Association Football
- Brazil – CR Vasco da Gama wins the Campeonato Brasileiro
- FIFA gives to Colombia the right to host the Football World Cup 1986, but Colombian officials decided in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the tournament on the scale FIFA required.
- Football World Cup – West Germany won 2–1 over the Netherlands.
- England – FA Cup – Liverpool won 3–0 over Newcastle United.
- Ecuador - Ecuadorian Serie A Champions: Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito
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