2007 in sports

2007 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Association football

Australian rules football

Athletics

Baseball

Oregon State Beavers win back to back National Championships.

  • 2007 Pacific Asian Baseball League Finals -

Seoul Shrubbery defeat the defend champions Singapore Sushi 1,300-1,212 to capture their first ever Periwinkle Feather.

Basketball

Boxing

  • January 20 Nicolay Valuev successfully defends his WBA Heavyweight title by defeating Jameel McCline, by technical knockout aun McCline blows out his knee.
  • February 3 Chad Dawson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight champion after defeating Tomasz Adamek by unanimous decision. Despite being knocked down from a straight right hand on round ten, Dawson dominates most of the fight with his speed.
  • February 10 Shane Mosley becomes the WBC Welterweight champion by defeating Luis Collazo by unanimous decision.
  • March 10 Wladimir Klitschko successfully defends his IBF Heavyweight title after defeating Ray Austin by 2nd-round knockout.
  • April 14 Ruslan Chagaev becomes the new WBA Heavyweight Champion after defeating Nicolay Valuev by majority decision.
  • April 28 Juan Díaz unifies the WBA and WBO Lightweight titles after defeating Acelino Freitas, after Freitas refused to answer the bell before round nine.
  • June 2 Sultan Ibragimov defeats Shannon Briggs by unanimous decision to take the WBO Heavyweight title.
  • September 29 Kelly Pavlik upsets Jermain Taylor by seventh-round TKO to win the WBC, WBO, and universally recognized Middleweight Champion of the World. Pavlik was knocked down in the second round, but rallied back against a tired Taylor.
  • November 4 Joe Calzaghe defeats Mikkel Kessler by unanimous decision in a unification bout for the WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles. Calzaghe becomes the first undisputed super middleweight champion and surpasses the 20 defences made by Bernard Hopkins and Larry Holmes at middleweight and heavyweight respectively.

Canadian football

Cricket

  • The Ashes – Australia completes a 5–0 whitewash over England in the 2006-07 Ashes series, the first time since 1920–21 that one team has won all the Tests in an Ashes series
  • 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies – Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs in the final
  • The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa; India beat Pakistan in the finals by 5 runs

Cycling

Grand Tours:

Darts

Field hockey

  • 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy: Germany
  • 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge: Argentina
  • 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Netherlands
  • 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy: Netherlands
  • 2007 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge: China
  • 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship: Germany

Floorball

  • Women's World Floorball Championships
    • Champion:  Sweden
  • Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
    • Champion:  Sweden
  • European Cup
    • Men's champion: Sweden AIK IBF
    • Women's champion: Switzerland UHC Dietlikon

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Handball

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2007 in chronological order.

Orienteering

  • August – 2007 World Orienteering Championships held in Kiev

Rink hockey

  • Spain wins the 2007 Rink Hockey World Championship, defeating Switzerland in the final.

Rugby league

Rugby union

Domestic competitions

Ski jumping

Snooker

Speed skating

    Swimming

    Taekwondo

    • World Championships held in Beijing

    Tennis

    Volleyball

    Water polo

    Weightlifting

    • European Championships held in Strasbourg
    • World Championships held in Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Multi-sport events

    • 2007 Winter Universiade, also known as the World Student Games, held in Turin, Italy
    • 2007 All-Africa Games held in Algiers, Algeria
    • XV Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
    • 2007 Summer Universiade held in Bangkok, Thailand
    • 2007 Southeast Asian Games held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

    References

    1. "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
    2. "FAQ: What are the Pan American Games?". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
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