Nicknamed sporting events

2014 FIFA World Cup match

1950 FIFA World Cup Match

goal scored by Diego Maradona

water polo match between Hungary and the USSR in 1956

Famous chess game

association football match

1982 FIFA World Cup Match

The "Miracle on Ice" was an ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union on February 22, 1980, during the medal round of the men's ice hockey tournament. Although the Soviet Union was a four-time defending gold medalist and heavily favored, the United States achieved an upset victory, winning 4–3. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in five of the six previous Winter Olympic Games, and were the heavy favorite to win another gold in Lake Placid. Olympic rules at the time prohibited professional athletes from competing, but the Soviet government circumvented this by employing professional athletes in symbolic university or military positions, allowing them to focus full-time on sport. As a result, the Soviet team consisted of veteran players with significant experience in international play. By contrast, the United States team, led by head coach Herb Brooks, was composed mostly of amateur players; only four players had any experience beyond that level, and even then all four had only minimal, minor-league experience. In addition, the United States had the youngest team in the tournament and in U.S. national team history. In the group stage, both the Soviet and American teams were undefeated; the U.S. achieved several surprising results, including a 2–2 draw against Sweden, and a 7–3 upset victory over second-place favorite Czechoslovakia.

2006 FIFA World Cup Match

Boxing match

1962 FIFA World Cup match

association football match

chess game won by Adolf Anderssen against Jean Dufresne in 1852

Football match

1956 chess game

boxing match

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification match

2015 boxing match billed as the 'Fight of the Century'

1970 FIFA World Cup Match

1982 FIFA World Cup Match

association football match

1954 FIFA World Cup Match

football match

2005-06 FA Cup Final

Olympic athletics event

First match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

chess game in 1872 in Vienna by Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner, opening with the Vienna game, in which Black sacrifices material to drive out the white king, but White forces a draw by perpetual check

famous 1858 chess game played at an opera house in Paris

football match

1982 FIFA World Cup Match

football match

football match

2004 altercation at an NBA game involving players and fans

1954 FIFA World Cup Match

2022 FIFA World Cup match

chess game between Friedrich Sämisch and Aron Nimzowitsch, played in Copenhagen in March 1923, with a zugzwang in the middlegame, after which White resigned

baseball games played between National and American League teams in New York City

1953 UK football match

Famous Chess Game, played 1934

1978 FIFA World Cup Match

early 20th century chess game

Premier League association football match 2003

1938 FIFA World Cup match

National Basketball Association regular-season game played on March 2, 1962

incident during qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

NFL championship game commonly referred to as the "Ice Bowl"

controversial play in a 2003 baseball game

association football rivalry between FC Seoul and Suwon Samsung Bluewings

association football match

football match

cricket series

1968 American Football League game played between Oakland Raiders and New York Jets

iconic game-winning touchdown in 1981 NFL playoffs

On 16 June 2001, Mexico played Costa Rica in a football match at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico on the fourth matchday of the final round in the qualification process for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

association football rivalry between Botafogo and Fluminense

American football play in the 1999 NFL Playoffs

1993 American football playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and the Houston Oilers

1957 chess game between Bogdan Śliwa and David Bronstein in Gotha