2007 in sports

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American Football

  • February 4: The Indianapolis Colts win Super Bowl XLI in Miami, Florida, against the Chicago Bears with 29:17.
  • July 1: The Vienna Vikings win Euro Bowl XXI against the Marburg Mercenaries 70:19.
  • JULY 21: The Graz Giants win the final of the EFAF Cup 2007 against the Hohenems Blue Devils with 28-26.
  • October 6: The Braunschweig Lions win German Bowl XXIX in Gazi Stadium on the Waldau, Stuttgart, Stuttgart against the Scorpions 27-6.

Baseball

Biathlon

  • The 41 Biathlon World Championships were held from February 2 to 11, 2007 in Antholz South Tyrol ( Italy). Magdalena Neuner won three gold medals and thus was most successful athlete in the world championships and the youngest at that time triple world champion.

Hockey

Formula 1

  • OCTOBER 21: Kimi Raikkonen is in Sao Paulo for the first time Formula 1 World Champion

Football

Motorcycle Racing

World Motorcycle Championship

  • Motorcycle World Cup 2007

MotoGP class ( 800 cc )

  • In the inaugural 800 - cc machines MotoGP class, the 22- year-old Australian Casey Stoner wins on the Ducati first world title of his career. He prevails against the Spaniard Dani Pedrosa (Honda) and the Italian Valentino Rossi (Yamaha ). In the Constructors' Championship, Ducati wins ahead of Honda and Yamaha 's first Constructors title in company history in the Motorcycle World Championship.

250 cc class

  • In the 250 cc class of the 20 - year-old Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo had won in the previous year title defended on Aprilia ahead of Italian Andrea Dovizioso (Aprilia ) and Alex De Angelis of San Marino ( Aprilia) successfully. In the constructors' standings Aprilia prevails against Honda and KTM.

125 cc class

  • The world title in the eighth liter class win, the 26- year old Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi on Aprilia. Second, the Spaniard Héctor Faubel, also Aprilia, Third Tomoyoshi Koyama of Japan on KTM. In the Constructors' Championship Aprilia wins ahead of Derbi and KTM.

Superbike World Championship

  • The Briton James Toseland wins on Honda ahead of Japanese Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha ) and the Italian Max Biaggi ( Suzuki) the drivers' standings. For the 27 -year-olds, this is after 2004, the second world title of his career in this category. In the constructors' standings, Yamaha prevails ahead of Honda and Ducati.

Details: Superbike World Cup 2007

Supersport World Championship

  • The 23 -year-old Kenan Sofuoglu Turk wins on Honda ahead of Australian Broc Parkes ( Yamaha) and Frenchman Fabien Foret ( Kawasaki ) the drivers' standings. In the Constructors' Championship, Honda enforces against Yamaha and Kawasaki.

Details: Supersport World Championship 2007

Rugby

  • South Africa wins in France, the Rugby Union World Cup.

Alpine Skiing

With only 13 points ahead of Aksel Lund Svindal wins for the first time the World Cup. This is the lowest point gap that ever was in the World Cup. In the women, the Austrian Nicole Hosp secures the Great Crystal. Successful Participant in the World Cup was Sweden's Anja Parson with three gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

  • 3rd - 18th February: World Championship ( in Åre )
  • 14th - 18th March: World Cup Finals ( Lenzerheide )

Nordic skiing

Three weeks after his first World Cup success wins the Norwegian ski jumper Anders Jacobsen the Four Hills Tournament.

  • Four Hills Tournament

Tennis

Grand Slam tournaments

  • Australian Open
  • French Open
  • Wimbledon
  • U.S. Open

World Tour Finals

  • Tennis Masters Cup
  • WTA Championships
  • World Team Cup

Other tournaments

  • Fed Cup
  • Hopman Cup

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