 over Southampton

• UEFA Cup: FC Porto won 3-2 over Glasgow Celtic

• Champions League: AC Milan won 3-2 in penalties over Juventus after a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford.

• English Premier League - Manchester United wins the English Premier League by 5 points over Arsenal.

• June 17 - Manchester United sells English soccer star David Beckham to Real Madrid for 35 million euros.

Football (American)

• January 3 - Fiesta Bowl (Bowl Championship Series[?]):
  • Ohio State Buckeyes[?] won 31-24 over the Miami Hurricanes[?] (double overtime)

• January 27 - Super Bowl XXXVII:
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 48-21 over the Oakland Raiders

Canadian Football League

• February 27 - Darren Flutie retires
• Grey Cup:
• Vanier Cup:

Golf

Men's Golf

• April 13 - Mike Weir is the first Canadian golfer and the first left-handed golfer, to win the The Masters golf tournament.
• May 22 - At the Colonial Open golf tournament, LPGA champion Annika Sörenstam became the first woman in 58 years to compete in a men's professional golf tournament.

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Mike Weir
  2. June - US Open - Jim Furyk
  3. July - British Open -
  4. August - PGA Championship -

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner
• Ryder Cup of world golf

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open -
• LPGA Championship - Annika Sörenstam
• The leading money winner on the LPGA tour

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Wando[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Refuse to Bend[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Kris Kin[?]
  3. St. Leger Stakes

• United States Triple Crown Races:
  1. Kentucky Derby - Funny Cide
  2. Preakness Stakes - Funny Cide
  3. Belmont Stakes - Empire Maker[?]

Harness Racing

• North America Cup:

• United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
  1. Cane Pace
  2. Little Brown Jug
  3. Messenger Stakes

• United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
  1. Hambletonian
  2. Yonkers Trot
  3. Kentucky Futurity

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers:
  • Trotters:

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Peter Forsberg[?], Colorado Avalanche

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Peter Forsberg[?], Colorado Avalanche

• Stanley Cup: New Jersey Devils won 4 games to 3 over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP was won by Jean-Sebastien Giguere[?] of Anaheim.

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Canada defeated Sweden 3-2
  • Junior Men's champion: Russia won 3-2 over Canada
  • Women's champion: tournament scheduled for Beijing, China cancelled due to the outbreak of SARS.

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season championship: Stephan Eberharter[?], Austria
  • The women's overall season championship: Janica Kostelic[?], Croatia

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Andre Agassi
  2. French Open - Juan Carlos Ferrero[?]
  3. Wimbledon championships - Roger Federer
  4. US Open

• Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
  1. Australian Open - Serena Williams
  2. French Open - Justine Henin-Hardenne
  3. Wimbledon championships - Serena Williams
  4. US Open

• Davis Cup in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Mark Williams[?] won 18-16 over Ken Doherty[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Robert Sorlie[?] won with lead dog: Tipp

• Show Jumping World Cup Champion[?] - Marcus Ehning[?] of Germany won, riding his Oldenburg mare, Anka.

Births

Deaths

• January 13 - Julio Botelho[?] (Julinho), Brazilian soccer star
• June 9 - Spectacular Bid[?], U.S. race horse, won the 1979 Derby and Preakness
• June 18 - Larry Doby, United States Baseball Hall of Fame player
• June 26 - Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroon football player