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See also:
1998 in sports,
other events of 1999,
2000 in sports and the
list of 'years in sports'.
Cricket World Cup - Final: Australia beat Pakistan by eight wickets
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
- World Curling Championships:
Births
Deaths
- February 27 - Ken Robinson, 29, major league pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks), died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident
- March 8 - Joe DiMaggio, 84, Major League Baseball great
- March 25 - Cal Ripken, Sr., 63, father of Cal Ripken, Jr., baseball player and manager
- April 4 - Early Wynn, 79, baseball Hall-of-Famer
- April 25 - Lord Killanin, 84, former head of the International Olympic Committee
- May 3 - Steve Chiasson, 32, hockey player, died in a car crash
- May 7 - Leon Hess, 85, owner of the New York Jets football team
- May 13 - Gene Sarazen, 97, golfer
- May 23 - Owen Hart, 34, professional wrestler
- June 6 - Eddie Stanky, 83, baseball player and manager
- June 14 - Bernie Faloney, CFL football player
- July 2 - Ricky Birdsong, 43, basketball coach at Northwestern University, murdered in Chicago's North Side
- July 23 - Demitrius Dubose, 28, football player (New York Jets), shot in Miami
- July 24 - Dmitri Tertyshny, 21, ice hockey player, died in boating accident in British Columbia
- August 14 - Pee Wee Reese, baseball Hall-of-Famer, aged 81
- August 19 - Kim Perrot, 32, women's basketball player, died of cancer
- September 9 - Catfish Hunter, 53, baseball pitcher, died from complications of ALS
- October 12 - Wilt Chamberlain, 62, basketball player
- October 25 - Payne Stewart, 42, U.S. golfing champion died in a plane crash
- October 31 - Greg Moore, 24, CART racing driver
- November 1 - Walter Payton, 45, legendary football player
- December 11 - Big Ben, 23, world champion show-jumping horse
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