1989 in sports

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1989 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

Association football

Australian rules football

Baseball

  • April 8 – One-handed pitcher
    California Angels
    , without spending a single day in the minor leagues. He went on to a 12–12 record for the season.
  • August 10 – Ten months after undergoing surgery for cancer in his pitching arm, San Francisco Giants pitcher Dave Dravecky returns to the major leagues, winning his comeback 4–3.
  • August 15 – Dave Dravecky's comeback bid ends when his pitching arm breaks in the sixth inning of his second start. Two years later, the cancer-stricken arm would be amputated.
  • August 24 – Following an investigation that he gambled on baseball, superstar player Pete Rose is banned from baseball for life.
  • Dave Stewart
    , Oakland.
  • Taiwan Professional Baseball League, officially founded on October 23.[citation needed]

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

Figure skating

Gaelic Athletic Association

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Harness racing

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Motorsport

Radiosport

Rugby league

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

Taekwondo

  • Seoul, South Korea

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

  • Men's Water Polo World Cup won by Yugoslavia
  • Men's European Water Polo Championship won by West Germany
  • Women's European Water Polo Championship won by the Netherlands

Multi-sport events

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Epsom Derby | History, Winners, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.