1990 in sports

• USSR Boxing Championship 1990 ;
• USSR Sambo Championship 1990 ;
• USSR Championship in international drafts among women 1990 ;
• USSR Ice Hockey Championship 1989/1990 ;

Volleyball

• USSR Women's Volleyball Championship 1989/1990 ;
• USSR Women's Volleyball Championship 1990/1991 ;
• USSR Men's Volleyball Championship 1989/1990 ;
• USSR Volleyball Championship among men 1990/1991 ;

Soccer

• USSR Cup football 1989/1990 ;
• USSR Football Cup 1990/1991 ;
• Latvian SSR Football Championship 1990 ;
• USSR Football Championship 1990 ;
• Championship of the Ukrainian SSR futsal 1990 ;
• FC Spartak Moscow in the 1990 season ;
• Women's clubs created:
  • " Kaluzhanka ";
  • " Russian woman ";
• Clubs created:
  • Avtomobilchi ;
  • Agro
  • " Alexandria ";
  • Akhtamar (Sevan) ;
  • " Boz Gourd ";
  • " Van ";
  • The Miner (Khromtau) ;
  • Friendship (Arzamas) ;
  • " Kavkazkabel ";
  • Kurmuk ;
  • Malatia
  • Metallurg (Asha) ;
  • " Nig ";
  • Paide
  • " Sitora ";
  • " Slavyansk ";
  • "Temp" (Shepetovka) ;
  • Umid (Jalilabad) ;
  • " Flora ";
  • Woolen ;
  • “Shirvan” (Kurdamir) ;
  • “Shirvan” (Shemakha) ;
  • Eugene
  • " Iasi ";
• The Daugava club (Riga) was disbanded;

Ice Hockey

• USSR Ice Hockey Championship 1989/1990 ;
• USSR Ice Hockey Championship 1990/1991 ;

Chess

• USSR Chess Championship 1990 ;

• Goodwill Games 1990 ;
• Kremlin Cup 1990 ;
• Summer Asian Games 1990 ;
  • Volleyball at the 1990 Summer Asian Games ;
  • Palace of Sports of the Olympic Sports Complex ;
  • Stadium of the Olympic sports complex ;

European Championships

• European Speed ​​Skating Championship 1990 ;
• European Figure Skating Championship 1990 ;

World Championships

• World Rowing Championship 1990 ;
• Biathlon World Championship 1990 ;
• World Wrestling Championship 1990 ;
• Women's World Handball Championship 1990 ;
• World Speed ​​Skating Championships in Classic All-Around 1990 ;
• World Championship in Speed ​​Skating in Classic All-Around Women 1990 ;
• World Championship of International Drafts for Men 1990 ;
• World Modern Pentathlon Championship 1990 ;
• Figure Skating World Championship 1990 ;
• Youth Ice Hockey World Championship 1990 ;

Basketball

• FIBA Champions Cup 1989/1990 ;
• FIBA Champions Cup 1990/1991 ;
• 1990 World Basketball Championship ;

Volleyball

• Women's European Volleyball Cup 1989/1990 ;
• Women's European Volleyball Cup 1990/1991 ;
• World League 1990 ;
• Women's World Volleyball Championship 1990 ;
• Women's World Volleyball Championship 1990 (qualification) ;
• Men's Volleyball World Cup 1990 ;
• Men's World Volleyball Championship 1990 ;
• Men's World Volleyball Championship 1990 (qualification) ;

Snooker

• Asian Open 1990 ;
• British Open 1990 ;
• Dubai Classic 1990 ;
• European Open 1990 ;
• Irish Masters 1990 ;
• Mercantile Credit Classic 1990 ;
• Grand Prix 1990 ;
• Masters 1990 ;
• The official snooker rating for the 1989/1990 season ;
• Official snooker rating for the 1990/1991 season ;
• UK Snooker Championship 1990 ;
• 1990 World Snooker Championship ;

Soccer

• Matches of the USSR national football team 1990 ;
• European Cup 1989/1990 ;
• European Cup 1990/1991 ;
• Copa Libertadores 1990 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1990/1991 ;
• CONCACAF Champions Cup 1990 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1989/1990 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1990/1991 ;
• International Football Cup 1990 ;
• European Cup Final 1990 ;
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final 1990 ;

1990 World Cup

• The final of the World Cup 1990 ;
• 1990 World Cup (qualifying tournament, AFC) ;
• World Cup 1990 (qualifying tournament, CAF) ;
• World Cup 1990 (qualifying tournament, CONMEBOL) ;
• 1990 World Cup (Qualifying Tournament, OFC) ;
• 1990 World Cup (qualifying tournament, UEFA) ;
• World Cup 1990 (qualifying tournament) ;
• 1990 World Cup (lineups) ;
• CONCACAF Nations Championship 1989 ;
• CONCACAF Nations Championship 1989 (qualifying tournament) ;

Ice Hockey

• Group D World Hockey Championship 1990 ;
• NHL Draft 1990 ;
• All-Star Game NHL 1990 ;
• NHL in the season 1989/1990 ;
• NHL in the season 1990/1991 ;
• Super Series 1989/1990 ;
• Super Series 1990 ;
• Super Series 1990/1991 ;
• Hockey at the Goodwill Games 1990 ;
• 1990 Ice Hockey World Championship ;
• 1990 Ice Hockey World Championship (Women) ;

Chess

• Women's Chess Olympiad 1990 ;
• World Chess Championship Match 1990 ;
• Interzonal chess tournament 1990 ;
• Chess Olympiad 1990 ;

• Formula 1 season 1990 ;

Born

• January 7 - Gregor Schlierenzauer , Austrian ski jumper .
• January 12 - Sergey Karjakin , Russian chess player .
• January 23 - Tatyana Gorbunova , Russian gymnast .
• January 26 - Sergio Perez , Mexican race car driver , Formula 1 driver .
• February 15 - Charles Peak , French racing driver , Formula 1 driver .
• February 27 - Facundo Bagnis , Argentinean professional tennis player .
• March 8 - Petra Kvitova , Czech professional tennis player .
• March 23 - Jaime Alguersuari , Spanish race car driver .
• April 3 - Dorothea Wierer , Italian biathlete, bronze medalist of the 2014 Olympic Games in mixed relay , three-time medalist of the world championships, absolute world champion among juniors in 2011 , winner of the small World Cup 2016 in the classification of individual races.
• April 7 - Sorana Kirsta , Romanian professional tennis player .
• April 13 - Kirill Petrov , Russian hockey player .
• April 25 - Jean-Eric Verne , French racing driver , Formula 1 driver .
• May 8 - Anastasia Fesikova , Russian swimmer .
• June 11 - Christoph Lemeter , French sprinter . The first and today the only white sprinter to run 100 meters faster than 10 seconds.
• June 21 - Ricardas Berankis , Lithuanian professional tennis player .
• June 23 - Vasek Pospisil , Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin.
• July 11th
  • Carolina Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player of Polish descent, the former first single player in the world.
  • Mona Barthel is a German professional tennis player .
• August 26 - Irina-Kamelia Begu , Romanian professional tennis player .
• September 2
  • Nikolay Job , Transnistrian weightlifter , powerlifter .
  • Marcus Ericsson , Swedish race car driver , Formula 1 driver .
• October 5 - Federico Delbonis , Argentinean professional tennis player .
• October 20 - Ksenia Doronina , Russian figure skater .
• November 10, Mireya Belmonte Garcia , Spanish swimmer .
• November 12 - Florent Manodou , French swimmer .
• November 13 - Jerzy Janowicz , Polish professional tennis player .
• November 23 - Alyona Leonova , Russian figure skater .
• November 30 - Magnus Carlsen , Norwegian chess player, 16th world chess champion.
• December 6 - Tamira Paszek , Austrian professional tennis player .
• December 7th
  • Ursula Radwanska , Polish professional tennis player , younger sister of Agnieszka Radwanska .
  • David Goffen , Belgian professional tennis player .
• December 12 - Victor Moses , Nigerian and English footballer .
• December 13 - Arancha Rus , Dutch professional tennis player .
• December 27 - Milos Raonic , a Canadian professional tennis player of Yugoslav origin.
• December 31 - Patrick Chan , Canadian skater in singles .

Died

• March 20 - Lev Yashin , Soviet football player .
• May 4 - Luigi Ossoinach ( Italian: Luigi Ossoinach ), Italian footballer.
• July 22 - Eduard Streltsov , Soviet football player .
• August 31 - Sergey Volkov , Soviet figure skater and coach.