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Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won the Dakar Rally in 2011, wins a bronze medal for Qatar in skeet shooting | Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won the Dakar Rally in 2011, wins a bronze medal for Qatar in skeet shooting | ||
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European Super Cup (Monaco) – Atletico Madrid bt Chelsea | European Super Cup (Monaco) – Atletico Madrid bt Chelsea | ||
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NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ||
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Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) wins his third World’s Strongest Man title. 7<sup>th</sup> – Terry Hollands (UK) | Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) wins his third World’s Strongest Man title. 7<sup>th</sup> – Terry Hollands (UK) | ||
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Superbike World Championship – Max Biaggi. 2<sup>nd</sup> Tom Sykes (GB) | Superbike World Championship – Max Biaggi. 2<sup>nd</sup> Tom Sykes (GB) | ||
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Peter Ridsdale disqualified from acting as a company director | Peter Ridsdale disqualified from acting as a company director | ||
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Semi-final – Sri Lanka bt Pakistan | Semi-final – Sri Lanka bt Pakistan | ||
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Ashley Cole apologizes for criticizing the Football Association after his evidence in the John Terry racism case was questioned | Ashley Cole apologizes for criticizing the Football Association after his evidence in the John Terry racism case was questioned | ||
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Super League Grand Final – Leeds bt Warrington. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Kevin Sinfield. Warrington prop Paul Wood ruptures a testicle and continues playing for another 25 minutes | Super League Grand Final – Leeds bt Warrington. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Kevin Sinfield. Warrington prop Paul Wood ruptures a testicle and continues playing for another 25 minutes | ||
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Sebastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship drivers' title for a record ninth consecutive year | Sebastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship drivers' title for a record ninth consecutive year | ||
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Britain's Tom Daley and Jack Laugher win synchronized 3m springboard gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Australia | Britain's Tom Daley and Jack Laugher win synchronized 3m springboard gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Australia | ||
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Hampshire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20 | Hampshire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20 | ||
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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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Bale scores winning goal for Wales against Scotland | Bale scores winning goal for Wales against Scotland | ||
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Roy Hodgson apologizes to Rio Ferdinand after telling passengers on the tube that he would not be in the England squad | Roy Hodgson apologizes to Rio Ferdinand after telling passengers on the tube that he would not be in the England squad | ||
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Cape Verde beat Cameroon to qualify for the African Cup of Nations (to be held in South Africa) for the first time | Cape Verde beat Cameroon to qualify for the African Cup of Nations (to be held in South Africa) for the first time | ||
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World Grand Prix final (Dublin) – Michael van Gerwen bt Mervyn King | World Grand Prix final (Dublin) – Michael van Gerwen bt Mervyn King | ||
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England U21 players racially abused and attacked by missile-throwing Serbian fans after qualifying for Euro 2013. Danny Rose sent off | England U21 players racially abused and attacked by missile-throwing Serbian fans after qualifying for Euro 2013. Danny Rose sent off | ||
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Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of his anti-cancer charity, LIVESTRONG | Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of his anti-cancer charity, LIVESTRONG | ||
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Richie McCaw becomes the first player to achieve 100 Test victories | Richie McCaw becomes the first player to achieve 100 Test victories | ||
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Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland attacked by Leeds fan Aaron Cawley | Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland attacked by Leeds fan Aaron Cawley | ||
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Champion Stakes – Frankel, who is retired to stud after winning all 14 races | Champion Stakes – Frankel, who is retired to stud after winning all 14 races | ||
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WNBA finals – Indiana Fever bt Minnesota Lynx | WNBA finals – Indiana Fever bt Minnesota Lynx | ||
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Elite League speedway final – Swindon bt Poole. First win since 1967. Manager – Alun Rossiter. Captain – Hans Andersen | Elite League speedway final – Swindon bt Poole. First win since 1967. Manager – Alun Rossiter. Captain – Hans Andersen | ||
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Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman moves to Bolton | Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman moves to Bolton | ||
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Margaret Osborne DuPont, winner of 37 Grand slam titles, dies | Margaret Osborne DuPont, winner of 37 Grand slam titles, dies | ||
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Sunrisers Hyderabad replace Deccan Chargers in IPL | Sunrisers Hyderabad replace Deccan Chargers in IPL | ||
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Oct 26 | Oct 26 | ||
John McCririck dropped from Channel 4 racing | John McCririck dropped from Channel 4 racing | ||
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Oct 27 | Oct 27 | ||
Rugby league international – Wales 12 England 80 | Rugby league international – Wales 12 England 80 | ||
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World Seniors Championship – Nigel Bond | World Seniors Championship – Nigel Bond | ||
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Oct 29 | Oct 29 | ||
World Billiards Championship – Pankaj Advani bt Mike Russell to win his seventh title | World Billiards Championship – Pankaj Advani bt Mike Russell to win his seventh title | ||
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Oct 30 | Oct 30 | ||
Capitol One Cup – Reading 5 Arsenal 7 (Walcott 3) | Capitol One Cup – Reading 5 Arsenal 7 (Walcott 3) | ||
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Kauto Star retires | Kauto Star retires | ||
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Surrey sign Graeme Smith on a three-year deal as club captain | Surrey sign Graeme Smith on a three-year deal as club captain | ||
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Breeders' Cup takes place at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California | Breeders' Cup takes place at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California | ||
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Lindsey Vonn's request to compete in a men's World Cup downhill ski race is rejected by the International Ski Federation | Lindsey Vonn's request to compete in a men's World Cup downhill ski race is rejected by the International Ski Federation | ||
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Champion trainer – John Gosden | Champion trainer – John Gosden | ||
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Craig Levein sacked as Scotland coach | Craig Levein sacked as Scotland coach | ||
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Uzbek wresler Soslan Tigiev is stripped of his Olympic bronze medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg division after he tested positive for a banned stimulant | Uzbek wresler Soslan Tigiev is stripped of his Olympic bronze medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg division after he tested positive for a banned stimulant | ||
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Celtic 2 Barcelona 1. Winning goal scored by Tony Watt. Celtic had 16% possession | Celtic 2 Barcelona 1. Winning goal scored by Tony Watt. Celtic had 16% possession | ||
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Nov 8 | Nov 8 | ||
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Jessica Ennis | Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Jessica Ennis | ||
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Nov 9 | Nov 9 | ||
James Beattie joins Accrington Stanley as player-coach | James Beattie joins Accrington Stanley as player-coach | ||
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AFC Champions League – Ulsan Hyundai | AFC Champions League – Ulsan Hyundai | ||
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Brooklyn Nets (formerly New Jersey Nets) play first match | Brooklyn Nets (formerly New Jersey Nets) play first match | ||
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Elise Christie becomes world number one short-track speed skater | Elise Christie becomes world number one short-track speed skater | ||
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No action will be taken over alleged comments made by Mark Clattenburg to Chelsea players | No action will be taken over alleged comments made by Mark Clattenburg to Chelsea players | ||
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First match at Friends Arena, Stockholm – Sweden 4 (Ibrahimovic 4) England 2 (Welbeck, Caulker). Debuts for Caulker, Osman and Sterling. Steven Gerrard wins 100th cap. First hat-trick against England since van Basten in 1988 | First match at Friends Arena, Stockholm – Sweden 4 (Ibrahimovic 4) England 2 (Welbeck, Caulker). Debuts for Caulker, Osman and Sterling. Steven Gerrard wins 100th cap. First hat-trick against England since van Basten in 1988 | ||
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Cartier racehorse of the year – Frankel | Cartier racehorse of the year – Frankel | ||
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Qatar Airways to sponsor Barcelona for 2013-14 season | Qatar Airways to sponsor Barcelona for 2013-14 season | ||
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Futsal World Cup – Brazil | Futsal World Cup – Brazil | ||
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Scotland prop Allan ‘Chunk’ Jacobsen retires from international rugby | Scotland prop Allan ‘Chunk’ Jacobsen retires from international rugby | ||
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Rafa Benitez appointed as interim manager of Chelsea, replacing Roberto di Matteo | Rafa Benitez appointed as interim manager of Chelsea, replacing Roberto di Matteo | ||
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National League MVP – Buster Posey (San Francisco Giants). American League MVP – Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) | National League MVP – Buster Posey (San Francisco Giants). American League MVP – Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers) | ||
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A bronze statue of Sir Alex Ferguson is unveiled outside Old Trafford | A bronze statue of Sir Alex Ferguson is unveiled outside Old Trafford | ||
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Ricky Hatton beaten in comeback fight by Vyacheslav Senchenko (Ukraine) | Ricky Hatton beaten in comeback fight by Vyacheslav Senchenko (Ukraine) | ||
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British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Matthew Parr. Women – Jenna McCorkell | British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Matthew Parr. Women – Jenna McCorkell | ||
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Brazilians select the name ‘Fuleco’ for the three-banded armadillo mascot for the 2014 World Cup | Brazilians select the name ‘Fuleco’ for the three-banded armadillo mascot for the 2014 World Cup | ||
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UEFA President Michel Platini announces that the administrative body is considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of an extended Champions League of 64 clubs | UEFA President Michel Platini announces that the administrative body is considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of an extended Champions League of 64 clubs | ||
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Luiz Felipe Scolari replaces Mano Menezes as manager of Brazil | Luiz Felipe Scolari replaces Mano Menezes as manager of Brazil | ||
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Shinji Kagawa (Man Utd) is the first recipient of the Asian International Footballer of the Year award | Shinji Kagawa (Man Utd) is the first recipient of the Asian International Footballer of the Year award | ||
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Andrew Flintoff wins a points decision over American Richard Dawson on his heavyweight boxing debut | Andrew Flintoff wins a points decision over American Richard Dawson on his heavyweight boxing debut | ||
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Phil Taylor, Liverpool player and manager (1956–59) dies | Phil Taylor, Liverpool player and manager (1956–59) dies | ||
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HRT F1 leave Formula One after they were unable to find a buyer | HRT F1 leave Formula One after they were unable to find a buyer | ||
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2015 rugby Union World Cup draw – | 2015 rugby Union World Cup draw – | ||
| − | Pool A: Australia, | + | Pool A: Australia, England, Wales, Oceania 1, play-off winner |
| − | Pool B: South Africa, Samoa, | + | Pool B: South Africa, Samoa, Scotland, Asia 1, Americas 2 |
Pool C: New Zealand, Argentina, Tonga, Europe 1, Africa 1 | Pool C: New Zealand, Argentina, Tonga, Europe 1, Africa 1 | ||
| − | Pool D: France, | + | Pool D: France, Ireland, Italy, Americas 1, Europe 2 |
IRB Awards – | IRB Awards – | ||
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Scottish Premier League announces plan to expand to 24 teams, split into two divisions of 12 | Scottish Premier League announces plan to expand to 24 teams, split into two divisions of 12 | ||
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International Olympic Committee suspends India's national Olympic committee because of government interference in its election process | International Olympic Committee suspends India's national Olympic committee because of government interference in its election process | ||
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The sparrow is chosen as the mascot of the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which will be held in Moscow in 2013 | The sparrow is chosen as the mascot of the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which will be held in Moscow in 2013 | ||
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Kobe Bryant becomes the fifth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points | Kobe Bryant becomes the fifth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points | ||
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Bradford City expelled from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, Curtis Good, against Brentford | Bradford City expelled from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, Curtis Good, against Brentford | ||
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Tingle Creek – Sprinter Sacre | Tingle Creek – Sprinter Sacre | ||
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Champions Tour final – Santoro bt Henman | Champions Tour final – Santoro bt Henman | ||
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Kauto Star joins Laura Collett to embark on a dressage career | Kauto Star joins Laura Collett to embark on a dressage career | ||
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Udinese fan Arrigo Brovedani is the club's sole supporter in Genoa for a Serie A match against local team Sampdoria | Udinese fan Arrigo Brovedani is the club's sole supporter in Genoa for a Serie A match against local team Sampdoria | ||
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Tom Watson to captain USA in 2014 Ryder Cup | Tom Watson to captain USA in 2014 Ryder Cup | ||
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Men’s World Open squash (Qatar) – Remy Ashour (Egypt). 2013 tournament will be held in Manchester | Men’s World Open squash (Qatar) – Remy Ashour (Egypt). 2013 tournament will be held in Manchester | ||
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Women's team – Russia | Women's team – Russia | ||
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Helen Rollason award – Martine Wright | Helen Rollason award – Martine Wright | ||
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Santi Cazorla hat-trick for Arsenal against Reading | Santi Cazorla hat-trick for Arsenal against Reading | ||
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Folkstone Racecourse holds its last meeting | Folkstone Racecourse holds its last meeting | ||
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Brazil drop to 18th in Fifa world rankings | Brazil drop to 18th in Fifa world rankings | ||
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African Player of the Year – Yaya Toure | African Player of the Year – Yaya Toure | ||
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Women’s World Open squash final (Cayman Islands) – Nicol David bt Laura Massaro (England) | Women’s World Open squash final (Cayman Islands) – Nicol David bt Laura Massaro (England) | ||
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Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, nicknamed Megatron, sets the record for the most receiving yards in an NFL season, breaking Jerry Rice's all-time mark set in 1995 | Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, nicknamed Megatron, sets the record for the most receiving yards in an NFL season, breaking Jerry Rice's all-time mark set in 1995 | ||
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Australian Sportswoman of the Year – Black Caviar | Australian Sportswoman of the Year – Black Caviar | ||
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King George VI Chase – Long Run | King George VI Chase – Long Run | ||
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Henning Berg sacked as Blackburn manager | Henning Berg sacked as Blackburn manager | ||
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MBE – Mark Ramprakash, Robert Croft, Pat Rice, Paul Sculthorpe, JJ Williams, and most 2012 gold medallists | MBE – Mark Ramprakash, Robert Croft, Pat Rice, Paul Sculthorpe, JJ Williams, and most 2012 gold medallists | ||
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Miguel Angel Jimenez faces up to five months out of action after breaking his leg skiing in Spain | Miguel Angel Jimenez faces up to five months out of action after breaking his leg skiing in Spain | ||
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Messi scores 91 goals in calendar year | Messi scores 91 goals in calendar year | ||
Latest revision as of 17:58, 25 July 2021
January
Jan 1
Istanbul is the European Capital of Sport 2012
Motorcyclist Jorge Martinez Boero from Argentina dies during Dakar Rally
Nicolas Anelka moves to Shanghai Shenhua
PDC semi-final – Lewis bt Wade 6-5, after being 5-1 behind
Jan 2
Gary Ablett, the only player to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, dies
PDC final – Adrian Lewis bt Andy ‘The Hammer’ Hamilton
Jan 4
Tim Howard scores from inside his own penalty area for Everton against Bolton
Jan 5
Steve McClaren returns to Twente FC
Sebastien Buemi to be Red Bull reserve driver
Michael Clarke 329 for Australia against India
Jan 6
Jordan Rhodes scores five goals for Huddersfield against Wycombe
Jason Kenny promoted to World individual sprint champion after Gregory Bauge is suspended for drug test infringements (race was in March 2011)
Four Hills Tournament – Gregor Schlierenzauer (Austria)
Brian Thompson becomes the first British sailor in almost two decades to take the Jules Verne Trophy after trimaran Banque Populaire V completes the fastest circumnavigation in history
Jan 7
FA Cup third round – Swindon bt Wigan
Hopman Cup final – Czech Republic (Kvitova and Berdych) bt France (Bartoli and Gasquet)
Jan 8
Marcel Hirscher (Austria) wins first three World Cup slalom events of 2012
Africa Open – Oosthuizen
Neil Warnock sacked by QPR
Jan 9
Thierry Henry scores winning goal for Arsenal against Leeds
Ballon d’Or – Messi wins for the third time
Coach of the Year – Pep Guardiola
Women's Player of the Year – Homare Sawa
Puskas Award for best goal – Neymar
Jan 10
Handball Arena renamed the Copper Box because, aside from handball, it will also host modern pentathlon (fencing) during the Olympics and will be the goalball venue for the 2012 Summer Paralympics Jan 12
BDO quarter-final – O’Shea bt Adams
Women’s semi-final – Dobromyslova bt Gulliver
Jan 13
Winter Youth Olympic Games open in Innsbruck
WBA grant Amir Khan a rematch against Lamont Peterson
BDO Women’s final – Dobromyslova bt Deta Hedman (England)
Jan 15
Dhoni becomes the first captain to be suspended for bowling a slow over-rate during India's defeat by Australia
BDO final – Christian Kist (Netherlands) bt O’Shea
Ted Hankey defects to PDC
BBL Cup final (NIA Birmingham) – Newcastle Eagles bt Plymouth Raiders
NFL divisional playoffs – New York Giants bt Green Bay Packers
Dakar Rally (Mar Del Plata to Lima) – Stephane Peterhansel wins in a Mini Countryman, his fourth win in cars category, tenth win overall. Motorbikes – Cyril Despres wins for the fourth time
Jan 16
James Ward, Heather Watson, Laura Robson, Elena Baltacha, and Anne Keothavong all lose on the opening day of the Australian Open
Darlington's administrators terminate the contracts of the club's interim manager Craig Liddle and the remaining playing staff
Jan 17
Bruno Senna signs to drive for Williams
Jan 18
Gareth Bale is the only Premiership player to be named in the Uefa Team of the Year
Jan 19
Chris Ashton to move from Northampton to Saracens next season
First Test (Dubai) – Pakistan bt England. Saeed Ajmal takes 10 wickets in the match
Chris Coleman appointed as manager of Wales
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies from injuries sustained in a training accident
Liverpool sign a six-year kit deal with US sports firm Warrior Sports
Jan 20
St Louis Rams will play one of their regular season home games in the UK in each of the next three years
Jan 21
Equatorial Guinea beat Libya in the opening game of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Clint Dempsey hat-trick for Fulham vs Newcastle. Dempsey is the leading US goal scorer in the Premier League
Jan 22
Saracens are the only English team to qualify for quarter-finals of Heineken Cup
Biarritz, Harlequins, and Scarlets drop into the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals, as the best runners-up in the Heineken Cup pools
Holly Bleasdale breaks her own British indoor pole vault record and moves to second on the all-time world list with a clearance of 4.87m
Masters final (Alexandra Palace) – Robertson bt Murphy. Sponsored by BGC Partners
Britain wins silver medal in two-girl bobsleigh (Mica McNeill and Jazmin Sawyers) at Winter Youth Olympics
Germany finish top of medal table at Winter Youth Olympics
Jan 24
Ponting – 13,000 Test runs
Carling Cup semi-final – Cardiff bt Crystal Palace
Ross Ford will captain Scotland in the Six Nations
Jan 25
Men’s indoor bowls – defending champion Paul Foster is knocked out by 18-year-old Ross Owen in the first round
Carling Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Man City
Eddie Stobart becomes the new sponsor of Super League on a three-year deal
Jan 26
Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines Women's World Indoor Championships final (Potters Leisure Resort, Great Yarmouth) – Karen Murphy (Australia) bt Debbie Stavrou
Ricky Burns is confirmed as full WBO lightweight champion after Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez moved up to the welterweight division
Semi-finals – Azarenka bt Clijsters, Sharapova bt Kvitova
Semi-final – Nadal bt Federer
Jan 27
Women’s doubles final – Kuznetsova and Zvonareva bt Errani and Vinci
Boy’s doubles – Liam Broady and Joshua Ward-Hibbert (GB)
Alex moves from Chelsea to Paris St Germain, managed by Carlo Ancelotti
Southern Kings (South Africa) to join Super Rugby in 2013
Semi-final – Djokovic bt Murray
Jan 28
Men’s doubles final – Paes and Stepanek bt Bryan and Bryan
Final – Azarenka bt Sharapova
Azarenka is new world number one
Second Test (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi) – Pakistan 257 and 214 (Panesar 6-62) England 327 and 72 (Rehman 6-25). A record number of 29 batsmen were bowled or lbw in the match
Jan 29
Final – Djokovic bt Nadal. Match lasted 5’ 53”, a record for a Grand Slam final
Mixed doubles final – Tecau and Mattek-Sands bt Paes and Vesnina on a champions tie-break
Indoor bowls men’s final – Andy Thomson bt Jason Greenslade
Andy Thomson, aged 56, also won the title in 1994 and 1995
Abu Dhabi Championship – Robert Rock
New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko becomes the youngest winner of a professional golf tour event, at the age of 14, winning the New South Wales Open
PartyPoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out final (Blackpool) – Hawkins bt Dott
Nick Dempsey, Paul Goodison and the women's match racing trio of Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor all win gold at the Miami World Cup regatta
Jan 30
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) is named captain for England's first two Six Nations games
Jan 31
Adrian Sutil given an 18-month suspended sentence for GBH
Spectator handcuffs himself to a goalpost at Everton vs Man City match
Nikica Jelavic moves from Rangers to Everton
Louis Saha moves from Everton to Spurs
Keith Andrews moves from Blackburn to WBA
Bobby Zamora moves from Fulham to QPR
February
Feb 1
Final standings –
Group A – Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Senegal
Group B – Ivory Coast, Sudan, Angola, Burkina Faso
Group C – Gabon, Tunisia, Morocco, Niger
Group D – Ghana, Mali, Guinea, Botswana
Matches in Equatorial Guinea played in Malabo and Bata
Matches in Gabon played in Libreville and Franceville
Simon Grayson sacked as Leeds manager
Zimbabwe Football Association suspends 80 players including members of the Zimbabwe national football team on suspicion of participation in match-fixing
Feb 2
Angelo Dundee dies
Feb 3
John Terry loses England captaincy
Paul O’Connell will captain Ireland in the Six Nations
Sergio Parisse will captain Italy in the Six Nations
Feb 4
Arsenal 7 (Van Persie 3) Blackburn 1
Hodgson scores only try in Calcutta Cup. England debuts for Dowson, Farrell and Barritt
Ben Morgan, who was qualified for Wales, makes England debut as substitute
Feb 5
Qatar Masters – Paul Lawrie
Scottish Cup – Dundee Utd bt Rangers
German Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Maguire
Super Bowl XLVI (Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis) – New York Giants bt New England Patriots. Winning touchdown scored by Ahmad Bradshaw. MVP – Eli Manning. Coach – Tom Coughlin
Half-time entertainment – Madonna
Giants fourth win in the Super Bowl
Super Bowl XLVII will be held at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans
PDC World Cup of Darts final (Hamburg) – England (Taylor and Lewis) bt Australia
Feb 6
Third Test (Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium) Pakistan 99 and 365 (Azhar Ali 157, Younis Khan 127) England 141 and 252. Pakistan win series 3-0
Pakistan become the first side since 1907 to win a Test after making fewer than 100 in the first innings
Cook – 6000 Test runs
Court of Arbitration for Sport bans Alberto Contador for two years for doping
Andy Schleck is named as winner of 2010 Tour de France
Michele Scarponi is named as winner of 2011 Giro d’Italia
Laureus Sports Awards (Central Hall, Westminster) –
World Sportsman of the Year: Novak Djokovic
World Sportswoman of the Year: Vivian Cheruiyot
World Team of the Year: Barcelona
World Breakthrough of the Year: Rory McIlroy
World Comeback of the Year: Darren Clarke
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bobby Charlton
Action Sportsperson of the Year: Kelly Slater (American surfer, fourth win)
Feb 7
Dan Parks retires from international rugby
Feb 8
Wales lock Bradley Davies will miss the rest of the Six Nations after being banned for seven weeks for his tip tackle on Ireland's Donnacha Ryan
World Cup-winning rugby star Sonny Bill Williams wins the New Zealand heavyweight title
Fabio Capello resigns after questioning the FA’s decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy on Italian TV
Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric found not guilty of tax evasion
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario blames parents for mismanaging $60 million in career winnings
Feb 9
Stuart Pearce to take charge of England for friendly against Netherlands
Josh Gifford dies
Skeleton World Cup – Shelley Rudman
Feb 10
Federer loses to John Isner, his first Davis Cup defeat in nine years
Jeremy Lin scores 38 points for New York Knicks against LA Lakers. An Adidas store in central Taipei sells out of 1000 Linsanity T-shirts in a few hours
Feb 11
Hodgson scores only try against Italy. First match played at Stadio Olympico
France vs Ireland postponed due to frozen pitch. First match postponed since 1985
Suarez refuses to shake hands with Evra
Third-place play-off – Mali bt Ghana
St Helens play first Super League match at Langtree Park
Feb 12
Dubai Desert Classic – Rafael Cabrera-Bello
Davis Cup (Glasgow) – GB bt Slovakia. Dan Evans wins both his singles matches
Odimwingie hat-trick for WBA against Wolves
First-ever World Cup skiing race in Russia, at Rosa Khutor course in Sochi
Hennessey Cognac Irish Gold Cup – Quel Esprit
African Cup of Nations final (Libreville) – Zambia 0 Ivory Coast 0. Zambia win 8-7 on penalties. Ivory Coast did not concede a goal in the tournament. 19 years since air crash in Gabon killed 18 members of the Zambian football team
Feb 13
Mick McCarthy sacked by Wolves
Cook 137 in first ODI against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi
Feb 14
FIFA warns the Argentine Football Association against renaming their top league after the ARA General Belgrano cruiser
Detroit Red Wings set a new record of 21 consecutive home victories in the National Hockey League
Feb 15
Cook 102 in second ODI
Feb 17
Essex cricketer Mervyn Westfield jailed for four months after admitting a corruption charge relating to a 40-over game against Durham in 2009
Portsmouth enter administration and are docked 10 points
World Club Challenge – Leeds Rhinos bt Manly Sea Eagles. Man of the match – Ryan Hall
London World Cup (Olympic Velodrome) –
Women’s Team Sprint – GB (Pendleton and Varnish)
Women’s Team Pursuit – GB (King, Trott and Rowsell)
Guus Hiddink appointed as manager of Dagestan team Anzhi Makhachkala on a salary of $13 million a year
Feb 18
Neil Warnock appointed as manager of Leeds
Vitali Klitschko retains his WBC heavyweight world championship in Munich, beating Dereck Chisora. Chisora and Haye involved in brawl at news conference following the fight. Chisora fined for slapping Klitschko at pre-fight weigh-in and spitting water at Wladimir Klitschko
Black Caviar wins 19th successive race in Australia
Pietersen 111 in third ODI
Kierin – Hoy
Women’s Pursuit – Jo Rowsell
Feb 19
Brighton score three own goals in 6-1 defeat to Liverpool in FA Cup
Individual Sprint – Hoy
Women’s Omnium. Bronze – Laura Trott
Omnium is six events spread over two days
Welsh Open final – Ding bt Selby
UK Indoor Athletics Grand Prix held in Birmingham. Sponsored by Aviva
Feb 20
Ricky Ponting dropped from Australia ODI team
Feb 21
Danny Briggs (Hampshire) makes England debut in fourth ODI. Pietersen 130. England win series 4-0
Feb 22
Porto, last year’s winners of the Europa League, are knocked out by Man City
The inaugural edition of India's Premier League Soccer (PLS) has been postponed because of a lack of venues. The six-team competition was due to kick off in West Bengal
Feb 24
Terry Connor to manage Wolves until end of the season
Feb 25
Scott Williams scores only try in Wales vs England match. First time that Wales have won the Triple Crown at Twickenham
Lampard becomes the first player to score at least 10 goals in nine successive seasons in the Premier League
Feb 26
Giggs plays 900th match for Man Utd
Carling Cup final – Liverpool 2 Cardiff 2. Liverpool win 3-2 on penalties. Anthony Gerrard (Steven’s cousin) missed the last penalty. Man of the match – Stewart Downing
WGC Matchplay final (Arizona) – Hunter Mahan bt McIlroy
Third-place play-off – Mark Wilson bt Westwood
Luol Deng becomes the first Briton to play in the NBA's annual All-Star Game
Stuart Hogg becomes youngest try scorer in Six Nations, for Scotland against France
Feb 27
Rose Bowl to be known as the Ageas Bowl after Hampshire sign a sponsorship deal with the insurance company
Pietersen carries his bat in third T20 match. England win series 2-1
Feb 28
Eoin Morgan dropped from the England Test squad to face Sri Lanka
Feb 29
Robben scores winning goal for Netherlands against England, captained by Scott Parker
Costa Rica bt Wales in Gary Speed tribute match
Dereck Chisora receives indefinite ban from WBC
March
Mar 1
Dave Jones replaces Gary Megson as manager of Sheffield Wednesday
Mar 2
Dan Christian hat-trick for Australia against Sri Lanka in ODI
Dave Charnley, lightweight boxer known as ‘The Dartford Destroyer’, dies
Major League Baseball expands its playoffs to ten teams
Mar 3
Japanese rider Hiroshi Hoketsu, the oldest competitor at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has won an individual dressage slot at the London Games and will take part aged 71
Mar 4
Rory McIlroy moves to the top of the world rankings after winning the Honda Classic
Pavel Pogrebnyak hat-trick for Fulham against Wolves
Andre Villas-Boas sacked by Chelsea. Roberto de Matteo appointed as manager until end of the season
France draw with Ireland in Six Nations
World Open final (Haikou, China) – Allen bt Lee
Mar 5
Former West Indies batsman Runako Morton dies
Great Britain's rhythmic gymnasts are set to compete at London Olympics after winning an appeal against their exclusion
Mar 6
Champions League – AC Milan bt Arsenal
Lewis Moody retires
Mar 7
Barcelona 7 (Messi 5) Bayer Leverkusen 1
Apoel Nicosia bt Lyon to become first Cypriot team to reach last eight of Champions League
Mar 8
Ellie Simmonds becomes the first swimmer to break a world record at London’s Aquatic Centre, in 200m individual medley
Mar 9
British team captain Tiffany Porter, born in America, fails to sing national anthem at press conference
Rahul Dravid retires from international cricket. Scored 13,288 runs in 164 Tests and holds the world record of 210 outfield Test catches
Port Vale enter administration and are deducted 10 points
World Indoor Athletics Championships start in Istanbul
Pentathlon – Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine). Silver – Ennis
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Anders Bardal (Norway)
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Sarah Hendrickson (USA)
European Grand Prix to be discontinued in 2013, with the Spanish Grand Prix alternating between Barcelona and Valencia
Mar 10
Drogba becomes first African player to score 100 Premier League goals
Women’s triple jump – Yamile Aldama (GB). Aldama has formerly represented Cuba and Sudan
Women’s 60m hurdles – Sally Pearson. Silver – Tiffany Porter
60m – Justin Gatlin. Bronze – Chambers
David Moyes celebrates 10th anniversary as Everton manager
Canadian skier Nick Zoricic dies after crashing in a skicross race in Switzerland
Mar 11
Widnes win first match in Super League, against Wigan
WGC-Cadillac Championship – Justin Rose
Football League Player of the Year – Rickie Lambert (Southampton)
League One award – Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield)
League Two award – Matt Ritchie (Swindon)
Outstanding managerial achievement – Gus Poyet
Women’s 60m – Veronica Campbell-Brown
800m. Bronze – Andrew Osagie (GB)
Women’s pole vault. Bronze – Holly Bleasdale
Women’s long jump. Bronze – Shara Proctor (GB). Proctor competed at the Commonwealth Games for Anguilla
Women’s 4x400m relay – GB (Cox, Sanders, Ohuruogu, Shakes-Drayton)
Men’s 4x400m relay. Silver – GB
USA win 10 gold medals
GB finish second in medal table with nine medals (2-3-4)
A number of the GB medals were won by ‘Plastic Brits’
Charlie Sharples debut for England against France. Tom Croft scores winning try
Wesley Fofana scores tries in his first four internationals for France
Paris-Nice – Bradley Wiggins. Only previous British winner was Tommy Simpson in 1967
Lin Dan wins his fifth All England badminton men's singles title
Mar 12
Arsenal become the first team in the Premier League to come from behind and win four games in a row
Mar 13
Champion Hurdle – Rock on Ruby (Noel Fehily), trained by Paul Nicholls
Arkle Trophy – Sprinter Sacre
Gerrard hat-trick against Everton
Challenge Cup final – Nottingham Panthers bt Belfast Giants
Champions League – Bayern Munich 7 (Mario Gomez 4) Basle 0
Mar 14
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Finian’s Rainbow (Barry Geraghty), trained by Nicky Henderson
Nicky Henderson has four winners at Cheltenham Festival and breaks record for number of festival winners
Five horses die during the first two days of the Cheltenham Festival
Newcastle Falcons appoint Dean Richards as director of rugby for the start of next season
Dereck Chisora has his boxing licence withdrawn by the British Boxing Board of Control
Mar 15
World Hurdle – Big Buck’s (Ruby Walsh), trained by Paul Nicholls. Fourth win in the race brings Big Buck’s level with Sir Ken’s run of 16 successive hurdle wins set in the early 1950s
Ryanair Chase – Riverside Theatre, owned by James Nesbitt
Europa League – Athletic Bilbao bt Man Utd, Sporting Lisbon bt Man City
Scottish Football Association charges Rangers and owner Craig Whyte with seven breaches of its rules
Mar 16
Mervyn Davis dies
Sachin Tendulkar scores his 100th international century in a one-day Asia Cup game against Bangladesh in Mirpur
Gold Cup – Synchronised (Tony McCoy), trained by Jonjo O’Neill. 2nd The Giant Bolster, 3rd Long Run
McCoy’s second win in Gold Cup. First was Mr Mulligan in 1997
Leading jockey – Barry Geraghty (5 winners)
Leading trainer – Nicky Henderson (7 winners)
Rugby League Varsity Match (Richmond Athletic Ground) – Oxford bt Cambridge
England Women win Six Nations Grand Slam
Mar 17
Alex Cuthbert scores only try for Wales against France. Wales win Grand Slam
Final table – Wales, England, Ireland, France, Italy, Scotland
England win three away matches, the first time this has been achieved
Leading try scorer – Tommy Bowe (5 tries)
Leading points scorer – Leigh Halfpenny (66 points)
Kevin Sinfield become Leeds’ all-time leading points scorer
Fabrice Muamba suffers cardiac arrest during Bolton vs Spurs FA Cup tie
Mar 18
Formula 1 teams –
McLaren – Button, Hamilton
Red Bull – Vettel, Webber
Ferrari – Alonso, Massa
Mercedes – Schumacher, Rosberg
Lotus – Grosjean, Raikkonen
Williams – Senna, Maldonado
Force India – Hulkenberg, Di Resta
Toro Rosso – Ricciardo, Jean-Eric Vergne (France)
Sauber – Kobayashi, Perez
Marussia – Glock, Charles Pic (France)
Caterham – Petrov, Kovalainen
HRT – De la Rosa, Karthikeyan
Tyre compounds – hard (silver), medium (white), soft (yellow), super-soft (red), intermediate (green), full wet (blue)
Prime (harder) and option (softer) compounds must be used in a dry race, failing which a driver will be disqualified
Australian GP – Button, Vettel, Hamilton
LV= Cup final (Worcester) – Leicester bt Northampton
Scottish Communities League Cup final – Kilmarnock 1 (Van Tornhout) Celtic 0
Luke Donald wins Transitions Championship and returns to the top of the world rankings
Indian Wells final – Federer bt Isner
Skiing World Cup. Men’s overall – Marcel Hirscher (Austria)
Women’s overall – Lindsey Vonn wins for the fourth time
Andalucía Open – Julien Quesne (France)
Mar 19
Channel 4 secures a four-year deal to broadcast the Grand National, the Derby and Royal Ascot from 2013
Royce Simmons sacked as St Helens head coach
Mar 20
Leeds 3 Nottingham Forest 7
Messi breaks Barcelona goal scoring record (232 goals)
Payton Manning signs for Denver Broncos. Tim Tebow is traded to the New York Jets
Mar 21
Six Nations Player of the Championship – Dan Lydiate (Wales)
Carlos Tevez plays against Chelsea as Man City set a new premier league record of 20 straight home wins
Mar 22
Branden Grace loses a ball in a bunker in Hassan Trophy
Championship League Snooker final – Ding bt Trump
Mar 23
BBL Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Plymouth Raiders
Mar 24
Cards held aloft by the Bolton fans spell out ‘MUAMBA 6’ in the stands before the match against Blackburn
Al-Masry Club is banned for two seasons from the Egyptian Premier League following the Port Said Stadium disaster
Mar 25
Malaysian GP – Alonso, Perez, Hamilton. First podium for Sauber
JP Trophy final – Chesterfield bt Swindon
Jocky Wilson dies
Hassan Trophy (Morocco) – Michael Hoey
Arnold Palmer Invitational – Tiger Woods
Ford World Women's Curling Championship final (Canada) – Switzerland bt Sweden
Elite League champions – Belfast Giants
Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt New Zealand
Mar 26
Claudio Ranieri sacked as manager of Inter Milan
Chris Cairns awarded £90,000 in damages after allegations on Twitter that he was involved in match-fixing
Mar 27
Graham Lee switches to Flat racing
Five players sent off following a brawl at the end of the Bradford vs Crawley match
Bradford Bulls announce that they need to raise £1 million to stay in business
Mar 28
Terry Venables joins Wembley FC as a technical adviser
LA Dodgers to be sold to a consortium that includes Magic Johnson
Mar 29
First Test (Galle) – Sri Lanka bt England. Centuries for Jayawardene and Trott. Herath takes 12 wickets in the match
Stuart Lancaster appointed as England manager
Northampton flanker Calum Clark is banned for eight months after he admits injuring Leicester hooker Rob Hawkins in the LV= Cup final
Lancashire bt MCC in Abu Dhabi
Mar 30
Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov diagnosed with acute leukaemia
All-weather jockeys’ championship – Joe Fanning
Mar 31
Dubai World Cup – Monterosso
Lincoln Handicap – Brae Hill
Harlequins defeat Saracens in front of a world record club rugby crowd of 83,761 fans at Wembley
Sunderland end Man City’s run of successive home league wins at 20
Tommy Davis wins the first race at the Olympic Park, a five-mile run
Dylan Hartley banned for eight weeks for biting the finger of Ireland’s Stephen Ferris during the Six Nations
April
Apr 1
China Open final – Ebdon bt Maguire
Ramsdens Challenge Cup final – Falkirk bt Hamilton
World Figure Skating Championships (Nice). Men’s – Patrick Chan (Canada), Women’s – Carolina Kostner (Italy)
Apr 2
Gavin Henson sacked by Cardiff Blues for drunken behaviour on a flight from Glasgow to Cardiff
Apr 3
Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera scores the two millionth run in Test cricket
Nathan Brown will become the new head coach of St Helens when his contract with Huddersfield Giants expires at the end of the season
Apr 4
Sale Sharks will groundshare with rugby league side Salford City Reds from next season
Director of rugby Ian McGeechan will leave Bath at the end of the season
World Track Cycling Championships start at Hisense Arena, Melbourne
Men’s team pursuit – GB
Men’s 15km scratch race – Ben Swift
Rain and lightning wash out the end of the Par 3 tournament at the Masters, leaving Harrington and Jonathan Byrd as the champions
Harrington becomes the first golfer to win the event three times
Apr 5
Masters first round leader – Westwood
Women’s team pursuit – GB (King, Trott, Rowsell)
Apr 6
Women’s sprint – Pendleton
Apr 7
Women’s omnium – Trott
Heineken Cup quarter-final – Edinburgh bt Toulouse
Kilmarnock 0 Celtic 6. Celtic win title for 43rd time
Boat race halted because of a swimmer in River Thames. Cambridge win the re-started race after Oxford break an oar. Alex Woods of Oxford collapses after the race
Second Test (Colombo) – England bt Sri Lanka. Pietersen 151. Swann takes 10 wickets in the match
Masters third round leader – Peter Hanson
Apr 8
Kierin – Hoy
Davis Cup (Glasgow) – Belgium bt GB
Heineken Cup quarter-final – Clermont Auvergne bt Saracens
Trenton Oldfield charged under the Public Order Act for swimming near boats in Boat Race
Pietersen to play for Delhi Daredevils in IPL
Ford World Men’s Curling Championship final (Switzerland) – Canada bt Scotland (skip – Tom Brewster)
Masters – Bubba Watson bt Oosthuizen in a play-off. 3rd equal – Westwood
Oosthuizen albatross on second hole. Holes-in-one for Bo Van Pelt and Adam Scott
Elite League play-off final – Nottingham Panthers bt Cardiff Devils
Durham MCCU bowled out for 18 by Durham
Apr 9
Irish Grand National – Lion Na Bearnai (Andrew Thornton)
Apr 10
Richard Lewis, the chairman of the Rugby Football League, is appointed chief executive at Wimbledon
Apr 11
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Kumar Sangakkara, Alistair Cook, Tim Bresnan, Glen Chapple, and Alan Richardson (Worcestershire)
Susie Wolff is named as a development driver for the Williams Formula One team
Apr 12
World Championship fourth qualifying round – Ben Woolaston bt Steve Davis, Liu Chuang bt Jimmy White
Big Buck's records 17th straight career win by landing the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree for the fourth consecutive year
BetFred Bowl – Follow The Plan (Tom Doyle)
Apr 13
Melling Chase – Finian’s Rainbow (Barry Geraghty)
Always Waining wins a third consecutive Topham Chase
Adam Hollioake embarks on a new career in mixed martial arts
Apr 14
Nico Rosberg takes his first pole position at Chinese Grand Prix
Grand National – 1st Neptune Collonges (Daryl Jacob), trained by Paul Nicholls, 2nd Sunnyhillboy, 3rd Seabass (Katie Walsh)
Synchronised and According to Pete suffer fatal injuries
Norwich 1 Man City 6 (Tevez 3)
FA Cup semi-final – Andy Carroll scores winning goal for Liverpool against Everton
Brad Jones plays in goal for Liverpool after Reina and Doni were sent off in two previous matches
Ex-Italy under-21 footballer Piermario Morosini dies following a suspected heart attack on the pitch in Serie B match
BBL Championship – Newcastle Eagles
Tyson Fury wins Irish heavyweight title
Apr 15
Chinese GP – Rosberg, Button, Hamilton
Maiden win for Rosberg. Mercedes' first victory since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix
Scottish Cup semi-final – Hearts bt Celtic
World Championship fifth qualifying round – Luca Brecel (Belgium) bt Mark King
17-year-old Brecel will become the youngest ever person to play at the Crucible
FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea 5 Spurs 1. Mata’s goal did not cross the line
Gebreselassie beats Radcliffe in head-to-head half-marathon in Vienna, in the ‘Emperor versus the Queen’ race
England Hockey League Championship men’s play-off final – Reading bt East Grinstead
England Hockey League Championship women’s play-off final – Leicester bt Reading
Arsenal beaten by Frankfurt in semi-final of Women’s Champions League
Malaysian Open – Oosthuizen
Apr 19
Force India team members are forced to flee as petrol bombs are hurled over their vehicle on their way back from the Bahrain Grand Prix track
Man Utd top football’s rich list
Rob Howley appointed as caretaker coach of Wales
Apr 20
Wales and Sheffield United striker Ched Evans jailed for five years for rape
Apr 21
Scottish Grand National – Merigo (Timmy Murphy)
World Snooker Championship. Hendry 147 against Bingham
Mark Williams says he ‘hates’ Sheffield's Crucible Theatre
Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox pitches a perfect game against the Seattle Mariners
Apr 22
Bahrain GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Grosjean
First podium finish for Grosjean
Man Utd 4 Everton 4
London Marathon. Men’s – Wilson Kipsang, Women’s – Mary Keitany, Men’s wheelchair – David Weir (sixth win), Women’s wheelchair – Shelly Woods
Fed Cup – Sweden bt GB
Rafael Nadal wins his eighth straight Monte Carlo Open
Indonesian Masters – Lee Westwood
Mark Allen accuses Cao Yupeng of dishonesty during his first-round defeat
Professional Footballers' Association's Player of the Year – Robin van Persie
PFA Young Player of the Year – Kyle Walker
China Open – Branden Grace. Third win of the year
Apr 23
Rangers are given a 12-month transfer embargo by the Scottish Football Association, which also bans owner Craig Whyte for life
Apr 24
Olympic Games football draws –
Men’s – Group A: Great Britain, Senegal, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay
Women’s – Group E: Great Britain, New Zealand, Cameroon, Brazil
Champions League semi-final – Chelsea bt Barcelona. John Terry sent off
Reanne Evans wins eighth successive women's World Championship snooker title
Ricky Ponting overtakes Rahul Dravid to become Test cricket's second-highest run-scorer
Football Writers' Association Player of the Year – Robin van Persie
Apr 25
Ding Junhui hits out at fans and conditions following his defeat by Ryan Day
Champions League semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Real Madrid
Monterrey (Mexico) retain the CONCACAF Champions League title
Apr 26
Indianapolis Colts select Andrew Luck as the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft
Terry Spinks dies
Kevin Durant (Oklahoma) wins the NBA scoring title for the third successive year
Apr 27
Chanderpaul becomes the 10th batsman in history to pass 10,000 Test runs
Pep Guardiola will stand down as Barcelona coach at the end of the season and will be replaced by assistant Tito Vilanova
British & Irish rugby union Cup – Munster A
Sophie Hitchon breaks British hammer record
Apr 28
Second round – Hendry bt Higgins
Graham Alexander scores for Preston in his 1023rd and final match before retirement
Heineken Cup semi-final – Ulster bt Edinburgh
Suarez hat-trick for Liverpool against Norwich
Lyon win French Cup final against third division Quevilly, who were seeking to become the first amateurs to lift the trophy
Champion jockey – Tony McCoy (17th successive year). 2nd Richard Johnson
Champion trainer – Paul Nicholls
Apr 29
Chelsea 6 (Torres 3) QPR 1
Heineken Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Clermont Auvergne
Women’s Premier League – Sunderland
Tour de Romandie – Bradley Wiggins
Dwain Chambers cleared to run at Olympics as the BOA loses its battle with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) over lifetime Olympic bans at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas)
Rolex Kentucky – William Fox-Pitt riding Parklane Hawk
Apr 30
Badminton Horse Trials cancelled because of heavy rain
Man City 1 (Kompany) Man Utd 0
Lucas Podolski to move from Cologne to Arsenal in the summer
May
May 1
Roy Hodgson appointed as England manager after agreeing a four-year deal
Amy Williams retires
Stephen Hendry announces his retirement after a 13-2 defeat by Stephen Maguire
Fabian Cowdrey makes debut for Kent. Son of Chris Cowdrey
May 2
Sussex bowled out for 58 by Leeds/Bradford MCCU
May 3
Old Trafford will host the final of the Rugby League World Cup in 2013
May 5
2000 Guineas – Camelot (Joseph O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Semi-finals – Carter bt Maguire, O’Sullivan bt Stevens
FA Cup final – Chelsea 2 (Ramires, Drogba) Liverpool 1 (Carroll)
Man-of-the-match – Juan Mata. Voted for by supporters
Drogba becomes first player to score in four finals
Ashley Cole gains seventh winners medal
Aviva Premiership – Harlequins finish top of the league. Newcastle finish bottom
Giro d’Italia starts in Denmark
Nigeria's top international scorer, Rashidi Yekini, dies
Kentucky Derby – I’ll Have Another
Leinster finish top of RaboDirect Pro12 league
Lionel Messi scores 73 goals in all competitions in 2011–2012 season
May 6
1000 Guineas – Homecoming Queen (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Gray Pearl was fatally injured in the stalls before the race
Scottish Players’ Player of the Year and PFA Scotland Player of the Year – Charlie Mulgrew (Celtic)
Spanish Open – Francesco Molinari
Statue of Bobby Robson unveiled at St James’ Park
May 7
Kiteboarding to replace windsurfing at 2016 Rio Olympics
Final – O’Sullivan bt Carter 18-11
Chicken draped in a Blackburn Rovers flag stops play in match against Wigan
May 8
Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Chris Robshaw
Discovery of the Season – Owen Farrell
Director of Rugby of the Season – Rob Baxter (Exeter)
Leading points scorer – Tom Homer (London Irish), 278 points
Leading try scorer – Rob Miller (Sale Sharks), 10 tries
May 9
Alison Williamson selected for archery team, and will compete at her sixth successive Olympic Games
Wayne Rooney’s horse Pippy finishes last in its first race at Chester
Europa League final (Bucharest) – Atletico Madrid bt Athletic Bilbao. Falcao, who scored the winning goal for Porto in last year’s final, scores twice. Atletico Madrid managed by Diego Simeone
FA Youth Cup final – Chelsea bt Blackburn
May 10
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic threaten to avoid next year's Madrid Open if the slippery blue clay surface remains
May 11
Barclays Manager of the Season and LMA Manager of the Year – Alan Pardew
Barclays Player of the Season – Vincent Kompany
May 12
Pastor Maldonado gains first-ever pole position at Spanish GP after Lewis Hamilton is excluded because he did not have enough fuel to return to the pits
Women’s Modern Pentathlon World Championship – Mhairi Spence (GB)
FA Trophy final – York City bt Newport County
BBL play-off final – Newcastle Eagles bt Leicester Riders
May 13
Man City 3 QPR 2. Winning goal scored by Aguero. First title since 1968
Final table – 1st Man City, 2nd Man Utd, 3rd Arsenal, 4th Spurs
Relegated – Bolton, Blackburn, Wolves
Leading scorer – Van Persie (30)
Gary Hooper scores five goals for Celtic against Hearts
Final table – 1st Celtic, 2nd Rangers, 3rd Motherwell
Leading scorer – Gary Hooper (24)
Relegated – Dunfermline
Scottish First Division – Ross County
Scottish Second Division – Cowdenbeath
Scottish Third Division – Alloa
Highland League – Forres Mechanics
FA Vase – Dunston UTS
Consortium headed by Charles Green agrees a deal to buy Rangers
Spanish GP – Maldonado, Alonso, Raikkonen
Maiden victory for Maldonado. First victory for Williams since Montoya in 2004
After the race Williams suffers a fire in its pit garage, leaving 31 people injured
Great Britain international speedway rider Lee Richardson dies following a crash in Poland
Euroleague Basketball – Olympiacos Piraeus
London's O2 Arena is to host the 2013 and 2014 Euroleague Final Fours
Players Championship (Sawgrass) – Matt Kuchar
IRB Sevens World Series – New Zealand
May 14
Alex McLeish sacked as Aston Villa manager
Carlos Tevez holds up a mock tombstone banner with the words 'R.I.P. Fergie' at Man City victory parade
ECB Cricketer of the Year – James Anderson
ECB Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Charlotte Edwards
Ruud van Nistelrooy, currently playing for Malaga, retires
May 15
Premier League 20 Seasons Awards. Manager – Ferguson. Player – Giggs
May 16
Kenny Dalglish sacked as Liverpool manager
Uncapped Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy included in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2012, captained by Steven Gerrard
May 17
Women’s Champions League final – Lyon bt Frankfurt
McCoy's Crisps Premier League Darts final – Taylor bt Whitlock
May 18
Nicola Adams, Natasha Jonas, and Savannah Marshall qualify for Olympic boxing tournament
Amlin Challenge Cup final (Twickenham Stoop) – Biarritz bt Toulon
Principality Premiership Grand Final – Pontypridd bt Llanelli
Scottish Premiership – Melrose
Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – St Mary’s College
May 19
Scottish Cup final – Hearts 5 Hibernian 1
Championship play-off final – West Ham bt Blackpool. Winning goal scored by Ricardo Vaz Te
Promoted – Reading, Southampton, West Ham
Relegated – Portsmouth, Coventry, Doncaster
Leading scorer – Rickie Lambert (Southampton), 27 goals
Champions League final (Allianz Arena, Munich) – Chelsea 1 Bayern Munich 1. Chelsea win penalty shoot-out. Goal and winning penalty scored by Drogba
Ryan Bertrand makes his debut for Chelsea
Chelsea are first new winners of Champions League since Borussia Dortmund in 1997
Heineken Cup final (Twickenham) – Leinster bt Ulster. Man of the match – Sean O’Brien
British middleweight Savannah Marshall wins gold medal at the Women's World Boxing Championships in China
Preakness Stakes – I’ll Have Another
Lawrence Okoye breaks British discus record
David Price wins vacant British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles
May 20
Blue Square Premier play-off final – York City bt Luton
Champions – Fleetwood
Jessica Ennis denied a personal best in the 100m hurdles at the Great CityGames in Manchester because only nine of the necessary 10 barriers were laid out by the organizers
World Match Play final (Finca Cortesin) – Nicolas Colsearts bt McDowell
World champion Nick Matthew beats Ramy Ashour to become the first Englishman to win the British Open squash title three times in the professional era
Women’s – Nicole David
World Ice Hockey Championships final (Helsinki) – Russia bt Slovakia
FIAT Netball Superleague Grand Final – Northern Thunder bt Surrey Storm
May 21
First Test (Lords) West Indies 243 (Broad 7-72) and 345 England 398 (Strauss 122) and 193-5. Debut for Jonny Bairstow
European Player of the Year – Rob Kearney (Leinster)
May 23
London Welsh will not be eligible for promotion to the Premiership as they have not achieved the minimum standards criteria. Newcastle will not be relegated
Joey Barton banned for 12 matches by FA
Professional Rugby Players Association player of the year – Nick Evans (Harlequins)
Young player of the year – Owen Farrell (Saracens)
May 25
Copa del Rey final – Barcelona bt Athletic Bilbao
Jack Butland (Birmingham City) replaces John Ruddy in England squad
May 26
Millennium Magic Weekend held at Etihad Stadium –
Joel Monaghan scores five tries for Warrington against Widnes
Danny Maguire scores five tries for Leeds against Bradford
League One play-off – Huddersfield bt Sheffield Utd
Promoted – Charlton, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield
Relegated – Wycombe, Chesterfield, Exeter, Rochdale
Leading scorer – Jordan Rhodes (Huddersfield), 38 goals
FA Women’s Cup final – Birmingham City bt Chelsea
European gymnastics (Montpellier) – GB win Men’s Team
Ashley Young scores only goal in Roy Hodgson’s first match as England manager, in Norway
USA 5 (Donovan 3) Scotland 1
Aviva Premiership final – Harlequins bt Leicester. Man of the match – Chris Robshaw
Greyhound Derby – Blonde Snapper
Uber Cup final – China bt South Korea
May 27
RaboDirect Pro12 Final – Ospreys bt Leinster
IPL final – Kolkata Knight Riders bt Chennai Super Kings
Man of the Series – Sunil Narine (Kolkata)
Suresh Raina becomes the only player to score 400 runs in every IPL
Wales lose to Mexico in Chris Coleman’s first game as manager
Indy 500 – Dario Franchitti
Giro d’Italia – Ryder Hesjedal. First Canadian to win a grand tour
Monaco GP – Webber, Rosberg, Alonso
Luke Donald regains world No 1 by winning BMW PGA
League Two play-off – Crewe bt Cheltenham
Promoted – Swindon, Shrewsbury, Crawley, Crewe
Relegated – Hereford, Macclesfield
Leading scorers – Akinfenwa (Northampton), Grabban (Rotherham), McLeod (Barnet), 18 goals
County Championship (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Hertfordshire
Thomas Cup final – China bt South Korea
Euro Hockey League – UHC Hamburg
May 28
Second Test (Trent Bridge) West Indies 370 (Samuels 117, Sammy 106) and 165 England 428 (Strauss 141) and 111-1
May 29
French Open first round – Virginie Razzano bt Serena Williams
May 30
Brendan Rodgers appointed as manager of Liverpool
Federer passes Jimmy Connors' record of 233 Grand Slam match wins
Championship play-off final – London Welsh bt Cornish Pirates. Played at Kassam Stadium, which London Welsh plan to share with Oxford Utd next season
May 31
Nick Compton (Somerset) scores 950 runs by end of May. Last batsman to score 1000 runs by end of May was Graeme Hick in 1988
Kevin Pietersen announces his retirement from international limited-overs cricket
Frank Lampard is out of England's Euro 2012 campaign with a thigh injury and is replaced by Jordan Henderson
Serie A – Juventus
La Liga – Real Madrid
Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund
Liga Sagres – Porto
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Montpellier (first title)
Eredivisie – Ajax
June
Jun 1
GB Taekwondo selectors choose Lutalo Muhammad over European champion Aaron Cook for London 2012
Diamond Jubilee Coronation Cup – St Nicholas Abbey
Oaks – Was (Seamie Heffernan), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Johan Santana pitches the first no-hitter in New York Mets history
Jun 2
Danny Welbeck scores his first goal for England, against Belgium
Gary Cahill breaks jaw after colliding with Joe Hart
Derby – Camelot (Joseph O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Main Sequence 3rd Astrology. Hayley Turner rode Cavaliero
Paul Lambert appointed as manager of Aston Villa
Central African Republic win their first ever World Cup qualifying match, 48 years after joining Fifa
Martyn Williams wins 100th cap for Wales
Netherlands 6 Northern Ireland 0
Jun 3
Dirk Kuyt moves from Liverpool to Fenerbache
Wales Open – Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand). Ross Fisher penalized for slow play
Martin Kelly replaces Gary Cahill in England squad. Rio Ferdinand is overlooked
BMX World Championships (Birmingham). Men’s – Sam Willoughby (Australia). Women’s – Magalie Pottier (France)
18-year-old Adam Gemili runs 100m in 10.08 seconds
Jun 4
Belgium international Eden Hazard moves from Lille to Chelsea
Jun 5
Greg Laidlaw kicks winning penalty for Scotland to gain their first win in Australia since 1982
Tony Palladino hat-trick for Derby vs Leics
Jun 6
French Open quarter-final – Ferrer bt Murray
Cardiff City confirm they will now play in red rather than their traditional blue kit
Jun 7
Chris Hughton appointed as manager of Norwich City
Semi-finals – Sara Errani (Italy) bt Stosur, Sharapova bt Kvitova
Mixed doubles final – Bhupathi and Mirza bt Gonzalez and Jans-Ignacik
Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, due to be unveiled as the new Villarreal manager, is found dead from a heart attack
Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) announce that the new Italian team that will replace Aironi Rugby in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup next season will be Zebre
Jun 8
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Ferrer, Djokovic bt Federer
Women’s doubles final – Errani and Vinci bt Kirilenko and Petrova
Poland goalkeeper Szczesny sent off in opening game of Euro 2012 against Greece
Steve Clarke appointed as manager of WBA
Jun 9
Manny Pacquiao loses his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley
Final – Sharapova bt Errani. Sharapova has now won all four Grand Slam titles
Men’s doubles final – Mirnyi and Nestor bt Bryan and Bryan
Belmont Stakes – Union Rags
Top 14 – Toulouse
Jetro Willems (Netherlands) becomes the youngest ever player to play at the Euros, at 18 years and 71 days of age
Jun 10
Tino Best hits highest score in Test cricket by a number 11 (95)
Tino Best becomes first number 11 to score 50 against England since 1906
Canadian GP – Hamilton, Grosjean, Perez
Criterium du Dauphine – Bradley Wiggins
Gordon West dies
Scandinavian Masters – Westwood
Oceania Nations Cup – Tahiti bt New Caledonia in the final, winning their first title
Jun 11
Final – Nadal bt Djokovic to win seventh French Open. First Grand Slam defeat for Djokovic since semi-final in French Open last year against Federer
Third Test (Edgbaston) West Indies 426 (Ramdin 107) England 221-5
Play only possible on two days due to rain. England win series 2-0. Man of the series – Marlon Samuels
Stanley Cup – Los Angeles Kings bt New Jersey Devils 4-2
Finals MVP – Jonathan Quick (LA Kings goaltender)
Regular season MVP – Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins)
England 1 (Lescott) France 1 (Nasri). Match played at Donbass Arena, Donetsk
Teofilio Stevenson dies
Feng Shanshan becomes the first player from China to win a major event after winning the LPGA Championship
Jun 12
Andy Zhang, aged 14, replaces Paul Casey to become youngest-ever player in US Open
Jun 13
Andy Schleck pulls out of Tour de France with fractured pelvis
Roberto di Matteo appointed as manager of Chelsea
Aegon Championship second round – Nicolas Mahut bt Murray
BT to show Premier League matches from 2013–2014 season
Jussi Jaaskelainen moves from Bolton to West Ham
Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants throws the first perfect game in the club's history
US Golf Association announces that it has renamed the US Open championship medal after Jack Nicklaus
Jun 14
Harry Redknapp sacked as manager of Spurs
Charles Green completes his purchase of Rangers’ assets
Jun 15
England 3 (Carroll, Walcott, Welbeck) Sweden 2 (Johnson o.g., Mellberg). Match played at Olympic Stadium, Kiev
Ukraine vs France match suspended due to thunderstorm
Michael Lardrup appointed as manager of Swansea City
Jun 16
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
CBE – Paul Elliott
OBE – Nick Skelton, Eddie Kidd
MBE – Luke Donald, Shane Williams, David James
Bell 126 in first ODI at Aegas Bowl
Origin Series – England bt Exiles
Jun 17
US Open (Olympic Club, San Francisco) – Webb Simpson. 2nd Graeme McDowell, Michael Thompson
Rangers replaced with 'Club 12' in SPL fixture list
David Nalbandian disqualified from Aegon Championship final after injuring line judge Andrew McDougall by kicking an advertising board into his shin. Match awarded to Marin Cilic
Doubles final – Mirnyi and Nestor bt Bryan and Bryan
British MotoGP – Jorge Lorenzo
Anthony Davidson breaks two vertebrae in accident at Le Mans. Won by Audi R18
Aegon Classic (Edgbaston) – Melanie Oudin
Jun 18
Surrey cricketer Tom Maynard dies
Jun 19
Cook 112 in second ODI
Royal Ascot. Queen Anne Stakes – Frankel
St James’s Palace Stakes – Most Improved. Kieren Fallon’s first British Group One win since 2006
England 1 (Rooney) Ukraine 0. Played in Donetsk
Marko Devic's shot was hooked clear from behind the England goal-line by John Terry
Ashley Cole sets new record of 21 appearances in tournaments for England
Final group tables –
Group A – Czech Republic, Greece, Russia, Poland
Group B – Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Netherlands
Group C – Spain, Italy, Croatia, Ireland
Group D – England, France, Ukraine, Sweden
Germany were the only team to win all three matches
Netherlands and Ireland lose all three matches
Floyd Mayweather overtakes Tiger Woods at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the 100 highest-paid sports personalities over the past year. Woods drops to third with boxer Manny Pacquiao rising to second
Jun 20
Andy Murray playing at The Boodles tournament at Stoke Park
Didier Drogba moves to Shanghai Shenhua
Prince of Wales’s Stakes – So You Think
Royal Troon to host Open in 2016
Jun 21
Gold Cup – Colour Vision (Frankie Dettori), trained by Saeed bin Suroor
NBA finals – Miami Heat bt Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1. Finals and regular season MVP – LeBron James
Rob Green moves from West Ham to QPR
Andrew Flintoff launches an expletive-ridden attack on Mike Atherton
Jun 22
Coronation Stakes – Fallen For You
Final ODI at Headingley rained off. England win series 2–0
Danish Kaneria banned for life for encouraging Mervyn Westfield to spot-fix
Shinji Kagawa moves from Borussia Dortmund to Man Utd
IRB Junior World Championship – South Africa
Jun 23
Eastbourne tournament. Men’s – Andy Roddick, Women’s – Tamira Paszek (Austria)
Diamond Jubilee Stakes – Black Caviar wins 22nd consecutive race
South Africa 14 England 14. Only the second draw between the countries with the first 106 years ago at Crystal Palace. South Africa win series 2-0
Former Northern Ireland captain Alan McDonald dies
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – John Gosden
Jun 24
T20 (Trent Bridge) – England (Hales 99) bt West Indies
Ashton Eaton breaks Roman Sebrle's world record in the decathlon
Saudi Arabia is to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympics for the first time
Olympic Trials at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham
Quarter-final (Kiev) Italy 0 England 0. Italy win 4-2 on penalties. Ashley Young and Ashley Cole missed in the penalty shoot-out
European GP (Valencia) – Alonso, Raikkonen, Schumacher
Alonso is the first driver to win two races this year
Olivier Giroud moves from Montpellier to Arsenal
Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets) is first pick in NBA Draft
British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Paul Beecher (Ireland)
British National Road Race Championships. Men – Ian Stannard, Women – Sharon Laws
Jun 25
Wimbledon first round – Elena Vesnina bt Venus Williams
Heather Watson becomes the first British woman to win a game on Centre Court since Jo Durie in 1985
Jun 27
Heather Watson becomes first British woman to reach the third round at Wimbledon since 2002
European Athletics Championships (Helsinki) –
5000m – Mo Farah
Semi-final – Spain bt Portugal
Bert van Marwijk resigns as Netherlands coach
Jun 28
Semi-final – Balotelli scores twice for Italy against Germany
Second round – Lukas Rosol (Czech Republic) bt Nadal
Jun 29
London Welsh will play in the Premiership next season after winning their appeal
Ben Foster moves from Birmingham to WBA
100m – Lemaitre
400m hurdles – Rhys Williams
High jump – Robbie Grabarz
Jun 30
Marin Cilic beats Sam Querrey in 5 hours 31 minutes, the second longest match in Wimbledon history
Yaroslava Shvedova becomes the first player to win a golden set at Wimbledon, against Sara Errani. Only other player to win a golden set is Bill Scanlon
Third round – Kohlsreiber bt Rosol
Tour de France prologue (Liege) – Cancellara
Laurent Blanc’s contract as manager of France expires
Irish Derby – Camelot
July
Jul 1
Wuxi Classic final – Walden bt Bingham, who has a 147 break in the final
Tiger Woods wins the AT&T National to break Jack Nicklaus's total of 73 PGA Tour titles. Woods has won more PGA events than any golfer bar Sam Snead, who recorded 82 victories on the Tour
Usain Bolt beaten by Yohan Blake in 100m and 200m at the Jamaican Olympic trials
Irish Open – Jamie Donaldson
Final (Kiev) – Spain 4 Italy 0
Man-of-the-match – Iniesta
Golden boot – Torres
Jul 2
Di Nitale (Italy) was only player to score against Spain at Euro 2012
Andres Iniesta is named player of Euro 2012 by Uefa
For France 2016, the number of teams competing will rise from 16 to 24
Bradford Bulls make their entire coaching staff redundant as they look to find a way out of administration
Fourth round – Lisicki bt Sharapova
Jul 3
Marussia F1 team test driver Maria de Villota crashes into the back of a support truck at Duxford Airfield
Andre Villas-Boas appointed as manager of Spurs
Jenny Meadows has her 800m silver medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships upgraded to gold after Yevgenia Zinurova is banned for doping
Jul 4
Jonathan Marray becomes the first Briton to reach the Wimbledon men's doubles semi-finals for 35 years
Corinthians win Copa Libertadores for the first time
Rangers newco refused SPL entry
State of Origin – Queensland bt New South Wales
Jul 5
Serena Williams sets a new Wimbledon women's record of 24 aces
Semi finals – Serena Williams bt Azarenka, Radwanska bt Kerber
Goal-line technology approved by the International Football Association Board. Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems pass Fifa’s criteria for use
Mark Ramprakash retires
Pavel Pogrebnyak moves from Fulham to Reading
Jul 6
Semi-finals – Federer bt Djokovic, Murray bt Tsonga
Louis van Gaal appointed as manager of Netherlands
British Greco-Roman wrestler Myroslav Dykun given a two-year ban after a failed drugs test
Jul 7
Final – Serena Williams bt Radwanska. Fifth Wimbledon title
Men’s doubles final – Marray and Nielsen (Denmark) bt Lindstedt and Tecau. First British doubles winner since 1936
Women’s doubles final – Williams and Williams bt Hlavackova and Hradecka. Fifth Wimbledon title
Coral-Eclipse – Nathaniel
Madrid Masters golf tournament cancelled due to the financial crisis
Jul 8
Final – Federer bt Murray to win seventh Wimbledon and 17th grand slam title. Federer regains world number one title
Murray is first British finalist since Bunny Austin in 1938
Mixed doubles final – Mike Bryan and Raymond bt Paes and Vesnina
British GP – Webber, Alonso, Vettel
Ryan Giggs named as GB captain for the Olympics
French Open – Marcel Siem (Germany)
Jul 9
Park Ji-sung moves from Man Utd to QPR
Gavin Henson signs for London Welsh
Jul 10
England beat Australia 4-0 in ODI series
Gianfranco Zola replaces Sean Dyche as manager of Watford
Mark Boucher retires from international cricket
Jul 11
World Junior Athletics Championships (Barcelona) 100m – Adam Gemili
Jul 12
John Terry found not guilty of racial abuse
SFL vote Rangers newco into Division Three
Brett Lee retires from international cricket
Pietersen 234 for Surrey against Lancs
Jul 13
World Junior Athletics Championships. Women’s long jump – Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB)
Jul 14
David Haye defeats Dereck Chisora in a fight sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation at Upton Park
Danny Garcia bt Amir Khan
Wiggins becomes the first British rider to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France for seven days
Jul 15
Australian Goldfields Open final – Hawkins bt Ebdon to claim his maiden ranking event title
Speedway World Cup (Sweden) – Denmark
Scottish Open – Jeev Milkha Singh
Bradley Wiggins is christened ‘Le Gentleman’ by the French media after the race came under attack from saboteurs throwing tacks on the road and Wiggins slowed the peloton in order to help Cadel Evans
Jul 16
Dundee invited to replace Rangers in the SPL
Federer beats Sampras’s record of 286 weeks as world number one
Jul 21
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Danedream
The Open – hole-in-one for Anirban Lahari
Jul 22
The Open (Royal Lytham & St Annes) – Ernie Els. 2nd Adam Scott, who bogeyed the last four holes
Silver medal not awarded as no amateurs make the cut
2013 tournament will be held at Muirfield
German GP – Alonso, Button, Raikkonen
Tour de France – Wiggins (Team Sky). 2nd Froome. 3rd Vincenzo Nibali
First British rider to win
Cavendish wins final stage for fourth consecutive year
Points – Peter Sagan
King of the Mountains – Thomas Voeckler
Young Rider – Tejey van Garderen
Team – RadioShack-Nissan
Grand Depart for 2013 Tour will be in Corsica
Jul 23
First Test (The Oval) England 385 (Cook 115) and 240 South Africa 637-2 (Smith 131, Amla 311 n.o., Kallis 182 n.o.)
Dean Court in Bournemouth to be known as the Goldsands Stadium
Jul 24
Scott Styris 100 off 37 balls for Sussex again Gloucestershire in T20 quarter-final. Gloucestershire's James Fuller concedes 38 runs from one over
Jul 25
Bradford Bulls handed a six-point deduction by the Rugby Football League for entering administration
British horse racing trials metric measures at Sandown
GB 1 (Stephanie Houghton) New Zealand 0. Opening women’s football match of Olympics played at Millennium Stadium
North Korea women’s football team walk off the pitch at Hampden Park after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean flag
Jul 26
GB 1 (Bellamy) Senegal 1. Match played at Old Trafford
Tim Cahill moves to New York Red Bulls
Snooker player Joe Jogia banned following a probe into suspicious betting patterns
Fabio Capello appointed as manager of Russia
Irish FA announce Danske Bank as the new title sponsor of the league, which will now be named the Danske Bank Premiership
Jul 27
Kelly Holmes heads BT’s team of London 2012 Ambassadors
Olympic Opening Ceremony. GB athletes at training camp in Portugal. Ceremony started by Bradley Wiggins ringing a bell. Independent Olympic athletes – 3 from Netherlands Antilles, 1 from South Sudan. 204 nations. Cast member marches with Indian team. Flag bearers – Hoy, Sharapova, Bolt, Djokovic, Semenya, Katie Taylor (Ireland), Wawrinka, Mirnyi, Hellebut, Simon Whitfield, Baghdatis, Radwanska, Luciana Aymar (Argentina). Kirani James, Kim Collins, Kirsty Coventry. USA uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren and made in China. First women athletes from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei. Sarah Stevenson takes Athletes Oath. Last torch bearer – Redgrave. Cauldron of 204 copper petals designed by Thomas Heatherwick and lit by seven young athletes
26 sports encompassing 39 disciplines. 302 events. 10,490 athletes
Youngest competitor – Adzo Kpossi, a swimmer from Togo
Legally blind archer Im Dong-hyan from South Korea breaks first world record at Olympics
Jack Taylor dies
Jul 28
Yi Siling of China wins the first gold medal of the Olympics with victory in the women's 10m air rifle at the Royal Artillery Barracks
Men’s road race – Vinikourov
400m individual medley – Lochte. 4th Phelps
Women’s 400m individual medley – Ye Shiwen, who swam the last 50m faster than Ryan Lochte
Ledley King retires
Jul 29
Women’s road race – Vos. Silver – Armitstead. First GB medal
Women’s 400m freestyle – Muffat (France). Bronze – Adlington
North Korean weightlifter Om Yun Choi lifts three times his own bodyweight
Hungarian GP – Hamilton, Raikkonen, Grosjean
Betfair World Matchplay (Blackpool) – Taylor bt Wade to win his 13th title
Senior British Open – Fred Couples
Jul 30
Men’s team gymnastics. Bronze – GB (Smith, Whitlock, Thomas, Oldham, Purvis). Japan win silver medal after appeal
Synchronized diving. 4th Daley / Waterfield
200m freestyle – Yannick Agnel (France)
Women’s 100m breaststroke – Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania), who attends the same Plymouth college as Tom Daley and is coached by John Rudd
Women’s 100m backstroke – Missy Franklin (USA)
Spain protest after last minute ‘goal’ disallowed in water polo match against Croatia, when it was ruled that the ball had not crossed the line
South Korea fencer Shin A-lam remains on the piste for 75 minutes following a controversial defeat
British Speedway Championship – Scott Nicholls
Jul 31
Three day eventing team. Silver – GB (Phillips, King, Cook, Wilson, Fox-Pitt). Medals presented by Princess Royal. Individual gold – Michael Jung (Germany)
Zara Phillips rode High Kingdom
Second round – Tsonga bt Raonic 25-23 in final set of longest-ever Olympic match
200m butterfly – Chad Le Clos (South Africa). Silver – Phelps. Le Clos’s father Bert interviewed by Clare Balding
Phelps wins 19th Olympic medal, gold in 4x200m relay
GB 1 (Stephanie Houghton) Brazil 0
Nasser Al-Attiyah, who won the Dakar Rally in 2011, wins a bronze medal for Qatar in skeet shooting
August
Aug 1
Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified with ‘not using one's best efforts to win a match’. Two pairs from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia
Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win GB’s first gold medal, in women’s pair. First British women to win gold in rowing since 1976
Men’s eights – Germany. Bronze – GB, including Greg Searle and Alex Partridge
Time trial (Hampton Court) – Wiggins. Silver – Tony Martin. Bronze – Chris Froome
Wiggins becomes Britain’s most decorated Olympian with seven medals
100m freestyle – Nathan Adrian (USA)
200m breaststroke – Daniel Gyurta (Hungary). Silver – Michael Jamieson
Women’s time trial – Kristin Armstrong (USA)
Steven Pienaar leaves Spurs to rejoin Everton
Sussex Stakes – Frankel
Aug 2
Men’s lightweight four. Silver – GB. Richard and Peter Chambers become first British brothers to win an Olympic medal since Searle brothers in 1996
Double Trap – Peter Wilson. Coached by Sheikh Al Maktoum of Dubai
Canoe Slalom – Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott. Silver – David Florence and Richard Hounslow. Bronze – Hochshorner brothers
Judo 78kg – Kayla Harrison (USA). Silver – Gemma Gibbons, coached by Kate Howey
Pendleton and Varnish relegated in women’s sprint against Ukraine. Germany win gold medal after China relegated in final
Men’s team sprint – GB (Hindes, Kenny, Hoy)
Hindes deliberately crashed after a slow start in a qualifying race to get a restart
200m individual medley – Phelps becomes first man to win same swimming event at three consecutive Olympics
Women's individual all-around – Gabby Douglas (USA)
Azerbaijan bantamweight Magomed Abdulhamidov knocked down six times by Japan's Satoshi Shimizu, only for the Turkmenistan referee to ignore each one
Goodwood Cup – Saddler’s Rock
Aug 3
Women’s double sculls – Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger
Men’s pair. Bronze – George Nash and Will Satch
Single sculls. Bronze – Alan Campbell
Judo heavyweight (+78kg). Bronze – Karina Bryant
Semi-final – Federer bt Del Potro 19-17 in final set. Match lasted 4 hours 26 minutes
Men’s team pursuit – GB
Keirin – Pendleton
Women’s 200m backstroke – Missy Franklin. 4th Lizzie Simmonds
Missy Franklin wins four gold medals
Women’s 800m freestyle – Katie Ledecky (USA). Bronze – Adlington
Women’s football quarter-final – Canada bt GB
Men’s trampoline – Dong Dong (China)
First track final – women’s 10,000m, won by Tirunesh Dibaba
Niger rower Hamadou Djibo Issaka completes the 2000m course in just under 9 minutes
Guam judoka Ricardo Blas Jr, who weighs 218 kg (480 lb), is beaten in the last 16
Aug 4
Women’s singles final – Serena Williams bt Sharapova
Men’s doubles final – Bryan and Bryan bt Tsonga and Llodra
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce retains women’s 100m title. Silver – Jeter. Bronze – Campbell-Brown
Canadian showjumper Ian Millar sets a new record for Olympic appearances by taking part in his 10th Games
Coxless four – GB (Gregory, James, Reed, Triggs-Hodge)
Women’s lightweight double sculls – Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking
Lightweight double sculls – Denmark. Silver – Purchase and Hunter. The race was stopped when Purchase's seat broke but the pair were allowed to restart as it happened within 100m of the start
Women’s team pursuit final – GB (King, Roswell, Trott) bt USA
Women’s triathlon – Nicola Spirig (Switzerland). Silver – Lisa Norden (Sweden), who was given the same time
Heptathlon – Jessica Ennis (6955 points)
Long jump – Greg Rutherford (8.31m). 6th Chris Tomlinson
10000m – Mo Farah. Silver – Galen Rupp (USA)
Erick Barrando wins Guatemala’s first-ever Olympic medal, silver in 20km walk
Phelps wins 18th gold medal, in 4x100m medley relay, his last Olympic race
Men’s football quarter-final – South Korea bt GB. Aaron Ramsey scored and missed penalties in normal time. Sturridge missed penalty in shoot-out
GB win six gold medals on ‘super Saturday’
Super Rugby final – Chiefs bt Sharks
Man Utd sign shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet
Aug 5
Women’s doubles final – Williams and Williams bt Hlavackova and Hradecka
Men’s singles final – Murray bt Federer
Mixed doubles final – Mirnyi and Azarenka bt Murray and Robson
Star. Silver – Percy and Simpson
Finn – Ainslie. Silver – Jonas Hogh-Christensen (Denmark)
Pommel horse – Krisztian Berki (Hungary). Silver – Louis Smith. Bronze – Max Whitlock
Omnium – Lasse Hansen (Denmark). Bronze – Ed Clancy
Events in omnium – Flying lap, Points race, Elimination race, Individual pursuit, Scratch race, Time trial
Russia's Elena Savelyeva becomes the first woman to win an Olympic boxing match
Natasha Jonas becomes the first British woman to win an Olympic boxing match
Women’s marathon – Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia)
Women’s 400m – Sanya Richards-Ross. Silver – Ohuruogu
100m – Bolt (9.63 seconds). Silver – Blake. Bronze – Gatlin. Seven men went under 10 seconds, with only the injured Asafa Powell failing to break that mark
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Keegan Bradley
General Motors strikes a $559 million marketing deal with Manchester United
Aug 6
Uneven bars. Bronze – Tweddle
Pavlos Kontides wins the first Olympic medal in Cyprus’s history, silver in Laser class
Team show jumping – GB (Charles, Skelton, Maher, Brash) bt Netherlands in jump-off. First gold since 1952
Nick Skelton (aged 54) competing at his sixth Olympic Games, riding Big Star
Peter Charles rode for Ireland between 1992 and 2007
Sprint – Jason Kenny
Lightweight quarter-final – Katie Taylor bt Natasha Jonas
Kirani James wins the first Olympic medal in Grenada’s history, gold in 400m
400m hurdles – Felix Sanchez
Stephan Feck (Germany) lands on his back in the 3m springboard competition
Strauss – 7000 Test runs
Second Test (Headingley) South Africa 419 (Petersen 182) and 258 England 425 (Pietersen 139) and 130-4. Debut for James Taylor
Aug 7
Triathlon – Alistair Brownlee. Silver – Gomez (Spain). Bronze – Jonathan Brownlee
RS:X windsurfing. Silver – Nick Dempsey
Team dressage – GB (Hester, Bechtolsheimer, Dujardin)
Damon Hill ridden by Helen Langehanenberg (Germany) in dressage wins silver medal
Omnium – Laura Trott. Silver – Sarah Hammer (USA)
Sprint – Anna Meares. Silver – Pendleton
Kierin – Hoy
High jump. Bronze – Robbie Grabarz
1500m – Makhloufi (Algeria), who was reinstated after being disqualified for not trying in a heat of the 800m
Women’s 100m hurdles – Sally Pearson. Silver – Dawn Harper
Discus – Robert Harting (Germany), who celebrated by ripping the shirt off his chest, and jumping over a number of hurdles
Horizontal bar – Epke Zonderland (Netherlands)
Seven Cameroon athletes desert their Olympic squad
Santi Cazorla moves from Malaga to Arsenal
Aug 8
Show jumping individual – Steve Guerdat (Switzerland)
Women’s 200m – Allyson Felix
Cuban pole vaulter Lazaro Borges’s pole breaks in three during qualifying
Women’s hockey semi-final – Argentina bt GB
May-Treanor and Walsh win women’s beach volleyball for third consecutive Olympics
110m hurdles – Aries Merritt
Women’s long jump – Brittney Reese
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – Sporting Kansas City bt Seattle Sounders
Aug 9
Nicola Adams becomes the first woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal, in the flyweight competition
Individual dressage – Charlotte Dujardin, riding Valergo. Bronze – Laura Bechtolsheimer
800m – David Rudisha, in world record time. Silver – Nigel Amos, winning Botswana’s first-ever Olympic medal
200m – Bolt. Silver – Blake. Bronze – Weir. Jamaican clean sweep
Men’s hockey semi-final – Netherlands 9 GB 2
Women’s football final – USA bt Japan. Winning goal scored by Carli Lloyd, who also scored the winning goal in the 2008 final
Lightweight boxing – Katie Taylor (Ireland)
Taekwondo -68kg. Nikpai (Afghanistan) bt Martin Stamper in bronze medal match
Women’s taekwondo -57 kg – Jade Jones. Youngest GB gold medal winner
American runner Manteo Mitchell runs the last 200m of the men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg
Sarah Attar, the first female Saudi Arabian track and field athlete at the Olympic Games, runs in the 800m
Japanese female freestyle wrestlers Kaori Icho and Saori Yoshida both win their third successive gold medals
Aug 10
Men’s 470 – Australia. Silver – Like Patience and Stuart Bithell
Women’s 470 – New Zealand. Silver – Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark
Men’s 10km marathon swim – Ous Mellouli (Tunisia), the first swimmer to win Olympic medals in the pool and open water
Women’s hockey. Bronze – GB. Captain – Kate Walsh
All hockey games played at the Riverbank Arena
Taekwondo -80 kg. Bronze – Lutalo Muhammad
Middleweight. Bronze – Anthony Ogogo
Women’s 1500m – Asli Alptekin. Turkey's first ever track and field Olympic gold medal
Bahraini runner Mariam Jamal becomes the first Gulf female athlete to receive a medal, winning the bronze medal in the 1500m
Men’s 4x400m relay – Bahamas
GB disqualified from men’s 4x100m relay
Women’s 4x100m – USA, breaking the world record had been set 27 years previously by East German. Anchor leg run by Jeter
Pole vault – Renaud Lavillenie (France)
Juventus coach Antonio Conte is banned for 10 months due to his alleged role in match-fixing
Aug 11
Men’s K1 200m – Ed McKeever
Men’s K1 200m double – Russia. Bronze – Liam Heath and John Schofield
Men’s hockey bronze medal match – Australia bt GB. Captain – Barry Middleton
Men’s football final – Mexico 2 (Peralta 2) Brazil 1 (Hulk). Referee – Mark Clattenburg
5000m – Mo Farah
Men’s javelin – Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago)
Allyson Felix wins third gold medal, in 4x400m relay
Bantamweight – Luke Campbell. Silver – Joe Nevin (Ireland)
10m platform – David Boudin (USA). Bronze – Tom Daley
Daley allowed a re-dive due to flash photography
Rangers draw at Peterhead in first match in Scottish League Division Three
Aug 12
Marathon – Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda)
Welterweight. Silver – Fred Evans
Superheavyweight final – Anthony Joshua beat reigning Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy
Men’s basketball final – USA bt Spain
Women’s modern pentathlon. Silver – Samantha Murray. Final event of the Olympics
Modern pentathlon – fencing, swimming (200m), horse riding, combined running (3km) / shooting
Final medal table – 1st USA (46-29-29) 104 2nd China (38-27-23) 88 3rd GB (29-17-19) 65 4th Russia (24-26-32) 82
54 countries won gold medals. 85 countries won medals
44 world records broken
Seb Coe appointed as Legacy Ambassador
Pietersen dropped for third Test for sending derogatory test messages about England colleagues to South African players. Replaced by Jonny Bairstow
Community Shield (Villa Park) Man City 3 Chelsea 2
Sid Waddell dies
US PGA (Kiawah Island) – McIlroy -13. 2nd David Lynn -5
Jack Rodwell moves from Everton to Man City
Aug 13
Belarusian women's shot put gold medallist Nadzeya Ostapchuk is stripped of her title after failing a doping test. New Zealand's Valerie Adams, who was second, is awarded gold
Colin Moynihan steps down as chairman of BOA
Shay Given retires from international football after 125 appearances
Michael Dokes dies
Aug 14
Keshorn Walcott has a lighthouse named after him
Capital One Cup first round – Portsmouth play 10 teenagers against Plymouth
Derby 5 Scunthorpe 5
Aug 15
England 2 Italy 1. Match played in Berne
Felix Hernandez pitches the 23rd perfect game in Major League Baseball history for the Seattle Mariners
Aug 16
Strauss – 100 Test matches
Onions 9-67 for Durham vs Notts. Onions ran out the tenth batsman
Van Persie moves from Arsenal to Man Utd for £24 million
Bjorn, Clarke and McGinley named as vice-captains for Ryder Cup
Premier League referees body Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMO) signs sponsor deal with Expedia
Aug 17
Rio Ferdinand found guilty of improper conduct for describing Ashley Cole as a ‘choc ice’
Aug 18
Tri-Nations expanded to include Argentina and now known as the Rugby Championship
First goal in Premier League – Michu (Swansea)
Premier League shirt sponsors. Stoke – Bet365, Southampton – aap3, Sunderland – Invest in Africa, WBA – Zoopla
Rotherham Utd play first match at the New York Stadium
Arlington Million – Little Mike
Aug 19
Strauss breaks the record of most catches for England (120) held by Ian Botham and Colin Cowdrey
Women’s Baseball World Cup (Edmonton) – Japan
Aug 20
Third Test (Lords) South Africa 309 and 351 (Amla 121) England 315 and 294 (Philander 5-30)
South Africa win series 2-0 and replace England at top of world rankings
Men of the series – Prior and Amla
Song moves from Arsenal to Barcelona
Augusta National Golf Club allows first female members – Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore
2013 Rowing World Cup regatta to be held at Eton Dorney
Aug 21
Adebayor moves from Man City to Spurs
Aug 22
Juddmonte International – Frankel
Ravi Bopara guests for Gloucestershire against South Africa
Aug 24
Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
Victor Moses moves from Wigan to Chelsea
Steven Fletcher moves from Wolves to Sunderland
Adam Johnson moves from Man City to Sunderland
Kevin Pietersen to work as a pundit for ESPN Star during World Twenty20
Aug 25
British Speedway GP (Millennium Stadium) – Chris Holder
Challenge Cup final – Warrington bt Leeds. Lance Todd Trophy – Brett Hodgson
Van Persie scores first goal for Man Utd, against Fulham
Friends Life t20 finals (Cardiff). Semi-finals – Yorkshire bt Sussex, Hampshire bt Somerset. Final – Hampshire bt Yorkshire
Jiminez named as fourth vice-captain for Ryder Cup
Aug 26
U19 Cricket World Cup final – India bt Australia
Johnnie Walker Championship (Gleneagles) – Paul Lawrie
Cal Crutchlow finishes third in Czech Republic MotoGP to become the first British rider to gain a podium finish in a premier-class event since Jeremy McWilliams in 2000
15-year-old amateur Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins the Canadian Women's Open, becoming the youngest ever winner on the LPGA Tour
Aug 27
Ian Poulter and Nicolas Colsaerts receive the two wildcard picks for the Ryder Cup
Luka Modric moves from Spurs to Real Madrid
Aug 28
Amla 150 in second ODI. South Africa go top of ICC one-day rankings
Johanna Konta (GB) reaches US Open second round. Born in Sydney to Hungarian parents
Aug 29
Paralympic Games open. 4280 athletes from 164 countries competing in 20 different sports and 503 events
Three Paralympic athletes from Jordan sent home
Second round – Robson bt Clijsters
Strauss resigns as England captain and is replaced by Cook
Aug 30
China win first gold medal
Track cyclist Mark Colbourne wins GB’s first medal (silver)
Sarah Storey wins GB’s first gold medal
Jonathan Fox wins GB’s first swimming gold medal
Kylie Grimes (GB) is one of two women, the other being Bieke Ketelbuters of the Belgian team, competing on Wheelchair rugby teams at the Paralympics
Martine Wright represents GB in sitting volleyball. Wright lost both of her legs in the Aldgate underground explosion in the 7/7 London bombings in 2005
Montpellier, Malaga, and FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark) appear in the group stages of the Champions League for the first time
Aug 31
Jody Cundy tells officials they are “ruining my life” after being disqualified from C4-C5 1km time trial
400m S8. Silver – Oliver Hynd. Bronze – Sam Hynd, his younger brother
Sheffield United announce that the Bramall Lane stand will be renamed The Jessica Ennis Stand
Scott Sinclair moves from Swansea to Man City
Berbatov moves from Man Utd to Fulham
Charlie Adam moves from Liverpool to Stoke
Nigel de Jong moves from Man City to AC Milan
Rafael van der Vaart moves from Spurs to Hamburg
Nicklas Bendtner loaned to Juventus
Third round – Robson bt Li Na to become the first British woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for 14 years
European Super Cup (Monaco) – Atletico Madrid bt Chelsea
September
Sep 1
T42 200m – Richard Whitehead. Whitehead was unable to compete in the marathon as there was no category for leg amputees and was refused permission to compete against upper body amputees and so had to turn to sprinting to compete at the 2012 Paralympics
T37 800m – Michael McKillop (Ireland)
1km time trial B – Neil Fachie, with sighted pilot Barney Storey (Sarah Storey’s husband)
Harlequins 42 Wasps 40. Match played at Twickenham
Alex Ferguson celebrates his 1000th league game in charge of Man Utd
Sep 2
Oscar Pistorius apologises for his comments following his loss in the Paralympic T44 200m final. He claimed Brazilian gold medallist Alan Oliveira's longer blade length enabled him to increase his stride and gain an unfair advantage
Jessica-Jane Applegate, aged 16, wins first GB gold in intellectually disabled class, in swimming
Table tennis class 7. Silver – Will Bayley
Mixed coxed four win gold, GB’s only rowing medal in Paralympics
Aled Davies wins gold in F42 discus and bronze in F42 shot put
Belgian GP – Button, Vettel, Raikkonen
Grosjean receives one-race ban for causing an accident
Van Persie hat-trick against Southampton
Wigan pull off the greatest comeback in Super League history to beat Hull KR and win the League Leaders' Shield
London Welsh lose to Leicester in their first match in the Premiership
European Masters – Richie Ramsay
Burghley horse trials – Andrew Nicholson, riding Avebury
Fourth round – Stosur bt Robson
Man City footballer Courtney Meppen-Walter arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving
Sep 3
T53 100m – Mickie Bushell
T37 1500m – Michael McKillop. The medal was presented to him by his mother, Catherine McKillop, an ambassador of Procter & Gamble
Sep 4
Dressage rider Sophie Christiansen becomes the first person to win three gold medals at 2012 Paralympics
Natasha Baker wins two gold medals in dressage
Women’s individual compound archery – Danielle Brown, who won a gold medal in the women's team compound event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
S8 100m backstroke – Heather Frederiksen
Jerome D'Ambrosio will replace the suspended Romain Grosjean for Lotus at the Italian Grand Prix
Qing Hua will become the first Chinese driver to compete in an official F1 competition when he takes over from India's Narain Karthikeyan for the qualifying session
Warren Gatland named as head coach for Lions tour of Australia
US wildcard picks for Ryder Cup – Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, and Brandt Snedeker
Worcs bowled out for 60 by Warwicks in County Championship
Sep 5
Alex Zanardi wins gold medals in H4 road race and time trial at Brands Hatch
Quad doubles. Silver – Peter Norfolk and Andrew Lapthorne. Held at Eton Manor in Leyton
Women’s T11 100m – Terezinha Guilhermina (Brazil). Brazil win all three medals
Quarter-final – Berdych bt Federer
ODI series tied 2-2. England regain top spot in world rankings
Lord John Oaksey dies
Andy Roddick retires
Sep 6
Sarah Storey wins fourth Paralympic gold medal in London, in the road race
Jacqueline Freney (Australia) wins eight gold medals in London in swimming
Jessica Long (USA) wins five gold medals in London in swimming
S7 400m freestyle – Josef Craig, aged15
Hannah Cockroft wins T34 100m and 200m
100m T44 – Jonnie Peacock
Mixed doubles final – Soares and Makarova bt Matkowski and Peschke
Sep 7
T13 100m and 200m – Jason Smyth (Ireland)
Natalie Du Toit retires after winning three gold medals, 13 in total
Men’s doubles final – Bryan and Bryan bt Paes and Stepanek. 12th Grand Slam title
Semi-finals – Azarenka bt Sharapova, Serena Williams bt Errani
Moldova 0 England 5 in opening game of 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign
Samsung Diamond League ends in Brussels. Aries Merritt sets a new world record of 12.80 seconds in the 110m hurdles
Overall winners –
Men’s 100m – Usain Bolt
Men’s 200m – Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica)
Men’s 400m – Kevin Borlee
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Women’s 200m – Charonda Williams
Women’s 400m – Amantle Montsho
British winner – Robbie Grabarz
Sep 8
Ellie Simmonds wins 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze in S6 class
Stephanie Millward wins 4 silvers and 1 bronze in S9 class
Football 5-a-side (athletes with visual impairment) – Brazil
Men’s wheelchair basketball – Canada
Women’s wheelchair basketball – Germany
400m T44 – Oscar Pistorius
Mixed road race T1-2 – David Stone, riding a tricycle
Semi-final – Murray bt Berdych
Sep 9
Wheelchair rugby – Australia. Ryley Batt scores 37 goals in the final against Canada
David Weir wins gold medals in T54 800m, 1500m, 5000m, and marathon
T54 women’s marathon. Silver – Shelly Woods
Final gold medal won by Russia in football 7-a-side (athletes with cerebral palsy)
Final medal table – 1st China (95-71-65) 231 2nd Russia (36-38-28) 102 3rd GB (34-43-43) 120
Women’s doubles final – Errani and Vinci bt Hlavackova and Hradecka
Semi-final – Djokovic bt Ferrer
KLM Open – Peter Hanson
Tour of Spain – Contador. 4th Froome
Italian GP – Hamilton, Perez, Alonso
Minor Counties final – Cornwall bt Bucks
Belgian Eddy Merckx becomes three-cushion billiards UMB world champion
FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship – Antonio Cairoli (Italy)
Sep 10
Final – Murray bt Djokovic in five sets
Sep 11
Serbia 6 Wales 1
Charles van Commenee to step down as UK Athletics head coach
Rehman 9-65 for Somerset vs Worcs
Sep 12
England bt South Africa to tie Twenty20 series 1-1. Kiewsetter 50 off 32 balls, Buttler 32 off 10 balls. Wayne Parnell concedes 32 runs in an over
Andalucía Masters cancelled due to the financial crisis
Sep 13
Sid Watkins dies
Ricky Hatton to make a comeback
Sep 14
LV= County Championship – Warwickshire. Captain – Jim Troughton
Relegated – Lancashire, Worcestershire
Most runs – Nick Compton
Most wickets – Graham Onions
Promoted – Derbyshire, Yorkshire
Women’s British Open scores scrapped due to high winds
Sep 15
Amir Khan splits from trainer Freddie Roach
CB40 final – Hampshire 244-5 bt Warwicks 244-7. Hampshire captain – Jimmy Adams
Scholes makes 700th appearance for Man Utd
St Leger – Encke (Mickael Barzalona), trained by Mahmood Al Zarooni. 2nd Camelot
Arsenal 6 Southampton 1
ICC Awards. Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year – Sangakkara, ODI Player of the Year – Virat Kohli
Women’s county championship – Kent
Indy Car series title – Ryan Hunter-Reay
Sep 16
Women’s British Open (Hoylake) – Shin Jiyai
Ulster rugby player Nevin Spence killed in a slurry tank accident
Great North Run. Men’s – Wilson Kipsang. Women’s – Tirunesh Dibaba
Tour of Britain – Jonathan Tiernan-Locke. First British winner since Robert Millar in 1989. Race leader wears Gold Jersey
Team time trial held for first time at World Cycling Championships, held in Netherlands
London Welsh gain first-ever victory in the Premiership, against Exeter
Italian Open – Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Cricket Writers' Club young cricketer of the year – Joe Root (Yorkshire)
Sep 18
Ajantha Mendis 6-8 for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in opening match of T20 World Cup
Joe Root and Nick Compton included in England squad to tour India. Pietersen omitted
Women’s time trial – Judith Arndt
Ibrahimovic scores for PSG against Dynamo Kiev to become the first man to score for six clubs in the Champions League
Sep 19
Men’s time trial – Tony Martin
Oscar scores twice on Chelsea debut against Juventus
Sep 20
PCA player of the year – Nick Compton
PCA young player of the year – Joe Root
Clyde the thistle is the 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot. Designed by 12-year-old Beth Gilmour
Sep 21
Brendon McCullum hits the highest score in Twenty20 international history (123) for New Zealand against Bangladesh
Luke Wright 99 for England against Afghanistan
Laura Robson becomes the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1990 to reach a WTA singles final
Sep 22
Guangzhou Open final – Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) bt Robson. Sara Gomer was the last Briton to win a WTA singles title in 1988
Women’s road race – Marianne Vos
Harry Pilling dies
Sep 23
Men’s road race – Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
Shanghai Masters final – Higgins bt Trump
Former heavyweight world boxing champion Corrie Sanders dies after being shot during an armed robbery in South Africa
England bowled out for 80 by India. Harbhajan Singh 4-12
John Terry retires from international football
Singapore GP – Vettel, Button, Alonso
PGA Tour Championship – Brandt Snedeker
The player with the most points after the Tour Championship wins the FedEx Cup itself and $10 million. Won by Brandt Snedeker
All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final – Donegal bt Mayo
Sep 24
Cricket World Cup matches played in Colombo and Pallekele
Will Porterfield (Ireland) out first ball in last three consecutive outings against Test nations
Sep 25
The organizing committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi adopts the slogan ‘Hot. Cool. Yours.’. Mascots – polar bear, hare, and leopard
Sep 26
Jerome Sinclair becomes youngest-ever Liverpool player, aged 16 years 6 days
John Bond dies
Sep 27
Sri Lanka bt New Zealand in super over
John Terry banned for four matches and fined £220,000 by the FA for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand
Sep 28
Lewis Hamilton signs a three-year deal with Mercedes to replace Michael Schumacher from next season, and will be replaced by Sergio Perez at McLaren
Super League semi-final – Leeds bt Wigan
Steve Kean resigns as manager of Blackburn
Sep 29
Olly Barkley moves from Bath to Racing Metro 92
Suarez hat-trick for Liverpool against Norwich
Super League semi-final – Warrington bt St Helens
Cambridgeshire – Bronze Angel
AFL Grand Final – Sydney Swans bt Hawthorn
Sep 30
Championship Grand Final – Sheffield Eagles bt Featherstone Rovers
Ryder Cup (Medinah Country Club, Illinois) – Europe 14 ½ USA 13 ½
Winning putt holed by Kaymer against Stricker. Europe 10-6 down after two days
Final match between Woods and Molinari only match to be halved
McIlroy almost missed his tee time after confusion over time zones
Bubba Watson encouraged the crowd to cheer all the way through his tee shot
Top points scorer – Ian Poulter (4)
Zero points – Steve Stricker, Peter Hanson
FA WSL (Women’s Super League) – Arsenal
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
All-Ireland Hurling Final replay – Kilkenny bt Galway
NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
October
Oct 1
West Indies bt New Zealand in super over
England knocked out by Sri Lanka (Malinga 5-31)
Man of Steel – Sam Tomkins (Wigan)
Zydrunas Savickas (Lithuania) wins his third World’s Strongest Man title. 7th – Terry Hollands (UK)
Oct 2
Samaras scores winning goal as Celtic win first ever away match in Champions League, against Spartak Moscow
Super Eights final tables –
Group 1 – Sri Lanka, West Indies, England, New Zealand
Group 2 – Australia, Pakistan, India, South Africa
Superbike World Championship – Max Biaggi. 2nd Tom Sykes (GB)
Oct 3
Pietersen signs a four-month England contract
Peter Ridsdale disqualified from acting as a company director
Oct 4
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera becomes the first player in 45 years to win Major League Baseball's Triple Crown. Cabrera tops the three tables for batting average, home runs, and producing runs
Semi-final – Sri Lanka bt Pakistan
Oct 5
Semi-final – West Indies bt Australia
Ashley Cole apologizes for criticizing the Football Association after his evidence in the John Terry racism case was questioned
Oct 6
Super League Grand Final – Leeds bt Warrington. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Kevin Sinfield. Warrington prop Paul Wood ruptures a testicle and continues playing for another 25 minutes
Oct 7
Final – West Indies (Marlon Samuels 78) bt Sri Lanka
Man of the tournament – Shane Watson
Women’s final – Australia bt England
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – Solemia (Olivier Peslier)
Japanese GP – Vettel, Messa, Kobayashi
Speedway Grand Prix – Chris Holder (Poole Pirates and Australia)
Alfred Dunhill Links – Branden Grace
Sebastien Loeb wins the World Rally Championship drivers' title for a record ninth consecutive year
Oct 9
Owen Coyle sacked by Bolton
Newcastle's stadium name will revert to St James' Park after the club agrees a four-year sponsorship deal with Wonga
English football centre of excellence opens at St George's Park complex in Staffordshire
Britain's Tom Daley and Jack Laugher win synchronized 3m springboard gold at the World Junior Diving Championships in Australia
Oct 10
Hampshire fail to make the main draw of the Champions League T20
Oct 11
Start of NHL season delayed by lockout
Rugby League Writers’ Association Player of the Year – Sam Tomkins
Oct 12
Turkish Airlines World Golf Final – Rose bt Westwood
Edgar Davids joins Barnet as joint-head coach
Bale scores winning goal for Wales against Scotland
Oct 13
David Price defends the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles by knocking out Audley Harrison in 82 seconds
Ironman World Championship (Hawaii) – Leanda Cave
Africa Cup of Nations football match between Senegal and Ivory Coast abandoned following a riot. Senegal are disqualified from Africa Cup of Nations as a result
Cesarewitch – Aaim To Prosper (Kieren Fallon). First horse to win the race twice
Sligo Rovers claim their first league title in nearly forty years
Roy Hodgson apologizes to Rio Ferdinand after telling passengers on the tube that he would not be in the England squad
Oct 14
Korean GP – Vettel, Webber, Alonso
Heather Watson becomes the first British woman to win a WTA singles title since 1988 by beating Chang Kai-chen (Taiwan) in the Japan Open final
Portugal Masters – Shane Lowry
Winmau World Masters – Stephen Bunting
Cape Verde beat Cameroon to qualify for the African Cup of Nations (to be held in South Africa) for the first time
Oct 15
Richard Hughes rides seven winners from eight races at Windsor
World Grand Prix final (Dublin) – Michael van Gerwen bt Mervyn King
Oct 16
Poland vs England postponed due to waterlogged pitch
Ronaldo wins 100th cap for Portugal in draw with Northern Ireland
England U21 players racially abused and attacked by missile-throwing Serbian fans after qualifying for Euro 2013. Danny Rose sent off
Oct17
Nike cancel Lance Armstrong’s contract
Lance Armstrong resigns as chairman of his anti-cancer charity, LIVESTRONG
Oct 18
Mark Cavendish to leave Team Sky and join Omega Pharma-QuickStep
Salford City Reds given winding-up petition
50-over cricket to return to the county game from 2014, replacing the current 40-over competition
Richie McCaw becomes the first player to achieve 100 Test victories
Oct 19
The inaugural Grand Prix of America due to be held in New Jersey is postponed to 2014 due to a financing problem
Rabobank is ending its sponsorship of its professional cycling team following the Lance Armstrong doping revelations
Trenton Oldfield jailed for six months
Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland attacked by Leeds fan Aaron Cawley
Oct 20
Triathlon world championships. Women’s – Lisa Norden (Sweden)
Yorkshire eliminated from Champions League T20
Australia end New Zealand’s winning run in rugby union internationals at 16
Champion Stakes – Frankel, who is retired to stud after winning all 14 races
Oct 21
Triathlon world championships. Men’s – Jonny Brownlee
Frankie Dettori to leave Godolphin
WNBA finals – Indiana Fever bt Minnesota Lynx
Oct 22
Lance Armstrong is stripped by the International Cycling Union of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from participating in UCI-sanctioned events
Brit Insurance ends sponsorship of England cricket team
Elite League speedway final – Swindon bt Poole. First win since 1967. Manager – Alun Rossiter. Captain – Hans Andersen
Oct 23
Crystal Palace manager Dougie Freedman moves to Bolton
Oct 24
PGA Grand Slam of Golf – Harrington (replacement for Els)
Margaret Osborne DuPont, winner of 37 Grand slam titles, dies
Oct 25
John Connelly dies
Boxing trainer Emanuel Steward dies
Sunrisers Hyderabad replace Deccan Chargers in IPL
Oct 26
John McCririck dropped from Channel 4 racing
Oct 27
Rugby league international – Wales 12 England 80
Oct 28
Sale Sharks chief executive Steve Diamond takes charge of first-team affairs for the rest of the season after Bryan Redpath was removed from his position as director of rugby
Chris Robshaw appointed England captain for autumn internationals
BMW Masters (Shanghai) – Peter Hanson
Indian GP – Vettel, Alonso, Webber
WTA final (Istanbul) – Serena Williams bt Sharopova
Patriots 45 Rams 7. Match played at Wembley
Champions League T20 final (Johannesburg) – Sydney Sixers (Lumb 82) bt Highveld Lions
World Series – San Francisco Giants 4 Detroit Tigers 0. MVP – Pablo Sandoval, nickname ‘Kung Fu Panda’
World Seniors Championship – Nigel Bond
Oct 29
World Billiards Championship – Pankaj Advani bt Mike Russell to win his seventh title
Oct 30
Capitol One Cup – Reading 5 Arsenal 7 (Walcott 3)
Oct 31
Capital One Cup – Chelsea 5 Man Utd 4
Swansea beat Liverpool, the current holders of the League Cup
Kauto Star retires
November
Nov 1
Mick McCarthy appointed as manager of Ipswich
Henning Berg appointed as manager of Blackburn
Surrey sign Graeme Smith on a three-year deal as club captain
Nov 2
New York City marathon cancelled in the aftermath of super storm Sandy
Breeders' Cup takes place at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California
Nov 3
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway moves to Crystal Palace
Vettel demoted to back of grid for not having enough fuel left to take a sample after qualifying for Abu Dhabi GP
Dave Brailsford asks all employees of Team Sky to sign a statement conforming they had never been involved in doping
Sean Yates, Team Sky’s senior sporting director, retires
Lindsey Vonn's request to compete in a men's World Cup downhill ski race is rejected by the International Ski Federation
Nov 4
International Championship final (Chengdu, China) – Trump bt Robertson
WGC Champions (China) – Ian Poulter
Fed Cup final – Czech Republic bt Serbia
Abu Dhabi GP – Raikkonen, Alonso, Vettel
Gerrard plays 600th game for Liverpool
Champion jockey – Richard Hughes
Champion trainer – John Gosden
Nov 5
Craig Levein sacked as Scotland coach
Nov 6
Melbourne Cup – Green Moon
Uzbek wresler Soslan Tigiev is stripped of his Olympic bronze medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg division after he tested positive for a banned stimulant
Nov 7
Seb Coe succeeds Colin Moynihan as chairman of the BOA
Celtic 2 Barcelona 1. Winning goal scored by Tony Watt. Celtic had 16% possession
Nov 8
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Jessica Ennis
Nov 9
James Beattie joins Accrington Stanley as player-coach
Nov 10
Ronan O’Gara wins 125th cap for Ireland
AFC Champions League – Ulsan Hyundai
Nov 11
San Francisco 49ers tie with St Louis Rams – first tie in NFL since 2008
Singapore Open – Matteo Manassero
McIlroy tops money list in USA and Europe and wins Vardon Trophy
MotoGP final standings – 1st Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), 2nd Dani Pedrosa (Honda), 3rd Casey Stoner (Honda)
Constructors’ champion – Honda
Moto2 – Marc Marquez
Moto3 – Sandro Cortese
ATP World Tour Finals (O2 Arena). Semi-finals – Djokovic bt Del Potro, Federer bt Murray
Brooklyn Nets (formerly New Jersey Nets) play first match
Nov 12
Final – Djokovic bt Federer
Doubles final – Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez bt Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna
Elise Christie becomes world number one short-track speed skater
Nov 13
Chris Gayle becomes the first person to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match, against Bangladesh
No action will be taken over alleged comments made by Mark Clattenburg to Chelsea players
Nov 14
First match at Friends Arena, Stockholm – Sweden 4 (Ibrahimovic 4) England 2 (Welbeck, Caulker). Debuts for Caulker, Osman and Sterling. Steven Gerrard wins 100th cap. First hat-trick against England since van Basten in 1988
Nov 16
Track World Cup starts at Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow
Great Britain Lionhearts make their debut appearance at the World Series of Boxing in California
Cartier racehorse of the year – Frankel
Nov 17
Paddy Power Gold Cup – Al Ferof
Qatar Airways to sponsor Barcelona for 2013-14 season
Nov 18
Miguel Angel Jimenez becomes the oldest winner on the European Tour by winning the Hong Kong Open at the age of 48 years
South African Open – Henrik Stenson
Davis Cup final (Prague) – Czech Republic 3 Spain 2. Stepenek bt Almargo in deciding match. Ferrer wins both his singles matches. 100th final
Grand Slam of Darts final (Wolverhampton) – van Barneveld bt van Gerwen
US Grand Prix (Circuit of the Americas, Austin) – Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso
Futsal World Cup – Brazil
Nov 19
First Test (Ahmedabad) India 521-8 (Pujara 206, Sehwag 117) and 80-1 England 191 and 406 (Cook 176)
Debut for Nick Compton. Ojha takes nine wickets in the match
Scotland prop Allan ‘Chunk’ Jacobsen retires from international rugby
Nov 21
Rafa Benitez appointed as interim manager of Chelsea, replacing Roberto di Matteo
Nov 22
Michael Clarke becomes the first man to score four Test double-hundreds in a calendar year
National League MVP – Buster Posey (San Francisco Giants). American League MVP – Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers)
Nov 23
Marussia driver Charles Pic will switch to Caterham in 2013
A bronze statue of Sir Alex Ferguson is unveiled outside Old Trafford
Nov 24
Harry Redknapp replaces Mark Hughes as manager of QPR
IAAF athlete of the year awards – Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix
Hector Camacho dies
Tonga defeat Scotland for the first time. Match played in Aberdeen
Jordi Gomez hat-trick for Wigan against Reading
Joe Launchbury debut for England against South Africa
Ricky Hatton beaten in comeback fight by Vyacheslav Senchenko (Ukraine)
Nov 25
Brazilian GP – Button, Alonso, Massa. 6th Vettel
Final standings – 1st Vettel 281 points, 2nd Alonso 278, 3rd Raikkonen 207
Constructors – 1st Red Bull, 2nd Ferrari, 3rd McLaren
European Short Course Championships (Chartres) – Hannah Miley wins GB’s only gold medal, in 400m individual medley
Second Test (Mumbai) – India 327 (Pujara 135) and 142 England 413 (Cook 122, Pietersen 186) and 58-0. Panesar takes 11 wickets in the match
Swann – 200 Test wickets
Andy Robinson resigns as Scotland coach
Dave Sexton dies
DP World Tour Championship (Dubai) – McIlroy
100th Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts bt Calgary Stampeders
Japan Cup – Gentildonna
Premier League Snooker final – Bingham bt Trump
British Figure Skating Championships. Men – Matthew Parr. Women – Jenna McCorkell
Nov 26
Debutant Faf Du Plessis scores 110 n.o. off 376 balls to earn South Africa a draw against Australia
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-ups, and Winning at All Costs’, Tyler Hamilton
Brazilians select the name ‘Fuleco’ for the three-banded armadillo mascot for the 2014 World Cup
Nov 27
Joey Barton conducts a press conference in Marseille in a French accent
UEFA President Michel Platini announces that the administrative body is considering scrapping the Europa League in favour of an extended Champions League of 64 clubs
Nov 28
Valtteri Bottas (Finland) will replace Bruno Senna at Williams next year
Southwell racecourse will be closed until next year because of flooding
Ashley Giles appointed as head coach of England ODI and Twenty20 teams
European Tour rookie of the year – Ricardo Santos (Portugal)
Luiz Felipe Scolari replaces Mano Menezes as manager of Brazil
Nov 29
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Serena Williams
Shinji Kagawa (Man Utd) is the first recipient of the Asian International Footballer of the Year award
Nov 30
Andrew Flintoff wins a points decision over American Richard Dawson on his heavyweight boxing debut
December
Dec 1
Hennessy Gold Cup – Bobs Worth
England bt New Zealand 38-21 to end New Zealand’s 20-match unbeaten run
Youngs brothers (Ben and Tom) from Leicester Tigers play for England
England women’s rugby union team wins all three matches against New Zealand
MLS Cup final – LA Galaxy bt Houston Dynamo in Beckham’s final game
Phil Taylor, Liverpool player and manager (1956–59) dies
Dec 2
UK Championship first round – Mark Joyce bt Judd Trump
World Challenge – Graeme McDowell
Kansas City Chiefs American football player Jovan Belcher kills his girlfriend before taking his own life outside the team's stadium
Nedbank Golf Challenge (Sun City) – Kaymer
Players Championship final – Phil Taylor bt Kim Huybrechts. Sponsored by Cash Converters
HRT F1 leave Formula One after they were unable to find a buyer
Dec 3
Ricky Ponting retires from international cricket. 168 Test caps and 13,378 runs
2015 rugby Union World Cup draw –
Pool A: Australia, England, Wales, Oceania 1, play-off winner
Pool B: South Africa, Samoa, Scotland, Asia 1, Americas 2
Pool C: New Zealand, Argentina, Tonga, Europe 1, Africa 1
Pool D: France, Ireland, Italy, Americas 1, Europe 2
IRB Awards –
Player of the year – Dan Carter
Team of the year – New Zealand
Coach of the year – Steve Hansen
Scottish Premier League announces plan to expand to 24 teams, split into two divisions of 12
Dec 4
PGA Tour Player of the Year – McIlroy. Rookie of the year – John Huh (USA)
Frankie Dettori banned for six months after testing positive for a banned substance in France
UK Championship second round – Higgins 147 against Mark Davis
PDC commission a new trophy for their upcoming world championship, named The Sid Waddell Trophy
International Olympic Committee suspends India's national Olympic committee because of government interference in its election process
Dec 5
Chelsea become first defending champions to be eliminated in group stages of Champions League
Celtic win final match against Spartak Moscow to qualify
The sparrow is chosen as the mascot of the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, which will be held in Moscow in 2013
Dec 6
Varsity match – Oxford bt Cambridge
Cook hits record 23rd Test century for England, becomes the youngest batsman ever to reach 7000 runs, and the first player to score hundreds in each of his first five Tests as captain
Euro 2020 to be held Europe-wide
Kobe Bryant becomes the fifth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 points
Dec 7
Cook run out for first time in first-class cricket
Bradford City expelled from the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player, Curtis Good, against Brentford
Dec 8
Juan Manuel Marquez beats Manny Pacquiao for a first win in their four-match rivalry
Tingle Creek – Sprinter Sacre
Dec 9
Third Test (Kolkata) – India 316 and 247 England 523 (Cook 190) and 41-3
Man City 2 Man Utd 3. Winning goal scored by van Persie. Man City’s first defeat of the season, in 16th match
Lionel Messi sets the record for most goals in a calendar year by scoring his 86th goal of 2012, beating Gerd Mueller’s record
UK Championship final (Barbican Centre, York) – Selby bt Murphy
Australian Open – Peter Senior, aged 53
Statoil Masters (Albert Hall) –
Legends final – McEnroe bt Wilander
Champions Tour final – Santoro bt Henman
Dec 11
Mosconi Cup – Europe bt USA
League Cup – Bradford bt Arsenal. Bradford win ninth successive penalty shootout
Kauto Star joins Laura Collett to embark on a dressage career
Dec 12
Bradford City's appeal against their expulsion from the FA Cup is successful
Club World Cup semi-final – Corinthians bt Al Ahly (Egypt)
World short course championships (Istanbul) – Hannah Miley wins GB’s only gold medal, in 400m individual medley. Ryan Lochte wins six gold medals
Udinese fan Arrigo Brovedani is the club's sole supporter in Genoa for a Serie A match against local team Sampdoria
Dec 13
Club World Cup semi-final – Chelsea bt Monterrey
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Djokovic and Serena Williams
Tom Watson to captain USA in 2014 Ryder Cup
Dec 14
2014 Tour de France. Stage 1 – Leeds to Harrogate, stage 2 – York to Sheffield, stage 3 Cambridge to London
The Football Association of Zambia says it will approach Fifa about getting recognition for striker Godfrey Chitalu's feat of scoring 107 goals in 1972
Next year's US Open has been extended by a day to allow the men's final to be played on a Monday, with the women's final pushed from Saturday to Sunday
Men’s World Open squash (Qatar) – Remy Ashour (Egypt). 2013 tournament will be held in Manchester
Dec 15
QPR win for the first time in Premier League in 17th game, against Fulham
European Curling Championships (Karlstad, Sweden) –
Men's team – Sweden
Women's team – Russia
Dec 16
Club World Cup final (Yokohama) – Corinthians bt Chelsea
Hereford Racecourse holds its last meeting. Horse racing has been taking place in Hereford since 1771
Royal Trophy (Brunei) – Asia bt Europe
BBC Sports Personality of the Year (ExCeL) 1st Wiggins, 2nd Ennis, 3rd Murray
Other nominees – Farah, Weir, Simmonds, Hoy, Adams, Ainslie, McIlroy, Grainger, Storey
Overseas Personality – Usain Bolt
Coach – Dave Brailsford
Team – Team GB and Paralympics GB
Young Personality – Josef Craig
Lifetime achievement award – Seb Coe
Helen Rollason award – Martine Wright
Unsung heroes – Sue and Jim Houghton
Dec 17
Fourth Test (Nagpur) – England 330 and 352-4 (Trott 143, Bell 116) India 326-9 (Kohli 103). Debut for Joe Root
Man of the series – Cook
England win a series in India for the first time since 1984–85
Santi Cazorla hat-trick for Arsenal against Reading
Dec 18
Zenit St Petersburg fans want black and gay players excluded
Max Chilton signs to drive for Marussia next season
Folkstone Racecourse holds its last meeting
Dec 19
London to host 2017 Paralympic Athletics World Championships
European Tour Golfer of the Year – McIlroy
Brazil drop to 18th in Fifa world rankings
Dec 20
Scott Johnson appointed as Scotland head coach
African Player of the Year – Yaya Toure
Dec 21
Suzi Perry will replace Jake Humphrey as the presenter of BBC's Formula 1 coverage for the 2013 season
GFH Capital completes its takeover of Leeds United
Women’s World Open squash final (Cayman Islands) – Nicol David bt Laura Massaro (England)
Dec 22
England captain Eoin Morgan hits the last ball for six to draw the Twenty20 series with India 1-1
Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, nicknamed Megatron, sets the record for the most receiving yards in an NFL season, breaking Jerry Rice's all-time mark set in 1995
Dec 23
Tendulkar retires from one-day international cricket
Dean Winstanley throws nine-darter in PDC World Championship
Chelsea 8 Aston Villa 0
Ben Maher is crowned the leading riding at the London International Horse Show at Olympia
Australian Sportswoman of the Year – Black Caviar
Dec 26
Sangakkara – 10,000 Test runs
Bale hat-trick for Spurs against Aston Villa
King George VI Chase – Long Run
Dec 27
Alex McLeish replaces Sean O’Driscoll as manager of Nottingham Forest
Michael Clarke breaks Ricky Ponting’s Australian record for runs in a calendar year
Henning Berg sacked as Blackburn manager
Dec 29
John Mitchell quits as Sale Sharks coach
Tony Greig dies
Arsenal 7 (Walcott 3) Newcastle 3
Defending champion Adrian Lewis is knocked out of the PDC World Championship by Michael van Gerwen
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race – Wild Oats XI
New Years Honours –
Knighthood – Ben Ainslie, Bradley Wiggins, Dave Brailsford, Dave Tanner (Rowing Performance Director)
Dame – Sarah Storey
CBE – Katherine Grainger, Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah, Victoria Pendleton, David Weir
OBE – Charlotte Dujardin, Jason Kenny, Andy Murray, Laura Trott, Sophie Christiansen, Ellie Simmonds
MBE – Mark Ramprakash, Robert Croft, Pat Rice, Paul Sculthorpe, JJ Williams, and most 2012 gold medallists
Dec 30
Michael van Gerwen throws nine-darter in semi-final against James Wade
Semi-final – Taylor bt van Barneveld
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson falls eight short of Eric Dickerson's NFL record for most rushing yards in a season (2105 for the then Los Angeles Rams in 1984)
Miguel Angel Jimenez faces up to five months out of action after breaking his leg skiing in Spain
Dec 31
Messi scores 91 goals in calendar year
