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World Figure Skating Championships (Helsinki). Men’s – Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan). Women’s – Evgenia Medvedeva. Ice dancing – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
 
World Figure Skating Championships (Helsinki). Men’s – Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan). Women’s – Evgenia Medvedeva. Ice dancing – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
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Apr 1
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Miami Open final – Konta bt Wozniacki
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Hossein Vafiei (Iran) reaches semi-final of China Open snooker
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Lincoln Handicap – Bravery
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Apr 2
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China Open final – Selby bt Williams
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Celtic beat Hearts 5-0 to win sixth successive title, with eight games to spare
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Men’s Boat Race – Oxford
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Women’s Boat Race – Cambridge
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Checkatrade EFL Trophy final – Coventry City bt Oxford United
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Miami Open final – Federer bt Nadal
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Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration to So Yeon Ryu after incurring a four-stroke penalty for incorrectly replacing a ball and returning an incorrect scorecard
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Apr 5
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Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ben Duckett, Toby Roland-Jones, Chris Woakes, Misbah ul-Haq, Younis Khan
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Leading Cricketer in the World – Virat Kohli
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Leading Women’s Cricketer in the World – Ellyse Perry
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Masters Par 3 tournament cancelled due to bad weather
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Apr 6
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Betfair Bowl – Tea For Two (Lizzie Kelly)
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Betway Aintree Hurdle – Buveur D’air (Barry Geraghty)
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Apr 7
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Melling Chase – Fox Norton (Robbie Power)
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England's Dan Norton scores his 245th career try during the Hong Kong Sevens, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record in the World Rugby Sevens Series
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Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (USA) – USA bt Canada
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Apr 8
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Randox Health Grand National – One For Arthur (Derek Fox), trained by Lucinda Russell. 2<sup>nd</sup> Cause Of Causes. 3<sup>rd</sup> Saint Are. First Scottish-trained winner since Rubstic in 1979
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Norwich 7 Reading 1
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Tranmere 9 Solihull Moors 0
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Nicola Adams wins on professional debut against Virginia Carcamo of Argentina
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Apr 9
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Chinese GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen
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EIHL Play-off final – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils
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Davis Cup quarter-final (Rouen) – France 4 GB 1. Dan Evans won GB’s only match
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Masters – Garcia bt Rose in a play-off. 3<sup>rd</sup> Charl Schwartzel. Hole-in-one for Matt Kuchar
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Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt South Africa
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World Men's Curling Championship final (Canada) – Canada bt Sweden
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Championship Player of the Year – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton)
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League One award – Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd)
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League Two award – John Marquis (Doncaster)
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Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder sets a new record for most triple-doubles in an NBA season
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Apr 10
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Keiron Cunningham sacked as head coach of St Helens
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Lee Walker bt Reanne Evans in second qualifying round for Snooker World Championship
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Super Rugby will contract to 15 teams next season. Cheetahs, Kings, and Western Force lose their licenses
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Apr 12
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Fergal O’Brien wins longest-ever frame (2 hours 3 minutes 41 seconds) against David Gilbert in final qualifying round
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Track Cycling World Championships start in Hong Kong
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Apr 14
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Women’s omnium – Katie Archibald
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Apr 15
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Bottas gains first-ever pole position, at Bahrain GP
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Apr 16
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Women’s 25km points race – Elinor Barker
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Bahrain GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas
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Billy Monger is involved in a high-speed crash at the Donington F4 British Championships race, and as a result he has the lower part of both of his legs amputated. A JustGiving page is set up by his team JHR Developments to raise money for Monger, and raises over £500,000 in the first 24 hours
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SWALEC Cup – RGC 1404
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Apr 17
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Irish Grand National – Our Duke
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Apr 18
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Champions League quarter-final – Atletico Madrid bt Leicester
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Ronaldo scores 100th goal in Champions League, against Bayern Munich
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Harry Redknapp replaces Gianfranco Zola as manager of Birmingham City
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Apr 19
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Germaine Mason dies after a motorcycle crash in Jamaica
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World Snooker first round – Rory MacLeod bt Trump
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Champions League – Juventus bt Barcelona
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Apr 21
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British & Irish Cup final – Munster A bt Jersey Reds
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Ugo Ehiogu dies, aged 44, after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground. Played four matches for England, scoring one goal (against Spain)
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Ellie Downie wins four medals including gold in individual all-around at European Gymnastics Championships in Romania
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Katherine Grainger appointed as new chair of UK Sport
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Apr 22
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FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea 4 Spurs 2
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Champions Cup semi-final – Saracens bt Munster
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Scottish Grand National – Vicente
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Ilie Nastase sent off after swearing at Konta in Fed Cup
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Notts County women’s football club closes
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Champion jockey – Richard Johnson
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Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson
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Apr 23
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FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal 2 Man City 1. IheanachoIheanacho Iheanacho  becomes first player used as a fourth substitute, in extra time
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Champions Cup semi-final – Clermont Auvergne bt Leinster
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London Marathon. Men’s – Daniel Wanjiru (Kenya), Women’s – Mary Keitany (Kenya)
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David Weir wins wheelchair race for seventh time
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Messi scores 500th goal for Barcelona
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PFA Player of the Year – N’Golo Kante
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PFA Young Player of the Year – Dele Alli
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Women’s Player of the Year – Lucy Bronze
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Younis Khan becomes first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs
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Apr 26
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Joey Barton banned for 18 months for betting
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Quarter-final – Ding bt O’Sullivan
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City-based eight-team T20 competition to start in England in 2020
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FA Youth Cup final – Chelsea bt Man City
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CONCACAF Champions League– Pachuca (Mexico)
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Apr 27
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Myles Garrett is first pick in NFL draft for Cleveland Browns
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Apr 28
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Spurs will play all home matches at Wembley next season
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Apr 29
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Women’s Tour de Yorkshire – Lizzie Deignan
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World Snooker semi-finals – Selby bt Ding, Higgins bt Hawkins
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Leyton Orient's match with Colchester United is postponed for nearly two hours after fans occupy the pitch
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Women’s Champions League semi-final – Lyon bt Man City
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Joe Root hits brother Billy for six as Yorkshire beat Notts in Royal London Cup match
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WBA world heavyweight title – Anthony Joshua stops Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium
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Apr 30
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Russian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen. First win for Bottas, in his 82nd race
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European Badminton Championships (Denmark) –
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Men’s singles – Rajiv Ouseph
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Women’s singles – Carolina Marin. Silver – Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)
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Mixed doubles – Chris and Gabby Adcock
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Tour de Yorkshire – Serge Pauwels (Belgium)
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May 1
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Final – Selby bt Higgins 18-15
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Highest break – O’Sullivan (146)
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PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Scott Sinclair (Celtic)
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May 2
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European Athletics proposes rewriting athletics world records set before 2005 after doping scandal
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Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Atletico Madrid
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May 3
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Champions League semi-final – Juventus bt Monaco
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May 4
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NBA Coach of the Year – Mike D’Antoni (Houston Rockets)
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May 5
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A new points system is adopted for the 2017 Diamond League, with the winner of an event at a qualifying meet receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for the athlete in eighth place; at the end of the year, the eight or twelve athletes with the most points, depending on the event, will qualify for the finals
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May 6
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Badminton Horse Trials – Andrew Nicholson, riding Nereo
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Kentucky Derby – Always Dreaming
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2000 Guineas – Churchill (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
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Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon around Monza Grand Prix circuit at Nike event in 2:0.25
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Munster finish top of PRO12
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May 7
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1000 Guineas – Winter (Wayne Lordan), trained by Aidan O’Brien
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Hyundai A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne Victory
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May 8
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Football Writers' Association player of the year – N’Golo Kante
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May10
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Rugby Players' Association awards –
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Player’s player of the year – Jimmy Gopperth
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England player of the year – Owen Farrell
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Young player of the year – Zach Mercer (Bath)
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England women player of the year – Tamara Taylor
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Leading points scorer – Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps) 292 points
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Leading try scorer – '''Christian Wade''' (Wasps) 17 tries
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May 11
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Europa League semi-final – Man Utd bt Celta Vigo
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May 12
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WBA 0 Chelsea 1 (Batshuayi). Chelsea win Premier League
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European Challenge Cup final (Murrayfield) – Stade Francais bt Gloucester
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May 13
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European Champions Cup final (Murrayfield) – Saracens bt Clermont Auvergne. Chris Ashton beats Vincent Clerc’s European record of 36 tries
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2018 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held in Bilbao
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EPCR European Player of the Year (Anthony Foley Memorial Award) – Owen Farrell
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Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Birmingham City
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May 14
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Spanish GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Ricciardo
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Spurs bt Man Utd in final game at White Hart Lane. Last goal scored by Rooney
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National League play-off final – Forest Green Rovers bt Tranmere Rovers
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National League champions – Lincoln City
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Players Championship – Kim Si-woo. 2<sup>nd</sup> Ian Poulter
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BBL play-off final – Leicester Riders bt Newcastle Eagles
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WBBL play-off final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Nottingham Wildcats
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Younis Khan retires from international cricket
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Misbah ul-Haq retires
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May 17
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Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Jimmy Gopperth
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'''Discovery of the Season – Ellis Genge (Leicester)'''
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'''Director of Rugby of the Season – Dai Young (Wasps)'''
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May 18
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Leicester 1 Spurs 6 (Kane 4)
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Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Wright
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May 20
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Premiership semi-finals – Exeter bt Saracens, Wasps bt Leicester
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League One play-off final – Millwall bt Bradford
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Preakness Stakes – Cloud Computing
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May 21
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Hull City 1 Spurs 7 (Kane 3). Kane’s fourth hat-trick of the season
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Final table – Chelsea, Spurs, Man City, Liverpool
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Relegated – Hull, Middlesbrough, Sunderland
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Leading scorers – Harry Kane (29), Romelu Lukaku (25), Alexis Sanchez (24)
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Arsenal miss out on Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years
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Celtic beat Hearts to become the first team to complete a Scottish top-flight season unbeaten for 118 years. Won 34 games, drew 4 games
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Scottish Premiership final table – 1<sup>st</sup> Celtic, 2<sup>nd</sup> Aberdeen
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Leading scorer – Liam Boyce (Ross County), 23 goals
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Relegated – Inverness Caledonian Thistle
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Scottish Premiership play-off final – Hamilton Academical bt Dundee United
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Scottish Championship – Hibernian
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Scottish League One – Livingston
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Scottish League Two – Arbroath
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Highland League – Buckie Thistle
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Lowland League – East Kilbride
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Scottish League Two play-off final – Cowdenbeath bt East Kilbride
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Novak Djokovic says Andre Agassi will be his new coach after he loses in the Italian Open final to Alexander Zverev
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IPL10 final – Mumbai Indians bt Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run
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FA Vase final – South Shields bt Cleethorpes
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FA Trophy final – York City bt Macclesfield Town
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Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (Germany) – Sweden bt Canada
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Marco Silva replaces Walter Mazzarri as manager of Watford
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Alisher Uzmanov fails in £1 billion takeover bid for Arsenal
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IRB Sevens World Series – South Africa
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May 22
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Nicky Hayden dies
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David Moyes resigns as manager of Sunderland
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League Managers' Association manager of the year – Antonio Conte
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Serie A – Juventus. Sixth successive title
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La Liga – Real Madrid. First title since 2012
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Bundesliga – Bayern Munich. 2<sup>nd</sup> RB Leipzig
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Premeira Liga – Benfica
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Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Monaco
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Eredivisie – Feyenoord
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May 23
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Sam Allerdyce resigns as manager of Crystal Palace
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Barclays Manager of the Season – Antonio Conte
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Barclays Player of the Season – N’Golo Kante
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Sussex 668 (Wells 258) against Durham
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May 24
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Europa League final (Stockholm) Man Utd 2 Ajax 0
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2018 Europa League final will be held in Lyon
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Championship play-off final – London Irish bt Yorkshire Carnegie
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May 26
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Champions Cup qualifier – Northampton bt Stade Francais
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Bernardo Silva moves from Monaco to Man City
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May 27
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FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Sanchez, Ramsey) Chelsea 1 (Costa). Victor Moses sent off
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Arsenal win a record 13th title, while Arsene Wenger becomes the most successful manager in the tournament's history with seven wins
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Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Aberdeen
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Premiership final – Exeter Chiefs bt Wasps
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PRO12 final – Scarlets bt Munster
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Principality Premiership – Merthyr
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Scottish Premiership – Ayr
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Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – Cork Constitution
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May 28
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Monaco GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo. Button raced for McLaren in place of Alonso
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Indy 500 – Takuma Sato. Alonso retired on lap 175
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French Open first round – Makarova bt Kerber
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League Two play-off – Blackpool bt Exeter
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Promoted – Portsmouth, Plymouth, Doncaster, Blackpool
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Relegated – Hartlepool, Leyton Orient
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Leading scorer – John Akinde (Barnet) and John Marquis (Doncaster), 26goals
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Giro d’Italia – Tom Dumoulin. First Dutch winner of a Grand Tour since Joop Zoetemelk's victory in the 1980 Tour de France
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PGA Championship (Wentworth) – Alex Noren
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Bernhard Langer becomes first golfer to win all five senior major championships
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County Championship final (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Lancashire bt Cornwall
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World’s strongest man – Eddie Hall (GB)
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May 29
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Championship play-off – Huddersfield bt Reading
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Promoted – Newcastle, Brighton, Huddersfield
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Relegated – Blackburn, Wigan, Rotherham
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Leading Scorer – Chris Wood (Leeds), 27 goals
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Ernesto Valverde appointed as head coach of Barcelona
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Sangakkara hits fifth consecutive first class century for Surrey
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Toby Roland-Jones makes England debut against South Africa
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May 30
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BBC women’s footballer of the year – Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon and Norway)
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French Open first round – Hseih Su-Wei bt Konta
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Jun 1
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ICC Champions Trophy starts. All matches played at The Oval, Edgbaston, and Cardiff
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Women’s Champions League final – Olympique Lyon bt Paris Saint-Germain
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Penalty try becomes automatically worth seven points
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Jun 2
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Oaks – Enable (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden
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Jun 3
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Derby – Wings of Eagles (Padraig Beggy), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2<sup>nd</sup> Cliffs of Moher, 3<sup>rd</sup> Cracksman
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Champions League final (Cardiff) Real Madrid 4 Juventus 1. 12th win for Real Madrid. First team to retain trophy
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2018 Champions League final will be held in Kiev
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WSL1 Spring Series – Chelsea
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Jun 4
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PDC World Cup of Darts final (Frankfurt) – Netherlands (Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld) bt Wales (Price and Webster)
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Top 14 final – Clermont bt Toulon
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Jun 5
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Cheick Tiote dies. Played for Newcastle and Ivory Coast
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Jun 6
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New Zealand boat capsizes in America’s Cup
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Blues bt British and Irish Lions
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French Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Djokovic
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Jun 8
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U-20 World Cup semi-final – England bt Italy
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Semi-finals – Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) bt Bacsinzki, Halep bt Pliskova
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America’s Cup – New Zealand bt GB
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Mixed doubles final – Bopanna and Dabrowski bt Farah and Groenefeld
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Isle of Man Senior TT – Michael Dunlop
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Jun 9
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Semi-finals – Wawrinka bt Murray, Nadal bt Thiem
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Andorra bt Hungary to end 66-game winless streak. Last win was in 2004
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Leonid Slutsky appointed as manager of Hull City
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Mixed-gender events in athletics, swimming, table tennis and triathlon have been approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
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Jun 10
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Final – Ostapenko bt Halep. Ostapenko's first WTA Tour title, making her the first woman to earn her first tour victory at a Grand Slam event since Barbara Jordan at the 1979 Australian Open. She also becomes the first Latvian of either sex to win a Grand Slam event and the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933
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Men’s doubles final – Harrison and Venus bt Gonzalez and Young
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Scotland 2 (Griffiths (2)) England 2 (Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kane)
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Belmont Stakes – Tapwrit
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Jun 11
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Women’s doubles final – Mattek-Sands and Safarova bt Barty and Dellacqua
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Final – Nadal bt Wawrinka. 10th title for Nadal
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U-20 World Cup final (South Korea) England 1 (Calvert-Lewin) Venezuela 0. Freddie Woodman saved a penalty. Golden ball – Dominic Solanke. Manager – Paul Simpson
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Canadian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo
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Stanley Cup – Pittsburgh Penguins bt Nashville Predators 4-2
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Play-offs MVP – Sidney Crosby
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Regular season MVP – Conor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
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Netball Superleague Grand Final – Wasps bt Loughborough Lightning
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Jun 12
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NBA finals – Golden State Warriors bt Cleveland Cavaliers 4-1
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Finals MVP – Kevin Durant
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Regular season MVP – Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City)
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Highlanders bt British and Irish Lions
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ICC Champions Trophy group tables –
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Group A – England, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand
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Group B – India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka
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Jun 14
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Semi-final – Pakistan bt England
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America’s Cup qualifier (Louis Vuitton Cup) – New Zealand bt Sweden
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Jun 15
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Semi-final – India bt Bangladesh
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Scotland beat a Test side for the first time, defeating Zimbabwe in ODI
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Jordan Pickford moves from Sunderland to Everton
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Jun 16
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The Carabao Cup first round draw, the first event for the new sponsor of the League Cup, descends into farce in Bangkok when Charlton are given both home and away ties
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ODI Cup semi-final – Essex 370-5 Notts 373-5
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Queen’s Birthday Honours –
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OBE – Judy Murray, Heather Stanning, Rory Best
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MBE – John Conteh, Steven Davis, Brian Noble
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Jun 17
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ODI Cup semi-final – Surrey bt Worcs
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Jun 18
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Nottingham Open final – Donna Vekic (Croatia) bt Konta
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Champions Trophy final (The Oval) – Pakistan 338-4 (Fakhar 114) India 158
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World U-20 Championship rugby union final – New Zealand bt England
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Le Mans – Porsche. Jackie Chan’s team finishes in second place
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US Open (Erin Hills, Wisconsin) Brooks Koepka. 2<sup>nd</sup> Matsuyama, Brian Harman. 4<sup>th</sup> Tommy Fleetwood
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Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury becomes the WNBA's all-time scoring leader
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Jun 19
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British Speedway Championship – Craig Cook
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Jun 20
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Queen’s first round – Jordan Thompson bt Murray
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Anil Kumble resigns as head coach of India
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St James’s Palace Stakes – Barney Roy
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Sale pay Castleford £200,000 in compensation over the signing of Danny Solomona
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Jun 21
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Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Highland Reel
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Boris Becker declared bankrupt
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Jun 22
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ICC votes to elevate Afghanistan and Ireland to full Test status
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Gold Cup – Big Orange (James Doyle), trained by Michael Bell
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Philadelphia 76ers choose Markelle Fultz as first pick in NBA draft
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Mohamed Salah moves from Roma to Liverpool
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Jun 23
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Mauricio Pellegrino replaces Claude Puel as manager of Southampton
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Dan Evans tests positive for cocaine
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Henry Blofeld retires from Test Match Special
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Coronation Stakes – Winter
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Commonwealth Cup – Caravaggio
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Jason Roy given out for obstructing the field in T20 against South Africa
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Jun 24
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Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
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Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien
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First Test (Auckland) – New Zealand 30 Lions 15
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Jun 25
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Azerbaijan GP – Ricciardo, Bottas, Stroll
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First podium finish for Stroll
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Aegon Championships final (Queens) – Lopez bt Cilic
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Aegon Classic (Birmingham) – Kvitova
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Federer wins Halle Open for ninth time
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Dawid Malan makes 78 for England on debut in T20 match against South Africa
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British Cycling National Championships. Men’s – Steve Cummings, Women’s – Lizzie Deignan
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British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Nigel Coupe, riding Golvers Hill
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EuroBasket Women – Spain
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Jun 26
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America’s Cup (Bermuda) – Emirates Team New Zealand 7 Oracle Team USA 1. Helmsman of New Zealand boat– Peter Burling
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Frank de Boer appointed as manager of Crystal Palace
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Jun 27
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European U-21 semi-final – Germany bt England on penalties. Nathan Redmond missed last penalty
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Hurricanes 31 British and Irish Lions 31
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Jun 29
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Andrew Umeed scores the second-slowest century in County Championship history, in 429 minutes for Warwicks against Lancs
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Simon Harmer takes 9-95 for Essex against Middlesex
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Jun 30
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European U-21 final (Krakow) – Germany bt Spain
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Jul 1
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Royal London One-Day Cup final – Surrey 297-9 (Stoneman 144) Notts 298-6 (Hales 187 n.o.)
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Second Test (Wellington) New Zealand 21 Lions 24. Sonny Bill Williams sent off. Beauden Barrett kicked seven penalties. Owen Farrell kicked the winning penalty. Lions end New Zealand's 47-match home winning streak
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Tour de France opening time trial (Dusseldorf) – Geraint Thomas
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Aegon International (Eastbourne). Men’s – Djokovic, Women’s – Pliskova
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Jeff Horn (Australia) bt Manny Pacquaio to win WBO world welterweight title
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Irish Derby – Capri
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Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Astute Missile
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Jul 2
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West Indies bowled out for 48 by South Africa in women’s World Cup
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Confederations Cup final (St Petersburg) – Germany bt Chile
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KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Danielle Kang (USA)
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Jul 3
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Michael Collins and Nigel Benn planning a rematch
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John Terry moves from Chelsea to Aston Villa
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Jul 4
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Kent 701-7 (Sean Dickson 318) vs Northants
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Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for elbowing Mark Cavendish, who has to retire after breaking his shoulder in the crash
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Europa League – FP Progres Niederkorn (Luxembourg) bt Rangers
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Jul 5
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Alexandre Lacazette moves from Lyon to Arsenal for £46.5 million
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Froome takes yellow jersey on fifth stage of Tour de France
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Jul 6
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Bernard Tomic fined $15,000 for faking injury and saying he is “bored” with Wimbledon
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Daniil Medvedev fined $14,500 for throwing coins at the umpire’s chair
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Jul 7
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Adrian Marrarino fined $9,000 for barging into a ball boy
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Philippa York reveals her transition from Tour de France cyclist Robert Millar
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Jul 8
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Third Test (Auckland) New Zealand 15 Lions 15. Series drawn 1-1. Kieran Read wins 100th cap. First time the Lions and New Zealand have drawn a Test match since 1971. First time since New Zealand drew with South Africa in 1994 that they have failed to win a game at Eden Park
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Men’s doubles second round – Clark and Willis bt Herbert and Mahut
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Eclipse Stakes – Ulysses
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Speedway World Cup – Poland
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Jul 9
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First Test (Lords) England 458 (Root 190) and 233 South Africa 361 and 119. England won by 211 runs
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Wayne Rooney moves from Man Utd to Everton on free transfer
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Austrian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo
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Women’s World Cup – England bt Australia by 3 runs in a group match. First win in World Cup over Australia for 24 years
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Irish Open – Jon Rahm
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Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte crash out of Tour de France
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Lukaku moves from Everton to Man Utd for £75 million
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Toni Duggan moves from Man City Ladies to Barcelona
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Jul 10
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Fourth round – Muller bt Nadal
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Jul 12
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Quarter-finals – Querrey bt Murray, Berdych bt Djokovic
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Ken and Neal Skupski reach quarter-finals in men’s doubles
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Federer plays 100th match at Wimbledon
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Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, Man Utd
 +
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State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
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Jul 13
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Semi-finals – Venus Williams bt Konta, Muguruza bt Magdelena Rybarikova (Slovakia)
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Fabio Aru takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
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Jul 14
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Semi-finals – Federer bt Berdych, Cilic bt Querrey
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World Para Athletics Championships start at Olympic Stadium in London
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World Aquatics Championships start in Budapest
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Jul 15
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Final – Muguruza bt Venus Williams. First woman to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam finals
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Men’s doubles final – Kubot and Melo bt Marach and Pavic
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Women’s doubles final – Makarova and Vesnina bt Chan and Niculescu
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Men’s wheelchair doubles – Hewitt and Reid
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European U-19 Championship final (Georgia) – England bt Portugal
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Froome regains yellow jersey in Tour de France
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Jul 16
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Final – Federer bt Cilic. 8th Wimbledon and 19th grand slam
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Mixed doubles final – Jamie Murray and Hingis bt Kontinen and Watson
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Women’s wheelchair doubles – Whiley and Kamiji. Fourth successive title
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British GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Raikkonen. Hamilton’s fifth win at Silverstone
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Scottish Open – Rafa Cabrera-Bello
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US Women’s Open (Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey) – Park Sung-hyun
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2017 UEFA Women's Championship start in Netherlands
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Jul 17
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Second Test (Trent Bridge) South Africa 335 (Anderson 5-72) and 343-9 England 205 and 133. South Africa won by 340 runs
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Kyle Walker moves from Spurs to Man City
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Jul 18
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Semi-final – England bt South Africa
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Joe Hart loaned to West Ham
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Jul 19
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Marcel Kittel crashes out of Tour de France after winning five stages
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England 6 (Jodie Taylor 3) Scotland 0
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Jul 20
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Semi-final – India (Kaur 171) bt Australia
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Jul 21
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Alvaro Morata moves from Real Madrid to Chelsea for £60 million
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Jul 22
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La Course – Annemiek van Vleuten. 2<sup>nd</sup> Lizzie Deignan
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Branden Grace shoots record 62 in third round of The Open
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British Speedway GP – Maciej Janowski
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10m platform – Tom Daley
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Jul 23
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Tour de France – Froome (Team Sky). 2<sup>nd</sup> Uran, 3<sup>rd</sup> Bardet. Fourth win for Froome
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Points – Michael Matthews
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King of the Mountains – Warren Barguil
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Young Rider – Simon Yates
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Team – Team Sky
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Froome did not win any stages. Adam Hansen became the first rider to complete 18 consecutive Grand Tours
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Women’s World Cup final (Lords) England 228-7 India 219 (Shrubsole 6-46)
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Player of the Tournament – Tammy Beaumont
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The Open (Royal Birkdale) – Speith. 2<sup>nd</sup> Kuchar, 3<sup>rd</sup> Li Haotang
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Silver medal – Alfie Plant
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World Para Athletics Championships final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> China, 2<sup>nd</sup> USA, 3<sup>rd</sup> GB (18 gold medals, 39 medals in total). Hannah Cockroft won three gold medals
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A women's 50km race walk will feature at the London 2017 World Athletics Championships for the first time in order to ensure gender equality
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Synchronised swimming is renamed to ‘artistic swimming’
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Jul 24
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100m breaststroke – Peaty
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50m butterfly – Ben Proud
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Ross Whiteley becomes the first Englishman to hit six sixes in an over, bowled by Karl Calver, for Worcs against Yorkshire in T20 Blast
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Jul 25
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Benjamin Mendy moves from Monaco to Man City for £52 million
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Ilie Nastase banned from tennis until 2020
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Adam Peaty becomes first man to break 26 seconds in 50m breaststroke
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Jul 26
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50m breaststroke – Peaty
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Mandarin Princess, trained by Charlie McBride, is declared winner of a race at Great Yarmouth, but a scan afterwards identifies the horse as stablemate Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run in a later race at the same course
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Jul 27
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100th Test match at The Oval
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Jul 28
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Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay – GB
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Jul 29
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable
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Quarter-finals – England beat France for the first time in 43 years. Denmark bt Germany, who had won the previous six championships
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Premiership Rugby Sevens Series – Wasps
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World Water Polo championships final – Croatia bt Hungary
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Jul 30
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Formula E series finishes in Montreal. Title won by Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)
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Hungarian GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas
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Caeleb Dressel (USA) equals Michael Phelps' record of seven gold medals at a world championship
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Senior Open Championship – Bernhard Langer
 +
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World Matchplay final (Blackpool) – Taylor bt Wright
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King George V Gold Cup (Hickstead) – Yuri Mansur (Brazil)
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Jul 31
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Third Test (The Oval) England 353 (Stokes 112) and 313-8 South Africa 175 (Roland-Jones 5-57) and 252 (Elgar 136). England won by 239 runs. Moeen Ali finished the match with a hat-trick
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Matic moves from Chelsea to Man Utd
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Aug 2
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Sussex Stakes – Here Comes When
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Aug 3
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Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius
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Leigh Halfpenny moves from Toulon to Scarlets
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Rory McIlroy sacks caddie JP Fitzgerald
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Europa League – Apollon Limassol bt Aberdeen
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Semi-final – Netherlands 3 England 0
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Aug 4
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World Athletics Championships start in London. The mascot is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero
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10,000m – Farah
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Neymar moves from Barcelona to PSG for £200 million
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Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) starts. Four of the first matches are played in Lauderhill, Florida
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Aug 5
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100m – Gatlin, Coleman, Bolt
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Women’s 10,000m – Ayana
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Luton 8 Yeovil 2
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One end of the cricket ground at Old Trafford is named after James Anderson
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Super Rugby final – Crusaders bt Lions
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Doug Insole dies
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Aug 6
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Marathon – Kirui (Kenya). 4<sup>th</sup> Callum Hawkins
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Women’s 100m – Tori Bowie
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Community Shield – Arsenal bt Chelsea. Pedro sent off. ABBA system used for penalty shootout
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UEFA Women's Championship final (Enschede) – Netherlands 4 Denmark 2
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Leading scorer – Jodie Taylor (5 goals)
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Women’s British Open – Kim In-Kyung (South Korea)
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WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Matsuyama, who shoots 61 in the final round
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League Leaders’ Shield – Castleford Tigers
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Hull KR finish top of Championship. Bradford Bulls finish with zero points, having been deducted 12 points for going into liquidation
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Aug 7
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Fourth Test (Old Trafford) England 362 (Bairstow 99) and 243 South Africa 226 and 202 (Moeen 5-69) England won by 177 runs. England win series 3-1
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Aug 8
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Norovirus outbreak at Tower Hotel affects athletes at World Athletics Championships. Isaac Makwala (Bostwana) banned from 400m final
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Uefa Super Cup (Skopje) Real Madrid 2 Man Utd 1
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Aug 9
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Makwala has to run a solo time trial in the 200m, successfully performing well enough to be given a place in the semi-final
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Aug 10
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200m – Guliyev (Turkey). 6<sup>th</sup> Makwala
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The Strongest (Bolivia) knocked out in last 16 of Copa Libertadores
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Aug 11
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Women’s 200m – Schippers
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Arsenal 4 Leicester 3 in opening match in Premier League. Lacazette scores after 94 seconds
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Premier League shirt sponsors – Bournemouth – M88, Brighton – American Express, Crystal Palace – ManBetX, Everton – SportPesa, Huddersfield – OPE Sports, Newcastle – Fun88, Swansea City – Letou, WBA – Palm
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Aug 12
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5,000m – Edris (Ethiopia). Silver – Farah
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Women’s high jump – Maria Lasitskene, a Russian competing as an Authorized Neutral Athlete (ANA)
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Women’s 4x100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita)
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Men’s 4x100m relay – GB (CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Neethaneel Mitchell-Blake). Bolt fails to finish in his final race
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Arlington Million – Beach Patrol
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Aug 13
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Women’s 50km walk – Ines Henriques (Portugal). Only world record broken at World Championships
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Women’s 4x400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond)
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Alison Felix wins 11th gold medal at World Championships
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Men’s 4x400m relay – Trinidad and Tobago. Bronze – GB (Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney)
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Final medal table – 1<sup>st</sup> USA (10-11-9) 30, 2<sup>nd</sup> Kenya, 3<sup>rd</sup> South Africa, 6<sup>th</sup> GB (2-3-1) 6
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PGA (Quail Hollow, North Carolina) – Justin Thomas. 2<sup>nd</sup> Molinari, Reed, Oosthuizen
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PGA Championship to move to May in 2019
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Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 121 Hong Kong 0
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Aug 14
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Ronaldo banned for five matches after pushing the referee in the back in Spanish Super Cup
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Aug 16
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Gylfi Sigurdsson moves from Swansea City to Everton
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Aug 17
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Yorkshire 260-4 (Lyth 161) against Northants in T20 Blast
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Bell-Drummond and Denly set a world record opening stand of 207 for Kent against Essex in T20 Blast
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Women’s World Cup final tables –
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Pool A – New Zealand, Canada, Wales, Hong Kong
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Pool B – England, USA, Spain, Italy
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Pool C – France, Ireland, Australia, Japan
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Aug 19
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First Test (Edgbaston) England 514-8 (Cook 243, Root 136) West Indies 168 and 137. England won by an innings and 209 runs
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First day-night Test in England, using a pink ball
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Broad takes 384th Test wicket to move above Ian Botham into second on the list of England's all-time leading Test wicket-takers
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Cristie Kerr becomes the record points scorer for USA in the Solheim Cup
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Vuelta a Espana starts in Nimes
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Aug 20
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Solheim Cup (Des Moines Golf and Country Club) USA 16 ½ Europe 11 ½
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Captains – Juli Inkster and Annika Sorenstem
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Spurs play first league game at Wembley, against Chelsea
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Farah wins final track race in Britain, in 3,000m at Diamond League in Birmingham
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European Eventing Championships (Poland) –
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Team event – GB
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Individual – Ingrid Klimke (Germany). Bronze – Nicola Wilson
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Aug 21
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Eni Aluko accuses England women’s football manager Mark Sampson of discrimination
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Rooney scores 200th Premier League goal
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Aug 22
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Semi-finals – England bt France, New Zealand bt USA
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Aug 23
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Davinson Sanchez moves from Ajax to Spurs for £42 million
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FK Qarabeg (Azerbaijan) qualify for Champions League for the first time
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Aug 24
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Farah wins 5000m in final track event at Diamond League finals meeting in Zurich
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Aug 26
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Challenge Cup final – Hull bt Wigan. Lance Todd Trophy – Marc Sneyd
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Women’s Rugby World Cup final (Belfast) – New Zealand 41 England 32
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Floyd Mayweather bt Conor McGregor by TKO in 10th round at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise (Las Vegas)
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Ousmane Dembele moves from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona for an initial fee of €105 million
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$1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta opens. Home of Atlanta Falcons
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Aug 27
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Paul Hunter Classic final – Michael White bt Shaun Murphy
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Aug 28
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US Open first round – Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) bt Konta, Sharapova bt Halep
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Irish rugby player Willie Duggan dies
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Aug 29
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Second Test (Headingley) England 258 (Stokes 100) and 470 West Indies 437 (Brathwaite 134, Shai Hope 147, Anderson 5-76) and 322-5 (Shai Hope 118). West Indies won by five wickets
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Shai Hope becomes the first player ever to score centuries in both innings of a match at Headingley
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First round – Naomi Osaka bt Kerber
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Aug 30
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Bangladesh beat Australia for the first time in a Test match
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Aug 31
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Transfer deadline day –
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Oxlade-Chamberlain moves from Arsenal to Liverpool
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Kylian Mbappe moves from Monaco to PSG on loan with an option of purchase for €180 million
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Danny Drinkwater moves from Leicester to Chelsea
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Surrey vs Middlesex abandoned after a crossbow bolt is fired onto the pitch

Revision as of 10:02, 18 July 2021

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. 2nd 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. 2nd 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. 3rd 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. 2nd My Tent Or Yours 3rd 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. 2nd Minella Rocco 3rd 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. 3rd 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

Apr 1

Miami Open final – Konta bt Wozniacki

Hossein Vafiei (Iran) reaches semi-final of China Open snooker

Lincoln Handicap – Bravery


Apr 2

China Open final – Selby bt Williams

Celtic beat Hearts 5-0 to win sixth successive title, with eight games to spare

Men’s Boat Race – Oxford

Women’s Boat Race – Cambridge

Checkatrade EFL Trophy final – Coventry City bt Oxford United

Miami Open final – Federer bt Nadal

Lexi Thompson loses ANA Inspiration to So Yeon Ryu after incurring a four-stroke penalty for incorrectly replacing a ball and returning an incorrect scorecard


Apr 5

Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Ben Duckett, Toby Roland-Jones, Chris Woakes, Misbah ul-Haq, Younis Khan

Leading Cricketer in the World – Virat Kohli

Leading Women’s Cricketer in the World – Ellyse Perry

Masters Par 3 tournament cancelled due to bad weather


Apr 6

Betfair Bowl – Tea For Two (Lizzie Kelly)

Betway Aintree Hurdle – Buveur D’air (Barry Geraghty)


Apr 7

Melling Chase – Fox Norton (Robbie Power)

England's Dan Norton scores his 245th career try during the Hong Kong Sevens, breaking Kenya's Collins Injera's record in the World Rugby Sevens Series

Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (USA) – USA bt Canada


Apr 8

Randox Health Grand National – One For Arthur (Derek Fox), trained by Lucinda Russell. 2nd Cause Of Causes. 3rd Saint Are. First Scottish-trained winner since Rubstic in 1979

Norwich 7 Reading 1

Tranmere 9 Solihull Moors 0

Nicola Adams wins on professional debut against Virginia Carcamo of Argentina


Apr 9

Chinese GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen

EIHL Play-off final – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils

Davis Cup quarter-final (Rouen) – France 4 GB 1. Dan Evans won GB’s only match

Masters – Garcia bt Rose in a play-off. 3rd Charl Schwartzel. Hole-in-one for Matt Kuchar

Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt South Africa

World Men's Curling Championship final (Canada) – Canada bt Sweden

Championship Player of the Year – Anthony Knockaert (Brighton)

League One award – Billy Sharp (Sheffield Utd)

League Two award – John Marquis (Doncaster)

Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City Thunder sets a new record for most triple-doubles in an NBA season


Apr 10

Keiron Cunningham sacked as head coach of St Helens

Lee Walker bt Reanne Evans in second qualifying round for Snooker World Championship

Super Rugby will contract to 15 teams next season. Cheetahs, Kings, and Western Force lose their licenses


Apr 12

Fergal O’Brien wins longest-ever frame (2 hours 3 minutes 41 seconds) against David Gilbert in final qualifying round

Track Cycling World Championships start in Hong Kong


Apr 14

Women’s omnium – Katie Archibald


Apr 15

Bottas gains first-ever pole position, at Bahrain GP


Apr 16

Women’s 25km points race – Elinor Barker

Bahrain GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas

Billy Monger is involved in a high-speed crash at the Donington F4 British Championships race, and as a result he has the lower part of both of his legs amputated. A JustGiving page is set up by his team JHR Developments to raise money for Monger, and raises over £500,000 in the first 24 hours

SWALEC Cup – RGC 1404


Apr 17

Irish Grand National – Our Duke


Apr 18

Champions League quarter-final – Atletico Madrid bt Leicester

Ronaldo scores 100th goal in Champions League, against Bayern Munich

Harry Redknapp replaces Gianfranco Zola as manager of Birmingham City


Apr 19

Germaine Mason dies after a motorcycle crash in Jamaica

World Snooker first round – Rory MacLeod bt Trump

Champions League – Juventus bt Barcelona


Apr 21

British & Irish Cup final – Munster A bt Jersey Reds

Ugo Ehiogu dies, aged 44, after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground. Played four matches for England, scoring one goal (against Spain)

Ellie Downie wins four medals including gold in individual all-around at European Gymnastics Championships in Romania

Katherine Grainger appointed as new chair of UK Sport


Apr 22

FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea 4 Spurs 2

Champions Cup semi-final – Saracens bt Munster

Scottish Grand National – Vicente

Ilie Nastase sent off after swearing at Konta in Fed Cup

Notts County women’s football club closes

Champion jockey – Richard Johnson

Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson


Apr 23

FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal 2 Man City 1. IheanachoIheanacho Iheanacho  becomes first player used as a fourth substitute, in extra time

Champions Cup semi-final – Clermont Auvergne bt Leinster

London Marathon. Men’s – Daniel Wanjiru (Kenya), Women’s – Mary Keitany (Kenya)

David Weir wins wheelchair race for seventh time

Messi scores 500th goal for Barcelona

PFA Player of the Year – N’Golo Kante

PFA Young Player of the Year – Dele Alli

Women’s Player of the Year – Lucy Bronze

Younis Khan becomes first Pakistan batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs


Apr 26

Joey Barton banned for 18 months for betting

Quarter-final – Ding bt O’Sullivan

City-based eight-team T20 competition to start in England in 2020

FA Youth Cup final – Chelsea bt Man City

CONCACAF Champions League– Pachuca (Mexico)


Apr 27

Myles Garrett is first pick in NFL draft for Cleveland Browns


Apr 28

Spurs will play all home matches at Wembley next season


Apr 29

Women’s Tour de Yorkshire – Lizzie Deignan

World Snooker semi-finals – Selby bt Ding, Higgins bt Hawkins

Leyton Orient's match with Colchester United is postponed for nearly two hours after fans occupy the pitch

Women’s Champions League semi-final – Lyon bt Man City

Joe Root hits brother Billy for six as Yorkshire beat Notts in Royal London Cup match

WBA world heavyweight title – Anthony Joshua stops Wladimir Klitschko in the 11th round in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium


Apr 30

Russian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen. First win for Bottas, in his 82nd race

European Badminton Championships (Denmark) –

Men’s singles – Rajiv Ouseph

Women’s singles – Carolina Marin. Silver – Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)

Mixed doubles – Chris and Gabby Adcock

Tour de Yorkshire – Serge Pauwels (Belgium)


May 1

Final – Selby bt Higgins 18-15

Highest break – O’Sullivan (146)

PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Scott Sinclair (Celtic)


May 2

European Athletics proposes rewriting athletics world records set before 2005 after doping scandal

Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Atletico Madrid


May 3

Champions League semi-final – Juventus bt Monaco


May 4

NBA Coach of the Year – Mike D’Antoni (Houston Rockets)


May 5

A new points system is adopted for the 2017 Diamond League, with the winner of an event at a qualifying meet receiving eight points and the runner-up seven, down to one point for the athlete in eighth place; at the end of the year, the eight or twelve athletes with the most points, depending on the event, will qualify for the finals


May 6

Badminton Horse Trials – Andrew Nicholson, riding Nereo

Kentucky Derby – Always Dreaming

2000 Guineas – Churchill (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien

Eliud Kipchoge runs a marathon around Monza Grand Prix circuit at Nike event in 2:0.25

Munster finish top of PRO12


May 7

1000 Guineas – Winter (Wayne Lordan), trained by Aidan O’Brien

Hyundai A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne Victory


May 8

Football Writers' Association player of the year – N’Golo Kante


May10

Rugby Players' Association awards –

Player’s player of the year – Jimmy Gopperth

England player of the year – Owen Farrell

Young player of the year – Zach Mercer (Bath)

England women player of the year – Tamara Taylor

Leading points scorer – Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps) 292 points

Leading try scorer – Christian Wade (Wasps) 17 tries


May 11

Europa League semi-final – Man Utd bt Celta Vigo


May 12

WBA 0 Chelsea 1 (Batshuayi). Chelsea win Premier League

European Challenge Cup final (Murrayfield) – Stade Francais bt Gloucester


May 13

European Champions Cup final (Murrayfield) – Saracens bt Clermont Auvergne. Chris Ashton beats Vincent Clerc’s European record of 36 tries

2018 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held in Bilbao

EPCR European Player of the Year (Anthony Foley Memorial Award) – Owen Farrell

Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Birmingham City


May 14

Spanish GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Ricciardo

Spurs bt Man Utd in final game at White Hart Lane. Last goal scored by Rooney

National League play-off final – Forest Green Rovers bt Tranmere Rovers

National League champions – Lincoln City

Players Championship – Kim Si-woo. 2nd Ian Poulter

BBL play-off final – Leicester Riders bt Newcastle Eagles

WBBL play-off final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Nottingham Wildcats

Younis Khan retires from international cricket

Misbah ul-Haq retires


May 17

Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Jimmy Gopperth

Discovery of the Season – Ellis Genge (Leicester)

Director of Rugby of the Season – Dai Young (Wasps)


May 18

Leicester 1 Spurs 6 (Kane 4)

Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Wright


May 20

Premiership semi-finals – Exeter bt Saracens, Wasps bt Leicester

League One play-off final – Millwall bt Bradford

Preakness Stakes – Cloud Computing


May 21

Hull City 1 Spurs 7 (Kane 3). Kane’s fourth hat-trick of the season

Final table – Chelsea, Spurs, Man City, Liverpool

Relegated – Hull, Middlesbrough, Sunderland

Leading scorers – Harry Kane (29), Romelu Lukaku (25), Alexis Sanchez (24)

Arsenal miss out on Champions League qualification for the first time in 20 years

Celtic beat Hearts to become the first team to complete a Scottish top-flight season unbeaten for 118 years. Won 34 games, drew 4 games

Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Celtic, 2nd Aberdeen

Leading scorer – Liam Boyce (Ross County), 23 goals

Relegated – Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Scottish Premiership play-off final – Hamilton Academical bt Dundee United

Scottish Championship – Hibernian

Scottish League One – Livingston

Scottish League Two – Arbroath

Highland League – Buckie Thistle

Lowland League – East Kilbride

Scottish League Two play-off final – Cowdenbeath bt East Kilbride

Novak Djokovic says Andre Agassi will be his new coach after he loses in the Italian Open final to Alexander Zverev

IPL10 final – Mumbai Indians bt Rising Pune Supergiants by 1 run

FA Vase final – South Shields bt Cleethorpes

FA Trophy final – York City bt Macclesfield Town

Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship final (Germany) – Sweden bt Canada

Marco Silva replaces Walter Mazzarri as manager of Watford

Alisher Uzmanov fails in £1 billion takeover bid for Arsenal

IRB Sevens World Series – South Africa


May 22

Nicky Hayden dies

David Moyes resigns as manager of Sunderland

League Managers' Association manager of the year – Antonio Conte

Serie A – Juventus. Sixth successive title

La Liga – Real Madrid. First title since 2012

Bundesliga – Bayern Munich. 2nd RB Leipzig

Premeira Liga – Benfica

Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Monaco

Eredivisie – Feyenoord


May 23

Sam Allerdyce resigns as manager of Crystal Palace

Barclays Manager of the Season – Antonio Conte

Barclays Player of the Season – N’Golo Kante

Sussex 668 (Wells 258) against Durham


May 24

Europa League final (Stockholm) Man Utd 2 Ajax 0

2018 Europa League final will be held in Lyon

Championship play-off final – London Irish bt Yorkshire Carnegie


May 26

Champions Cup qualifier – Northampton bt Stade Francais

Bernardo Silva moves from Monaco to Man City


May 27

FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Sanchez, Ramsey) Chelsea 1 (Costa). Victor Moses sent off

Arsenal win a record 13th title, while Arsene Wenger becomes the most successful manager in the tournament's history with seven wins

Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Aberdeen

Premiership final – Exeter Chiefs bt Wasps

PRO12 final – Scarlets bt Munster

Principality Premiership – Merthyr

Scottish Premiership – Ayr

Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – Cork Constitution


May 28

Monaco GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo. Button raced for McLaren in place of Alonso

Indy 500 – Takuma Sato. Alonso retired on lap 175

French Open first round – Makarova bt Kerber

League Two play-off – Blackpool bt Exeter

Promoted – Portsmouth, Plymouth, Doncaster, Blackpool

Relegated – Hartlepool, Leyton Orient

Leading scorer – John Akinde (Barnet) and John Marquis (Doncaster), 26goals

Giro d’Italia – Tom Dumoulin. First Dutch winner of a Grand Tour since Joop Zoetemelk's victory in the 1980 Tour de France

PGA Championship (Wentworth) – Alex Noren

Bernhard Langer becomes first golfer to win all five senior major championships

County Championship final (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Lancashire bt Cornwall

World’s strongest man – Eddie Hall (GB)


May 29

Championship play-off – Huddersfield bt Reading

Promoted – Newcastle, Brighton, Huddersfield

Relegated – Blackburn, Wigan, Rotherham

Leading Scorer – Chris Wood (Leeds), 27 goals

Ernesto Valverde appointed as head coach of Barcelona

Sangakkara hits fifth consecutive first class century for Surrey

Toby Roland-Jones makes England debut against South Africa


May 30

BBC women’s footballer of the year – Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon and Norway)

French Open first round – Hseih Su-Wei bt Konta


Jun 1

ICC Champions Trophy starts. All matches played at The Oval, Edgbaston, and Cardiff

Women’s Champions League final – Olympique Lyon bt Paris Saint-Germain

Penalty try becomes automatically worth seven points


Jun 2

Oaks – Enable (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden


Jun 3

Derby – Wings of Eagles (Padraig Beggy), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Cliffs of Moher, 3rd Cracksman

Champions League final (Cardiff) Real Madrid 4 Juventus 1. 12th win for Real Madrid. First team to retain trophy

2018 Champions League final will be held in Kiev

WSL1 Spring Series – Chelsea


Jun 4

PDC World Cup of Darts final (Frankfurt) – Netherlands (Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld) bt Wales (Price and Webster)

Top 14 final – Clermont bt Toulon


Jun 5

Cheick Tiote dies. Played for Newcastle and Ivory Coast


Jun 6

New Zealand boat capsizes in America’s Cup

Blues bt British and Irish Lions

French Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Djokovic


Jun 8

U-20 World Cup semi-final – England bt Italy

Semi-finals – Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) bt Bacsinzki, Halep bt Pliskova

America’s Cup – New Zealand bt GB

Mixed doubles final – Bopanna and Dabrowski bt Farah and Groenefeld

Isle of Man Senior TT – Michael Dunlop


Jun 9

Semi-finals – Wawrinka bt Murray, Nadal bt Thiem

Andorra bt Hungary to end 66-game winless streak. Last win was in 2004

Leonid Slutsky appointed as manager of Hull City

Mixed-gender events in athletics, swimming, table tennis and triathlon have been approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games


Jun 10

Final – Ostapenko bt Halep. Ostapenko's first WTA Tour title, making her the first woman to earn her first tour victory at a Grand Slam event since Barbara Jordan at the 1979 Australian Open. She also becomes the first Latvian of either sex to win a Grand Slam event and the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933

Men’s doubles final – Harrison and Venus bt Gonzalez and Young

Scotland 2 (Griffiths (2)) England 2 (Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kane)

Belmont Stakes – Tapwrit


Jun 11

Women’s doubles final – Mattek-Sands and Safarova bt Barty and Dellacqua

Final – Nadal bt Wawrinka. 10th title for Nadal

U-20 World Cup final (South Korea) England 1 (Calvert-Lewin) Venezuela 0. Freddie Woodman saved a penalty. Golden ball – Dominic Solanke. Manager – Paul Simpson

Canadian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo

Stanley Cup – Pittsburgh Penguins bt Nashville Predators 4-2

Play-offs MVP – Sidney Crosby

Regular season MVP – Conor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)

Netball Superleague Grand Final – Wasps bt Loughborough Lightning


Jun 12

NBA finals – Golden State Warriors bt Cleveland Cavaliers 4-1

Finals MVP – Kevin Durant

Regular season MVP – Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City)

Highlanders bt British and Irish Lions

ICC Champions Trophy group tables –

Group A – England, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand

Group B – India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka


Jun 14

Semi-final – Pakistan bt England

America’s Cup qualifier (Louis Vuitton Cup) – New Zealand bt Sweden


Jun 15

Semi-final – India bt Bangladesh

Scotland beat a Test side for the first time, defeating Zimbabwe in ODI

Jordan Pickford moves from Sunderland to Everton


Jun 16

The Carabao Cup first round draw, the first event for the new sponsor of the League Cup, descends into farce in Bangkok when Charlton are given both home and away ties

ODI Cup semi-final – Essex 370-5 Notts 373-5

Queen’s Birthday Honours –

OBE – Judy Murray, Heather Stanning, Rory Best

MBE – John Conteh, Steven Davis, Brian Noble


Jun 17

ODI Cup semi-final – Surrey bt Worcs


Jun 18

Nottingham Open final – Donna Vekic (Croatia) bt Konta

Champions Trophy final (The Oval) – Pakistan 338-4 (Fakhar 114) India 158

World U-20 Championship rugby union final – New Zealand bt England

Le Mans – Porsche. Jackie Chan’s team finishes in second place

US Open (Erin Hills, Wisconsin) Brooks Koepka. 2nd Matsuyama, Brian Harman. 4th Tommy Fleetwood

Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury becomes the WNBA's all-time scoring leader


Jun 19

British Speedway Championship – Craig Cook


Jun 20

Queen’s first round – Jordan Thompson bt Murray

Anil Kumble resigns as head coach of India

St James’s Palace Stakes – Barney Roy

Sale pay Castleford £200,000 in compensation over the signing of Danny Solomona


Jun 21

Prince of Wales’s Stakes – Highland Reel

Boris Becker declared bankrupt


Jun 22

ICC votes to elevate Afghanistan and Ireland to full Test status

Gold Cup – Big Orange (James Doyle), trained by Michael Bell

Philadelphia 76ers choose Markelle Fultz as first pick in NBA draft

Mohamed Salah moves from Roma to Liverpool


Jun 23

Mauricio Pellegrino replaces Claude Puel as manager of Southampton

Dan Evans tests positive for cocaine

Henry Blofeld retires from Test Match Special

Coronation Stakes – Winter

Commonwealth Cup – Caravaggio

Jason Roy given out for obstructing the field in T20 against South Africa


Jun 24

Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore

Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien

First Test (Auckland) – New Zealand 30 Lions 15


Jun 25

Azerbaijan GP – Ricciardo, Bottas, Stroll

First podium finish for Stroll

Aegon Championships final (Queens) – Lopez bt Cilic

Aegon Classic (Birmingham) – Kvitova

Federer wins Halle Open for ninth time

Dawid Malan makes 78 for England on debut in T20 match against South Africa

British Cycling National Championships. Men’s – Steve Cummings, Women’s – Lizzie Deignan

British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Nigel Coupe, riding Golvers Hill

EuroBasket Women – Spain


Jun 26

America’s Cup (Bermuda) – Emirates Team New Zealand 7 Oracle Team USA 1. Helmsman of New Zealand boat– Peter Burling

Frank de Boer appointed as manager of Crystal Palace


Jun 27

European U-21 semi-final – Germany bt England on penalties. Nathan Redmond missed last penalty

Hurricanes 31 British and Irish Lions 31


Jun 29

Andrew Umeed scores the second-slowest century in County Championship history, in 429 minutes for Warwicks against Lancs

Simon Harmer takes 9-95 for Essex against Middlesex


Jun 30

European U-21 final (Krakow) – Germany bt Spain

Jul 1

Royal London One-Day Cup final – Surrey 297-9 (Stoneman 144) Notts 298-6 (Hales 187 n.o.)

Second Test (Wellington) New Zealand 21 Lions 24. Sonny Bill Williams sent off. Beauden Barrett kicked seven penalties. Owen Farrell kicked the winning penalty. Lions end New Zealand's 47-match home winning streak

Tour de France opening time trial (Dusseldorf) – Geraint Thomas

Aegon International (Eastbourne). Men’s – Djokovic, Women’s – Pliskova

Jeff Horn (Australia) bt Manny Pacquaio to win WBO world welterweight title

Irish Derby – Capri

Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Astute Missile


Jul 2

West Indies bowled out for 48 by South Africa in women’s World Cup

Confederations Cup final (St Petersburg) – Germany bt Chile

KPMG Women's PGA Championship – Danielle Kang (USA)


Jul 3

Michael Collins and Nigel Benn planning a rematch

John Terry moves from Chelsea to Aston Villa


Jul 4

Kent 701-7 (Sean Dickson 318) vs Northants

Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France for elbowing Mark Cavendish, who has to retire after breaking his shoulder in the crash

Europa League – FP Progres Niederkorn (Luxembourg) bt Rangers


Jul 5

Alexandre Lacazette moves from Lyon to Arsenal for £46.5 million

Froome takes yellow jersey on fifth stage of Tour de France


Jul 6

Bernard Tomic fined $15,000 for faking injury and saying he is “bored” with Wimbledon

Daniil Medvedev fined $14,500 for throwing coins at the umpire’s chair


Jul 7

Adrian Marrarino fined $9,000 for barging into a ball boy

Philippa York reveals her transition from Tour de France cyclist Robert Millar


Jul 8

Third Test (Auckland) New Zealand 15 Lions 15. Series drawn 1-1. Kieran Read wins 100th cap. First time the Lions and New Zealand have drawn a Test match since 1971. First time since New Zealand drew with South Africa in 1994 that they have failed to win a game at Eden Park

Men’s doubles second round – Clark and Willis bt Herbert and Mahut

Eclipse Stakes – Ulysses

Speedway World Cup – Poland


Jul 9

First Test (Lords) England 458 (Root 190) and 233 South Africa 361 and 119. England won by 211 runs

Wayne Rooney moves from Man Utd to Everton on free transfer

Austrian GP – Bottas, Vettel, Ricciardo

Women’s World Cup – England bt Australia by 3 runs in a group match. First win in World Cup over Australia for 24 years

Irish Open – Jon Rahm

Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte crash out of Tour de France

Lukaku moves from Everton to Man Utd for £75 million

Toni Duggan moves from Man City Ladies to Barcelona


Jul 10

Fourth round – Muller bt Nadal


Jul 12

Quarter-finals – Querrey bt Murray, Berdych bt Djokovic

Ken and Neal Skupski reach quarter-finals in men’s doubles

Federer plays 100th match at Wimbledon

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

State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues


Jul 13

Semi-finals – Venus Williams bt Konta, Muguruza bt Magdelena Rybarikova (Slovakia)

Fabio Aru takes yellow jersey in Tour de France


Jul 14

Semi-finals – Federer bt Berdych, Cilic bt Querrey

World Para Athletics Championships start at Olympic Stadium in London

World Aquatics Championships start in Budapest


Jul 15

Final – Muguruza bt Venus Williams. First woman to beat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam finals

Men’s doubles final – Kubot and Melo bt Marach and Pavic

Women’s doubles final – Makarova and Vesnina bt Chan and Niculescu

Men’s wheelchair doubles – Hewitt and Reid

European U-19 Championship final (Georgia) – England bt Portugal

Froome regains yellow jersey in Tour de France


Jul 16

Final – Federer bt Cilic. 8th Wimbledon and 19th grand slam

Mixed doubles final – Jamie Murray and Hingis bt Kontinen and Watson

Women’s wheelchair doubles – Whiley and Kamiji. Fourth successive title

British GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Raikkonen. Hamilton’s fifth win at Silverstone

Scottish Open – Rafa Cabrera-Bello

US Women’s Open (Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey) – Park Sung-hyun

2017 UEFA Women's Championship start in Netherlands


Jul 17

Second Test (Trent Bridge) South Africa 335 (Anderson 5-72) and 343-9 England 205 and 133. South Africa won by 340 runs

Kyle Walker moves from Spurs to Man City


Jul 18

Semi-final – England bt South Africa

Joe Hart loaned to West Ham


Jul 19

Marcel Kittel crashes out of Tour de France after winning five stages

England 6 (Jodie Taylor 3) Scotland 0


Jul 20

Semi-final – India (Kaur 171) bt Australia


Jul 21

Alvaro Morata moves from Real Madrid to Chelsea for £60 million


Jul 22

La Course – Annemiek van Vleuten. 2nd Lizzie Deignan

Branden Grace shoots record 62 in third round of The Open

British Speedway GP – Maciej Janowski

10m platform – Tom Daley


Jul 23

Tour de France – Froome (Team Sky). 2nd Uran, 3rd Bardet. Fourth win for Froome

Points – Michael Matthews

King of the Mountains – Warren Barguil

Young Rider – Simon Yates

Team – Team Sky

Froome did not win any stages. Adam Hansen became the first rider to complete 18 consecutive Grand Tours

Women’s World Cup final (Lords) England 228-7 India 219 (Shrubsole 6-46)

Player of the Tournament – Tammy Beaumont

The Open (Royal Birkdale) – Speith. 2nd Kuchar, 3rd Li Haotang

Silver medal – Alfie Plant

World Para Athletics Championships final medal table – 1st China, 2nd USA, 3rd GB (18 gold medals, 39 medals in total). Hannah Cockroft won three gold medals

A women's 50km race walk will feature at the London 2017 World Athletics Championships for the first time in order to ensure gender equality

Synchronised swimming is renamed to ‘artistic swimming’


Jul 24

100m breaststroke – Peaty

50m butterfly – Ben Proud

Ross Whiteley becomes the first Englishman to hit six sixes in an over, bowled by Karl Calver, for Worcs against Yorkshire in T20 Blast


Jul 25

Benjamin Mendy moves from Monaco to Man City for £52 million

Ilie Nastase banned from tennis until 2020

Adam Peaty becomes first man to break 26 seconds in 50m breaststroke


Jul 26

50m breaststroke – Peaty

Mandarin Princess, trained by Charlie McBride, is declared winner of a race at Great Yarmouth, but a scan afterwards identifies the horse as stablemate Millie's Kiss, who had been due to run in a later race at the same course


Jul 27

100th Test match at The Oval


Jul 28

Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay – GB


Jul 29

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable

Quarter-finals – England beat France for the first time in 43 years. Denmark bt Germany, who had won the previous six championships

Premiership Rugby Sevens Series – Wasps

World Water Polo championships final – Croatia bt Hungary


Jul 30

Formula E series finishes in Montreal. Title won by Lucas di Grassi (Brazil)

Hungarian GP – Vettel, Raikkonen, Bottas

Caeleb Dressel (USA) equals Michael Phelps' record of seven gold medals at a world championship

Senior Open Championship – Bernhard Langer

World Matchplay final (Blackpool) – Taylor bt Wright

King George V Gold Cup (Hickstead) – Yuri Mansur (Brazil)


Jul 31

Third Test (The Oval) England 353 (Stokes 112) and 313-8 South Africa 175 (Roland-Jones 5-57) and 252 (Elgar 136). England won by 239 runs. Moeen Ali finished the match with a hat-trick

Matic moves from Chelsea to Man Utd


Aug 2

Sussex Stakes – Here Comes When


Aug 3

Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius

Leigh Halfpenny moves from Toulon to Scarlets

Rory McIlroy sacks caddie JP Fitzgerald

Europa League – Apollon Limassol bt Aberdeen

Semi-final – Netherlands 3 England 0


Aug 4

World Athletics Championships start in London. The mascot is an anthropomorphic hedgehog named Hero

10,000m – Farah

Neymar moves from Barcelona to PSG for £200 million

Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) starts. Four of the first matches are played in Lauderhill, Florida


Aug 5

100m – Gatlin, Coleman, Bolt

Women’s 10,000m – Ayana

Luton 8 Yeovil 2

One end of the cricket ground at Old Trafford is named after James Anderson

Super Rugby final – Crusaders bt Lions

Doug Insole dies


Aug 6

Marathon – Kirui (Kenya). 4th Callum Hawkins

Women’s 100m – Tori Bowie

Community Shield – Arsenal bt Chelsea. Pedro sent off. ABBA system used for penalty shootout

UEFA Women's Championship final (Enschede) – Netherlands 4 Denmark 2

Leading scorer – Jodie Taylor (5 goals)

Women’s British Open – Kim In-Kyung (South Korea)

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational – Matsuyama, who shoots 61 in the final round

League Leaders’ Shield – Castleford Tigers

Hull KR finish top of Championship. Bradford Bulls finish with zero points, having been deducted 12 points for going into liquidation


Aug 7

Fourth Test (Old Trafford) England 362 (Bairstow 99) and 243 South Africa 226 and 202 (Moeen 5-69) England won by 177 runs. England win series 3-1


Aug 8

Norovirus outbreak at Tower Hotel affects athletes at World Athletics Championships. Isaac Makwala (Bostwana) banned from 400m final

Uefa Super Cup (Skopje) Real Madrid 2 Man Utd 1


Aug 9

Makwala has to run a solo time trial in the 200m, successfully performing well enough to be given a place in the semi-final


Aug 10

200m – Guliyev (Turkey). 6th Makwala

The Strongest (Bolivia) knocked out in last 16 of Copa Libertadores


Aug 11

Women’s 200m – Schippers

Arsenal 4 Leicester 3 in opening match in Premier League. Lacazette scores after 94 seconds

Premier League shirt sponsors – Bournemouth – M88, Brighton – American Express, Crystal Palace – ManBetX, Everton – SportPesa, Huddersfield – OPE Sports, Newcastle – Fun88, Swansea City – Letou, WBA – Palm


Aug 12

5,000m – Edris (Ethiopia). Silver – Farah

Women’s high jump – Maria Lasitskene, a Russian competing as an Authorized Neutral Athlete (ANA)

Women’s 4x100m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita)

Men’s 4x100m relay – GB (CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Neethaneel Mitchell-Blake). Bolt fails to finish in his final race

Arlington Million – Beach Patrol


Aug 13

Women’s 50km walk – Ines Henriques (Portugal). Only world record broken at World Championships

Women’s 4x400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond)

Alison Felix wins 11th gold medal at World Championships

Men’s 4x400m relay – Trinidad and Tobago. Bronze – GB (Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney)

Final medal table – 1st USA (10-11-9) 30, 2nd Kenya, 3rd South Africa, 6th GB (2-3-1) 6

PGA (Quail Hollow, North Carolina) – Justin Thomas. 2nd Molinari, Reed, Oosthuizen

PGA Championship to move to May in 2019

Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 121 Hong Kong 0


Aug 14

Ronaldo banned for five matches after pushing the referee in the back in Spanish Super Cup


Aug 16

Gylfi Sigurdsson moves from Swansea City to Everton


Aug 17

Yorkshire 260-4 (Lyth 161) against Northants in T20 Blast

Bell-Drummond and Denly set a world record opening stand of 207 for Kent against Essex in T20 Blast

Women’s World Cup final tables –

Pool A – New Zealand, Canada, Wales, Hong Kong

Pool B – England, USA, Spain, Italy

Pool C – France, Ireland, Australia, Japan


Aug 19

First Test (Edgbaston) England 514-8 (Cook 243, Root 136) West Indies 168 and 137. England won by an innings and 209 runs

First day-night Test in England, using a pink ball

Broad takes 384th Test wicket to move above Ian Botham into second on the list of England's all-time leading Test wicket-takers

Cristie Kerr becomes the record points scorer for USA in the Solheim Cup

Vuelta a Espana starts in Nimes


Aug 20

Solheim Cup (Des Moines Golf and Country Club) USA 16 ½ Europe 11 ½

Captains – Juli Inkster and Annika Sorenstem

Spurs play first league game at Wembley, against Chelsea

Farah wins final track race in Britain, in 3,000m at Diamond League in Birmingham

European Eventing Championships (Poland) –

Team event – GB

Individual – Ingrid Klimke (Germany). Bronze – Nicola Wilson


Aug 21

Eni Aluko accuses England women’s football manager Mark Sampson of discrimination

Rooney scores 200th Premier League goal


Aug 22

Semi-finals – England bt France, New Zealand bt USA


Aug 23

Davinson Sanchez moves from Ajax to Spurs for £42 million

FK Qarabeg (Azerbaijan) qualify for Champions League for the first time


Aug 24

Farah wins 5000m in final track event at Diamond League finals meeting in Zurich


Aug 26

Challenge Cup final – Hull bt Wigan. Lance Todd Trophy – Marc Sneyd

Women’s Rugby World Cup final (Belfast) – New Zealand 41 England 32

Floyd Mayweather bt Conor McGregor by TKO in 10th round at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise (Las Vegas)

Ousmane Dembele moves from Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona for an initial fee of €105 million

$1.6 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta opens. Home of Atlanta Falcons


Aug 27

Paul Hunter Classic final – Michael White bt Shaun Murphy


Aug 28

US Open first round – Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) bt Konta, Sharapova bt Halep

Irish rugby player Willie Duggan dies


Aug 29

Second Test (Headingley) England 258 (Stokes 100) and 470 West Indies 437 (Brathwaite 134, Shai Hope 147, Anderson 5-76) and 322-5 (Shai Hope 118). West Indies won by five wickets

Shai Hope becomes the first player ever to score centuries in both innings of a match at Headingley

First round – Naomi Osaka bt Kerber


Aug 30

Bangladesh beat Australia for the first time in a Test match


Aug 31

Transfer deadline day –

Oxlade-Chamberlain moves from Arsenal to Liverpool

Kylian Mbappe moves from Monaco to PSG on loan with an option of purchase for €180 million

Danny Drinkwater moves from Leicester to Chelsea

Surrey vs Middlesex abandoned after a crossbow bolt is fired onto the pitch

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