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1998 in sports

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The following events happened in world sport in the year 1998.

  • Curling makes its Winter Olympics debut:
    • Men's Gold: Switzerland wins 9–3 over Canada
    • Women's Gold: Canada wins 7–5 over Denmark

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Steeplechases

Flat races

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1998 in chronological order.

Date Event Alternate Name/s Location Attendance PPV Buyrate Notes
March 13 UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou United States New Orleans, Louisiana, US 4,600 This event featured the first ever UFC lightweight tournament. As well as a middleweight championship bout. And a heavyweight and middleweight superfights.
March 15 Pride 2 Japan Yokohama, Japan Event featured six MMA bouts and two kickboxing bouts.
May 15 UFC 17: Redemption United States Mobile, Alabama, US This event was the last UFC event aside from UFC 23, to feature the "tournament" style format. This event featured a four-man middleweight tournament. As well as three heavyweight superfights.
June 24 Pride 3 Japan Tokyo, Japan
October 11 Pride 4 Japan Tokyo, Japan
October 16 UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil UFC 17.5 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil This event caused controversy due to the fact that the Brazilian flag was wrongly represented on the promotional material.

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Awards

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References

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