Sport and Leisure/Sport 2017

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Marseille

Forest Green Rovers 5 Torquay United 5

Jan 2

PDC final – Van Gerwen bt Anderson 7-3. The match featured a record 42 180s

Richard Cockerill sacked as director of rugby by Leicester

Terminally ill five-year-old Sunderland supporter Bradley Lowery shares BBC goal of the month award

Jan 3

Bradford Bulls go into liquidation

Paul Clement appointed as manager of Swansea City

David Warner becomes only the fifth batsman to hit a century before lunch on the opening day of a Test match, for Australia against Pakistan

Jan 4

Spurs bt Chelsea to end their 13-game winning streak

Jan 5

Marco Silva replaces Mike Phelan as manager of Hull City

CAF African Player of the Year – Riyad Mahrez

Jan 6

Manor Racing enters administration

Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch (Poland)

Jan 7

Hopman Cup final – France bt USA. For this tournament, the Fast4 rule was implemented in Mixed Doubles matches

Jan 9

Fifa best player award – Ronaldo. Women’s award – Carli Lloyd

Tournament of Champions – Justin Thomas

Jan 10

FIFA World Cup to expand from 32 to 48 teams starting in 2026

Jan 11

Kelly Smith retires

Jim Furyk named as US Ryder Cup captain for 2018

Jan 12

Graham Taylor dies

Brian Fletcher dies

San Diego Chargers announce they are relocating to Los Angeles to share a stadium with the LA Rams

Jan 14

Dakar Rally (Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina) –

Cars – Stephane Peterhansel, driving a Peugeot. 2^nd Sebastien Loeb

Bikes – Sam Sunderland. First British competitor to win the Dakar Rally. 16th year in a row that KTM have won the motorbike title

BDO women’s final – Lisa Ashton bt Corrine Hammond (Australia)

Harry Kane hat-trick for Spurs against WBA

The New Saints run of consecutive victories ends at 27 after a draw at Newtown

Jan 15

BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt Glasgow Rocks

WBBL Cup final – Manchester Mystics bt Nottingham Wildcats

First ODI – England 350 India 356-7 (Kohli 122, Jadhav 120)

BDO final – Glen Durrant bt Danny Noppert 7-3

Justin Thomas sets a new record for the lowest 72-hole score (253 strokes) in PGA Tour history in the Hawaii Open

Jan 16

Valtteri Bottas to partner Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. Felipe Massa comes out of retirement to replace Bottas at Williams

Morgan Scheiderlin moves from Man Utd to Everton

John Jacobs dies

Jan 17

UK becomes first country to recognize Parkour is recognized as a sport

Jan 18

Rachael Heyhoe Flint dies

Australian Open second round – Evans bt Cilic

Jan 19

Second round – Istomin bt Djokovic

Men’s doubles first round – Querrey and Young bt Murray and Soares

Second ODI – India 381-6 (Yuvraj 150, Dhoni 134) England 366-8 (Morgan 102)

Jan 20

Vendee Globe – Armel le Cleac'h. 2^nd Alex Thomson

Third round – Evans bt Tomic

First time since 2002 that two British men have reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam

Jan 21

Rooney scores his 250th goal for Man Utd, against Stoke, to break Bobby Charlton’s record

Jan 22

Fourth round – Mischa Zverev (Germany) bt Murray, Tsonga bt Evans

Dave Ryding matches Britain's best ever alpine World Cup result finishing second in the Kitzbuhel slalom

Third ODI – England 321-8 India 316-9. India win series 2-1

Abu Dhabi Championship – Tommy Fleetwood

Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Perry 10-7. Seventh Masters title. Wins the newly named Paul Hunter trophy

Jan 23

Bernie Ecclestone removed as Liberty Media complete $8 billion takeover of Formula One. Ross Brawn is appointed to lead the sporting and technical side of Formula One

Jan 24

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Arrogate

London Welsh expelled from the Championship

Jan 25

Quarter final – Serena Williams bt Konta

Bolt loses gold medal after Nesta Carter tests positive for a banned substance in 4 x 100m relay at 2008 Olympics. Gold medal awarded to Trinidad and Tobago

EFL Cup semi-final – Southampton bt Liverpool

Saido Berahino moves from WBA to Stoke City

Kisenosato Yutaka becomes the first Japanese sumo wrestler to be promoted to yokozuna since 1988

Jan 26

Semi-finals – Venus Williams bt Coco Vandewehge, Serena Williams bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia)

Semi-final – Federer bt Wawrinka

Women’s World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Katherine Rednall bt Ellen Falkner

EFL Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Hull City

Francis Joyon breaks the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht with no restrictions on the size of the crew by more than four days as he wins the Jules Verne Trophy in just under 41 days

Jan 27

Semi-final – Nadal bt Dimitrov

Women’s doubles final – Mattek-Sands and Safarova bt Hlavackova and Peng

David Weir claims that coach Jenni Banks called him ‘a disgrace’

Jan 28

FA Cup fourth round – Wolves bt Liverpool, Lincoln bt Brighton. Walcott hat-trick for Arsenal against Southampton

Women’s final – Serena Williams bt Venus Williams. 23rd grand slam win

Men’s doubles final – Kontinen and Peers bt Bryan and Bryan

Many Clouds collapses and dies after beating Thistlecrack to win the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day

Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Sydney Sixers

Women’s Big Bash League final – Sydney Sixers bt Perth Scorchers

Arrogate wins the inaugural $12m Pegasus World Cup, the world's richest horse race, at Gulfstream Park in Florida

Carl Frampton loses for the first time in his professional career as Leo Santa Cruz beats him on points in Las Vegas to regain the WBA featherweight title

James Woods wins gold medal in Big Air at Winter X Games in Aspen

Jan 29

Mixed doubles final – Cabal and Spears bt Dodig and Mirza

Men’s final – Federer bt Nadal. 18th grand slam win

FA Cup – Sutton bt Leeds

World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Paul Foster bt Greg Harlow

World Men’s Handball Championships final (Paris) – France bt Norway

Javier Fernandez and Evgenia Medvedeva retain titles at European Figure Skating Championships

Jan 30

England Player of the Year – Adam Lallana

England U21 Player of the Year – Nathan Redmond

Jan 31

Transfer deadline day –

Payet moves from West Ham to Marseille

Manolo Gabbiadini moves from Napoli to Southampton

Jose Fonte moves from Southampton to West Ham

Feb 1

Third T20 International – India 202-6 England 127 (Chahal 6-29). India win series 2-1

England lost their last 8 wickets for 8 runs

Feb 3

George Ford to move from Bath to Leicester at end of the season

Feb 4

Everton 6 (Lukaku 4) Bournemouth 3

Six Nations captains – Dylan Hartley, Alan Wyn Jones, Rory Best, Grieg Laidlaw, Guilhem Guirado, Sergio Parisse

Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Rob Howley, Joe Schmidt, Vern Cotter, Guy Noves, Conor O’Shea

Ben Te’o scores winning try for England against France

Grieg Laidlaw kicks winning penalty for Scotland against Ireland

Kisenosato becomes first homegrown sumo Yokozuna in Japan for 30 years

Feb 5

Davis Cup (Ottawa) GB 3 Canada 2. Kyle Edmund won deciding match after Denis Shapovalov defaulted by hitting umpire Arnaud Gabas in the eye with a ball

Africa Cup of Nations final (Libreville, Gabon) – Cameroon bt Egypt. 5th win for Cameroon

German Masters final – Hamilton bt Carter. First ranking title for Hamilton

Super Bowl LI (NRG Stadium, Houston) – New England Patriots 34 Atlanta Falcons 28. MVP – Tom Brady

First Super Bowl ever to go into an overtime period. Patriots overcame a record 25-point deficit to win. Patriots fifth all-time win. Brady’s fourth Super Bowl MVP award. Brady joins Charles Haley as the only players to be on five Super Bowl-winning teams

Half-time entertainment – Lady Gaga

Super Bowl LII is scheduled to be held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis

NFL MVP – Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons)

Dubai Desert Classic – Sergio Garcia

Hennessy Cognac Irish Gold Cup – Sizing John

Feb 6

Alistair Cook retires as England captain

Joost van der Westhuizen dies

Feb 7

Alpine Ski World Championships start in St Moritz

Feb 10

Mariya Savinova stripped of 2012 Olympics 800m gold medal for doping

Tom Varndell (Bristol) breaks Mark Cueto’s record of 90 Premiership tries

Feb 11

Great Britain qualify for the Fed Cup World Group II play-offs with victory over Croatia

Italy 10 Ireland 63. Hat-tricks for CS Stander and Craig Gilroy

Daly scores winning try for England against Wales

Feb 12

World Grand Prix final – Hawkins bt Day

Men’s downhill – Beat Feuz (Switzerland)

Women’s downhill – Ilka Stuhec (Slovenia)

2010 PDC Women's World Darts Champion Stacy Bromberg dies

Feb 13

Joe Root appointed as captain of England

Feb 14

Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –

World Sportsman of the Year – Usain Bolt

World Sportswoman of the Year – Simone Biles

World Team of the Year – Chicago Cubs

World Breakthrough of the Year – Nico Rosberg

World Comeback of the Year – Michael Phelps

World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Beatrice Vio (Italian wheelchair fencer)

World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Rachel Atherton

Spirit of Sport Award – Leicester City

Feb 15

Carli Lloyd to join Man City Women

Feb 16

Welsh Open third round – Trump bt Jackson Page, aged 15

Mark Clattenburg quits his job as a Premier League official to become Saudi Arabia's new head of referees

Ibrahimovic hat-trick for Man Utd against St Etienne

Lowell Bailey becomes first USA world biathlon champion

Feb 17

Guy Disney makes history by becoming the first amputee jockey to win at a professional racecourse in Britain, guiding Rathlin Rose to victory in the Royal Artillery Gold Cup at Sandown

Feb 18

FA Cup fifth round – Burnley 0 Lincoln 1 (Raggett). First non-league team to reach quarter-finals since QPR in 1914

Women’s slalom – Mikaela Shiffrin. Third consecutive title

World Club Challenge game 1 – Warrington Wolves bt Brisbane Broncos

Feb 19

Harry Kane hat-trick against Fulham

World Club Challenge game 2 – Wigan Warriors 22 Cronulla Sharks 6. Hat-trick for Joe Burgess

Men’s slalom – Hirscher

Welsh Open final – Bingham bt Trump

Dustin Johnson becomes new world No 1

Feb 20

IPL auction – Rising Pune Supergiants pay £1.7 million for Ben Stokes. Royal Challengers Bangalore pay £1.4 million for Tymal Mills

Feb 21

Sutton reserve goalkeeper Wayne Shaw resigns after being shown on TV eating a pie during FA Cup match against Arsenal

Feb 22

Budapest to drop bid for 2024 Olympics

Feb 23

Claudio Ranieri sacked as manager of Leicester City

Derek Ibbotson dies

Feb 25

Scotland captained by John Barclay following injury to Grieg Laidlaw

Skeleton world championships (Germany). Bronze – Lizzie Yarnold

Feb 26

League Cup final – Man Utd 3 (Ibrahimovic (2), Lingard) Southampton 2 (Gabbiadini (2))

Snooker Shoot-Out – Anthony McGill

Daytona 500 – Kurt Busch

Feb 27

George Baker in intensive care after a fall on Boomerang Bob on a frozen lake track at St Moritz

Everton and Scotland footballer Alex Young dies. Known as ‘The Golden Vision’

Mar 1

John Hampshire dies

Mar 2

Tommy Gemmell dies

Championship League Snooker final – Higgins bt Day

Mark Davis becomes the first player to make two maximum breaks in a tournament

Mar 3

European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Belgrade

60m hurdles – Andrew Pozzi

Mar 4

60m – Richard Kilty

Women’s1500m – Laura Muir

Toronto Wolfpack beat London Skolars 76-0 in first match in Kingstone Press League 1

Tony Bellew bt David Haye at O2 Arena

Mar 5

Women’s 3000m – Laura Muir. 3^rd Eilish McColgan

Women’s 60m – Asha Philip

EIHL Challenge Cup final – Cardiff Devils bt Sheffield Steelers

WGC Mexico Championship – Dustin Johnson

UK Open darts final – Peter Wright bt Gerwyn Price

Pakistan Super League final (Lahore) – Peshawar Zalmi bt Quetta Gladiators

Andrew Musgrave records Great Britain's best-ever Nordic skiing result by finishing fourth in the 50km freestyle at the World Cross Country Skiing Championships

Mar 7

Arsenal 1 Bayern Munich 5. Bayern Munich win 10-2 on aggregate

SheBelieves Cup won by France

Mar 8

Barcelona 6 PSG 1. Barcelona win 6-5 on aggregate

Mar 10

Craig Shakespeare appointed as manager of Leicester City until end of the season

John Surtees dies

Mar 11

Arsenal 5 Lincoln City 0

Josh King hat-trick for Bournemouth against West Ham

England 61 Scotland 21. Hat-trick for Jonathan Joseph

England Women 64 Scotland Women 0. Kay Wilson scores seven tries

Mar 12

Spurs 6 (Son 3) Millwall 0

YONEX All England Badminton Championships finals held in Birmingham

Steve McClaren sacked as Derby County manager for a second time

Players’ Championship final – Trump bt Fu

Elise Christie becomes a triple world champion after victory in the 1000m, 1500m and the overall title at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Rotterdam

Mar 13

Durban will not host 2022 Commonwealth Games

Champions League – Leicester bt Seville

Mar 14

Champion Hurdle – Buveur D’air (Noel Fehily), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2^nd My Tent Or Yours 3^rd Petit Mouchoir

Muirfield overturns ban on women members

Mar 15

Queen Mother Champion Chase – Special Tiara. Douvan was 2/9 favourite

Monaco 3 Man City 1. Aggregate 6-6. Monaco win on away goals

Mar 16

Stayers’ Hurdle – Nichols Canyon. Formerly known as the World Hurdle

Mar 17

Gold Cup – Sizing John (Robbie Power), trained by Jessica Harrington. 2^nd Minella Rocco 3^rd Native River

Tea For Two, ridden by Lizzie Kelly, fell at the second fence

Leading jockey – Ruby Walsh

Leading trainer – Gordon Elliott

England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam

Mar 18

France beat Wales with a try by Damien Chouly after 20 minutes of added time. Samson Lee was shown a yellow card with the match clock in the red and still served his 10-minute suspension and came back on to complete the match. Referee – Wayne Barnes

Ireland 13 England 9. Only try scored by Iain Henderson

End of England’s 18 match winning streak, which equaled the record set by New Zealand

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

Leading try scorer – 8 players scored 3 tries

Leading points scorer – Camille Lopez (67)

Player of the Tournament – Stuart Hogg

Mar 19

BBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Plymouth Raiders

WBBL Trophy final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Leicester Riders

A proposed merger between Racing 92 and Stade Francais is called off

Anglo-Welsh Cup final – Leicester bt Exeter

Ladies World Snooker Championship final (Singapore) – Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) bt Vidya Pillai (India)

Mar 21

Ian Botham appointed as chairman of Durham

USA wins World Baseball Classic for the first time

Mar 22

Ronnie Moran dies

Germany 1 (Podolski) England 0. Match played in Dortmund. Debut for Michael Keane

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Marcel Hirscher

Men’s downhill – Peter Fill

Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin

Women’s downhill – Ilka Stuhec (Slovenia)

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Sara Takanashi

EIHL League – Cardiff Devils

Mar 24

Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman suffers a broken leg in a World Cup qualifier against Wales following a dangerous tackle by Neil Taylor

Mar 25

WBA lightweight title – Jorge Linares (Venezuela) bt Anthony Crolla

Dubai World Cup – Arrogate

Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium closes

Scottish Challenge Cup final – Dundee Utd bt St Mirren

Mar 26

Formula 1 teams –

Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas

Red Bull – Ricciardo, Verstappen

Ferrari – Vettel, Raikkonen

McLaren – Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium)

Williams – Massa, Lance Stroll (Canada)

Force India – Perez, Esteban Ocon (France)

Sauber – Ericsson, Pascal Wehrlein (Germany)

Toro Rosso – Sainz, Kvyat

Renault – Hulkenberg, Palmer

Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen

Australian GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas

Reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi (Italy) replaces Wehrlein for Sauber

Women’s World Curling Championships final (China) – Sweden bt Russia. 3^rd Scotland

British Open squash (Hull). Men’s – Gregory Gaultier, Women’s – Laura Massaro

WGC Match Play final – Dustin Johnson bt Jon Rahm. First man to win all four WGC titles

Mar 27

Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas in 2020

Mar 28

Nadal plays 1,000th singles match

Mar 29

Champion County Match (Abu Dhabi) Middlesex bt MCC. Hat-trick for Craig Overton

Mar 30

World Figure Skating Championships (Helsinki). Men’s – Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan). Women’s – Evgenia Medvedeva. Ice dancing – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir