| Year |
Soccer |
Athletics |
Baseball |
Cricket |
Tennis |
Hockey |
Basketball |
Golf |
Championships |
| 2001 |
Confederations Cup : France defeated Japan to win the tournament.
Champions' League: Bayern Munich won 5-4 on penalties, in the final against Valencia
UEFA Cup: Liverpool won 5-4 after extra-time, in the final against Alavés
European Super Cup: Liverpool beat Bayern Munich 3-2 |
Third East Asian Games held in Osaka, Japan |
Arizona Diamondbacks became the youngest franchise to
win a World Series by defeating the New York Yankees 4 games to 3. |
Australia won the Ashes by 4-1
Courtney Walsh retires from international cricket
Death of Donald Bradman (Feb 25) |
Davis Cup: France won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.
Grand Slam in tennis (Men's)
Australian Open : Thomas Johansson
French Open : Albert Costa
Wimbledon championships : Lleyton Hewitt
US Open : Pete Sampras
Grand Slam in tennis (Women's)
Australian Open : Jennifer Capriati
French Open : Jennifer Capriati
Wimbledon championships : Venus Williams
US Open : Venus Williams
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Germany won the Men's Champions Trophy
Argentina won the Women's Champions Trophy
India won the Gold in Men's Champions Challenge in Kuala Lumpur |
NBA Final : Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia
76ers, 4 games to 1. |
Major championship results (Men):
The Masters : Tiger Woods
US Open : Retief Goosen
British Open : David Duval
PGA Championship : David Toms
Championship results (Women):
Kraft Nabisco Championship : Annika Sörenstam
US Women's Open : Karrie Webb
LPGA Championship : Karrie Webb
Women's British Open : Pak Se Ri
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Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of
Germany
World Cycling Championship: Óscar Freire, of Spain
World Snooker Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats John Higgins 18-14 |
| 2002 |
The Football World Cup 2002 is held from May 31 to June
30 in South Korea and Japan. Brazil wins its fifth title, defeating Germany
2 - 0 in the final |
Tim Montgomery beat the men's 100m world record with
an astonishing run of 9.78 seconds to win the Grand Prix final in Paris.
Paula Radcliffe has been voted female athlete of the year by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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World Series: Anaheim Angels win 4 games to 3 over the
San Francisco Giants |
New Zealand are forced to abandon their tour of Pakistan
after a bomb explodes outside their hotel in Karachi |
Russia defeats France 3-2 to win the Davis Cup of world tennis
Grand Slam in tennis (Men's)
Australian Open : Thomas Johansson
French Open : Albert Costa
Wimbledon championships : Lleyton Hewitt
US Open : Pete Sampras
Grand Slam in tennis (Women's)
Australian Open : Jennifer Capriati
French Open : Serena Williams
Wimbledon championships : Venus Williams
US Open : Serena Williams |
Germany won the Gold Medal in Men's World Cup, Kuala
Lumpur
Argentina won the Gold Medal in Women's World Cup, Australia |
NBA Final : Los Angeles Lakers sweep the New Jersey
Nets to win their third straight NBA title |
Major championship results (Men):
The Masters : Tiger Woods
US Open : Tiger Woods
British Open : Ernie Els
PGA Championship : Rich Beem
Championship results (Women):
US Women's Open : Juli Inkster
LPGA Championship : Pak Se Ri
Women's British Open : Karrie Webb
| World Snooker Championship: Peter Ebdon beats Stephen
Hendry 18-17
World Cycling Championship: Mario Cipollini, of Italy
Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany |
| 2003 |
Confederations Cup: Host nation France wins a tournament
marred by tragedy, when Cameroon player Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died
during a semifinal match.
Women's World Cup: Germany wins the final against Sweden 2-1 after extra time. |
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2003 World Series: The Florida Marlins win 4 games to
2 over the New York Yankees.
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Australia defeats India in the final by 125 runs to win
the ICC 2003 cricket World Cup
First Twenty20 Cup series held (England and Wales), won by Surrey
Australia won Ashes 4-1 |
Grand Slam in tennis (Men's)
Australian Open : Andre Agassi
French Open : Juan Carlos Ferrero
Wimbledon championships : Roger Federer
US Open : Andy Roddick
Grand Slam in tennis (Women's)
Australian Open : Serena Williams
French Open : Justine Henin-Hardenne
Wimbledon championships : Serena Williams
US Open : Justine Henin-Hardenne |
The Netherlands won the Gold Medal in Men's Champions Trophy
, Amstelveen.
Australia won the Gold Medal in Women's Champions Trophy,
Sydney, Australia
Spain won the Gold Medal in Men's Champions Challenge in Johannesburg, South Africa .
Germany won the Gold Medal in Women's Champions Challenge,
Italy
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NBA Final : The San Antonio Spurs win their second
NBA title, defeating the New Jersey Nets 4 games to 2. |
Major championship results (Men):
The Masters : Mike Weir
US Open : Jim Furyk
British Open : Ben Curtis
PGA Championship : Shaun Micheel
Championship results (Women):
Kraft Nabisco Championship : Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
US Women's Open : Hilary Lunke
LPGA Championship : Annika Sörenstam
Women's British Open : Annika Sörenstam
| Formula One Championship :
Michael Schumacher of Germany wins his 6th World Driver's Championship,
breaking tie with Juan Manuel Fangio.
Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Monaco Grand Prix. |
| 2004 |
Greece surprising win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament,
defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0. (July 4)
Brazil win the Copa América football tournament, defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties. (July 25)
Argentina win the Olympic men's football tournament, defeating Paraguay 1-0. (Aug 28) |
Summer Olympics held from August 13 to 29 in Athens,
Greece |
College World Series: Cal State Fullerton wins the NCAA College World Series, defeating Texas 3-2 to win the best-of-three championship series 2-0.
The Boston Red Sox sweep the St. Louis Cardinals, four games to none, to win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.
See also 2004 in baseball
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ICC Champions Trophy in England: West Indies beats England
in the final.
Pakistan beat the West Indies by 25 runs to win the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. |
Grand Slam in tennis (Men's)
Australian Open : Roger Federer
French Open : Gastón Gaudio
Wimbledon championships : Roger Federer
US Open : Roger Federer
Grand Slam in tennis (Women's)
Australian Open : Justine Henin Hardenne
French Open : Anastasia Myskina
Wimbledon championships : Maria Sharapova
US Open : Svetlana Kuznetsova |
Spain won the Gold Medal in Men's Champions Trophy
,Pakistan
The Netherlands won the Gold Medal in Women's
Champions Trophy, Argentina
Olympic Games (Men's Competition) in Athens, Greece : Australia
Olympic Games (Women's Competition) in Athens, Greece : Germany |
NBA Final: The Detroit Pistons, in a major upset, defeat the heavily-favored Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1. |
Phil Mickelson wins The Masters, the first major of his career. (Apr 11)
Todd Hamilton wins The Open at Royal Troon
Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff with Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard.
Annika Sörenstam successfully defends her title in the second major of the LPGA season, the LPGA Championship.
Annika Sörenstam wins her third ANZ Ladies Masters.
| Formula One :
Ferrari clinch Formula One constructors title (August 15)
Michael Schumacher clinches seventh Formula One title (August 29)
World Snooker Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Graeme Dott 18-8 |
| 2005 |
Ronaldinho (Brazil, for male footballer) and Birgit Prinz
(Germany, for female footballer) were elected FIFA World Player of the Year.
(Dec 19)
UEFA Cup Final - CSKA Moscow became the first Russian club to win a major European club competition, defeating Sporting Lisbon 3-1 at Sporting's home field in Lisbon.
UEFA Champions League Final - Liverpool defeated A.C. Milan 3-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in Istanbul to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
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Fourth East Asian Games held in Macau, China |
2005 Japan Series - The Chiba Lotte Marines sweep the
Hanshin Tigers 4 games to 0.
2005 MLB World Series - The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros 4 games to 0 to win the World Series for the first time since 1917. |
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 226 runs to record their first
ever test match victory.
Shane Warne becomes the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets.
England win The Ashes.
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Grand Slam in tennis (Men's)
Australian Open : Marat Safin
French Open : Rafael Nadal
Wimbledon championships : Roger Federer
US Open : Roger Federer
Grand Slam in tennis (Women's)
Australian Open : Serena Williams
French Open : Justine Henin-Hardenne
Wimbledon championships : Venus Williams
US Open : Kim Clijsters |
Australia won the Gold Medal in Men's Champions Trophy
, Chennai.
The Netherlands won the Gold Medal in Women's Champions Trophy, Canberra, Australia
Argentina won the Gold Medal in Men's Champions Challenge in Alexandria, Egypt
New Zealand won the Gold Medal in Women's Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach, United States |
NBA Final: The San Antonio Spurs win their third NBA
title in the past seven years, defeating the Detroit Pistons in the first
seven-game NBA Finals in eleven years.
Phil Jackson comes out of retirement and rejoins the Los Angeles Lakers.
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The Masters - Tiger Woods defeated fellow American Chris
DiMarco at the first playoff hole to claim his 4th Masters title, and his
9th major.
U.S. Open - Michael Campbell came from behind in the fourth round to win his first major with an even par score
The Open Championship - Tiger Woods leads wire-to-wire at the historic Old Course at St Andrews and wins his second Open Championship, and 10th major, by 5 strokes.
PGA Championship - Phil Mickelson wins his second major championship, scoring a birdie on the final hole to win the tournament by one stroke (-4, 276) over Thomas Bjørn and Steve Elkington on the lower course of the Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.
Kraft Nabisco Championship - Annika Sörenstam won her eighth major.
LPGA Championship - Annika Sörenstam cruised to a three shot win to claim her second major of the year and ninth of her career.
U.S. Women's Open - Birdie Kim holes a 30-yard sand shot on the 72nd hole to set the stage for a two-shot win over teenage amateurs Morgan Pressel and Brittany Lang.
Women's British Open - Another little-known Korean, Jeong Jang, wins her first LPGA tournament.
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Athletics |
Baseball |
Cricket |
Tennis |
Hockey |
Basketball |
Golf |
Championships |