Sport Events in February 1998
1st Feb
Petr Korda wins Australian Open men's singles title, beating Marcelo Rios in the final. England wins under-19 cricket World Cup, beating New Zealand in the final at Johannesburg. V. Anand shares Hoogovens chess title with Vladimir Kramnik in Wijk Aan Zee.
4th Feb
Bihar men, Railway women emerge National basketball champions in Ludhiana. Railways makes it a double in the National badminton team championship in Hyderabad. South African wicketkeeper Dave Richardson announces his retirement at Adelaide.
9th Feb
Aparna Popat and Gopi Chand win the women's and men's titles in the National badminton championship in Hyderabad.
15th Feb
Paes-Bhupathi duo wins doubles title at Dubai Open, beating American pair of Don Johnson and Francisco Montana 6-2, 7-5.
16th Feb
Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league encounter in Chennai comes to an abrupt halt with Delhi skipper and batsman Ajay Sharma sighting boot marks short of the good length area.
17th Feb
Delhi-Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy super-league match in Chennai was abandoned owing to pitch-tampering.
21st Feb
BCCI bans Tamil Nadu and Delhi from the remaining Ranji Trophy season for bringing the game into disrepute.
23rd Feb
Former Indian Test cricketer Raman Lamba dies in Dhaka, three days after being hit on the head while fielding.