2008 in sports

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Contents 1 News by date 1.1 January 2 Scheduled events 2.1 Baseball 2.2 Basketball 2.3 Figure skating 2.4 Football (American) 2.5 Football (Canadian) 2.6 Football (Soccer) 2.7 Golf 2.8 Ice Hockey 2.9 Lacrosse 2.10 Nascar 2.11 Olympics 2.12 Rugby Union 2.13 Rugby League 2.14 Wrestling

[edit] News by date

[edit] January

• 1 : Darts - John Part wins his third world title beating qualifier Kirk Shepherd 7-2 in sets at the 2008 PDC World Darts Championship.

[edit] Scheduled events

[edit] Baseball

• July 15 - MLB All-Star Game held at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York

[edit] Basketball

• February — NBA All-Star Game held at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana
• May 2 - May 4 — Euroleague Final Four at the Madrid Sports Palace in Madrid

[edit] Figure skating

• January 21 - January 27: 2008 European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia
• March 17 - March 23: 2008 World Figure Skating Championships in Göteborg, Sweden

[edit] Football (American)

• February 3 - Super Bowl XLII held at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

[edit] Football (Canadian)

• June to November- 50th Season of the Canadian Football League

[edit] Football (Soccer)

• June 7 - June 29 — 2008 UEFA European Football Championship in Austria and Switzerland
• October 30 - November 16 — Inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand
• November 20 - December 7 — 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile

[edit] Golf

• September - 37th Ryder Cup Matches held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
• September 1 - BH Telecom Masters on Singapore
• US Open Torrey Pines Golf Course - La Jolla, California

[edit] Ice Hockey

• January 1 - AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic held at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY
• January 27 - 56th National Hockey League All-Star Game held at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia

[edit] Lacrosse

• European Lacrosse Championships - Lahti, Finland

[edit] Nascar

• February 17 - 50th Daytona 500 held at Daytona International Speedway

[edit] Olympics

• August 8 - August 24 - Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, See 2008 Summer Olympics
• September 6 - September 17 - Summer Paralympics, Beijing

[edit] Rugby Union

• 2nd February - 15th March - 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championship
• Summer - 2008 Tri Nations

[edit] Rugby League

• March - October - Centenary year of the National Rugby League
• October & November - 2008 Rugby League World Cup in Australia

[edit] Wrestling

• March 30 - WrestleMania XXIV - Orlando, Floridafr:2008 en sport

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