The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time.

Edinburgh has also hosted various national and international sports events including the World Student Games, the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, the 1986 Commonwealth Games and the inaugural 2000 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Defending holders Manchester United did not enter the 1999 – 2000 FA Cup, as they were already in the inaugural Club World Championship, with the club stating that entering both tournaments would overload their fixture schedule and make it more difficult to defend their Champions League and Premiership titles.

The Miami Marlins in front of a sellout crowd at the inaugural Opening Night game at Marlins Park against the reigning World champion St. Louis Cardinals.

* Jeff Conine ( 1993 – 1997, 2003 – 2005 ) — Jeff Conine has the distinction of being the only player to appear in the opener of the Marlins ' inaugural season and in both the 1997 World Series and the 2003 World Series won by the Marlins.

The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War.

* 1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.

In 1987 the first Rugby World Cup was held in New Zealand and Australia, and the inaugural winners were New Zealand.

The Yankees also won their first World Series during the Stadium's inaugural season.

The only other team to do so prior to the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals in ( the new ) Busch Stadium had been the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won the 1909 World Series in Forbes Field's inaugural season ; and the Boston Red Sox, who won the 1912 World Series in Fenway Park's first year.

Barthez was an integral part of his national team's inaugural triumph which also made it the first time in 20 years that a host had won the World Cup ; the highlight being a 3 – 0 clean sheet against defending champions Brazil in the finals.

After the end of World War II, Norway was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the United Nations, the latter having Norwegian Trygve Lie as inaugural Secretary-General.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first recognized the technical contributions of special effects to movies at its inaugural dinner in 1928, presenting a plaque for " Best Engineering Effects " to the first Best Picture Oscar winner, the World War I flying drama Wings.

He also played board one for France at the inaugural World Team Championships, Lucerne 1985, where he scored 5½ / 9 (+ 3 − 1

He showed that his success was not an accident, winning the 100 yard dash at the inaugural British Empire Games ( now known as the Commonwealth Games ) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and setting a World Record in 1930.

The resulting program, Chess 4. 0, won that year's championship and its successors went on to come in second in both the 1974 ACM Championship and that year's inaugural World Computer Chess Championship, before winning the ACM Championship again in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

The International Baseball Federation ( IBF ) was founded in 1938, after the inaugural Baseball World Cup held in London.

On July 3, 1983, she set her first World Record ( be it at altitude ) for the 100 metres, running 10. 79 seconds at the National Sports Festival in Colorado Springs, Colorado and was one of the favourites to win the 100 metre title at the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki.

" Lauper, in return, made many appearances as herself in a number of the World Wrestling Federation's " Rock ' n ' Wrestling Connection " events, including the inaugural WrestleMania event, where she was the manager of Wendi Richter.

In 2009, the Professional Bowlers Association ( PBA ) announced that Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park would be the primary site for the inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling.

Long after his on-ice career ended, he was drafted by the Minnesota Fighting Saints in the inaugural World Hockey Association draft of 1972, in what was seen as a publicity stunt.

Bunn and Netter conceived, designed, and implemented the inaugural World AIDS Day observance – now the longest-running disease awareness and prevention initiative of its kind in the history of public health.

* The inaugural World Light Heavyweight Champion is Jack Root of Bohemia following his ten round victory over Charles " Kid " McCoy at Detroit on 22 April.

** Travis Pastrana won the inaugural X Games rally, beating the former World Rally Champion, Colin McRae by. 52 seconds after the latter rolled his car with two corners to go at the Home Depot Center.

* The inaugural World Lightweight Champion is Jack McAuliffe, generally recognised following his 21st round knockout of Billy Frazier at Boston.

* The inaugural World Featherweight Champion is Torpedo Billy Murphy of New Zealand who is recognised following his 14th round knockout of Ike Weir at San Francisco on 13 January.

* The inaugural World Bantamweight Champion is Jimmy Barry of Chicago who is recognised following his 28th round knockout of Casper Leon at Lemont, Illinois on 15 September.

Fosse was a member of two World Series Champion clubs: the 1973 and 1974 A's, and also a member of the inaugural Seattle Mariners team that began playing in 1977.

* The inaugural Champion Hurdle is run as part of the Cheltenham Festival.

On August 20, 2011, Haas became the inaugural Family Wrestling Entertainment ( FWE ) Heavyweight Champion by defeating Jay Lethal and Eric Young.

Nash debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alongside the returning Scott Hall on November 7, 2004 at the inaugural monthly TNA pay-per-view, Victory Road, with the duo helping NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett retain his title in a ladder match with Jeff Hardy.

New recruit for the following season, 1990 and 1992 World Champion, Carlos Sainz brought the Impreza its inaugural victory on the 1994 Acropolis Rally.

The following year, the inaugural edition of the Campeonato de Portugal ( a knock-out tournament, precursor of the Taça de Portugal ) was contested, the winner was defined as the " Portuguese Champion ".

Due to booking conflict with a mixed martial arts card, the NWA World Heavyweight Champion at the time, Dan Severn, was unable to appear on the inaugural TNA card, and he was stripped of the NWA title.

Thesz wrestled on a part-time basis over the next 13 years, winning his last major Title in 1978, in Mexico, becoming the inaugural Universal Wrestling Alliance Heavyweight Champion at the age of 62, before dropping the championship to El Canek a year later.

After the dissolution of the group, Kim performed as a singles wrestler, eventually going on to become the inaugural TNA Women's Knockout Champion in October 2007.

After fighting to a draw with Gracie in the inaugural Superfight, he became the first UFC Superfight Champion after defeating Dan Severn at UFC 6 ; the title was eventually renamed the UFC Heavyweight Championship when weight categories were introduced to the UFC.

On the inaugural TNA pay-per-view on June 19, Shamrock won the vacant NWA World Heavyweight Championship in a Gauntlet for the Gold match, and is recognized as TNA's first ever World Champion.

The International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF ) introduced the event officially as a discipline in 1974, although it was not run at the Olympics until 1984, the first World Champion having been crowned the year before at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

Later that same month, Morgan took part in TNA's India project, Ring Ka King, defeating Scott Steiner in a tournament final to become the promotion's inaugural Heavyweight Champion.

On August 20, 2011, Haas became her husband manager where he became the inaugural Family Wrestling Entertainment ( FWE ) Heavyweight Champion by defeating Jay Lethal and Eric Young.

In 2009 Windsor joined the management team of the inaugural Grand Prix Shootout to find a future Formula One World Champion.

He was known for his long career, spanning from 1928 to 1955, and for becoming the first 125cc World Champion in the inaugural 1949 campaign.

Regardless, Calhoun first broke into the sport in 1955 ; and he began competing for local promoter ( and the inaugural National Wrestling Alliance World Champion ) Orville Brown, who recognized how a behemoth of his size could become a major box office attraction for a sport that was in great need of added popularity.

In March 2008, Yoshida lost by submission to Josh Barnett, a former training partner, at World Victory Road's inaugural show Sengoku and in June he defeated former UFC Heavyweight Champion Maurice Smith by neck crank in the first round of Sengoku-Third Battle.

He was both the first and last AWF Heavyweight Champion, defeating Bob Orton, Jr. in a tournament final for the inaugural belt in November 1994, and losing and regaining the title from Orton on the same night in October 1996.