Sport Events in August 1998
14th Aug
New Zealand Test batsman Mark Greatbatch announces his retirement from first class cricket at Wellington.
20th Aug
Leander Paes beats World No. 2 Pete Sampras 6-3, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Pilot Pen ATP championship in New Haven.
27th Aug
India's cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar, has an audience with the legend, Sir Don Bradman, at the latter's 90th birthday celebrations in Adelaide.
29th Aug
Sachin Tendulkar receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award; Joginder Singh Saini, the Dronacharya award, while several other leading sporstmen receive Arjuna awards from President, K.R. Narayanan in Delhi.
31st Aug
Muthiah Muralitharan bags nine wickets for match-figures of 16 for 220 in the one-off Test at the Oval to help Sri Lanka to its first Test win against England. He is the third to have captured 16 wickets in a Test match (Bob Massie and Hirwani were the others). Only Jim Laker (19 wickets) and Syd Barnes (17) have captured more.