Sport and Leisure/Sport 2020

January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Malaga

PDC final – Wright bt Van Gerwen

Don Larsen dies

Jan 2

Liverpool bt Sheffield Utd to go a year unbeaten in Premier League

Jan 5

Ben Stokes becomes first Englishman to take five catches in a Test innings

Hans Tilkowski dies

Tournament of Champions – Justin Thomas

Jan 6

Four Hills Tournament – Dawid Kubacki (Poland)

Jan 7

Second Test (Cape Town) England 269 and 391-8 (Sibley 133) South Africa 223 (Anderson 5-40) and 248. England won by 189 runs

CAF African Player of the Year – Sadio Mane

Jan 9

16-year-old Beau Greaves reaches semi-finals of women’s BDO

GB return bronze medals from 2014 Winter Olympics. Rather than the correct 'Bobsleigh four-man event' inscription, they instead read 'bobsleigh 4-men event'

Jan 10

Shane Warne raises one million Australian dollars for the bushfire appeal after his "baggy green" Australia cap was sold at auction

Jan 11

BDO women’s final – Mikuru Suzuki bt Lisa Ashton

Jan 12

ATP Cup final (Sydney) – Serbia bt Spain

Marcus Stoinis hits the highest individual score in Big Bash League history (147) for Melbourne Stars

Aston Villa 1 Man City 6 (Aguero 3). Aguero becomes top scoring foreign player in Premier league, overtaking Thierry Henry, and has now scored 12 hat-tricks, beating Alan Shearer’s record

BDO final – Wayne Warren bt Jim Williams

Jan 13

Quique Setien replaces Ernesto Valverde as the new head coach of Barcelona

MLB announces that the Houston Astros did use cameras and video monitors to steal signs of opposing catchers and signal to hitters throughout the 2017 season

Jan 15

ICC Cricketer of the Year – Stokes

Jan 17

Dakar Rally won by Carlos Sainz, driving a Mini. 13^th Alonso. Held in Saudi Arabia

Jan 18

Saracens to be relegated from Premiership

Jan 19

Masters final – Bingham bt Carter. Carter was a wildcard after O’Sullivan withdrew from the event

AFC Championship – Kansas City Chiefs bt Tennessee Titans

NFC Championship – San Francisco 49ers bt Green Bay Packers

Abu Dhabi Championship – Lee Westwood

Jan 20

Third Test (Port Elizabeth) England 499-9 (Pope 135, Stokes 120) South Africa 209 (Bess 5-51) and 237. England won by an innings and 53 runs

Jan 22

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Crystal Ocean, Enable, and Waldgeist

Jan 24

Rob Rensenbrink dies

Jan 25

LeBron James overtakes Kobe Bryant as third-highest scorer in NBA

Andrew Baggaley retains World Championship of ping pong at Alexandra Palace

Jan 26

FA Cup – Tranmere 0 Man Utd 6

Jason Cummings scores twice for Shrewsbury against Liverpool

Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash

BBL Cup final – Worcester Wolves bt Bristol Flyers

WBBL Cup final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Durham Palatinates

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Robert Paxton. Women’s – Julie Forrest

Monte Carlo Rally – Thierry Neuville (Belgium), driving a Hyundai

Jan 27

Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) becomes the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final

Fourth Test (Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg) England 400 and 248 South Africa 183 (Wood 5-46) and 274. England won by 191 runs. England win series 3-1

Kyle Sinckler to move from Harlequins to Bristol in the summer

Jan 28

Israel Folau joins Catalans Dragons

Carabao Cup semi-final – Aston Villa bt Leicester

Eriksen moves from Spurs to Inter Milan

Jan 29

Carabao Cup semi-final – Man City bt Man Utd

Australian Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Nadal

Christine Sinclair (Canada) passes Abby Wambach’s record of 184 international goals

Jan 30

Semi-finals – Muguruza bt Halep, Kenin bt Barty

Semi-final – Djokovic bt Federer

Jan 31

Semi-final – Thiem bt Zverev

Lawrence Stroll leads rescue deal for Aston Martin. Racing Point Formula 1 team will be branded Aston Martin from 2021 under the deal

Nike's controversial Vaporfly range will not be banned but there will be tighter regulations around high-tech running shoes

Transfer deadline day –

Bruno Fernandes moves from Sporting Lisbon to Man Utd

Odion Ighalo moves from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua to Man Utd on loan

Jerrod Bowen moves from Hull to West Ham

Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Hseih and Strycova

February

Feb 1

Josh Adams hat-trick for Wales against Italy

Final – Kenin bt Muguruza

Mixed doubles final – Mektic and Krejcikova bt Jamie Murray and Mattek-Sands

Feb 2

Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Alan Wyn Jones, Jonathan Sexton, Stuart Hogg, Charles Ollivon, Luca Bigi

Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Wayne Pivac, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Franco Smith

France bt England. Debut for George Furbank

Super Bowl LIV (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens) Kansas City Chiefs 31 San Francisco 49ers 20. MVP – Patrick Mahomes. Half-time show – Jennifer Lopez and Shakira

Super Bowl LV is scheduled to take place in Tampa

NFL MVP – Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens)

German Masters final – Trump bt Robertson

Final – Djokovic bt Thiem

Men’s doubles finals – Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Purcell and Saville

Feb 3

Shane Wane appointed as head coach of England rugby league team

Feb 4

England ODI debuts for Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson against South Africa

Pegasus World Cup – Mucho Gusto

Feb 8

Big Bash League final – Sydney Sixers bt Melbourne Stars

Ellis Genge scores only try for England against Scotland

Fed Cup qualifier – Slovakia bt GB

Feb 9

World Grand Prix final (Cheltenham) – Robertson bt Dott

Naseem Shah, aged 16, becomes youngest player to take a Test hat-trick, for Pakistan against Bangladesh

Feb 12

Kukri Sports return as official kit supplier for Team England at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Feb 14

Man City banned from all UEFA club competitions for two seasons and fined €30 million due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations

Feb 15

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Glasgow

Women’s 1500m – Jemma Reekie. Third indoor British record set by Reekie in a month

Feb 16

Welsh Open final – Murphy bt Kyren Wilson

Feb 17

Harry Gregg dies

Golfer Mickey Wright dies. Won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major championships

Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –

World Sportsman of the Year – Lewis Hamilton & Lionel Messi

World Sportswoman of the Year – Simon Biles

World Team of the Year – South Africa rugby union team

World Breakthrough of the Year – Egan Bernal

World Comeback of the Year – Sophia Florsch

World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Oksana Masters

World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Chloe Kim

Lifetime Achievement Award – Dirk Nowitzki

Feb 22

Tyson Fury bt Deontay Wilder on a TKO at MGM Grand in Las Vegas

World Club Challenge – Sydney Roosters bt St Helens

Feb 23

WGC-Mexico Championship – Patrick Reed

Feb 24

Liverpool equal Man City’s record of 18 successive wins in Premier League

Sardar Patel Stadium, commonly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad reopens as the largest cricket stadium in the world

Marina Hyde of The Guardian becomes first woman to win Sports Journalist of the Year Award

Feb 26

Track Cycling World Championships start in Berlin

Maria Sharapova retires

Feb 27

UAE Tour – Adam Yates. Final two stages cancelled due to coronavirus

Feb 28

China's three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is banned for eight years for missing a doping test

Feb 29

Watford 3 (Sarr 2, Deeney) Liverpool 0

Liverpool’s unbeaten run of 44 games in Premier League is ended

Saudi Cup – Maximum Security. First edition of the richest horse race, worth $20 million

March

Mar 1

Women’s points race – Elinor Barker. GB’s only gold medal

Inter Miami lose first MLS game, to Los Angeles FC

Carabao Cup final – Man City bt Aston Villa

Players Championship final – Trump bt Yan Bingtao

Mar 4

Dier confronts Spurs fan after FA Cup defeat against Norwich

Mar 5

Women’s T20 World Cup cricket semi-final – India bt England after a washout. India go through as group winners

Mar 7

England 33 Wales 30. Red card for Tuilagi

Mar 8

Final (MCG) – Australia bt India. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney put on 115 for the first wicket. Attendance – 86,174

Scotland bt France. Red card for Haouas

UK Open Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Price

EIHL Challenge Cup – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils

Mar 10

Champion Hurdle – Epatante (Barry Geraghty), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2^nd Sharjah 3^rd Darver Star

Champions League round of 16 – RB Leipzig bt Spurs

Mar 11

Man City v Arsenal first Premier League to be postponed due toCoronavirus

Champion Chase – Politologue

Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3. Four goals were scored in extra time

Mar 12

Ryanair Chase – Min

Joe Marler banned for 10 weeks for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones’s testicles

Mar 13

Gold Cup – Al Boum Photo (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2^nd Santini 3^rd Lostintranslation

Leading trainer – Willie Mullins. Gordon Elliott also has seven winners

Leading jockey – Paul Townend

Mar 15

Formula 1 teams –

Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas

Ferrari – Vettel, Leclerc

Red Bull – Verstappen, Albon

McLaren – Sainz, Norris

Williams – Russell, Nicholas Latifi (Canada)

Racing Point – Perez, Stroll

AlphaTauri – Gasly, Kvyat

Renault – Ricciardo, Ocon

Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen

Alfa Romeo – Raikkonen, Giovinazzi

BBL Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Solent Kestrels

WBBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Durham Palatinates

Badminton All England Championships (Birmingham). Men’s – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Women’s – Tai Tzu Ying (Taipei)

London Marathon postponed until 4 October

Mar 16

All sport cancelled due to Covid-19 ☹

Diversity in Sport awards won by Jofra Archer and Dina Asher-Smith

Mar 19

Peter Whittingham dies

Mar 20

Tom Brady moves from New England Patriots to Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Gibraltar Open final – Trump bt Kyren Wilson to win a record sixth ranking tournament of the season

Mar 22

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez

Women’s overall – Federica Brignone (Italy)

Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter (Switzerland)

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Maren Lundby

Mar 24

Tokyo Olympic Games postponed until July 2021 and Paralympics until August 2021

New competitions include 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling

BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze

Mar 26

All lower league football results for this season expunged

April

Apr 1

Entire grass court tennis season is cancelled

Apr 4

Virtual Grand National – Potters Corner

Apr 6

Champion jockey – Brian Hughes

Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson

Champion conditional jockey – Jonjo O’Neill Jr

Wrestlemania – Drew McIntyre bt Brock Lesnar

Apr 8

Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Jofra Archer, Pat Cummins, Simon Harmer, Marnus Labuschagne, Ellyse Perry

Leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes

Apr 12

Stirling Moss dies

Peter Bonetti dies

Apr 13

SPFL curtails the lower leagues in Scotland

Apr 17

Norman Hunter dies

PDC Home Tour starts. Players compete against each other from their homes via video link

Apr 23

NFL draft – Joe Barrow is first pick for Cincinnati Bengals

Apr 29

Trevor Cherry dies

Apr 30

PSG awarded French title

May

May 2

Bill Beaumont re-elected as World rugby chairman

May 5

Sam Cane succeeds Kieran Read as captain of New Zealand

May 8

BBC shows Jeonbok v Suwon football match from South Korea

May 16

Bundesliga returns – Borussia Dortmund bt Schelke in ‘ghost game’ played behind closed doors. First goal scored by Erling Braut Haaland

May 18

SPFL ends season

Champions – Celtic

Relegated – Hearts

Scottish Championship – Dundee United

Scottish League One – Raith Rovers

Scottish League Two – Cove Rangers

‘Project Restart’ for Premier League

May 22

Osaka becomes highest-paid female athlete

May 25

WSL ended

May 26

Man City defender Glyn Pardoe dies

Formula E driver Daniel Abt sacked for using a ringer driver in virtual races

May 29

Federer becomes world’s highest paid athlete

May 30

Bobby Morrow dies

May 31

Jadon Sancho hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn

June

Jun 1

Racing restarts in Newcastle. First race (Welcome Back British Racing Handicap) won by Zodiakos

Snooker restarts at Marshall Centre, Milton Keynes

Jun 6

2000 Guineas – Kameko (Oisin Murphy), trained by Andrew Balding

Jun 7

1000 Guineas – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien

League One and League Two ended

Bayer Leverkusen beat fourth-tier Saarbrucken in German Cup semi-final

Jun 11

La Liga starts with Sevilla v Real Betis

Jun 13

Cieran Fallon rides 200-1 shot Intercessor to victory at Newbury

Jun 14

Charles Schwab Challenge – Daniel Berger. First golf tournament after resumption

Jun 16

Bayern Munich win 8th successive Bundesliga title

St James’s Palace Stakes – Palace Pier

Jun 17

Premier League restarts with Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd. Five substitutes allowed. Players have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on shirts and take the knee at kickoff

First goal in Premier League scored by Sterling for Man City v Arsenal

Willie Thorne dies

Prince of Wales's Stakes – Lord North

Jun 18

Chelsea sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig

Gold Cup – Stradivarius. Third successive victory

Sandringham Stakes – Onassis (Hayley Turner)

Jun 19

Duke of Edinburgh Stakes – Scarlet Dragon (Hollie Doyle)

Jun 20

Coventry Stakes – Nando Parrado, at odds of 150-1

Leading jockey – Dettori

Leading trainer – Gosden

Belmont Stakes – Tiz the Law

Jun 22

Noose found in garage of black NASCAR star Bubba Wallace

Jun 23

Liam Treadwell dies

Djokovic and other players test positive for Covid-19 following Adria Tour

Jun 24

Martial hat-trick for Man Utd v Sheffield Utd

Clare Connor to be next MCC president

Jun 25

Chelsea bt Man City. Liverpool win Premier League

Neil Warnock replaces Jonathan Woodgate as manager of Middlesbrough

Jun 27

Man Utd use six subs in FA Cup match against Norwich

Ian Baraclough appointed as manager of Northern Ireland

Irish Derby – Santiago

Jun 28

Battle of the Brits final – Evans bt Edmund

Jun 29

League Two play-off final – Northampton bt Exeter. First match to be played at Wembley behind closed doors

Promoted – Swindon, Crewe, Plymouth, Northampton

Relegated – Macclesfield

Leading scorer – Eoin Doyle (Swindon) 25 goals

Cam Newton moves to New England Patriots

July

Jul 1

Wigan enter administration

Everton Weekes dies

Jul 2

Man City 4 Liverpool 0

Jul 4

The Oaks – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien

The Derby – Serpentine (Emmet McNamara), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 8th Derby win for O’Brien

Jamie Vardy scores 100th Premier League goal

Jul 5

Austrian GP – Bottas, Leclerc, Norris. Fastest lap – Norris

Jul 7

Patrick Mahomes offered biggest contract in NFL history

Jul 8

Snowboarder Alex Pullin dies

Stokes captains England for the first time, against West Indies

Ryder Cup postponed for 12 months

Jul 9

Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set anew 2 00m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m

Jul 11

Jack Charlton dies

Liverpool 1 Burnley 1. First points dropped at home this season

Norwich 0 West Ham 4 (Antonio 4). Norwich are relegated

Sterling hat-trick against Brighton

Jul 12

Styrian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen

First Test (Ageas Bowl, Southampton) England 204 (Holder 6-42) and 313 West Indies 318 and 200-6 (Blackwood 95). West Indies won by four wickets

UFC moved to "Fight Island" – Yas Island in Abu Dhabi

Jul 13

CAS overturn Man City two-year ban

League One play-off final – Wycombe bt Oxford

Promoted – Coventry, Rotherham, Wycombe

Relegated – Bolton, Southend, Tranmere

Leading scorer – Ivan Toney (Peterborough) 24 goals

Washington Redskins change name to Washington Football Team

Jul 14

Sam Matterface to replace Clive Tyldesley as chief ITV football commentator

Championship match – Wigan (7) 8 Hull (0) 0

Jul 16

Archer dropped from England team for breaching bio-security

Jul 18

FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal bt Man City

Jul 19

Hungarian GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas

FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea by Man Utd

Nigel Pearson sacked as manager of Watford

Memorial Tournament – Jon Rahm, who replaces McIlroy as world number one

Jul 20

Second Test (Old Trafford) England 469-9 (Stokes 176, Sibley 120, Chase 5-172) and 129-3 West Indies 287 and 198. England won by 113 runs

Sibley batted for 556 minutes, faced 372 balls, and hit five 4s

Jul 24

FAW Player of the Year – Henderson

Seattle Kraken to compete in NHL in 2021-22

Jul 25

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable

Broad 50 off 33 balls in Third Test

Jul 26

Premier League finishes

Golden Boot – Vardy (23 goals)

De Bruyne equals Henry’s record of 20 assists

Jul 27

LMA Manager of the Year – Klopp

Championship Manager of the Year – Bielsa

WSL Manager of the Year – Hayes

Betfred World Matchplay final – Van der Bergh bt Anderson

Jul 28

Broad takes 500^th Test wicket, trapping Brathwaite lbw. Same batsman and method of dismissal as Anderson’s 500^th wicket

Third Test (Old Trafford) England 369 and 226-2 West Indies 197 (Broad 6-31) and 129 (Woakes 5-50) England won by 269 runs. England win series 2-1

Kemar Roach takes 200^th Test wicket

Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius. Fourth successive win

Jul 29

Brentford play final home game at Griffin Park

Jul 30

Saudi Arabia pull out of Newcastle Utd deal

Jul 31

Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Knicks

August

Aug 1

FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Aubameyang 2) Chelsea 1 (Pulisic). Kovacic sent off

Eddie Howe leaves Bournemouth

Stan Mellor dies

Aug 2

National League play-off – Harrogate bt Notts County

Promoted – Barrow, Harrogate

Super League returns. St Helens bt Catalans in opening match

British GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc. Hulkenberg replaced Perez who had Covid

WGC Invitational – Justin Thomas. 2^nd Tom Lewis

Aug 3

World Snooker Championship first round – O’Sullivan bt Uh Nooh 10-1 in 108 minutes

Anthony Hamilton withdraws from the championship

Aug 4

Third ODI – England 328 (Morgan 106) Ireland 329-3 (Stirling 142, Balbirnie 113)

Championship play-off final – Fulham bt Brentford. Jon Bryan scores 2 goals

Promoted – Leeds, West Bromwich, Leeds

Relegated – Charlton, Wigan, Hull

Leading scorer – Mitrovic (Fulham) and Watkins (Brentford) 26 goals

Wigan relegated after losing appeal

Aug 5

Hawkins bt Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)

Aug 6

Higgins 147 against Kurt Maflin

Aug 8

First Test – Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156) and 169 England 219 and 277-7 (Woakes 84) England won by three wickets

Pirlo replaces Sarri as manager of Juventus

Jason Tindall appointed as manager of Bournemouth

Champions League – Bayern Munich bt Chelsea 7-1 on aggregate

Aug 9

70th Anniversary GP (Silverstone) – Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas

Formula E – Antonio Felix da Costa

Templehof held six rounds of Formula E championship

PGA (San Francisco) – Collin Morrikawa, 2^nd Casey, Dustin Johnson

Aug 10

Jordan Cox (238 not out) and Jack Leaning (220 not out) share an unbroken 423-run stand for the second wicket as Kent score 530-1 against Sussex

Aug 11

Quarter-final – Kyren Wilson bt Trump

Macclesfield relegated following a four-point deduction for financial misconduct. Stevenage, who finished bottom of League Two, stay up

Europa League quarter-final – Sevilla bt Wolves

Aug 13

Netherland’s Women’s manager Saring Weigmann will succeed Phil Neville as England’s head coach in September 2021

He Knows No Fear wins race at Leopardstown at odds of 300-1

Aug 14

Champions League quarter-final – Bayern Munich 8 Barcelona 2

Semi-finals – Wilson bt McGill 17-16. Deciding frame lasted 62 minutes, and set a new record for the most combined points scored in a single frame at the Crucible, 103–83

O’Sullivan by Selby 17-16

Joshua Cheptegei breaks the 5km road world record by 27 seconds

England Women appoint Sarina Weigman as new head coach

Aug 15

Angela Buxton dies

Champions League quarter-final – Lyon bt Man City

Aug 16

Spanish GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas

World Snooker final – O’Sullivan bt Wilson 18-8. 6^th World Championship

Europa League semi-final – Sevilla bt Man Utd

Aug 17

Second Test – Pakistan 226 England 110-4. Match drawn

Europa League semi-final – Inter Milan 5 Shakhtar Donetsk 0

Aug 18

Champions League semi-final – PSG bt RB Leipzig

Aug 19

Ronald Koeman replaces Quique Setien as manager of Barcelona

Forbes highest-earning sportswoman – Osaka

Champions League semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Lyon

Aug 20

Europa League final (Cologne) Sevilla 3 Inter Milan 2

Sixth win for Sevilla. Lukaku scored in 11th successive European match. Ashley Young played for Inter Milan

Aug 22

World Seniors Championship – White by Doherty

Aug 21

Jurgen Grobler steps down as British Rowing head coach

Aug 23

Women’s British Open (Royal Troon) – Sophia Popov (Germany)

Indy 500 – Sato

Champions League final (Lisbon) Bayern Munich 1 (Coman) PSG 0

Bayern manager – Hansi Flick

Aug 25

Harry Maguire given suspended sentence for events in Mykanos

Glos bowled out for 76 and 70 by Somerset

Third Test – England 583-8 (Crawley 267) Pakistan 273 and 187-4. Match drawn

England win series 1-0

Crawley and Buttler put on 359 for the fifth wicket

Anderson takes 600th Test wicket, Azhar Ali caught by Root

Aug 26

Champions League second qualifying round – Ferencvaros bt Celtic

Milwaukee Bucks walk out of NBA match following death of Jacob Blake

Aug 27

David Bryant dies

Championship Player of the Year – Ollie Watkins (Brentford)

League One Player of the Year – Ivan Toney (Peterborough)

League Two Player of the Year – Eoin Doyle (Swindon)

Aug 28

Rodrigo moves from Valencia to Leeds

Aug 29

Community Shield – Arsenal bt Liverpool

Hollie Doyle rides five winners at Windsor

La Course by Le Tour de France – Lizzie Deignan

Tour de France starts in Nice

Aug 30

Belgium GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen

Women’s Champions League final – Lyon by Wolfsburg. 5th consecutive win

A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne City

BMW Championship – Jon Rahm

Aug 31

US Open first round – Norrie bt Schwartzman

Konta bt Watson

September

Sep 1

James Rodriguez moves from Real Madrid to Everton

Pernille Harder moves from Wolfsburg to Chelsea for £270,000, a record fee in the women’s game

Sep 3

Van de Beek moves from Ajax to Man Utd

Adam Yates takes yellow jersey in Tour de France

Second round – Djokovic bt Edmund

Sep 4

Kai Havertz moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea for £71 million

Sep 5

Iceland 0 England 1 (Sterling). Kyle Walker sent off

Foden and Greenwood break Covid-19 rules. Full debut for Foden

Kentucky Derby – Authentic

Georgia Taylor-Brown wins Triathlon World Championship in one-off race in Hamburg

Sep 6

Italian GP – Gasly, Sainz, Stroll

Novak Djokovic defaulted from US Open after hitting line judge Laura Clark with a ball. He was playing a match against Pablo Carreno Busta

Yates loses yellow jersey to Roglic

Sep 7

Tour Championship – Dustin Johnson

FedEx Cup – Dustin Johnson

Sep 8

Serie A – Juventus

La Liga – Real Madrid

Bundesliga – Bayern Munich

Primeira Liga – Porto

Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain

Eredivisie – Ajax

Istanbul Basaksehir win Turkish League for the first time

PFA Players’ Player of the Year – De Bruyne

PFA Young Player of the Year – Alexander-Arnold

PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Bethany England

FWA Footballer of the Year – Henderson

FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year – Vivianne Miedema

Barclays Manager of the Season – Klopp

Barclays Player of the Season – De Bruyne

League Managers' Association manager of the year – Klopp

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze

Lucy Bronze moves from Lyon to Man City

Sep 10

Alan Minter dies

Semi-finals – Azarenka bt Williams, Osaka bt Jennifer Brady

CPLT20 final – Trinbago Knight Riders bt St Lucia Zouks

Sep 11

Sam Billings hits a century against Australia in ODI

Semi-finals – Zverev bt Carreno Busta, Thiem bt Medvedev

Sep 12

First goal in Premier League scored by Lacazette for Arsenal against Fulham

Liverpool 4 (Salah 3) Leeds 3

Premier League shirt sponsors – Aston Villa – Cazoo, Everton – Cazoo, Leeds – SBOTOP, Leicester – Tourism Authority of Thailand, West Bromwich – Ideal Boilers, Wolves – ManBetX

Pro14 final – Leinster bt Ulster

Final – Osaka bt Azarenka

WSL – West Ham 1 Arsenal 9

St Leger – Galileo Chrome (Tom Marquand), trained by Joseph O’Brien

Sep 13

WSL – Chelsea 9 Bristol City 0

ANA Inspiration – Mirim Lee (South Korea)

Sep 14

Tuscan GP (Mugello) – Hamilton, Bottas, Albon. First podium for Albon

Final – Thiem bt Zverev

Sep 15

PGA Tour Player of the Year – Dustin Johnson

Sep 16

Macclesfield wound up

Former IAAF head Lamine Diack is found guilty of corruption and jailed

England 302=7 (Bairstow 112) Australia 305-7 (Maxwell 108, Carey 106)

Australia win series 2-1

Sep 17

Reed and Zalatoris holes-in-one in first round of US Open

Sep 18

Liverpool sign Thiago from Bayern Munich

Pat Smullen dies

Sep 19

Bale moves to Spurs on one-year loan

Champions Cup quarter-final – Saracens bt Leinster

Calvert-Lewin hat-trick for Everton against West Brom

Tadej Pogacer takes yellow jersey in Tour de France

Sep 20

Son scores four goals against Southampton

Tour de France – Pogacer (UAE Team Emirates). 2^nd Roglic, 3^rd Porte

Points – Sam Bennett

King of the Mountains – Pogacer

Young Rider – Pogacer

Combativity – Mark Hirschi

Team – Movistar Team

US Open (Winged Foot) – Bryson DeChambeau

Le Mans – Toyota (Buemi, Hartley and Nakajima)

Sep 21

Premiership Rugby Cup final – Sale Sharks bt Harlequins

Sep 23

Morecambe 0 Newcastle 7

Sep 24

Dean Jones dies

Lincoln 2 Liverpool 7

Uefa Super Cup (Budapest) Bayern Munich bt Sevilla

Road World Cycling Championships start in Imola

Women’s time trial – Anna van der Breggen

European Masters – Aaron Hill (aged 18) bt O’Sullivan

Jota moves from Wolves to Liverpool

Sep 25

Diamond League finishes in Doha

Men’s time trial – Filippo Ganna (Italy)

Sep 26

Women’s road race – Anna van der Breggen

Mendy moves from Rennes to Chelsea

Semi-finals – Racing 92 bt Saracens, Exeter bt Toulouse

Cambridgeshire Handicap – Majestic Dawn

Sep 27

Russian GP – Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton

Bob Willis Trophy – Essex bt Somerset. Cook 172 in first innings

Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Southern Vipers bt Northern Diamonds

French Open first round – Wawrinka bt Murray, Gauff bt Konta

Man City 2 Leicester 5 (Vardy 3)

Men’s Road Race – Julian Alaphilippe

Sep 28

Stanley Cup – Tampa Bay Lightning bt Dallas Stars

Play-offs MVP – Victor Hedman

Regular season MVP – Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)

British Speedway Championship – Rory Schlein (Australia)

Sep 29

London Irish play first match at Brentford Community Centre

Sep30

England bt West Indies 5-0 in T20 series at Derby

October

Oct 1

Spurs 7 Maccabi Haifa 2

İstanbul Basaksehir, Krasnodar, Midtjylland and Rennes made their debut appearances in Champions League group stage

Oct 2

Scottish Open – Aaron Rai (England)

Oct 3

Preakness Stakes – Swiss Skydiver

PCA player of the year – Chris Woakes

Young player – Zak Crawley

Women’s player – Sarah Glenn

Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik

Oct 4

T20 Blast finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Surrey bt Glos, Notts bt Lancs

Final – Notts bt Surrey

Man Utd 1 Spurs 6

Aston Villa 7 (Watkins 3) Liverpool 2

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Sottsass. 6^th Enable

London Marathon. Men’s – Shura Kitata (Ethiopia). Women’s – Kosgei. 2^nd Sara Hall (USA)

Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Lizzie Deignan

Exeter finish top of Premiership. Relegated – Saracens (-38 points) Promoted – Newcastle

Oct 5

Transfer deadline day –

Edinson Cavani moves from PSG to Man Utd

Alex Telles moves from Porto to Man Utd

Thomas Partey moves from Atletico Madrid to Arsenal

Oct 6

WNBA final – Seattle Storm bt Las Vegas Aces

Allianz to sponsor Premier 15s, the top tier of the women's English rugby union domestic league system

Oct 7

Joshua Cheptegui breaks the 10,000m road world record

Letesenbet Gidey breaks women’s 5000m world record at the same meeting in Valencia

Oct 8

England 3 Wales 0. Calvert-Lewin, Coady and Ings all score on debut

Semi-finals – Kenin bt Kvitova, Iga Swiatek (Poland) bt Nadia Podoroska (Argentina)

Oct 9

Semi-finals – Nadal bt Schwartzmann, Djokovic bt Tsitsipas

Oct 10

Final – Swiatek bt Kenin

Men’s doubles final – Krawietz and Mies bt Pavic and Soares

Wheelchair – Hewitt

Dowsett wins a stage of Giro D’Italia

Premiership semi-finals – Wasps bt Bristol, Exeter bt Bath

Cesarewitch Handicap – Great White Shark

Oct 11

Final – Nadal bt Djokovic. 13th win in Paris. 20th Grand Slam

Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Guarachi and Krakczyk

Mount scores winning goal for England v Belgium

Eifel GP (Nurburgring) – Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo

NBA finals – Los Angeles Lakers bt Miami Heat

Finals MVP – LeBron James. 4th win

Regular season MVP – Antetokounopo

BMW PGA – Tyrell Hatton

Women’s PGA – Kim Sei-young

Oct 12

World Grand Prix final – Price bt Dirk van Duijvenbode

Project Big Picture, put together by Liverpool and Manchester United, would see teams in the EFL given £250 million to share between themselves

Oct 14

Maguire and Reece James sent off against Denmark

Rugby Players’ Association Player of the Year – Jack Willis (Wasps)

Young Player of the Year – Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)

Oct 15

Premier League Darts final – Durrant bt Aspinall

Oct 16

European Rugby Challenge Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Bristol bt Toulon

Oct 17

European Rugby Champions Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Exeter bt Racing 92 31-27

Man of the match – Joe Simmonds

European Rugby player of the year – Sam Simmonds

Challenge Cup final – Leeds 17 Salford 16. Winning drop goal scored by Luke Gale

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships (Poland) – Men’s – Jacob Kiplimo Uganda), Women’s – Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)

Speedway of Nations – Russia

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – The Revenant

Champion Stakes – Addeybb

Oct 18

Ashton and Hedman qualify for PDC World Championship. Sherrock finished third in qualifying competition

Teofimo Lopez bt Vasyl Lomachenko to win three lightweight world title belts

Jonathan Rea wins sixth straight World Superbike title

British Superbike Championship – Josh Brookes

English Open final – Trump bt Robertson

Oct 23

Bamford hat-trick for Leeds against Aston Villa

Oct 24

Ajax set a new Eredivisie record by thrashing VVV-Venlo 13-0

Premiership final – Exeter bt Wasps. Man of the match – Henry Slade

Leading try scorers – Ollie Thornley and Ben Earl (11)

Leading points scorer – Rhys Priestland (206)

AFL Grand Final (The Gabba) – Richmond bt Geelong

League of Ireland – Shamrock Rovers

Oct 25

Giro d’Italia – Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Ineos)

Portuguese GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen. Record 92^nd win for Hamilton

IndyCar Series – Scott Dixon

NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Penrith Panthers

Queen’s Birthday Honours –

MBE – Marcus Rashford

Oct 27

World Series – LA Dodgers bt Tampa Bay Rays. MVP – Corey Seager

MLB was a shortened season of 60 games

The entirety of the World Series was hosted by Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas

American League MVP – Jose Abreu (Chicago White Sox)

National League MVP – Freddie Freeman (Atlanta Braves)

Christian Coleman banned for two years for missing a drugs test

Oct 28

Rashford hat-trick against Red Bull Leipzig

Oct 29

JJ Williams dies

Oct 30

Nobby Stiles dies

Oct 31

Alun Wyn Jones wins record 149^th cap

Ben Youngs wins 100^th cap

Cian Healy wins 100^th cap

Six Nations – England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy

Italy are whitewashed for the fifth consecutive year

Most points – Romain Ntamack (57)

Most tries – Charles Ollivon (4)

Six Nations Player of the Championship – Antoine Dupont

England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam

Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship – Emily Scarratt

English Greyhound Derby – Deerjet Sydney

November

Nov 1

Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Everton

Emilia Romagna GP (Imola) – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo

Mercedes win seventh consecutive constructors’ championship

Bale scores first goal since return to Spurs, against Brighton

Nov 3

Melbourne Cup – Twilight Payment (Jye McNeil), trained by Joseph O’Brien. Anthony van Dyck put down

Wimbledon return to Plough Lane

Jota hat-trick for Liverpool agianst Atalanta

Nov 4

Sheffield Wednesday points deduction for breaking spending rules reduced from 12 to six

Istanbul Basaksehir bt Man Utd

Nov 6

League Leaders Shield – Wigan Warriors

Champion flat jockey – Oisin Murphy

Champion flat trainer – ?

Nov 7

Breeders’ Cup Classic – Authentic

Breeder’s Cup Turf – Tarnawa Nov 8

Vuelta e Espana – Roglic. 2^nd Caparaz, 3^rd Hugh Carthy

FA Cup first round – Torquay 5 Crawley 6

Rangers 8 Hamilton 0

PDC World Cup of Darts final (Salzburg) – Wales (Price and Clayton) bt England (Smith and Cross)

NASCAR Cup Series – Chase Elliott

Nov 10

IPL13 final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals

Orange Cap for most runs – KL Rahul

Purple Cap for most wickets – Kasigo Rabada

Player of the series – Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)

Graham Cowdrey dies

Bridgerweight boxing weight class created, between cruiserweight and heavyweight

Nov 11

Cartier Horse of the Year – Ghaiyyath

Nov 12

Jade Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), aged17, makes England debut against Ireland

Euro 2020 play-off – Scotland bt Serbia

Greg Clarke resigns from FA over racist remarks

Nov 14

Jamie George hat-trick against Georgia

Lance Stroll maiden poll at Turkish GP

Argentina beat New Zealand for the first time. Sanchez scores all 25 points

Terence Crawford bt Kell Brook

Nov 15

Turkish GP – Hamilton, Perez, Vettel

Ray Clemence dies

Masters – Dustin Johnson, with a record score of -20. 2^nd Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

Tiger Woods takes 10 on par three 12th hole

World’s Strongest Man (Florida) – Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine), 2^nd Tom Stoltman (Scotland)

British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton

Nov 17

Spain 6 (Torres 3) Germany 0

Pakistan Super League final (Karachi) – Karachi Kings bt Lahore Qalanders

Nov18

Minnesota Timberwolves choose Anthony Edwards as first pick in NBA draft

State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues

Nov 20

Nitto ATP Finals. Group tables –

Group Tokyo 1970 – Medvedev, Djokovic, Zverev, Schartzman

Group London 2020 – Thiem, Nadal, Tsitsipas, Rublev

Super League semi-finals – Wigan bt Hull, St Helens bt Catalans Dragons

Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Bevan French (Wigan)

Nov 21

Semi-finals – Thiem bt Djokovic, Medvedev bt Nadal

James Botham makes debut for Wales

Betfair Chase – Bristol De Mai

Nov 22

Final – Medvedev bt Thiem

Doubles final – Koolhof and Mektic bt Melzer and Roger-Vasselin

ISL Grand Final (Budapest) – Cali Condors, 2^nd Energy Standard, 3^rd London Roar

MVP – Caleb Dressel

Northern Ireland Open final (Milton Keynes) – Trump bt O’Sullivan

MotoGP final standings – 1^st Joan Mir (Suzuki), 2^nd Morbidelli

Constructors’ champion – Ducati, after Yamaha were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols

Moto2 – Enea Bastianini

Moto3 – Albert Arenas

Nov 23

Man of Steel – Paul McShane (Castleford)

Nov 24

Christophe Domenici dies

Bingham and Kyren Wilson both score 147 in first round of UK Championship

Grand Slam of Darts final – Jose de Souza bt Wade

Nov 25

Maradona dies

Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Hollie Doyle

Japan Cup – Almond Eye

Nov 27

Super League Grand Final (Hull) St Helens 8 Wigan 4. Winning try scored by Jack Welsby

Harry Sunderland Trophy – James Roby

Nov 28

Mahrez hat-trick for Man City against Burnley

Mike Tyson’s comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr ends in a draw

Women’s Big Bash League final – Sydney Thunder bt Melbourne Stars

Nov 29

Bahrain GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Albon

Grosjean hits a crash barrier with a force of 53g. The car splits in half and catches fire

Second round – Alexander Ursenbacher bt O’Sullivan

Papa Bouba Diop dies

Scottish League Cup second round – Ross County bt Celtic

Players Championship final – Van Gerwyn bt King

December

Dec 1

South Africa v England T20 – Malan (99) and Buttler in record partnership of 167. England win series 3-0

Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin to race for Haas next year

Carlos Sainz to move to Ferrari

Dec 2

Stephanie Frappart becomes the first female to referee a UEFA Champions League match, between Juventus and Dynamo Kyiv

Japan Series – Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Dec 3

William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Rodchenkov Affair’ by Grigory Rodchenkov

Dec 4

Mosconi Cup – Team Europe bt Team USA. MVP – Jayson Shaw

Dec 5

World Athletes of the Year – Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas

Formula 2 Championship – Mick Schumacher

Tri Nations Series – New Zealand. Rugby Championship was cancelled after South Africa withdrew

Dec 6

Sakhir GP (Bahrain) – Perez, Ocon, Stroll. 9^th George Russell, who replaced Hamilton. Jack Aitken replaced Russell. Petro Fittipaldi replaced Grosjean

First win for Perez, in his 190th GP

UK Snooker Championship final (Milton Keynes) – Robertson bt Trump 10-9

Peter Alliss dies

Autumn Nations Cup final – England bt France. Farrell kicks winning penalty in extra time

Dec 7

Breaking to be included at 2024 Olympics

2020 World Cup qualifying Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino

Dec 8

RB Leipzig knock Man Utd out of Champions League

WTA Tour Player of the Year – Kenin

Dec 10

Paolo Rossi dies

Dec 11

PSG walk off against Istanbul Basaksehir due to racist comment by Romanian official

Nigel Owens retires after refereeing 100 internationals

Dec 12

Anthony Joshua bt Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria)

MLS Cup – Columbus Crew bt Seattle Sounders

Dec 13

DP World Championship – Fitzpatrick

Race to Dubai – Westwood

Abu Dhabi GP – Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton

Final standings – 1^st Hamilton 347 points, 2^nd Bottas 223 points, 3^rd Verstappen

Constructors – 1^st Mercedes 573 points, 2^nd Red Bull 319 points, 3^rd McLaren

Race winners – Hamilton 11, Bottas 2, Verstappen 2, Gasly 1, Perez 1

Pole positions – Hamilton 10, Bottas 5, Verstappen 1, Stroll 1

Scottish Open final – Selby bt O’Sullivan

World Rally Championships – Ogier (Toyota) 2^nd Elfyn Evans

Manufacturer’s title – Hyundai

All-Ireland Hurling Final – Limerick bt Waterford

Dec 14

Gerard Houllier dies

US Women’s Open – Kim A-lim

Dec 16

Sam Allerdyce replaces Slaven Bilic as manager of WBA

Dec 17

Best Fifa Football Awards –

Men’s Player of the Year – Lewandowski

Women’s Player of the Year – Bronze

Coach of the Year – Klopp

Best goal – Son (Spurs v Burnley)

Russia's ban from all major sporting events after a doping scandal has been cut from four years to two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Dec 18

Perez replaces Albon at Red Bull

Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) wins first event in Nordic Combined World Cup for women

Dec 19

India bowled out for 39 by Australia. Hazelwood 5-8, Cummins 4-21

Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 7

All-Ireland Gaelic Football final – Dublin bt Mayo

Dec 20

Man Utd 6 Leeds 2

Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Hearts

BBC Sports Personality of the Year – 1^st Hamilton 2^nd Henderson, 3^rd Doyle

Also nominated – O’Sullivan, Fury, Broad. Fury did not want to be nominated

World Sport Star – Khabib Nurmagomedov

Helen Rollason Award – Captain Sir Tom Moore

Expert Special Panel Award – Marcus Rashford

Coach of the Year – Jurgen Klopp

Team of the Year – Liverpool FC

Unsung Hero – Sgt Matt Ratana

Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero – Tobias Weller

Young Personality – Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix

Dec 21

Messi scores 644th goal for Barcelona, breaking Pele’s record of goals for one club

Dec 25

John Edrich dies

Robin Jackman dies

Alvin Kamara scores six rushing touchdowns for Saints against Vikings

Dec 26

King George VI Chase – Frodon (Bryony Frost). First female winner

Dec 27

PDC World Championship third round – Gabriel Clemens (Germany) bt Wright

Wrestler George Brodies dies

Dec 28

Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade – Kohli

Test Cricketer of the Decade – Steve Smith

T20 Cricketer of the Decade – Rashid Khan

Female Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry

Dec 31

Tommy Docherty dies

New Year’s Honours –

Knighthood – Lewis Hamilton

CBE – Bob Champion

MBE – Jimmy Greaves, Anne Keothavong, Joe Simmonds