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
Naomi Girma moves from San Diego Wave to Chelsea for $1.1 million, breaking the world record for a women's soccer transfer
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 and 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
Six Nations uses twenty-minute red cards for the first time
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"
February
Feb 1
Women's Ashes: One-off Test (Melbourne) England 170 & 148 Australia 440 (Sutherland 163, Mooney 106) Australia won by an innings and 122 runs
Australia win series 16-0
Nottingham Forest 7 (Wood 3) Brighton 0
Scotland 31 Italy 19. Hat-trick for Huw Jones
Ireland 27 England 22. Cadan Murley scores a try for England on debut
Leeds 7 Cardiff 0
Irish Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs
Feb 2
Fifth T20 international – India 247-9 (Abhishek Sharma 135) England 97. India won by 150 runs
India win series 4-1
German Masters snooker final – Kyren Wilson bt Hawkins
World Masters darts final – Humphries bt Clayton
Irish Champion Hurdle – State Man
Luka Doncic moves from Dallas Mavericks to Los Angeles Lakers. Anthony Davies is traded to the Mavericks in exchange for Doncic
Feb 3
Transfer deadline day –
Ben Chilwell moves from Chelsea to Crystal Palace on loan
Mathys Tel moves from Bayern Munich to Tottenham on loan
Nico Gonzalez moves from Porto to Man City for £50 million
Marcus Rashford moves from Man Utd to Aston Villa on loan
Marco Asensio moves from Paris St-Germain to Aston Villa on loan
Joao Felix moves from Chelsea to AC Milan on loan
Feb 5
EFL Cup semi-final – Newcastle bt Arsenal
Feb 6
EFL Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Spurs
Premier League starts in Belfast. Chris Dobey and Stephen Bunting replace Michael Smith and Peter Wright
Mark Hughes is appointed manager of Carlisle Utd
Feb 7
NFL MVP – Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills)
Feb 8
Italy 22 Wales 15
England 26 France 25. Winning try scored by Elliot Daly
Feb 9
FA Cup 4th round – Plymouth 1 (Ryan Hardie) Liverpool 0
Scottish Cup 5th round – Rangers 0 Queen’s Park 1
Scotland 18 Ireland 32
Super Bowl LIX – Philadelphia Eagles 40 Kansas City Chiefs 22
MVP – Jalen Hurts
Game played at Superdome, New Orleans
Half time show headlined by Kendrick Lamar
Feb 11
Warran Gatland leaves as head coach of Wales. Matt Sherratt takes over as interim head coach
Feb 12
European Track Cycling Championships start in Belgium
The last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park finishes 2-2. James Tarkowski scores last-minute equaliser for Everton
Feb 13
Leigh bt Wigan with golden point after the first 0-0 draw in Super League history
Feb 14
Men’s individual pursuit – Josh Charlton
Feb 15
Women’s individual pursuit – Anna Morris, who broke the world record twice in a day
Omar Marmoush hat-trick for Man City against Newcastle
Jannik Sinner accepts a three-month ban from tennis after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency over his two positive drugs tests last year
St Helens 82 Salford 0
Feb 16
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo becomes the first person to run a half marathon below 57 minutes
European Track Cycling Championships end. Netherlands topped the medal table
Welsh Open final – Selby bt Maguire
Irish jockey Michael O’Sullivan dies
Feb 17
First test event at Everton’s new stadium. First goal scored by Harrison Rimmer for Wigan under-18s
Feb 18
Champions League Knockout Round Play-offs – Bayern Munich bt Celtic
Feb 19
Champions League Knockout Round Play-offs – Mbappe hat-trick for Real Madrid against Man City
Feb 22
Wales 18 Ireland 27. Garry Ringrose receives a 20-minute red card
England 16 Scotland 15. Finn Russell misses a last-minute conversion
ICC Champions Trophy – England 351-8 (Duckett 165) Australia 356-5 (Inglis 120)
World Seniors Darts Championship final – Ross Montgomery bt Graham Usher
Dmitry Bivol bt Artur Beterbiev to win the undisputed light-heavyweight world title
Saudi Cup – Forever Young
Feb 23
Mirra Andreeva becomes the youngest player to claim a WTA 1000 title after the 17-year-old won the Dubai Tennis Championships
Italy 24 France 73. A championship record of 14 tries were scored in the match
Philippe Clement is sacked as manager of Rangers
Mikaela Shiffrin wins 100th Alpine skiing World Cup race
Feb 26
ICC Champions Trophy – Afghanistan 325-7 (Ibrahim Zadran 177) England 317 (Root 120)
March
Mar 1
ICC Champions Trophy – England 179 South Africa 181-3
Joss Buttler resigns as captain of England
Wigan bt Warrington. Match played in Las Vegas, in first-ever Super League match played outside the UK
Australia Jillaroos 90 Great Britain Lionesses 4. Match played in Las Vegas
World Open final – John Higgins bt Joe O’Connor
Mar 2
UK Open darts final – Littler bt Wade
HSBC Women’s World Championship – Lydia Ko
Mar 4
ICC Champions Trophy semi-final – India bt Australia
Champions League round of 16 – PSV Eindhoven 1 Arsenal 7
LeBron James becomes the first player in NBA history to score 50,000 combined points (regular season and postseason)
Mar 5
ICC Champions Trophy semi-final – New Zealand bt South Africa
Mar 6
Fred Stolle dies
European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Mar 7
Lauren Price bt Natasha Jonas to unify the welterweight division
Mar 8
Ireland 27 France 42. Damian Penaud scores his 38th international try, to become France's joint top try scorer in test history (tied with Serge Blanco)
Scotland 35 Wales 29
Men’s 60m – Jeremiah Azu
Mar 9
England 47 Italy 24. 100th Test cap for Jamie George
World Grand Prix final – Robertson 10 Bingham 0
ICC Champions Trophy final (Dubai) – India bt New Zealand
Player of the Series – Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)
Men’s 3000m – Jakob Ingebritsen. Silver – George Mills
Women’s 3000m – Sarah Healy (Ireland). Silver – Melissa Courtney-Bryant
Mar 11
Champion Hurdle – Golden Ace (Lorcan Williams), trained by Jeremy Scott. 2nd Burdett Road 3rd Winter Fog (150-1)
Supreme Novices Hurdle is renamed as a tribute to jockey Michael O'Sullivan
Champions League round of 16 – Paris St-Germain bt Liverpool
Foster and Partners to design new Man Utd stadium
Mar 12
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Marine Nationale
Mar 13
Stayers’ Hurdle – Bob Olinger
Ryanair Chase – Fact to File
Mar 14
Gold Cup – Inothewayurthinkin (Mark Walsh), trained by Gavin Cromwell. 2nd Galopin des Champs 3rd Gentlemansgame. Corbetts Cross suffered a fatal injury after a fall
Prestbury Cup – Ireland bt GB
Leading Jockey – Paul Townend
Leading Trainer – Willie Mullins
Mar 15
Italy 17 Ireland 22. Hat-trick for Dan Sheehan
Wales 14 England 68. Tommy Freeman scored in all five games. Two tries on debut for Henry Pollock
France 35 Scotland 16. Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored in all five games
Thomas Ramos becomes France's all-time top test points scorer, overtaking the record of 436 held by Frederic Michalak
Six Nations final table – France, England, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Wales
Leading points scorer – Thomas Ramos (71)
Leading try scorer – Louis Bielle-Biarrey (8)
Player of the tournament – Louis Bielle-Biarrey
The Six Nations Championship concluded with 829 points and 108 tries scored across 15 matches – both new tournament records
Women’s League Cup final – Chelsea bt Man City
Women’s Premier League final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals
Mar 16
EFL Cup final – Newcastle 2 (Burn, Isak) Liverpool 1 (Chiesa). Newcastle win first major trophy since 1969 Fairs Cup and first domestic silverware since 1955 FA Cup
Premiership Women's Rugby final – Gloucester-Hartpury bt Saracens
Premiership Rugby Cup final – Bath bt Exeter
Formula 1 teams –
Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Liam Lawson
McLaren – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes – George Russell, Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italy)
Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll
Alpine – Pierre Gasly, Jack Doohan (Australia)
Racing Bulls – Yuki Tsunoda, Isack Hadjar (France)
Haas – Esteban Ocon, Oliver Bearman
Williams – Carlos Sainz, Alexander Albon
Sauber – Nico Hulkenberg, Gabriel Bortoleto (Brazil)
Australian GP – Norris, Verstappen, Russell. 5th Antonelli. 10th Hamilton
Indian Wells women’s final – Andreeva bt Sabalenka
Indian Wells men’s final – Draper bt Rune
The Players Championship – McIlroy bt J.J. Spaun in a play-off
Mar 20
Eddie Jordan dies
Kirsty Coventry is elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee. 2nd Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr 3rd Sebastian Coe
Mar 21
World Indoor Athletics Championships start in Nanjing
Men’s 60m – Azu
England 2 (Lewis-Skelly, Kane) Albania 0
First game as England manager for Thomas Tuchel. Debuts for Myles Lewis-Skelly and Dan Burn
Mar 22
George Foreman dies
Women’s 400m – Amber Anning
Jon Lewis sacked as coach and Heather Knight sacked as captain of England women’s cricket team
Sprint race at Chinese GP won by Lewis Hamilton
Oscar Piastri takes pole position for the first time for the Chinese GP
Mar 23
Chinese GP – Piastri, Norris, Russell
Men’s 1500m – Ingebrigtsen. Silver – Neil Gourley
Women’s 1500m. Bronze – Georgia Hunter Bell
USA topped the medal table
Players Championship final – Kyren Wilson bt Trump
Mar 24
Morgan Rogers debut for England against Latvia. First England goal for Eberechi Eze
Mar 25
TGL final – Atlanta Drive GC bt New York GC
Mar 26
Liam Lawson swaps places with Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda and return to Red Bull's second team, Racing Bulls, after being dropped by Red Bull after two races
Mar 27
Peter Lever dies
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall and downhill – Marco Odermatt
Women’s overall and downhill – Federica Brignone
Mar 29
Miami Open women’s final – Sabalenka bt Pegula
Miami Open men’s doubles final – Arevalo and Pavic bt Cash and Glasspool
World Figure Skating Championships (Boston) –
Men – Ilia Malinin (USA)
Women – Aylsa Liu (USA)
Pairs – Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (Japan)
Ice dance – Madison Chock and Evan Bates (USA). Bronze – Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
Mar 30
Scottish Challenge Cup final –Livingston bt Queen’s Park
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Daniel Tschofenig
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Nika Prevc
Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships (St Moritz) –
Women’s ski halfpipe – Zoe Atkin
Women’s snowboard cross. Silver – Charlotte Bankes
Lincoln Handicap – Godwinson
Miami Open men’s final – Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) bt Djokovic
Rory McIlroy becomes the second golfer after Tiger Woods to exceed $100m (£77m) in career earnings on the PGA Tour
April
Apr 1
Charlotte Edwards is appointed head coach of England women’s cricket team
Apr 3
Aintree Hurdle – Lossiemouth
Apr 4
Melling Chase – Jonbon
Topham Chase – Gentleman De Mee
Apr 5
Grand National – Nick Rockett (Patrick Mullins), trained by Willie Mullins 2nd I Am Maximus 3rd Grangeclare West
Willie Mullins trained the horses that finished first, second, third, fifth and seventh
Celebre d’Allen died following the race. Jockey Michael Nolan was handed a 10-day suspension
Champions Cup round of 16 – Toulon 72 Saracens 42
Champions Cup round of 16 – Leinster 62 Harlequins 0
Dubai World Cup – Hit Show
Apr 6
Japanese GP – Verstappen, Norris, Piastri
Somerset 670-7 (Banton 371) vs Worcestershire
Southampton are the first Premier League side to be relegated with seven games left after losing to Spurs
Tour Championship snooker final – Higgins bt Selby
Alex Ovechkin becomes the National Hockey League's highest all-time scorer by hitting his 895th career goal to surpass Wayne Gretzky's 31-year mark
Apr 7
Harry Brook is named England white-ball captain
Apr 9
Masters par 3 contest – Nicolas Echavarria
Apr 11
Jimmy Anderson is awarded a knighthood in Rishi Sunak's resignation honours list
Apr 12
Semi-automated offsides start in Premier League
Scottish Grand National – Captain Cody
Apr 13
Bahrain GP – Piastri, Russell, Norris
The Masters – McIlroy 2nd Rose 3rd Reed
McIlroy won on first play-off hole
The Boat Race – Cambridge win men’s and women’s races
EFL Trophy final – Peterborough bt Birmingham. Currently known as the Vertu Trophy for sponsorship reasons
Apr 14
Jackson Page becomes the first player to make a maximum 147 break twice in one match in qualifier for the World Snooker Championship, winning £147,000
Apr 15
Champions League quarter-finals – PSG bt Aston Villa, Barcelona bt Borussia Dortmund
Apr 16
Champions League quarter-finals – Arsenal bt Real Madrid, Inter Milan bt Bayern Munich
Apr 17
Europa League quarter-final – Athletic Bilbao bt Rangers, Man Utd bt Lyon 5-4 (7-6 on aggregate)
Apr 19
Fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi hits his first ball for six having become the youngest player to ever feature in the Indian Premier League
World Snooker Championship first round – Lei Peifan bt Kyren Wilson
Apr 20
Saudi Arabia GP – Piastri, Verstappen, Leclerc
Apr 21
Leeds Utd 6 (Joel Piroe 4) Stoke 0. Leeds are promoted to the Premier League
Irish Grand National – Haiti Couleurs
Wisden leading cricketers in the world – Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana
Cricketers of the Year – Gus Atkinson, Liam Dawson, Sophie Ecclestone, Jamie Smith, Dan Worrall
World's leading T20 player – Nicholas Pooran
Laureus World Sports Awards –
Sportsman of the Year award – Mondo Duplantis
Sportswoman of the Year award – Simone Biles
Team of the Year award – Real Madrid
Breakthrough of the Year award – Lamine Yamal
Comeback of the Year award – Rebeca Andrade
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award – Yuyan Jiang (Chinese para swimmer)
Action Sportsperson of the Year award – Tom Pidcock
Sport for Good award – Kick4Life (football in Lesotho)
Apr 24
World Snooker Championship first round – Ben Woolaston bt Mark Selby
Apr 25
World Snooker Championship second round – Mark Allen 147 against Chris Wakelin
Apr 26
FA Cup semi-final – Crystal Palace bt Aston Villa
Women's Six Nations – England 43 France 42
England win a fourth consecutive Women's Six Nations Grand Slam and a seventh straight title
Top points scorer –
Morgane Bourgeois (France) 73
Top try scorer – Abby Dow (England) 6
Chris Eubank Jr bt Conor Benn. Fight held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Apr 27
London Marathon –
Men’s – Sabastian Sawe (Kenya). 14th Alex Yee
Women’s – Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia) in a women's-only record time. 8th Eilish McColgan
Men’s wheelchair – Marcel Hug (Switzerland). Seventh win
Women’s wheelchair – Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland)
FA Cup semi-final – Man City bt Nottingham Forest
Liverpool 5 Spurs 1. Liverpool win 20th title
Women’s Champions League semi-finals – Barcelona bt Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate, Arsenal bt Lyon
Gloucester 79 Exeter17
NFL draft first pick – Cam Ward (Tennessee Titans)
Chevron Championship – Mao Saigo (Japan)
EFL Awards –
Championship Manager of the Year – Scott Parker (Burnley)
Championship Player of the Year – Gustavo Hamer (Sheffield Utd)
Championship Young Player of the Year – Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland)
Apr 28
Rajasthan Royals' 14-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi becomes the youngest player to hit a century in men's T20s
Apr 29
Nat Sciver-Brunt is appointed as captain of England women’s cricket team
May
May 2
Gregg Popovich steps down from his position as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs after 29 seasons with the team
May 3
2000 Guineas – Ruling Court (William Buick), trained by Charlie Appleby
Kentucky Derby – Sovereignty
World Snooker Championship semi-finals – Zhao Xintong bt O’Sullivan 17-7, Williams bt Trump 17-14
Kimi Antonelli, aged 18, becomes the youngest driver to take a Formula 1 pole position in the sprint event at the Miami Grand Prix
British jump trainers' championship – Willie Mullins
British jump jockeys' championship – Sean Bowen
European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster 34 Northampton 37
May 4
1000 Guineas – Desert Flower (William Buick), trained by Charlie Appleby
Madrid Open men’s final – Ruud bt Draper
European Champions Cup semi-final – Bordeaux bt Toulouse
Peter McParland dies
Miami GP – Piastri, Norris, Russell
World Rugby Sevens Series (SVNS) – Argentina
May 5
World Snooker Championship final – Zhao Xintong bt Williams 18-12
Jochen Mass dies
May 6
Champions League semi-final – Inter Milan bt Barcelona 7-6 on aggregate
May 7
Champions League semi-final – PSG bt Arsenal
Argentine Franco Colapinto will drive for Alpine for the next five Grands Prix, replacing Jack Doohan
NHL expansion team Utah Hockey Club are renamed Utah Mammoth
May 8
Europa League semi-finals – Spurs bt Bodo / Glint (Norway), Man Utd bt Athletic Bilbao
Europa Conference League semi-final – Chelsea bt Djurgarden (Sweden), Real Betis bt Fiorentina
May 9
FWA Footballer of the Year – Mo Salah
Women’s Award – Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
Giro d’Italia starts in Durres, Albania
May 10
World Snooker Tour Player of the Year – Judd Trump
Saracens 75 Newcastle 28
Women’s Super League – Chelsea. Sixth successive title
May 11
FA Trophy final – Aldershot Town bt Spennymoor Town
FA Vase final – Whitstable Town bt AFC Whyteleafe
World Snooker Seniors Championship final – Alfie Burden bt Aaron Canavan
Badminton Horse Trials – Rosalind Canter, riding Lordships Graffalo
May 12
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti will leave at the end of the season to become the new national team coach of Brazil
May 17
FA Cup final – Crystal Palace 1 (Eze) Man City 0. Henderson saved a penalty from Marmoush
Italian Open women’s final – Paolini bt Gauff
Preakness Stakes – Journalism
May 18
Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea bt Man Utd
Italian Open men’s final – Alcaraz bt Sinner
Everton 2 (Ndiaye 2) Southampton 0. Final Premier League match at Goodison Park. The new arena at Bramley Moore Dock is now known as the Hill Dickinson Stadium
Jamie Vardy scores his 200th goal for Leicester City in his 500th - and final - appearance for the club
Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix (Imola) – Verstappen, Norris, Piastri
US PGA Championship (Quail Hollow) – Scheffler. 2nd DeChambeau, Harris English, Davis Riley
World Squash Championships (Chicago). Men – Mostafa Asal (Egypt). Women – Nour El Sherbini (Egypt). 8th title for El Sherbini
Super League Basketball Championship final – Leicester Riders bt Newcastle Eagles
Women's Super League play-off final – Sheffield Hatters bt Oaklands Wolves
May 21
Europa League final (Bilbao) – Spurs 1 (Johnson) Man Utd 0
May 22
Sam Cook makes debut for England against Zimbabwe
May 23
European Challenge Cup final (Cardiff) – Bath bt Lyon
May 24
Championship play-off final – Sunderland 2 Sheffield Utd 1. Winning goal scored by Tom Watson
Promoted – Leeds, Burnley, Sunderland
Relegated – Luton, Plymouth, Cardiff
Leading scorer – Joel Piroe (Leeds) 19 goals
Burnley only conceded 16 goals, and did not concede more than one goal in any match
Scottish Cup final – Aberdeen bt Celtic
Women’s Champions League final (Lisbon) – Arsenal 1 (Blackstenius) Barcelona 0
Champions Cup final (Cardiff) – Bordeaux 28 Northampton 20. Man-of-the-match – Maxime Lucu
Premier League player of the season – Mo Salah
One-off Test (Trent Bridge) England 565-6 dec (Pope 171, Duckett 140, Crawley 124) Zimbabwe 265 (Bennett 139) and 255 (Bashir 6-81). England won by an innings and 45 runs
May 25
Premier League – Liverpool. 2nd Arsenal. 3rd Man City
Relegated – Leicester, Ipswich, Southampton
Leading Scorer – Mo Salah (Liverpool) 29 goals
Southampton ended the season with 12 points, one more than Derby County's record Premier League low total of 11 points from 2007-08
League One play-off final – Charlton bt Leyton Orient
Promoted – Birmingham, Wrexham, Charlton
Relegated – Bristol Rovers, Crawley, Cambridge, Shrewsbury
Leading scorer – Charlie Kelman (Leyton Orient) 21 goals
Birmingham ended the season with an EFL record 111 points
Monaco GP – Norris, Leclerc, Piastri
Xabi Alonso leaves Bayer Leverkusen to become manager of Real Madrid
Erik Ten Hag is appointed head coach of Bayer Leverkusen
Indianapolis 500 – Alex Palou
Pakistan Super League final – Lahore Qalandars bt Quetta Gladiators
Men's Ice Hockey World Championships – USA
World’s strongest man – Rayno Nel (South Africa)
May 26
League Two play-off final – Wimbledon bt Walsall
Promoted – Doncaster, Port Vale, Bradford City, Wimbledon
Relegated – Carlisle, Morecambe
Leading scorer – Michael Cheek (Bromley)
Scottish Premiership – Celtic. 2nd Rangers
Relegated – St. Johnstone, Ross County
Leading scorer – Cyriel Dessers (Rangers)
Scottish Premiership play-off – Livingston bt Ross County
Scottish Championship – Falkirk
Scottish League One – Arbroath
Scottish League Two – Peterhead
Highland League – Brora Rangers
Lowland League – East Kilbride
Scottish League Two play-off final – East Kilbride bt Bonnyrigg Rose
European Artistic Gymnastics Championships start in Leipzig
May 27
Premier League Manager of the Season – Arne Slot
League Managers Association manager of the year – Arne Slot
Serie A – Napoli. MVP – Scott McTominay (Napoli)
La Liga – Barcelona
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich
Primeira Liga – Sporting CP
Ligue 1 – Paris St-Germain
Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven
World Women's Snooker Championship – Bai Yulu
Men’s Team gymnastics – GB
May 28
Europa Conference League final (Wroclaw) – Chelsea 4 Real Betis 1
French Open women’s singles second round – Swiatek bt Radacanu
Mixed Team. Silver – GB (Jake Jarman and Ruby Evans)
May 29
French Open women’s singles second round – Keys bt Boulter
Premier League Darts finals night (O2 Arena). Semi-finals – Humphries bt Aspinall, Littler bt Price. Final – Humphries bt Littler
May 30
Men’s Floor – Luke Whitehouse. Silver – Harry Hepworth
Jeremie Frimpong moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool
May 31
Champions League final (Munich) – Paris St-Germain 5 Inter Milan 0. Desire Doue scores two goals and was named man of the match
Bath finish top of Premiership Rugby. Newcastle Falcons finish bottom
A-League Grand Final – Melbourne City bt Melbourne Victory
French Open men’s singles third round – Norrie bt Fearnley
Men’s vault. Silver – Jake Jarman
June
Jun 1
National League Promotion Play-offs final – Oldham bt Southend
National League champions – Barnet
Spanish GP – Piastri, Russell, Leclerc
Joe Root becomes England's leading run-scorer in ODI cricket, overtaking Eoin Morgan (6,957 runs)
U.S. Women’s Open – Maja Stark (Sweden)
Giro d’Italia – Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Jun 2
French Open men’s singles fourth round – Djokovic bt Norrie, Bublik bt Draper
Jun 3
Premiership Rugby player of the year – Tomos Williams (Gloucester)
Premiership Women's Rugby player of the year – Meg Jones (Leicester)
England player of the year – Tommy Freeman (Northampton)
England women player of the year – Zoe Aldcroft (Gloucester-Hartpury)
Breakthrough player of the season – Henry Pollock (Northampton)
Indian Premier League final – Royal Challengers Bengaluru bt Punjab Kings
Player of the series – Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)
Most runs (Orange Cap) – Sai Sudharsan (Gujarat Titans)
Most wickets (Purple Cap) – Prasidh Krishna (Gujarat Titans)
UEFA Nations League semi-final – Portugal bt Germany
Jun 5
French Open women’s semi-finals – Sabalenka bt Swiatek, Gauff bt Lois Boisson (France)
Lois Boisson was a wildcard and world number 361
French Open mixed doubles final – Errani and Vavassori bt Townsend and King
UEFA Nations League semi-final – Spain 5 France 4
Russell Martin is appointed as manager of Rangers
Jun 6
French Open men’s semi-finals – Alcaraz bt Musetti, Sinner bt Djokovic
Ange Postecoglou sacked as manager of Spurs
Premiership Rugby semi-final – Bath bt Bristol
The Oaks – Minnie Hauk (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Jun 7
Epsom Derby – Lambourn (Wayne Lordan), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Lazy Griff 3rd Tennessee
French Open women’s final – Gauff bt Sabalenka
French Open men’s doubles final – Granollers and Zeballos bt Salisbury and Skupski
Premiership Rugby semi-final – Leicester bt Sale
Women’s Challenge Cup final – Wigan bt St Helens
Challenge Cup final – Hull KR bt Warrington. Lance Todd trophy – Marc Sneyd (Warrington)
Belmont Stakes – Sovereignty
Jun 8
French Open men’s final – Alcaraz bt Sinner. The match lasted five hours and 29 minutes - the longest French Open final in history
French Open women’s doubles final – Errani and Paolini bt Danilina and Krunic
UEFA Nations League final – Portugal 2 Spain 2. Portugal won on penalties
Jun 9
Uriah Rennie dies
Jun 10
England 1 Senegal 3. First time that England have lost to an African nation. Match played at City Ground, Nottingham
First summer transfer window closes –
Matheus Cunha moves from Wolves to Man Utd
Dean Huisjen moves from Bournemouth to Real Madrid
Rayan Ait-Nouri moves from Wolves to Man City
Rayan Cherki moves from Lyon to Man City
Tijjani Reijnders moves from AC Milan to Man City
Liam Delap moves from Ipswich to Chelsea
Jobe Bellingham moves from Sunderland to Borussia Dortmund
Nicholas Pooran retires from international cricket
Jun 12
Kevin de Bruyne moves from Man City to Napoli
Trent Alexander-Arnold moves from Liverpool to Real Madrid
Brentford manager Thomas Frank moves to Spurs
Patrick Reed makes albatross in first round of US Open
Aaron Rodgers moves from New York Jets to Pittsburgh Steelers
Jun 14
ICC World Test Championship final (Lord’s) – Australia 212 (Rabada 5-51) and 207 South Africa 138 (Cummins 6-28) and 282-5 (Markram 136). South Africa won by five wickets
Premiership Rugby final – Bath 23 Leicester 21. Man of the match – Guy Pepper. Bath’s first title since 1996
Premiership Rugby top try scorer – Ollie Hassell-Collins (Leicester), Gabriel Ibitoye (Bristol) 13 tries
Premiership Rugby top points scorer – Finn Russell (Bath) 156 points
United Rugby Championship final – Leinster bt Bulls
World Cup of Darts second round – Germany bt England (Littler and Humphries)
King’s Birthday Honours –
Knighthood – David Beckham, Billy Boston
CBE – Virginia Wade
OBE – Deta Hedman, Devon Malcolm
MBE – Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael Dunlop
Jun 15
Canadian GP – Russell, Verstappen, Antonelli. First podium for Antonelli
WTA Queen's Club Championships final – Tatjana Maria (Germany) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA)
World Cup of Darts final – Northern Ireland (Gurney and Rock) bt Wales (Price and Clayton)
US Open (Oakmont) – Spaun. 2nd Macintyre. 3rd Hovland
Le Mans 24 Hours – Ferrari 499P (Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, Phil Hanson)
FIFA Club World Cup Group C – Bayern Munich 10 Auckland City 0
English Greyhound Derby – Droopys Plunge
Jun 17
St James’s Palace Stakes – Field of Gold
Stanley Cup finals – Florida Panthers bt Edmonton Oilers
Finals MVP – Sam Bennett
Regular season MVP – Connor Hellebuyck (Winnipeg Jets)
Regular season top scorer – Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Jun 18
Prince of Wales's Stakes – Ombudsman
Royal Hunt Cup – My Cloud
Jun 19
Gold Cup – Trawlerman (William Buick)
King George V Stakes – Merchant
Jun 20
Coronation Stakes – Cercene
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – John and Thady Gosden
Florian Wirtz moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool for £116 million
British and Irish Lions 24 Argentina 28. Match played in Dublin
Jun 21
ATP Queen's Club Championships semi-finals – Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic) bt Draper, Alcaraz bt Bautista Agut
Ian McLauchlan dies
Super Rugby Pacific final – Crusaders bt Chiefs
Jun 22
ATP Queen's Club Championships final – Alcaraz bt Lehecka
ATP Queen's Club Championships doubles final – Cash and Glasspool bt Mektic and Venus
David ‘Syd’ Lawrence dies
NBA finals – Oklahoma City Thunder bt Indiana Pacers
Finals MVP – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder)
Regular season MVP – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Regular season top scorer – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Women’s PGA Championship – Minjee Lee
Hickstead Derby – Robert Whitaker
Jun 24
Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy is awarded to the winner of each Test cricket series between England and India
First Test (Headingley) India 471 (Gill 147, Pant 134, Jaiswal 101) and 364 (Rahul 137, Pant 118) England 465 (Pope 106, Brook 99, Bumrah 5-83) & 373-5 (Duckett 149) England won by five wickets
Josh Tongue took three wickets in four balls
Jun 25
18-year-old Cooper Flagg is selected with the first overall pick by Dallas Mavericks in the NBA draft
Jun 26
Milos Kerkez moves from Bournemouth to Liverpool
Jun 27
Keith Andrews is appointed as manager of Brentford
Ruud van Nistelrooy is sacked as manager of Leicester City
Jun 28
British and Irish Lions bt Western Force in the first game of their tour of Australia
Tomos Williams sustains a hamstring injury ruling him out for the rest of the tour, leaving Jac Morgan as the only Welsh player in the squad
Women’s T20 – India 210-5 (Mandhana 112) England 113
UEFA U21 Championship final (Bratislava) – England 3 Germany 2. Winning goal scored by Jonathan Rowe
Player of the tournament – Harvey Elliott
Eastbourne International women’s final – Joint bt Eala
Eastbourne International men’s final – Fritz bt Brooksby
Top 14 final – Toulouse bt Bordeaux-Begles
Jun 29
Wayne Larkins dies
Austrian GP – Norris, Piastri, Leclerc. 8th Bortoleto, scoring his first points in Formula 1
Irish Derby – Lambourn
Jun 30
Surrey 820-9 dec (Sibley 305) against Durham
FIFA Club World Cup Last 16 – Al-Hilal 4 Man City 3
July
Jul 2
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 starts in Switzerland
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Alvarez bt Oliver Tarvet
Jarell Quansah moves from Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen
Joao Pedro moves from Brighton to Chelsea
Jul 3
Diogo Jota dies
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Djokovic bt Evans, Cilic bt Draper
Jul 4
Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Sabalenka bt Radacanu
Jul 5
Coral-Eclipse Stakes – Delacroix
Tour de France Grand Depart takes place in Lille
Group D – France 2 England 1
Kyle Walker moves from Man City to Burnley
Jul 6
British GP – Norris, Piastri, Hulkenberg. First-ever podium for Hulkenberg
Second Test (Edgbaston) India 587 (Gill 269) and 428-6 dec (Gill 161) England 407 (Brook 158, Smith 184, Siraj 6-70) and 271 (Deep 6-99) India won by 336 runs
Wimbledon women’s singles fourth round – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bt Sonay Kartal
Netball Super League grand final – London Pulse bt Loughborough Lightning
Copa America final (Houston) – Mexico bt USA
Martin Zubimendi moves from Real Sociedad to Arsenal
Jul 7
South Africa’s captain Wiann Mulder declares on 367 not out against Zimbabwe
Jul 8
Wimbledon men’s singles quarter-final – Alcaraz bt Norrie
FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – Chelsea 2 Fluminense 0. Joao Pedro scores both goals on his Chelsea debut
Jul 9
Laurent Mekies replaces Christian Horner as team principal at Red Bull
FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – PSG 4 Real Madrid 0
Group D – England 4 Netherlands 0
State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
Jul 10
Mohammed Kudus moves from West Ham to Spurs for £55 million
Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals – Anisimova bt Sabalenka, Swiatek bt Bencic
Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Siniakova and Verbeek bt Stefani and Salisbury
Jul 11
World Aquatics Championships start in Singapore
Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals – Alcaraz bt Fritz, Sinner bt Djokovic
Joe Root breaks Rahul Dravid’s record of 210 Test match catches by a non-wicketkeeper
Crystal Palace demoted from Europa League over ownership rules
Anthony Elanga moves from Nottingham Forest to Newcastle
Jul 12
Wimbledon women’s singles final – Swiatek bt Anisimova 6-0 6-0. First double bagel in a Wimbledon final since 1911
Wimbledon men’s doubles final – Cash and Glasspool bt Hijikata and Pel. First all-British pair to win the men's doubles since 1936
Men’s doubles wheelchair – De La Puente and Spaargaren bt Hewett and Reid
Women’s wheelchair – Wang Ziying
Wales rugby union team break 18-match losing run with win in Japan
Jul 13
Wimbledon men’s singles final – Sinner bt Alcaraz
Wimbledon women’s doubles final – Kudermetova and Mertens bt Hsieh and Ostapenko
Men’s wheelchair – Oda bt Hewett
Scottish Open – Chris Gotterup (USA)
Evian Championship – Grace Kim. 3rd Lottie Woad
FIFA Club World Cup final (MetLife Stadium, New Jersey) – Chelsea 3 (Palmer 2, Joao Pedro) PSG 0
Group D – England 6 Wales 1
Jul 14
Third Test (Lord’s) England 387 (Root 104, Bumrah 5-74) and 192 India 387 (Rahul 100) and 170 England won by 22 runs
Ben Healy becomes the first Irish rider to claim the yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 38 years
Australia bowl out West Indies for 27, just one run more than New Zealand's 26 all out against England in 1955. Mitchell Starc took 6-9, including his 400th Test wicket
Jul 17
Canada forward Olivia Smith becomes the most expensive signing in women's football history by completing a £1m move to Arsenal from Liverpool
Quarter-final – England 2 (Bronze, Agyemang) Sweden 2. England win 3-2 on penalties
Nine of the 14 penalties in the shootout were missed
Jul 18
Noni Madueke moves from Chelsea to Arsenal
Sean Longstaff moves from Newcastle to Leeds
Jul 19
First Test (Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane) – Australia 19 British and Irish Lions 27
First Lions try scored by Sione Tuipulotu
Oleksandr Usyk stops Daniel Dubois to reclaim undisputed heavyweight title
Quarter-final – Germany 1 France 1. Germany win 6-5 on penalties
Hole in one for John Parry at The Open Championship
Jul 20
The Open Championship (Royal Portrush) – Scheffler. 2nd English. 3rd Gotterup
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final – Tipperary bt Cork
Jul 21
Bryan Mbeumo moves from Brentford to Man Utd for £65 million
Jul 22
Semi-final – England 2 (Agyemang, Kelly) Italy 1
Joey Jones dies
British and Irish Lions bt First Nations & Pacifica XV
Jul 23
Semi-final – Spain 1 Germany 0
Championship League Snooker final – Maguire bt O’Connor
Hugo Ekitike moves from Eintracht Frankfurt Liverpool for £69 million
Marcus Rashford moves from Man Utd to Barcelona on loan
Jul 24
Hulk Hogan dies
Jul 25
Root overtakes Kallis, Dravid and Ponting to go second in all-time Test run-scorers' list
Jul 26
Second Test (MCG) – Australia 26 British and Irish Lions 29. Winning try scored by Hugo Keenan
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Calandagan
Ray French dies
Viktor Gyokeres moves from Sporting to Arsenal for £64 million
Jul 27
UEFA Women’s Euro final (Basel) – England 1 (Russo) Spain 1 (Caldentey). England won 3-1 on penalties. Winning penalty scored by Chloe Kelly. Player of the Match – Hannah Hampton
Top scorer – Esther Gonzalez (Spain) 4 goals
Best player – Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
Best young player – Michelle Agyemang
Tour de France – 1st Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 2nd Jonas Vingegaard 3rd Florian Lipowitz 4th Oscar Onley
Points – Jonathan Milan
Mountains – Tadej Pogacar
Youth – Florian Lipowitz
Combativity – Ben Healy
Team – Visma-Lease a Bike
Belgium GP – Piastri, Norris, Leclerc
Fourth Test (Old Trafford) India 358 (Stokes 5-72) and 425-4 (Jadeja 107*, Gill 103, Sundar 101*) England 669 (Root 150, Stokes 141) Match drawn
World Matchplay final – Littler bt Wade. Littler completes the Triple Crown of World Championship, Premier League, and World Matchplay
Women’s World Matchplay final – Ashton bt Sherrock
Formula E World Championship – Oliver Rowland (Nissan)
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final – Kerry bt Donegal
Senior Open Championship – Padraig Harrington
Lottie Woad wins Women’s Scottish Open on professional debut
Jul 28
Morecambe are suspended from the National League
Jul 29
Goodwood Cup – Scandinavia
James Trafford moves from Burnley to Man City
Joao Felix moves from Chelsea to Al-Nassr
Women’s 3m synchronised springboard. Silver – GB (Scarlet Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper)
Jul 30
Leon Marchand breaks Ryan Lochte’s 200m medley world record
Sussex Stakes – Qirat, at odds of 150-1
Luis Diaz moves from Liverpool to Bayern Munich for £65 million
Granit Xhaka moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Sunderland
Jul 31
Nassau Stakes – Whirl
Men’s 100m freestyle – David Popovici
Popovici retained the titles in the 100m and 200m freestyle events
