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Semi-finals – Kvitova bt Azarenka, Sharapova bt Lisicki | Semi-finals – Kvitova bt Azarenka, Sharapova bt Lisicki | ||
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NBA lockout begins | NBA lockout begins | ||
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Junior World Cup rugby union final (Italy) – New Zealand U20s bt England U20s | Junior World Cup rugby union final (Italy) – New Zealand U20s bt England U20s | ||
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Palestine play Afghanistan in World Cup qualifier, their first ever home match | Palestine play Afghanistan in World Cup qualifier, their first ever home match | ||
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Under-17 World Cup quarter-final (Mexico) – Germany bt England | Under-17 World Cup quarter-final (Mexico) – Germany bt England | ||
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Jul 5 | Jul 5 | ||
Arul Suppiah takes 6-5 for Somerset against Glamorgan, the best Twenty20 bowling figures recorded in world cricket | Arul Suppiah takes 6-5 for Somerset against Glamorgan, the best Twenty20 bowling figures recorded in world cricket | ||
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Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, hosts its first Test match | Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, hosts its first Test match | ||
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Leicester City confirm that the Walkers Stadium will now be known as the King Power Stadium | Leicester City confirm that the Walkers Stadium will now be known as the King Power Stadium | ||
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Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) breaks collarbone in Tour de France | Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) breaks collarbone in Tour de France | ||
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July Cup (York) – Dream Ahead, ridden by Hayley Turner, the first-ever woman to ride a group 1 winner outright; Alex Greaves having previously dead-heated in the Nunthorpe stakes | July Cup (York) – Dream Ahead, ridden by Hayley Turner, the first-ever woman to ride a group 1 winner outright; Alex Greaves having previously dead-heated in the Nunthorpe stakes | ||
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Under-17 World Cup final – Mexico bt Uruguay | Under-17 World Cup final – Mexico bt Uruguay | ||
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Alex Hay dies | Alex Hay dies | ||
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Dale Jennings moves from Tranmere Rovers to Bayern Munich | Dale Jennings moves from Tranmere Rovers to Bayern Munich | ||
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John Smit to join Saracens after the World Cup | John Smit to join Saracens after the World Cup | ||
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Northants bowled out for 47 by Durham in t20 match. Collingwood 5-6, including a hat trick | Northants bowled out for 47 by Durham in t20 match. Collingwood 5-6, including a hat trick | ||
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Stewart Downing moves from Aston Villa to Liverpool | Stewart Downing moves from Aston Villa to Liverpool | ||
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Speedway World Cup (Poland) – Poland | Speedway World Cup (Poland) – Poland | ||
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Snooker World Cup final (Bangkok) – China (Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo) bt Northern Ireland (Mark Allen and Gerard Greene) | Snooker World Cup final (Bangkok) – China (Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo) bt Northern Ireland (Mark Allen and Gerard Greene) | ||
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Shay Given moves from Man City to Aston Villa | Shay Given moves from Man City to Aston Villa | ||
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LPGA announces that the Evian Masters, a tournament held in France that is a major championship on the Ladies European Tour, will become the LPGA's fifth major in 2013 | LPGA announces that the Evian Masters, a tournament held in France that is a major championship on the Ladies European Tour, will become the LPGA's fifth major in 2013 | ||
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Tiger Woods splits from caddie Steve Williams | Tiger Woods splits from caddie Steve Williams | ||
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Holly Bleasdale breaks Kate Dennison’s British pole vault record | Holly Bleasdale breaks Kate Dennison’s British pole vault record | ||
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Pietersen – 6000 Test runs | Pietersen – 6000 Test runs | ||
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British heavyweight championship – Tyson Fury bt Dereck Chisora | British heavyweight championship – Tyson Fury bt Dereck Chisora | ||
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Team – Garmin-Cervelo | Team – Garmin-Cervelo | ||
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Softball World Cup final – USA bt Japan | Softball World Cup final – USA bt Japan | ||
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Jul 26 | Jul 26 | ||
Crusaders will not play in Super League for the next three seasons after they withdrew their application for a license | Crusaders will not play in Super League for the next three seasons after they withdrew their application for a license | ||
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Olympic medals unveiled – designed by David Watkins. The front of the medal always depicts the same imagery at the summer Games – the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike. The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements, and the River Thames | Olympic medals unveiled – designed by David Watkins. The front of the medal always depicts the same imagery at the summer Games – the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike. The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements, and the River Thames | ||
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Sergio Aguero moves from Atletico Madrid to Man City for £38 million | Sergio Aguero moves from Atletico Madrid to Man City for £38 million | ||
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BBC and Sky join forces to secure live rights to Formula One motor racing in a seven-year deal from 2012 until 2018 – but only half of the races will be broadcast on the BBC | BBC and Sky join forces to secure live rights to Formula One motor racing in a seven-year deal from 2012 until 2018 – but only half of the races will be broadcast on the BBC | ||
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Group H – England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino | Group H – England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino | ||
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Ian Bell recalled after controversial run out in second Test | Ian Bell recalled after controversial run out in second Test | ||
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Substitute fielder Scott Elstone took two catches in India’s second innings | Substitute fielder Scott Elstone took two catches in India’s second innings | ||
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Paulo Sergio replaces Jim Jefferies as manager of Hearts | Paulo Sergio replaces Jim Jefferies as manager of Hearts | ||
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Aug 3 | Aug 3 | ||
| − | Ricki Clarke (Warwickshire) equals the world record of seven outfield | + | Ricki Clarke (Warwickshire) equals the world record of seven outfield catches in an innings |
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| + | Champions League third qualifying round – Malmo bt Rangers | ||
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Hyde Park Triathlon. Women’s – Helen Jenkins | Hyde Park Triathlon. Women’s – Helen Jenkins | ||
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Ladies Irish Open – Suzann Pettersen (Norway) | Ladies Irish Open – Suzann Pettersen (Norway) | ||
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National BMX Centre opens in Manchester | National BMX Centre opens in Manchester | ||
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England vs Netherlands friendly called off due to riots in London | England vs Netherlands friendly called off due to riots in London | ||
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Sean Long retires | Sean Long retires | ||
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Scott LeDoux, a former WBC heavyweight title contender, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease | Scott LeDoux, a former WBC heavyweight title contender, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease | ||
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Arlington Million – Cape Blanco (Jamie Spencer), trained by Aidan O’Brien | Arlington Million – Cape Blanco (Jamie Spencer), trained by Aidan O’Brien | ||
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US PGA (Atlanta Athletic Club) – Keegan Bradley bt Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. 3<sup>rd</sup> Anders Hansen | US PGA (Atlanta Athletic Club) – Keegan Bradley bt Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. 3<sup>rd</sup> Anders Hansen | ||
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Jim Thome of the Minnesota Twins becomes the eighth player in the history of Major League Baseball to hit 600 career home runs | Jim Thome of the Minnesota Twins becomes the eighth player in the history of Major League Baseball to hit 600 career home runs | ||
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Samuel Eto’o signs for Anzhi Makhachkala on a salary of £17 million a year. The Dagestan club is owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov | Samuel Eto’o signs for Anzhi Makhachkala on a salary of £17 million a year. The Dagestan club is owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov | ||
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Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes completes takeover of QPR | Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes completes takeover of QPR | ||
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The start of the Spanish La Liga season is delayed by a players' strike | The start of the Spanish La Liga season is delayed by a players' strike | ||
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GB bt China in London Prepares basketball match. GB lost all other matches in the series | GB bt China in London Prepares basketball match. GB lost all other matches in the series | ||
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Sam Warburton to captain Wales at rugby union World Cup | Sam Warburton to captain Wales at rugby union World Cup | ||
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Fenerbache withdrawn from Champions League due to match-fixing probe. Replaced by Trabzonspor | Fenerbache withdrawn from Champions League due to match-fixing probe. Replaced by Trabzonspor | ||
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Scottish Cup to be sponsored by William Hill | Scottish Cup to be sponsored by William Hill | ||
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European Super Cup (Monaco) – Barcelona bt Porto | European Super Cup (Monaco) – Barcelona bt Porto | ||
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Women’s final – Netherlands bt Germany. Third-place match – England bt Spain | Women’s final – Netherlands bt Germany. Third-place match – England bt Spain | ||
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FA WSL (Women’s Super League) – Arsenal | FA WSL (Women’s Super League) – Arsenal | ||
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US Open first round – Sharapova bt Watson | US Open first round – Sharapova bt Watson | ||
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400m – Kirani James (Grenada), aged 18 | 400m – Kirani James (Grenada), aged 18 | ||
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T20 International (Old Trafford) England bt India. Debuts for Alex Hales and Jos Buttler | T20 International (Old Trafford) England bt India. Debuts for Alex Hales and Jos Buttler | ||
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World rowing championships start in Bled, Slovenia | World rowing championships start in Bled, Slovenia | ||
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Women’s 5000m and 10000m – ''Vivian'' Cheruiyot | Women’s 5000m and 10000m – ''Vivian'' Cheruiyot | ||
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Anderson – 200 ODI wickets | Anderson – 200 ODI wickets | ||
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Winmau World Masters final (Hull Arena) – Scott Waites bt Dean Winstanley | Winmau World Masters final (Hull Arena) – Scott Waites bt Dean Winstanley | ||
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Celtic reinstated in Europa League after FC Sion are expelled for fielding ineligible players | Celtic reinstated in Europa League after FC Sion are expelled for fielding ineligible players | ||
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Minor Counties final – Devon bt Cambridgeshire | Minor Counties final – Devon bt Cambridgeshire | ||
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Mixed doubles final – Sock and Oudin bt Schwank and Dulko | Mixed doubles final – Sock and Oudin bt Schwank and Dulko | ||
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Men’s doubles final – Melzer and Petzschner bt Fyrstenberg and Matkowski | Men’s doubles final – Melzer and Petzschner bt Fyrstenberg and Matkowski | ||
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Women’s doubles final – Huber and Raymond bt King and Shvedova | Women’s doubles final – Huber and Raymond bt King and Shvedova | ||
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Final – Djokovic bt Nadal | Final – Djokovic bt Nadal | ||
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Rugby League Writers’ Association Player of the Year – Sam Tomkins | Rugby League Writers’ Association Player of the Year – Sam Tomkins | ||
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Most wickets – Dave Masters | Most wickets – Dave Masters | ||
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Jonny Bairstow makes England debut in fifth ODI. Kohli 107. Dravid’s last ODI. England win series 3-0 | Jonny Bairstow makes England debut in fifth ODI. Kohli 107. Dravid’s last ODI. England win series 3-0 | ||
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Swansea score their first-ever goal in the Premier League, and gain their first win, against WBA | Swansea score their first-ever goal in the Premier League, and gain their first win, against WBA | ||
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All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final – Dublin bt Kerry | All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final – Dublin bt Kerry | ||
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Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees sets a record in Major League Baseball for career saves | Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees sets a record in Major League Baseball for career saves | ||
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Racehorse trainer Michael Jarvis dies | Racehorse trainer Michael Jarvis dies | ||
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Leicestershire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20 | Leicestershire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20 | ||
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Mansoor Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi, dies | Mansoor Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi, dies | ||
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Swann captains England for two T20 internationals against West Indies at Kia Oval | Swann captains England for two T20 internationals against West Indies at Kia Oval | ||
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England rugby players filmed at a dwarf-throwing club in Queenstown | England rugby players filmed at a dwarf-throwing club in Queenstown | ||
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Warrington choose Leeds in ClubCall | Warrington choose Leeds in ClubCall | ||
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Stephen Jones wins 101st cap for Wales, against Namibia, overtaking the record of 100 caps set by Gareth Thomas | Stephen Jones wins 101st cap for Wales, against Namibia, overtaking the record of 100 caps set by Gareth Thomas | ||
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Tevez refuses to warm up against Bayern Munich | Tevez refuses to warm up against Bayern Munich | ||
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores on Champions League debut for Arsenal | Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores on Champions League debut for Arsenal | ||
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Sep 29 | Sep 29 | ||
Titus Bramble suspended by Sunderland after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug | Titus Bramble suspended by Sunderland after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug | ||
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Super League semi-final – Leeds bt Warrington | Super League semi-final – Leeds bt Warrington | ||
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Oct 1 | Oct 1 | ||
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AFL Grand Final – Geelong Cats bt Collingwood Magpies | AFL Grand Final – Geelong Cats bt Collingwood Magpies | ||
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NRL Grand Final – Manly Warringah Sea Eagles bt New Zealand Warriors | NRL Grand Final – Manly Warringah Sea Eagles bt New Zealand Warriors | ||
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Tiger Woods drops out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years, ending a streak of 778 consecutive weeks | Tiger Woods drops out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years, ending a streak of 778 consecutive weeks | ||
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Seattle Sounders F.C. retain the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Seattle Sounders F.C. retain the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | ||
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Graham Dilley dies | Graham Dilley dies | ||
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Oxlade-Chamberlain hat-trick for England U21 against Iceland | Oxlade-Chamberlain hat-trick for England U21 against Iceland | ||
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Olympics drug ban on LaShawn Merritt is overturned | Olympics drug ban on LaShawn Merritt is overturned | ||
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The Australian mare Black Caviar ties the record set by Phar Lap for consecutive victories, with an unbeaten run of 14 wins | The Australian mare Black Caviar ties the record set by Phar Lap for consecutive victories, with an unbeaten run of 14 wins | ||
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World Grand Prix final –Taylor bt Brendan Dolan. Players must commence and finish each leg on a double | World Grand Prix final –Taylor bt Brendan Dolan. Players must commence and finish each leg on a double | ||
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Nigel Worthington resigns as Northern Ireland manager | Nigel Worthington resigns as Northern Ireland manager | ||
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Changes to rules on whipping come into effect | Changes to rules on whipping come into effect | ||
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Sahara invests $100 in Force India F1 team | Sahara invests $100 in Force India F1 team | ||
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Richard Hughes gives up his riding license in protest at the new whip regulations | Richard Hughes gives up his riding license in protest at the new whip regulations | ||
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Steve Cotterill moves from Portsmouth to become manager of Nottingham Forest | Steve Cotterill moves from Portsmouth to become manager of Nottingham Forest | ||
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WCB light heavyweight title fight between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson declared a no contest after Dawson lifted Hopkins, who stumbled, fell, and landed on his shoulder | WCB light heavyweight title fight between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson declared a no contest after Dawson lifted Hopkins, who stumbled, fell, and landed on his shoulder | ||
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Giovanni Visconti (Italy) wins UCI Europe tour for third successive year | Giovanni Visconti (Italy) wins UCI Europe tour for third successive year | ||
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Kohli 112 in second ODI | Kohli 112 in second ODI | ||
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Oct 19 | Oct 19 | ||
Grand Slam of Golf (Bermuda) – 1<sup>st</sup> Bradley, 2<sup>nd</sup> Schwartzel, 3<sup>rd</sup> McIlroy, 4<sup>th</sup> Clarke | Grand Slam of Golf (Bermuda) – 1<sup>st</sup> Bradley, 2<sup>nd</sup> Schwartzel, 3<sup>rd</sup> McIlroy, 4<sup>th</sup> Clarke | ||
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Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell to manage GB football teams at 2012 Olympics | Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell to manage GB football teams at 2012 Olympics | ||
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Changes to whip regulations announced. Flat riders may now use their seven permitted strikes at any point in a race, while jump jockeys may use eight | Changes to whip regulations announced. Flat riders may now use their seven permitted strikes at any point in a race, while jump jockeys may use eight | ||
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Albert Pujols joins Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson as the only players in baseball history to hit three home runs in a World Series game | Albert Pujols joins Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson as the only players in baseball history to hit three home runs in a World Series game | ||
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Luke Donald clinches the PGA Tour money list title with victory at the Disney Classic in Florida | Luke Donald clinches the PGA Tour money list title with victory at the Disney Classic in Florida | ||
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Samoan coach fined 100 pigs for poor performance at World Cup | Samoan coach fined 100 pigs for poor performance at World Cup | ||
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New Jersey to host a GP in 2013 (Austin is hosting a GP in 2012 at ‘Circuit of the Americas’) | New Jersey to host a GP in 2013 (Austin is hosting a GP in 2012 at ‘Circuit of the Americas’) | ||
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Titus Bramble charged with sexual assault | Titus Bramble charged with sexual assault | ||
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The Cardinals trailed the Atlanta Braves in the NL Wild Card race by 10 ½ games on August 25 | The Cardinals trailed the Atlanta Braves in the NL Wild Card race by 10 ½ games on August 25 | ||
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Chelsea 3 Arsenal 5 (Van Persie 3) | Chelsea 3 Arsenal 5 (Van Persie 3) | ||
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WTA Championship final (Istanbul) – Kvitova bt Azarenka | WTA Championship final (Istanbul) – Kvitova bt Azarenka | ||
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World Billiards Championship – Mike Russell wins for the 11th time | World Billiards Championship – Mike Russell wins for the 11th time | ||
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Nov 1 | Nov 1 | ||
Melbourne Cup – Dunaden | Melbourne Cup – Dunaden | ||
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Nov 2 | Nov 2 | ||
Martyn Thomas steps down from all RFU roles | Martyn Thomas steps down from all RFU roles | ||
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Jacques Brunel replaces Nick Mallett as head coach of Italy | Jacques Brunel replaces Nick Mallett as head coach of Italy | ||
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12 Olympic posters by leading British artists revealed | 12 Olympic posters by leading British artists revealed | ||
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Four Nations matches played at Wembley | Four Nations matches played at Wembley | ||
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World Open squash finals (Rotterdam). Men’s – Nick Matthew bt Gregory Gaultier (France). Women’s – Nicole David bt Jenny Duncalf (England) | World Open squash finals (Rotterdam). Men’s – Nick Matthew bt Gregory Gaultier (France). Women’s – Nicole David bt Jenny Duncalf (England) | ||
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Fifa rejects FA’s request for the England team to wear poppies during the match against Spain, but allows them to wear poppies on black armbands | Fifa rejects FA’s request for the England team to wear poppies during the match against Spain, but allows them to wear poppies on black armbands | ||
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IAAF athletes of the year – Usain Bolt and Sally Pearson | IAAF athletes of the year – Usain Bolt and Sally Pearson | ||
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Sepp Blatter says football does not have a problem with racism on the field and any incidents should be settled by a handshake | Sepp Blatter says football does not have a problem with racism on the field and any incidents should be settled by a handshake | ||
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Houston Astros are to move to the American League in 2013 after 51 years in the National League, a move that balances the number of teams in Major League Baseball | Houston Astros are to move to the American League in 2013 after 51 years in the National League, a move that balances the number of teams in Major League Baseball | ||
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National League MVP – Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers). American League MVP – Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers) | National League MVP – Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers). American League MVP – Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers) | ||
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Group B – Federer, Tsonga, Nadal, Fish | Group B – Federer, Tsonga, Nadal, Fish | ||
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British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Jason Thompson. Women – Jenna McCorkell | British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Jason Thompson. Women – Jenna McCorkell | ||
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William Hill sports book of the year – ‘A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke’, Ronald Enge | William Hill sports book of the year – ‘A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke’, Ronald Enge | ||
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| − | Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula | + | Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 after signing a two-year deal with Renault, who will become Lotus in 2012 |
Portsmouth could be docked points after chairman Vladimir Antonov resigned as its parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration | Portsmouth could be docked points after chairman Vladimir Antonov resigned as its parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration | ||
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Carling Cup quarter-final – Man Utd 1 Crystal Palace 2. Winning goal scored by Glenn Murray | Carling Cup quarter-final – Man Utd 1 Crystal Palace 2. Winning goal scored by Glenn Murray | ||
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In Group D England will open against France in Donetsk on 11 June, they then play Sweden in Kiev on 15 June, and end against Ukraine back in Donetsk on 19 June | In Group D England will open against France in Donetsk on 11 June, they then play Sweden in Kiev on 15 June, and end against Ukraine back in Donetsk on 19 June | ||
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NHL Board of Governors announce that it will divide the league into four conferences (instead of the previous six ‘divisions’) starting in the 2012 – 2013 season | NHL Board of Governors announce that it will divide the league into four conferences (instead of the previous six ‘divisions’) starting in the 2012 – 2013 season | ||
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Bafetimbi Gomis score a hat-trick for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in seven minutes, beating Mike Newell's fastest Champions League treble (nine minutes) for Blackburn in 1995 against Rosenborg | Bafetimbi Gomis score a hat-trick for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in seven minutes, beating Mike Newell's fastest Champions League treble (nine minutes) for Blackburn in 1995 against Rosenborg | ||
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Romain Grosjean, winner of the 2011 GP2 series, will drive for Renault (Lotus) next year | Romain Grosjean, winner of the 2011 GP2 series, will drive for Renault (Lotus) next year | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 25 July 2021
January
Jan 1
Valencia is the European Capital of Sport 2011
PDC quarter-final – Mark Webster bt Taylor
Jan 2
Usman Khawaja and Michael Beer make debuts for Australia, captained by Michael Clarke
San Francisco selected as hosts for 2013 Americas Cup
Jan 3
PDC final – Adrian Lewis bt Gary Anderson, and hits the first nine-dart finish in a world final
Jan 4
Alistair Cook becomes the second youngest player in test history, behind Sachin Tendulkar, to pass 5000 test runs
Jan 5
SCG is covered in pink for the last Ashes Test to celebrate former pace bowler Glenn McGrath's wife, Jane, who passed away from breast cancer
Leon Best hat-trick for Newcastle against West Ham
Jan 6
Collingwood retires from Test cricket
Cook sets new records for runs scored (766) and minutes batted (2171) in an Ashes series
Rob Andrew’s role as director of elite rugby at the RFU is scrapped
Phil Brown appointed as manager of Preston
Jan 7
Fifth Test (Sydney) Australia 280 and 281 England 644 (Cook 189, Bell 115, Prior 118)
England wins the series 3-1. First series win in Australia for 24 years
For the first time in Test matches, a team posted century stands for the sixth, seventh and eighth wickets
Cook wins the Compton-Miller medal for Man of the Series
Australia lose by an innings three times in a series for the first time
Strauss joins Hutton and Brearley to become only the third England captain to win Ashes series at home and away
Cook scored 766 runs at an average of 127. Second-highest total in an Ashes series, behind Wally Hammond (905). Second-highest average in an Ashes series, behind Geoff Boycott (147 in 1977)
Anderson took 24 wickets
Prior took 23 catches
Michael Hussey scored 570 runs
Roy Keane sacked as Ipswich manager
Narain Karthikeyan will drive for Hispania F1 team
Man City sign Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg for £27 million
Gary Mason dies
Jan 8
Roy Hodgson leaves Liverpool. Kenny Dalglish placed in charge until the end of the season
BDO Women’s final – Trina Gulliver bt Rhian Edwards to win her ninth world title
Hopman Cup final (Perth) – USA bt Belgium
FA Cup third round – Stevenage bt Newcastle, Notts County bt Sunderland, Southampton bt Blackpool, Reading bt West Brom
Welsh National – Synchronised (Tony McCoy). McCoy has now won all four Nationals
Jan 9
Chelsea 7 Ipswich 0
BDO final – Adams bt Dean Winstanley
African Open – Oosthuizen
Masters snooker first round – King bt Selby
Seattle Seahawks, who became the first divisional winner with a losing record, 7-9 in the NFC West, knock out defending champions New Orleans Saints in the NFL play-offs
Royal Trophy (Thailand) – Europe (captained by Montgomerie) bt Asia (captained by Ozaki)
Jan 10
FIFA Ballon d’Or – Messi
Coach of the Year – Mourinho
Women’s Player of the Year – Marta
Charlie Hodgson to move from Sale to Saracens at the end of the season
Paul Jewell appointed as Ipswich manager
Macclesfield Town player Richard Butcher dies
Liverpool name former Chelsea and West Ham assistant Steve Clarke as their first-team coach
Jan 11
Beckham trains with Spurs, wearing a No. 77 hat
FA unveil a sponsorship deal with Vauxhall
Jan 12
Chris Woakes hits the winning run on England debut to give England a record eighth win in a row in Twenty20 internationals
Jan 13
Shaun Tait to play for Surrey in FP t20 competition
Jan 14
Paul Diggin scores four tries for Northampton against Edinburgh
Jan 15
King George VI – Long Run. 3rd Kauto Star
David Miliband joins the board of Sunderland as vice-chairman
Cardiff Devils set a new record of 21 consecutive victories in the Elite League
Jan 16
Nat Lofthouse dies
Shane Watson 161 in ODI at MCG, on the 40th anniversary of the first-ever ODI, at the same ground
BBL Cup final – Sheffield Sharks bt Mersey Tigers
Ryan Giggs makes 600th league appearance
Dakar Rally – Vladimir Chagin of Russia achieves a record seventh victory, at the wheel of his Kamaz truck, thus becoming the most successful driver in a single category in the history of the event. Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar wins in the car division, giving Volkswagen their third successive victory in the car class. Marc Coma from Spain wins his third Dakar in the motorcycle category
Paris-Daker route in 2012 – Mar del Plata-Copiapo-Lima
Ladbrokes Mobile Masters final – Ding bt Fu
Jan 17
Ryan Babel fined £10,000 over a Twitter post that linked to a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb wearing a Man Utd shirt
Jan 18
Olazabel named as Europe Ryder Cup captain
Stephen Pienaar moves from Everton to Spurs
Jan 19
Australian Open second round – Henin bt Baltacha, Petkovic bt Keothavong
Eric Cantona appointed director of soccer at New York Cosmos
Elliot Saltman banned from golf for three months after being found guilty of marking his ball incorrectly at a Challenge Tour event
Ashley Cole is the only Premiership player to be named in the Uefa Team of the Year
Jan 20
Davis Love named as US Ryder Cup captain
Steve Kean appointed as manager of Blackburn
Women’s World Indoor Championship final – Alison Merrien (Guernsey) bt Karen Murphy (Australia)
PFA Chairman Clark Carlisle (Burnley) becomes the first-ever professional footballer to appear on Question Time
Jan 21
Shaun Marsh 110 in second ODI, in Hobart
Jan 22
Darren Bent scores winner for Aston Villa on debut against Man City
Berbatov hat-trick against Birmingham
Van Persie hat-trick against Wigan. Caldwell brothers play together for Wigan for the first time
Jan 23
Schiavone bt Kuznetsova in 4 hours 44 minutes, the longest women’s Grand Slam singles match ever
Abu Dhabi Championship – Kaymer
World Indoor Championship final (Great Yarmouth) – Paul Foster (Scotland) bt Alex Marshall (Scotland)
Munster, Wasps and Clement Auvergne drop into the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals, as the best runners-up in the Heineken Cup pools
Bob Hope Classic – Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela)
Lance Armstrong ends his international cycling career after a final race in Australia
Jan 24
Sky discipline Andy Gray and Richard Keys after their comments that female assistant referees "did not know the offside rule"
Surrey County Cricket Club announces that The Oval will be renamed the Kia Oval
Jan 25
Andy Gray sacked by Sky Sports over sexist comments about assistant referee Sian Massey, who made a correct offside call in the Liverpool vs Wolves match
Carling Cup semi-final – Arsenal bt Ipswich
Women’s Ashes Test (Sydney) – Australia bt England (Edwards 114)
Glasgow Warriors lock forward Alastair Kellock is named Scotland captain for the upcoming Six Nations series
Jan 26
Richard Keys resigns
Scotland’s Paul di Resta to drive for Force India F1 team
Carling Cup semi-final – Birmingham bt West Ham
Jan 27
Semi-finals – Li Na bt Wozniacki, Clijsters bt Zvonereva, Djokovic bt Federer
Jan 28
Semi-final – Murray bt Ferrer
Women’s doubles final – Dulko and Pennetta bt Azarenka and Kirilenko
Jan 29
Final – Clijsters bt Li Na
Men’s doubles final – Bryan and Bryan bt Bhupathi and Paes
AFC Asian Cup final (Qatar) – Japan bt Australia
Jan 30
Final – Djokovic bt Murray
Mixed doubles final – Nestor and Srebotnik bt Hanley and Chan
Woakes 6-45 in fifth ODI, becoming only the second England player to take more than five wickets in an ODI, the first being Collingwood
Victor Obinna hat-trick for West Ham vs Nottingham Forest
Volvo Golf Champions (Bahrain) – Casey
Harlequins bt Wasps in LV= Cup match played in Abu Dhabi
World Men's Handball Championship – France
Scott Pruett wins his fourth 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race
CaesarsCasino.com Snooker Shoot-Out final (Blackpool) – Bond bt Milkins
Jan 31
Torres moves to Chelsea for £50 million
Andy Carroll moves from Newcastle to Liverpool for £35 million
David Luiz moves from Benfica to Chelsea
Luis Suarez moves from Ajax to Liverpool
February
Feb 1
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats go into administration
Feb 2
Sixth ODI – England 333-6 (Trott 137) Australia 334-8
Gary Neville retires
Feb 3
Gavin Henson moves from Saracens to Toulon
Neil Young dies
Feb 4
Tindall captains England against Wales. Debut for Tom Wood. Chris Ashton scores two tries
Feb 5
41 goals in eight Premier League matches
Newcastle come from 4-0 behind to draw with Arsenal
Tevez hat-trick vs West Brom
Saha scores four goals for Everton against Blackpool
Man Utd lose to Wolves to end their 24-game unbeaten run from the start of the season, 29 games including last season
Oscar Whisky wins the inaugural Welsh Champion Hurdle at Ffos Las
Salman Butt banned for 10 years, Mohammad Asif banned for seven years, Mohammed Amir banned for five years over spot-fixing scandal. Agent Mazhar Majeed is also jailed
Feb 6
Roberto di Matteo sacked by West Brom
Australia win ODI series 6-1
Qatar Masters – Bjorn
Robert Kubica is injured in a high-speed rally crash in Italy
German Masters final (Berlin) – Williams bt Selby
Japan Sumo Association cancels the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in light of a match fixing scandal, the first time the event has been canceled since 1946
Super Bowl XLV (Cowboys Stadium, Arlington) – Green Bay Packers bt Pittsburgh Steelers. MVP – Aaron Rodgers. Coach – Mike McCarthy
Half-time entertainment – Black Eyed Peas
Packers fourth win in the Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLVI will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. This will be the first time that the Super Bowl is held in Indianapolis
Feb 7
Steve McClaren sacked by Wolfsburg
Skiing World Championships start in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Laureus Sports Awards –
World Sportsman of the Year: Rafael Nadal
World Sportswoman of the Year: Lindsey Vonn
World Team of the Year: Spain World Cup team
World Breakthrough of the Year: Martin Kaymer
World Comeback of the Year: Valentino Rossi
Lifetime Achievement Award: Zinedine Zidane (France)
Spirit of Sport Award: European Ryder Cup team
Feb 8
Andy Gray and Richard Keys move to Talksport
Super Bowl was watched by 111 million people, a record for the biggest TV audience for a single broadcast
Women’s Super-G – Elisabeth Goergl (Austria)
Feb 9
Lampard captains England for the first time, against Denmark. Full debut for Jack Wilshire. Winning goal scored by Ashley Young
Men’s Super-G – Christof Innerhofer (Italy)
Feb 10
Trevor Bailey dies
Real Madrid named as the world’s richest club
Feb 11
Olympic Park Legacy Company choose West Ham to move into the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games
Roy Hodgson appointed as manager of West Brom
Nicky Henderson trains his 2000th winner
Cleveland Cavaliers end 26-game losing streak, the longest in NBA history
Women’s Super Combined – Anna Fenninger (Austria)
Feb 12
Chris Ashton scores four tries in England’s 59-13 win against Italy. Debut for Alex Corbisiero
Shane Williams scores two tries for Wales against Scotland
Fenix Two and Marching Song are electrocuted in the paddock at Newbury
Super League season starts with ‘Magic Weekend’ at Millennium Stadium
Hennessey Cognac Irish Gold Cup – Kempes
Men’s Downhill – Erik Guay (Canada)
Feb 13
UK Indoor Athletics Trials and Championships held in Sheffield
Dubai Desert Classic – Alvan Quiros
Women’s Downhill – Elisabeth Goergl (Austria)
Feb 14
Tiger Woods fined for spitting at Dubai Desert Classic
Ronaldo retires
Men’s Super Combined – Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway)
Feb 15
Gattuso head-butts Joe Jordan after Spurs beat AC Milan in the San Siro
Raul scores 71st goal in European club fixtures, breaking the record held by Inzaghi
2102 Olympic Games schedule announced. Handball will take place in the Basketball Arena
Venues outside Olympic Park –
Earls Court – Volleyball
ExCeL – Boxing, Fencing, Judo, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Wrestling (Freestyle and Greco-Roman)
Greenwich Park – Equestrian
Horse Guards Parade – Beach Volleyball
Hyde Park – Swimming (Marathon), Triathlon
Lord’s Cricket Ground – Archery
North Greenwich Arena – Basketball, Gymnastics (Artistic and Trampoline)
Royal Artillery Barracks – Shooting
Wembley Arena – Badminton, Gymnastics (Rhythmic)
Wimbledon – Tennis
Lee Valley White Water Centre – Canoeing
Hadleigh Farm, Essex – Cycling (Mountain Bike)
Eton Dorney – Rowing
Weymouth and Portland – Sailing
Coventry, Cardiff, Glasgow (Hampden Park), Manchester (Old Trafford), Newcastle, Wembley Stadium – Football
Handball events held at Copper Box
Hockey events held at Riverside Arena
Feb 16
Nations Team Event (mixed) – France. In each pairing two female and two male skiers from each team race a parallel giant slalom in a best-of-four system
Feb 17
Cricket World Cup opening ceremony in Bangladesh. Mascot – Stumpy, a blue elephant
Welsh Open – Hendry 147 break against Maguire
Cheapest ticket on general sale for Champions League final will cost £176
Women’s Giant Slalom – Tina Maze (Slovenia)
Feb 18
Tony Hanks leaves as director of rugby at Wasps
Men’s Giant Slalom – Ted Ligety (USA)
Ronaldo joins Brazil's 2014 Fifa World Cup organizing committee
Feb 19
FA Cup – Everton bt Chelsea, Man Utd 1 Crawley 0
Sehwag 175 vs Bangladesh in opening match of World Cup
Cycling World Cup (Manchester). Kieran – Chris Hoy. All five other riders involved in a crash
Women’s Slalom – Marlies Schild (Austria)
Feb 20
Welsh Open final – Higgins bt Maguire
Men’s Slalom – Jean-Baptiste Grange (France)
Daytona 500 – Trevor Bayne
Feb 21
Bahrain GP cancelled
Plymouth receive 10-point penalty
Feb 22
Ponting damages a TV in the dressing room after being run out in World Cup match against Zimbabwe
Netherlands 292-6 (Ryan ten Doeschate 119) England 296-4
Ally McCoist to replace Walter Smith as Rangers manager at the end of the season
Velodrome for 2012 Olympic Games opened. Known as ‘The Pringle’
Feb 23
Kenya bowl 37 wides against Pakistan, equalling the ODI record
Feb 24
Accenture World Match Play Championship (Tuscon, Arizona) first round – Cink bt Poulter, Bjorn bt Woods
Laser guns will replace air pistols in the combined run-and-shoot finale to the modern pentathlon
Feb 26
Former Southampton, Spurs and Wolves defender Dean Richards dies
Ben Foden scores only try for England against France
Feb 27
Carling Cup final – Birmingham 2 (Zigic, Martins) Arsenal 1 (Van Persie). Birmingham captain – Stephen Carr. Man of the match – Ben Foster. First major trophy since League Cup in 1963
India 338 (Tendulkar 120, Bresnan 5-48) England 338-8 (Strauss 158)
World Club Challenge – St George Illawarra Dragons bt Wigan
World Match Play final – Donald bt Kaymer
Kaymer replaces Westwood as world number one
Rooney deliberately elbows James McCarthy of Wigan but is not sent off
Ashley Cole accidentally shoots a student with an air rifle
Feb 28
Kemar Roach hat-trick for West Indies against Netherlands
March
Mar 1
Malinga hat-trick for Sri Lanka vs Kenya
FA Cup – Reading bt Everton
Mar 2
England 327-8 Ireland 329-7 (Kevin O’Brien 113)
O’Brien 100 off 50 balls, the fastest century in World Cup history
Trott equals the record of Viv Richards and Kevin Pietersen reaching 1000 ODI runs in only 21 innings
Scottish Cup – Rangers have three players shown red cards, while Celtic manager Neil Lennon has a heated exchange with opposition assistant manager Ally McCoist on the touchline at the final whistle
Bendtner hat-trick for Arsenal vs Leyton Orient
Kelly Smith wins 100th cap for England Ladies
Mar 3
Boxer Anthony Joshua arrested for possessing cannabis with intent to supply
Mar 4
Bangladesh bowled out for 58 by West Indies
European Indoor Championships start in Paris. First GB medal – Tiffany Ofili, silver in 60m hurdles
Plymouth go into administration
Rugby League Varsity Match (Twickenham Stoop) – Oxford 60 Cambridge 16
Arsene Wenger claims that Manchester City defender Kolo Toure failed a drugs test after taking a diet pill belonging to his wife
Mar 5
Snoods to be banned from 1st July
Scotland beat England in women’s football for the first time in 34 years
WBC light-middleweight championship – Saul Alvarez bt Matthew Hatton (brother of Ricky, nickname ‘Magic’)
Ivo Karlovic sets new world record for fastest serve, 156 mph
Men’s 3000m. Gold – Mo Farah
New Jersey Nets defeat Toronto Raptors in two NBA regular season games at O2 Arena
BBL Trophy final – Mersey Tigers bt Guildford Heat
England cricketer Steven Davies reveals that he is gay
Lee Bowyer becomes the first player to reach 100 yellow cards in the Premier League
Mar 6
Kuyt hat-trick vs Man Utd
Women’s 3000m. Gold – Helen Clitheroe
Men’s 60m. Silver – Dwain Chambers
Women’s 800m. Silver – Jenny Meadows
Davis Cup (Bolton Arena) – GB bt Tunisia. James Ward wins both his singles matches
Challenge Cup third round – York City Knights 132 Northumbria University 0. Chris Thorman scores 56 points
Mar 8
Ross Taylor hits seven sixes for New Zealand against Pakistan. New Zealand score 100 runs in final five overs of their innings
Champions League – Barcelona bt Arsenal
Brazilian team play exhibition match in Grozny, organised by Chechnya warlord Ramzan Kadyrov
Dorchester Town player-manager Ashley Vickers is sent off for tackling a pitch invader dressed in a mankini
Mar 9
Morgan replaces Pietersen, and Tredwell replaces Broad in World Cup squad
Tottenham Hotspur sign a five-year deal with US firm Under Armour for it to make its playing kit
Mar 10
Tharanga and Dilshan put on 282 for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe to set a new World Cup record for the first wicket. Dilshan takes 4-4 in Zimbabwe innings
Mar 12
Italy beat France for the first time in the Six Nations to win the Garibaldi Cup. Winning penalty – Mirco Bergamasco
O’Gara reaches 1000 points in Test rugby
Mar 13
Tom Croft and Max Evans score tries in Calcutta Cup
GB men’s and women’s basketball teams are given an automatic place in 2012 Olympics
World Snooker qualifying round – Lee bt Davis
WGC-Cadillac Championship (formerly known as the WGC-CA Championship) – Nick Watney
All-England Open Badminton championships (NIA, Birmingham). Men’s – Lee Chong Mei (Malaysia), Women’s – Wang Shixian (China)
Mar 15
Champion Hurdle – Hurricane Fly (Ruby Walsh), trained by Willie Mullins. Sponsored by Stan James
Arkle Trophy – Captain Chris
Peter Loader dies
Mar 16
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Sizing Europe (Andrew Lynch), trained by Henry de Bromhead. Sponsored by Sportingbet.com
Mar 17
World Hurdle – Big Buck’s (Ruby Walsh), trained by Paul Nicholls. Sponsored by Ladbrokes
Europa League – Dynamo Kiev bt Man City, Braga bt Liverpool
James Woods wins Britain's first freestyle skiing medal at a major championships after taking bronze in slopestyle at the Euro Winter X Games
Mar 18
Gold Cup – Long Run (Sam Waley-Cohen), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2nd Denman, 3rd Kauto Star. Sponsored by Totesport
Jade Dernbach replaces Ajmal Shazhad in World Cup squad
Leading jockey – Ruby Walsh (5 winners)
Leading trainer – Willie Mullins (4 winners)
England Women win Grand Slam. Captain – Katy McLean
Mar 19
Pakistan end Australia’s 34-match unbeaten run at the cricket World Cup
O’Driscoll scores record 25th try as Ireland deny England the Grand Slam. England captained by Nick Easter
Final table – England, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Italy
Leading try scorer – Ashton (6 tries)
Leading points scorer – Flood (50 points)
Mar 20
Mo Farah wins New York City half-marathon on his debut over the distance
Warrington 82 Harlequins 6
LV= Cup Final – Gloucester bt Newcastle. Man of the match – Nick Robinson (Gloucester)
Final tables in World Cup –
Group A – Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya
Group B – South Africa, India, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands
CIS Cup final – Rangers bt Celtic
John Terry re-appointed as England captain
GB men’s and women’s beach volleyball teams are given an automatic place in 2012 Olympics
Adel Taarabt (QPR) is named Football League player of the year
Skiing World Cup. Men’s overall – Ivica Kostelic (Croatia)
Women’s overall – Maria Riesch (Germany), preventing Vonn winning for the fourth year in succession
Women’s World Curling Championships final (Denmark) – Sweden bt Canada
World Cross Country Championships (Spain). Men’s – Imane Merga (Ethiopia), Women’s – Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya)
Ski Jumping World Cup – Thomas Morgenstern (Austria)
Elite League – Sheffield Steelers
Mar 21
World Figure Skating Championships moved from Tokyo to Moscow following the earthquake and tsunami
Nikolai Andrianov dies. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Olympics
Mar 23
Fred Titmus dies
Cycling track world championships start in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Six Nations Player of the Championship – Andrea Masi (Aironi). First Italian to win the award
Mar 24
Man City striker Kevin Etuhu jailed for eight months for assault
India bt Australia (Ponting 104)
Adil Rashid replaces Michael Yardy in World Cup squad
BOA chairman Lord Moynihan and chief executive Andy Hunt suspended from the board of London 2012 Organising Committee (Locog)
Women’s team pursuit. Gold – GB (Houvenaghel, Trott, and King)
Mar 25
Men’s sprint semi-final – Kenny bt Hoy
Final – Gregory Bauge (France) bt Kenny
Mar 26
Boat race – Oxford
England 229-6 Sri Lanka 231-0 (Dilshan 108, Tharanga 102)
Kieran. Gold – Shane Perkins (Australia). Silver – Hoy
Dubai World Cup – Victoire Pisa (Mirco Demuro). First time a horse trained in Japan has won the race
Mar 27
Formula 1 teams –
McLaren – Button, Hamilton
Ferrari – Alonso, Massa
Red Bull – Vettel, Webber
Mercedes – Schumacher, Rosberg
Renault – Heidfeld, Petrov
Williams – Barrichello, Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)
Force India – Sutil, Paul di Resta (UK)
Toro Rosso – Alguersuari, Buemi
Sauber – Kobayashi, Sergio Perez (Mexico)
Virgin – Glock, Jerome d’Ambrosio (Belgium)
Lotus – Trulli, Kovalainen
Hispania Racing – Narain Karthikeyan (India), Luizzi
Pirelli returns to the sport as tyre supplier for all teams, taking over from Bridgestone
Cars have an adjustable rear wing or DRS (Drag Reduction System)
Australian GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Petrov (first podium finish). Di Resta finishes 10th after both Saubers are disqualified
Hong Kong Sevens final – New Zealand bt England
Crusaders bt Sharks at Twickenham, in the first Super 15 (also known as Super Rugby) game to be played in the northern hemisphere
Anna Meares (Australia) wins three gold medals in cycling world championships
Andalucia Open – Paul Lawrie
Arnold Palmer Invitational – Martin Laird (Scotland)
Friendly (Emirates Stadium) – Scotland 0 Brazil 2 (Neymar 2)
Mar 28
Darren Lockyer announces his retirement as at the end of the 2011 NRL season
Mar 29
Semi-final (Colombo) – Sri Lanka bt New Zealand
Ponting resigns as captain of Australia
MCC bt Nottinghamshire in Abu Dhabi
England 1 (Carroll) Ghana 1 (Gyan). England captained by Gareth Barry
Mar 30
Semi-final (Mohali) – India bt Pakistan
Michael Clarke named as new Australian captain
Mar 31
Widnes Vikings granted a three-year license in the Super League (starting in 2012) ahead of Halifax
April
Apr 2
Gavin Henson makes his debut for Toulon
Lincoln – Sweet Lightning
Rooney hat-trick vs West Ham
Crewe 8 Cheltenham 1
World Cup final (Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai) Sri Lanka 274-6 (Jayawardene 103) India 277-4 (Gambhir 97, Dhoni 91)
Player of the tournament – Yuvraj Singh
Leading run scorer – Dilshan (500)
Leading wicket takers – Shahid Afridi, Zaheer Khan (21)
India become the first team to win the World Cup on home soil
Jose Mourinho’s nine-year run of 150 matches unbeaten at home comes to an end as Real Madrid lose to Sporting Gijon
Nic Hamilton (Lewis’s brother) completes first race in Renault Clio Cup
Apr 3
Departing India coach Gary Kirsten is approached over the vacant South Africa job
JP Trophy final – Carlisle bt Brentford
China Open final – Trump bt Selby
Women’s Premier League – Sunderland
Elite League play-off final – Nottingham Panthers bt Cardiff Devils
Apr 4
David Bedford resigns as London’s 2012 Olympic marathon manager
Rooney banned for two matches for swearing at a pitchside camera
Japan withdraws from Copa America
Carlos Queiroz appointed as coach of Iran
Apr 5
Kumar Sangakkara quits as captain of Sri Lanka's one-day and Twenty20 sides
Apr 6
IOC approves the inclusion of women's ski jumping and four other new events (ski half-pipe, biathlon mixed relay and team events in luge and figure skating) for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Plans to include slopestyle events in snowboard and freestyle skiing as well as a team Alpine skiing event are put on hold for further review
First century of the season – Sam Northeast (Kent)
Masters par-three competition – Luke Donald
LeBron James buys a minority stake in Liverpool
Apr 7
Totesport Bowl – Nacarat (Paddy Brennan)
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Tamin Iqbal, Morgan, Read, and Trott. Mohammad Amir may have been the fifth player, but Wisden reduced the list because of the spot-fixing scandal
BBL Championship – Mersey Tigers
Masters first round leaders – McIlroy and Quiros
Willy Twiston-Davies becomes youngest ever Aintree winner
Apr 8
Melling Chase – Master Minded (Ruby Walsh)
European Gymnastics Championships (Berlin). Men’s all-around. Bronze – Dan Purvis
IPL starts. New teams – Kochi Tuskers Kerala, and Pune Warriors. Sponsored by DLF (originally Delhi Land and Finance), India's biggest real estate developer
Masters second round leader – McIlroy. Jason Day shoots 64
Apr 9
Grand National – Ballabriggs (Jason Maguire), trained by Donald McCain, 2nd Oscar Time, 3rd Don’t Push It
For first time in Grand National history, two fences were bypassed after fallers Ornais and Dooneys Gate were fatally injured
Crawley are promoted to the Football League
Heineken Cup quarter-final – Leinster bt Leicester
Women’s uneven bars. Gold – Beth Tweddle
Masters third round leader – McIlroy
Hoggard hat-trick for Leicestershire against Glamorgan
Apr 10
Malaysian GP – Vettel, Button, Heidfeld
Heidfeld now holds the record for the most podium finishes without a win. He has finished second or third 13 times, one more than previous record-holder Stefan Johansson
Alba Challenge Cup final – Ross County bt Queen of the South
Masters – Charl Schwartzel (South Africa). 2nd Day, Scott. 4th Woods, Donald, Ogilvy. McIlroy shoots 80
Men’s World Curling Championship final (Canada) – Canada bt Scotland
Apr 11
Shane Watson hits a record 15 sixes on his way to making the highest one-day innings by an Australian (185), against Bangladesh
Stan Kroenke to make an offer for Arsenal
Andy Carroll scores first goals for Liverpool, against Man City
Ben Stokes hits five sixes in an over for Durham off Liam Dawson of Hampshire
Apr 12
Champions League quarter-final – Man Utd bt Chelsea
Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons will not have his contract renewed when it expires at the end of June
Australian rugby league coach Wayne Bennett agrees to coach the Newcastle Knights
Apr 13
Champions League quarter-final – Real Madrid bt Spurs
Women’s Super League starts with Arsenal beating Chelsea at Tooting and Mitcham FC
Teams – Arsenal, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton, Lincoln Ladies, Liverpool
Barry Bonds is convicted of obstruction of justice charges
Apr 14
American Kevin Na sets a PGA Tour record when he needs 16 shots on a par four hole at the Texas Open. John Daly's 18 on a par five during the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational is the worst on the PGA Tour
England Hockey League Championship men’s play-off final – Beeston bt East Grinstead
Maria Riesch marries her manager Marcus Hofl
Apr 16
FA Cup semi-final – Man City 1 (Yaya Toure) Man Utd 0. Scholes sent off
Leicester 41 Gloucester 41
Scottish Grand National – Beshabar (Richard Johnson)
World Snooker Championship first round – Trump bt Robertson
Amir Khan retains his WBA light-welterweight title with a points decision over Paul McCloskey
Warwickshire 642 (Chopra 210) Somerset 210 and 50
Graham Alexander becomes the second player to reach 1000 competitive outfield appearances in English professional football. The other player to reach the milestone is Tony Ford
The ongoing protest by trainers and owners over races which offer prize money below the recommended level set by the Horsemen’s Group has claimed its first walkover – Bet Totepool at Totesport.com Handicap at Leicester. By declaring just one horse to run in the race, in this case Harry Dunlop’s Saint Helena, the racecourse had to pay out the £6000 provided the filly canters down to the furlong pole and back
Apr 17
Chinese GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Webber
Malaysian Open – Matteo Manassero
London marathon. Men’s – Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) in a course record time. Women’s – Mary Keitany (Kenya). Men’s wheelchair – David Weir
FA Cup semi-final – Stoke 5 Bolton 0
Nadal wins Monte Carlo Masters for the seventh time
Apr 18
Dilshan appointed as captain of Sri Lanka
Apr 19
Magners will end their six-year backing of the Celtic League at the end of this season
Grete Waitz dies
Apr 20
Copa del Rey – Real Madrid bt Barcelona. Sergio Ramos drops the cup from the victory parade bus
Apr 23
Maxi Rodriguez hat-trick for Liverpool against Birmingham
Torres scores first goal for Chelsea, against West Ham
Football Writers Player of the Year – Scott Parker
Apr 24
Second round – Selby becomes the first player to record six centuries in a 25-frame match, against Hendry
Jenny Tinmouth becomes the first woman to race in the British Superbike Championship
Indonesia Masters – Westwood
China Open – Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)
Apr 25
Badminton horse trials – Mark Todd (aged 55), riding NZB Land Vision
Irish Grand National – Organisedconfusion (Nina Carberry)
Apr 27
Barney Gibson becomes the youngest English first-class cricketer after making his Yorkshire debut at the age of 15 years and 27 days
Quarter-final – Higgins bt O’Sullivan
Duncan Fletcher appointed as coach of India
1.8 million people apply for 20 million Olympic Games tickets
Apr 28
Uefa fine Rangers €40,000 and bans its fans from the club’s next away game for sectarian singing in a match at PSV Eindhoven
Apr 29
Royal Wedding wins 17:30 at Fontwell Park
French Football Federation announces an internal inquiry over allegations of a secret racial quota
Apr 30
2000 Guineas – Frankel (Tom Queally), trained by Henry Cecil. Sponsored by StanJames.com
Heineken Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Toulouse
Semi-finals – Trump bt Ding, Higgins bt Williams
BBL play-off final – Mersey Tigers bt Sheffield Sharks
PFA Player of the Year – Bale
PFA Young Player of the Year – Wilshire
Champion jockey – Tony McCoy
Champion trainer – Paul Nicholls
Towcester racetrack announces that it intends to run National Hunt racing without using the whip
May
May 1
1000 Guineas – Blue Bunting (Frankie Dettori). Trained by Mohammad Al Zarooni. Sponsored by StanJames.com
Heineken Cup semi-final – Northampton bt Perpignan
Scottish Players’ Player of the Year and PFA Scotland Player of the Year – Honduran international Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic)
Rolex Kentucky – Mary King finishes first and second on Kings Temptress and Fernhill Urco
Henry Cooper dies
Ted Lowe dies
England Hockey League Championship women’s play-off final – Slough bt Leicester
World Figure Skating Championships (Moscow). Men’s – Patrick Chan (Canada), Women’s – Miki Ando (Japan)
May 2
Final – Higgins bt Trump 18-15 to win his fourth world title. Sponsored by Betfred.com
Higgins’s walk-on music – ‘Needles and Pins’, The Searchers
Highest break – 138, Ding and King
May 3
Taekwondo world championships (South Korea). Gold – Sarah Stevenson. Silver – Jade Jones, Michael Harvey
Ken Bates is the new owner of Leeds Utd
Champions League semi-final – Barcelona bt Real Madrid
May 4
Champions League semi-final – Man Utd bt Schalke 04
May 5
Alastair Cook named England's one-day international captain following the resignation of Andrew Strauss. Stuart Broad replaces Paul Collingwood as captain of England's Twenty20 side
May 6
Craig Whyte completes Rangers takeover
Jose Mourinho given a five-match European ban
Diamond League athletics starts in Doha
Kentucky Derby – Animal Kingdom
Munster finish top of Magners League
May 7
Seve Ballesteros dies
British & Irish rugby union Cup – Bristol
QPR escape a points deduction despite being found guilty of two charges relating to the signing of Alejandro Faurlin
Leicester finish top of the Aviva Premiership. Leeds are relegated
FA Carlsberg Trophy final – Darlington bt Mansfield
May 8
Turkish GP – Vettel, Webber, Alonso
Lionel Rose, the first Australian Aboriginal boxer to win a world title, dies
Hernandez scores after 36 seconds in Man Utd’s 2-1 win against Chelsea
Spanish Open – Thomas Aiken (South Africa)
FA Vase – Whitley Bay
May 9
Belgian cyclist Wouter Weylandt, riding for Leopard-Trek, dies after crashing during the third stage of the Giro d'Italia
Maxi Rodriguez hat-trick for Liverpool against Fulham
Lord Triesman claims four Fifa members sought bribes in return for backing England’s 2018 World Cup bid
Kostos Kenteris and Katerina Thanou found guilty of perjury for staging a motorcycle crash to avoid a doping test on the eve of the 2004 Olympics
Panathinaikos bt Maccabi Tel Aviv in Barcelona to claim their sixth Euroleague Basketball championship
May 11
Neil Lennon attacked by a fan at Hearts
Aviva Premiership Rugby Player of the Season – Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Discovery of the Season – Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Director of Rugby of the Season – Jim Mallinder (Northampton Saints)
Leading points scorer – Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle), 230 points
Leading try scorer – Alesana Tuilagi (Leicester), 13 tries
May 14
Man Utd draw at Blackburn to win their 19th league title
FA Cup final – Man City 1 (Yaya Toure) Stoke 0. Man of the match – Balotelli. Captain – Tevez. Referee – Martin Atkinson. First trophy won by Man City since 1976
Warwickshire deducted eight points in County Championship after the pitch at Edgbaston is rated ‘poor’
Sunday Times sports rich list headed by Dave Whelan
May 15
Rangers beat Kilmarnock 5-1 to win their 54th league title
Hearts finish in third place
Leading scorer – Miller (Rangers) 21
Relegated – Hamilton
Scottish Division 1 – Dunfermline
Scottish Division 2 – Livingston
Scottish Division 3 – Arbroath
Highland League – Buckie Thistle
Great Manchester 10km run. Men’s – Gebreselassie. Women’s – Helen Clitheroe
Avram Grant sacked by West Ham
Players Championship – KJ Choi
Mallorca Open – Darren Clarke
World Ice Hockey Championships final (Slovakia) – Finland bt Sweden
May 16
Sammy Wanjiru dies
May 17
2018 Ryder Cup awarded to Le Golf National, near Paris
May 18
Europa League final (Dublin) – Porto bt Braga. Winning goal scored by Falcao, his 17th goal in the Europa League this season. Manager – Andre Villas-Boas (aged 33)
Championship play-off final – Worcester bt Cornish Pirates
May 19
Graham Napier (Essex) equals Andrew Symonds’s record of 16 sixes in a first-class innings
888.com Premier League darts final – Gary Anderson bt Adrian Lewis
Tyler Hamilton, a former teammate of Lance Armstrong, claims that he saw Armstrong use performance-enhancing drugs
May 20
Challenge Cup – Warrington 112 Swinton 0. Lee Briers scores 44 points
European Challenge Cup final – Harlequins bt Stade Francais
Shane Warne plays his last cricket match, for Rajasthan Royals
Eoin Morgan 193 for England Lions vs Sri Lanka
Philip Hodson named as new MCC president
American professional wrestler ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage dies
May 21
Heineken Cup final (Cardiff) – Leinster bt Northampton. Man of the Match Jonathan Sexton scores 28 points
Blue Square Premier play-off final (Eastlands) – AFC Wimbledon bt Luton
FA Women’s Cup final – Arsenal bt Bristol Academy
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Motherwell
Cristiano Ronaldo sets a new Primera Liga single-season scoring record with his 39th and 40th of the campaign for Real Madrid
Bernard Hopkins becomes boxing's oldest world champion after beating Canada's Jean Pascal to secure the WBC and IBO light-heavyweight titles. The 46-year-old American is six months older than George Foreman was when he dethroned Michael Moorer as WBA and IBF heavyweight champion in 1994
Nathan Cleverly makes a successful first defence of his WBO light-heavyweight title
George Groves inflicts the first loss of James DeGale's professional career to win the British super-middleweight title
Preakness Stakes – Shackleford
May 22
Spanish GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Button
World Match Play Championship final (Finca Cortesin, Spain) – Poulter bt Donald
Van Persie scores in ninth successive away match
Somen Tchoyi hat-trick for WBA against Newcastle
Final table – 1st Man Utd, 2nd Chelsea, 3rd Man City, 4th Arsenal
Relegated – Birmingham, Blackpool, West Ham
Leading scorers – Berbatov, Tevez (20 goals)
WBA were the only team to take points off Man Utd at home
Ancelotti sacked by Chelsea
FA Youth Cup final – Man Utd bt Sheffield Utd
May 23
Heather Watson becomes the first British woman to win a match at the French Open for 17 years. Baltacha also wins her first-round match
Australia to stage a ranking snooker tournament for the first time, in July
May 24
French Open first round – Nadal bt Isner in five sets
May 25
Terry Jenner dies
May 26
Kolo Toure banned for six months for failing a drugs test
Fulham qualify for Europa League through the Fair Play League
Professional Rugby Players Association player of the year – Thomas Waldrom (Leicester)
Durham Wildcats will play in the British Basketball League following the withdrawal of Worthing Thunder
Mat 27
Stuart Broad becomes second-youngest Englishman to take 100 Test wickets. Youngest was Ian Botham
Wales bt Northern Ireland in Nations Cup match at Aviva Stadium in front of 529 spectators
May 28
Yorkshire bids for opening stages of 2016 Tour de France
League Two play-off final (Old Trafford) – Stevenage bt Torquay
Promoted – Chesterfield, Bury, Wycombe, Stevenage
Relegated – Lincoln City, Stockport
Leading scorer – Donaldson (Crewe), 28 goals
Premiership final – Saracens bt Leicester. Only try scored by James Short. Owen Farrell kicks 17 points
Magners League final – Munster bt Leinster
Principality Premiership – Pontypridd. Llanelli won the play-off final
Scottish Premiership – Melrose
Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – Old Belvedere
Champions League final (Wembley) – Barcelona 3 (Pedro, Messi, Villa) Man Utd 1 (Rooney)
IPL final – Chennai Super Kings bt Royal Challengers Bangalore
Man of the Series – Chris Gayle (Bangalore)
May 29
Mohamed bin Hammam (Qatar) withdraws from the Fifa presidential race
Monaco GP – Vettel, Alonso, Button
League One play-off final (Old Trafford) – Peterborough bt Huddersfield
Promoted – Brighton, Southampton, Peterborough
Relegated – Dagenham & Redbridge, Bristol Rovers, Plymouth, Swindon
Leading scorer – Mackail-Smith (Peterborough), 27 goals
Republic of Ireland bt Scotland to win Nations Cup
BMW PGA – Donald bt Westwood in a play-off to become world number one
Giro d’Italia – Contador
HP Byron Nelson Championship – Keegan Bradley (USA)
Indy 500 – Dan Wheldon. J.R. Hildebrand was leading, but crashed on the final lap
IRB Sevens World Series – New Zealand. Sponsored by HSBC
May 30
First Test (Cardiff) – Sri Lanka 400 (P Jayawardene 112) and 82 England 496-5 (Trott 203, Cook 133, Bell 103)
Scott Sinclair hat-trick for Swansea against Reading in Championship play-off final
Dave Jones sacked by Cardiff City
Promoted – QPR, Norwich, Swansea
Relegated – Preston, Sheffield Utd, Scunthorpe
Leading scorer – Danny Graham (Watford), 24 goals
County Championship final (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Lancashire
May 31
ECB Cricketer of the Year – Trott
ECB Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Lydia Greenway
Serie A – AC Milan
La Liga – Barcelona
Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund
Liga Sagres – Porto (unbeaten during the season)
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Lille
June
Jun 1
Paul Scholes retires
Sepp Blatter re-elected unopposed as Fifa president for a fourth term in office. English and Scottish Football Associations failed to delay the vote. David Bernstein is the FA chairman
Sam Allerdyce appointed as manager of West Ham
Barnsley appoint Rochdale manager Keith Hill as their new manager
Mixed doubles semi-final – Zimonjic and Srebotnik bt Jamie Murray and Nadia Petrova
Jun 2
Shaq O’Neal retires
Gerard Houllier leaves Aston Villa
Daniel Koellerer banned for life for fixing the results of tennis matches
Semi-finals – Li Na bt Sharapova, Schiavone bt Bartoli
Mixed doubles final – Lipsky and Dellacqua bt Zimonjic and Srebotnik
Mark Hughes resigns as Fulham manager
Friends Life t20 competition starts
Jun 3
Oaks – Dancing Rain (Johnny Murtagh), trained by William Haggas. Sponsored by Investec
Women’s doubles final – Hlavachoka and Hradecka (Czech Republic) bt Mirza and Vesnina
Bahrain GP re-instated for 30 October. Indian GP will be held in December
Betfred buys The Tote for £265 million
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Murray. Federer bt Djokovic, ending his 43-match unbeaten run, one short of the record held by McEnroe
Jun 4
Owners of Native Khan obtain an injunction to stop Kieran Fallon riding in the Derby
Derby – Pour Moi (Mickael Barzalona), trained by Andre Fabre. 2nd Treasure Beach, 3rd Carlton House (owned by The Queen). Sponsored by Investec
Final – Li Na bt Schiavone
Men’s doubles final – Mirnyi and Nestor bt Cabal and Schwank
Top 14 – Toulouse
Jun 5
Final – Nadal bt Federer, to equal Borg’s record of six wins at the French Open
Wales Open – Alexander Noren (Sweden)
Jun 6
Gary Kirsten appointed as coach of South Africa
Finn becomes youngest England cricketer to take 50 Test wickets
Ramsdens to sponsor the Scottish Challenge Cup
Jun 7
Martin Jol appointed as manager of Fulham
Damon Hill to step down as president of BRDC
Prior smashes a dressing room window at Lords
Second Test (Lords) – England 486 (Prior 126) and 335-7 (Cook 106) Sri Lanka 479 (Dilshan 193) and 127-3
Jun 8
London 2012 Olympic torch, designed by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, is revealed
Magners League to be known as the RaboDirect PRO12
Jun 9
Dublin's Aviva Stadium will host 2013 Heineken Cup final
FIAT Netball Superleague Grand Final – Hertfordshire Mavericks bt Surrey Storm
Jun 10
Manager of the Year – Alex Ferguson
RFU chief executive John Steele leaves his post
Aegon Championship (Queens). Third round – James Ward bt Querrey
Quarter-final – Tsonga bt Nadal
International Origin Match (Headingley) – Exiles bt England. The Exiles side consists of foreign players currently playing in the English Super League competition
Jun 11
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
Knighthood – Henry Cecil
OBE – Andy Flower, Andrew Strauss, Lee Westwood, John Amaechi
MBE – Michaela Breeze, Alastair Cook, Jessica Ennis, Phillips Idowu, Duke McKenzie, Mark Cavendish
Semi-finals – Murray bt Roddick, Tsonga bt Ward
Surjav Randiv hat-trick for Sri Lanka against Essex
Greyhound Derby – Taylors Sky
Jordan Henderson moves from Sunderland to Liverpool
Rushden & Diamonds expelled from the Football Conference for financial reasons
Belmont Stakes – Ruler on Ice
Jun 12
Le Mans – Audi
Italian Open – Robert Rock
Canadian GP – Button, Vettel, Webber
Alex McLeish resigns as manager of Birmingham City
Billy Davies sacked as manager of Nottingham Forest
British MotoGP (Silverstone) – Casey Stoner
NBA – Dallas Mavericks bt Miami Heat 4-2. Finals MVP – Dirk Nowitzki (born in Germany). Regular season MVP – Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls)
Jun 13
Steve McClaren appointed as manager of Nottingham Forest
Aegon Championship final – Murray bt Tsonga
Aegon Classic (Birmingham) – Sabine Lisicki (Germany)
British Speedway Championship – Scott Nicholls
Jun 14
Royal Ascot. St James’s Palace Stakes – Frankel
Jun 15
Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Rewilding
Eastbourne tournament. Men’s – Seppi (Italy), Women’s – Bartoli
Stanley Cup – Boston Bruins bt Vancouver Canucks 4-3. Finals MVP – Tim Thomas. Regular season MVP – Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks). First win since 1972. Sixth win in Stanley Cup
Bahrain GP dropped from F1 schedule again
Jun 16
Gold Cup – Fame And Glory (Jamie Spencer), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Alastair Cook's 66th consecutive Test, passing the record of Ian Botham and Alan Knott
Budweiser sign a three-year deal to sponsor the FA Cup
Construction starts on New York Stadium, the future home stadium of Rotherham United
Jun 17
Coronation Stakes – Immortal Verse
Alex McLeish appointed as manager of Aston Villa
Jun 18
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – Richard Hannon (or Aiden O’Brien)
Cook scores sixth consecutive 50 in Test cricket
Churchill Cup final (Worcester) – England Saxons bt Canada. Played for the last time
Jun 19
European Under-21 Championships (Denmark). Final group tables –
Group A – Switzerland, Belarus, Iceland, Denmark
Group B – Spain, Czech Republic, England, Ukraine
Danny Welbeck scored both England goals in the tournament
SPAR European Team Championships (Stockholm). GB winners – Greene (400m hurdles), Charlene Thomas (Women’s 1500m). 1st Russia, 4th GB
US Open (Congressional Club, Bethesda, Maryland) – McIlroy -16, 2nd Day -8
McIlroy (aged 22) becomes the youngest US Open champion since Bobby Jones in 1923 and the youngest major winner since Tiger Woods triumphed at the Masters in 1997
McIlroy led from start to finish, carding 65, 66, 68, 69 (total 268)
Jun 20
Third Test (Rose Bowl) – Sri Lanka 184 (Tremlett 6-48) and 334-5 (Sangakkara 119) England 377-8 (Bell 119)
Man of the match and man of the series – Tremlett
England earn their fifth consecutive series victory
Fifa vice-president Jack Warner resigns
Jun 21
Leicestershire bowled out for 43 by Northants in County Championship
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland deny claims by the BOA that they have agreed to a Great Britain football team for the 2012 Olympics
NHL announces the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports and Entertainment, which moves the franchise to Winnipeg to become the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets. Atlanta becomes the first city in the NHL's modern era to lose two hockey teams. The Flames were the first team, when they relocated to Calgary in 1980 to become the Calgary Flames
Jun 22
Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas is confirmed as Chelsea's new manager
Chris Hughton appointed as manager of Birmingham City
Copa Libertadores – Santos (Brazil)
Jun 23
NBA Draft – Cleveland Cavaliers have the first pick, choosing point guard Kyrie Irving of Duke
Jun 24
Wimbledon. Second round – Sharapova bt Robson
European Amateur Boxing Championships (Ankara) – Andrew Selby (flyweight) and Fred Evans (welterweight) win gold medals for Wales
Jun 25
Ben Spies gains maiden victory in Dutch MotoGP
NatWest T20 (Bristol) – England 136-9, Sri Lanka 137-1. England captained by Stuart Broad
European Under-21 Championships final (Aarhus) – Spain bt Switzerland
British Speedway GP (Millennium Stadium) – Greg Hancock
CONCACAF Gold Cup final – Mexico bt USA. Top scorer – Javier Hernandez
Island Games are held on Isle of Wight
Jun 26
European GP (Valencia) – Vettel, Alonso, Webber. All 24 cars completed the race
Gloucestershire 254-3 vs Middlesex in t20. Highest Twenty20 total in England. Kevin O'Brien hit 11 sixes in his 119 off 52 balls as he and Marshall (102 off 54 balls) put on 192 for the first wicket
BMW International Open – Pablo Larrazabal (Spain)
DFS British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Tina Williams riding Promised Land. First lady rider to win since Alison Dawes in 1973
British National Road Race Championships. Men – Bradley Wiggins, Women – Lizzie Armitstead
Irish Derby – Treasure Beach
River Plate relegated from the Argentine first division for the first time in their 110-year history
Jun 27
Fourth round – Bartoli bt Serena Williams
Stuart Law, interim head coach of Sri Lanka, is appointed as head coach of Bangladesh
Los Angeles Dodgers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Betty Callaway dies
Jun 28
Mike Doyle dies
Former jockey Richard Fox dies
All quarter-finalists in women’s singles are European, for the first time since 1913
Frank Rijkaard appointed as manager of Saudi Arabia
Jun 29
Quarter-final – Tsonga bt Federer. First time that Federer has lost a Grand Slam match after being two sets ahead
Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins beaten in quarter-finals of men’s doubles
Connor Wickham moves from Ipswich to Sunderland
David de Gea moves from Atletico Madrid to Man Utd
Jun 30
Glamorgan have been stripped of the right to host England's Test against the West Indies in Cardiff in 2012. The ECB made the decision after Glamorgan said they would be late paying the fee they owe for hosting May's Sri Lanka Test
The World Twenty20 tournament will remain a 12-team competition, despite protests from non-Test playing nations
Birmingham City’s chairman Carson Yeung appears in court in Hong Kong charged with money laundering
Semi-finals – Kvitova bt Azarenka, Sharapova bt Lisicki
July
Jul 1
Semi-finals – Djokovic bt Tsonga, Nadal bt Murray
Jayawardene 144 in second ODI
NBA lockout begins
Jul 2
Final – Kvitova bt Sharapova. First left-handed winner since Navratilova
Men’s doubles final – Bryan and Bryan bt Lindstedt and Tecau
Women’s doubles final – Peschke and Srebotnik bt Lisicki and Stosur
Boy’s singles final – Luke Saville (Australia) bt Liam Broady
Vladimir Klitschko bt David Haye. Fight held in Hamburg. Haye blames a toe injury
Coral-Eclipse – So You Think. 2nd Workforce
Junior World Cup rugby union final (Italy) – New Zealand U20s bt England U20s
Jul 3
Final – Djokovic bt Nadal. Djokovic becomes world number one. Nadal had won his previous 20 matches at Wimbledon
Mixed doubles final – Melzer and Benesova bt Bhupathi and Vesnina
Boy’s doubles – George Morgan (GB) and Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Third ODI – Sri Lanka (Chandimal 105) bt England (Cook 119)
French Open – Thomas Levet
Palestine play Afghanistan in World Cup qualifier, their first ever home match
Jul 4
Gael Clichy moves from Arsenal to Man City
Williams to switch to Renault engines next year
Under-17 World Cup quarter-final (Mexico) – Germany bt England
Jul 5
Arul Suppiah takes 6-5 for Somerset against Glamorgan, the best Twenty20 bowling figures recorded in world cricket
Jul 6
State of Origin – Queensland bt New South Wales
Women’s World Cup final group tables –
Group A – Germany, France, Nigeria, Canada
Group B – England, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand
Group C – Sweden, USA, North Korea, Colombia
Group D – Brazil, Australia, Norway, Equatorial Guinea
New events approved for 2014 Olympic Games – ski slopestyle, snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel special slalom
IOC session in Durban announces that Pyeongchang will host the 2018 Winter Olympics, beating Annecy and Munich in the bid process
Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica, hosts its first Test match
Jul 7
Charlie Adam moves from Blackpool to Liverpool
City of Manchester Stadium to be renamed the Etihad Stadium
Leicester City confirm that the Walkers Stadium will now be known as the King Power Stadium
Jul 8
Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) breaks collarbone in Tour de France
Jul 9
England bt Sri Lanka at Old Trafford to win ODI series 3-2
Quarter-final – France bt England on penalties. England captain Faye White missed the last penalty
Middlesex Sevens final – Samurai International bt Esher. Sponsored by Vauxhall
Super Rugby final – Queensland Reds bt Crusaders
July Cup (York) – Dream Ahead, ridden by Hayley Turner, the first-ever woman to ride a group 1 winner outright; Alex Greaves having previously dead-heated in the Nunthorpe stakes
Jul 10
British GP – Alonso, Vettel, Webber
Debut for Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) in Hispania Racing team
Scottish Open (Inverness) – Luke Donald. Played over 54 holes due to flooding
Davis Cup (Glasgow) – GB bt Luxembourg. Murray bt Laurent Bram 6-0 6-0 6-0
Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov tells convicted sex offender Craig Thomson he will not play for the club again
Diamond League meeting in Birmingham. Wins for Farah, Greene, and Idowu
Under-17 World Cup final – Mexico bt Uruguay
Jul 11
Two riders hit by a television car in Tour de France
Martyn Thomas resigns as RFU chairman but remains in power
Alex Hay dies
Jul 12
Dale Jennings moves from Tranmere Rovers to Bayern Munich
Jul 13
John Smit to join Saracens after the World Cup
Jul 14
British Open first round – hole-in-one for Dustin Johnson
Northants bowled out for 47 by Durham in t20 match. Collingwood 5-6, including a hat trick
Jul 15
British Open second round – hole-in-one for Tom Watson
Stewart Downing moves from Aston Villa to Liverpool
Jul 16
Five North Korean players test positive for banned steroids at the women’s World Cup
Speedway World Cup (Poland) – Poland
Jul 17
The Open (Royal St. George’s, Sandwich) – Darren Clarke. 2nd Mickelson, Dustin Johnson. Silver medal – Tom Lewis
2012 tournament will be held at Royal Lytham
Strauss scores century guesting for Somerset against India
Women’s World Cup final (Frankfurt) – Japan bt USA. First Asian country to win the World Cup. England were the only team to beat Japan
Golden Boot and Golden Ball – Homare Sawa (Japan)
Snooker World Cup final (Bangkok) – China (Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo) bt Northern Ireland (Mark Allen and Gerard Greene)
Jul 18
Shay Given moves from Man City to Aston Villa
Jul 19
Keri-Anne Payne becomes the first British athlete to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games by winning the gold medal in the 10 km open water event at the Fina World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai
Australian Goldfields Open first round – Matthew Selt bt Higgins
Champions League third qualifying round – HJK Helsinki 10 Bangor City 0
Darren Clarke gives Open gold medal to Royal Portrush golf club. The medal will sit alongside that won by Fred Daly
LPGA announces that the Evian Masters, a tournament held in France that is a major championship on the Ladies European Tour, will become the LPGA's fifth major in 2013
Jul 20
Yao Ming (Houston Rockets) retires
Trainer Howard Johnson appears before a British Horseracing Authority inquiry to face horse welfare and doping charges. Johnson is charged with running Striking Article eight times after the horse had undergone a palmar neurectomy – the severing or removal of leg nerves running to the foot
Tiger Woods splits from caddie Steve Williams
Jul 21
Holly Bleasdale breaks Kate Dennison’s British pole vault record
Jul 22
Pietersen – 6000 Test runs
Jul 23
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Nathaniel (William Buick), trained by John Gosden. Rewilding breaks a leg and has to be put down
Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay final – Taylor bt Wade
Challenge Cup quarter-final – Wigan bt Warrington, who had won the trophy for the previous two years
Mohamed bin Hammam banned from football for life after being found guilty of bribery
Light welterweight unification fight – Amir Khan bt Zab Judah
British heavyweight championship – Tyson Fury bt Dereck Chisora
Jul 24
German GP – Hamilton, Alonso, Webber
Adam Pearson buys Hull FC
Paul Sinfield sets a new club record of 1245 goals for Leeds
Australian Goldfields Open final – Bingham bt Williams
Senior British Open – Russ Cochran (USA)
Scandinavian Masters – Alexander Noren
Copa America final (Buenos Aires) – Uruguay bt Paraguay
Paraguay drew their three group matches and won their quarter-final and semi-final on penalties
400m freestyle. Silver – Adlington
The London Prepares series is the official London 2012 sports testing programme
Cavendish wins final stage of Tour de France, the 20th stage win of his career
1st Cadel Evans (BMC) 2nd Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek), 3rd Frank Schleck
Top British finisher – Geraint Thomas (31st)
Points – Cavendish (HTC-Highroad)
King of the Mountains – Samuel Sanchez
Young Rider – Pierre Roland
Team – Garmin-Cervelo
Jul 25
First Test (Lords) England 474-8 (Pietersen 202) and 269-6 (Prior 103) India 286 (Dravid 103) and 261
2000th Test match and the 100th Test between England and India
Softball World Cup final – USA bt Japan
Jul 26
Crusaders will not play in Super League for the next three seasons after they withdrew their application for a license
Jul 27
Sussex Stakes – Frankel
One year until the 2012 Olympics starts. Tom Daley performs the first dive at the Aquatics Centre. Mark Foster wins the first race in the pool
Olympic medals unveiled – designed by David Watkins. The front of the medal always depicts the same imagery at the summer Games – the Greek Goddess of Victory, Nike. The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements, and the River Thames
Jul 28
200m butterfly. Silver – Ellen Gandy
Ryan Lochte breaks his own world record to beat Michael Phelps and win the 200m individual medley gold. Lochte becomes the first person to set a long-course world record since FINA banned rubberized swimsuits in 2010
Jurgen Klinsmann replaces Bob Bradley as manager of USA
Goodwood Cup – Opinion Poll
Sergio Aguero moves from Atletico Madrid to Man City for £38 million
Jul 29
Leicestershire bowled out for 34 by Essex. David Masters 8-10
Charles N’Zogbia moves from Wigan to Aston Villa
BBC and Sky join forces to secure live rights to Formula One motor racing in a seven-year deal from 2012 until 2018 – but only half of the races will be broadcast on the BBC
Jul 30
800m. Gold – Adlington
Broad hat-trick against India (Dhoni, Harbajan and Kumar)
UK Trials (Birmingham) used as qualifiers for World Athletics Championships
Ramprakash (Surrey) given out for obstructing the field
World Cup 2014 qualifiers draw –
Scotland and Wales in Group A
Group H – England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino
Jul 31
50m backstroke. Gold – Tancock
400m individual medley. Silver – Hannah Miley
Sun Yang (China) breaks Grant Hackett’s ten-year-old 1500m world record
Ryan Lochte won the most gold medals among the male competitors with five. American Rebecca Soni won a total of three gold medals and one bronze medal. Michael Phelps had the most overall medals in the competition with seven (four golds, two silvers, one bronze)
Hungarian GP – Button, Vettel, Alonso
Button’s 200th GP
First and Second football divisions to merge in Argentina
Women’s British Open (Carnoustie) – Yani Tseng
Irish Open – Simon Dyson
Ian Bell recalled after controversial run out in second Test
August
Aug 1
Second Test (Trent Bridge) England 221 and 544 (Bell 159) India 288 (Dravid 117, Broad 6-48) and 158 (Bresnan 5-48)
Substitute fielder Scott Elstone took two catches in India’s second innings
Aug 2
Paulo Sergio replaces Jim Jefferies as manager of Hearts
Aug 3
Ricki Clarke (Warwickshire) equals the world record of seven outfield catches in an innings
Champions League third qualifying round – Malmo bt Rangers
Aug 6
Manu Tuilagi debut for England in World Cup warm-up match against Wales
London Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace
Hyde Park Triathlon. Women’s – Helen Jenkins
Aug 7
Hyde Park Triathlon. Men’s – Alistair Brownlee
Community Shield – Man Utd 3 Man City 2. Winning goal scored by Nani
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Adam Scott, caddie Steve Williams
Ladies Irish Open – Suzann Pettersen (Norway)
Aug 8
Barry Hills to retire
Corbett Sports to sponsor Welsh Premier League
National BMX Centre opens in Manchester
Aug 9
England vs Netherlands friendly called off due to riots in London
Aug 10
Sean Long retires
Aug 12
Sehwag grabs king pair in Third Test
Woods misses cut at USPGA
Howard Johnson banned from training for four years
Scott LeDoux, a former WBC heavyweight title contender, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease
Aug 13
Third Test (Edgbaston) India 224 and 244 England 710-7 (Cook 294 Morgan 104)
England take over at top of world Test rankings
First goal in Premier League – Luis Suarez
Premier League shirt sponsors. Aston Villa – Genting Casinos, Blackburn – Prince’s Trust, Norwich – AVIVA, Swansea – 32Red, Spurs – Aurasma, WBA – Bodog, Wigan – 12BET
Arlington Million – Cape Blanco (Jamie Spencer), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Aug 14
World Badminton Championships (Wembley) – Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier reach final of mixed doubles. China win all five gold medals
Sussex 399-4 Worcs 319 in CB40
US PGA (Atlanta Athletic Club) – Keegan Bradley bt Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. 3rd Anders Hansen
Aug 15
Fabregas moves from Arsenal to Barcelona
Robbie Keane moves to LA Galaxy
Jim Thome of the Minnesota Twins becomes the eighth player in the history of Major League Baseball to hit 600 career home runs
Aug 16
Zico signs a contract to manage the Iraq national football team
Samuel Eto’o signs for Anzhi Makhachkala on a salary of £17 million a year. The Dagestan club is owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov
Aug 18
Man Utd to sell off stake in the club in Singapore
GB dressage team win first-ever European team title in Rotterdam
Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes completes takeover of QPR
Aug 20
Dravid and Tendular break the record of Greenidge and Haynes (6482) for the most runs scored in partnership in Test cricket
Bell – 5000 Test runs
Swansea draw with Wigan in first-ever Premier League game to be played outside England
Triathlon Sprint World Championships (Lausanne). Men’s – Jonathan Brownlee. Women’s – Barbara Riveros Diaz (Chile)
The start of the Spanish La Liga season is delayed by a players' strike
Aug 21
Triathlon Sprint World Championships team event – GB
Cincinnati Open final – Murray bt Djokovic
Dravid faces 30,000th ball in Test cricket
GB bt China in London Prepares basketball match. GB lost all other matches in the series
Aug 22
Fourth Test (Kia Oval) England 591-6 (Bell 235, Pietersen 175) India 300 (Dravid 146 n.o.) and 283 (Swann 6-106)
Men of the series – Broad and Dravid
England win series 4-0 and win the Pataudi Trophy
England are presented with the ICC Test Mace to mark their status as the world's number one side
Senna to replace Heidfeld in Renault team for Belgium GP
Sam Warburton to captain Wales at rugby union World Cup
Aug 24
Netherlands replace Spain at the top of Fifa world rankings
Nasri moves from Arsenal to Man City
Juan Mata moves from Valencia to Chelsea
Fenerbache withdrawn from Champions League due to match-fixing probe. Replaced by Trabzonspor
Aug 25
European Hockey Championship (Germany). Women’s semi-final – Netherlands bt England, Men’s semi-final – Germany bt England
Eoin Morgan captains England to ODI win against Ireland
Alex Ferguson ends BBC interview ban
Europa League qualifying – Spurs bt Hearts, Shamrock Rovers bt Partizan Belgrade
No Scottish teams left in European competitions
Man City, Trabzonspor, Napoli, Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) and Otelul Galați (Romania) appear in the group stages of the Champions League for the first time
New York Yankees hit three grand slam home runs in a single game, the first time such a feat has occurred
Scottish Cup to be sponsored by William Hill
Aug 26
European Super Cup (Monaco) – Barcelona bt Porto
Aug 27
Challenge Cup final – Wigan bt Leeds. Lance Todd trophy – Geoff Lima (Wigan)
Joey Barton moves from Newcastle to QPR
t20 finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Leicestershire bt Lancashire in one-over eliminator, Somerset bt Hampshire in one-over eliminator. Final – Leicestershire bt Somerset
Preston goalkeeper Iain Turner scores from his own penalty area
World Athletics Championships (Daegu). Ohuruogu disqualified from 400m after false start. Mascot – Sarbi, a local dog
Tri-Nations – Australia
Women’s final – Netherlands bt Germany. Third-place match – England bt Spain
Aug 28
Belgian GP – Vettel, Webber, Alonso
Men’s final – Germany bt Netherlands. Third-place match – England bt Belgium
Man Utd 8 (Rooney 3) Arsenal 2. First time that Arsenal have conceded eight goals in a match since 1896
Spurs 1 Man City 5 (Dzeko 4)
Chambers disqualified from 100m semi-final after false start
100m – Yohan Blake (Jamaica). Silver – Walter Dix. Bolt disqualified after false start
10000m. Silver – Mo Farah
Johnnie Walker Championship (Gleneagles) – Bjorn
FA WSL (Women’s Super League) – Arsenal
Aug 29
Len Ganley dies
Women’s 400m – Amantle Montsho (Botswana)
100m hurdles – Jason Richardson (USA). Dayron Robles disqualified for interfering with Liu Xiang. Andy Turner finished fourth, but promoted to third and wins bronze medal
Women’s 100m – Jeter
US Open first round – Sharapova bt Watson
Aug 30
Heptathlon – Tatyana Chernova (Russia). Silver – Ennis
800m – David Rudisha
400m – Kirani James (Grenada), aged 18
Aug 31
Turkish GP dropped from 2012 calendar
Owen Hargreaves moves to Man City
Scott Parker moves from West Ham to Spurs
Joe Cole joins Lille on loan
Mikel Arteta moves from Everton to Arsenal
Yossi Benayoun moves from Chelsea to Arsenal on loan
Peter Crouch moves from Spurs to Stoke
Raul Meireles moves from Liverpool to Chelsea
T20 International (Old Trafford) England bt India. Debuts for Alex Hales and Jos Buttler
September
Sep 1
400m hurdles – Greene
Women’s 1500m. Silver – Hannah England
World rowing championships start in Bled, Slovenia
Sep 2
Gary Cahill scores his first goal for England in 3-0 win in Bulgaria
Netherlands 11 San Marino 0
Pistorius becomes first paralympic to win a medal at the world championships, winning a silver medal in 4 x 400m relay
Women’s 5000m and 10000m – Vivian Cheruiyot
Sep 3
Women’s double sculls – Grainger and Watkins
200m – Bolt. Silver – Dix
Anderson – 200 ODI wickets
Sep 4
5000m – Farah
Triple jump. Silver – Idowu
European Masters – Bjorn
Lightweight pairs – Purchase and Hunter
Coxless fours – GB
Burghley horse trials – William Fox-Pitt riding Parklane Hawk wins for a record sixth time
Jamaica win men’s 4 x 100m relay to set the only world record at the championships
USA top medal table. GB finish sixth (2-4-1). Other gold medal winners – Russia, Kenya, Jamaica, Germany, China, Australia, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Botswana, Brazil, Grenada, Japan, New Zealand, Poland
All-Ireland Hurling Final – Kilkenny bt Tipperary
Winmau World Masters final (Hull Arena) – Scott Waites bt Dean Winstanley
Sep 6
Celtic reinstated in Europa League after FC Sion are expelled for fielding ineligible players
Sep 7
Chris Froome (GB) wins a stage of the Tour of Spain
Dagenham and Redbridge bt Leyton Orient 14-13 on penalties in JP Trophy
Minor Counties final – Devon bt Cambridgeshire
Sep 8
Randall Cobb ties the NFL record for longest kick return (108m) for Green Bay Packers in NFL opener
Sep 9
Super League Leaders shield – Warrington
New Zealand bt Tonga in opening match of rugby World Cup
Mixed doubles final – Sock and Oudin bt Schwank and Dulko
Sep 10
Ben Youngs scores only try for England against Argentina
Triathlon world championships. Men’s – 1st Alistair Brownlee, 2nd Jonathan Brownlee
St Leger – Masked Marvel (William Buick), trained by John Gosden
Aguero hat-trick for Man City against Wigan
Rooney hat-trick against Bolton
Simon Kerrigan 9-51 for Lancashire against Hampshire
Semi-finals – Djokovic bt Federer, Nadal bt Murray
Semi-finals – Serena Williams bt Wozniacki, Stosur bt Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Men’s doubles final – Melzer and Petzschner bt Fyrstenberg and Matkowski
Sep 11
Triathlon world championships. Women’s – Helen Jenkins
Italian GP – Vettel, Button, Alonso
Tour of Spain – Juan Jose Cobo (Spain). 2nd Chris Froome, 3rd Wiggins
Shanghai Masters final – Selby bt Williams
Walker Cup (Royal Aberdeen Golf Club) – GB and Ireland bt USA
KLM Open – Simon Dyson
Fourth ODI (Lords) ends in a tie
Final – Stosur bt Serena Williams
Boy’s singles – Oliver Golding
Women’s doubles final – Huber and Raymond bt King and Shvedova
Sep 12
Tour of Britain stage from Kendal to Blackpool cancelled due to high winds
QPR sign shirt deal with Malaysia Airlines (home kit) and Air Asia (away kit)
ICC Awards. Cricketer of the Year – Trott, Test Player of the Year – Cook, ODI Player of the Year – Sangakkara, Emerging Player – Devendra Bishoo
Women’s county championship – Kent
Final – Djokovic bt Nadal
Sep 13
Pink ball trial in Kent vs Glamorgan game
Rugby League Writers’ Association Player of the Year – Sam Tomkins
Sep 15
Lancashire win first county championship title outright since 1934. Shared the title with Surrey in 1950. Captain – Glen Chapple
Relegated – Yorkshire, Hampshire
Promoted – Middlesex, Surrey
Leading run scorer – Trescothick
Most wickets – Dave Masters
Sep 16
Final of Diamond League series at Ivo van Damme meeting in Brussels
Johan Blake runs second-fastest 200m ever, 19.26 seconds
Overall winners –
Men’s 100m – Asafa Powell
Men’s 200m – Walter Dix
Men’s 400m – Kirani James
Women’s 100m and 200m – Carmelita Jeter
Women’s 400m – Amentle Montsho
British winners – Greene, Idowu, Meadows
Jonny Bairstow makes England debut in fifth ODI. Kohli 107. Dravid’s last ODI. England win series 3-0
Sep17
World Cup – Ireland bt Australia
Davis Cup (Glasgow) – GB bt Hungary
CB40 final – Surrey bt Somerset
Swansea score their first-ever goal in the Premier League, and gain their first win, against WBA
Sep 18
Seve Trophy (Paris) – GB and Ireland bt Europe. Captains – Paul McGinley and Jean van der Velde
Great North Run. Men’s – Martin Mathathi (Kenya) in a course record time of 58’ 56”
Women’s – Lucy Wangui Kabuu (Kenya)
Tour of Britain – Lars Boom (Netherlands). 2nd Steve Cummings
Floyd Mayweather beats Victor Ortiz in controversial fight
Lexi Thompson, aged 16, becomes the youngest winner on LPGA history
All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final – Dublin bt Kerry
Sep 19
Essex Pirates withdraw from British Basketball League
Ginger McCain dies
Cricket Writers' Club young cricketer of the year – Jonny Bairstow
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees sets a record in Major League Baseball for career saves
Sep 20
Cycling Road World Championships (Copenhagen). Women’s time trial – Judith Arndt (Germany). 3rd Emma Pooley
Racehorse trainer Michael Jarvis dies
Sep 21
Men’s time trial – Tony Martin (Germany). 2nd Wiggins
Scottish Communities League Cup – Falkirk bt Rangers
Leicestershire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20
Sep 22
Bryan Habana sets a new South Africa try-scoring record
BBC claims that secret payments were made by Azerbaijan to World Series Boxing (WSB) in return for a guarantee that Azerbaijani fighters would win two boxing gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics
Mansoor Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi, dies
Sep 23
PCA player of the year – Trescothick
PCA young player of the year – Alex Hales
Geoff Marsh named as coach of Sri Lanka
Swann captains England for two T20 internationals against West Indies at Kia Oval
Sep 24
Ashton and Cueto score hat-tricks against Romania
Women’s road race – Georgia Bronzini (Italy)
Richie McCaw wins 100th cap for New Zealand
Van Persie – 100 goals for Arsenal
Demba Ba – hat-trick for Newcastle against Blackburn
Cambridgeshire – Prince Of Johanne. Sponsored by Betfred
England rugby players filmed at a dwarf-throwing club in Queenstown
Sep 25
Berlin marathon – Patrick Makau (Kenya), in a world record time of 2:03.38
Singapore GP – Vettel, Button, Webber
Men’s road race – Cavendish
Solheim Cup (Killeen Castle, Ireland) – Europe 15 USA 13
West Indies bowl England out for 88 to draw Twenty20 series 1-1
FedEx Cup – Bill Haas
Warrington choose Leeds in ClubCall
Sep 26
Stephen Jones wins 101st cap for Wales, against Namibia, overtaking the record of 100 caps set by Gareth Thomas
Sep 27
Canada draw with Japan in rugby World Cup
Tevez refuses to warm up against Bayern Munich
Sep 28
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores on Champions League debut for Arsenal
Sep 29
Titus Bramble suspended by Sunderland after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug
Sep 30
Super League semi-final – Leeds bt Warrington
October
Oct 1
Runners no longer allowed in international cricket
World Cup – Tonga bt France
Ashton scores only try for England against Scotland
Super League semi-final – St Helens bt Wigan
AFL Grand Final – Geelong Cats bt Collingwood Magpies
Oct 2
Fulham 6 (Johnson 3) QPR 0
Lampard hat-trick against Bolton
Alfred Dunhill Links – Michael Hoey
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – Danedream. German horse, wins in a record time
Final pool tables –
Pool A – New Zealand, France, Tonga, Canada, Japan
Pool B – England, Argentina, Scotland, Georgia, Romania
Pool C – Ireland, Australia, Italy, USA, Russia
Pool D – South Africa, Wales, Samoa, Fiji, Namibia
Russia making their debut in World Cup. Coach – Kingsley Jones
John Kirwan is coach of Japan
Eddie O’Sullivan is coach of USA
Steve McClaren resigns as manager of Nottingham Forest
Jone Samuelson scores with a header from his own half in a match in Norway
Co-operative Championship Grand Final – Featherstone Rovers bt Sheffield Eagles
Junior Davis Cup – GB
NRL Grand Final – Manly Warringah Sea Eagles bt New Zealand Warriors
Oct 3
Seb Coe and Hannah England try out the completed running track at the Olympic Stadium
Tiger Woods drops out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in nearly 15 years, ending a streak of 778 consecutive weeks
Oct 4
Man of Steel – Rangi Chase (Castleford)
Manu Tuilagi fined for wearing a sponsored mouthguard
Seattle Sounders F.C. retain the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Oct 5
Graham Dilley dies
Oct 6
Wayne Rooney’s father arrested in betting probe
Oxlade-Chamberlain hat-trick for England U21 against Iceland
Oct 7
Phil Jones makes England debut against Montenegro. Rooney sent off in 2-2 draw
Olympics drug ban on LaShawn Merritt is overturned
Oct 8
Barrow Raiders are deducted 29 points for a breach of RFL operational rules and are relegated into Championship One
Quarter-finals – Wales bt Ireland, France bt England (tries – Foden and Cueto)
Champions T20 League semi-final – Mumbai Indians bt Somerset
Super League Grand Final – Leeds bt St Helens. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Rob Burrow
Speedway Grand Prix (World Championship) – Greg Hancock
Cesarewitch – Never Can Tell
The Australian mare Black Caviar ties the record set by Phar Lap for consecutive victories, with an unbeaten run of 14 wins
Oct 9
Japanese GP – Button, Alonso, Vettel
Vettel becomes youngest person to win back-to-back world championships
Quarter-finals – Australia bt South Africa, New Zealand bt Argentina
Muliana wins 100th cap for New Zealand
Champions T20 League final – Mumbai Indians bt Bangalore Royal Challengers
Japan Open final – Murray bt Nadal. Doubles – Andy and Jaime Murray
Madrid Masters – Lee Slattery
Ironman World Championships – Chrissie Wellington
Manu Tuilagi jumps off a ferry into Auckland harbour and is arrested
World Grand Prix final –Taylor bt Brendan Dolan. Players must commence and finish each leg on a double
Oct 10
Elite League Grand Final – Poole Pirates bt Eastbourne Eagles
WNBA finals – Minnesota Lynx bt Atlanta Dream
Nigel Worthington resigns as Northern Ireland manager
Oct 11
West Ham Olympic Stadium deal collapses
Mark Cavendish to join Team Sky
World Gymnastics Championships (Tokyo). Women’s team event – USA
Changes to rules on whipping come into effect
Oct 12
Nine jockeys banned for ten days for failing to observe a race-stop flag at Wetherby
Sahara invests $100 in Force India F1 team
Oct 13
Wayne Rooney will miss the Euro 2012 group stage after being banned for three matches for his sending off against Montenegro
David Haye retires
Richard Hughes gives up his riding license in protest at the new whip regulations
Oct 14
Steve Cotterill moves from Portsmouth to become manager of Nottingham Forest
Oct 15
Semi-final – France 9 Wales 8. Sam Warburton sent off by Alain Rolland
Pommel horse. Bronze – Louis Smith
Lewis Hamilton on pole for Korean GP, the first time this season that Red Bull have not gained pole position
British Champions Day at Ascot
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – Frankel
Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon banned for five days and forfeits £50,000 after using his whip one more time than the maximum in the last furlong when guiding Cirrus Des Aigles to victory in Britain's richest race, the £1.3m Champion Stakes
Baseball World Cup (Panama) – Netherlands bt Cuba to win their first World Cup title, and the first by a European nation since the inaugural event in 1938 won by Great Britain
WCB light heavyweight title fight between Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson declared a no contest after Dawson lifted Hopkins, who stumbled, fell, and landed on his shoulder
Oct 16
Sam Warburton banned for three weeks for illegal tackle on Clerc
Semi-final – New Zealand bt Australia
Korean GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Webber
Red Bull win constructors championship
Portugal Masters – Tom Lewis, in his third professional tournament
Men’s all-around – Kohei Uchimura (Japan) wins for third consecutive year
Women’s all-around – Jordyn Wieber (USA)
Superbike World Championship – Carlos Checa (Spain), riding a Ducati
MotoGP – Casey Stoner (Australia) wins world title for Repsol Honda
Giovanni Visconti (Italy) wins UCI Europe tour for third successive year
Oct 17
Dan Wheldon dies following a crash involving 15 cars at the Las Vegas Indy 300
Indy Car series title – Dario Franchitti
Kohli 112 in second ODI
Oct 19
Grand Slam of Golf (Bermuda) – 1st Bradley, 2nd Schwartzel, 3rd McIlroy, 4th Clarke
Oct 20
Stuart Pearce and Hope Powell to manage GB football teams at 2012 Olympics
Oct 21
Third-place match – Australia bt Wales
Changes to whip regulations announced. Flat riders may now use their seven permitted strikes at any point in a race, while jump jockeys may use eight
Oct 22
Rory McIlroy splits from his manager Andrew Chandler
Albert Pujols joins Babe Ruth and Reggie Jackson as the only players in baseball history to hit three home runs in a World Series game
Oct 23
World Cup final (Eden Park, Auckland) – New Zealand 8 France 7. Tries – Woodcock and Dusautoir. Penalty – Donald. Captain – McCaw. Man of the match – French captain Dusautoir. Referee – Craig Joubert
New Zealand's victory marks the first time that a nation had held the World Cup and Women's Rugby World Cup, as the Black Ferns have held their title since 1998
Leading try scorers – Ashton, Clerc (6 tries)
Leading points scorer – Steyn (62 points)
Mario Simoncelli killed in MotoGP race at Sepang after colliding with Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi
Man Utd 1 Man City 6. First time that Man Utd have conceded six goals at home since 1930
Borthwick and Meaker play in fourth ODI
European Cycling Championships (Netherlands) – Pendleton wins four medals
Lewis Moody retires from international rugby
Lampard – 500 Premier League games
Chicago Bears bt Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFL game at Wembley
Nicola Adams (flyweight) becomes the first British woman to win a major boxing title with victory in the European Championships in Rotterdam
Castello Masters – Sergio Garcia
Luke Donald clinches the PGA Tour money list title with victory at the Disney Classic in Florida
Oct 24
Sven-Goran Eriksson leaves Leicester City
IRB Player of the Year – Thierry Dusautoir
Team of the Year – New Zealand
Coach of the Year – Graham Henry
Young Player of the Year – George Ford (Leicester)
Samoan coach fined 100 pigs for poor performance at World Cup
Oct 25
India win ODI series 5-0. Dhoni has scored 330 runs without dismissal in his past six ODI innings, all against England
Gareth Thomas retires
Luke Donald wins the PGA player of the year award and the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average on the Tour
New Jersey to host a GP in 2013 (Austin is hosting a GP in 2012 at ‘Circuit of the Americas’)
Oct 27
St Louis Cardinals take World Series to a deciding game after twice going down to their last strike in game six. David Freese won the game with a walk-off home run in the 11th
Titus Bramble charged with sexual assault
Oct 28
Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis named athletes of the year for the second year in succession by the British Athletics Writers' Association
World Series – St Louis Cardinals bt Texas Rangers 4-3. 11th win. MVP – David Freese
The Cardinals trailed the Atlanta Braves in the NL Wild Card race by 10 ½ games on August 25
Oct 29
England bt India in T20 international in Kolkata
Sam Tomkins scores four tries for England against Wales in Four Nations tournament
Chelsea 3 Arsenal 5 (Van Persie 3)
Oct 30
Shanghai Masters – McIlroy. Richest prize in golf, $2 million
Indian GP (Buddh International Circuit, New Delhi) – Vettel, Button, Alonso
Andalucía Masters – Garcia
WTA Championship final (Istanbul) – Kvitova bt Azarenka
Oct 31
Steve Claridge, aged 45, scores for Gosport Borough
Demba Ba hat-trick for Newcastle against Stoke
World Billiards Championship – Mike Russell wins for the 11th time
November
Nov 1
Melbourne Cup – Dunaden
Nov 2
Martyn Thomas steps down from all RFU roles
Nov 3
Salman Butt is jailed for two-and-a-half years, Mohammad Asif for one year and Mohammad Amir for six months for their parts in a conspiracy to bowl deliberate no-balls in a Test
Jacques Brunel replaces Nick Mallett as head coach of Italy
Nov 4
12 Olympic posters by leading British artists revealed
Nov 5
Breeders Cup Turf (Churchill Downs, Louisville) – St Nicholas Abbey (Joseph O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien
18-year-old Joseph O'Brien becomes the youngest jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race
Paul Hanagan retains champion jockeys’ title. 2nd Silvestre De Sousa (Brazil)
Richard Hannon retains champion trainers’ title
Four Nations matches played at Wembley
Swiss Indoors semi-final – Kei Nishikori (Japan) bt Djokovic
Ian Thorpe makes a comeback
North Stand at Old Trafford renamed the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand as Ferguson celebrates 25th anniversary as manager
AFC Champions League – Al-Sadd (Qatar)
Nov 6
WGC Champions tournament (Shanghai) – Martin Kaymer
MotoGP season ends in Valencia. Rossi wore No. 58 helmet in honour of Marco Simoncelli
Driver Championship Standings:
1st Casey Stoner (Australia) Honda, 2nd Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha, 3rd Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Honda
Manufacturers Championship Standings:
1st Honda 2nd Yamaha 3rd Ducati
Rookie of the Year – Cal Crutchlow (GB)
MOTO 2 Championship – Stefan Bradl (Germany)
Misano grand prix circuit in Italy to be renamed in honour of Marco Simoncelli
Fed Cup final (Moscow) – Czech Republic bt Russia
New York City Marathon. Men’s – Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya). Women’s –Firehiwot Dado (Ethiopia)
Geoffrey Mutai is unrelated to London Marathon winner Emmanuel Mutai
World Open squash finals (Rotterdam). Men’s – Nick Matthew bt Gregory Gaultier (France). Women’s – Nicole David bt Jenny Duncalf (England)
Nov 7
Joel Tomkins moves from Wigan to Saracens
Nov 8
Tendulkar passes 15,000 Test runs
Joe Frazier dies
Jimmy Adamson dies
Fifa rejects FA’s request for the England team to wear poppies during the match against Spain, but allows them to wear poppies on black armbands
Nov 10
Newcastle United rename St James' Park the Sports Direct Arena after owner Mike Ashley's company
Renault's new name will be Lotus F1 Team. Team Lotus, owned by Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes, changes its name to Caterham F1 for 2012. The Virgin team will change the name of their chassis to Marussia
John Daly quits from the Australian Open after hitting six balls into the water from the 11th tee during the first round
Australia bowled out for 47 by South Africa, after being 21-9. Lowest-ever test score is 26 (New Zealand vs England)
18 players test positive for steroids at Kabaddi World Cup
Nov 11
London defeats Doha to be host city for 2017 World Athletics Championships
Gold Coast defeats Hambantota (Sri Lanka) to be host city for 2018 Commonwealth Games
Mike Tindall is fined £25,000 by the Rugby Football Union and removed from England's elite player squad for his conduct during the Rugby World Cup
Florida Marlins officially change their name to the Miami Marlins and will play at Miami Ballpark in 2012
Southeast Asian Games open in Palembang, Indonesia
Nov 12
Masaaki Toma (Japan) becomes the first non-British referee to take charge of an FA Cup fixture, the first round tie between Brentford and Basingstoke
Paddy Power Gold Cup – Great Endeavour
Wilson Ramos (Washington Nationals) is kidnapped in Venezuela, and rescued two days later
Vettel equals Mansell’s record of 14 pole positions in a season
John Arne Riise wins 100th cap for Norway
England 1 (Lampard) Spain 0
Iker Casillas plays in his 126th international match for Spain, equaling the record set by Andoni Zubizarreta
FA Cup first round – AFC Totton 8 Bradford PA 1
IAAF athletes of the year – Usain Bolt and Sally Pearson
UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event is the most-watched live MMA event in the United States. Junior Dos Santos (Brazil) defeated Cain Velasquez (USA) to become the new Heavyweight Champion
Nov 13
Abu Dhabi GP – Hamilton, Alonso, Button
Wales Rally GB – Jari Matti Latvala (Finland)
Loeb crashes with Spanish spectator between stages
Loeb win eighth successive world rally title
Australian Open – Greg Chalmers (Australia)
Singapore Open – Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Federer becomes only the second player after Andre Agassi to win both the Paris titles – the Masters and the French Open
Peter Roebuck dies
Nov 14
First cricket Test championship will not be played until 2017
WTA Player of the Year – Kvitova
Nov 15
Plymouth Raiders fined for not controlling their mascot, Foxy, during a BBL Trophy match against Guildford Heat
Jason Gillespie to coach Yorkshire
Gareth Barry (or Daniel Majstorovic own-goal) scores England’s 2000th goal, against Sweden
Ireland bt Estonia to qualify for Euro 2012
Hull manager Nigel Pearson appointed as manager of Leicester City
St Helens new stadium to be called Langtree Park
Nov 16
Martin Johnson resigns
Cartier racehorse of the year – Frankel
Cartier award of merit – Barry Hills
Nov 17
Sepp Blatter says football does not have a problem with racism on the field and any incidents should be settled by a handshake
Nov 18
Heineken Cup – Edinburgh 48 Racing Metro 47
Manchester City report an annual loss of £194.9 million for 2010 – 2011, the biggest in English football history
Suzuki will not compete in next year's MotoGP championship for financial reasons
Kat Driscoll qualifies for Olympics at World Trampolining Championships (NIA, Birmingham)
Houston Astros are to move to the American League in 2013 after 51 years in the National League, a move that balances the number of teams in Major League Baseball
Nov 19
Huddersfield set new league record of 43 games unbeaten
Scottish Cup – Airdrie 11 Gala Fairydean 0
Basil D’Oliviera dies
Betfair Chase – Kauto Star. 2nd Long Run
Four Nations final (Elland Road) – Australia bt England. Last match for Darren Lockyer
World Seniors Championship final – Darren Morgan bt Steve Davis
Nov 20
Presidents Cup (Melbourne) – USA bt International team. Captains – Couples and Norman
Power snooker final (Manchester) – Martin Gould bt O’Sullivan
MLS Cup final – LA Galaxy bt Houston Dynamo
William Hill Grand Slam of Darts final (Wolverhampton) – Taylor bt Anderson
Nov 21
Nicky Henderson trains seven winners in a day
Etihad Stadium to host 2012 Millennium Weekend
Nov 22
Murray pulls out of ATP World Tour finals after suffering a groin strain in a match against Ferrer. Replaced by Janko Tipsarevic
Micky Arthur named as head coach of Australia cricket team
National League MVP – Ryan Braun (Milwaukee Brewers). American League MVP – Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers)
Nov 24
Damning England rugby union World Cup reports leaked
American Samoa win their first ever football match, beating Tonga
Nov 25
Final group standings –
Group A – Berdych, Ferrer, Djokovic, Tipsarevic
Group B – Federer, Tsonga, Nadal, Fish
Nov 26
Semi-finals – Federer bt Ferrer, Tsonga bt Berdych
Sam Tomkins (Wigan) scores a try for Barbarians against Australia
Vettel gains 15th pole position of the season
Hennessy Gold Cup – Carruthers
NBA team owners and players reach an agreement to end the NBA lockout and to begin the current NBA season on Christmas Day
Ron Lyle dies
Nov 27
New Zealand's Jesse Ryder equals the first-class record for most sixes in an innings (16) against Australia A
Gary Speed dies, aged 42
Brazilian GP – Webber, Vettel, Button
Final standings –
Vettel 392, Button 270, Webber 258
Red Bull 650, McLaren 497, Ferrari 375
Vettel won 11 races
Final – Federer bt Tsonga
Doubles final – Nestor and Mirnyi bt Fyrstenberg and Matkowski
Golf World Cup (China) – USA (Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodhall). 2nd England (Poulter and Rose), Germany
Grey Cup – BC Lions bt Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Japan Cup – Buena Vista
Premier League final – O’Sullivan bt Ding
South African Open – Hennie Otto
British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Jason Thompson. Women – Jenna McCorkell
Nov 28
The 2013 Rugby League World Cup will be held in four different countries – England, Wales, Ireland and France
Charlton end Huddersfield's 43-match unbeaten run
BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist – Mark Cavendish, Darren Clarke, Alastair Cook, Luke Donald, Mo Farah, Dai Greene, Amir Khan, Rory McIlroy, Andy Murray, Andrew Strauss
William Hill sports book of the year – ‘A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke’, Ronald Enge
Nov 29
Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 after signing a two-year deal with Renault, who will become Lotus in 2012
Portsmouth could be docked points after chairman Vladimir Antonov resigned as its parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entered administration
The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards will be held in London for the first time
Martyn Thomas leaves the RFU
Nov 30
Steve Kean admits that Blackburn ‘forfeited’ Carling Cup match to Cardiff
Steve Bruce sacked by Sunderland
Carling Cup quarter-final – Man Utd 1 Crystal Palace 2. Winning goal scored by Glenn Murray
December
Dec 1
Philippe Saint-Andre appointed as head coach of France
Dec 2
Euro 2012 draw in Kiev –
Group A – Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic
Group B – Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Portugal
Group C – Spain, Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Croatia
In Group D England will open against France in Donetsk on 11 June, they then play Sweden in Kiev on 15 June, and end against Ukraine back in Donetsk on 19 June
Dec 3
Shane Williams scores his 58th try for Wales in his 85th and final international, against Australia
Dubai Sevens – England
Yakubu scores four goals for Blackburn against Swansea
Martin O’Neill appointed as manager of Sunderland
Tingle Creek – Sizing Europe
Dec 4
Socrates dies
Davis Cup final (Seville) – Spain bt Argentina. Nadal bt Del Potro to win third point for Spain
Chevron World Challenge – Woods
Hong Kong Open – McIlroy
Nedbank Golf Challenge (Sun City) – Westwood
Dec 5
NHL Board of Governors announce that it will divide the league into four conferences (instead of the previous six ‘divisions’) starting in the 2012 – 2013 season
Dec 6
Champions Trophy men’s hockey pool match – Spain 8 Great Britain 1
Mark Allen calls on Barry Hearn to resign for changing the format of tournaments
Sunny Bay dies. Runner-up in Grand National in 1997 and 1998
Dec 7
Barry Hearn dismisses Mark Allen's criticism of him as that of "a silly little boy”
Corsica will host the first three stages of the 100th Tour de France in 2013, for the first time
Basle knock Man Utd out of Champions League
Bafetimbi Gomis score a hat-trick for Lyon against Dinamo Zagreb in seven minutes, beating Mike Newell's fastest Champions League treble (nine minutes) for Blackburn in 1995 against Rosenborg
Dec 8
Sehwag scores 219 against West Indies to set a new record one-day international score
Judy Murray named by the Lawn Tennis Association as Great Britain's new Fed Cup team captain
Stuart Lancaster to coach England on an interim basis for 2012 Six Nations
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Sarah Stevenson
Dec 9
Romain Grosjean, winner of the 2011 GP2 series, will drive for Renault (Lotus) next year
Dec 10
Ben Ainslee disqualified from Finn class at World Championships after an altercation with officials in a media boat
Women’s European Curling Championships (Moscow) – Scotland
Denman is retired
Lancashire cricketer Roy Tattersall dies
Amir Khan defeated by Lamont Peterson to lose his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in a controversial fight in Washington DC. ‘Man in the Hat’ seen with the judges is Mustafa Ameen
Dec 11
Luke Donald became the first man to win the US and European money lists in one year after finishing third at the Dubai World Championship and winning the Race to Dubai
Dubai World Championship – Alvaro Quiros
World Championships Finn class (Perth) – Giles Scott (GB)
Champions Trophy men’s hockey final (Auckland) – Australia bt Spain
UK Championship final (Barbican Centre, York) – Trump bt Allen. Both players are left handed. Sponsored by Williamhill.com
Mosconi Cup – Team Europe bt USA
Dec 12
Chelsea end Man City’s unbeaten start to the Premier League
Jonny Wilkinson retires from international rugby
Dec 13
PGA Tour Player of the Year – Luke Donald. Rookie of the year – Keegan Bradley
Ben Edwards will replace Martin Brundle as the BBC’s lead Formula One commentator next season following the latter’s switch to Sky Sports
Dec 14
Four jockeys banned for corruption by British Horseracing Authority. Two owners banned for betting on their own horse to lose
Toro Rosso name Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne as their drivers for the 2012 Formula 1 season
Phil Brown sacked by Preston
The Rugby Football Union names Wimbledon tennis boss Ian Ritchie as chief executive
European Tour Golfer of the Year – Luke Donald
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Djokovic and Kvitova
Dec 16
Force India name Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg as their drivers for the 2012 Formula 1 season
Yorkshire Jets to join netball Superleague next year
Lee Westwood 18 under par after two rounds of the Thailand Golf Championship, equalling the record on the Asian Tour
Dec 17
Super Six final (Atlantic City) – Andre Ward bt Carl Froch
Dec 18
Green Bay Packers lose for the first time this season, against Kansas City Chiefs
Indianapolis Colts win for the first time this season, against Tennessee Titans
James Willstrop replaces Nick Matthew as world number one
Shane Warne returns to cricket to play for Melbourne Stars in the new Twenty20 Big Bash League in Australia
Fifa Club World Cup final (Yokohama) – Barcelona bt Santos
London International Horse Show (Olympia) – Guy Williams won five events. Dermott Lennon won the Olympia Grand Prix
Dec 19
European Tour rookie of the year – Tom Lewis
Dec 20
Luis Suarez handed eight-match ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra
Dec 21
20,000th goal in Premier League scored by Marc Albrighton for Aston Villa against Arsenal
Dec 22
African Footballer of the Year – Yaya Toure
A KNVB Cup game between Ajax and AZ is abandoned after the AZ manager leads his team off the pitch in protest at the sending-off of his goalkeeper, Esteban Alvarado, who kicked an Ajax fan who attacked him
BBC Sports Personality of the Year (MediaCityUK) 1st Cavendish, 2nd Clarke, 3rd Farah
Overseas Personality – Novak Djokovic
Coach – Andy Flower
Team – England cricket
Young Personality – Lauren Taylor, the youngest-ever winner of the British Ladies amateur Golf Championship
Lifetime achievement award – Steve Redgrave
Helen Rollason award – Bob Champion
Unsung heroes – Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin
Dec 25
NBA season starts
Dec 26
King George VI – Kauto Star. 2nd Long Run
Berbatov hat-trick against Wigan
Dec 27
PDC second round – Dave Chisnall bt Phil Taylor
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees breaks Dan Marino's 27-year-old record for passing yards in an NFL season
Welsh Grand National – Le Beau Bai
Saracens end Harlequins unbeaten start to the Aviva Premiership season at Twickenham in front of 82,000 supporters, a record for a club match
Dec 28
Michael O’Neill appointed as manager of Northern Ireland
Dec 29
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race – Investec Loyal
Dec 30
Van Persie scores 35 goals in calendar year, one behind Alan Shearer’s Premier League record
Dec 31
Ivan Lendl to coach Andy Murray
Williams co-founder Patrick Head steps down from the Formula One team's board
New Years Honours –
Knighthood – Doug Ellis
CBE – Nigel Mansell
OBE – Darren Clarke, Dickie Bird, Stuart Hall, Adrian Newey
MBE – Rory McIlroy, Sarah Stevenson, Chris Paterson, Martyn Williams, Jamie Peacock
