- May 1 down the years
- Senna crash stuns motor world
- May 2 down the years
- Hitman down and out in Las Vegas
- May 3 down the years
- Hendry claims record seventh World title
- May 4 down the years
- Bath win third straight English Cup
- May 5 down the years
- O'Sullivan streaks to third Crucible crown
- May 6 down the years
- Bannister breaks the four minute barrier
- May 7 down the years
- Coulthard goes close after plane crash
- May 8 down the years
- Carling reinstated as England captain
- May 9 down the years
- Gary Player wins final major
- May 10 down the years
- Hagen lands fourth Open
- May 11 down the years
- Disaster for Don Fox
- May 12 down the years
- Evert Lloyd beaten at last
- May 13 down the years
- Hatton storms America
- May 14 down the years
- The genius of Higgins
- May 15 down the years
- A tennis star is born
- May 16 down the years
- England power past Australia to claim World Twenty20
- May 17 down the years
- Boxing champion commits suicide
- May 18 down the years
- Davis wins marathon final
- May 19 down the years
- Olympic champion Harrison turns pro
- May 20 down the years
- Wasps win first all-English Heineken Cup final
- May 21 down the years
- Ali ends Cooper's world title dreams
- May 22 down the years
- Rugby Union's first World Cup kicks off
- May 23 down the years
- Senna wins fifth successive Monaco Grand Prix
- May 24 down the years
- Munster win second Heineken Cup
- May 25 down the years
- Clay-Liston - Take II
- May 26 down the years
- Ruby Robert is born
- May 27 down the years
- The 9,000-point barrier is broken
- May 28 down the years
- A near riot in Rome
- May 29 down the years
- Wasps complete Premiership and Heineken Cup double
- May 30 down the years
- Tyson retains WBA and WBC titles
- May 31 down the years
- Senna wins first Monaco Grand Prix
