Sport and Leisure/Sport 2018

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Sofia

PDC final – Cross bt Taylor 7-2

Buffalo Bills make NFL play-offs for first time in 17 years

Jan 4

CAF African Player of the Year – Mohamed Salah

Jan 5

Ross Barkley moves from Everton to Chelsea

Jan 6

Mark Hughes fired by Stoke City after losing to Coventry in FA Cup

Welsh Grand National – Raz De Maree, ridden by 16-year-old James Bowen

Hopman Cup final – Switzerland (Federer and Bencic) bt Germany (Alexander Zverev and Kerber)

Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch

Jan 7

FA Cup – Nottingham Forest bt Arsenal

Coutinho moves from Liverpool to Barcelona for £142 million

Tournament of Champions – Dustin Johnson

Jan 8

Fifth Test (Sydney) England 346 and 180-9 Australia 649-7 (Khawaja 171, S Marsh 156, M Marsh 101) Australia won by an innings and 123 runs. Australia win series 4-0

Mason Crane 1-193 on England debut

Leading run scorers – Smith (687) and Malan (383)

Leading wicket takers – Cummins (23) and Anderson (17)

VAR used in FA Cup match between Brighton and Crystal Palace

Jan 10

Tommy Lawrence dies

Jan 13

BDO women’s final – Lisa Ashton bt Anastasia Dobromyslova. Fourth world title

Jan 14

Dan Gurney dies

EurAsia Cup (Malaysia) Europe bt Asia

Liverpool 4 Man City 3. First defeat in Premier League, in 23rd match

BDO final – Glen Durrant bt Mark McGeeney 7-6

First ODI – Australia 304-8 (Finch 107) England 308-5 (Roy 180). Jason Roy hits the highest ODI score by an England player

Jan 15

Cyrille Regis dies

Ryan Giggs appointed as manager of Wales

Paul Lambert appointed as manager of Stoke City

Jan 16

Kelechi Iheanacho becomes the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee in English football as Leicester beat Fleetwood in an FA Cup third-round replay

Jamaica is sending a women's bobsleigh team to next month's Winter Olympics

Jan 17

Theo Walcott moves from Arsenal to Everton

FA Cup – Wigan bt Bournemouth

South Africa’s Jiveshan Pillay is given out obstructing the field after he picked up the ball to return it to West Indies fielders during the U19 World Cup

Jan 18

Masters second round – Allen bt O’Sullivan

International Cricket Council awards –

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC cricketer of the year – Virat Kohli

Test cricketer of the year – Steve Smith

ODI cricketer of the year – Virat Kohli

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Ellyse Perry

Jan 19

Second ODI – Australia 270-9 (Finch 106) England 274-6

Jan 20

Dakar Rally (Lima to Cordoba) – Carlos Sainz, driving a Peugeot

Aguero hat-trick for Man City against Newcastle

Sam Allerdyce’s 1,000th match as manager

Jan 21

Masters final – Mark Allen bt Kyren Wilson

Javi Gracia replaces Marco Silva as manager of Watford

Abu Dhabi Championship – Tommy Fleetwood

Third ODI – England 302-6 (Buttler 100) Australia 286-6

Jan 22

Jimmy Armfield dies

Fourth round – Chung Hyeon (South Korea) bt Djokovic

Man Utd sign Sanchez from Arsenal in a swap deal with Mkhitaryan

England Player of the Year – Harry Kane

England U21 Player of the Year – Jordan Pickford

Jan 23

Quarter-finals – Edmund bt Dimitrov, Cilic bt Nadal

Phil Neville appointed as manager of England women’s football team

League Cup semi-final – Man City bt Bristol City

Racehorse trainer Richard Woollacott dies

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Arrogate

LeBron James scores his 30,000th career regular-season point

Jan 24

League Cup semi-final – Arsenal bt Chelsea

England drawn in same group as Spain and Croatia in Uefa Nations League

Anya Shrubsole becomes the first woman to appear on the cover of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Jan 25

Women’s World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Katherine Rednall bt Rebecca Field

Semi-finals – Halep bt Kerber, Wozniacki bt Elice Mertens (Belgium)

Semi-final – Cilic bt Edmund

Jan 26

Semi-final – Federer bt Chung Hyeon

Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenevic bt Makarova and Vesnina

Fourth ODI – England 196 Australia 197-7. England recovered from 8-5

Jan 27

Final – Wozniacki bt Halep

Men’s doubles final – Marach and Pavic bt Cabal and Farah

FA Cup – Wigan bt West Ham

IPL auction – Rajasthan Royals pay £1.4 million for Ben Stokes, and also sign Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer

Jan 28

Mixed doubles final – Pavic and Dabrowski bt Bopanna and Babos

Final – Federer bt Cilic. Sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title

BBL Cup final – Cheshire Phoenix bt Worcester Wolves

WBBL Cup final – Nottingham Wildcats bt Caledonia Pride

Fifth ODI – England 259 (Tye 5-46) Australia 247 (Tom Curran 5-35). England win series 4-1. Match played at new Optus Stadium in Perth

Dubai Desert Classic – Li Haotong

Ogier wins fifth successive Monte Carlo Rally

Pegasus World Cup – Gun Runner

World Indoor Bowls Championship final – Mark Dawes bt Robert Paxton

Asuka wins the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 29

Paul Alcock dies

Beckham launches MLS team in Miami

Jan 30

Juli Inkster will captain Team USA for the third successive time as next year's Solheim Cup at Gleneagles

Jan 31

Transfer deadline day –

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang moves from Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal for £55 million

Olivier Giroud moves from Arsenal to Chelsea

Michy Batshuayi loaned from Chelsea to Borussia Dortmund

Lucas Moura moves from PSG to Spurs

Andre Ayew moves from West Ham to Swansea

Feb 1

28 Russian athletes have their Olympic doping bans overturned by CAS

Feb 2

David Willey hits 34 off an over from Nathan Lyon in T20 match against Prime Minister’s XI

Feb 3

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

Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt, Gregor Townsend, Jacques Brunel, Conor O’Shea

Ramsey hat-trick for Arsenal against Everton. Aubameyang scores on debut

U19 Cricket World Cup final (New Zealand) India bt Australia

Irish Champion Hurdle – Supasundae

Feb 4

Davis Cup (Marbella) Spain 3 GB 1. Cameron Norrie won only match for GB

Big Bash League final – Adelaide Strikers bt Hobart Hurricanes

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

Irish Gold Cup – Edwulf

German Masters final – Mark Williams bt Graeme Dott

Super Bowl LII (U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis) – Philadelphia Eagles 41 New England Patriots 33. MVP – Nick Foles

Eagles coach – Doug Pederson

Half-time entertainment – Justin Timberlake

Super Bowl LIII is scheduled to be held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

NFL MVP – Tom Brady

Feb 6

FA Cup – Swansea 8 Notts County 1

Feb 9

Opening ceremony of XXIII Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. 92 nations taking part, including Olympic Athletes from Russia. Flame lit by Kim Yuna. GB flag carried by Lizzy Yarnold. Korea march under one flag. Games motto – ‘Passion. Connected.’ Mascot – Soohorang, a white tiger. 102 gold medals on offer across 15 disciplines

Tonga flag bearer is bare-chested Pita Taufatofua

US decide flag carrier by toss of coin, won by Erin Hamlin. Shani Davis boycotts ceremony after losing

Olympic rings made by drones, using augmented reality

Mountain cluster venue – Alpensia Sports Park

Coastal cluster venues – Gangneung

Feb 10

First gold medal – Charlotte Kalla (Sweden), in women’s skiathlon. 2^nd Bjorgen

Korea women’s hockey team lose first match 8-0 to Switzerland

Wigan bt Hull in Super League match played in Wollongong, Australia

Johnny May scores two tries for England against Wales

Aguero scores four goals for Man City against Leicester

Feb 11

Skiathlon. 7^th Andrew Musgrave

Luge – David Gleirscher (Austria). 5^th Felix Loch

Snowboard slopestyle – Red Gerard (USA). Aged 17

5000m speed skating – Sven Kramer. Third successive title

Scotland and France compete for the new Auld Alliance trophy, which honours the war dead from the rugby communities

Snooker shoot-out final – Michael Georgiou (Cyprus) bt Dott

Feb 12

Women’s 1500m speed skating – Ireen Wust (Netherlands). Tenth Olympic medal

Feb 13

Elise Christie crashes out of 500m

Combined – Marcel Hirscher

Women’s snowboard halfpipe – Chloe Kim (USA). Aged 17

Feb 14

Snowboard halfpipe – Sean White. Third gold medal

Mane hat-trick for Liverpool against Porto

Feb 15

Downhill – Aksel Lund Svindal

Women’s giant slalom – Mikaela Schiffren

Alex McLeish to manage Scotland for second time

Feb 16

Skeleton – Yun (South Korea). Bronze – Dom Parsons. Britain's first men's skeleton medal since John Crammond in 1948

Akwasi Frimpong represents Ghana in skeleton

Super-G – Matthias Mayer

Women’s slalom – Frida Hansdotter (Sweden)

World Club Challenge – Melbourne Storm 38 Leeds Rhinos 4

Four WBA players steal a taxi in Barcelona

Feb 17

Women’s skeleton – Yarnold. Bronze – Laura Deas

Women’s ski slopestyle. Bronze – Isabel Atkin

Women’s Super-G – Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic)

Figure skating – Hanyu

Fans throw Winnie the Pooh toys onto the ice after Hanyu has skated

Ski jumping large hill – Stoch

George Groves retains WBA title after points win over Chris Eubank Jr in World Boxing Super Series semi-final

Feb 18

Eve Muirhead penalized for not releasing final stone before hogline against Sweden

Giant slalom – Marcel Hirscher

Ski slopestyle. 4^th James Woods

Christian Coleman breaks Maurice Greene’s previously-held 60m world record

Daytona 500 – Austin Dillon

Feb 19

Two-man bobsleigh finishes in dead heat between Canada and Germany

Ski jumper Norai Kasai competes in eighth Olympics for Japan

FA Cup – Wigan 1 (Grigg) Man City 0

Feb 20

Christie disqualified in 1000m

Ice dance – Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. 11^th Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland

Seagram trainer David Barons dies

Feb 21

Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia (Italy). Bronze – Lindsey Vonn

GB women’s bobsleigh crowdfunded by £40,000

Feb 22

Men’s curling play-off – Switzerland bt GB (skip – Kyle Smith)

Slalom – Andre Myhrer (Sweden) 9^th Dave Ryding

Women’s Combined – Michelle Gisin (Switzerland). Sister of Dominique, who won the downhill in 2014

Women’s ice hockey final – USA bt Canada. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scores the winning penalty in the shootout

First Olympic Big Air competition won by Anna Gasser (Austria)

Short track speed skating 5000m relay – Hungary. First ever gold medal. Team contains Shaoang Liu, who is Elise Christie’s boyfriend

Alexander Krushelnitskiy of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) team is stripped of his bronze medal in mixed doubles curling after testing positive for meldonium

Feb 23

Women’s curling semi-final – Sweden bt GB

Men’s ice hockey semi-final – Germany bt Canada

Women’s figure skating – Alina Zagitova (OAR), aged 15. 2^nd Medvedeva

Feb 24

Big Air. Bronze – Billy Morgan

Women’s curling bronze medal match – Japan bt GB

Men’s curling final – USA bt Sweden

Women’s snowboarding parallel giant slalom – Ledecka. First woman to win at two sports in same Olympics

Alpine team – Switzerland. Parallel slalom event with two males and two females on each team

Huw Jones scores two tries for Scotland against England. First win for Scotland in Calcutta Cup since 2008

Warren Gatland coaches Wales for the 100th time

Feb 25

Men’s ice hockey final – OAR bt Germany

Women’s curling final – Sweden bt South Korea

South Korea women’s curling team are all named Kim, and are known as ‘the Garlic girls’. Their nicknames are Steak, Yogurt, Pancake, Sunny and Chocho

Bjorgen wins fifth medal of Games and 15th in total

Closing ceremony. Billy Morgan carries GB flag

Final medal table – 1^st Norway (14-14-11) 39 2^nd Germany (14-10-7) 31 3^rd Canada (11-8-10) 29 19^th GB (1-0-4) 5

Carabao Cup final – Man City 3 Arsenal 0

World Grand Prix final (Preston) – O’Sullivan bt Ding Junhui

Table Tennis Team World Cup (Copper Box Arena, London) –

Men’s final – China bt Japan

Women’s final – China bt Japan

Feb 27

Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –

World Sportsman of the Year – Roger Federer

World Sportswoman of the Year – Serena Williams

World Team of the Year – Mercedes F1

World Breakthrough of the Year – Sergio Garcia

World Comeback of the Year – Roger Federer

World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Marcel Hug

World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Armel Le Cleac’h

Feb 28

Spurs 6 (Llorente 3) Rochdale 1

Track Cycling World Championships start in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Mar 1

World Indoor Athletics Championships start in Birmingham

Women’s 3000m – Dibaba. Bronze – Laura Muir

Phil Neville starts his reign as England women head coach with a win over France in the SheBelieves Cup

Mar 2

Pentathlon – Katarina Johnson-Thompson

All athletes disqualified from a men’s 400m heat

Mar 3

Women’s 1500m – Dibaba. Silver – Laura Muir

Women’s 400m. Bronze – Doyle

800m. 4^th Eliot Coles, after Drew Windle was reinstated in second place

60m – Coleman

Welsh Open semi-finals – Hawkins bt Noppon Saengkham (Thailand), Higgins bt Gary Wilson

Mar 4

60m hurdles – Andrew Pozzi

Women’s 800m. Bronze – Shelayna Oksan-Clarke

Women’s 4x400m relay. Bronze – GB (Allcock, Williams, Beesley, Clark)

USA topped the medal table. 4^th Great Britain (2-1-4) 7

There were 21 disqualifications during the championship, mostly for lane infringements

Roger Bannister dies

Fiorentina captain Davide Astori dies

Welsh Open final – Higgins bt Hawkins

Pep Guardiola charged with wearing a yellow ribbon to support imprisoned politicians in Catalonia

EIHL Challenge Cup final – Belfast Giants bt Cardiff Devils

WGC Mexico Championship – Phil Mickelson

UK Open darts final – Gary Anderson bt Corey Cadby (Australia)

BBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Sheffield Sharks

WBBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Sevenoaks Suns

Mar 5

Gary Monk replaces Steve Cotterill as manager of Birmingham City

Mar 7

Champions League – Juventus bt Spurs

Mar 9

Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

Paralympic mascot – Bandabi, an Asiatic black bear

Mar 10

Ireland bt Scotland to win Six Nations, after England lose to France

England win ODI series against New Zealand 3-2. Bairstow 104 in deciding match

Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild win GB’s first medal in Paralympics, with silver in women’s visually impaired downhill

Mar 12

Jamie Carragher suspended by Sky for spitting

Mauricio Pellegrino sacked by Southampton

Ken Flach dies

Mar 13

Champion Hurdle – Buveur D’Air (Barry Geraghty), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2^nd Melon 3^rd Mick Jazz

Champions League – Sevilla bt Man Utd

Mar 14

Queen Mother Champion Chase – Altior

Champions League – Barcelona bt Chelsea. Messi scores his 100th goal in Champions League

Mar15

Stayers’ Hurdle – Penhill

Mar 16

Gold Cup – Native River (Richard Johnson), trained by Joe Tizzard. 2^nd Might Bite 3^rd Anibale Fly

Leading jockey – Davy Russell

Leading trainer – Gordon Elliott

France win Women’s Six Nations Grand Slam

Danielle Waterman becomes England’s leading try scorer, with 47

Mar 17

Ireland bt England to win Grand Slam

Matteo Minozzi scores a try in fourth successive match for Italy

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

Leading try scorer – Jacob Stockdale (7)

Leading points scorer – Maxime Machenaud (50)

Player of the Tournament – Jacob Stockdale

Salah scores four goals for Liverpool against Watford

Ladies World Snooker Championship final (Malta) – Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) bt Maria Catalano (England)

Mar 18

Menna Fitzpatrick and guide Jen Kehoe win GB’s only gold medal in Paralympics, in women’s visually impaired slalom

Winter Paralympics closing ceremony

Final medal table – 1^st USA (13-15-8) 36 2^nd Neutral Paralympic Athletes (8-10-6) 24 3^rd Canada (8-4-16) 28 13^th GB (1-4-2) 7

Menna Fitzpatrick won four medals, Millie Knight won three medals

Mark Hughes appointed as manager of Southampton

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Marcel Hirscher

Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez

Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin

Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Kamil Stoch

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Maren Lundby (Norway)

Mar 19

Martin Allen appointed as manager of Barnet for the fifth time

Mar 22

China 0 Wales 6 (Bale 3). Ryan Giggs’s first match as Wales manager. Bale breaks Ian Rush’s record of 28 goals for Wales

Broad takes 400th Test wicket (Tom Latham)

Mar 23

Jesse Lingard scores first goal for England, against Netherlands

Zlatan Ibrahimovic moves from Man Utd to LA Galaxy

West Indies and Afghanistan qualify for 2019 Cricket World Cup. Qualifying tournament held in Zimbabwe

Mar 24

Australian champion mare Winx sets a world record of 17 wins at flat racing's Group One level

Lincoln Handicap – Addeybb

Cambridge wins all four races in the Boat Race

Brechin are relegated from Scottish Championship without winning a match

Television footage catches Cameron Bancroft taking a piece of sandpaper out of his trouser pocket before rubbing the ball in Test match against South Africa. Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner knew about the plan

Dubai World Cup – Thunder Snow

Scottish Challenge Cup final – Inverness Caledonian Thistle bt Dumbarton

Mar 25

Formula 1 teams –

Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas

Red Bull – Ricciardo, Verstappen

Ferrari – Vettel, Raikkonen

McLaren – Alonso, Vandoorne

Williams – Stroll, Sergey Sirotkin (Russia)

Force India – Perez, Ocon

Sauber – Ericsson, Charles Leclerc (Monaco)

Toro Rosso – Brendon Hartley (New Zealand), Pierre Gasly (France)

Renault – Hulkenberg, Sainz

Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen

Australian GP – Vettel, Hamilton, Raikkonen

Players Championship final – O’Sullivan bt Murphy

World Golf Championships Match Play final – Bubba Watson bt Kevin Kisner

EIHL League – Cardiff Devils

Pakistan Super League final (Karachi) – Islamabad United bt Peshawar Zalmi

World Figure Skating Championships (Milan). Men’s – Nathan Chen (USA). Women’s – Kaetlyn Osmond (Canada)

Mar 26

First Test (Auckland) England 58 (Boult 6-32) and 310 New Zealand 427-8 (Nicholls 145, Williamson 102). New Zealand won by an innings and 49 runs

England recovered from 27-9. Craig Overton scored 33

Steve Smith steps down as captain of Rajasthan Royals

David Warner steps down as captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad

Mar 27

Steve Smith and David Warner are banned for a year by Cricket Australia, while Bancroft is given a nine-month ban

James Tarkowski (Burnley) makes England debut against Italy

Mar 28

Darren Lehmann is to quit as head coach of Australia at the end of the current Test series against South Africa

Mar 29

MCC Champions County match (Bridgetown) MCC bt Essex

Championship League Snooker final – Higgins bt Zhou Yuelong

Mar 30

LeBron James breaks Michael Jordan's all-time record of scoring at least 10 points in 866 consecutive regular season NBA games

Jack Leach (Somerset) makes England debut against New Zealand

Anglo-Welsh Cup final – Exeter bt Bath

FA Youth Cup final – Chelsea bt Arsenal

Tim Paine succeeds Steve Smith as captain of Australia

Apr 1

European Champions Cup quarter-final – Leinster bt Saracens

Apr 2

Irish Grand National – General Principle

ANA Inspiration – Pernilla Lindberg (Sweden)

Alan Pardew sacked as manager of WBA. Darren Moore appointed as caretaker manager

Apr 3

Second Test (Christchurch) England 307 (Bairstow 101, Southee 6-62) and 352-9 New Zealand 278 (Broad 6-54) and 256-8. New Zealand win series 1-0

Apr 4

Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Gold Coast. Mascot – Borobi, a blue koala

Ray Wilkins dies

Masters Par 3 – Tom Watson. Hole-in-one for Jack Nicklaus’s grandson

Apr 5

First gold medal won by Flora Duffy in women’s triathlon

Men’s triathlon – Henri Schoeman. Bronze – Marc Austin (Scotland). Brownlee brothers finish 7^th and 10^th

Sergio Garcia puts five shots into the water for a 13 on the 15th hole at Masters

Eric Bristow dies

Apr 7

Smalling scores winning goal for Man Utd against Man City

Jenly Tegu Wini wins first ever Commonwealth Games medal for Solomon Islands, winning bronze in women’s weightlifting

Apr 8

Rhys McClenaghan wins Northern Ireland’s only gold medal, on pommel horse

Bahrain GP – Vettel, Bottas, Hamilton. 4^th Gasly

Raikkonen runs over a mechanic during pit stop

Masters – Patrick Reed. 2^nd Fowler, 3^rd Speith, 4^th Rahm

Hole-in-one for Charley Hoffman

Paris-Roubaix – Peter Sagan

China Open final – Selby bt Hawkins

EIHL Play-off final – Cardiff Devils bt Sheffield Steelers

Checkatrade EFL Trophy final – Lincoln bt Shrewsbury

Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt Kenya

Apr 9

Anna Hursey, aged 11, plays for Wales in table tennis

WBA safe-standing proposal rejected. The pilot scheme would have meant 3,600 seats were converted to 'rail seats', which can be locked in an upright position

Apr 10

Champions League quarter-finals – Liverpool bt Man City, Roma bt Barcelona

Apr 11

High Jump – Brandon Starc. Brother of Mitchell Starc

Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Shia Hope, Heather Knight, Jamie Porter, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole

Leading cricketer in the world – Virat Kohli

Leading women's cricketer – Mithali Raj (India)

Leading Twenty20 cricketer – Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

Buffon sent off by Michael Oliver in last minute of Champions League match between Juventus and Real Madrid

Apr 12

Betway Bowl – Might Bite (Nico de Boinville)

Betway Aintree Hurdle – L’Ami Serge (Daryl Jacob)

Gallagher confirmed as new title sponsors of Premiership Rugby

Apr 13

Melling Chase – Politologue (Sam Twiston-Davies)

Apr 14

Randox Health Grand National – Tiger Roll (Davy Russell), trained by Gordon Elliott. 2^nd Pleasant Company. 3^rd Bless the Wings. Bryony Frost finished fifth on Milansbar

Man City bt Spurs

Apr 15

Netball final – England bt Australia. Winning goal scored by Helen Housby

Callum Hawkins collapses while leading marathon

Commonwealth Games closing ceremony –

Final medal table – 1^st Australia (80-59-59) 198 2^nd England (45-45-46) 136 3^rd India

Wales won 10 gold medals, Scotland won 9 gold medals, Northern Ireland won one gold medal. Cook Islands and Norfolk Island both won a bronze medal in lawn bowls

Most medals – Taylor Ruck (Canada, women’s swimming) 8

Most gold medals – Mitch Larkin (Australia, swimming) 5. Larkin won every backstroke event

Diamanto Evripidou (Cyprus) won six medals in rhythmic gymnastics

Nile Wilson won five medals in gymnastics

Man City win Premier League with five games to spare after WBA beat Man Utd

Chinese GP – Ricciardo, Bottas, Raikkonen

SWALEC Cup – Merthyr RFC

Apr 16

Bristol rugby club incorporate ‘Bears’ into their name

Ivan Mauger dies

Apr 18

Joey Barton appointed as manager of Fleetwood

John Kingston fired as head coach of Harlequins

Apr 19

Sky Bet Championship Player of the Year – Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham)

League One award – Bradley Dack (Blackburn)

League Two award – Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley)

Apr 20

Arsene Wenger to leave Arsenal at the end of the season, after 22 years

Apr 21

FA Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Spurs. Eighth successive semi-final defeat for Spurs

Hull 5 Bristol City 5

European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Scarlets

Scottish Grand National – Joe Farrell

World Championship snooker first round – Perry bt Selby

Apr 22

London marathon. Men’s – Kipchoge. 3^rd Farah. Women’s – Vivian Cheruiyot. Men’s wheelchair won by David Weir for eighth time

Fed Cup play-off – Japan bt GB

FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea bt Southampton

European Champions Cup semi-final – Racing 92 bt Munster

PFA Awards –

Player of the Year – Mohamed Salah

Young player of the year – Sane

Women’s player of the year – Fran Kirby

Women’s young player of the year – Lauren Hemp (Bristol City)

Apr 25

CONCACAF Champions League – Guadalajara

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

Apr 26

Baker Mayfield is first pick in NFL draft for Cleveland Browns

Apr 27

Katie Walsh retires

Apr 28

Second round – Carter bt O’Sullivan

Champion jockey – Richard Johnson

Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson

Nina Carberry retires

Shaquem Griffin becomes the first one-handed player to be drafted by an NFL team after being selected by the Seattle Seahawks

Bruce Tulloh dies

Apr 29

Celtic win seventh successive Scottish title after beating Rangers 5-0

Women’s Champions League semi-finals – Lyon bt Man City, Wolfsburg bt Chelsea

Azerbaijan GP – Hamilton, Raikkonen, Perez. 6^th Leclerc

Red Bull cars collided with each other

League One – York City Knights 144 West Wales Raiders 0

May 1

Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Bayern Munich

Football Writers' Association player of the year – Mo Salah

May 2

Champions League semi-final – Liverpool bt Roma 7-6 on aggregate

Justin Langer appointed as head coach of Australia

May 3

Europa League semi-final – Atletico Madrid bt Arsenal. Winning goal scored by Diego Costa

May 4

Giro d’Italia starts in Jerusalem with an individual time trial, followed by two stages in Israel. Time trial won by Tom Dumoulin

Steven Gerrard replaces Graham Murty as manager of Rangers

2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha will culminate in a 4x400m mixed relay

May 5

2,000 Guineas – Saxon Warrior (Donnacha O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien

Exeter Chiefs finish top of Aviva Premiership. Relegated – London Irish. Promoted – Bristol

Semi-finals – Higgins bt Kyren Wilson, Williams bt Hawkins

Tony Bellew bt David Haye

Hyundai A-League Grand Final – Melbourne Victory bt Newcastle Jets

Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea bt Arsenal

May 6

1,000 Guineas – Billesdon Brook (Sean Levey), trained by Richard Hannon. 66-1. First black jockey to win a classic

Kentucky Derby – Justify

Tour de Yorkshire – Greg van Avermaet

Women’s Tour de Yorkshire – Megan Guarnier (USA)

Badminton Horse Trials – Jonelle Prize (New Zealand) riding Classic Moet. Oliver Townend misses out on Grand Slam

World’s strongest man – Hafpor Bjornsson (Iceland). Plays Gregor ‘The Mountain’ Clegane in ‘Game of Thrones’

May 7

Final – Williams bt Higgins 18-16. Williams also won title in 2000 and 2003

Highest break – Higgins (146)

Yorkshire bt Essex, despite being bowled out for 50 in first innings

May 8

New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will play each other in two Major League Baseball regular season games at the London Stadium in June 2019

Les Herbiers, from Division 3, lose to PSG in French Cup final

May 10

Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe's 34-year-old record for successive set wins on a single surface by winning 50 sets in a row on clay

Rugby Players' Association awards –

Player’s player of the year – Telusa Veainu (Leicester)

England player of the year – Mako Vunipola

Young player of the year – Marcus Smith (Harlequins)

England women player of the year – Danielle Waterman

Leading points scorer – Owen Farrell, 217 points

Leading try scorer – Christian Wade, Josh Adams, Vereniki Goneva, 13 tries

Premiership Rugby Cup to replace Anglo-Welsh Cup from next season

May 11

European Challenge Cup final (Bilbao) – Cardiff Blues 31 Gloucester 30

May 12

European Champions Cup final (Bilbao) – Leinster bt Racing 92

2019 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held at St James’ Park

National League play-off final – Tranmere bt Boreham Wood

National League champions – Macclesfield

British & Irish Cup final – Ealing Trailfinders bt Leinster A

May 13

Spurs 5 Leicester 4

Premier league final table – 1^st Man City, 2^nd Man Utd, 3^rd Spurs, 4^th Liverpool

Relegated – Swansea, Stoke, WBA

Leading scorers – Salah (32), Kane (30)

Mohamed Salah breaks the Premier League scoring record for a 38-game season

Man City only lost to Man Utd (H) and Liverpool (A), gained 100 points, and scored 106 goals with a goal difference of +79

Arsenal bt Huddersfield in Wenger’s final match as manager

Wenger managed Arsenal in 1,235 games

John Motson retires. Final commentary – Crystal Palace vs WBA

Michael Carrick retires

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

Leading scorer – Kris Boyd (Kilmarnock), 18 goals

Relegated – Ross County

Scottish Premiership play-off final – Livingston bt Partick Thistle

Scottish Championship – St Mirren

Scottish League One – Ayr Utd

Scottish League Two – Montrose

Highland League – Cove Rangers

Lowland League – Spartans

Scottish League Two play-off final – Cowdenbeath bt Cove Rangers

Spanish GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen

Levante 5 Barcelona 4. Only defeat in La Liga for Barcelona

Players Championship – Webb Simpson

May 15

Ireland lose first-ever Test match, against Pakistan at Malahide. Kevin O’Brien 118

Jlloyd Samuel dies

WSL – Chelsea

Europa League final (Lyon) Atletico Madrid bt Marseille

2019 Europa League final will be held in Baku

Vasyl Lomachenko (Ukraine) wins his third world title in three weight divisions in just 12 fights

Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola

Barclays Player of the Season – Mo Salah

May 16

Ray Wilson dies

League Managers' Association manager of the year – Pep Guardiola

Sam Allerdyce sacked as manager of Everton

Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Vereniki Goneva (Newcastle)

Discovery of the Season – Sam Simmonds (Exeter)

Director of Rugby of the Season – Dean Richards (Newcastle)

May 17

Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Michael Smith

May 18

Steve McClaren appointed as manager of QPR

May 19

FA Cup final – Chelsea 1 (Hazard) Man Utd 0

Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Motherwell. Celtic become the first Scottish side to win successive domestic Trebles

FA Vase final – Morpeth Town bt Hereford

FA Trophy final – Halifax bt Grimsby Town

Preakness Stakes – Justify

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

May 20

BBL Play-off final – Leicester Riders bt London Lions

WBBL Play-off final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Leicester Riders

Andres Iniesta moves from Barcelona to Vissel Kobe (Japan)

British Open squash (Hull). Men’s – Miguel Angel Rodriguez (Colombia), Women’s – Nour El Sherbini

May 21

Serie A – Juventus

La Liga – Barcelona

Bundesliga – Bayern Munich

Premeira Liga – Porto

Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain

Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven

Harlequins name England defence coach Paul Gustard as their new head of rugby

May 22

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2018 – Lucy Bronze (Olympique Lyonnais)

Manuel Pellegrini replaces David Moyes as manager of West Ham

Thomas Bjorn picks Lee Westwood, Graeme McDowell, Padraig Harrington and Luke Donald as vice-captains for this year's Ryder Cup

May 23

Unai Emery appointed as manager of Arsenal

May 24

Dom Bess makes debut for England against Pakistan

Women’s Champions League final – Lyon bt Wolfsburg

May 25

Froome takes lead from Simon Yates in Giro d’Italia

May 26

Championship play-off final – Fulham 1 (Cairney) Aston Villa 0

Promoted – Wolves, Cardiff, Fulham

Relegated – Barnsley, Burton, Sunderland

Leading Scorer – Matej Vydra (Derby), 21 goals

Aviva Premiership final – Saracens bt Exeter. Chris Wyles scores two tries in his last game before retirement. Man of the match – Mako Vunipola

Guinness Pro14 final – Leinster bt Scarlets

Principality Premiership – Merthyr

Scottish Premiership – Melrose

Ulster Bank All-Ireland League – Lansdowne

Champions League final (Kiev) – Real Madrid 3 (Bale (2), Benzema) Liverpool 1 (Mane). Liverpool goalkeeper Karius made two errors

2019 Champions League final will be held at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid

May 27

Giro d’Italia – Froome

First Test (Lords) England 184 and 242 Pakistan 363 and 66-1. Pakistan won by 9 wickets

Monaco GP – Ricciardo, Vettel, Hamilton

League One play-off final – Rotherham bt Shrewsbury

Promoted – Wigan, Blackburn, Rotherham

Relegated – Bury, MK Dons, Northampton, Oldham

Leading Scorer – Jack Marriott (Peterborough), 27 goals

BMW PGA Championship – Francesco Molinari

IPL11 final – Chennai Super Kings bt Sunrisers Hyderabad

Player of the Series – Sunil Narine

Indy 500 – Will Power

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

May 28

League Two play-off final – Coventry bt Exeter

Promoted – Accrington, Luton, Wycombe, Coventry

Relegated – Chesterfield, Barnet

Leading Scorer – Billy Kee (Accrington), 25 goals

Manchester United are awarded a licence to join next season's Women's Championship. West Ham United will move straight up to the new 11-team, full-time Women's Super League

May 29

One-Day Cup – Leics 376-4 Worcs 380-4 (Ferguson 192). English one-day cricket's largest successful run chase

May 31

Zinadine Zidane to leave Real Madrid

Marco Silva appointed as manager of Everton

Frank Lampard appointed as manager of Derby

Jun 1

Oaks – Forever Together (Donnacha O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien

Sam Curran makes England debut against Pakistan

Paul Tisdale leaves Exeter City after 12 years. The longest-serving manager in England's top four divisions is now Morecambe boss Jim Bentley

Paul Heckingbottom sacked as manager of Leeds United

Jun 2

Derby – Masar (William Buick), trained by Charlie Appleby

Top 14 final – Castres bt Montpelier

Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Doratos Wildcat

Jun 3

Second Test (Headingly) Pakistan 174 and 134 England 363. England won by an innings and 55 runs. Series drawn 1-1

PDC World Cup of Darts final (Frankfurt) – Netherlands (Van Gerwen and Van Barneveld) bt Scotland (Anderson and Wright)

US Women’s Open – Ariya Jutanugarn (Thailand)

Italian Open – Thorbjorn Olesen

Jun 5

French Open quarter-final – Marco Cecchinato (Italy) bt Djokovic

Man Utd sign Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk

Jun 6

Eniola Aluko moves from Chelsea to Juventus

Man Utd sign Diogo Dalot from Porto

Jun 7

Semi-finals – Halep bt Muguruza, Stephens bt Keys

Mixed doubles final – Dodig and Chan bt Pavic and Dabrowski

Stanley Cup – Washington Capitals bt Vegas Golden Knights 4-1

Play-offs MVP – Alexander Ovechkin (Washington)

Regular season MVP – Taylor Hall (New Jersey Devils)

Trent Alexander-Arnold makes England debut against Costa Rica at Elland Road

Jun 8

Semi-finals – Nadal bt Del Potro, Thiem bt Cecchinato

Women’s ODI – New Zealand 490-4 (Bates 151, Green 121) Ireland 144

NBA finals – Golden State Warriors bt Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0

Finals MVP – Kevin Durrant

Regular season MVP – James Harden (Houston Rockets)

Isle of Man Senior TT – Peter Hickman

Speedway of Nations Grand Final – Russia bt GB. Pairs championship which replaces the Speedway World Cup

Queen’s Birthday Honours –

Knighthood – Kenny Dalglish

OBE – Lizzy Yarnold, Mike Hay, Jermain Defoe, Menna Fitzpatrick

MBE – Anthony Joshua

Jun 9

ConIFA Cup final (Enfield) Karpatalja bt Northern Cyprus

Belmont Stakes – Justify. Thirteenth American Triple Crown winner

Mario Bueno dies

Nick Iriekwe makes debut for England against South Africa

Siya Kolisa becomes first black captain of South Africa

First Test – South Africa 42 England 39

Final – Halep bt Stephens

Men’s Doubles final – Herbert and Mahut bt Marach and Pavic

Toulon Tournament final – England U21 bt Mexico U21

Premier League will have a winter break in 2020

Richard Scudamore to leave as Executive Chairman of Premier League at end of this year

Jonathan Rea breaks Carl Fogarty's record for victories in World Superbikes by winning at Brno

Jun 10

Final – Nadal bt Thiem

Women’s doubles final – Krejcikova and Siniakova bt Hozumi and Ninomiya

ODI (The Grange, Edinburgh) Scotland 371-5 (MacLeod 140) England 365 (Bairstow 105).

Criterium du Dauphine – Geraint Thomas 2^nd Adam Yates

Canadian GP – Vettel, Bottas, Verstappen

The chequered flag was waved a lap too early by model Winnie Harlow

Raul da Silva banned for 21 days for striking fellow jockey Jim Crowley

IRB Sevens World Series – South Africa

Jun 11

British Speedway Championship – Robert Lambert (King’s Lynn)

Jun 12

Real Madrid appoint Spain manager Julen Lopetegui as head coach

Jun 13

USA, Canada and Mexico chosen to host 2026 World Cup, beating a rival bid by Morocco

Julen Lopetegui sacked by Spain. Fernando Hierro to take charge for the World Cup

Amelia Kerr, aged 17, scores 232 for New Zealand against Ireland in ODI

Jun 14

Opening match in World Cup – Russia 5 Saudi Arabia 0. First goal scored by Gazinsky

Robbie Williams performs at opening ceremony

Jun 15

Portugal 3 (Ronaldo 3) Spain 3

Jun 16

Second ODI – England 342-8 (Roy 120) Australia 304 (Sean Marsh 131)

USA 30 Scotland 29. USA’s first tier one victory in rugby union

Phil Mickelson incurs a two-shot penalty after deliberately stopping his ball from rolling off the 13th green at US Open

Tensai Mtawariri becomes first black South African to win 100 caps

Marcelo Bielsa appointed as manager of Leeds Utd

Jun 17

Mexico 1 (Lozano) Germany 0

US Open (Shinnecock Hills, New York) – Koepka. 2^nd Fleetwood 3^rd Dustin Johnson

Le Mans 24 Hours – Toyota (Alonso, Buemi, Nakajima)

Nottingham Open final – Barty bt Konta

Jun 18

England 2 (Kane 2) Tunisia 1. Match played in Volgograd

James Vince 171 for Hampshire against Yorkshire in ODI cup semi-final

Jun 19

First red card – Carlos Sanchez (Colombia)

Third ODI – England 481-6 (Hales 147, Bairstow 139) Australia 239

Eoin Morgan hits the fastest one-day 50 for England, from 21 balls

Murray loses first match after return from injury, against Kyrgios

India A 458-4 in one day against Leicestershire

St James’s Palace Stakes – Without Parole

Jun 20

Prince of Wales's Stakes – Poet's Word. Michael Stoute becomes the all-time leading Royal Ascot trainer

England make highest total (250) in women’s T20 internationals only hours after New Zealand had set a new record of 216

Peter Thomson dies

Jun 21

Ernie Hunt dies

Gold Cup – Stradivarius (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden

Croatia 3 Argentina 0

Phoenix Suns choose Deandre Ayton (Bahamas) as first pick in NBA draft

Jun 22

Coronation Stakes – Alpha Centuari

Jun 23

England bt South Africa to end rugby union five-Test losing run

Ireland win first series in Australia for 39 years

England bt New Zealand in rugby league Test played in Denver

Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore

Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien

Ozil resigns from German football team, citing ‘racism’

Jun 24

England 6 (Kane 3, Stones 2, Lingard) Panama 1. Match played in Nizhny Novgorod

England bt Australia 5-0 in ODI series. Century for Buttler in final match

French GP (Circuit Paul Ricard) Hamilton, Verstappen, Raikkonen

Fever-Tree Queens Championship final – Cilic bt Djokovic

Halle Open final – Borne Covia (Croatia) bt Federer

Nature Valley Birmingham Classic final – Kvitova bt Rybarikova

BMW International – Matt Wallace

British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – William Funnell, riding Billy Buckingham

Jun 25

Egypt goalkeeper Essam El Hedary, aged 45, becomes oldest player to play in World Cup

Jun 26

France and Denmark play only goalless draw in World Cup

Jun 27

South Korea 2 Germany 0. Germany eliminated in first stage for first time since 1938

Eastbourne second round – Edmund bt Murray

Middlesex bowled out for 56 by Kent

Jun 28

For the first time in World Cup history, the "fair play" rule was invoked to break a tie. Japan and Senegal finished with identical scores and goal differences to tie for second place and Japan were awarded the place in the final 16 based on receiving fewer yellow cards in their three matches

Belgium 1 (Januzaj) England 0. Match played in Kaliningrad

Wayne Rooney moves to DC United

Jun 29

Irena Szewinska dies

Jun 30

World Cup round of 16 – France 4 Argentina 3

Royal London One-Day Cup final – Hampshire 331-7 (Roussow 125) Kent 269

Nature Valley International finals –

Men’s – M Zverev bt Lacko

Women’s – Wozniacki bt Sabalenka

Irish Derby – Latrobe