2007 in Australia - Sport

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• 1 January – Cricketer Justin Langer announces his retirement from Test cricket following the 2006-07 Ashes series, after similar announcements from teammates Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
• 5 January – Australia wins the Fifth Ashes Test against by 10 wickets at the SCG in Sydney, New South Wales – achieving a 5–0 "whitewash" of every Test in the series for the first time in 86 years.
• 18 February – Season premiers Melbourne Victory FC win the second A-League association football grand final at Telstra Dome in Melbourne, beating Adelaide United 6–0, with Archie Thompson scoring 5 goals.
• 1 March – Jockey Chris Munce is sentenced to 30 months imprisonment in Hong Kong for taking bribes in exchange for racing tips. His lawyers are appealing.
• 4 March – Troy Bayliss and British rider James Toseland each take a race win at the 2007 Australian Superbike World Championship round at Phillip Island.
• 9 March – Brisbane Bullets clinch their first title in twenty years by defeating Melbourne Tigers 103–94 in Game 4 of the NBL Grand Final series.
• 10 March – Motorcycle racer Casey Stoner wins the first grand prix of the MotoGP season and the first ever 800cc grand prix, beating world champion Valentino Rossi at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar.
• 17 March – The Carlton Blues win the 2007 NAB Cup, the pre-season competition of the Australian Football League, beating the Brisbane Lions.
• 18 March – Kimi Räikkönen wins the 2007 Australian Grand Prix for the Scuderia Ferrari team.
• 18 March – The Gold Coast Titans play their first ever match against the St George Illawarra Dragons at Suncorp Stadium. They lose 20–18. Their first home game is against the Cronulla Sharks one week later.
• 18 March – 1 April – The 2007 World Aquatics Championships were held in Melbourne.
• 20 March – West Coast Eagles midfielder Ben Cousins is suspended indefinitely by his club after missing two days of training in a row. He later attends a four-week rehabilitation clinic in the United States.
• 23 March – Tasmania wins the Pura Cup cricket competition for the first time, beating New South Wales by 421 runs at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
• 31 March – Retired swimmer Ian Thorpe is accused in French sports newspaper L'Equipe of having tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone in May 2006. FINA demands an investigation into the allegations, which Thorpe denies. Thorpe is eventually found to have no case to answer
• 8 April – Will Power becomes the first Australian to win a Champ Car race after taking victory at the opening round of the season at the Vegas Grand Prix in Las Vegas.
• 10 April – Rugby League legend Andrew Johns announces his retirement following a neck injury.
• 15 April – Australian cyclist Stuart O'Grady wins the Paris–Roubaix Classic.
• 28 April – Australia wins the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, beating Sri Lanka by 53 runs.
• 23 May – Queensland defeat New South Wales 25–18 in the first State of Origin match in the 2007 series.
• 7–29 July – The 2007 AFC Asian Cup football (soccer) tournament takes place in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Socceroos took part for the first time since joining the AFC in 2006. The Socceroos were drawn in Group A with Thailand, Iraq and Oman. They successfully reached the quarter finals, but were defeated by Japan in a penalty shootout.
• 21 July – Ben Cousins makes his AFL comeback for the Eagles against rivals the Sydney Swans.
• 23 July – Denis Pagan is sacked as the coach of Carlton Football Club.
• 25 July – After 26 years as Essendon coach, it is announced that the contract of Kevin Sheedy will not be renewed at the end of the season.
• 29 July – Australian cyclist Cadel Evans comes second in the final standings of the 2007 Tour de France.
• 23 August – A horse is diagnosed with horse flu (equine influenza) in a quarantine station at Eastern Creek. Further horses are diagnosed at the quarantine centre, Centennial Park and outside New South Wales over the next few days, resulting in the cancellation of race meetings Australia-wide and suspension of horse transportation for 72 hours on 25 August.
• 26 August – Melbourne Aussie rules fans farewell Essendon Football Club coach Kevin Sheedy and captain James Hird, as the Bombers are defeated by Richmond 17.17 (119) to 13.14 (92) at the MCG.
• 30 August – News Limited papers reveal that Andrew Johns was arrested in London for possessing ecstasy. He later admits to using recreational drugs throughout his career.
• 30 August – The 2007 Spring Racing Carnival at Randwick Racecourse is cancelled to the equine influenza outbreak.
• 30 August – Jana Rawlinson (née Pittman) wins the women's 400m hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan.
• 1 September – Nathan Deakes wins the 50 km walk at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan.
• 23 September – Motorcycle racer Casey Stoner gains an unbeatable lead in the MotoGP world championships when he finished third in a race in Tokyo.
• 29 September – The Geelong Football Club (24.19.163) defeat Port Adelaide (6.8.44) to win the 111th VFL/AFL premiership. It is the first premiership since 1963 for the Cats, the first premiership won by a Victorian team since 2000 and the largest ever winning margin in VFL/AFL grand final history.
• 30 September – The Melbourne Storm defeat the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (34–8) at Telstra Stadium, to win the 100th NSWRL/ARL/NRL premiership.
• 6 October – England knock the Wallabies out of the quarter finals of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.
• 7 October – The 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was won by defending champions Craig Lowndes and Jamie Whincup for TeamVodafone ahead of two other Ford Falcons. It was the first Ford whitewash of the Bathurst podium since 1988.
• 14 October – New world champion, Casey Stoner took victory at the Australian MotoGP Grand Prix, at Phillip Island, the first Australian to win his home event since Mick Doohan in 1998.
• 21 October – Sébastien Bourdais becomes the first driver to win the Gold Coast Champ Car motor race twice with his victory at the 2007 Lexmark Indy 300.
• 27 October – El Segundo ridden by Luke Nolen wins the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.
• 6 November – Efficient wins the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
• 17 November – Australia wins the 2007 Netball World Championships when the Aussies beat New Zealand's Silver Ferns (42–38) in Auckland.
• 19 November – Ben Cousins is banned from playing top-flight AFL for 12 months after being charged of bringing the game into disrepute.
• 21 November – The Olyroos football team qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
• 28 November – Sydney hosts the Asian Football Confederation awards.
• 2 December – Garth Tander wins the 2007 Dunlop Grand Finale, scoring enough points to overhaul Jamie Whincup to win the 2007 V8Supercar Championship Series at Phillip Island, his first series title, and the second successive title for the Toll HSV Dealer Team.
• 16 December – Craig Parry wins the Australian Open golf tournament.
• 28 December – Wild Oats XI achieves line honours for the third year running in the 2007 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Rosebud is declared the handicap winner the following day.