Events in Sport
- Apr 2 69th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Florida beats Ohio State 84-75
- Apr 3 26th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Rutgers 59-46
- Apr 8 71st Masters Golf Tournament: Zach Johnson wins, shooting a 289
- Apr 14 160th Grand National: Robbie Power aboard Silver Birch wins
- Apr 16 111th Boston Marathon: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot of Kenya 1st man in 2:14:13 and Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia 1st woman in 2:29:18
- Apr 28 NFL Draft: LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell first pick by Oakland Raiders
Weddings in Sport
- Apr 14 Supermodel Esther Canadas (30) weds MotoGP rider Sete Gibernau (34) in Spain
Deaths in Sport
- Apr 1 Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (b. 1923
- Apr 3 Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
- Apr 3 Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88
- Apr 5 Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- Apr 16 Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
- Apr 16 Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915)
- Apr 21 Parry O'Brien, American shot putter (Olympic golds 1952, 1956, silver 1960), dies at 75
- Apr 25 Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- Apr 25 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
- Apr 29 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 94
- Apr 29 Josh Hancock, American baseball player, dies at 29
- Apr 29 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
- Apr 30 Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)