Sport and Leisure/Sport 2025

January

Jan 2

PDC World Darts Championship semi-finals – Littler bt Bunting, Van Gerwen bt Dobey

Jan 3

PDC final – Littler bt Van Gerwen

Jan 5

United Cup final (Sydney) – USA (Gauff and Fritz) bt Poland (Swiatek and Hurkacz)

Ilona Maher makes her debut for Bristol Bears Women

Jan 6

Hideki Matsuyama sets a new PGA Tour record score for 72 holes of 35 under par in winning the event at The Sentry in Hawaii

Four Hills Tournament – Daniel Tschofenig (Austria)

Jan 7

Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) starts at the SoFi Center in Florida. Indoor golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy

Jan 9

Graham Potter replaces Julen Lopetegui as manager of West Ham

David Moyes replaces Sean Dyche as manager of Everton

Neil Robertson replaces Ronne O’Sullivan for the Masters

Jan 11

FA Cup third round –Man City 8 (James McAtee 3) Salford 0

Jan 12

FA Cup third round – Spurs bt Tamworth

Jan 13

Former Scotland rugby union captain Peter Brown dies

Jan 13

Australian Open first round – Jacob Fearnley bt Nick Kyrgios

Novak Djokovic is coached by Andy Murray for the first time

Tony Book dies

Jan 16

Amad Diallo hat-trick for Man Utd against Southampton

Jan 17

Australian Open third round – Alexander Zverev bt Jacob Fearnley

Denis Law dies

Jan 18

Australian Open third round – Swiatek bt Radacanu

Justin Kluivert hat-trick for Bournemouth against Newcastle

Masters semi-finals – Murphy bt Allen, Kyren Wilson bt Trump

Sean Murphy makes a 147 break

Jan 19

Australian Open third round – Alcaraz bt Draper

Investec Champions Cup – Toulouse 80 Leicester 12

Masters final – Murphy bt Wilson

Dubai Desert Classic – Tyrell Hatton

Jan 20

International Tennis Federation World Champions. Men’s – Sinner. Women’s –  Swiatek

Jan 21

Australian Open quarter-final – Djokovic bt Alcaraz

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – City of Troy and Laurel River

Jan 23

Australian Open women’s semi-finals – Sabalenka bt Badosa, Keys bt Swiatek

Jan 24

Australian Open men’s semi-finals – Zverev bt Djokovic, Sinner bt Shelton

Mixed doubles final – Peers and Gadecki bt Smith and Birrell

Wheelchair men’s doubles – Hewett and Reid

Quad Wheelchair men’s doubles – Lapthorne and Schroder

Jan 25

Australian Open women’s final – Keys bt Sabalenka

Men’s doubles final – Patten and Heliovaara bt Bolelli and Vavassori

Wheelchair men’s singles – Hewett

Dango Outarra hat-trick for Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Jason Banks. Women’s – Julie Forrest

Pegasus World Cup – White Abarrio

Jan 26

Australian Open men’s final – Sinner bt Zverev

Women’s doubles final – Siniakova and Townsend bt Hsieh and Ostapenko

AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Buffalo Bills

NFC Championship Game – Philadelphia Eagles bt Washington Commanders

British Basketball League (BBL) Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Bristol Flyers

WBBL Trophy final – Caledonia Gladiators bt Oaklands Wolves

Jan 27

Big Bash League final – Hobart Hurricanes bt Sydney Thunder. First title. Mitchell Owen hit a century off 39 balls

Jan 28

ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –

Men's Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Jasprit Bumrah

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Jasprit Bumrah

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)

Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Arshdeep Singh

Women’s Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) – Melie Kerr

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Smriti Mandhana

Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Melie Kerr

Jan 29

Steve Smith passes the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket

Morgan Rogers hat-trick for Aston Villa against Celtic

Jan 31

Six Nations captains and coaches –

England – Maro Itoje and Steve Borthwick

Wales – Jac Morgan and Warren Gatland

Ireland – Caelan Doris and Simon Easterby

Scotland – Rory Darge and Finn Russell (co-captains) and Gregor Townsend

France – Antoine Dupont and Fabien Galthie

Italy – Michele Lamaro and Gonzalo Quesada

Simon Easterby was named as the interim head coach of the Ireland team while Andy Farrell is in charge of the British & Irish Lions for their tour to Australia

Rory Darge and Finn Russell were named as co-captains of the Scotland team, after original captain Sione Tuipulotu was ruled out of the competition due to injury

France 43 Wales 0. Romaine Ntamack sent off

Jos Buttler criticises India's use of pace bowler Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute in the fourth T20 international, calling the change "not a like-for-like replacement"