Events in Sport
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- Aug 4 Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini wraps up gold medals in both women's foil events at the Barcelona Olympics as part of the winning team
- Aug 5 Cuba wins baseball's inaugural gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, beating Chinese Taipei 11-1
Olympic Gold
Aug 6 The US track team sweeps the medals in the long jump at the Barcelona Olympics as Carl Lewis wins gold (28 feet, 5 1/2 inches), Mike Powell silver and Joe Greene bronze

Carl Lewis
Event of Interest
Aug 7 The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille O'Neal
- Aug 7 Taking advantage of 6 months training on home town Terrassa pitch, Spain wins their first hockey gold medal beating Germany 2-1 in the women's final at the Barcelona Olympics
Olympic Gold
Aug 8 The original US 'Dream Team' wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Croatia; features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scotty Pippen, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing
- Aug 8 Bulgarian canoeist Nikolay Bukhalov completes the C-1 500 / 1,000 double winning the latter at the Barcelona Olympics
- Aug 8 Germany goes through the field hockey competition undefeated to win gold with a 2-1 win over Australia in the men's final at the Barcelona Olympics
- Aug 8 Spanish centre forward Kiko scores twice as the home team takes the football Olympic gold medal with a 3-2 win over Poland in front of 95,000 at Camp Nou, Barcelona
- Aug 8 Fermín Cacho wins Spain's first ever Olympic gold medal in a running event when he takes out the 1,500m at the Barcelona Games
Event of Interest
Aug 9 Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower

David Gower
- Aug 9 Future 6-weight boxing world champion Oscar De La Hoya of the US beats German Marco Rudolph on points to win the lightweight gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics
- Aug 9 Cuban boxer Félix Savón wins the first of 3 consecutive Olympic heavyweight gold medals when he dominates Nigerian David Izonritei on points at the Barcelona Games

José Canseco
- Aug 15 Striker Brian Deane scores both goals for Sheffield United in a season-opening 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane; first of Deane's goals is the first in EPL's inaugural season
- Aug 16 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. Charles CC: American Sherri Steinhauer wins first of 2 majors (British Open 2006) by 3 from Judy Dickinson
PGA Championship
Aug 16 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Bellerive CC: Nick Price of Zimbabwe wins by 3 from John Cook, Nick Faldo, Jim Gallagher & Gene Sauers

Nick Price

Nick Faldo
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Aug 16 British Williams driver Nigel Mansell finishes second in Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship

Nigel Mansell
- Aug 17 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
- Aug 19 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia)
- Aug 19 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia
- Aug 23 Dennis Eckersley, who previously set record for most consecutive saves (40), is 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in 4 different seasons
- Aug 24 Cleveland Browns suffer their worst preseason loss, 56-3, to Vikings
- Aug 27 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise
- Aug 27 Mets trade David Cone to Toronto for Jeff Kent & Ryan Thompson
- Aug 28 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings
- Aug 28 Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
- Aug 30 92nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 4 In his record 115th and final US Open singles match, Jimmy Connors is beaten by Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a 2nd-round night match

Jimmy Connors

Ivan Lendl
- Sep 5 Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
Woman Jockey Rides Into Record Books
Sep 6 Gay Kelleway becomes the 1st female jockey to ride a winner at England’s famous Royal Ascot
Read Article- Sep 7 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
- Sep 7 Former owner and team president of the Milwaukee Brewers Bud Selig is appointed interim Commissioner of Major League Baseball; holds office until becoming official Commissioner in 1998
- Sep 8 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
- Sep 9 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
- Sep 9 MLB player Robin Yount, is 17th to reach 3,000 hits
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 12 Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang 6-7, 7-5, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 in the longest match in US Open history (5 hours, 26 minutes)

Michael Chang
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 12 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles retains her title; beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 6-3, 6-3

Monica Seles

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- Sep 13 NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 13 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg retains his title; beats Pete Sampras 3-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2

Pete Sampras
Event of Interest
Sep 19 Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal MLB seasons
- Sep 23 Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
- Sep 23 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
- Sep 24 John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)
- Sep 24 Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history
- Sep 24 Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI
Event of Interest
Sep 25 Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit's winningest manager

Sparky Anderson
- Sep 26 Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
- Sep 26 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
- Sep 27 LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
- Sep 27 Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
- Sep 28 Oakland A's win AL West title
- Sep 29 Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
- Sep 29 Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
Baseball Record
Sep 30 KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits

George Brett
- Oct 1 Gil Stein officially becomes only the 5th president in the NHL's 75 year history; serves for just one year before the title changed to “commissioner”
- Oct 3 Atlanta Braves end season with 1-0 victory v San Diego Padres at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium for franchise record 98th MLB win (old record 95 in 1957)
Solheim Cup
Oct 4 Solheim Cup Women's Golf, Dalmahoy CC: Europe beats US, 11½-6½; Laura Davies of England wins all her 3 matches

Laura Davies
Event of Interest
Oct 11 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)

Deion Sanders
- Oct 12 Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
- Oct 14 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
- Oct 14 MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
- Oct 14 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 2
- Oct 17 1st Baseball World Series featuring non-American team; Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays lose 3-1 to Braves at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
- Oct 18 1st non-American team to win a Baseball World Series game; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 5-4 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
- Oct 18 Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham sets NFL quarterback scramble record of 3,683
- Oct 20 1st Baseball World Series game is played outside United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
- Oct 22 Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
- Oct 24 World Series Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first-ever title; MVP: Toronto catcher Pat Borders
- Oct 24 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
- Oct 25 Rene Lachemann hired as Fla Marlins 1st manager
- Oct 27 Don Baylor appointed 1st manager of Colorado Rockies
- Oct 31 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Gulfstream Park; winners: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews
- Nov 1 New York City Marathon: Willie Mtolo of South Africa wins men's race, 2:09:29; Australian Lisa Ondieki women's champion, 2:24:40
- Nov 1 NY Jets wide receiver Al Toon becomes 10th NFL player to make a reception in 100 straight games; Jets beat Miami Dolphins, 26-24 at The Meadowlands
- Nov 4 NY Giants announce they will quit WNEW Radio after 32 years for WOR
- Nov 4 NY Jets announce they are moving from WABC to WFAN radio
Event of Interest
Nov 5 "Revenge Match of the 20th century" American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer defeats Russian Boris Spassky to win an unofficial match in Belgrade

Bobby Fischer
- Nov 7 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
- Nov 7 4th College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 54-7 in South Bend
- Nov 8 Nigel Mansell in a Williams crashes during the season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 52 points; Mansell won record 9 GPs during the season
- Nov 12 NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 13 Riddick Bowe wins the undisputed world heavyweight boxing crown with a unanimous points decision over Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas; first of their 3 meetings

Riddick Bowe

Evander Holyfield
Event of Interest
Nov 20 Home crowd favourite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in Frankfurt, Germany

Boris Becker
- Nov 21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
- Nov 21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
- Nov 21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
- Nov 22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
- Nov 22 Yugoslavian tennis star Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova for the second consecutive year to win WTA Tour Championship 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 in NYC; her 3rd straight end of season title
- Nov 26 57th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 17-0 in Birmingham