29 November — the
Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Football Athletics, 11–0, at the
Pittsburgh Coliseum, to win the 1902 National Football League championship.
No cricket is played in South Africa due to the
Boer War.
Australia defeats
England in
The Ashes by 2
Tests to 1 after the first two Tests have been rained off. In one of the most famous Test series in history, the final three matches are full of drama with
Victor Trumper scoring a
century before lunch in the Third Test, Australia winning the Fourth Test by just 3 runs and England winning the Fifth Test by one wicket following a
century in only 75 minutes by
Gilbert Jessop.
13–17 March — Montreal and Winnipeg play a best-of-three series for the Stanley Cup, Montreal winning by two games to one to claim the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1894
The Paris-Vienna Trail is run on 26–29 June over 990 km and won by
Marcel Renault (France) driving a
Renault in a time of 15:47:43. The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the VII Grand Prix de l'ACF.[6]
The inaugural Circuit des
Ardennes is run on 31 July 1902 in the vicinity of
Bastogne. The total distance is 512.05 km (i.e., 85.34 km x 6 laps). The winner is
Charles Jarrott (Great Britain), driving a
Panhard-Levassor 70 hp in a time of 5:53:39.
Great Britain
The first motor race in Great Britain is held at
Bexhill-on-Sea with more than 200 entries.[7]