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The International Olympic Committee granted Beach Volleyball Olympic medal status.

USA Basketball announces the "Dream Team" for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, team incudes Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.

Chicago Bear legend Walter Payton scored an NFL record 107th rushing touchdown, breaking Jim Brown's record.

Billie Jean King won a much hyped nationally televised match held at the Houston Astrodome, between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year-old Billie Jean King.

Mickey Mantle hits final career homer number 536, he played his entire 18-year career with the Yankees, and won three American League MVP titles.

Ken Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run he is the first major leaguer to hit the career mark as a pinch-hitter, he did it in a Cincinnati Reds loss to the San Francisco Giants.

US Olympic diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during the 3m springboard competition at the Seoul Olympics.

The second New York City Marathon was won by Norman Higgins in a course record at the time of 2:22:54

Tennis star Sloane Stephens graced the cover of Sports Illustrated with the headline "Sloane Steady".

Soccer star Wayne Rooney was banned from driving for two years after pleading guilty to being almost three times over the legal alcohol limit in what he described as a "terrible mistake".