- Jan 4 Ontario Rugby Football Union (forerunner of CFL) forms
- Jan 6 Ontario Rugby Football Union forms
- Jan 16 Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
- Jan 20 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England v Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Jan 22 England completes 1st innings victory in Tests vs. Australia at Melbourne Cricket Grounds
- Mar 3 In the series decider England beats Scotland, 2 tries to 1 at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh to win the inaugural Home Nations Rugby Championship with an undefeated record
- Mar 30 45th Grand National: Austrian breeder, owner Count Karel Kinsky rides Zoedone to 10 length win; only 10 starters, the smallest GN field in history; first winning jockey from outside Britain and Ireland
- May 1 Bob Rogers is acknowledged as the first American pro sports trainer when he is hired by the NY Athletic Club
- May 1 First National League baseball game in Philadelphia since 1876, Providence Greys beat Philadelphia Quakers, 4-3
- May 22 Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out
- May 23 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43
- May 26 11th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Jacobus wins in 2:42.5
- Jun 2 1st night baseball under lights, Fort Wayne Indiana
- Jun 9 17th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard George Kinney wins in 2:42.5
- Jun 16 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" - NY Gothams beat Cleveland Blues 5-2 at the Polo Grounds in NYC
- Jul 16 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: William Renshaw wins third straight Wimbledon title; beats twin brother Ernest Renshaw 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
- Aug 16 Dutch soccer club FC Dordrecht is established in Dort in the Western Netherlands (KNVB Cup 1914, 32)
- Aug 23 Philadelphia Quakers make 27 errors against Providence Grays in 28-0 shutout defeat at Messer Street Grounds; wild pitches, walks, passed balls count as errors in MLB prior to 1888
US Men's Tennis Open
Aug 24 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Two-time defending champion Richard Sears wins 3rd straight title; beats James Dwight 6-2, 6-0, 9-7
- Sep 6 Chicago White Stockings beat Detroit Wolverines, 26-6 at Lake Front Park, Chicago; smash MLB record 18 runs in 7th inning
- Sep 8 New York Gothams score 13 runs in an inning in a 16-6 win over Philadelphia Quakers at Recreation Park, Philadelphia; MLB record (18) set 2 days earlier
- Sep 13 Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia
- Nov 6 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
- Nov 17 British Open Men's Golf, Musselburgh Links: Willie Fernie beats defending champion Bob Ferguson 1-up in 36-hole playoff
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