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| 1975 |
| | | Anatoly Karpov becomes world chess champion by default when Bobby Fischer fails to defend his title | |
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| 1975 |
| | | Austrian racing driver Niki Lauda wins the first of three Formula One world championship titles | |
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| 1976 |
| | | The Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins the first of five consecutive singles titles at Wimbledon | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Liverpool football player Kevin Keegan begins six years as captain of England | |
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| 1976 |
| | | 19-year-old Spanish golfer Severiano Ballesteros ends the year as number one in Europe | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Muhammad Ali is the first boxer to become world heavyweight champion three times, defeating Leon Spinks in a return match a year after losing the title | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Czech-born US tennis player Martina Navratilova wins the first of nine singles titles at Wimbledon | |
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| 1978 |
| | | English cricketer Ian Botham sets a new Test record, scoring a century and taking eight wickets against Pakistan at Lord's | |
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| 1978 |
| | | Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckz retires after a 14-year career with a record 445 victories | |
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| 1979 |
| | | 20-year-old US tennis player John McEnroe wins the singles title in the US Open for the first of four times | |
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