Association Football
- February 24 – death of Bobby Moore, former England captain, from cancer
- May - Manchester United win the inaugural English Premier League title, their first league title in 26 years.
- UEFA Champions League - Olympique de Marseille defeats A.C. Milan 1-0. Marseille is later banned from defending their title the next year due to a corruption scandal.
- The Zambian national team are all killed in an air crash near Libreville, Gabon. The team was travelling to Senegal to play a qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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