Cycling
Road Cycling
- Carlos Sastre wins the 2008 Tour de France.
- Alberto Contador wins the 2008 Giro d'Italia.
- Alberto Contador wins the 2008 Vuelta a España.
Track Cycling
2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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AIK IBF UHC Dietlikon Steeplechases
Flat races
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events by month.
January
1/19 – UFC 80: Rapid Fire
1/23 – UFC Fight Night: Swick vs Burkman
1/25 – ShoXC 4
February
2/1 – Strikeforce: Young Guns II
2/2 – UFC 81: Breaking Point
2/13 – WEC 32: Condit vs. Prater
2/16 – EliteXC: Street Certified
2/23 – Strikeforce: At The Dome
2/29 – IFL: Las Vegas (Start of 2008 IFL season)
March
3/1 – UFC 82: Pride of a Champion
3/5 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 1 (Sengoku Raiden Championship's first event)
3/15 – DREAM.1 (DREAM's first event)
3/21 – ShoXC 5
3/26 – WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann
3/29 – Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Le
April
4/2 – UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
4/4 – IFL: New Blood, New Battles 2
4/5 – ShoXC 6
4/11 YAMMA Pit Fighting 1 (YAMMA Pit Fighting's first and only event)
4/19 – UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2
4/29 – DREAM.2
May
5/11 – DREAM.3
5/16 – IFL: Connecticut (Last IFL event; 2008 Season never completely finished)
5/18 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 2
5/24 – UFC 84: Ill Will
5/31 – EliteXC: Primetime
June
6/1 – WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver
6/7 – UFC 85: Bedlam
6/8 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3
6/14 – EliteXC: Return of the King
6/15 – DREAM.4
6/21 – The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale
6/27 – Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson
July
7/5 – UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
7/19 – UFC: Silva vs. Irvin
7/19 – Affliction: Banned (Affliction's first event)
7/21 – DREAM.5
7/26 – EliteXC: Unfinished Business
August
8/3 – WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura
8/9 – UFC 87: Seek And Destroy
8/15 – ShoXC 7
8/24 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 4
September
9/6 – UFC 88: Breakthrough
9/13 – Strikeforce: Young Guns III
9/17 – UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer
9/20 – Strikeforce: At The Mansion II
9/23 – DREAM.6
9/26 – ShoXC 8
9/28 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 5
October
10/3 – Strikeforce: Payback
10/4 – EliteXC: Heat
10/10 – ShoXC 9 (Last EliteXC event)
10/18 – UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
10/25 – UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté
November
11/1 – World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 6
11/5 – WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown
11/15 – UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar
11/21 – Strikeforce: Destruction
December
12/3 – WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia
12/10 – UFC: Fight for the Troops
12/13 – The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir Finale
12/27 – UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008
12/31 – Dynamite!! 2008 (Event featured ten DREAM MMA bouts and eight K-1 kickboxing bouts)
| Date | Tournament | Winners | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13–18 October | 2008 Taini Jamison Trophy Series |  New Zealand |  England |
| Host | League | Winners | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia/New Zealand | ANZ Championship | New South Wales Swifts | Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic |
| United Kingdom | Netball Superleague | Galleria Mavericks | Loughborough Lightning |
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