Sport and Leisure/Sport 2017
January
Jan 1
European Capital of Sport – Marseille
Forest Green Rovers 5 Torquay United 5
Jan 2
PDC final – Van Gerwen bt Anderson 7-3. The match featured a record 42 180s
Richard Cockerill sacked as director of rugby by Leicester
Terminally ill five-year-old Sunderland supporter Bradley Lowery shares BBC goal of the month award
Jan 3
Bradford Bulls go into liquidation
Paul Clement appointed as manager of Swansea City
David Warner becomes only the fifth batsman to hit a century before lunch on the opening day of a Test match, for Australia against Pakistan
Jan 4
Spurs bt Chelsea to end their 13-game winning streak
Jan 5
Marco Silva replaces Mike Phelan as manager of Hull City
CAF African Player of the Year – Riyad Mahrez
Jan 6
Manor Racing enters administration
Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch (Poland)
Jan 7
Hopman Cup final – France bt USA. For this tournament, the Fast4 rule was implemented in Mixed Doubles matches
Jan 9
Fifa best player award – Ronaldo. Women’s award – Carli Lloyd
Tournament of Champions – Justin Thomas
Jan 10
FIFA World Cup to expand from 32 to 48 teams starting in 2026
Jan 11
Kelly Smith retires
Jim Furyk named as US Ryder Cup captain for 2018
Jan 12
Graham Taylor dies
Brian Fletcher dies
San Diego Chargers announce they are relocating to Los Angeles to share a stadium with the LA Rams
Jan 14
Dakar Rally (Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina) –
Cars – Stephane Peterhansel, driving a Peugeot. 2nd Sebastien Loeb
Bikes – Sam Sunderland. First British competitor to win the Dakar Rally. 16th year in a row that KTM have won the motorbike title
BDO women’s final – Lisa Ashton bt Corrine Hammond (Australia)
Harry Kane hat-trick for Spurs against WBA
The New Saints run of consecutive victories ends at 27 after a draw at Newtown
Jan 15
BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt Glasgow Rocks
WBBL Cup final – Manchester Mystics bt Nottingham Wildcats
First ODI – England 350 India 356-7 (Kohli 122, Jadhav 120)
BDO final – Glen Durrant bt Danny Noppert 7-3
Justin Thomas sets a new record for the lowest 72-hole score (253 strokes) in PGA Tour history in the Hawaii Open
Jan 16
Valtteri Bottas to partner Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. Felipe Massa comes out of retirement to replace Bottas at Williams
Morgan Scheiderlin moves from Man Utd to Everton
John Jacobs dies
Jan 17
UK becomes first country to recognize Parkour is recognized as a sport
Jan 18
Rachael Heyhoe Flint dies
Australian Open second round – Evans bt Cilic
Jan 19
Second round – Istomin bt Djokovic
Men’s doubles first round – Querrey and Young bt Murray and Soares
Second ODI – India 381-6 (Yuvraj 150, Dhoni 134) England 366-8 (Morgan 102)
Jan 20
Vendee Globe – Armel le Cleac'h. 2nd Alex Thomson
Third round – Evans bt Tomic
First time since 2002 that two British men have reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam
Jan 21
Rooney scores his 250th goal for Man Utd, against Stoke, to break Bobby Charlton’s record
Jan 22
Fourth round – Mischa Zverev (Germany) bt Murray, Tsonga bt Evans
Dave Ryding matches Britain's best ever alpine World Cup result finishing second in the Kitzbuhel slalom
Third ODI – England 321-8 India 316-9. India win series 2-1
Abu Dhabi Championship – Tommy Fleetwood
Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Perry 10-7. Seventh Masters title. Wins the newly named Paul Hunter trophy
Jan 23
Bernie Ecclestone removed as Liberty Media complete $8 billion takeover of Formula One. Ross Brawn is appointed to lead the sporting and technical side of Formula One
Jan 24
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Arrogate
London Welsh expelled from the Championship
Jan 25
Quarter final – Serena Williams bt Konta
Bolt loses gold medal after Nesta Carter tests positive for a banned substance in 4 x 100m relay at 2008 Olympics. Gold medal awarded to Trinidad and Tobago
EFL Cup semi-final – Southampton bt Liverpool
Saido Berahino moves from WBA to Stoke City
Kisenosato Yutaka becomes the first Japanese sumo wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna since 1988
Jan 26
Semi-finals – Venus Williams bt Coco Vandewehge, Serena Williams bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia)
Semi-final – Federer bt Wawrinka
Women’s World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Katherine Rednall bt Ellen Falkner
EFL Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Hull City
Francis Joyon breaks the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew by more than four days as he wins the Jules Verne Trophy in just under 41 days
Jan 27
Semi-final – Nadal bt Dimitrov
Women’s doubles final – Mattek-Sands and Safarova bt Hlavackova and Peng
David Weir claims that coach Jenni Banks called him ‘a disgrace’
Jan 28
FA Cup fourth round – Wolves bt Liverpool, Lincoln bt Brighton. Walcott hat-trick for Arsenal against Southampton
Women’s final – Serena Williams bt Venus Williams. 23rd grand slam win
Men’s doubles final – Kontinen and Peers bt Bryan and Bryan
Many Clouds collapses and dies after beating Thistlecrack to win the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day
Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Sydney Sixers
Women’s Big Bash League final – Sydney Sixers bt Perth Scorchers
Arrogate wins the inaugural $12m Pegasus World Cup, the world's richest horse race, at Gulfstream Park in Florida
Carl Frampton loses for the first time in his professional career as Leo Santa Cruz beats him on points in Las Vegas to regain the WBA featherweight title
James Woods wins gold medal in Big Air at Winter X Games in Aspen
Jan 29
Mixed doubles final – Cabal and Spears bt Dodig and Mirza
Men’s final – Federer bt Nadal. 18th grand slam win
FA Cup – Sutton bt Leeds
World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Paul Foster bt Greg Harlow
World Men’s Handball Championships final (Paris) – France bt Norway
Javier Fernandez and Evgenia Medvedeva retain titles at European Figure Skating Championships
Jan 30
England Player of the Year – Adam Lallana
England U21 Player of the Year – Nathan Redmond
Jan 31
Transfer deadline day –
Payet moves from West Ham to Marseille
Manolo Gabbiadini moves from Napoli to Southampton
Jose Fonte moves from Southampton to West Ham
February
Feb 1
Third T20 International – India 202-6 England 127 (Chahal 6-29). India win series 2-1
England lost their last 8 wickets for 8 runs
Feb 3
George Ford to move from Bath to Leicester at end of the season
Feb 4
Everton 6 (Lukaku 4) Bournemouth 3
Six Nations captains – Dylan Hartley, Alan Wyn Jones, Rory Best, Grieg Laidlaw, Guilhem Guirado, Sergio Parisse
Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Rob Howley, Joe Schmidt, Vern Cotter, Guy Noves, Conor O’Shea
Ben Te’o scores winning try for England against France
Grieg Laidlaw kicks winning penalty for Scotland against Ireland
Kisenosato becomes first homegrown sumo Yokozuna in Japan for 30 years
Feb 5
Davis Cup (Ottawa) GB 3 Canada 2. Kyle Edmund won deciding match after Denis Shapovalov defaulted by hitting umpire Arnaud Gabas in the eye with a ball
Africa Cup of Nations final (Libreville, Gabon) – Cameroon bt Egypt. 5th win for Cameroon
German Masters final – Hamilton bt Carter. First ranking title for Hamilton
Super Bowl LI (NRG Stadium, Houston) – New England Patriots 34 Atlanta Falcons 28. MVP – Tom Brady
First Super Bowl ever to go into an overtime period. Patriots overcame a record 25-point deficit to win. Patriots fifth all-time win. Brady’s fourth Super Bowl MVP award. Brady joins Charles Haley as the only players to be on five Super Bowl-winning teams
Half-time entertainment – Lady Gaga
Super Bowl LII is scheduled to be held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis
NFL MVP – Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons)
Dubai Desert Classic – Sergio Garcia
Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup – Sizing John
Feb 6
Alistair Cook retires as England captain
Joost van der Westhuizen dies
Feb 7
Alpine Ski World Championships start in St Moritz
Feb 10
Mariya Savinova stripped of 2012 Olympics 800m gold medal for doping
Tom Varndell (Bristol) breaks Mark Cueto’s record of 90 Premiership tries
Feb 11
Great Britain qualify for the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs with victory over Croatia
Italy 10 Ireland 63. Hat-tricks for CS Stander and Craig Gilroy
Daly scores winning try for England against Wales
Feb 12
World Grand Prix final – Hawkins bt Day
Men’s downhill – Beat Feuz (Switzerland)
Women’s downhill – Ilka Stuhec (Slovenia)
2010 PDC Women's World Darts Champion Stacy Bromberg dies
Feb 13
Joe Root appointed as captain of England
Feb 14
Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –
World Sportsman of the Year – Usain Bolt
World Sportswoman of the Year – Simone Biles
World Team of the Year – Chicago Cubs
World Breakthrough of the Year – Nico Rosberg
World Comeback of the Year – Michael Phelps
World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Beatrice Vio (Italian wheelchair fencer)
World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Rachel Atherton
Spirit of Sport Award – Leicester City
Feb 15
Carli Lloyd to join Man City Women
Feb 16
Welsh Open third round – Trump bt Jackson Page, aged 15
Mark Clattenburg quits his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia's new head of referees
Ibrahimovic hat-trick for Man Utd against St Etienne
Lowell Bailey becomes first USA world biathlon champion
Feb 17
Guy Disney makes history by becoming the first amputee jockey to win at a professional racecourse in Britain, guiding Rathlin Rose to victory in the Royal Artillery Gold Cup at Sandown
Feb 18
FA Cup fifth round – Burnley 0 Lincoln 1 (Raggett). First non-league team to reach quarter-finals since QPR in 1914
Women’s slalom – Mikaela Shiffrin. Third consecutive title
World Club Challenge game 1 – Warrington Wolves bt Brisbane Broncos
Feb 19
Harry Kane hat-trick against Fulham
World Club Challenge game 2 – Wigan Warriors 22 Cronulla Sharks 6. Hat-trick for Joe Burgess
Men’s slalom – Hirscher
Welsh Open final – Bingham bt Trump
Dustin Johnson becomes new world No 1
Feb 20
IPL auction – Rising Pune Supergiants pay £1.7 million for Ben Stokes. Royal Challengers Bangalore pay £1.4 million for Tymal Mills
Feb 21
Sutton reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw resigns after being shown on TV eating a pie during FA Cup match against Arsenal
Feb 22
Budapest to drop bid for 2024 Olympics
Feb 23
Claudio Ranieri sacked as manager of Leicester City
Derek Ibbotson dies
Feb 25
Scotland captained by John Barclay following injury to Grieg Laidlaw
Skeleton world championships (Germany). Bronze – Lizzie Yarnold
Feb 26
League Cup final – Man Utd 3 (Ibrahimovic (2), Lingard) Southampton 2 (Gabbiadini (2))
Snooker Shoot-Out – Anthony McGill
Daytona 500 – Kurt Busch
Feb 27
George Baker in intensive care after a fall on Boomerang Bob on a frozen lake track at St Moritz
Everton and Scotland footballer Alex Young dies. Known as ‘The Golden Vision’
March
Mar 1
John Hampshire dies
Mar 2
Tommy Gemmell dies
Championship League Snooker final – Higgins bt Day
Mark Davis becomes the first player to make two maximum breaks in a tournament
Mar 3
European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Belgrade
60m hurdles – Andrew Pozzi
Mar 4
60m – Richard Kilty
Women’s1500m – Laura Muir
Toronto Wolfpack beat London Skolars 76-0 in first match in Kingstone Press League 1
Tony Bellew bt David Haye at O2 Arena
Mar 5
Women’s 3000m – Laura Muir. 3rd Eilish McColgan
Women’s 60m – Asha Philip
EIHL Challenge Cup final – Cardiff Devils bt Sheffield Steelers
WGC Mexico Championship – Dustin Johnson
UK Open darts final – Peter Wright bt Gerwyn Price
Pakistan Super League final (Lahore) – Peshawar Zalmi bt Quetta Gladiators
Andrew Musgrave records Great Britain's best-ever Nordic skiing result by finishing fourth in the 50km freestyle at the World Cross Country Skiing Championships
Mar 7
Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 5. Bayern Munich win 10-2 on aggregate
SheBelieves Cup won by France
Mar 8
Barcelona 6 PSG 1. Barcelona win 6-5 on aggregate
Mar 10
Craig Shakespeare appointed as manager of Leicester City until end of the season
John Surtees dies
Mar 11
Arsenal 5 Lincoln City 0
Josh King hat-trick for Bournemouth against West Ham
England 61 Scotland 21. Hat-trick for Jonathan Joseph
England Women 64 Scotland Women 0. Kay Wilson scores seven tries
Mar 12
Spurs 6 (Son 3) Millwall 0
YONEX All England Badminton Championships finals held in Birmingham
Steve McClaren sacked as Derby County manager for a second time
Players’ Championship final – Trump bt Fu
Elise Christie becomes a triple world champion after victory in the 1000m, 1500m and the overall title at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam
Mar 13
Durban will not host 2022 Commonwealth Games
Champions League – Leicester bt Seville
Mar 14
Champion Hurdle – Buveur D’air (Noel Fehily), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2nd My Tent Or Yours 3rd Petit Mouchoir
Muirfield overturns ban on women members
Mar 15
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Special Tiara. Douvan was 2/9 favourite
Monaco 3 Man City 1. Aggregate 6-6. Monaco win on away goals
Mar 16
Stayers’ Hurdle – Nichols Canyon. Formerly known as the World Hurdle
Mar 17
Gold Cup – Sizing John (Robbie Power), trained by Jessica Harrington. 2nd Minella Rocco 3rd Native River
Tea For Two, ridden by Lizzie Kelly, fell at the second fence
Leading jockey – Ruby Walsh
Leading trainer – Gordon Elliott
England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam
Mar 18
France beat Wales with a try by Damien Chouly after 20 minutes of added time. Samson Lee was shown a yellow card with the match clock in the red and still served his 10-minute suspension and came back on to complete the match. Referee – Wayne Barnes
Ireland 13 England 9. Only try scored by Iain Henderson
End of England’s 18 match winning streak, which equaled the record set by New Zealand
Six Nations final table – England, Ireland, France, Scotland, Wales, Italy
Leading try scorer – 8 players scored 3 tries
Leading points scorer – Camille Lopez (67)
Player of the Tournament – Stuart Hogg
Mar 19
BBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Plymouth Raiders
WBBL Trophy final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Leicester Riders
A proposed merger between Racing 92 and Stade Francais is called off
Anglo-Welsh Cup final – Leicester bt Exeter
Ladies World Snooker Championship final (Singapore) – Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) bt Vidya Pillai (India)
Mar 21
Ian Botham appointed as chairman of Durham
USA wins World Baseball Classic for the first time
Mar 22
Ronnie Moran dies
Germany 1 (Podolski) England 0. Match played in Dortmund. Debut for Michael Keane
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Marcel Hirscher
Men’s downhill – Peter Fill
Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin
Women’s downhill – Ilka Stuhec (Slovenia)
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Sara Takanashi
EIHL League – Cardiff Devils
Mar 24
Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman suffers a broken leg in a World Cup qualifier against Wales following a dangerous tackle by Neil Taylor
Mar 25
WBA lightweight title – Jorge Linares (Venezuela) bt Anthony Crolla
Dubai World Cup – Arrogate
Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium closes
Scottish Challenge Cup final – Dundee Utd bt St Mirren
Mar 26
Formula 1 teams –
Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas
Red Bull – Ricciardo, Verstappen
Ferrari – Vettel, Raikkonen
McLaren – Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium)
Williams – Massa, Lance Stroll (Canada)
Force India – Perez, Esteban Ocon (France)
Sauber – Ericsson, Pascal Wehrlein (Germany)
Toro Rosso – Sainz, Kvyat
Renault – Hulkenberg, Palmer
Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen
Australian GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas
Reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi (Italy) replaces Wehrlein for Sauber
Women’s World Curling Championships final (China) – Sweden bt Russia. 3rd Scotland
British Open squash (Hull). Men’s – Gregory Gaultier, Women’s – Laura Massaro
WGC Match Play final – Dustin Johnson bt Jon Rahm. First man to win all four WGC titles
Mar 27
Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas in 2020
Mar 28
Nadal plays 1,000th singles match
Mar 29
Champion County Match (Abu Dhabi) Middlesex bt MCC. Hat-trick for Craig Overton
Mar 30
World Figure Skating Championships (Helsinki). Men’s – Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan). Women’s – Evgenia Medvedeva. Ice dancing – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
April
Apr 1
Miami Open final – Konta bt Wozniacki
Hossein Vafiei (Iran) reaches semi-final of China Open snooker
Lincoln Handicap – Bravery
Apr 2
China Open final – Selby bt Williams
Celtic beat Hearts 5-0 to win sixth successive title, with eight games to spare
Men’s Boat Race – Oxford
Women’s Boat Race – Cambridge
Checkatrade EFL Trophy final – Coventry City bt Oxford United
Miami Open final – Federer bt Nadal
Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration to So Yeon Ryu after incurring a four-stroke penalty for incorrectly replacing a ball and returning an incorrect scorecard
Apr 5
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ben Duckett, Toby Roland-Jones, Chris Woakes, Misbah ul-Haq, Younis Khan
Leading Cricketer in the World – Virat Kohli
Leading Women’s Cricketer in the World – Ellyse Perry
Masters Par 3 tournament cancelled due to bad weather
Apr 6
Betfair Bowl – Tea For Two (Lizzie Kelly)
Betway Aintree Hurdle – Buveur D’air (Barry Geraghty)
Apr 7
Melling Chase – Fox Norton (Robbie Power)
England's Dan Norton scores his 245th career try during the Hong Kong Sevens, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record in the World Rugby Sevens Series
Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (USA) – USA bt Canada
Apr 8
Randox Health Grand National – One For Arthur (Derek Fox), trained by Lucinda Russell. 2nd Cause Of Causes. 3rd Saint Are. First Scottish-trained winner since Rubstic in 1979
Norwich 7 Reading 1
Tranmere 9 Solihull Moors 0
Nicola Adams wins on professional debut against Virginia Carcamo of Argentina
Apr 9
Chinese GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen
EIHL Play-off final – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils
Davis Cup quarter-final (Rouen) – France 4 GB 1. Dan Evans won GB’s only match
Masters – Garcia bt Rose in a play-off. 3rd Charl Schwartzel. Hole-in-one for Matt Kuchar
Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt South Africa
World Men's Curling Championship final (Canada) – Canada bt Sweden
Championship Player of the Year – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton)
League One award – Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd)
League Two award – John Marquis (Doncaster)
Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder sets a new record for most triple-doubles in an NBA season
Apr 10
Keiron Cunningham sacked as head coach of St Helens
Lee Walker bt Reanne Evans in second qualifying round for Snooker World Championship
Super Rugby will contract to 15 teams next season. Cheetahs, Kings, and Western Force lose their licenses
Apr 12
Fergal O’Brien wins longest-ever frame (2 hours 3 minutes 41 seconds) against David Gilbert in final qualifying round
Track Cycling World Championships start in Hong Kong
Apr 14
Women’s omnium – Katie Archibald
Apr 15
Bottas gains first-ever pole position, at Bahrain GP
Apr 16
Women’s 25km points race – Elinor Barker
Bahrain GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas
Billy Monger is involved in a high-speed crash at the Donington F4 British Championships race, and as a result he has the lower part of both of his legs amputated. A JustGiving page is set up by his team JHR Developments to raise money for Monger, and raises over £500,000 in the first 24 hours
SWALEC Cup – RGC 1404
Apr 17
Irish Grand National – Our Duke
Apr 18
Champions League quarter-final – Atletico Madrid bt Leicester
Ronaldo scores 100th goal in Champions League, against Bayern Munich
Harry Redknapp replaces Gianfranco Zola as manager of Birmingham City
Apr 19
Germaine Mason dies after a motorcycle crash in Jamaica
World Snooker first round – Rory MacLeod bt Trump
Champions League – Juventus bt Barcelona
Apr 21
British & Irish Cup final – Munster A bt Jersey Reds
Ugo Ehiogu dies, aged 44, after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground. Played four matches for England, scoring one goal (against Spain)
Ellie Downie wins four medals including gold in individual all-around at European Gymnastics Championships in Romania
Katherine Grainger appointed as new chair of UK Sport
Apr 22
FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea 4 Spurs 2
Champions Cup semi-final – Saracens bt Munster
Scottish Grand National – Vicente
Ilie Nastase sent off after swearing at Konta in Fed Cup
Notts County women’s football club closes
Champion jockey – Richard Johnson
Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson
Apr 23
FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal 2 Man City 1. IheanachoIheanacho Iheanacho becomes first player used as a fourth substitute, in extra time
Champions Cup semi-final – Clermont Auvergne bt Leinster
London Marathon. Men’s – Daniel Wanjiru (Kenya), Women’s – Mary Keitany (Kenya)
David Weir wins wheelchair race for seventh time
Messi scores 500th goal for Barcelona
PFA Player of the Year – N’Golo Kante
PFA Young Player of the Year – Dele Alli
Women’s Player of the Year – Lucy Bronze
Younis Khan becomes first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs
Apr 26
Joey Barton banned for 18 months for betting
Quarter-final – Ding bt O’Sullivan
City-based eight-team T20 competition to start in England in 2020
FA Youth Cup final – Chelsea bt Man City
CONCACAF Champions League– Pachuca (Mexico)
Apr 27
Myles Garrett is first pick in NFL draft for Cleveland Browns
Apr 28
Spurs will play all home matches at Wembley next season
Apr 29
Women’s Tour de Yorkshire – Lizzie Deignan
World Snooker semi-finals – Selby bt Ding, Higgins bt Hawkins
Leyton Orient's match with Colchester United is postponed for nearly two hours after fans occupy the pitch
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Lyon bt Man City
Joe Root hits brother Billy for six as Yorkshire beat Notts in Royal London Cup match
WBA world heavyweight title – Anthony Joshua stops Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium
Apr 30
Russian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen. First win for Bottas, in his 82nd race
European Badminton Championships (Denmark) –
Men’s singles – Rajiv Ouseph
Women’s singles – Carolina Marin. Silver – Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)
Mixed doubles – Chris and Gabby Adcock
Tour de Yorkshire – Serge Pauwels (Belgium)
May
May 1
Final – Selby bt Higgins 18-15
Highest break – O’Sullivan (146)
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Scott Sinclair (Celtic)
May 2
European Athletics proposes rewriting athletics world records set before 2005 after doping scandal
Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Atletico Madrid
May 3
Champions League semi-final – Juventus bt Monaco
May 4
NBA Coach of the Year – Mike D’Antoni (Houston Rockets)
May 5
A new points system is adopted for the 2017 Diamond League, with the winner of an event at a qualifying meet receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for the athlete in eighth place; at the end of the year, the eight or twelve athletes with the most points, depending on the event, will qualify for the finals
May 6
Badminton Horse Trials – Andrew Nicholson, riding Nereo
Kentucky Derby – Always Dreaming
2000 Guineas – Churchill (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon around Monza Grand Prix circuit at Nike event in 2:0.25
Munster finish top of PRO12
May 7
1000 Guineas – Winter (Wayne Lordan), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Hyundai A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne Victory
May 8
Football Writers' Association player of the year – N’Golo Kante
May10
Rugby Players' Association awards –
Player’s player of the year – Jimmy Gopperth
England player of the year – Owen Farrell
Young player of the year – Zach Mercer (Bath)
England women player of the year – Tamara Taylor
Leading points scorer – Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps) 292 points
Leading try scorer – Christian Wade (Wasps) 17 tries
May 11
Europa League semi-final – Man Utd bt Celta Vigo
May 12
WBA 0 Chelsea 1 (Batshuayi). Chelsea win Premier League
European Challenge Cup final (Murrayfield) – Stade Francais bt Gloucester
May 13
European Champions Cup final (Murrayfield) – Saracens bt Clermont Auvergne. Chris Ashton beats Vincent Clerc’s European record of 36 tries
2018 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held in Bilbao
EPCR European Player of the Year (Anthony Foley Memorial Award) – Owen Farrell
Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Birmingham City
May 14
Spanish GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Ricciardo
Spurs bt Man Utd in final game at White Hart Lane. Last goal scored by Rooney
National League play-off final – Forest Green Rovers bt Tranmere Rovers
National League champions – Lincoln City
Players Championship – Kim Si-woo. 2nd Ian Poulter
BBL play-off final – Leicester Riders bt Newcastle Eagles
WBBL play-off final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Nottingham Wildcats
Younis Khan retires from international cricket
Misbah ul-Haq retires
May 17
Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Jimmy Gopperth
Discovery of the Season – Ellis Genge (Leicester)
Director of Rugby of the Season – Dai Young (Wasps)
May 18
Leicester 1 Spurs 6 (Kane 4)
Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Wright
May 20
Premiership semi-finals – Exeter bt Saracens, Wasps bt Leicester
League One play-off final – Millwall bt Bradford
Preakness Stakes – Cloud Computing
May 21
Hull City 1 Spurs 7 (Kane 3). Kane’s fourth hat-trick of the season
Final table – Chelsea, Spurs, Man City, Liverpool
Relegated – Hull, Middlesbrough, Sunderland
Leading scorers – Harry Kane (29), Romelu Lukaku (25), Alexis Sanchez (24)
Arsenal miss out on Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years
Celtic beat Hearts to become the first team to complete a Scottish top-flight season unbeaten for 118 years. Won 34 games, drew 4 games
Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Celtic, 2nd Aberdeen
Leading scorer – Liam Boyce (Ross County), 23 goals
Relegated – Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership play-off final – Hamilton Academical bt Dundee United
Scottish Championship – Hibernian
Scottish League One – Livingston
Scottish League Two – Arbroath
Highland League – Buckie Thistle
Lowland League – East Kilbride
Scottish League Two play-off final – Cowdenbeath bt East Kilbride
Novak Djokovic says Andre Agassi will be his new coach after he loses in the Italian Open final to Alexander Zverev
IPL10 final – Mumbai Indians bt Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run
FA Vase final – South Shields bt Cleethorpes
FA Trophy final – York City bt Macclesfield Town
Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (Germany) – Sweden bt Canada
Marco Silva replaces Walter Mazzarri as manager of Watford
Alisher Uzmanov fails in £1 billion takeover bid for Arsenal
IRB Sevens World Series – South Africa
May 22
Nicky Hayden dies
David Moyes resigns as manager of Sunderland
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Antonio Conte
Serie A – Juventus. Sixth successive title
La Liga – Real Madrid. First title since 2012
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich. 2nd RB Leipzig
Premeira Liga – Benfica
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Monaco
Eredivisie – Feyenoord
May 23
Sam Allerdyce resigns as manager of Crystal Palace
Barclays Manager of the Season – Antonio Conte
Barclays Player of the Season – N’Golo Kante
Sussex 668 (Wells 258) against Durham
May 24
Europa League final (Stockholm) Man Utd 2 Ajax 0
2018 Europa League final will be held in Lyon
Championship play-off final – London Irish bt Yorkshire Carnegie
May 26
Champions Cup qualifier – Northampton bt Stade Francais
Bernardo Silva moves from Monaco to Man City
May 27
FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Sanchez, Ramsey) Chelsea 1 (Costa). Victor Moses sent off
Arsenal win a record 13th title, while Arsene Wenger becomes the most successful manager in the tournament's history with seven wins
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Aberdeen
Premiership final – Exeter Chiefs bt Wasps
PRO12 final – Scarlets bt Munster
Principality Premiership – Merthyr
Scottish Premiership – Ayr
Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – Cork Constitution
May 28
Monaco GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo. Button raced for McLaren in place of Alonso
Indy 500 – Takuma Sato. Alonso retired on lap 175
French Open first round – Makarova bt Kerber
League Two play-off – Blackpool bt Exeter
Promoted – Portsmouth, Plymouth, Doncaster, Blackpool
Relegated – Hartlepool, Leyton Orient
Leading scorer – John Akinde (Barnet) and John Marquis (Doncaster), 26goals
Giro d’Italia – Tom Dumoulin. First Dutch winner of a Grand Tour since Joop Zoetemelk's victory in the 1980 Tour de France
PGA Championship (Wentworth) – Alex Noren
Bernhard Langer becomes first golfer to win all five senior major championships
County Championship final (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Lancashire bt Cornwall
World’s strongest man – Eddie Hall (GB)
May 29
Championship play-off – Huddersfield bt Reading
Promoted – Newcastle, Brighton, Huddersfield
Relegated – Blackburn, Wigan, Rotherham
Leading Scorer – Chris Wood (Leeds), 27 goals
Ernesto Valverde appointed as head coach of Barcelona
Sangakkara hits fifth consecutive first class century for Surrey
Toby Roland-Jones makes England debut against South Africa
May 30
BBC women’s footballer of the year – Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon and Norway)
French Open first round – Hseih Su-Wei bt Konta
June
Jun 1
ICC Champions Trophy starts. All matches played at The Oval, Edgbaston, and Cardiff
Women’s Champions League final – Olympique Lyon bt Paris Saint-Germain
Penalty try becomes automatically worth seven points
Jun 2
Oaks – Enable (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden
Jun 3
Derby – Wings of Eagles (Padraig Beggy), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Cliffs of Moher, 3rd Cracksman
Champions League final (Cardiff) Real Madrid 4 Juventus 1. 12th win for Real Madrid. First team to retain trophy
2018 Champions League final will be held in Kiev
WSL1 Spring Series – Chelsea
Jun 4
PDC World Cup of Darts final (Frankfurt) – Netherlands (Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld) bt Wales (Price and Webster)
Top 14 final – Clermont bt Toulon
Jun 5
Cheick Tiote dies. Played for Newcastle and Ivory Coast
Jun 6
New Zealand boat capsizes in America’s Cup
Blues bt British and Irish Lions
French Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Djokovic
Jun 8
U-20 World Cup semi-final – England bt Italy
Semi-finals – Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) bt Bacsinzki, Halep bt Pliskova
America’s Cup – New Zealand bt GB
Mixed doubles final – Bopanna and Dabrowski bt Farah and Groenefeld
Isle of Man Senior TT – Michael Dunlop
Jun 9
Semi-finals – Wawrinka bt Murray, Nadal bt Thiem
Andorra bt Hungary to end 66-game winless streak. Last win was in 2004
Leonid Slutsky appointed as manager of Hull City
Mixed-gender events in athletics, swimming, table tennis and triathlon have been approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Jun 10
Final – Ostapenko bt Halep. Ostapenko's first WTA Tour title, making her the first woman to earn her first tour victory at a Grand Slam event since Barbara Jordan at the 1979 Australian Open. She also becomes the first Latvian of either sex to win a Grand Slam event and the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933
Men’s doubles final – Harrison and Venus bt Gonzalez and Young
Scotland 2 (Griffiths (2)) England 2 (Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kane)
Belmont Stakes – Tapwrit
Jun 11
Women’s doubles final – Mattek-Sands and Safarova bt Barty and Dellacqua
Final – Nadal bt Wawrinka. 10th title for Nadal
U-20 World Cup final (South Korea) England 1 (Calvert-Lewin) Venezuela 0. Freddie Woodman saved a penalty. Golden ball – Dominic Solanke. Manager – Paul Simpson
Canadian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo
Stanley Cup – Pittsburgh Penguins bt Nashville Predators 4-2
Play-offs MVP – Sidney Crosby
Regular season MVP – Conor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Netball Superleague Grand Final – Wasps bt Loughborough Lightning
Jun 12
NBA finals – Golden State Warriors bt Cleveland Cavaliers 4-1
Finals MVP – Kevin Durant
Regular season MVP – Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City)
Highlanders bt British and Irish Lions
ICC Champions Trophy group tables –
Group A – England, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand
Group B – India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka
Jun 14
Semi-final – Pakistan bt England
America’s Cup qualifier (Louis Vuitton Cup) – New Zealand bt Sweden
Jun 15
Semi-final – India bt Bangladesh
Scotland beat a Test side for the first time, defeating Zimbabwe in ODI
Jordan Pickford moves from Sunderland to Everton
Jun 16
The Carabao Cup first round draw, the first event for the new sponsor of the League Cup, descends into farce in Bangkok when Charlton are given both home and away ties
ODI Cup semi-final – Essex 370-5 Notts 373-5
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
OBE – Judy Murray, Heather Stanning, Rory Best
MBE – John Conteh, Steven Davis, Brian Noble
Jun 17
ODI Cup semi-final – Surrey bt Worcs
Jun 18
Nottingham Open final – Donna Vekic (Croatia) bt Konta
Champions Trophy final (The Oval) – Pakistan 338-4 (Fakhar 114) India 158
World U-20 Championship rugby union final – New Zealand bt England
Le Mans – Porsche. Jackie Chan’s team finishes in second place
US Open (Erin Hills, Wisconsin) Brooks Koepka. 2nd Matsuyama, Brian Harman. 4th Tommy Fleetwood
Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury becomes the WNBA's all-time scoring leader
Jun 19
British Speedway Championship – Craig Cook
Jun 20
Queen’s first round – Jordan Thompson bt Murray
Anil Kumble resigns as head coach of India
St James’s Palace Stakes – Barney Roy
Sale pay Castleford £200,000 in compensation over the signing of Danny Solomona
Jun 21
Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Highland Reel
Boris Becker declared bankrupt
Jun 22
ICC votes to elevate Afghanistan and Ireland to full Test status
Gold Cup – Big Orange (James Doyle), trained by Michael Bell
Philadelphia 76ers choose Markelle Fultz as first pick in NBA draft
Mohamed Salah moves from Roma to Liverpool
Jun 23
Mauricio Pellegrino replaces Claude Puel as manager of Southampton
Dan Evans tests positive for cocaine
Henry Blofeld retires from Test Match Special
Coronation Stakes – Winter
Commonwealth Cup – Caravaggio
Jason Roy given out for obstructing the field in T20 against South Africa
Jun 24
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien
First Test (Auckland) – New Zealand 30 Lions 15
Jun 25
Azerbaijan GP – Ricciardo, Bottas, Stroll
First podium finish for Stroll
Aegon Championships final (Queens) – Lopez bt Cilic
Aegon Classic (Birmingham) – Kvitova
Federer wins Halle Open for ninth time
Dawid Malan makes 78 for England on debut in T20 match against South Africa
British Cycling National Championships. Men’s – Steve Cummings, Women’s – Lizzie Deignan
British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Nigel Coupe, riding Golvers Hill
EuroBasket Women – Spain
Jun 26
America’s Cup (Bermuda) – Emirates Team New Zealand 7 Oracle Team USA 1. Helmsman of New Zealand boat– Peter Burling
Frank de Boer appointed as manager of Crystal Palace
Jun 27
European U-21 semi-final – Germany bt England on penalties. Nathan Redmond missed last penalty
Hurricanes 31 British and Irish Lions 31
Jun 29
Andrew Umeed scores the second-slowest century in County Championship history, in 429 minutes for Warwicks against Lancs
Simon Harmer takes 9-95 for Essex against Middlesex
Jun 30
European U-21 final (Krakow) – Germany bt Spain
July
Jul 1
Royal London One-Day Cup final – Surrey 297-9 (Stoneman 144) Notts 298-6 (Hales 187 n.o.)
Second Test (Wellington) New Zealand 21 Lions 24. Sonny Bill Williams sent off. Beauden Barrett kicked seven penalties. Owen Farrell kicked the winning penalty. Lions end New Zealand's 47-match home winning streak
Tour de France opening time trial (Dusseldorf) – Geraint Thomas
Aegon International (Eastbourne). Men’s – Djokovic, Women’s – Pliskova
Jeff Horn (Australia) bt Manny Pacquaio to win WBO world welterweight title
Irish Derby – Capri
Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Astute Missile
Jul 2
West Indies bowled out for 48 by South Africa in women’s World Cup
Confederations Cup final (St Petersburg) – Germany bt Chile
KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Danielle Kang (USA)
Jul 3
Michael Collins and Nigel Benn planning a rematch
John Terry moves from Chelsea to Aston Villa
Jul 4
Kent 701-7 (Sean Dickson 318) vs Northants
Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for elbowing Mark Cavendish, who has to retire after breaking his shoulder in the crash
Europa League – FP Progres Niederkorn (Luxembourg) bt Rangers
Jul 5
Alexandre Lacazette moves from Lyon to Arsenal for £46.5 million
Froome takes yellow jersey on fifth stage of Tour de France
Jul 6
Bernard Tomic fined $15,000 for faking injury and saying he is “bored” with Wimbledon
Daniil Medvedev fined $14,500 for throwing coins at the umpire’s chair
Jul 7
Adrian Marrarino fined $9,000 for barging into a ball boy
Philippa York reveals her transition from Tour de France cyclist Robert Millar
Jul 8
Third Test (Auckland) New Zealand 15 Lions 15. Series drawn 1-1. Kieran Read wins 100th cap. First time the Lions and New Zealand have drawn a Test match since 1971. First time since New Zealand drew with South Africa in 1994 that they have failed to win a game at Eden Park
Men’s doubles second round – Clark and Willis bt Herbert and Mahut
Eclipse Stakes – Ulysses
Speedway World Cup – Poland
Jul 9
First Test (Lords) England 458 (Root 190) and 233 South Africa 361 and 119. England won by 211 runs
Wayne Rooney moves from Man Utd to Everton on free transfer
Austrian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo
Women’s World Cup – England bt Australia by 3 runs in a group match. First win in World Cup over Australia for 24 years
Irish Open – Jon Rahm
Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte crash out of Tour de France
Lukaku moves from Everton to Man Utd for £75 million
Toni Duggan moves from Man City Ladies to Barcelona
Jul 10
Fourth round – Muller bt Nadal
Jul 12
Quarter-finals – Querrey bt Murray, Berdych bt Djokovic
Ken and Neal Skupski reach quarter-finals in men’s doubles
Federer plays 100th match at Wimbledon
Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, Man Utd
State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
Jul 13
Semi-finals – Venus Williams bt Konta, Muguruza bt Magdelena Rybarikova (Slovakia)
Fabio Aru takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
Jul 14
Semi-finals – Federer bt Berdych, Cilic bt Querrey
World Para Athletics Championships start at Olympic Stadium in London
World Aquatics Championships start in Budapest
Jul 15
Final – Muguruza bt Venus Williams. First woman to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam finals
Men’s doubles final – Kubot and Melo bt Marach and Pavic
Women’s doubles final – Makarova and Vesnina bt Chan and Niculescu
Men’s wheelchair doubles – Hewitt and Reid
European U-19 Championship final (Georgia) – England bt Portugal
Froome regains yellow jersey in Tour de France
Jul 16
Final – Federer bt Cilic. 8th Wimbledon and 19th grand slam
Mixed doubles final – Jamie Murray and Hingis bt Kontinen and Watson
Women’s wheelchair doubles – Whiley and Kamiji. Fourth successive title
British GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Raikkonen. Hamilton’s fifth win at Silverstone
Scottish Open – Rafa Cabrera-Bello
US Women’s Open (Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey) – Park Sung-hyun
2017 UEFA Women's Championship start in Netherlands
Jul 17
Second Test (Trent Bridge) South Africa 335 (Anderson 5-72) and 343-9 England 205 and 133. South Africa won by 340 runs
Kyle Walker moves from Spurs to Man City
Jul 18
Semi-final – England bt South Africa
Joe Hart loaned to West Ham
Jul 19
Marcel Kittel crashes out of Tour de France after winning five stages
England 6 (Jodie Taylor 3) Scotland 0
Jul 20
Semi-final – India (Kaur 171) bt Australia
Jul 21
Alvaro Morata moves from Real Madrid to Chelsea for £60 million
Jul 22
La Course – Annemiek van Vleuten. 2nd Lizzie Deignan
Branden Grace shoots record 62 in third round of The Open
British Speedway GP – Maciej Janowski
10m platform – Tom Daley
Jul 23
Tour de France – Froome (Team Sky). 2nd Uran, 3rd Bardet. Fourth win for Froome
Points – Michael Matthews
King of the Mountains – Warren Barguil
Young Rider – Simon Yates
Team – Team Sky
Froome did not win any stages. Adam Hansen became the first rider to complete 18 consecutive Grand Tours
Women’s World Cup final (Lords) England 228-7 India 219 (Shrubsole 6-46)
Player of the Tournament – Tammy Beaumont
The Open (Royal Birkdale) – Speith. 2nd Kuchar, 3rd Li Haotang
Silver medal – Alfie Plant
World Para Athletics Championships final medal table – 1st China, 2nd USA, 3rd GB (18 gold medals, 39 medals in total). Hannah Cockroft won three gold medals
A women's 50km race walk will feature at the London 2017 World Athletics Championships for the first time in order to ensure gender equality
Synchronised swimming is renamed to ‘artistic swimming’
Jul 24
100m breaststroke – Peaty
50m butterfly – Ben Proud
Ross Whiteley becomes the first Englishman to hit six sixes in an over, bowled by Karl Calver, for Worcs against Yorkshire in T20 Blast
Jul 25
Benjamin Mendy moves from Monaco to Man City for £52 million
Ilie Nastase banned from tennis until 2020
Adam Peaty becomes first man to break 26 seconds in 50m breaststroke
Jul 26
50m breaststroke – Peaty
Mandarin Princess, trained by Charlie McBride, is declared winner of a race at Great Yarmouth, but a scan afterwards identifies the horse as stablemate Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run in a later race at the same course
Jul 27
100th Test match at The Oval
Jul 28
Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay – GB
Jul 29
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable
Quarter-finals – England beat France for the first time in 43 years. Denmark bt Germany, who had won the previous six championships
Premiership Rugby Sevens Series – Wasps
World Water Polo championships final – Croatia bt Hungary
Jul 30
Formula E series finishes in Montreal. Title won by Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)
Hungarian GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas
Caeleb Dressel (USA) equals Michael Phelps' record of seven gold medals at a world championship
Senior Open Championship – Bernhard Langer
World Matchplay final (Blackpool) – Taylor bt Wright
King George V Gold Cup (Hickstead) – Yuri Mansur (Brazil)
Jul 31
Third Test (The Oval) England 353 (Stokes 112) and 313-8 South Africa 175 (Roland-Jones 5-57) and 252 (Elgar 136). England won by 239 runs. Moeen Ali finished the match with a hat-trick
Matic moves from Chelsea to Man Utd
August
Aug 2
Sussex Stakes – Here Comes When
Aug 3
Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius
Leigh Halfpenny moves from Toulon to Scarlets
Rory McIlroy sacks caddie JP Fitzgerald
Europa League – Apollon Limassol bt Aberdeen
Semi-final – Netherlands 3 England 0
Aug 4
World Athletics Championships start in London. The mascot is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero
10,000m – Farah
Neymar moves from Barcelona to PSG for £200 million
Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) starts. Four of the first matches are played in Lauderhill, Florida
Aug 5
100m – Gatlin, Coleman, Bolt
Women’s 10,000m – Ayana
Luton 8 Yeovil 2
One end of the cricket ground at Old Trafford is named after James Anderson
Super Rugby final – Crusaders bt Lions
Doug Insole dies
Aug 6
Marathon – Kirui (Kenya). 4th Callum Hawkins
Women’s 100m – Tori Bowie
Community Shield – Arsenal bt Chelsea. Pedro sent off. ABBA system used for penalty shootout
UEFA Women's Championship final (Enschede) – Netherlands 4 Denmark 2
Leading scorer – Jodie Taylor (5 goals)
Women’s British Open – Kim In-Kyung (South Korea)
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Matsuyama, who shoots 61 in the final round
League Leaders’ Shield – Castleford Tigers
Hull KR finish top of Championship. Bradford Bulls finish with zero points, having been deducted 12 points for going into liquidation
Aug 7
Fourth Test (Old Trafford) England 362 (Bairstow 99) and 243 South Africa 226 and 202 (Moeen 5-69) England won by 177 runs. England win series 3-1
Aug 8
Norovirus outbreak at Tower Hotel affects athletes at World Athletics Championships. Isaac Makwala (Bostwana) banned from 400m final
Uefa Super Cup (Skopje) Real Madrid 2 Man Utd 1
Aug 9
Makwala has to run a solo time trial in the 200m, successfully performing well enough to be given a place in the semi-final
Aug 10
200m – Guliyev (Turkey). 6th Makwala
The Strongest (Bolivia) knocked out in last 16 of Copa Libertadores
Aug 11
Women’s 200m – Schippers
Arsenal 4 Leicester 3 in opening match in Premier League. Lacazette scores after 94 seconds
Premier League shirt sponsors – Bournemouth – M88, Brighton – American Express, Crystal Palace – ManBetX, Everton – SportPesa, Huddersfield – OPE Sports, Newcastle – Fun88, Swansea City – Letou, WBA – Palm
Aug 12
5,000m – Edris (Ethiopia). Silver – Farah
Women’s high jump – Maria Lasitskene, a Russian competing as an Authorized Neutral Athlete (ANA)
Women’s 4x100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita)
Men’s 4x100m relay – GB (CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Neethaneel Mitchell-Blake). Bolt fails to finish in his final race
Arlington Million – Beach Patrol
Aug 13
Women’s 50km walk – Ines Henriques (Portugal). Only world record broken at World Championships
Women’s 4x400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond)
Alison Felix wins 11th gold medal at World Championships
Men’s 4x400m relay – Trinidad and Tobago. Bronze – GB (Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney)
Final medal table – 1st USA (10-11-9) 30, 2nd Kenya, 3rd South Africa, 6th GB (2-3-1) 6
PGA (Quail Hollow, North Carolina) – Justin Thomas. 2nd Molinari, Reed, Oosthuizen
PGA Championship to move to May in 2019
Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 121 Hong Kong 0
Aug 14
Ronaldo banned for five matches after pushing the referee in the back in Spanish Super Cup
Aug 16
Gylfi Sigurdsson moves from Swansea City to Everton
Aug 17
Yorkshire 260-4 (Lyth 161) against Northants in T20 Blast
Bell-Drummond and Denly set a world record opening stand of 207 for Kent against Essex in T20 Blast
Women’s World Cup final tables –
Pool A – New Zealand, Canada, Wales, Hong Kong
Pool B – England, USA, Spain, Italy
Pool C – France, Ireland, Australia, Japan
Aug 19
First Test (Edgbaston) England 514-8 (Cook 243, Root 136) West Indies 168 and 137. England won by an innings and 209 runs
First day-night Test in England, using a pink ball
Broad takes 384th Test wicket to move above Ian Botham into second on the list of England's all-time leading Test wicket-takers
Cristie Kerr becomes the record points scorer for USA in the Solheim Cup
Vuelta a Espana starts in Nimes
Aug 20
Solheim Cup (Des Moines Golf and Country Club) USA 16 ½ Europe 11 ½
Captains – Juli Inkster and Annika Sorenstem
Spurs play first league game at Wembley, against Chelsea
Farah wins final track race in Britain, in 3,000m at Diamond League in Birmingham
European Eventing Championships (Poland) –
Team event – GB
Individual – Ingrid Klimke (Germany). Bronze – Nicola Wilson
Aug 21
Eni Aluko accuses England women’s football manager Mark Sampson of discrimination
Rooney scores 200th Premier League goal
Aug 22
Semi-finals – England bt France, New Zealand bt USA
Aug 23
Davinson Sanchez moves from Ajax to Spurs for £42 million
FK Qarabeg (Azerbaijan) qualify for Champions League for the first time
Aug 24
Farah wins 5000m in final track event at Diamond League finals meeting in Zurich
Aug 26
Challenge Cup final – Hull bt Wigan. Lance Todd Trophy – Marc Sneyd
Women’s Rugby World Cup final (Belfast) – New Zealand 41 England 32
Floyd Mayweather bt Conor McGregor by TKO in 10th round at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise (Las Vegas)
Ousmane Dembele moves from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona for an initial fee of €105 million
$1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta opens. Home of Atlanta Falcons
Aug 27
Paul Hunter Classic final – Michael White bt Shaun Murphy
Aug 28
US Open first round – Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) bt Konta, Sharapova bt Halep
Irish rugby player Willie Duggan dies
Aug 29
Second Test (Headingley) England 258 (Stokes 100) and 470 West Indies 437 (Brathwaite 134, Shai Hope 147, Anderson 5-76) and 322-5 (Shai Hope 118). West Indies won by five wickets
Shai Hope becomes the first player ever to score centuries in both innings of a match at Headingley
First round – Naomi Osaka bt Kerber
Aug 30
Bangladesh beat Australia for the first time in a Test match
Aug 31
Transfer deadline day –
Oxlade-Chamberlain moves from Arsenal to Liverpool
Kylian Mbappe moves from Monaco to PSG on loan with an option of purchase for €180 million
Danny Drinkwater moves from Leicester to Chelsea
Surrey vs Middlesex abandoned after a crossbow bolt is fired onto the pitch
September
Sep 1
Diamond League finals (Brussels). C.J. Ujah wins 100m. Mariya Lasitskene won all of the Diamond League fixtures in the women’s high jump
KIA Super League final – Western Storm bt Southern Vipers
Third round – Shapovalov bt Edmund
Sep 2
Lewis Hamilton breaks Michael Schumacher’s pole record with 69th career pole position
Nat West T20 Blast (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Birmingham Bears bt Glamorgan, Notts Outlaws bt Hampshire. Final – Notts Outlaws bt Birmingham Bears
Fabio Fognini suspended from US Open for insulting the umpire
17-year-old Ben Woodburn scores winning goal for Wales against Austria
Sep 3
Italian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel
Burghley Horse Trials – Oliver Townsend, riding Ballaghmor Class
All-Ireland Hurling Final – Galway bt Waterford
Sep 6
John Motson to retire at end of the season
Sep 7
Semi-finals – Stephens bt Venus Williams, Keys bt Vandeweghe
Sep 8
Anderson takes 500th Test wicket, bowling Kraigg Brathwaite
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Del Potro, Anderson bt Pablo Carreno Busta
Men’s doubles final – Rojer and Tecau bt Lopez and Lopez
Sep 9
Third Test (Lords) West Indies 123 (Stokes 6-22) and 177 (Anderson 7-42) England 194 (Roach 5-72) and 107-1. England won by nine wickets. England win series 2-1
CPLT20 final – Trinbago Knight Riders bt St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Final – Stephens bt Keys
Mixed doubles final – Murray and Hingis bt Venus and Chan
Hull KR win promotion to Super League
Sep 10
Walker Cup (Los Angeles) USA 19 Great Britain & Ireland 7
Final – Nadal bt Anderson. 16th Grand Slam title
Women’s doubles final – Chan and Hingis bt Hradecka and Siniakova. 25th Grand Slam title for Hingis
Vuelta a Espana – Froome. 2nd Nibali. Froome becomes third rider to do the Tour-Vuelta double after Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault
Great North Run. Men‘s – Farah. Women’s – Keitany
European Masters – Matthew Fitzpatrick
Tour of Britain – Lars Boom (Netherlands)
Sep 11
Frank de Boer sacked as manager of Crystal Palace after 77 days and is replaced by Roy Hodgson
Sep 12
England's leading female Test run scorer Jan Brittan dies
Champions League – Chelsea 6 FK Qarabeg 0. Celtic 0 PSG 5
Sep 13
Real Madrid player Marco Arsenio misses Champions League match through an infected pimple caused by shaving his legs
Sep 16
St Leger – Capri (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Watford 0 Man City 6 (Aguero 3)
Newcastle Falcons play Saracens at Talen Energy Stadium in Philadelphia
Harry Redknapp fired as manager of Birmingham City
T20 (Durham) – West Indies bt England
Gennady Golovkin's world middleweight title fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez ends in a controversial draw
Atletico Madrid play first match at Wanda Metropolitano stadium
Sep17
Singapore GP – Hamilton, Ricciardo, Bottas. Both Ferrari cars and Verstappen crash out on first lap
Champions League of Darts final – Suljovic bt Anderson
Wasps’ 20-game home unbeaten streak ended by Harlequins
BMW Championship – Mark Leishman
UCI Road World Championships start in Bergen
Team Sunweb win both men’s and women’s team time trials
IndyCar series – Josef Newgarden
Mario Mola and Flora Duffy retain titles in Triathlon World Series
All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final – Dublin bt Mayo
Sep 19
Bairstow 100 in first ODI against West Indies
Women’s time trial – Annemiek van Vleuten
Sep 20
Mark Sampson sacked as manager of England women’s football team following evidence of "inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviour with female players in 2014, when he was manager at Bristol Academy
Men’s time trial – Tom Dumoulin. 3rd Froome
Jake LaMotta dies
Rio Ferdinand to take up boxing
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final – Sporting Kansas City bt New York Red Bulls
Sep 21
Catriona Matthew to captain Europe in 2019 Solheim Cup at Gleneagles
Sep 23
Morata hat-trick for Chelsea against Stoke
Women’s road race – Chantal Blaak (Netherlands)
Paris to host 2024 Olympics. Los Angeles to host 2028 Olympics
Sep 24
Men’s road race – Peter Sagan. Third successive win
Moeen Ali hits second fastest ODI century for England in 53 balls, against West Indies
World Open snooker final – Ding Junhui bt Kyren Wilson
Team Europe (captained by Borg) bt Team World (captained by McEnroe) in inaugural edition of Laver Cup, held in Prague. Federer and Nadal played together in doubles
Tour Championship – Xander Schauffele (USA)
FexEx Cup – Justin Thomas
European Open – Jordan Smith (England)
Sep 25
Gareth Barry makes record 633rd appearance in Premier League
Ben Stokes arrested outside a nightclub in Bristol
Sep 27
England name three uncapped players in Ashes squad – Mason Crane (Hampshire), Ben Foakes (Surrey) and Craig Overton (Somerset)
Rugby League Writers and Broadcasters player of the year award – Luke Gale
Sep 28
Specsavers County Championship – Essex. Relegated – Middlesex, Warwicks
Division Two – Worcs. Promoted – Notts
Most runs – Kumar Sangakkara (Surrey)
Most wickets – Jamie Porter (Essex)
Scottish Women's Premier League – Glasgow City
Sep 29
Bairstow 141 in fifth ODI. England win series 4-0
World Rowing Championships in Florida. GB win only gold medal in mixed para-rowing
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
Sep 30
Hull 6 Birmingham 1
Million Pound Game – Catalan Dragons bt Leigh Centurions
Cambridgeshire Handicap – Dolphin Vista
AFL Grand Final – Richmond Tigers bt Adelaide Crows
October
Oct 1
New code of cricket laws issued. Handled the Ball is treated as Obstructing the Field, maximum dimensions of a cricket bat are now 108mm in width, 67mm in depth with 40mm edges
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Chantilly) – Enable (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden. Fifth win for Dettori
British Masters – Paul Dunne
Malaysian GP – Verstappen, Hamilton, Ricciardo
Pierre Gasly makes his F1 debut for Toro Rosso, replacing Daniil Kvyat
NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt North Queensland Cowboys
Barcelona play Las Palmas behind closed doors due to Catalonia independence referendum
British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton
Oct 2
Herath takes 400th Test wicket for Sri Lanka
Oct 3
Notts captain Chris Read retires
Oct 4
Premiership Play-off final – Swindon Robins bt Wolverhampton Wolves
PGA Tour Player of the Year – Justin Thomas
Oct 5
Steve Prescott Man of Steel – Luke Gale (Castleford)
England qualify for World Cup after beating Slovenia
Minor Counties final – Berkshire bt Lincs
PCA Player of the Year – Samit Patel (Notts)
PCA Young Player of the Year – Jamie Porter (Essex)
Detroit Red Wings play first game at Little Caesars Arena
Oct 6
Terry Downes dies
Oct 7
Betfred Super League Grand Final – Leeds bt Castleford. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Danny McGuire. Zak Hardaker (Castleford) missed the match due to disciplinary hearing
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
Cesarewitch Handicap – Withhold
Ironman World Championships – Men’s – Patrick Lange (Germany). Women’s – Daniela Ryf (Switzerland) wins for third successive year. 2nd Lucy Charles
World Grand Prix final (Dublin) – Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland) bt Simon Whitlock
Oct 8
Japanese GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal –
Pommel Horse – Max Whitlock
Women’s floor. Bronze – Claudia Fragapane
Bradford Bulls win women’s Super League double
European Masters final (Belgium) – Trump bt Bingham
Harry Maguire and Harry Winks make England debuts against Lithuania
Scotland knocked out of World Cup after draw with Slovenia
Dunhill Links Championship – Tyrrell Hatton
Oct 9
Zak Hardaker ruled out of England's rugby league World Cup squad after testing positive for cocaine
Wales 0 Republic of Ireland 1 (McClean). Wales knocked out of World Cup
Oct 10
Carlo Ancelotti sacked as manager of Bayern Munich
Uefa Nations League to start in 2018
Stack Stevens dies
Vegas Golden Knights play inaugural home game in NHL
Oct 12
Gordon Strachan resigns as manager of Scotland
Oct 14
Redzel wins inaugural Everest Stakes in Sydney, the world's richest turf race
Centenary Stand at Anfield is renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand
Crystal Palace score their first goal of the season, against Chelsea, after failing to score in their first seven games
Man City 7 Stoke 2
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Krasny Yar (Russia) bt Stade Francais
Oct 15
Italian Open – Tyrrell Hatton
British Superbike Championship – Shane Byrne
Oct 17
Craig Shakespeare sacked as manager of Leicester City
Maribor 0 Liverpool 7
Oct 19
WNBA finals – Minnesota Lynx bt Los Angeles Sparks
Oct 20
Champion Stakes – Cracksman
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – Persuasive
Champion jockey – Sylvestre de Sousa
Champion trainer – Aidan O’Brien
European Track Cycling Championships start in Berlin
Women’s pursuit – Archibald
Oct 21
Women’s omnium – Archibald
Oct 22
Brendan Hartley (New Zealand) makes debut for Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz replaces Jolyon Palmer at Renault, with Kvyat returning to Toro Rosso to take his old place
US Grand Prix – Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen
English Open final – O’Sullivan bt Kyren Wilson
Women’s Madison – GB (Barker and Dickinson)
Oct 23
Ronald Koeman sacked as manager of Everton
Jack Taylor (Glos) banned from bowling for 12 months because of an illegal action
Best Fifa Football Awards –
Men’s player – Ronaldo
Women’s player – Lieke Martens (Netherlands)
Coach – Zidane
Ferenc Puskas award for goal of the year – Olivier Giroud
European Golden Boy Award – Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Oct 24
Stuart Bingham banned from snooker for six months for betting breaches
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Garbine Muguruza
Oct 25
U-17 World Cup semi-final – England 3 (Brewster 3) Brazil 1
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Elise Christie
Claude Puel appointed as manager of Leicester City
Oct 27
WTA finals (Singapore). Final group tables –
Red group – Garcia, Wozniacki, Svitolina, Halep
White group – Pliskova, Williams, Muguruza, Ostapenko
League of Ireland – Cork City
Oct 28
Speedway Grand Prix – Jason Doyle (Australia)
Aidan O’Brien breaks Bobby Frankel’s record of 25 Group 1 wins in a season with Saxon Warrior, ridden by Ryan Moore, winning the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. Andrea Atzeni had ridden the winning horse for the previous four years in the Racing Post Trophy
Semi-finals – Wozniacki bt Pliskova, Williams bt Garcia
U-17 World Cup final (Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata) England 5 Spain 2
Top scorer – Rhian Brewster (8 goals)
Player of the tournament – Phil Foden
Manager – Steve Cooper
Anthony Joshua bt Carlos Takam at Principality Stadium in Cardiff
Oct 29
WTA Final – Wozniacki bt Venus Williams
Mexican GP – Verstappen, Bottas, Raikkonen. 9th Hamilton
Hamilton wins fourth world title
European Championship darts final – Van Gerwen bt Rob Cross
WGC-HSBC Champions – Justin Rose
David Miller scores the fastest Twenty20 international century, in 35 balls for South Africa against Bangladesh
Rugby League World Cup – Lebanon bt France
Oct 30
Yan Bingtao (aged 17) bt O’Sullivan 6-1 in first round of International Championship
Oct 31
Farah splits from coach Alberto Salazar
November
Nov 1
World Series – Houston Astros 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 3. MVP – George Springer, who became the first man to hit home runs in four successive World Series games. First title for Astros
Aguero breaks Eric Brook’s record of 177 goals for Man City
World Billiards Championship – David Causier
Nov 2
Marseille player Patrice Evra is sent off after kicking one of his team's fans in the head before the Europa League match at Vitoria Guimaraes
Everton knocked out of Europa League by Lyon
Nov 4
Superbike World Championship – Jonathan Rea wins for third year in succession
Celtic break their own British record of 62 domestic games without defeat
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Gun Runner
New Zealand 74 Scotland 6
Nov 5
Fiji 72 Wales 6
Scotland players Danny Brough, Sam Brooks and Johnny Walker thrown out of World Cup after being deemed too drunk to board a flight
WTA Elite Trophy final (Zhuhai) – Julia Goerges bt Coco Vanderweghe
Shalane Flanagan becomes the first American woman for 40 years to win the New York Marathon
Nov 6
Wales Rally GB – Elfyn Evans
Turkish Airlines Open – Rose
Paris Masters – Jack Sock
International Championship final – Selby bt Allen
British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Phillip Harris. Women – Natasha McKay
Nov 7
Melbourne Cup – Rekindling. Trained by Joseph O’Brien, aged 24
David Moyes replaces Slaven Bilic as manager of West Ham
Tom Curran replaces Steven Finn on Ashes’ tour
Mitchell Starc takes a hat-trick in both innings of a Sheffield Shield match
Jemima Sumgong suspended for four years for doping
Baseball player Roy ‘Doc’ Halladay dies
Nov 9
Track Cycling World Cup starts in Manchester
Nov 10
Tammy Abraham, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Jordan Pickford make England debuts against Germany
Barbarians win the invitational club's first women's match as they defeat Munster
Nov 12
MotoGP final standings – 1st Marquez (Honda), 2nd Dovizioso (Ducati), 3rd Vinales (Yamaha)
Constructors’ champion – Honda
Moto2 – Franco Morbidelli (Italy)
Moto3 – Joan Mir (Spain)
Ellyse Perry hits 213 in drawn Women’s Ashes Test in Sydney
Brazilian GP – Vettel, Bottas, Raikkonen
Switzerland bt Northern Ireland to qualify for World Cup after referee Ovidiu Hategan (Romania) awards a controversial penalty against Corry Evans for handball. Steven Davis wins 100th cap
Rugby League World Cup group tables –
Group A – Australia, England, Lebanon, France
Group B – Tonga, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland
Group C – Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Wales
Group D – Fiji, Italy, USA
Fed Cup final (Minsk) USA bt Belarus
Nov 13
Italy fail to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 after a play-off defeat against Sweden
Nadal pulls out of ATP finals after losing to Goffin and is replaced by Pablo Carreno Busta
Nov 14
Republic of Ireland 1 Denmark 5 (Eriksen 3). Denmark qualify for World Cup
Iceland and Panama qualify for World Cup for the first time
Joe Gomez makes England debut against Brazil
Nov 15
France to host 2023 rugby union World Cup
Wisbech goalkeeper Paul Bastick makes his 1,250th appearance, beating Peter Shilton’s club record
Cartier Horse of the Year – Enable
National League MVP – Giancarlo Stanton (Miami Marlins). American League MVP – Jose Altuve (Houston Astros)
Nov 17
Nitto ATP Finals. Group tables –
Group Boris Becker – Federer, Sock, Zverev, Cilic
Group Pete Sampras – Dimitrov, Goffin, Thiem, Carreno Busta
Chris Coleman leaves Wales to become manager of Sunderland
Nov 18
Shanghai Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Trump
Semi-finals – Goffin bt Federer, Dimitrov bt Sock
Doubles semi-finals – Kontinen and Peers bt Murray and Soares, Kubot and Melo bt Harrison and Venus
Sunderland become the first team in English football history to fail to win in 20 successive home games in all competitions
Luton 7 Cambridge Utd 0
Nigeria women’s bobsleigh team qualify for Winter Olympics
Rugby League World Cup quarter-final – Fiji bt New Zealand
Callum Wilson hat-trick for Bournemouth against Huddersfield
Nov 19
Final – Dimitrov bt Goffin
Doubles final – Kontinen and Peers bt Kubot and Melo
Quarter-final – England bt Papua New Grinea
Tour Championship – Jon Rahm
Race to Dubai – Tommy Fleetwood
World Rally Championship – Sebastien Ogier, driving a Ford Fiesta
Grand Slam of Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Wright
NASCAR Sprint Cup – Martin Truex
Nov 20
Jana Novotna dies
Tony Pulis sacked as manager of WBA
Nov 21
Third Women’s Twenty20 International – Australia 178-2 (Mooney 117) England 181-6 (Wyatt 100)
Australia retain the Women's Ashes with multi-format series drawn 8-8
Everton striker Oumar Niasse becomes the first Premier League player to be charged by the Football Association for ‘successful deception of a match official’, i.e. diving
Nov 22
Women’s Rugby League World Cup pool match – Cook Islands bt England
Final pool tables –
Pool A – Australia, England, Cook Islands
Pool B – New Zealand, Canada, Papua New Guinea
PSG 7 Celtic 1
Ryan Colclough scores twice for Wigan against Doncaster and is substituted so he can attend the birth of his son
Nov 24
Valentine Holmes scores six tries for Australia in World Cup semi-final against Fiji
Michael Owen finishes second on Calder Prince in charity horse race at Ascot
World Athletes of the Year – Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam
Nov 25
Semi-final – England bt Tonga
Scotland bt Australia 53-24 in rugby union international
Betfair Chase – Bristol De Mai
European Curling Championships – Men’s final – Sweden bt Scotland (skip – Kyle Smith), Women’s final – Scotland (skip – Eve Muirhead) bt Sweden
Nov 26
Davis Cup final (Lille) France 3 Belgium 2. Pouille bt Darcis in final match. Captain – Yannick Noah
Scottish League Cup final – Celtic bt Motherwell
Abu Dhabi GP – Bottas, Hamilton, Vettel
Final standings – 1st Hamilton 363 points, 2nd Vettel 317 points, 3rd Bottas
Constructors – 1st Mercedes 668 points, 2nd Ferrari 562 points, 3rd Red Bull
Race winners – Hamilton 9, Vettel 5, Bottas 3, Verstappen 2, Ricciardo 1
Pole positions – Hamilton 11, Vettel 4, Bottas 4, Raikkonen 1
Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-finals – New Zealand bt England, Australia bt Canada
World Rugby Awards –
Player of the Year – Beauden Barrett (New Zealand)
Team of the Year – New Zealand Women
Coach of the Year – Eddie Jones
Women's Player of the Year – Portia Woodman (New Zealand)
Players Championship final – Van Gerwen bt Jonny Clayton
Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts bt Calgary Stampeders
Japan Cup – Cheval Grand
Nov 27
First Test (Brisbane) England 302 and 195 Australia 328 (Smith 141) and 173-0. Australia won by 10 wickets
SPOTY contenders announced – Christie, Farah, Froome, Hamilton, Joshua, Kane, Konta, Peacock, Peaty, Rea, Shrubsole, Walkden
Nov 28
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘Tom Simpson: Bird on the Wire’ by Andy McGrath
Nov 29
Copa Libertadores final – Gremio (Brazil) bt Lanus (Argentina)
Alan Pardew appointed as manager of WBA
Rooney hat-trick for Everton against West Ham, including a goal from inside his own half
Nov 30
Sam Allerdyce appointed as manager of Everton
December
Dec 1
World Cup Draw. Group G – England, Belgium, Tunisia, Panama
Dec 2
Final – Australia 6 England 0. Only try scored by Boyd Cordner
Women’s final – Australia bt New Zealand
Honey Hireme (New Zealand) scored 13 tries in the tournament
Highland League – Brora Rovers 16 Fort William 0
Ladbrokes Trophy – Total Recall. Formerly known as the Hennessey Gold Cup
Dec 3
Benevento goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli scores an equaliser against AC Milan to earn his team the first Serie A point in their history, ending a record-breaking run of 14 defeats
Hero World Challenge – Rickie Fowler
India vs Sri Lanka Test match in Delhi halted due to smog
Dec 4
BBC Wales Sports Person of the Year – Jonathan Davies (Scarlets)
Dec 5
IOC bans Russia from 2018 Winter Olympics, although Russian athletes who can prove they are clean would be allowed to compete in South Korea under a neutral flag, under the name 'Olympic Athlete from Russia' (OAR)
Dec 6
Second Test (Adelaide) Australia 442-8 (Marsh 126) and 138 (Anderson 5-43) England 227 and 233 (Starc 5-38). Australia won by 120 runs
Liverpool 7 (Coutinho 3) Spartak Moscow 0
Dec 7
Ballon d’Or – Ronaldo. Fifth win
Mosconi Cup (Las Vegas) – Team Europe bt Team USA
Dec 8
Shohei Ohtani signs for LA Angels
Dec 9
James DeGale loses IBF super-middleweight world title to Caleb Troux (USA)
MLS Cup – Toronto FC bt Seattle Sounders FC
Dec 10
Betway UK Championship final – O’Sullivan bt Murphy
Ben Duckett suspended for pouring a drink over Jimmy Anderson in a Perth bar
Tommy Horton dies
Sunil Ambris (West Indies) becomes first player to be dismissed hit-wicket twice in consecutive tests
Dec 11
BBC African Footballer of the Year – Mohamed Salah
Dec 12
Jim Mallinder sacked as director of rugby at Northampton
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Nadal and Muguruza
Tyson Fury blames the elevated nandrolone levels on eating uncastrated wild boar
Dec 14
Chris Froome had double the permitted level of legal asthma drug salbutamol in his urine in his 2017 Vuelta a Espana win. Bradley Wiggins’s wife describes Froome as a 'slithering reptile' on social media
Dec 16
FIFA Club World Cup final (Abu Dhabi) Real Madrid 1 (Ronaldo) Gremio 0
Final ranking – Real Madrid, Gremio, Pachuca, Al-Jazira, Urawa Red Diamonds, Wydad Casablanca, Auckland City
Aljaz Bedene switches his nationality back to Slovenian
Ram Slam T20 Challenge final – Titans bt Dolphins. Third consecutive win for Titans
Sunderland win first home match for a year, against Fulham
Dec 17
Hearts end Celtic's 69-game unbeaten domestic run
Francois Gabart sets a new world record for the fastest solo round-the-world navigation, beating the previous time by more than six days
Scottish Open final – Robertson bt Cao Yupeng
BBC Sports Personality of the Year (Echo Arena, Liverpool) 1st Mo Farah, 2nd Jonathan Rea, 3rd Jonnie Peacock
Overseas Personality – Roger Federer
Coaches – Benke Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm (GB men’s 4x100m relay)
Team – England Women’s Cricket
Young Personality – Phil Foden
Lifetime Achievement Award – Jessica Ennis-Hill
Helen Rollason award – Bradley Lowery
Unsung hero – Denise Larrad
World squash championships. Men’s – Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egypt). Women’s – Raneem El Weleily (Egypt)
Dec 18
Third Test (Perth) England 403 (Malan 140, Bairstow 119) and 218 (Hazlewood 5-48) Australia 662-9 (Smith 239 M Marsh 181). Australia won by an innings and 41 runs
Dec 20
Paul Clement is fired as manager of Swansea
Carabao Cup quarter-final – Bristol City bt Man Utd
Dec 21
Birmingham to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
Dec 22
Rohit Sharma scores the joint fastest Twenty20 international century, in 35 balls against Sri Lanka
Dec 23
Oxford 0 Wigan 7
Dec 26
King George VI Chase – Might Bite
Kauto Star Novice’s Chase – Black Corton (Bryony Frost)
Tom Curran makes England debut in fourth Test
Kane scores 39 goals in Premier League in 2017, beating Alan Shearer’s record of 36. He scored eight hat-tricks and 56 goals in all competitions in 2017
Tony Pulis replaces Gary Monk as manager of Middlesbrough
Dec 27
Jacques Brunel replaces Guy Noves as head coach of France
Virgil van Dyck moves from Southampton to Liverpool for £75 million
South Africa bt Zimbabwe in first four-day Test match
Dec 28
Former Sheffield Wednesday manager Carlos Carvalhad is appointed as manager of Swansea
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race – Comanche, in a record time of 1 day, 9 hours
Dec 30
Fourth Test (Melbourne) Australia 327 (Warner 103) and 263-4 (Smith 102) England 491 (Cook 244 n.o.)
PDC semi-finals – Taylor bt Jamie Lewis, Cross bt Van Gerwen
Dec 31
Crystal Palace end Manchester City’s 18 game winning streak in Premier League
Cleveland Browns lose all 16 games in NFL
New Years Honours –
OBE – Sam Warburton, Heather Knight, Mark Robinson, Ian McLauchlan, Ed Morrison
MBE – Tammy Beaumont, Anya Shrubsole
Royal Victorian Order Lieutenant (LVO) – Nicky Henderson
