1990 in sports

Auto Racing

• Stock car racing:
  • Derrike Cope[?] won the Daytona 500
  • NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt
• Indianapolis 500 - Arie Luyendyk
• CART Racing - Al Unser Jr.[?] won the season championship
• Formula One Championship - Ayrton Senna of Brazil
• 24 hours of Le Mans:
  • won by the team of John Nielsen[?] / Price Cobb[?] / Martin Brundle[?] driving a Jaguar XJR-12.
• Rally racing - the team of Didier Auriol/Bernard Occelli won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Delta HF Integrale
• Drag racing - Joe Amato[?] won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

Baseball

• World Series: Cincinnati Reds win 4 games to 0 over the Oakland Athletics - Series MVP: Jose Rijo[?], Cincinnati

Basketball

• NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
  • UNLV wins 103-73 over Duke

• NBA Finals:
  • Detroit Pistons won 4 games to 1 over the Portland Trailblazers

Boxing

• February 11 - James Buster Douglas[?] defeated Mike 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 31 - Thunder Meets Lightning: Julio Cesar Chavez defeated Meldrick Taylor[?] to unify boxing's world junior welterweight[?] title.

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia won by Gianni Bugno[?] of Italy
• Tour de France - Greg Lemond[?] of the United States
• World Cycling Championship: Rudy Dhaenens[?] of Belgium

Figure Skating

• World Figure Skating Championships:
  • Men's champion: Kurt Browning[?], Canada
  • Women's champion: Jill Trenary[?], United States
  • Pairs champions: Jekaterina Gordejewa[?] & Sergej Grinkow[?], Soviet Union

Football (Soccer)

• West Germany won the Football World Cup in Rome, Italy, defeating defending champion Argentina 1-0 in the final.

• England - FA Cup: Manchester United won 1-0 over Crystal Palace[?]

Football (American)

• Super Bowl XXIV - San Francisco 49ers won 55-10 over the Denver Broncos

Canadian Football League

• Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers 50-11 over the Edmonton Eskimos
• Vanier Cup: Saskatchewan Huskies[?] win 24-21 over the St. Mary's Huskies[?]

Golf

Men's Golf

• Grand Slam of golf results:
  1. May - The Masters - Nick Faldo[?]
  2. June - US Open - Hale Irwin[?]
  3. July - British Open - Nick Faldo[?]
  4. August - PGA Championship - Wayne Grady[?]

• PGA tour's leading money winner for the year: Greg Norman - $1,165,477
• PGA Champions Tour leading money winner: Lee Trevino[?] - $1,190,518

Women's Golf

• US Women's Open: Betsy King[?]
• LPGA Championship - Beth Daniel[?]
• Beth Daniel[?]: leading money winner on the LPGA tour, earning $863,578

Thoroughbred Horse Racing

• Australia - Melbourne Cup - Kingston Rule[?]
• Canada - Queen's Plate - Izvestia[?]
• France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Saumarez[?]
• Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Salsabil[?]

• English Triple Crown Races:
  1. Two Thousand Guineas Stakes - Tirol[?]
  2. Epsom Derby - Quest For Fame[?]
  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[?]

Harness Racing

• 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 -
  3. Kentucky Futurity - Star Mystic[?]

• Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
  • Pacers: Thorate[?]
  • Trotters: Real Force[?]

Ice Hockey

• Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Wayne Gretzky, Los Angeles Kings

• Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Mark Messier[?], Edmonton Oilers

• Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers won 4 games to 1 over the Boston Bruins

• World Hockey Championship
  • Men's champion: Soviet Union defeated Sweden
  • Junior Men's champion: Canada defeated the Russia
  • Women's champion: in the inaugural event, Canada defeated United States

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing
  • The men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen[?], Switzerland
  • The women's overall season champion: Petra Kronberger[?], Austria

Tennis

• Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
  1. Australian Open - Ivan Lendl[?]
  2. French Open - Andres Gomez[?]
  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. US Open - Gabriela Sabatini[?]

• Davis Cup: United States won 3-2 over Australia in world tennis.

General sporting events

• Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand

• Embassy World Snooker Championship[?]:
  • Stephen Hendry[?] won 18-12 over Jimmy White[?]

• Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
  • Susan Butcher[?] won with lead dogs: Sluggo & Lightning

Births

Deaths

• January 1 - Joe Hardstaff, Jr.[?], English cricketer
• January 7 - Bronko Nagurski, NFL Football Hall of Fame
• February 14 - Graeme Hole[?], Australian cricketer
• February 24 - Tony Conigliaro[?], MLB baseball player, Boston Red Sox
• February 26 - Leslie Ames[?], English cricketer
• March 6 - Joe Sewell[?], Major League Baseball player (1920-1933)
• March 15 - Tom Harmon[?], NFL player, Heisman Trophy[?] winner
• March 20 - Lev Yashin, Soviet football goalkeeper
• April 21 - Johnny Beagley[?], Major League Baseball pitcher
• May 22 - Rocky Graziano[?], boxer
• June 18 - Dennis Dyer[?], South African cricketer
• August 28 - Larry Jackson[?], Major League Baseball pitcher (1955-1968)
• September 9 - Doc Cramer[?], Major League Baseball player (1929-1948)
• October 7 - John "Cat" Thompson[?], Basketball Hall of Fame
• October 10 - Wally Moses[?], Major League Baseball player (1935-1951)
• November 16 - Northern Dancer, racehorse
• November 25 - Bill Vukovich[?] 27, race car driver, died in a crash
• December 13 - Alice Marble[?], tennis star, Wimbledon champion
• December 31 - George Allen[?], NFL coach