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3 Jan 2025
17-year-old darts prodigy Luke Littler became the youngest-ever World Darts Champion.
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19 May 2024
Manchester City became the first English Premier League soccer team to win four consecutive seasons.
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12 Feb 2022
USA's men's hockey team beat Canada's for the first time in 12 years.
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21 Jan 2019
Li Na became the first Asian-born tennis player to be entered into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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4 Apr 2018
The 21st Commonwealth Games officially began on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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28 Jan 2017
Tennis sisters went head-to-head when Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-4 at the Australian Open Women's Tennis.
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24 Apr 2016
Andrew Lawrence became the fastest runner to complete a marathon dressed as a fruit.
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31 Jan 2015
New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko became the youngest golfer to rank No. 1 in the world.
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13 Apr 2014
Manny Pacquiao reclaimed WBO welterweight boxing title after defeating Timothy Bradley.
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29 Jan 2014
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.
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19 May 2013
Sweden defeated Switzerland in the 2013 World Ice Hockey Championship.
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16 Feb 2013
Lionel Messi scored his 300th goal for Barcelona's soccer team.
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19 Jan 2013
Seven-time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong, admitted doping during all wins on Oprah Winfrey.
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18 Mar 2012
Wayne Rooney apologized to a 9-year-old fan after accidentally breaking his wrist.
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17 Feb 2012
Thieves stole up to 68 Olympic artifacts from a museum in Greece.
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29 May 2010
In the Super Rugby Final at Orlando Stadium, the Bulls defended their title with a 25-17 win over the Stormers in an all-South African final.
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24 Feb 2010
Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricket player to score a double-century in the One Day International format.
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11 Dec 2009
Tiger Woods announced his indefinite leave from professional golf to focus on his marriage.
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7 Mar 2009
Brazilian soccer athlete Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. started his professional career at just 17 years old.
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17 Aug 2008
American swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
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16 Aug 2008
Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly swim in a record 50:58 at the Beijing Olympic finals.
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20 Apr 2008
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
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6 Aug 2006
At just 30 years old, golf professional Tiger Woods won the 50th PGA, making him the youngest person ever to win a PGA.
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26 Sep 2004
Ed Whitlock became the world's first person over the age of 70 to run a marathon in under 3 hours.
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4 Jul 2004
Greece won its first UEFA Euro Cup after beating Portugal in the final 1-0.
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3 Jul 2004
Maria Sharapova became the first Russian to win Wimbledon.
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16 Apr 2003
Michael Jordan played in his final NBA game.
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29 Jul 2001
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the third time in a row.
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9 May 2001
A stampede killed 129 people in Ghana.
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30 Mar 2001
Swimmer Michael Phelps smashed the world record for the 200-meter butterfly swim at just 15 years old.
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9 Sep 2000
The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
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21 Aug 2000
Tiger Woods won the 82nd PGA Championship, making it his second win in a row.
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23 Jul 2000
The 87th Tour de France came to an end with the winner losing his title.
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27 Jul 1999
Tony Hawk landed the first '900' on a skateboard at the 5th annual X Games in San Francisco.
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25 Jul 1999
Lance Armstrong won Tour de France for the 7th consecutive run.
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11 Sep 1998
Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur.
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20 Feb 1998
Fifteen-year-old Tara Lipinski became the youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist.
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13 Apr 1997
Tiger Woods becomes the youngest ever golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
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22 Mar 1997
Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion.
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16 Oct 1996
A stampede of 47,000 football fans killed 84 people and injured 180 more in Guatemala City.
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1 Aug 1996
The US won gold in the first-ever women's soccer at the Olympics.
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12 Jul 1996
Basketball player Michael Jordan was offered the richest NBA one-year contract of $30 million from the Chicago Bulls.
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3 Oct 1995
O.J. Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman.
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9 Feb 1995
Irina Privalova ran the world record female indoor 50-meter run in just 5.96 seconds.
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22 Apr 1994
Michael Moorer claimed the heavyweight boxing title after smashing Evander Holyfield in Paradise, Nevada, US.
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26 May 1993
Carlos Martinez famously hit a ball off Jose Canseco's head for a home run in major league baseball.
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30 Apr 1993
Tennis ace Monica Seles is stabbed by an obsessed fan.
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5 Jan 1993
Baseball champion Reggie Jackson was elected to the Hall of Fame.
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25 Aug 1991
Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut.
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19 Dec 1990
Bo Jackson becomes first athlete named to NFL, MLB all‑star games.