Sport and Leisure/Sport 2024
January
Jan 2
Wayne Rooney sacked as manager of Birmingham City after just 83 days in charge
PDC World Darts Championship semi-finals – Luke Littler bt Rob Cross, Luke Humphries bt Scott Williams
Luke Humphries becomes world number one
Jan 3
PDC final – Humphries bt Littler. Humphries is nicknamed “Cool Hand Luke”. Littler is nicknamed “The Nuke” and his walk-on-music is ‘Greenlight’ by American rapper Pitbull
PGA Tour Player of Year – Scottie Scheffler
Jan 4
India bt South Africa by seven wickets in the shortest Test to produce a winner in the history of the game, lasting 642 balls
Jan 6
Mario Zagallo dies
Four Hills Tournament – Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
Jan 8
Ding Junhui 147 against Ronnie O’Sullivan in Masters
Tony Mowbray appointed as manager of Birmingham City
Franz Beckenbauer dies
JPR Williams dies
Jan 10
European Track Cycling Championships start in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands
Jan 11
Bill Belichick leaves New England Patriots after 24 years as head coach
Andy Farrell is appointed head coach of the British and Irish Lions for the 2025 tour to Australia
Jan 12
Mark Allen 147 against Mark Selby in Masters
Men’s individual pursuit – Dan Bigham
Women’s sprint – Emma Finucane
Jan 13
Afcon starts in Ivory Coast
Masters semi-finals – O’Sullivan bt Murphy, Carter bt Allen
Men’s omnium – Ethan Hayter
Women’s 500m time trial – Katy Marchant
Jan 14
Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Carter. Eighth title
Women’s individual pursuit – Josie Knight
Jan 15
Fifa Best Awards –
Best Men’s Player – Lionel Messi
Best Women’s Player – Aitana Bonmati
Best Men’s Coach – Pep Guardiola
Best Women’s Coach – Sarina Wiegman
Best Men’s Goalkeeper – Ederson
Best Women’s Goalkeeper – Mary Earps
Jan 16
Jose Mourinho sacked as Roma manager
Louis Rees-Zammit to quit rugby union to play American football
Jan 19
Jordan Henderson moves from Al-Ettifaq to Ajax
Joe Schmidt appointed as head coach of Australia rugby union team
Bahrain Darts Masters final – Littler bt Van Gerwen
Dakar Rally – Cars classification won by Carlos Sainz, driving an Audi RS Q e-tron. Fourth win for Sainz
Jan 21
Dubai Desert Classic – McIlroy
World Grand Prix final – O’Sullivan bt Trump
Nick Dunlap wins The American Express title to become the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson in 1991
Australian Open fourth round – Zverev bt Norrie
Jan 22
World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Stewart Anderson. Women’s – Katherine Rednall
Jan 23
EFL Cup semi-final – Chelsea 6 Middlesbrough 1. Chelsea win 6-2 on aggregate
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Equinox
Jan 24
EFL Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Fulham
Big Bash League final – Brisbane Heat bt Sydney Sixers
Jan 25
Australian Open women’s semi-finals – Sabalenka bt Gauff, Zheng Qinwen bt Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine)
Lancashire spinner Tom Hartley makes England debut against India. His first ball is hit for six by Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jan 26
Australian Open men’s semi-finals – Sinner bt Djokovic, Medvedev bt Zverev
Mixed doubles final – Zielinski and Hsieh bt Skupski and Krawczyk
Luka Doncic scores 73 points for Dallas Mavericks against Atlanta Hawks
ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –
Men's Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Pat Cummins
Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Usman Khawaja
Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Virat Kohli
Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Suryakumar Yadav
Women’s Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) – Nat Sciver-Brunt
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Chamari Athapaththu
Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Hayley Matthews
Jan 27
Australian Open women’s final – Sabalenka bt Zheng
Men’s doubles final – Ebden and Bopanna bt Bolelli and Vavassori
Rohan Bopanna, aged 43, becomes the oldest men's doubles number one
FA Cup fourth round – Maidstone Utd bt Ipswich
Joao Pedro hat-trick for Brighton against Sheffield Utd
Dutch Masters final – Van Gerwen bt Littler
Jan 28
Australian Open men’s final – Sinner bt Medvedev
Women’s doubles final – Hsieh and Mertens bt Kichenok and Ostapenko
First Test (Hyderabad) England 246 and 420 (Pope 196) India 436 and 202 (Hartley 7-62). England won by 28 runs
West Brom vs Wolves FA Cup tie suspended for 38 minutes due to crowd trouble
AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Baltimore Ravens
NFC Championship Game – San Francisco 49ers bt Detroit Lions
Pegasus World Cup – National Treasure
British Basketball League (BBL) Trophy final – London Lions bt Cheshire Phoenix
WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Essex Rebels
Jan 29
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva is given a four-year ban for doping
Jan 30
Elijah Adebayo hat-trick for Luton against Brighton
February
Feb 1
Transfer deadline day – Adam Wharton moves from Blackburn Rovers to Crystal Palace
Feb 2
Six Nations captains and coaches –
England – Jamie George and Steve Borthwick
Wales – Dafydd Jenkins and Warren Gatland
Ireland – Peter O’Mahony and Andy Farrell
Scotland – Rory Darge and Finn Russell (co-captains) and Gregor Townsend
France – Gregory Alldritt and Fabien Galthie
Italy – Michele Lamaro and Gonzalo Quesada
France 17 Ireland 38. Paul Willemse sent off
Shoaib Bashir makes England debut against India
Lewis Hamilton to join Ferrari in 2025
World Aquatics Championships start in Qatar
Mixed team diving – GB
Feb 3
Italy 24 England 27. England debuts for Fraser Dingwall and Ethan Roots. George Ford kicked 17 points
Wales 26 Scotland 27
Irish Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs
Feb 4
Matheus Cunha hat-trick for Wolves against Chelsea
Barry John dies
German Masters snooker final – Trump bt Si Jiahui
Feb 5
Second Test (Visakhapatnam) India 396 (Jaiswal 209) and 255 (Gill 104) England 253 (Bumrah 6-45) and 292. India won by 106 runs
Phil Foden hat-trick for Man City against Brentford
Cazoo Masters final – Bunting bt van Gerwen. First televised PDC title for Bunting
Feb 7
Player of the match award at this year's Super League Grand Final will be renamed after Rob Burrow. The new award will replace the Harry Sunderland Trophy
Feb 9
NFL MVP – Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens)
Feb 10
England 16 Wales 14. Hollie Davidson becomes the first female assistant referee in a men's Six Nations Championship match
Scotland 16 France 20
2023 Asian Cup final (Qatar) Qatar 3 Jordan 1. Akram Afif scored a hat-trick of penalties
Feb 11
Ireland 36 Italy 0
West Ham 0 Arsenal 6
2023 Africa Cup of Nations final (Abidjan) Ivory Coast bt Nigeria. Third title. Ivory Coast lost matches in the group stage to Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Super Bowl LVIII – Kansas City Chiefs 25 San Francisco 49ers 22
Winning touchdown scored by Mecole Hardman with just three seconds left in overtime
Chiefs become first team to win back-to-back since the New England Patriots in 2004
MVP – Patrick Mahomes
Game played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas
Half time show headlined by Usher
Feb 12
Kelvin Kiptum dies
Feb 13
Mansfield 9 Harrogate 2
Feb 14
Men’s 800m freestyle – Daniel Wiffen (Ireland)
Feb 15
Women’s 200m butterfly – Laura Stephens
Men’s high diving – Aiden Heslop
Feb 16
Ashwin takes 500th Test wicket, dismissing Zak Crawley
England are awarded five penalty runs after Ashwin is caught running into the protected area of the pitch
Feb 17
Mike Proctor dies
Welsh Open snooker semi-final – Gary Wilson 147 against John Higgins
Feb 18
Third Test (Rajkot) India 445 (Jadeja 112) and 430-4 (Jaiswal 214*) England 319 (Duckett 153) and 122 (Jadeja 5-41). India won by 434 runs
World Seniors Darts Championship – John Henderson. Lisa Ashton reached the semi-finals
Welsh Open final – Gary Wilson bt Martin O’Donnell
Men’s 1500m freestyle – Daniel Wiffen
Women’s 400m medley – Freya Colbert
China won 23 of the 75 gold medals available at the World Aquatics Championships
Feb 19
Former Eintracht Frankfurt manager Oliver Glasner replaces Roy Hodgson as manager of Crystal Palace
Michael Beale sacked as manager of Sunderland after just 12 games in charge
Feb 20
Andreas Brehme dies
Feb 24
Stan Bowles dies
Chris Nicholl dies
Ireland 31 Wales 7. Ireland equal England's record of 11 consecutive wins in the Six Nations
Scotland 31 England 20. Duhan van der Merwe becomes the first Scotland player to score a Calcutta Cup hat-trick
World Club Challenge – Wigan Warriors bt Penrith Panthers
Claressa Shields bt Kelsey De Santis in first professional women’s MMA bout in Saudi Arabia
Marco Odermatt wins his third consecutive overall Alpine World Cup title with 10 races to spare
Saudi Cup – Senor Buscador
Feb 25
France 13 Italy 13. Paolo Garbisi's injury-time penalty hit the post. Jonathan Danty was sent off and received a five-week suspension
EFL Cup final – Liverpool 1 (Van Dijk) Chelsea 0. Tenth win for Liverpool
Players Championship snooker final – Mark Allen bt Zhang Anda
Feb 26
Fourth Test (Ranchi) England 353 (Root 122*) and 145 (Ashwin 5-51) India 307 (Bashir 5-119) and192-5. India won by five wickets
Jarrod Bowen hat-trick for West Ham against Brentford
FA Cup fifth round – Coventry 5 Maidstone 0
Everton's penalty for breaching Premier League financial rules is reduced from 10 points to six after an appeal
Feb 27
FA Cup fifth round – Luton 2 Man City 6 (Haaland 5)
Feb 29
Paul Pogba is banned from football for four years for a doping offence
March
Mar 1
World Indoor Athletics Championships start at Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow
Men’s 60m – Christian Coleman (USA)
Men’s shot put – Ryan Crouser (USA)
Mar 2
Formula 1 teams –
Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll
McLaren – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri
Williams – Logan Sargeant, Alexander Albon
RB – Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda
Alpine – Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon
Haas – Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber – Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu
Bahrain GP – Verstappen, Perez, Sainz
Men’s 400m – Alexander Doom (Belgium)
Men’s 3000m – Josh Kerr
Men’s high jump – Hamish Kerr (New Zealand)
Men’s triple jump – Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)
Women’s pole vault – Molly Caudery
Women’s 400m – Femke Bol (Netherlands) in a world record time
Women’s 60m – Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia)
LeBron James becomes the first NBA player to reach 40,000 career regular-season points
Maurice Bembridge dies
Mar 3
UK Open darts final – Van den Burgh bt Humphries
Men’s 1500m – Geordie Beamish (New Zealand)
Men’s pole vault – Armand Duplantis
Women’s 800m – Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia). Silver – Jemma Reekie
Women’s 4x400m relay. Bronze – GB (Lina Nielsen, Laviai Nielsen, Ama Pipi, Jessie Knight)
USA topped the medal table, winning six gold medals
Katie Boulter wins her first WTA 500 title by defeating Marta Kostyuk in the San Diego Open final
HSBC Women’s World Championships – Hannah Green (Australia)
Mar 4
Sheffield Utd 0 Arsenal 6
Mar 6
Riyadh Season World Masters of Snooker final – O’Sullivan bt Brecel. First tournament played with the golden ball, worth 20 points
Mar 7
Jonny Bairstow wins 100th England cap
Mar 9
Jimmy Anderson takes 700th Test wicket, having Kuldeep Yadav caught by Ben Foakes
Fifth Test (Dharamsala) England 218 (Kuldeep 5-72) and 195 (Ashwin 5-77) India 474 (Gill 110, Rohit 103, Bashir 5-173) India won by an innings and 64 runs
India win series 4-1
Anthony Joshua bt Francis Ngannou. Fight held in Saudi Arabia
Mar 10
England 23 Ireland 22. Winning drop goal scored by Marcus Smith. Danny Care wins his 100th cap for England
Italy 31 Scotland 29. First home Six Nations win since 2013
Saudi Arabian GP – Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc. 7th Oliver Bearman
Oliver Bearman replaced Carlos Sainz who had appendicitis
Mar 12
Champion Hurdle – State Man (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2nd Irish Point 3rd Luccia
Supreme Novices' Hurdle – Slade Steel (Rachael Blackmore)
Mar 13
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Captain Guinness (Rachael Blackmore)
Willie Mullins becomes the first person to post 100 winners at the Cheltenham Festival
Bournemouth recover from 3-0 down to beat Luton 4-3
Mar 14
Stayers’ Hurdle – Teahupoo
Ryanair Chase – Protektorat. Owned by Alex Ferguson
TrustATrader Plate Handicap Chase – Shakem Up'Arry. Owned by Harry Redknapp
Europa League – Roma bt Brighton, Benfica bt Rangers
Liverpool 6 Sparta Prague 1. Liverpool win 11-2 on aggregate
Mar 15
Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2nd Gerri Colombe 3rd Corach Rambler
Prestbury Cup – Ireland bt GB
Leading Jockey – Paul Townend
Leading Trainer – Willie Mullins
Premiership Rugby Cup final – Gloucester bt Leicester Tigers
Mar 16
Wales 21 Italy 24
George North retires after winning his 121st cap
Ireland 17 Scotland 13
France 33 England 31. Match played in Lyon. Ollie Lawrence scored two tries for England. Thomas Ramos kicked the winning penalty for France
Final table – Ireland, France, England, Scotland, Italy, Wales
Ireland retain the Six Nations title. Wales lost all five matches
Leading points scorer – Thomas Ramos (63)
Leading try scorer – Dan Sheehan, Duhan van der Merwe (5)
Player of the tournament – Tommaso Menoncello
Mar 17
FA Cup quarter-final – Man Utd 4 Liverpool 3. Winning goal scored by Diallo
Indian Wells women’s final – Swiatek bt Sakkiri
Indian Wells men’s final – Alcaraz bt Medvedev
The Players Championship – Scottie Scheffler. First player to defend the title
World Women's Snooker Championship – Bai Yalu (China)
Women’s Premier League final – Royal Challengers Bangalore bt Delhi Capitals
Mar 18
Nottingham Forest receive an immediate four-point deduction for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules
Pakistan Super League final – Islamabad United bt Multan Sultans
Mar 22
World Figure Skating Championships (Montreal) –
Women – Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)
Pairs – Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps (Canada)
Mar 23
Men – Ilia Malinin (USA) with a new world record score
Ice dance – Madison Chock and Evan Bates (USA). 4th Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
England 0 Brazil 1. Winning goal scored by 17-year-old Endrick. Debut for Anthony Gordon
Jasmin Paris becomes the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons ultramarathon in Tennessee
Lincoln Handicap – Mr Professor
Mar 24
Australian GP – Sainz, Leclerc, Norris
Marlie Packer wins 100th cap for England, against Italy
World Open snooker final – Trump bt Ding Junhui
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Men’s downhill – Marco Odermatt
Women’s overall – Laura Gut-Behrami (Switzerland)
Women’s downhill – Conny Hutter (Austria)
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft (Austria)
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Nika Prevc (Slovenia)
Scottish Challenge Cup final – Airdrieonians bt The New Saints
Mar 26
European Championship play-off eliminator. Wales 0 Poland 0. Poland win 5-4 on penalties. Daniel James missed the only penalty
Ivan Toney, Kobbie Mainoo, and Ezri Konsa make England debuts against Belgium
Mar 29
Louis Rees-Zammit joins the Kansas City Chiefs
Danny Care retires from international rugby
World Athletics Cross Country Championships (Belgrade) – Kenya wins 6 of the 9 gold medals. GB win bronze in Mixed relay
Mar 30
Cambridge win men’s and women’s boat races
Miami Open women’s final – Collins bt Rybakina
Dubai World Cup – Laurel River
Mar 31
Miami Open men’s final – Sinner bt Dimitrov
Women’s League Cup final – Arsenal bt Chelsea
April
Apr 2
Irish Grand National – Intense Raffles
Apr 3
Phil Foden hat-trick for Man City against Aston Villa
Apr 4
Cole Palmer hat-trick for Chelsea against Man Utd
Apr 6
Frankie Dettori wins six consecutive races at Santa Anita in California
Apr 7
Japanese GP – Verstappen, Perez, Sainz
EFL Trophy final – Peterborough United bt Wycombe Wanderers
Joe Kinnear dies
Tour Championship snooker final – Williams bt O’Sullivan
Apr 8
Everton are deducted two points for a second breach of Premier League financial rules
County Championship – Glamorgan 620-3 (Northeast 335*) Middlesex 665 (Higgins 221)
Apr 10
Masters par 3 contest – Rickie Fowler
Apr 11
Aintree Hurdle – Impaire Et Passe
Aintree Bowl – Gerri Colombe
Sheffield United will start with a two-point deduction the next time they play in the Championship after breaking EFL rules by defaulting on payments to other clubs during their 2022-23 promotion season
Apr 12
Melling Chase – Jonbon
Topham Chase – Arizona Cardinal
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss invest $4.5 million in Real Bedford FC
Tiger Woods makes the cut at the Masters for a record 24th consecutive year
Olga Fikotova dies. She won the discus gold medal at the 1956 Olympics
Apr 13
Grand National – I Am Maximus (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins 2nd Delta Work 3rd Minella Indo
Billie Jean King Cup qualifier – GB bt France. Emma Raducanu won both her matches
Apr 14
Masters – Scottie Scheffler 2nd Ludvig Aberg 3rd Tommy Fleetwood, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa
EFL Awards –
Championship manager of the year – Kieran McKenna (Ipswich Town)
Championship player of the year – Crysencio Summerville (Leeds Utd)
Apr 15
Derek Underwood dies
Mykolas Alekna (Lithuania) produces a throw of 74.35m in the discus to break the longest-standing men's world record
County Championship – Warwickshire 698-3 against Durham
Chelsea 6 (Palmer 4) Everton 0
Wisden leading cricketers in the world – Nat Sciver-Brunt and Pat Cummins
Cricketers of the Year – Harry Brook, Ashleigh Gardner, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc and Mark Wood
Wisden Trophy for Test performance of the year – Travis Head
Noppon Saengkham hits a maximum break in World Snooker Championship qualifying
Apr 17
Champions League quarter-finals – PSG bt Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund bt Atletico Madrid
Apr 18
Champions League quarter-finals – Real Madrid bt Man City, Bayern Munich bt Arsenal
Women's college basketball superstar Caitlin Clark is drafted into the professional league as the first overall pick by the Indiana Fever. Clark played for Iowa Hawkeyes
Ken Owens retires
Apr 19
Leighton James dies
Apr 20
Scottish Grand National – Macdermott
FA Cup semi-final – Man City 1 Chelsea 0
World Snooker Championship first round – David Gilbert bt Luca Brecel
Apr 21
Chinese GP – Verstappen, Norris, Perez
FA Cup semi-final – Man Utd 3 Coventry City 3. Man Utd won on penalties
London Marathon –
Men’s – Alexander Mutiso Munyao (Kenya) 2nd Kenenisa Bekele 3rd Emile Cairess
Women’s – Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) in a women's only record time
Men’s wheelchair – Marcel Hug (Switzerland). Sixth win
Women’s wheelchair – Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland)
Chevron Championship – Nelly Korda, who equals an LPGA record by winning her fifth tournament in a row
Apr 22
World Snooker Championship first round – Joe O’Connor bt Mark Selby
Laureus Awards –
Sportsman of the Year award – Novak Djokovic
Sportswoman of the Year award – Aitana Bonmati
Team of the Year award – Spain women’s football team
Breakthrough of the Year award – Jude Bellingham
Comeback of the Year award – Simone Biles
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award – Diede de Groot (tennis)
Action Sportsperson of the Year award – Arisa Trew (skateboarding)
Sport for Good award – Fundacion Rafa Nadal
Apr 23
World Snooker Championship first round – Si Jiahui bt Mark Williams
Gateshead are excluded from the National League play-offs due to not meeting the Football League's ground ownership requirements
Apr 24
European Men’s Gymnastics Championships start in Rimini
Apr 25
Red Bull design chief Adrian Newey is to leave the team in the wake of the controversy involving allegations about team principal Christian Horner
Apr 27
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Barcelona bt Chelsea
British jump trainers' championship – Willie Mullins
British jump jockeys' championship – Harry Cobden
Women’s Six Nations – England bt France to win a third consecutive Six Nations Grand Slam and sixth straight title
Top scorer – Ellie Kildunne 45 (9 tries)
Player of the tournament – Ellie Kildunne
NFL draft first pick – Caleb Williams (Chicago Bears)
May
May 1
World Snooker Championship quarter-final – Stuart Bingham bt Ronnie O’Sullivan
World Snooker Championship quarter-final – Jak Jones bt Judd Trump
May 2
Peter Oosterhuis dies
Worcestershire spinner Josh Baker dies
FWA footballers of the year. Men – Phil Foden. Women – Khadija Shaw (Man City)
European Women’s Gymnastics Championships start in Rimini
May 4
2000 Guineas – Notable Speech (William Buick), trained by Charlie Appleby
European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Northampton. Hat-trick for James Lowe
Haaland scores four goals for Man City against Wolves
World Snooker Championship semi-finals – Kyren Wilson bt Dave Gilbert, Jak Jones bt Stuart Bingham
Kentucky Derby – Mystik Dan
May 5
1000 Guineas – Elmalka (Silvestre De Souza), trained by Roger Varian
European Champions Cup semi-final – Toulouse bt Harlequins
National League play-off final – Bromley bt Solihull Moors
Champions – Chesterfield
Miami GP – Norris, Verstappen, Leclerc. Maiden Formula 1 victory for Norris in his 110th grand prix. He had previously held the record for number of podium finishes (14) without winning a GP
Cesar Luis Menotti dies
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)
World’s Strongest Man – Tom Stoltman
May 6
World Snooker Championship final – Kyren Wilson bt Jak Jones
Highest break – 147 by Noppon Saengkham (Thailand) during the qualifying rounds
May 7
Champions League semi-final – Borussia Dortmund bt Paris St-Germain
May 8
Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Bayern Munich. Winning goal scored by Joselu
May 9
Europa Conference League semi-final – Olympiakos bt Aston Villa
May 10
World Snooker Tour Player of the Year – Ronnie O’Sullivan
May 11
Lauren Price becomes Wales’s first female world champion boxer
Premiership Rugby – Northampton 90 Gloucester 0
FA Trophy final – Gateshead bt Solihull Moors
FA Vase final – Romford bt Great Wakering Rovers
May 12
World Snooker Seniors Championship final – Igor Figueiredo (Brazil) bt Ken Doherty
Women’s FA Cup final – Man Utd bt Tottenham
Badminton Horse Trials – Caroline Powell, riding Greenacres Special Cavalier
May 14
Premiership Rugby player of the year – Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)
England player of the year – Ben Earl (Saracens)
Young player of the year –Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)
England women player of the year – Alex Matthews (Gloucester-Hartpury)
May 16
Xander Schauffele shoots 62 in first round of US PGA
Scottie Scheffler charged with police officer assault before US PGA second round
Feyenoord coach Arne Slot confirms he will replace Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager
May 17
World Para Athletics Championships start in Kobe, Japan
May 18
Chelsea bt Man Utd 6-0 to win Women’s Super League. Runners-up – Man City
League One play-off final – Oxford Utd bt Bolton
Promoted – Portsmouth, Derby County, Oxford Utd
Relegated – Cheltenham, Fleetwood, Port Vale, Carlisle
Leading scorer – Alfie May (Charlton Athletic) 23 goals
Scottish Premiership – Celtic. 2nd Rangers
Relegated – Livingston
Leading scorer – Lawrence Shankland (Hearts) 24 goals
Scottish Premiership play-off – Ross County bt Raith Rovers
Scottish Championship – Dundee Utd
Scottish League One – Falkirk
Scottish League Two – Stenhousemuir
Highland League – Buckie Thistle
Lowland League – East Kilbride
Scottish League Two play-off final – Stranraer bt East Kilbride
UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Final – Spain bt England
Bayer Leverkusen become the first Bundesliga team to finish a league season unbeaten
Glos 706-6 vs Leics
Shane Lowry shoots 62 in third round of US PGA
Oleksandr Usyk bt Tyson Fury in Riyadh to become the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis in 1999
Northampton Saints finish top of Premiership Rugby
World Squash Championships (Cairo). Men – Diego Elias (Peru). Women – Nouran Gohar (Egypt)
Preakness Stakes – Seize the Grey
May 19
Premier League – Man City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Aston Villa
Relegated – Luton, Burnley, Sheffield Utd
Leading Scorer – Erling Haaland (Man City) 27 goals
Man City beat West Ham to win Premier League for fourth successive year
Sheffield Utd won three matches and conceded 104 goals
Mateta hat-trick for Crystal Palace against Aston Villa
Roberto de Zerbi leaves Brighton
League Two play-off final – Crawley bt Crewe
Promoted – Stockport County, Wrexham, Mansfield Town, Crawley
Relegated – Sutton Utd, Forest Green Rovers
Leading scorer – Macauley Langstaff (Notts County) 28 goals
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc
US PGA Championship (Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky) – Xander Schauffele. 2nd Bryson DeChambeau 3rd Viktor Hovland
Schauffele wins his first major, finishing on 21 under, the lowest overall total in a major
BBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Cheshire Pheonix
WBBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Newcastle Eagles
May 21
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pocettino leaves the club by mutual consent
Cheltenham and Aintree are among racecourses which will switch to 'safer' foam-padded hurdles
Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola
League Managers Association manager of the year – Kieran McKenna (Ipswich)
May 22
Europa League final (Aviva Stadium, Dublin) Atalanta 3 Bayer Leverkusen 0. Hat-trick for Ademola Lookman
Bayer Leverkusen’s 51-game unbeaten run comes to an end
David Wilkie dies
May 23
Julen Lopetegui appointed as manager of West Ham
Premier League Darts finals night (O2 Arena). Semi-finals – Littler bt Smith, Humphries bt Van Gerwen. Final – Littler bt Humphries
May 24
European Challenge Cup final – Sharks bt Gloucester
May 25
Champions Cup final (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) Toulouse bt Leinster. Sixth win for Toulouse. Man-of-the-match – Antoine Dupont
FA Cup final – Man Utd 2 (Garnacho, Mainoo) Man City 1 (Doku)
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Rangers
Women’s Champions League final – Barcelona bt Olympique Lyonnais
Wayne Rooney appointed as manager of Plymouth Argyle
A-League Grand Final – Central Coast Mariners bt Melbourne Victory
May 26
Championship play-off final – Southampton 1 (Armstrong) Leeds Utd 0
Promoted – Leicester, Ipswich, Southampton
Relegated – Birmingham City, Huddersfield, Rotherham
Leading scorer – Sammie Szmodics (Blackburn Rovers) 27 goals
Monaco GP – Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz
Indian Premier League final – Kolkata Knight Riders bt Sunrisers Hyderabad
Player of the series – Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Most runs (Orange Cap) – Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Most wickets (Purple Cap) – Harshal Patel (Punjab Kings)
Giro d’Italia – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). 3rd Geraint Thomas
French Open first round – Wawrinka bt Murray
Josh Kerr breaks Steve Cram's 39-year-old British mile record
Indianapolis 500 – Josef Newgarden
May 27
French Open first round – Zverev bt Nadal
Serie A – Inter Milan
La Liga – Real Madrid
Bundesliga – Bayer Leverkusen. 2nd VfB Stuttgart
Primeira Liga – Sporting CP
Ligue 1 – Paris St-Germain
Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
May 29
Olympique Lyonnais manager Sonia Bompastor moves to Chelsea
Burnley manager Vincent Kompany moves to Bayern Munich
Xavi replaced by Hansi Flick as manager of Barcelona
Europa Conference League final (Athens) – Olympiakos bt Fiorentina. First Greek team to ever win a European trophy
May 31
The Oaks – Ezeliya (Chris Hayes), trained by Dermot Weld
Premiership Rugby semi-final – Northampton Saints bt Saracens
June
Jun 1
Epsom Derby – City of Troy (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Ambiente Friendly 3rd Los Angeles. 10th victory in the race for O’Brien
Premiership semi-final – Bath bt Sale
Champions League final (Wembley) – Real Madrid 2 (Carvajal, Vinicius Jr) Borussia Dortmund 0. Fifteenth win for Real Madrid
USA bt Canada in opening match of Men’s T20 World Cup. Match played in Dallas
Queensbury (Frank Warren) bt Matchroom (Eddie Hearn) in 5v5 event in Saudi Arabia. Zhang bt Wilder in final fight
Jose Mourinho is appointed as manager of Fenerbahce
Jun 2
Rob Burrow dies
U.S. Women’s Open – Yuka Saso (Japan)
Jun 3
Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca moves to Chelsea
Jun 5
Antonio Conte appointed as manager of Napoli
Jun 6
Men’s T20 World Cup – Uganda bt Papua New Guinea to earn their first win at a world cup
Men’s T20 World Cup – USA bt Pakistan in a super over
French Open women’s singles semi-finals – Swiatek bt Gauff, Jasmine Popalina (Italy) bt Andreeva
French Open mixed doubles final – Seigemund and Roger-Vasselin bt Krawczyk and Skupski
Wolverhampton Wanderers lose vote to axe VAR in Premier League by 19-1
Jun 7
French Open men’s singles semi-finals – Alvarez bt Sinner, Zverev bt Ruud
Men’s T20 World Cup – Canada bt Ireland
Iceland bt England in final warm-up match before Euro 2024
European Athletics Championships start in Rome
Mixed 4x400m relay – Ireland
World Rugby Sevens Series (SVNS) – France
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year – “The Extra Mile” by Kevin Sinfield
Jun 8
Women’s Challenge Cup final – St Helens bt Leeds
Challenge Cup final – Wigan bt Warrington. Lance Todd trophy – Bevan French
French Open women’s final – Swiatek bt Popalina
French Open men’s doubles final – Arevalo and Pavic bt Bolelli and Vavassori
Premiership Rugby final – Northampton 25 Bath 21. Winning try scored by Alex Mitchell. Bath prop Beno Obano was sent off
Premiership Rugby top try scorer – Ollie Sleighthome (Northampton) 14 tries
Premiership Rugby top points scorer – Henry Slade (Exeter) 152 points
Belmont Stakes – Dornoch
Men’s 100m – Marcell Jacobs (Italy)
Men’s 5000m – Jakob Ingebritsen (Norway). Silver – George Mills
Jun 9
French Open men’s final – Alcaraz bt Zverev
French Open women’s doubles final – Gauff and Siniakova bt Popalina and Errani
Men’s T20 World Cup – Uganda bowled out for 39 by West Indies
Canadian GP – Verstappen, Norris, Russell
Women’s 100m – Dina Asher-Smith
Women’s half-marathon team – GB
Women’s 800m – Ciara Mageean (Ireland). Silver – Georgia Bell
New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies draw Major League Baseball's two-game London Series
Jun 10
Men’s 400m – Alexander Doom (Belgium). Silver – Charlie Dobson
Jun 11
Men’s 400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm (Norway)
Women’s 200m – Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland). Silver – Daryll Neita
Women’s 400m hurdles – Femke Bol (Netherlands)
Jun 12
Women’s 800m – Keely Hodgkinson
Women’s 4x100m relay – GB (Dina Asher-Smith, Desiree Henry, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita)
Italy topped the medal table
Jun 13
T20 World Cup – Oman 47 England 50-2 (3.1 overs)
Jun 14
UEFA Euro 2024 starts in Germany
Germany 5 Scotland 1 in opening match. First goal scored by Florian Wirtz. Ryan Porteous was sent off. Scotland’s goal was an own goal by Antonio Rudiger
Men’s T20 World Cup – Uganda bowled out for 40 by New Zealand
Jun 15
Kevin Campbell dies
King’s Birthday Honours –
Knighthood – Mark Cavendish
CBE – Graeme Souness
MBE – Jasmin Paris
OBE – Ally McCoist, Sandy Lyle, Karen Carney, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Wayne Barnes
Jun 16
England 1 (Bellingham) Serbia 0. Match played in Gelsenkirchen
Nottingham Open semi-final – Boulter bt Raducanu. Final – Boulter bt Pliskova
US Open (Pinehurst) – Bryson Dechambeau 2nd Rory McIlroy
Le Mans 24 Hours – Ferrari 499P Hypercar
Jun 17
Slovakia 1 Belgium 0
New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka fail to qualify for Super 8s in T20 World Cup
NBA finals – Boston Celtics bt Dallas Mavericks. 18th championship for Boston
Finals MVP – Jaylen Brown
Regular season MVP – Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)
Regular season top scorer – Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks)
Jun 18
St James’s Palace Stakes – Rosallion
Willie Mays dies
Michael Johnson launches Grand Slam Track athletics league
Jun 19
Scotland 1 (McTominay) Switzerland 1
Prince of Wales's Stakes – Auguste Rodin
Royal Hunt Cup – Wild Tiger
Jun 20
England 1 (Kane) Denmark 1. Match played in Frankfurt
Queen’s second round – Draper bt Alcaraz
Gold Cup – Kyprios (Ryan Moore)
King George V Stakes – Going the Distance
T20 World Cup – Pat Cummins hat-trick for Australia against Bangladesh
Jun 21
Rob Page sacked as manager of Wales
Coronation Stakes – Porta Fortuna
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien
Jun 22
United Rugby Championship Grand Final – Glasgow Warriors bt Bulls
Charlotte Edwards Cup final – South East Stars 141-9 The Blaze 143-3 (Kathryn Bryce 62, Sarah Bryce 52)
T20 World Cup – Afghanistan bt Australia for the first time in any form of cricket. Hat-trick for Pat Cummins
Premiership Women’s Rugby final – Gloucester-Hartpury bt Bristol Bears
Super Rugby Pacific final – Blues bt Chiefs
Jun 23
Birmingham Classic final – Yulia Putintseva bt Ajla Tomljanovic
Queen’s Club Championship final – Tommy Paul bt Lorenzo Musetti
T20 World Cup – Chris Jordan takes hat-trick and four wickets in five balls for England against USA, who lost their last five wickets for no runs
Spanish GP – Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton
Scotland 0 Hungary 1 (Csoboth)
Women’s PGA Championship – Amy Yang (South Korea)
Jun 24
Stanley Cup – Florida Panthers bt Edmonton Oilers
MVP – Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Regular season MVP – Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche)
Top 14 final – Toulouse bt Bordeaux Begles
Jun 25
England 0 Slovenia 0
Mary Earps to move from Man Utd to Paris St-Germain
Jun 26
All four teams in Group E finish on four points
Spain were the only country to win all three group matches
Final group tables –
Group A – Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Scotland
Group B – Spain, Italy, Croatia, Albania
Group C – England, Denmark, Slovenia, Serbia
Group D – Austria, France, Netherlands, Poland
Group E – Romania, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine
Group F – Portugal, Turkey, Georgia, Czech Republic
Ollie Robinson is hit for 43 runs in an over by Leicestershire's Louis Kimber in the County Championship
T20 World Cup semi-final – Afghanistan 56 South Africa 60-1
Wes Foderingham moves from Sheffield Utd to West Ham
Jun 27
T20 World Cup semi-final – India 171-7 England 103
Zaccharie Risacher is selected with the first overall pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA draft
Jun 29
Round of 16 – Switzerland bt Italy, Germany bt Denmark
Tour de France Grand Depart takes place in Italy for the first time. Stage One from Florence to Rimini won by Romain Bardet
T20 World Cup final (Kensington Oval, Barbados) – India 176-7 (Kohli 76) South Africa 169-8. India won by 7 runs
Eastbourne International women’s final – Kasatkina bt Fernandez
Eastbourne International men’s final – Fritz bt Purcell
Netball Super League final – Loughborough Lightning bt Manchester Thunder
English Greyhound Derby – De Lahdedah
Roberto De Zerbi is appointed as manager of Olympique Marseille
Jun 30
Round of 16 – England 2 (Bellingham, Kane) Slovakia 1
Bellingham equalised with a bicycle kick in the 95th minute
Spain bt Georgia
Douglas Luiz moves from Aston Villa to Juventus
Austrian GP – Russell, Piastri, Sainz
World Cup of Darts final – England (Humphries and Michael Smith) bt Austria (Suljovic and Rodriguez)
Irish Derby – Los Angeles
July
Jul 1
Round of 16 – France bt Belgium
Portugal bt Slovenia. Diogo Costa saved all three penalties in shootout
Biniam Girmay becomes the first black African to win a Tour de France stage
Kylian Mbappe moves from Paris St-Germain to Real Madrid
Ross Barklay moves from Luton to Aston Villa
Jul 2
Round of 16 – Netherlands bt Romania
Turkey bt Austria
Wimbledon women’s singles first round – Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) bt Vondrousova
Anderson 7-35 for Lancs against Notts
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall moves from Leicester to Chelsea
Archie Gray moves from Leeds to Tottenham
Jul 3
Jack Rowell dies
Mark Cavendish beaks Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage wins
Glamorgan score 592 to tie against Gloucestershire in County Championship
Championship League Snooker final – Ali Carter bt Jackson Page
Jul 4
Wimbledon women’s singles second round – Dart bt Boulter
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Norrie bt Draper
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Djokovic bt Jacob Fearnley
Wimbledon men’s doubles first round – Peers and Hijikata bt Murray and Murray
Jul 5
Quarter finals –
Spain bt Germany
France bt Portugal
Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Gauff bt Sonay Kartal
Jul 6
Quarter-finals –
England 1 (Saka) Switzerland 1 (Embolo). England won 5-3 on penalties
Netherlands bt Turkey
Wimbledon men’s singles third round – Zverev bt Norrie. Zverev won third set tie break 17-15
Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Putintseva bt Swiatek
Raducanu pulls out of mixed doubles with Andy Murray, in what was to be Murray’s final appearance at Wimbledon
Oliver Bearman joins Haas for 2005
Coral-Eclipse Stakes – City of Troy
Max Kilman moves from Wolves to West Ham
Jul 7
British GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Norris. Ninth British GP victory for Hamilton, and first GP victory since 2021
Paris Diamond League –
Women’s 1500m – Faith Kipyegon in a world record time of 3:49.04
Women’s high jump – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine), breaking Stefka Kostadinova's 1987 world record
Wimbledon women’s singles fourth round – Lulu Sun (New Zealand) bt Raducanu
Michael Olise moves from Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich
Jul 8
Keegan Bradley will captain the United States in the 2025 Ryder Cup against Europe
Jul 9
Semi-final – Spain 2 France 1
Craig Bellamy is appointed as manager of Wales
Jul 10
Semi-final – England 2 (Kane (pen), Watkins) Netherlands 1
Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith make England debuts against West Indies
Heimir Hallgrimsson is appointed as manager of Republic of Ireland
Jul 11
Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals – Paolini bt Vekic, Krejcikova bt Rybakina
Joao Palhinha moves from Fulham to Bayern Munich
Jul 12
First Test (Lord’s) – West Indies 121 (Atkinson 7-45) and 136 (Atkinson 5-61) England 371. England won by an innings and 114 runs
Jimmy Anderson retires from Test cricket. He played 188 Tests and took 704 wickets. Final wicket taken by Anderson – Jayden Seales
Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals – Alcaraz bt Medvedev, Djokovic bt Musetti
Jul 13
South Africa 24 Ireland 25. Winning drop goal scored by Ciaran Frawley
Wimbledon women’s singles final – Krejcikova bt Paolini
Wimbledon men’s doubles final – Heliovaara and Patten bt Purcell and Thompson
Wimbledon women’s doubles final – Siniakova and Townsend bt Dabrowski and Routliffe
Women’s wheelchair – Diede De Groot
Speedway of Nations – GB (Robert Lambert and Dan Bewley)
Jul 14
Final (Berlin) Spain 2 (Williams, Oyarzabal) England 1 (Palmer)
Golden Ball – Rodri
Golden boot – six players (including Harry Kane) all scored three goals
Young player – Yamal (Spain)
Copa America final (Miami) – Colombia bt Argentina
Wimbledon men’s singles final – Alcaraz bt Djokovic
Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Zielinski and Hsieh bt Gonzalez and Olmos
Men’s wheelchair – Hewett, who completes a career Grand Slam
Men’s doubles wheelchair – Hewett and Reid
Scottish Open – Rob MacIntyre
Evian Championship – Ayake Furue (Japan)
Joshua Zirkzee moves from Bologna to Man Utd
Jul 15
World Matchplay first round – Van Gerwen bt Littler
Jul 16
Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager
Jul 17
State of Origin – New South Wales Blues bt Queensland Maroons
Jul 18
Leny Yoro moves from Lille to Man Utd
Savinho moves from Troyes to Man City
The Open first round leader – Dan Brown
Jul 19
World Rugby Under-20 Championship final – England bt France
Jul 20
Ray Reardon dies
Hole-in-one for Si Woo Kim
The par five 6th hole at Royal Troon is lengthened to 623 yards, to become the longest hole in Open history. The 8th hole, the Postage Stamp, is the shortest to be ever played at The Open Championship and measures 123 yards
Jul 21
The Open Championship (Royal Troon) – Xander Schauffele. 2nd Justin Rose, Billie Horschel
Hungarian GP – Piastri, Norris, Hamilton. First GP victory for Piastri
Shanghai Masters final – Trump bt Murphy
World Matchplay darts final – Humphries bt Van Gerwen
Women’s World Matchplay darts final – Greaves bt Sherrock
Tour de France finishes in Nice, with a time trial. 1st Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who won six stages. 2nd Jonas Vingegaard 3rd Remco Evenepoel
Adam Yates finished in tenth place
Points – Biniam Girmay
Mountains – Richard Carapaz
Youth – Remco Evenepoel
Combativity – Richard Carapaz
Team – UAE Team Emirates
Second Test (Trent Bridge) England 416 (Pope 121) and 425 (Root 122, Brook 109) West Indies 457 (Hodge 120) and 143 (Bashir 5-43). England won by 241 runs
All-Ireland Hurling final – Clare bt Cork
Formula E World Championship – Pascal Wehrlein (Germany). Jaguar won the Teams’ Championship
Jul 22
Amadou Onana moves from Everton to Aston Villa
Jul 23
Charlotte Dujardin given provisional ban and is out of Olympics after a video emerges of her whipping a horse
Jul 24
Men’s football and men’s rugby sevens start at Olympics
Argentina and Morocco's opening men’s football match is suspended for nearly two hours due to crowd trouble
Jul 25
South Korea archer Lim Si-hyeon becomes the first person to break a world record at the Games
Jul 26
Opening ceremony. The parade of nations was held as part of a boat parade along the Seine. Games opened by President Macron. British flag carriers – Tom Daley and Helen Glover. Cauldron lit by Teddy Riner and Jose-Marie Perec. Opening and closing ceremonies designed by Thomas Jolly. Mascot – Phryge, an anthropomorphic Phrygian cap
Australian hockey player Matt Dawson opts to amputate part of his finger to compete at the Olympics
Repechage used in athletics events for the first time
Jul 27
First gold medal won by China in mixed team 10m air rifle
Women’s synchronised 3m springboard – China. Bronze – GB (Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen)
Women’s time trial – Grace Brown (Australia), Silver – Anna Henderson, Bronze – Chloe Dygart (USA)
Men’s time trial – Remco Evanepoel (Belgium). 4th Josh Tarling
Men’s rugby sevens final – France bt Fiji
Canada's women's football team are deducted six points from their group and coach Bev Priestman is banned for one year after a drone was used to spy on a rival team's training sessions
Duhan van der Merwe becomes Scotland’s record try scorer
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Goliath
Jul 28
Canoe slalom women’s kayak singles – Jessica Fox (Australia). Bronze – Kimberley Woods
Men’s doubles first round – GB (Murray and Evans) bt Japan (Daniel and Nishikori). GB saved five match points in a tie-break decider
Men’s 100m breaststroke – Nicolo Martinenghi (Italy). Joint silver – Adam Peaty and Nic Funk (USA)
Men’s 400m individual medley – Leon Marchand (France). 4th Max Litchfield
Third Test (Edgbaston) West Indies 282 and 175 (Wood 5-40) England 376 and 87-0. England won by 10 wickets
Ben Stokes hits England's fastest-ever Test half-century off just 24 balls
Belgium GP – Hamilton, Piastri, Leclerc. Russell finished first but was later disqualified as his car was 1.5kg underweight
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final – Armagh bt Galway
Senior Open Championship – K.J. Choi
Jul 29
Men’s synchronised 10m platform – China. Silver – Tom Daley and Noah Williams
Team eventing – GB (Ros Canter, Tom McEwan and Laura Collett). GB’s first gold medal
Eventing individual jumping final – Michael Jung (Germany). Bronze – Laura Collett, riding London 52
Men’s second round – Djokovic bt Nadal
Men’s mountain bike – Tom Pidcock
Canoe slalom men’s singles. Silver – Adam Burgess
Men’s 200m freestyle – David Popovici (Romania). Silver – Matt Richards
Women’s 100m breaststroke. Bronze – Mona McSharry (Ireland)
Women’s 400m individual medley – Summer McIntosh (Canada). 4th Freya Colbert
Riccardo Calafiori moves from Bologna to Arsenal
Jul 30
Men’s 800m freestyle – Daniel Wiffen (Ireland)
Men’s trap – Nathan Hales
Men’s doubles second round – GB (Murray and Evans) bt Belgium (Gille and Vliegen)
Women’s gymnastics team final – USA (including Simone Biles)
Men's individual triathlon postponed because of poor water quality levels in River Seine
Matthew Mott steps down as England white-ball coach
Goodwood Cup – Kyprios
Jul 31
Men’s triathlon – Alex Yee
Women’s triathlon – Cassandre Beaugrand (France). Bronze – Beth Potter
Women’s quadruple sculls – GB (Henry, Anderson, Brayshaw, Scott)
Women’s synchronised 10m platform. Bronze – Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
Men’s BMX freestyle – Jose Torres Gil (Argentina). Silver – Kieran Reilly
Luke Greenbank is disqualified from a heat of the men's 200m backstroke for travelling too far underwater
Men’s 200m breaststroke – Leon Marchand (France)
Men’s 200m butterfly – Leon Marchand
Men’s 100m freestyle – Pan Zhanle (China) in a world record time of 46.40 seconds
Women’s 1500m – Katie Ledecky (USA)
Sussex Stakes – Notable Speech
August
Aug 1
Men’s four final – USA. Bronze – GB (Wilkes, Ambler, Aldridge, Davidson)
Women’s four final – Netherlands. Silver – GB (Glover, Booth, Redgrave, Shorten)
Women’s double sculls – New Zealand. Bronze – GB (Hodgkins-Byrne and Wilde)
Nassau Stakes – Opera Singer
Aug 2
Women’s lightweight double sculls – GB (Craig and Grant)
Men’s pair – Croatia. Silver – GB (George and Wynne-Griffith)
Men’s synchronised 3m springboard. Bronze – GB (Harding and Laugher)
Men’s lightweight double sculls – Ireland (O’Donovan and McCarthy)
Women’s trampoline – Bryony Page
Equestrian team jumping – GB (Brash, Maher, Charles)
Men’s 200m individual medley – Leon Marchand. Silver – Duncan Scott. Fourth gold medal for Leon Marchand
Men’s 50m – Cameron McEvoy (Australia). Silver – Ben Proud
Men’s 10000m – Joshua Cheptegei (Ugamda)
Men’s football quarter-final – France bt Argentina
Mixed doubles final – Czech Republic (Machac and Siniakova) bt China (Zheng and Wang)
Men’s heavyweight judo – Teddy Riner (France)
Men’s BMX – podium sweep for France
Emile Smith Rowe moves from Arsenal to Fulham
Aug 3
Women’s eight – Romania. Bronze – GB
Men’s eight – GB
Jeremiah Azu disqualified from 100m heats because of a false start
Women’s windsurfing. Bronze – Emma Wilson
Dressage team – Germany. Bronze – GB (Moody, Hester, Fry). Isabell Werth wins eighth gold medal
Becky Moody replaced Charlotte Dujardin
Women’s vault – Biles
Men’s pommel horse – Rhys McClenaghan (Ireland). 4th Max Whitlock
Men’s floor – Carlos Yulo (Philippines) Bronze – Jake Jarman
Men’s road race – Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
Women’s singles – Zheng bt Vekic. Bronze – Swiatek
Mixed 4x400m relay – Netherlands. Bronze – GB (Reardon, Nielsen, Haydock-Wilson, Anning)
Women’s 100m – Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia). Silver – Sha'Carri Richardson (USA). 4th Daryll Neita. First-ever medal for Saint Lucia
Women’s triple jump – Thea Lafond (Dominica). First-ever medal for Dominica
Women’s 800m freestyle – Katie Ledecky. Fourth successive win
Crysencio Summerville moves from Leeds to West Ham
Aug 4
Men’s 100m – Noah Lyles (USA). Silver – Kishane Thompson (Jamaica). Bronze – Fred Kerley (USA)
Men’s golf – Scottie Scheffler. Silver – Tommy Fleetwood. Bronze – Hideki Matsuyama
Men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Alvarez. Bronze – Musetti
Women’s skeet shooting. Silver – Amber Rutter
Amber Rutter was controversially denied a chance to shoot for gold when she was called to have missed a shot which slow motion replays appeared to show she hit
Individual dressage. Bronze – Lottie Fry
Men’s vault. Bronze – Harry Hepworth
USA topped the swimming medal table for most golds (8)
Women’s middleweight boxing. Bronze – Cindy Ngamba (Refugee Olympic Team). First-ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
Men’s hockey quarter-finals – India bt GB
Men’s 1500m freestyle. Bronze – Daniel Wiffen
Niclas Fullkrug moves from Borussia Dortmund to West Ham
Aug 5
Women’s 800m – Keely Hodgkinson
Cycling women’s team sprint – GB (Marchant, Capewell, Finucane)
Men’s kayak cross. Silver – Joe Clarke
Women’s kayak cross. Bronze – Kimberley Woods
Triathlon mixed team relay – Germany. Bronze – GB (Yee, Taylor-Brown, Dickinson, Potter)
Women’s hockey quarter-final – Netherlands bt GB
Women’s floor – Rebeca Andrade (Brazil). Silver – Simone Biles
Graham Thorpe dies
Twickenham is to be renamed as the Allianz Stadium in a new sponsorship deal
Aug 6
Skateboarding women’s park. Bronze – Sky Brown
Men’s 1500m – Cole Hocker (USA). Silver – Josh Kerr
Men’s team sprint – Netherlands. Silver – GB (Carlin, Turnbull, Lowe)
Women’s 200m – Gabby Thomas (USA). Silver – Julien Alfred. 4th Dina Asher-Smith
Men’s welterweight. Bronze – Lewis Richardson. Only British boxer to win a bout
Women’s lightweight – Kellie Harrington (Ireland)
Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg – Mijain Lopez (Cuba)
Mijaín Lopez became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event
Aug 7
Men’s 400m – Quincy Hall (USA). Silver – Matthew Hudson-Smith
Men’s team pursuit – Australia. Silver – GB (Hayter, Tanfield, Bigham, Vernon)
Women’s team pursuit – USA. Bronze – GB (Barker, Knight, Morris, Roberts)
Aug 8
Women’s kiteboarding – Ellie Aldridge
Men’s 200m – Letsile Tebogo (Botswana). Silver – Kenneth Bednarek (USA). Bronze – Noah Lyles (USA). Lyles tested positive for Covid before the final
Women’s 400m hurdles – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) in a world record time
Women’s keirin. Bronze – Emma Finucane. 4th Katy Marchant
Lee Carsley appointed as interim manager of England
Aug 9
Sport climbing – men’s boulder and lead – Toby Roberts
Heptathlon – Nafissatou Thiam (Belgium). Silver – Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Third successive gold for Thiam
Women’s 4x100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Asher-Smith, Lansiquot, Hunt, Neita)
Men’s 4x100m relay – Canada. Bronze – GB (Azu, Hinchliffe, Mitchell-Blake, Hughes)
Women’s madison. Silver – GB (Evans and Barker)
Men’s sprint. Bronze – Jack Carlin
Women’s welterweight boxing – Imane Khelif (Algeria)
Men’s football final – Spain 5 France 3
The Breaking B-Girls event is marred by the controversy generated on social media by the performance and choice of clothing of Australian breaker Raygun (Rachael Gunn)
Aug 10
Women’s 1500m – Faith Kipyegon. Bronze – Georgia Bell
Men’s 4x400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Haydock-Wilson, Hudson-Smith, Davey, Dobson)
Women’s 4x400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Ohuruogu, Nielsen, Yeargin, Anning)
Men’s marathon – Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia). 4th Emile Cairess
Artistic swimming. Silver – GB (Shortman and Thorpe)
Taekwondo men’s +80kg. Silver – Caden Cunningham
Men’s 10m platform. Bronze – Noah Williams
China won all eight diving gold medals
Women’s football final – USA bt Brazil
Women’s golf – Lydia Ko (New Zealand)
Women’s featherweight boxing – Lin Yu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif were controversially allowed to compete in Paris despite being disqualified from last year’s World Championships after reportedly failing gender eligibility tests
Community Shield – Man City bt Man Utd
Dominic Solanke moves from Bournemouth to Tottenham
Aug 11
Women’s sprint. Bronze – Emma Finucane
Women’s +81kg weightlifting. Bronze – Emily Campbell
Women’s basketball final – USA 67 France 66. Eighth gold medal in a row for USA
Olympic Games closing ceremony at Stade de France. British flag carried by Alex Yee and Bryony Page
Final medal table – 1st USA (40-44-42) 126 2nd China (40-27-24) 91 3rd Japan (20-12-13) 45 7th GB (14-22-29) 65
Most gold medals – Leon Marchand (4)
Most medals – Zhang Yufei (6). Chinese swimmer
Arlington Million – Nations Pride
Pedro Neto moves from Wolves to Chelsea
Aug 12
Fabio Carvalho moves from Liverpool to Brentford
Julian Alvarez moves from Man City to Atletico Madrid for £81 million
Aug 13
Champions League third qualifying round – Dynamo Kyiv bt Rangers
Matthijs de Ligt moves from Bayern Munich to Man Utd
Noussair Mazraoui moves from Bayern Munich to Man Utd
Aaron Wan-Bissaka moves from Man Utd to West Ham
Aug 14
European Super Cup (Warsaw) Real Madrid 2 (Valverde, Mbappe) Atalanta 0
Aug 16
First goal in Premier League – Joshua Zirkzee for Man Utd against Fulham
Premier League shirt sponsors: Aston Villa – Betano, Bournemouth – bj88, Crystal Palace – NET88, Ipswich +-=÷×, Leicester – BC.GAME, Man Utd – Snapdragon, Southampton, Rollbit, Wolves – DEBET
Chelsea currently have no shirt sponsor
Evanilson moves from Porto to Bournemouth
Wilson Odobert moves from Burnley to Tottenham
Aug 18
Tour de France Femmes – Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland)
The Hundred finals (Lord’s). Men’s – Oval Invincibles bt Southern Brave. Women’s – London Spirit bt Welsh Fire
Men: most runs – James Vince (Southern Brave), most wickets – Adam Zampa (Oval Invincibles) and Tymal Mills (Southern Brave)
Women: most runs – Nat Sciver-Brunt (Trent Rockets), most wickets – Linsey Smith (Northern Superchargers)
Men’s player of the series – Sam Curran (Oval Invincibles)
Women’s player of the series – Annabel Sutherland (London Spirit)
Aug 19
Oliver Skipp moves from Tottenham to Leicester
Georginio Rutter moves from Leeds to Brighton
Matthew Richardson, who won three medals for Australia at the Olympics, leaves the Australian cycling roster and will instead represent Great Britain, the country of his birth
Aug 20
PFA Awards –
Men’s player of the year – Phil Foden
Men’s young player of the year – Cole Palmer
Women’s player of the year – Khadija Shaw (Man City)
Women's young player of the year – Grace Clinton (Man Utd)
Aug 21
Joao Felix moves from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea
Conor Gallagher moves from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid
Aug 23
Rocky Flintoff makes debut for Lancashire. Son of Freddie Flintoff
Ilkay Gundowan returns to Man City from Barcelona
Jordan Ayew moves from Crystal Palace to Leicester
Aug 24
Haaland hat-trick for Man City against Ipswich
Paralympic flame lit at Stoke Mandeville
First Test (Old Trafford) Sri Lanka 236 and 358 (Kamindu Mendis 113) England 358 (Smith 111) and 205-5. England won by five wickets
Ollie Pope captains England for the first time
Aug 25
Jakob Ingebritsen breaks Daniel Komen's 28-year-old 3000m world record
Wolves 2 Chelsea 6 (Madueke 3)
Dutch GP – Norris, Verstappen, Leclerc
Women’s Open (St Andrews) – Lydia Ko
Aug 26
Sven-Goran Eriksson dies
Aug 27
US Open first round – Dan Evans bt Karen Khachanov to win the longest match in US Open history, in five hours and 35 minutes
Mikel Merino moves from Real Sociedad to Arsenal
Aug 28
EFL Cup second round – AFC Wimbledon bt Ipswich
Paris 2024 Paralympics opening ceremony. Athletes parade along the Champs-Elysees to Place de la Concorde
The Phryge representing the Paralympics wears a running blade on one of its legs
Aug 29
Archie Vaughan makes debut for Somerset. Son of Michael Vaughan
Poppy Maskill wins Britain's first gold of the Paralympics, in the S14 100m butterfly
Louis Rees-Zammit joins the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad after failing to make the Kansas City Chiefs' 53-player roster
Aug 30
US Open second round – Botic van de Zandschulp bt Carlos Alvarez
Transfer deadline day –
Aaron Ramsdale moves from Arsenal to Southampton
Sam Johnstone moves from Crystal Palace to Wolves
Scott McTominay moves from Man Utd to Napoli
Manuel Ugarte moves from Paris St-Germain to Man Utd
Eddie Nketiah moves from Arsenal to Crystal Palace
Aug 31
US Open third round – Alexei Popyrin bt Novak Djokovic
Joe Root hits 34th Test century, taking him past Alistair Cook’s record for the most centuries by an England batter
Joe Root takes 200th Test catch
Haaland hat-trick for Man City against West Ham
September
Sep 1
Italian GP – Leclerc, Piastri, Norris
Franco Colapinto (Argentina) replaces Logan Sargeant in the Williams team
Second Test (Lord’s) England 427 (Root 143, Atkinson 118, AM Fernando 5-102) and 251 (Root 103) Sri Lanka 196 and 292 (Atkinson 5-62). England won by 190 runs
Tour Championship and FedEx Cup – Scottie Scheffler. 2nd Collin Morikawa
Curtis Cup (Sunningdale) – Great Britain and Ireland 10 ½ USA 9 ½
Sep 2
Transgender woman Valentina Petrillo reaches the semi-finals of the T12 women's 400 metres at the Paralympics
Sep 3
Brendon McCullum is appointed as England men's white-ball coach
Sep 4
US Open men’s quarter-final – Draper bt De Minaur
Sep 5
US Open women’s semi-finals – Pegula bt Muchova, Sabalenka bt Navarro
US Open mixed doubles final – Vavassori and Errani bt Young and Townsend
San Marino win a competitive match for the first time with victory against Liechtenstein in the Nations League
Sep 6
US Open men’s semi-finals – Sinner bt Draper, Fritz bt Tiafoe
US Open women’s doubles final – Kichenok and Ostapenko bt Mladenovic and Zhang
Josh Hull makes debut for England against Sri Lanka
Philadelphia Eagles bt Green Bay Packers in Sao Paulo. First NFL game played in South America
Sep 7
Ron Yeats dies
Republic of Ireland 0 England 2 (Rice, Grealish). Lee Carsley’s first match as England interim manager
US Open women’s singles final – Sabalenka bt Pegula
US Open men’s doubles final – Purcell and Thompson bt Krawietz and Puetz
Sep 8
US Open men’s singles final – Sinner bt Fritz
Burghley Horse Trials – Ros Canter, riding Lordships Graffalo
Vuelta e Espana – Primoz Roglic (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe). Fourth title
Paralympics ends. Final medal table – 1st China (94-76-50) 220 2nd GB (49-44-31) 124 3rd USA (36-42-27) 105
GB won 18 gold medals and 32 medals in total in swimming
GB’s most successful medalists were para-swimmer Poppy Maskill (3 golds and 2 silvers), para-swimmer Alice Tai (2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes) and wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn (1 gold and 4 silvers)
Sarah Storey won two gold medals, taking her total to 30 medals, including 19 golds
Hannah Cockroft won two gold medals, taking her total to nine medals, all of them gold
Tour of Britain – Stephen Williams
Sep 9
Third Test (The Oval) England 325 (Pope 154) and 156 Sri Lanka 263 and 219-2 (Nissanka 127*). Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
England win the series 2-1
Ireland bowled out for 45 by England in women’s ODI
Sep 10
Harry Kane wins 100th cap for England, against Finland
Angel Gomes makes England debut
Adrian Newey joins Aston Martin Formula 1 team
Mauricio Pochettino is appointed as manager of USA
Sep 11
Essex are docked 12 points by the Cricket Discipline Commission after one of their players used an oversized bat
Sep 12
Matthew Potts takes 9-68 for Durham against Lancashire
Archie Vaughan takes 11 wickets for Somerset in the match against Surrey. Son of Michael Vaughan
Sep 14
T20 Blast Finals Day (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Somerset bt Surrey, Gloucestershire bt Sussex Sharks. Final – Gloucestershire bt Somerset
St Leger – Jan Brueghel (Sean Levey), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Diamond League finals (Brussels, Memorial Van Damme) –
Men’s 100m – Ackeem Blake
Men’s 200m – Kenny Bednarek
Men’s 400m – Charlie Dobson
Men’s 800m – Emmanuel Wanyonyi
Men’s 1500m – Jakob Ingebritsen
Men’s long jump – Tajay Gayle
Men’s high jump – Gianmarco Tamberi
Men’s pole vault – Armand Duplantis
Women’s 100m – Julien Alfred
Women’s 200m – Brittany Brown
Women’s 400m – Marileidy Paulino
Women’s 800m – Mary Moraa
Women’s 1500m – Faith Kipyegon
Women’s 5000m – Beatrice Chebet
Women’s 400m hurdles – Femke Bol
Women’s high jump – Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Women’s pole vault – Nina Kennedy
Sep 15
Solheim Cup (Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainsville, Virginia) USA 15 ½ Europe 12 ½. Lilia Vu holed the winning putt. Charley Hull beat Nelly Korda in the first singles match. Rose Zhang was the only player to win all her matches
Team captains – Stacy Lewis (USA) and Suzann Pettersen (Europe)
Irish Open – Rasmus Hojgaard
Davis Cup qualifier (Manchester) Canada bt GB
Azerbaijan GP – Piastri, Leclerc, Russell
World Series of Darts final – Luke Littler bt Michael Smith
IndyCar Series – Alex Palou (Spain). Third win
Sep 16
Gary Shaw dies
Sep 17
Brest and Girona make Champions League debuts. This season there are 36 teams, who play 8 games in a single league
Champions League – Bayern Munich 9 (Kane 4) Dinamo Zagreb 2
League Cup 3rd round – Man Utd 7 Barnsley 0
Preston 1 Fulham 1. Preston win 16-15 on penalties
Sep 18
Toto Schillaci dies
Sep 20
Shohei Ohtani becomes the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season
Sep 21
Daniel Dubois beats Anthony Joshua in five rounds in front of 96,000 fans at Wembley to retain the IBF heavyweight title
Road and Para-cycling Road World Championships start in Zurich
League Leaders’ Shield – Wigan Warriors
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final – Sunrisers bt South East Stars
Sep 22
Women’s time trial – Grace Brown (Australia)
Men’s time trial – Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
Singapore GP – Norris, Verstappen, Piastri
Brian Huggett dies
BMW PGA Championship – Billy Horschel
Erling Haaland scores his 100th goal for Man City in his 105th appearance
Laver Cup – Team Europe bt Team World
English Open snooker final – Neil Robertson bt Wu Yize
Sep 23
One Day Cup final (Trent Bridge) Glamorgan bt Somerset
Erling Haaland tells Mikel Arteta to “stay humble, eh”
Sep 24
EFL Cup third round – Chelsea 5 (Nkunku 3) Barrow 0
Sep 26
Daniel Ricciardo is replaced at RB by Liam Lawson for the remainder of the Formula 1 season
UCI Road Cycling World Championships start in Zurich
Sep 27
Clive Everton dies
Sep 28
Women’s road race – Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
The Rugby Championship – South Africa
Cole Palmer scores four goals for Chelsea against Brighton
Chicago White Sox break the modern-day record for most losses in a Major League Baseball season with their 121st defeat
AFL Grand Final – Brisbane Lions bt Sydney Swans
Cambridgeshire Handicap – Liberty Lane
Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland). Fifth world title
Eben Etzebeth wins 128th cap, breaking Victor Matfield's South African record
Sep 29
Men’s road race – Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia)
Pogacar wins the 'Triple Crown' of the men's Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and world title in the same year
County Championship – Surrey. Runners-up – Hampshire. Relegated – Lancashire, Kent
Division 2 – Sussex. Promoted – Yorkshire
Presidents Cup (Montreal) – United States team bt International team. Captains – Jim Furyk and Mike Weir
British Open snooker final – Selby bt Higgins
Sep 30
GMR Group, which co-owns the Delhi Capitals of the Indian Premier League, complete a takeover of Hampshire
October
Oct 1
Champions League – Borussia Dortmund 7 Celtic 1
Oct 2
PCA Player of the Year – Liam Dawson
Young Player – Jamie Smith
Women’s Player – Kathryn Bryce
Oct 3
Women’s T20 World Cup starts in UAE. The tournament was relocated due to political unrest in Bangladesh
Oct 4
Great Britain will compete for the America's Cup for the first time since 1964 after beating Luna Rossa Italy 7-4 in a qualifying event in Barcelona
Oct 6
Women's Super League Grand Final – York Valkyrie bt St Helens
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Bluestocking
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Tyrell Hatton
NRL Grand Final – Penrith Panthers bt Melbourne Storm
British Touring Car Championship – Jake Hill
Oct 7
Brydon Carse makes debut for England against Pakistan
Johan Neeskens dies
Oct 9
Joe Root breaks Alistair Cook’s England record of 12,472 runs in Test matches
Jurgen Klopp is appointed global head of soccer at Red Bull
Steve Prescott Man of Steel – Mikey Lewis (Hull KR)
Woman of Steel – Georgie Hetherington (York Valkyrie)
Oct 10
Former Sheffield Utd and Greece player George Baldock dies
Friendly international – England 1 Greece 2
Oct 11
First Test (Multan) Pakistan 556 (Shan Masood 151, Abdullah Shafique 102, Salman Ali Agha 104*) and 220 England 823-7 (Brook 317, Root 262). England won by an innings and 47 runs
Brook and Root added 454 for the fourth wicket
Oct 12
Super League Grand Final – Wigan bt Hull KR. Only try scored by Bevan French, who won the inaugural Rob Burrow award for Man of the Match
Cesarewitch – Alphonse Le Grande
Italy's Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli win the first-ever Women's America's Cup after beating Britain's Athena Pathway in the final
England bt Canada to retain WXV1 women’s rugby union title
Artur Beterbiev bt Dmitry Bivol to become the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion
Oct 13
World Grand Prix final – Mike De Decker (Belgium) bt Luke Humphries
Ruth Chepngetich breaks the 2 hours 10 minutes barrier at the Chicago Marathon
Dean Henderson makes England debut against Finland
British Superbike Championship – Kyle Ryde
Oct 15
Thomas Tuchel will become head coach of England on 1 January 2025
Women’s T20 World Cup group stage – West Indies bt England. England won their other three matches but were eliminated on net run-rate
Oct 16
UCI Track Cycling World Championships start in Ballerup, Denmark
Women’s team sprint – GB (Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane)
Oct 17
Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final – South Africa bt Australia
Women’s team pursuit – GB (Jessica Roberts, Katie Archibald, Josie Knight, Anna Morris)
Champion flat jockey – Oisin Murphy
Champion flat trainer – Aidan O’Brien
Oct 18
Second Test (Multan) Pakistan 366 (Ghulam 118) and 221 England 291 (Duckett 114, (Sajid Khan 7-111) and 144 (Noman Ali 8-46). Pakistan won by 152 runs
Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final – New Zealand bt West Indies
Newcastle Falcons beat Exeter Chiefs to end their 25-match losing run
Women’s sprint – Emma Finucane
Oct 19
America’s Cup – New Zealand bt Great Britain 7-2. Held in Barcelona
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron was represented by Taihoro, sailed by Emirates Team New Zealand and skippered by Peter Burling
The Royal Yacht Squadron was represented by Britannia, sailed by INEOS Britannia and skippered by Ben Ainslie
RFL Championship Grand Final – Wakefield Trinity bt Toulouse Olympique
Oct 20
Women’s T20 World Cup final (Dubai) – New Zealand bt South Africa
World Triathlon Championship Series Finals. Men’s – Alex Yee. Women’s – Cassandre Beaugrand (France) 2nd Beth Potter
US Grand Prix – Leclerc, Sainz, Verstappen. 9th Liam Lawson 10th Franco Colapinto
WNBA Finals – New York Liberty bt Minnesota Lynx
Superbike World Championships – Toprak Razgatlıoglu (Turkey)
Women’s individual pursuit – Anna Morris
Netherlands, Great Britain and Denmark all won four gold medals
Oct 22
LeBron James and his son Bronny make history as the first father-son duo to share the court in an NBA game
Oct 23
Wakefield Trinity will replace London Broncos in Super League for 2025 having been awarded Grade A status
Geoff Capes dies
Oct 24
The New Saints (TNS) become the first domestic Welsh club to win in the group stage of a major European competition, beating FC Astana in the UEFA Conference League
Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho is sent off during Europa League match against Man Utd
Oct 25
Freddie Freeman hits the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in game one
Oct 26
Third Test (Rawalpindi) England 267 (Sajid Khan 6-128) and 112 (Noman Ali 6-42) Pakistan 344 (Saud Shakeel 134) and 37-1. Pakistan won by nine wickets
Pakistan win series 2-1
Oct 27
European Darts Championship final – Ritchie Edhouse bt Jermaine Wattimena
Mexican GP – Sainz, Norris, Leclerc
Jack Draper beats Karen Khachanov in Vienna to win his first ATP 500 event
Oct 28
Erik ten Hag sacked as Man Utd manager. Ruud van Nistelrooy is appointed as interim manager
Ballon d’Or – Rodri
Women’s Ballon d’Or – Aitana Bonmati
Kopa Trophy – Lamine Yamal
Coach of the Year – Carlo Ancelotti
Women’s Coach of the Year – Emma Hayes
Oct 30
World Series – Los Angeles Dodgers bt New York Yankees. MVP – Freddie Freeman
American League MVP – Aaron Judge (New York Yankees)
National League MVP – Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers)
League Cup last 16 – Spurs bt Man City
Oct 31
Trevor Whymark dies
John Turner, Jordan Cox, Dan Mousley and Jamie Overton make England debuts in ODI against West Indies
November
Nov 1
Sporting CP coach Ruben Amorim is appointed as manager of Man Utd
League of Ireland – Shelbourne
Nov 2
England 22 New Zealand 24. Winning try scored by Mark Tele’a. George Ford missed a drop goal with the last play of the match
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Sierra Leone. City of Troy finishes eighth in his last race
Nov 3
Brazilian GP – Verstappen, Ocon, Gasly
Joe Marler retires from international rugby
Nov 5
Luiz Diaz hat-trick for Liverpool against Bayer Leverkusen
Viktor Gyokeres hat-trick for Sporting CP against Man City
Aston Villa defender Tyrone Mings concedes a penalty for picking the ball up inside the penalty area, not realizing that the ball was in play in a Champions League match gt`1 Club Brugge
Melbourne Cup – Knight’s Choice, at odds of 90-1. Ridden by Irish jockey Robbie Dolan, who was previously best known as a contestant on ‘The Voice Australia’
Cricket Writers' Club awards –
Bob Willis Trophy – Gus Atkinson
Young Cricketer – Shoaib Bashir
Women’s Cricket Award – Sophie Ecclestone
Nov 7
UEFA Conference League – Chelsea 8 FC Noah 0. Noah are an Armenian team named after the biblical patriarch
Nov 8
WTA Tour semi-finals – Zheng Qinwen bt Barbora Krejcikova, Coco Gauff bt Aryna Sabalenka
Nov 9
England 37 Australia 42. Winning try scored by Max Jorgensen
WTA Tour final (Saudi Arabia) Gauff bt Zheng
Doubles final – Dabrowski and Routledge bt Siniakova and Townsend
Nov 10
Mark Cavendish wins his final race in Singapore before retirement
NASCAR Cup Series – Joey Logano
International Championship snooker final – Ding Junhui bt Chris Wakelin
Nov 14
Curtis Jones scores on England debut against Greece in Nations League match
Nov 15
Jake Paul bt Mike Tyson. Fight held at AT&T Stadium in Texas
Katie Taylor bt Amanda Serrano
Nov 17
Rory McIlroy wins the DP World Tour Championship and his sixth Race to Dubai title
ATP World Tour Finals (Turin) –
Singles final – Sinner bt Fritz
Doubles final –Putz and Krawietz bt Arevalo and Pavic
Helioevaara and Patten were beaten in the semi-finals
Nations League – England 5 Ireland 0. Anthony Gordon, Conor Gallagher, Jarrod Bowen, and Taylor Harwood-Bellis all score their first goals for England. Debuts for Taylor Harwood-Bellis. Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento
England earn promotion to Nations League top tier
Grand Slam of Darts final (Wolverhampton) – Luke Littler 16 Martin Lukeman 3
Champion of Champions final – Mark Williams bt Xiao Guodong
Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts bt Winnipeg Blue Bombers
MotoGP – Jorge Martin (Spain), riding a Ducati
Constructors’ champion – Ducati
Moto2 – Ai Ogura (Japan)
Moto3 – David Alonso (Colombia)
MotoE – Hector Garzo (Spain)
Nov 19
Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup Finals semi-final – Slovakia bt Great Britain
Davis Cup quarter-final – Netherlands bt Spain. Rafael Nadel retires after losing his match to Botic van de Zandschulp
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Racket’ by Conor Niland. Irish tennis player
Nov 20
Billie Jean King Cup Finals (Malaga) – Italy bt Slovakia. Lucia Bronnzetti and Jasmine Paolini won their singles matches
Nov 21
City of Troy named horse of the year at Cartier Racing Awards
Nov 23
UK Championship round of 32 – Hawkins bt O’Sullivan
Harry Kane reaches 50 Bundesliga goals in 43 matches
Wales are beaten by South Africa to extend their record losing run to 12 Tests in a row and complete a winless 2024
Nov 24
Las Vegas GP – Russell, Hamilton, Sainz
Verstappen finishes fifth and wins his fourth consecutive world title, with two races to spare
Davis Cup final (Malaga) – Italy bt Netherlands. Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner won their singles matches
World Rally Championship – Thierry Neuville (Belgium), driving a Hyundai i20
Steve Cooper is sacked as manager of Leicester City
Players Championship final (Minehead) – Humphries bt Littler
World Rugby player of the year awards –
Men – Pieter-Steph du Toit
Women – Ellie Kildunne
Nov 26
Zambia and Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda is voted BBC Women's Footballer of the Year
Zhang Anda makes maximum 147 break at UK Championship
Man City draw with Feyenoord, after leading3-0
Real Tennis British Open – Camden Riviere (USA)
Nov 27
Jacob Bethell makes England debut against New Zealand
Nov 28
Sri Lanka bowled out for 42 by South Africa. Marco Jansen takes 7-13
Frank Lampard appointed as manager of Coventry City
Iga Swiatek accepts a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance
Nov 29
Ruud van Nistelrooy is appointed as new manager of Leicester City
Dakota Ditcheva becomes the first British woman to win an MMA world title
Nov 30
Justin Kluivert becomes the first man in the Premier League era to score a hat-trick of penalties, for Bournemouth against Wolves
Kevin Schade hat-trick for Brentford against Leicester
Cian Healy wins 134th cap, breaking Brian O'Driscoll's Irish record
Copa Libertadores final – Botafogo bt Atletico Mineiro
