Sport and Leisure/Sport 2023

January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Glasgow

Shot clock in rugby union introduced. Players will have 90 seconds to take a conversion and a minute for penalties, or the kick will be disallowed

Cody Gakpo moves from PSV Eindhoven to Liverpool

Jan 2

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffers cardiac arrest during match against Cincinnati Bengals

PDC semi-finals – Michael Smith bt Gabriel Clemens (Germany), Michael van Gerwen bt Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)

Jan 3

PDC Final – Smith bt van Gerwen

Jan 4

West Ham co-chairman David Gold dies

Jan 6

Gianluca Vialli dies

Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong are replaced by David Gilbert and Hossein Vafaei in The Masters following match-fixing allegations

Four Hills Tournament – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)

Jan 7

FA Cup third round – Wrexham bt Coventry

Jan 8

FA Cup third round – Stevenage bt Aston Villa

The Masters first round – Hossein Vafaei bt Mark Selby

Tournament of Champions – Jon Rahm

Jan 9

Gareth Bale retires

Jan 10

David Duckham dies

Jan 11

Carabao Cup quarter-final – Southampton bt Man City

Jan 12

On-loan Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix sent off on Chelsea debut against Fulham

Jan 15

The Masters final – Trump bt Williams

Mykhailo Mudryk moves from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea

Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) – Cars classification won by Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a Toyota. 6th win

Jan 16

Eddie Jones is appointed as head coach of Australia

Australian Open first round – Murray bt Berrettini

Jan 18

Australian Open second round – Mackenzie McDonald bt Nadal

Australian Open second round – Gauff bt Raducanu

Jan 19

Australian Open second round – Murray bt Thanasi Kokkinakis. Match finished at 04:05

NBA match in Paris – Chicago Bulls bt Detroit Pistons

World’s richest football clubs – Man City, Real Madrid, Liverpool

Jan 20

Danny Ings moves from Aston Villa to West Ham

Leandro Trossard moves from Brighton to Arsenal

Jan 21

Australian Open third round – Roberto Bautista Agut bt Murray

Jan 22

Haaland hat-trick against Wolves

Jan 23

Frank Lampard sacked as manager of Everton

Scottish Cup fourth round – Darval bt Aberdeen

Darval play in the West of Scotland Premier Division, the sixth tier of Scottish football

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Jamie Walker. Women’s – Katherine Rednall

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Flightline

Jan 24

Mikaela Shiffrin passes Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record of 82 wins

Jan 26

Australian Open women’s singles semi-finals – Rybakina bt Azarenka, Sabalenka bt Magda Linette (Poland)

ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam

Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Suryakumar Yadav

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy – Babar Azam

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Nat Sciver

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Nat Sciver

Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Tahlia McGrath

Jan 27

Australian Open men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Tommy Paul, Tsitsipas bt Khachanov

Mixed doubles final – Matos and Stefani bt Bopanna and Mirza

Men's wheelchair doubles – Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid

16-year-old Billy Loughnane is top of the Flat jockey standings

Jan 28

Women’s singles final – Sabalenka bt Rybakina

Men’s doubles finals – Hijikata and Kubler bt Nys and Zielinski

Men's wheelchair singles – Alfie Hewett

Jan 29

Men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Tsitsipas. Tenth Australian Open title and 22nd major singles title overall

Women’s doubles final – Krejcikova and Siniakova bt Aoyama and Shibahara

Women's Under-19 World Cup final – England 68 India 69-3. Tournament played in South Africa

Anthony Gordon moves from Everton to Newcastle Utd

Cazoo Masters final – Chris Dobey bt Rob Cross

AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Cincinnati Bengals

NFC Championship Game – Philadelphia Eagles bt San Francisco 49ers

Pegasus World Cup – Art Collector

BBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

WBBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

Jan 30

Sean Dyche appointed as manager of Everton

Dubai Desert Classic – McIlroy

Jan 31

Transfer deadline day –

Enzo Fernandez moves from Benfica to Chelsea for £107 million

Jorginho moves from Chelsea to Arsenal

Marcel Sabitzer moves from Bayern Munich to Man Utd on loan

Joao Cancelo moves from Man City to Bayern Munich on loan

Carabao Cup semi-final – Newcastle Utd bt Southampton

February

Feb 1

Carabao Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Nottingham Forest

Feb 4

Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Ken Owens, Jonathan Sexton, Jamie Ritchie, Antoine Dupont, Michele Lamaro

Six Nations coaches – Steve Borthwick, Warren Gatland, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Kieran Crowley

Six Nations – Ireland bt Wales. First try of the tournament scored by Caelan Doris

Six Nations – Scotland bt England. Winning try scored by Duhan van der Merwe

Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Brisbane Heat

Amanda Serrano bt Erika Cruz to become undisputed world featherweight champion

Feb 5

Harry Kane breaks Jimmy Greaves’ goal scoring record for Spurs, with his 267th goal, against Man City

Great Britain win a first four-man bobsleigh medal at the World Championships for 84 years with silver in St Moritz. Pilot – Brad Hall

German Masters final – Ali Carter bt Tom Ford

Feb 6

Jesse Marsch sacked as manager of Leeds Utd

Alpine World Ski Championships start in France. Men’s events held in Courchevel. Women’s events held in Meribel

Feb 7

FA Cup fourth round – Sheffield Utd bt Wrexham

LeBron James becomes the NBA's all-time leading scorer, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 39-year-old record of 38,387 points

FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) bt Flamengo (Brazil)

Feb 8

FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – Real Madrid bt Al Ahly (Egypt)

Feb 9

Tony Faulkner dies

Feb 10

Women’s T20 World Cup starts in South Africa

Feb 11

Women’s downhill – Jasmine Flury (Switzerland)

Six Nations – Ireland bt France

Six Nations – Scotland bt Wales and win the Doddie Weir Cup

FIFA Club World Cup final (Rabat) – Real Madrid 5 Al-Hilal 3

Feb 12

Men’s downhill – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)

Six Nations – England bt Italy

Nathan Jones sacked as manager of Southampton

World Senior Darts Championship final (Circus Tavern, Purfleet) – Robert Thornton bt Richie Howson

Super Bowl LVII – Kansas City Chiefs 38 Philadelphia Eagles 35

Winning field goal kicked by Harrison Butker

MVP – Patrick Mahomes

Game played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

Half time show headlined by Rihanna

NFL MVP – Patrick Mahomes

Feb 13

British Horseracing Authority's revised whip regulations come into effect

Feb 16

Women’s giant slalom – Shriffrin

Welsh Open round of 32 – Adam Wells bt Trump

Feb 17

Men’s giant slalom – Marco Odermatt

Welsh Open quarter-final – Teng Pengfei bt O’Sullivan

Feb 18

World Club Challenge – Penrith Panthers 12 St Helens 13. Lewis Dodd kicked the winning drop-goal in golden-point extra time

Women’s slalom – Laurence St-Germain (Canada)

Feb 19

First Test – England 325-9 and 374 New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138) and 126. England won by 267 runs

Anderson and Broad become the most successful bowling partnership in Test history, passing Warne and McGrath's record of 1,001 wickets

Welsh Open final (Llandudno) – Milkins bt Murphy

Men’s slalom – Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway). Silver – AJ Ginnis (Greece)

FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Georgia

Feb 21

Greg Foster dies

England score record 213-5 against Pakistan to post the highest total in Women's T20 World Cup history

Javi Gracia appointed as manager of Leeds Utd

Feb 22

Champions League – Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 5

Feb 23

John Motson dies

Women's T20 World Cup semi-final – Australia bt India

Feb 24

Women's T20 World Cup semi-final – South Africa bt England

Feb 25

Six Nations – Ireland bt Italy

Six Nations – England bt Wales. Winning try scored by Ollie Lawrence

Saudi Cup – Panthalassa. World’s richest horse race

Feb 26

Six Nations – France bt Scotland. Mohamed Haouas (France) became the first player to receive two career red cards in Six Nations. Grant Gilchrist was also sent off

Scottish League Cup final – Celtic bt Rangers

Women’s T20 World Cup final (Cape Town) – Australia bt South Africa

Carabao Cup final – Man Utd 2 (Casemiro, Rashford) Newcastle Utd 0

Players Championship snooker final – Murphy bt Carter

Tommy Fury bt Jake Paul in boxing match in Saudi Arabia

Feb 27

Novak Djokovic surpasses Steffi Graf's record for the most weeks as world number one after entering a 378th week at the top of the men's rankings

Best Fifa Football Awards –

The Best men's player – Lionel Messi

The Best women's player – Alexia Putellas

The Best men's coach – Lionel Scaloni

The Best women's coach – Sarina Wiegman

Snowboard slopestyle – Mia Brookes, who becomes Great Britain's youngest world champion in snowboarding history at the age of 16

Feb 28

Second Test (Basin Reserve, Wellington) – England 435-8 (Brook 186, Root 153*) and 256 New Zealand 209 and 483 (Williamson 132, Leach 5-157). New Zealand won by one run. Series drawn 1-1

Last man James Anderson was caught down the leg side by Tom Blundell off Neil Wagner when England needed two to win

West Indies defeated Australia in 1993 in the only other Test match to have been won by one run

March

Mar 1

Just Fontaine dies

FA Cup fifth round – Grimsby bt Southampton

Mar 2

Mixed snowboard team cross – GB (Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes)

European Athletics Indoor Championships start in Istanbul

Mar 4

Philip Billing scores after 9 seconds for Bournemouth against Arsenal

Ski halfpipe. Silver – Zoe Atkin

1500m – Laura Muir

Mumbai Indians bt Gujarat Giants in the first game of the Indian Women’s Premier League

World Women’s Snooker Championship – Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Thailand)

Mar 5

Formula One teams –

Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez

Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz

Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, George Russell

Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll

McLaren – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri (Australia)

Williams – Logan Sargeant (USA), Alexander Albon

AlphaTauri – Nyck de Vries (Netherlands), Yuki Tsunoda

Alpine – Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon

Haas – Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg

Alfa Romeo – Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu

Bahrain GP – Verstappen, Perez, Alonso

Liverpool 7 Man Utd 0

Salah breaks Robbie Fowler's record of 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool

Women’s League Cup final – Arsenal bt Chelsea

800m – Keely Hodgkinson

Long jump – Jazmin Sawyers

UK Open darts championship – Andrew Gilding bt Michael van Gerwen

HSBC Women’s World Championships – JY Ko (South Korea)

Mar 7

Champions League Round of 16 – AC Milan bt Spurs

Mar 11

Six Nations – England 10 France 53

Six Nations – Wales bt Italy

Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the greatest Alpine skier of all time with her 87th World Cup win, surpassing the record of 86 held by Swede Ingemar Stenmark since 1989

Mar 12

Six Nations – Ireland bt Scotland

Players Championship (Sawgrass) – Scottie Scheffler. 2^nd Tyrell Hatton

Aaron Rai made a hole-in-one at the 17th hole

Mar 13

Dick Fosbury dies

Mar 14

Champions League Round of 16 – Man City 7 (Haaland (5)) RB Leipzig 0

Fifa switch the format for the expanded 2026 World Cup back to four-team groups

Champion Hurdle – Constitution Hill (Nico de Boinville), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2^nd State Man 3^rd Zanahiyr

Mares’ Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore)

Bangladesh bt England 3-0 in T20 series

Mar 15

Queen Mother Champion Chase – Energumene

Cross Country Chase – Delta Work

Champions League Round of 16 – Real Madrid bt Liverpool

Mar 16

Ryanair Chase – Envoi Allen

Stayers’ Hurdle – Sire Du Berlais

Europa League Round of 16 – Sporting Lisbon bt Arsenal

Women’s snooker pioneer Vera Selby dies

Mar 17

Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is sacked

Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2^nd Bravemansgame 3^rd Conflated 4^th Noble Yeats

Prestbury Cup – Ireland bt GB

Leading Jockey – Paul Townend

Leading Trainer – Willie Mullins

Mar 18

Six Nations – Scotland bt Italy. Hat-trick for Blair Kinghorn

Six Nations – Wales bt France. 100th cap for Taulupe Faletau

Six Nations – Ireland bt England. Freddie Steward sent off. 100th cap for Dan Cole

Johnny Sexton surpasses Ronan O'Gara (557 points) as the Six Nations' record scorer

Ireland's first Grand Slam in five years, and first win in Dublin

Final table – Ireland, France, Scotland, England, Wales, Italy

Leading points scorer – Thomas Ramos (84)

Leading try scorer – Damian Penaud (5)

Player of the tournament – Antoine Dupont

FA Cup quarter-final – Man City 6 (Haaland (3)) Burnley 0

Pakistan Super League final – Lahore Qalandars bt Multan Sultans

Mar 19

FA Cup quarter-final – Brighton 5 Grimsby 0

Premiership Rugby Cup final – Exeter Chiefs bt London Irish

Saudi Arabia GP – Perez, Verstappen, Russell

Indian Wells Masters. Men’s – Alcaraz. Women’s – Rybakina

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)

Men’s downhill – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway)

Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin (USA)

Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia (Italy)

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Eva Pinkelnig (Austria)

Mar 21

World Baseball Classic final – Japan bt USA

Roy Hodgson appointed as manager of Crystal Palace

Mar 22

World Figure Skating Championships start in Japan

Mar 23

Harry Kane scores against Italy to become England's all-time top goalscorer with his 54th goal, breaking Wayne Rooney's record. Luke Shaw sent off. Match played in Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples

Cristiano Ronaldo makes a world-record 197th men's international appearance in Portugal's match against Liechtenstein

Mar 24

Thomas Tuchel replaces Julian Nagelsmann as manager of Bayern Munich

Women’s singles – Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)

Mar 25

Men’s singles – Shoma Uno (Japan)

Ilia Malinin (USA) lands a quadruple axel for the first time on the world stage

Ice Dance – Madison Chock and Evan Bates (USA). 4^th Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (UK)

Dubai World Cup – Ushba Tesoro

Women’s Six Nations – England bt Scotland. Sarah Hunter retires after winning 141 caps

Mar 26

WPL final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals

Scottish Challenge Cup final – Hamilton Academical bt Raith Rovers

Cambridge win men’s and women’s boat races

South Africa chase down 259, the highest pursuit in T20 history, to beat West Indies in T20 international

Ivan Toney makes England debut, against Ukraine

World Match Play Championship final – Sam Burns bt Cameron Young. Third-place play-off – McIlroy bt Scheffler

BBL Trophy final – Caledonia Gladiators bt Cheshire Phoenix

WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

Mar 27

Antonio Conte leaves Spurs by mutual consent

Mar 28

Euro 2024 qualifying Group A – Scotland 2 (McTominay (2)) Spain 0

Mar 29

Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger become the first managers to be inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame

April

Apr 1

Ken Buchanan dies

Lincoln Handicap – Migration

Apr 2

Australian GP – Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso. The race finished under a safety car after three red flags

Papa Johns EFL Trophy final – Bolton bt Plymouth

Brendan Rodgers sacked as manager of Leicester

Graham Potter sacked as manager of Chelsea

Tour Championship snooker final – Shaun Murphy bt Kyren Wilson

Apr 3

WWE and the Endeavor Group, the owners of mixed martial arts franchise UFC, are to form a new £17.3 billion sports entertainment brand

Apr 4

Amir Khan banned for two years after an anti-doping test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in 2022

Reading given six-point deduction for breaching EFL business plan

Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic is given an eight-match ban after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in their FA Cup loss at Manchester United

Switzerland will host the 2025 Uefa Women's European Championship

Apr 5

Masters par 3 contest – Tom Hoge. Seamus Power hits back-to-back hole-in-ones

Frank Lampard to manage Chelsea until the end of the season

Apr 6

Women's Finalissima (Wembley) – England bt Brazil

Apr 8

Son Heung-min becomes the first Asian player to score 100 goals in the Premier League

Apr 9

The Masters – Jon Rahm. 2^nd Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka

Apr 10

Irish Grand National – I Am Maximus

Dean Smith appointed as manager of Leicester City until the end of the season

Apr 11

Australia end England’s 30 match unbeaten run in women’s football. England's first ever loss under Sarina Wiegman

European Gymnastics Championships start in Antalya, Turkey

Apr 12

Proposed stadiums for joint Ireland and United Kingdom bid for the UEFA Euro 2028 includes Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and Casement Park in Belfast

Apr 13

Aintree Hurdle – Constitution Hill

Aintree Bowl – Shishkin

Apr 14

Melling Chase – Pic d’Orhy

Topham Chase – Bill Baxter

Harry Brook makes his maiden Indian Premier League century for Sunrisers Hyderabad

Women’s all-around – Jessica Gadirova

Apr 15

Grand National – Corach Rambler (Derek Fox), trained by Lucinda Russell. 2^nd Vanillier 3^rd Gaillard 4^th Noble Yeats. Race delayed by animal rights activists. Hill Sixteen died during the race

Billie Jean Cup qualifier (Coventry) – France bt Great Britain

Heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce suffers first pro loss, to China’s Zhilei Zhang

Men’s floor – Luke Whitehouse

Apr 16

Chris Ashton becomes the first player to score 100 Premiership tries

Arjun Tendulkar, the son of Sachin, makes his Indian Premier League debut for Mumbai Indians

Women’s floor – Jessica Gadirova

Jake Jarman won two gymnastics silver medals and a bronze medal

World Snooker Championship first round – Neil Robertson makes two 146 breaks against Wu Yize

Apr 17

Play is disrupted at the World Snooker Championship after a protester climbed on to a table and covered it in an orange powder

Leeds 1 Liverpool 6

Quarterback Jalen Hurts agrees a new deal with the Philadelphia Eagles that makes him the highest-paid player in NFL history

Wisden leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes

Cricketers of the Year – Tom Blundell, Ben Foakes, Harmanpreet Kaur, Daryl Mitchell, Matthew Potts

Apr 18

Champions League quarter-finals – Real Madrid bt Chelsea, AC Milan bt Napoli

Apr 19

World Snooker Championship first round – Kyren Wilson 147 against Ryan Day

World Snooker Championship first round – Anthony McGill bt Judd Trump

Champions League quarter-finals – Man City bt Bayern Munich, Inter Milan bt Benfica

Apr 20

World Snooker Championship first round – Si Jiahui bt Shaun Murphy

Europa League quarter-final – Sevilla bt Man Utd

Gloucestershire's Tom Price makes a hundred and takes a hat-trick on the same day

Apr 22

Scottish Grand National – Kitty’s Light

FA Cup semi-final – Mahrez hat-trick for Man City against Sheffield Utd

Wrexham bt Boreham Wood to win promotion from National League

Apr 23

London Marathon –

Men’s – Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya), in 2 hours 1 minute 25 seconds, the second-fastest time ever

Women’s – Sifan Hassan (Netherlands), in her first-ever marathon

Men’s wheelchair – Marcel Hug (Switzerland). Fifth win

Women’s wheelchair – Madison de Rozario (Australia)

FA Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Brighton

Newcastle Utd 6 Spurs 1. Newcastle scored five goals in the first 21 minutes

Chevron Championship – Lilia Vu (USA)

World’s Strongest Man – Mitchell Hooper (Canada). 2^nd Tom Stoltman

Apr 24

Spurs interim manager Cristian Stellini is sacked after four matches in charge and replaced by Ryan Mason

Champion jump jockey – Richard Hughes

Champion jump trainer – Paul Nicholls

Championship Player of the Year – Chuba Akpom (Middlesbrough)

League One Player of the Year – Aaron Collins (Bristol Rovers)

League Two Player of the Year – Sam Hoskins (Northampton)

Aaron Rodgers moves from Green Bay Packers to New York Jets

Apr 26

Quarter-final – Luca Brecel bt O’Sullivan

Man City 4 Arsenal 1

Apr 27

Women’s Champions League semi-final – Barcelona bt Chelsea

NFL draft first pick – Bryce Young (Carolina Panthers)

Apr 28

Jim Fox dies

Apr 29

Women’s Six Nations – England 38 France 33. England win Grand Slam

Final table – England, France, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Ireland

Top scorer – Marlie Packer 35 (7 tries)

Player of the tournament – Gabrielle Vernier (France)

Brighton 6 Wolves 0

World Snooker Championship semi-final – Luca Brecel 17 Si Jiahui 15. Brecel won 11 frames in a row

World Snooker Championship semi-final – Mark Selby 17 Mark Allen 15

European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Toulouse

Sergio Perez wins first race in new ‘sprint’ format at Azerbaijan GP

Apr 30

Azerbaijan GP – Perez, Verstappen, Leclerc

European Champions Cup semi-final – La Rochelle bt Exeter

Tour de Romandie – Adam Yates

May

May 1

World Snooker Championship final – Luca Brecel 18 Mark Selby 15. Brecel is the first player from mainland Europe to win the title

Mark Selby becomes the first player ever to make a maximum 147 break in the final of the World Snooker Championship

Women’s Champions League semi-final – Wolfsburg bt Arsenal

May 3

Sam Allardyce replaces Javi Garcia as manager of Leeds

John Mitchell to replace Simon Middleton as head coach of England rugby union women’s team

Erling Haaland scores his 35th league goal of the season against West Ham to move past Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's previous best of 34

Tori Bowie dies

May 4

Napoli draw at Udinese to win Serie A for the first time since 1990

May 6

2000 Guineas – Chaldean (Frankie Dettori), trained by Andrew Balding

Kentucky Derby – Mage. Seven horses died in the build-up to the race

World Snooker Tour Player of the Year – Mark Allen

Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez bt John Ryder to retain undisputed super-middleweight crown

Saracens finish top of Rugby Premiership

May 7

1000 Guineas – Mawj (Oisin Murphy), trained by Saeed bin Suroor

World Seniors Snooker Championship final –Jimmy White bt Alfie Burden

Miami GP – Verstappen, Perez, Alonso

May 8

Laureus Awards –

Sportsman of the Year award – Lionel Messi

Sportswoman of the Year award – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Team of the Year award – Argentina men's football team

Breakthrough of the Year award – Carlos Alcaraz

Comeback of the Year award – Christian Eriksen

Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award – Catherine Debrunner (Swiss para-athlete)

Action Sportsperson of the Year award – Eileen Gu

Sport for Good award – TeamUp (a programme for children displaced by war by Barcelona and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski)

Badminton Horse Trials – Ros Canter, riding Lordships Graffalo

May 10

Premiership player of the year – Ollie Lawrence (Bath)

May 11

World Squash Championships (Chicago). Men – Ali Farag. Women – Nour El Sherbini

May 12

FWA footballers of the year. Men – Erling Haaland. Women – Sam Kerr

May 13

National League playoff final – Notts County bt Chesterfield

Champions – Wrexham, with 111 points. Runners-up – Notts County, with 107 points

Premiership semi-final – Saracens bt Northampton

May 14

Premiership semi-final – Sale bt Leicester

Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea 1 (Kerr) Man Utd 0

Race leader Remco Evenepoel pulls out of the Giro d'Italia after testing positive for Covid-19

PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic)

BBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

WBBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

May 16

Champions League semi-final – Inter Milan bt AC Milan

May 17

Champions League semi-final – Man City bt Real Madrid

Tao Geoghegan Hart crashes out of Giro d’Italia

Ivan Toney banned from football for eight months after he accepted breaking Football Association betting rules

May 18

League One play-off semi-final – Sheffield Wednesday overturn a four goal deficit against Peterborough. This was the biggest come back in play-off history

Europa Conference League semi-final – West Ham bt AZ Alkmaar

Rugby Players' Association awards –

Player’s player of the year – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers)

England player of the year – Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)

Young player of the year – Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints)

England women player of the year – Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning)

Leading points scorer – Paddy Jackson (London Irish), 205 points

Leading try scorer – Caden Murley (Harlequins), 15 tries

May 19

European Challenge Cup final (Dublin) – Toulon bt Glasgow Warriors

Premiership Cup final – Exeter Chiefs bt London Irish

NFL running back Jim Brown dies

May 20

Man City win Premier League title after Nottingham Forest beat Arsenal

European Champions Cup final (Dublin) – La Rochelle 27 Leinster 26

Undisputed light-welterweight title fight (Dublin) – Chantelle Cameron bt Katie Taylor

Preakness Stakes – National Treasure

Devin Haney bt Vasiliy Lomachenko to remain undisputed lightweight world champion

May 21

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix called off because of major flooding in the region

US PGA Championship (Oak Hill, New York) – Brooks Koepka. Third win and fifth major. 2^nd Viktor Hovland, Scottie Scheffler. Hole-in-one for Michael Block

FA Vase final – Ascot United bt Newport Pagnell Town

FA Trophy final – FC Halifax Town bt Gateshead

World Rugby Sevens Series – New Zealand

May 24

Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year – “Unforgettable: Rugby, Dementia and the Fight of my Life” by Steve Thompson

May 25

Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Price

May 26

Sean Abbott (Surrey) equals the fastest T20 Blast century off 34 balls

May 27

Championship play-off final – Luton 1 Coventry 1. Luton won 6-5 on penalties. Fankaty Dabo was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout. Luton last played in the top division in 1992

Promoted – Burnley, Sheffield Utd, Luton

Relegated – Reading, Blackpool, Wigan Athletic

Leading scorer – Chuba Akpom (Middlesbrough) 28 goals

Chelsea win the Women's Super League for a fourth successive season

Bayern Munich win an 11th consecutive Bundesliga title, finishing ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference

Premiership rugby final – Saracens bt Sale to win their sixth title. Man of the match – Owen Farrell

United Rugby Championship Grand Final – Munster bt Stormers

May 28

Premier League – Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, Newcastle

Relegated – Leicester, Leeds Utd, Southampton

Leading Scorer – Erling Haaland (Man City) 36 goals

Everton bt Bournemouth in final match to avoid relegation

League Two play-off final – Carlisle bt Stockport

Promoted – Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Northampton, Carlisle

Relegated – Hartlepool, Rochdale

Leading scorer – Andy Cook (Bradford City) 28 goals

Serie A – Napoli

La Liga – Barcelona

Bundesliga – Bayern Munich

Primeira Liga – Benfica

Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain

Eredivisie – Feyenoord

Giro d’Italia – Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma). 2^nd Geraint Thomas

Monaco GP – Verstappen, Alonso, Ocon

Jeff Stelling leaves Sky Sports Soccer Saturday after 25 years as host

Indy 500 – Josef Newgarden

Bill Beaumont Cup final – Kent bt Lancashire

May 29

League One play-off final – Sheffield Wednesday bt Barnsley

Promoted – Plymouth, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday

Relegated – Milton Keynes Dons, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers

Leading scorer – Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough) 28 goals

Mauricio Pochettino appointed as manager of Chelsea

IPL final – Chennai Super Kings bt Gujarat Titans. Fifth title for Chennai

Ravi Jadeja hit the last two balls for six and four to win the match for Chennai

Player of the series – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

Most runs (Orange Cap) – Shubman Gill

Most wickets (Purple Cup) – Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans)

May 30

Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola

League Managers' Association manager of the year – Pep Guardiola

May 31

Europa League final (Budapest) – Sevilla bt Roma. Sevilla have now won all seven of the finals they have played in the competition

June

Jun 2

The Oaks – Soul Sister (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden. Seventh win for Dettori

Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 1500m world record at the Diamond League meeting in Florence

Sam Allardyce leaves Leeds Utd

Jun 3

FA Cup final – Man City 2 (Gundogan 2) Man Utd 1 (Bruno Fernandez). Man of the match – Gundogan

Gundogan scored the quickest goal in FA Cup final history, after only 13 seconds

Epsom Derby – Auguste Rodin (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2^nd King of Steel. 3^rd White Birch

Women’s Champions League final – Barcelona bt Wolfsburg

Test Match (Lords) Ireland 172 (Broad 5-51) & 362 (Adair 88, McBrine 86*, Tongue 5-66) England 524-4 dec (Pope 205, Duckett 182) & 12-0. England won by 10 wickets

Debut for Josh Tongue

Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Inverness Caledonian Thistle

A-League Grand Final – Central Coast Mariners bt Melbourne City

Jun 4

Scottish Premiership final table – 1^st Celtic 2^nd Rangers

Leading scorer – Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) 27 goals

Relegated – Dundee United

Scottish Premiership play-off – Ross County bt Partick Thistle

Scottish Championship – Dundee

Scottish League One – Dunfermline

Scottish League Two – Stirling Albion

Highland League – Brechin City

Lowland League – Spartans

Scottish League Two play-off final – Spartans bt Albion Rovers

Spanish GP – Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell

Sue Redfern becomes the first woman to stand as an on-field umpire in the T20 Blast

Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi are disqualified from the French Open women’s doubles after Kato hit a ball girl with a ball

Jun 6

Ange Postecoglou leaves Celtic to become new Spurs manager

PGA Tour and DP World Tour agree to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed circuit LIV Golf

Liang Wenbo and Li Hang are handed lifetime bans for their involvement in snooker's biggest match-fixing scandal

London Irish are suspended from the Premiership after missing a deadline to pay players and staff

Karim Benzema moves from Real Madrid to Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad

Jun 7

Europa Conference League final (Fortuna Arena, Prague) West Ham 2 (Benrahma, Bowen) Fiorentina 1 (Bonaventura)

West Ham’s first major trophy since winning the FA Cup in 1980

Jun 8

French Open mixed doubles final – Kato and Puetz bt Andreescu and Venus

French Open women’s singles semi-finals – Muchova bt Sabalenka, Swiatek bt Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)

Jun 9

French Open men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Alvarez, Ruud bt Zverev

Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 5000m world record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris

Jun 10

French Open women’s singles final – Swiatek bt Muchova. Third French Open title and fourth Grand Slam singles title

French Open men’s doubles final – Dodig and Krajicek bt Gille and Vliegen

Champions League final (Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul) Man City 1 (Rodri) Inter Milan 0

Man of the Match – Rodri

Belmont Stakes – Arcangelo

Jun 11

French Open men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Ruud. Third French Open title. Djokovic now has a record 23 Grand Slam tournament singles titles

French Open women’s doubles final – Hsieh and Wang bt Fernandez and Townsend

World Test Championship final (The Oval) Australia 469 (Head 163, Smith 121) and 270-8 India 296 and 234. Australia won by 209 runs

Charlotte Edwards Cup final – Southern Vipers bt The Blaze

The Blaze, previously known as Lightning, represent the East Midlands region

Netball Super League final – Loughborough Lightning bt London Pulse

Ferrari win the Le Mans 24 Hours 100th anniversary race, with a line-up including Britain's James Calado

Jun 12

Katie Boulter replaces Emma Raducanu as British number one women's player

NBA finals – Denver Nuggets bt Miami Heat

MVP – Nikola Jokic

Regular season MVP – Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)

Jun 13

Former England and Wasps prop Paul Rendall dies

Stanley Cup – Vegas Golden Knights bt Florida Panthers

MVP – Jonathan Marchessault

Regular season MVP – Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)

Jun 14

John Hollins dies

Jude Bellingham moves from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid

Surrey chase 501-5 to beat Kent. Dom Sibley makes the slowest first-class century ever made in the County Championship – both in terms of balls batted (363 balls) and time spent at the crease (502 minutes)

Nations League semi-final – Croatia bt Netherlands

Jun 15

Gordon McQueen dies

The all-female W Series motor racing championship enters administration

Nations League semi-final – Spain bt Italy

Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele record the US Open's first rounds of 62

Jun 16

Zak Crawley hits the first ball of The Ashes for four

Gino Mader dies during the Tour de Suisse

Jun 17

Top 14 final – Toulouse bt La Rochelle

King’s Birthday Honours –

CBE – Sarah Hunter

OBE – Ian Wright

MBE – Eniola Aluko, Fallon Sherrock

Jun 18

Canadian GP – Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton

Nations League final (Rotterdam) – Spain bt Croatia

Nottingham Open men’s – Andy Murray bt Arthur Cazaux (France)

Nottingham Open women’s – Katie Boulter bt Jodie Burrage

First all-British WTA final since Sue Barker beat Virginia Wade in 1977

US Open (Los Angeles Country Club) – Wyndham Clark. 2^nd McIlroy. 3^rd Scheffler

World Cup of Darts final – Wales (Pryce and Clayton) bt Scotland (Wright and Anderson)

Andoni Iraola replaces Gary O’Neil as manager of Bournemouth

Jun 19

England 7 North Macedonia 0. Hat-trick for Saka. Match played at Old Trafford

Jun 20

St James’s Palace Stakes – Paddington. Trainer Aidan O'Brien’s record 83rd victory at Royal Ascot

Hollie Doyle becomes the first woman to ride a top-level Group One winner at Royal Ascot as Bradsell wins the King's Stand Stakes

First Test (Edgbaston) England 393-8 (Root 118*) & 273 Australia 386 (Khawaja 141) & 282-8 Australia won by two wickets

Ninth-wicket pair Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon added an unbroken 55

N’Golo Kante moves from Chelsea to Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad

Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first men's player to win 200 international caps

Jun 21

Southampton name Swansea boss Russell Martin as their new manager

Prince of Wales's Stakes – Mostahdaf

Royal Hunt Cup – Jimi Hendrix

Jun 22

Gold Cup – Courage Mon Ami (Frankie Dettori)

King George V Stakes – Desert Hero. Owned by King Charles

Valiant Force wins the Norfolk Stakes at odds of 150-1 to become the joint biggest-priced winner at Royal Ascot

Victor Wembanyama chosen by San Antonio Spurs as first pick in NBA draft

Jun 23

Coronation Stakes – Tahiyra

Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore

Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien

Ruben Neves moves from Wolves to Al-Hilal

Graeme Souness completes a swim across the English Channel to raise £1m for charity

Jun 24

Premier 15s final – Gloucester-Hartpury bt Exeter Chiefs

Super Rugby Pacific final – Crusaders bt Chiefs

Zharnel Hughes breaks Linford Christie's British men's 100m record, which had stood for 30 years

Jun 25

Queen’s Club Championships final – Alcaraz bt De Minaur

Birmingham Classic final – Ostapenko bt Krejcikova

Kalidou Koulibaly moves from Chelsea to Al-Hilal

European Athletics Team Championships won by Italy. GB finished fifth and won no individual gold medals. Held in Poland

Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals draw MLB London Series 1-1

Women’s PGA – Yin Ruoning (China)

Jun 26

Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan joins Barcelona on a free transfer

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are part of an investor group taking a 24% equity stake in Formula 1 team Alpine

Women’s Ashes Test (Trent Bridge) – Australia 473 (Sutherland 137*, Ecclestone 5-129) and 257 (Ecclestone 5-63) England 463 (Beaumont 208) and 178 (Gardner 8-66) Australia won by 89 runs

Tammy Beaumont scores England women's first double century and breaks Betty Snowball's 88-year-old individual record of 189

Craig Brown dies

Jun 27

Kent 621 against Northants. Daniel Bell-Drummond scores 300

Jun 28

Jonny Bairstow carries Just Stop Oil protestor off the field in second Test at Lord’s

Edouard Mendy moves from Chelsea to Al-Ahli

Kai Havertz moves from Chelsea to Arsenal

July

Jul 1

Eastbourne International final – Keys bt Kasatkina

Tour de France starts in Bilbao. Adam Yates beats identical twin brother Simon to win stage one

Joe Root takes his 176th catch, the highest by a player for England in Test cricket

Savannah Marshall becomes the undisputed super-middleweight champion

English Greyhound Derby – Gaytime Nemo

Jul 2

Second Test (Lord’s) Australia 416 (Smith 110) and 279 England 325 (Duckett 98) and 327 (Stokes 155) Australia won by 43 runs

Stokes hit nine sixes, the record for an Ashes innings

Bairstow was controversially given out after he wandered out of his ground as wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw the ball at the stumps

Dominik Szoboszlai moves from RB Leipzig to Liverpool

Austrian GP – Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez

Irish Derby – Auguste Rodin

Jul 3

Steven Gerrard is appointed manager of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq

Jul 4

Alessia Russo joins Arsenal on free transfer following her departure from Man Utd

Daniel Farke is appointed manager of Leeds Utd

Forest Green Rovers appoint Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men's team in English football

Jul 5

Jai Hindley takes the yellow jersey in Tour de France

Mason Mount moves from Chelsea to Man Utd

Jul 6

Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Broady bt Ruud

Granit Xhaka moves from Arsenal to Bayer Leverkusen

Jonas Vingegaard takes the yellow jersey in Tour de France

Jul 7

Wimbledon men’s singles third round – Tsitsipas bt Murray, Eubanks bt Norrie, Shapovalov bt Broady

Jul 8

Euro Under-21 Championship final (Georgia) England 1 (Curtis Jones) Spain 0

England goalkeeper James Trafford saved a last-minute penalty

Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Rybakina bt Boulter

Eclipse Stakes – Paddington

Jul 9

Third Test (Headingley) Australia 263 (Marsh 118, Wood 5-34) and 224 England 237 (Cummins 6-91) & 254-7 (Starc 5-78) England won by three wickets

British GP – Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton

Cameron Smith wins LIV Golf London event

Stuart Hogg retires

U.S. Women’s Open (Pebble Beach) Allisen Corpuz (USA). 2^nd Charley Hull

Jul 11

Wimbledon women’s singles quarter-final – Svitolina bt Swiatek

Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries at Alpha Tauri for the rest of the F1 season

Jul 12

State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues

Jul 13

Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals – Vondrousova bt Svitolina, Jabeur bt Sabalenka

Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Pavic and Kichenok bt Vliegen and Xu

Christian Pulisic moves from Chelsea to AC Milan

Texas Super Kings bt Los Angeles Knight Riders in first Major League Cricket match in Dallas

Jul 14

Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Sinner, Alcaraz bt Medvedev

Jurrien Timber moves from Ajax to Arsenal

World Aquatics Championships start in Fukuoka, Japan

Jul 15

Wimbledon women’s singles final – Vondrousova bt Jabeur

Vondrousova becomes the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title

Wimbledon men’s doubles final – Skupski and Koolhof bt Granollers and Zeballos

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win their fifth Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title together

T20 Blast Finals Day (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Essex Eagles bt Hampshire Hawks, Somerset bt Surrey

Final – Somerset bt Essex Eagles

Declan Rice moves from West Ham to Arsenal for £105 million

Lionel Messi signs for Inter Miami after leaving Paris Saint-Germain

Jul 16

Wimbledon men’s singles final – Alcaraz bt Djokovic

Wimbledon women’s doubles final – Hsieh and Strycova bt Mertens and Hunter

Wimbledon boy’s singles – Henry Searle. First British winner since Stanley Matthews in 1962

Scottish Open – McIlroy

Women's Ashes: Second ODI – Australia 282-7 England 279-7 (Sciver-Brunt 111). Australia retain the Women’s Ashes

Jul 19

Broad takes 600th Test wicket, dismissing Travis Head

Jul 20

Andre Onana moves from Inter Milan to Man Utd

Opening match in Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 1 (Wilkinson) Norway 0

Jul 21

Faith Kipyegon breaks the women's mile world record

Travis Smyth hits hole-in-one at The Open

Championship League Snooker final – Shaun Murphy bt Mark Williams

Jul 22

Challenge Cup semi-final – Leigh Leopards bt St Helens

England 1 (Stanway) Haiti 0

Jul 23

Fifth Test (Old Trafford) Australia 317 (Woakes 5-62) and 214-5 (Labuschagne 111) England 592 (Crawley 189, Bairstow 99*, Hazlewood 5-126). Match drawn

The Open (Royal Liverpool) Brian Harman -13, 2^nd Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Sepp Straka, Joo-Hyung Kim -7

2024 Open will be held at Royal Troon

Zharnel Hughes breaks the British 200m record, set by John Regis in 1993

Tour de France – Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Team Jumbo-Visma) 2^nd Tadej Pogacar, 3^rd Adam Yates 4^th Simon Yates

Points – Jasper Philipsen

Mountains – Guilio Ciccone

Youth – Tadej Pogacar

Combativity – Victor Campenaerts

Team – Team Jumbo-Visma

Challenge Cup semi-final – Hull KR bt Wigan

Hungarian GP – Verstappen, Norris, Perez

All-Ireland Hurling final – Limerick bt Kilkenny

Harvey Barnes moves from Leicester City to Newcastle Utd

World Matchplay darts final – Nathan Aspinall bt Jonny Clayton

Leon Marchand (France) breaks Michael Phelps’ world record in the 400m individual medley, then the longest-standing mark in the world

Jul 24

Trevor Francis dies

Women’s World Cup – Ary Borges hat-trick for Brazil against Panama

Jul 25

Men’s 200m freestyle – Matt Richards. Silver – Tom Dean

Jul 27

Jordan Henderson moves from Liverpool to Al-Ettifaq

Jul 28

England 1 (James) Denmark 0

Juventus are kicked out of this season's Europa Conference League by Uefa and fined for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules

Chelsea are fined £8 million for breaching FFP rules

Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay – GB (Scott, Richards, Guy, Dean)

Jul 29

Rugby Championship – New Zealand

Terence Crawford bt Errol Spence to become the four-belt era's first undisputed welterweight champion

Katie Ledecky wins the women's 800m freestyle in Fukuoka for a record 16th individual world gold and a record sixth in a single event

King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Hukum

Speedway World Cup – Poland. 2^nd Great Britain

Jul 30

Morocco defender Nouhaila Benzina makes history by becoming the first player to wear a hijab at a World Cup

World Aquatics Championships finish. China topped the medal table

Triple individual gold medallists Leon Marchand and Kaylee McKeown are named best male and female swimmers of the World Aquatics Championships

Backstroke swimmer Kaylee McKeown (Australia) became the first female in worlds history to complete the 50m, 100m and 200m treble in any stroke

Sarah Sjostrom wins a 21st individual world medal to surpass Michael Phelps’ tally

Belgian GP – Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc

All-Ireland Senior Football final – Dublin bt Kerry

Evian Championship – Celine Boutier (France)

Formula E World Championship – Jake Dennis, driving for Andretti Avalanche

Tour de France Femmes – Demi Vollering (Netherlands)

Senior Open Championship – Alex Cejka

Jul 31

Fifth Test (The Oval) England 283 and 395 Australia 295 and 334. England won by 49 runs. Series drawn

Player of the series (Compton-Miller Medal) – Chris Woakes

Stuart Broad hit a six with his final ball faced in Test cricket, and took the final wicket of Alex Carey

Stuart Broad retires. Played 165 Test matches, scored 3,640 runs and took 604 wickets. He has the Test cricket record for the most runs in both the 9 and 10 batting positions

August

Aug 1

England 6 (James (2), Russo, Hemp, Kelly, Daly) China 1

Goodwood Cup – Quickthorn

Aug 2

Brazil knocked out of Women’s World Cup after drawing with Jamaica. Marta played in her sixth tournament for Brazil

Sussex Stakes – Paddington

Aug 3

Germany knocked out of Women’s World Cup after drawing with South Korea

Cycling World Championships start in Glasgow

Aug 5

Josko Gvardiol moves from RB Leipzig to Man City

Rasmus Hojlund moves from Atalanta to Man Utd

Netball World Cup semi-finals – England bt New Zealand, Australia bt Jamaica

Leigh Halfpenny makes 100th appearance for Wales

Aug 6

USA knocked out of Women’s World Cup by Sweden

Netball World Cup final (Cape Town) – Australia bt England. Australia, known as the Australian Diamonds, win their 12th title

FA Community Shield – Arsenal bt Man City

Bryson DeChambeau hits 58 in final round to win LIV Golf Greenbrier title

Men’s Elite Road Race – Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)

Aug 9

Former Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil is announced as the new manager of Wolves

Spencer Johnson takes 3-1 from 20 balls for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred

Women’s time trial – Chloe Dygert (USA)

Aug 11

Erling Haaland scores first goal in the new Premier League season, against Burnley

Premier League shirt sponsors: Aston Villa – BK8, Burnley – W88, Luton Town – Utilita, Newcastle Utd – Sela, Sheffield Utd – CFI Financial Group

Harry Kane moves from Spurs to Bayern Munich

Men’s time trial – Remco Evanepoel (Belgium)

Aug 12

Quarter-final – England 2 (Hemp, Russo) Colombia 1

Owen Farrell becomes the first England player to have a yellow card upgraded to a red by the new 'Bunker' review system, in a match against Wales

Harry Kane makes debut for Bayern Munich against RB Leipzig

Challenge Cup final – Leigh Leopards 17 Hull KR 16. Lachlan Lam scored the winning golden point drop-goal. Lance Todd Trophy – Lachlan Lam. Leigh coach – Adrian Lam

Women’s Challenge Cup final – St Helens bt Leeds Rhinos

Following a Eurosport merger, BT Sport changes its name to TNT Sports

Arlington Million – Set Piece

Aug 13

Women’s British Open (Walton Heath) – Lilia Vu (USA). 2^nd Charley Hull

James Bracey 224 for Gloucestershire against Somerset in One Day Cup

Women’s road race – Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)

Aug 14

Tammy Beaumont scores the first century in The Hundred women's competition with 118 for Welsh Fire against Trent Rockets

Moises Caicedo moves from Brighton to Chelsea for £100 million

James Ward-Prowse moves from Southampton to West Ham

Aug 15

Semi-final – Spain bt Sweden

Neymar moves from Paris Saint-Germain to Al-Hilal

Aug 16

Semi-final (Sydney) England 3 (Toone, Hemp, Russo) Australia 1 (Kerr)

Uefa Super Cup (Piraeus, Greece) Man City 1 (Palmer) Sevilla 1. Man City won on penalties

Aug 18

Harry Kane scores on Bundesliga debut against Werder Bremen

Aug 19

Third place play-off – Sweden bt Australia

World Athletics Championships start in Budapest

Men’s shot put – Ryan Crouser

Mixed 4x400m relay – USA. Silver – GB (Davey, Mitcham, Nielsen, John)

Ten metres from the finish, Femke Bol (Netherlands) started to lean for the finish and crashed to the track

Women’s 10000m – Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)

Keith Earls wins 100th cap for Ireland, against England. Billy Vunipola sent off

Aleksandar Mitrovic moves from Fulham to Al-Hilal

Aug 20

Women’s World Cup final (Stadium Australia, Sydney) – Spain 1 (Carmona) England 0

Mary Earps saved a penalty from Jenni Hermoso

During the medal ceremony, Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Luis Rubiales kissed Jennifer Hermoso on the lips

Golden boot – Aitana Bonmati (Spain)

Golden ball – Hinate Miyazawa (Japan). 5 goals

Golden glove – Mary Earps

Heptathlon – Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Silver – Anna Hall (USA). Johnson-Thompson won by 20 points

Men’s 100m – Noah Lyles. Silver – Letsile Tebogo (Botswana). Bronze – Zharnel Hughes

Men’s 10000m – Joseph Cheptegui (Uganda)

Men’s hammer – Ethan Katsberg (Canada)

Women’s 100m – Sha’Carri Richardson (USA). Silver – Shericka Jackson (Jamaica). Bronze – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Women’s long jump – Ivana Vuleta (Serbia)

Aug 21

Men’s 110m hurdles – Grant Holloway (USA)

Men’s triple jump – Hughes Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)

Men’s discus – Daniel Stahl (Sweden)

Aug 22

Women’s 1500m – Faith Kipyegon

Women’s discus – Laulauga Tausaga (USA)

Harry Brook hits 105 for Superchargers against Fire in The Hundred

Aug 23

Men’s 1500m – Josh Kerr. Silver – Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Women’s 400m – Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic)

Women’s pole vault – Nina Kennedy (Australia) and Katie Moon (USA) tied for first place. 5^th Molly Caudery

Men’s 400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm

Men’s high jump – Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy)

Aug 24

Men’s 400m – Antonio Watson (Jamaica). Silver – Matthew Hudson-Smith

Men’s long jump – Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece)

Women’s 100m hurdles – Danielle Williams (Jamaica)

Women’s 400m hurdles – Femke Bol (Netherlands)

Women’s hammer – Camryn Rogers (Canada)

Jeremy Doku moves from Rennes to Man City

Aug 25

Men’s 200m – Noah Lyles. 4^th Zharnel Hughes

Women’s 200m – Shericka Jackson. Silver – Gabrielle Thomas (USA). Bronze – Sha’Carri Richardson

Women’s triple jump – Yulimar Rojas

Women’s javelin – Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan)

Aug 26

Men’s 800m – Marco Arop (Canada). Bronze – Ben Pattison

Men’s pole vault – Armand Duplantis

Decathlon – Pierce LePage (Canada)

Women’s 5000m – Faith Kipyegon. Silver – Sifan Hassan

Men’s 4 x 100m relay – USA

Women’s marathon – Amane Beriso Shankule (Ethiopia)

Women’s shot put – Chase Ealey (USA)

Women’s 4 x 100m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Philip, Lansiquot, Williams, Neita)

England lose to Fiji in rugby union for the first time. Courtney Lawes wins 100th cap

Aug 27

Men’s 5000m – Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Men’s marathon – Victor Kiplangat (Uganda)

Men’s javelin – Neerav Chopra (India)

Women’s 800m – Mary Moraa (Kenya). Silver – Keely Hodgkinson

Women’s 4 x 400m relay – Netherlands. Bronze – GB (Nielsen, Anning, Pipi, Yeargin)

Men’s 4 x 400m relay – USA. Bronze – GB (Haydock-Wilson, Dobson, Davey, Mitcham)

Women’s high jump – Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine). 4^th Morgan Lake

Final medal table – 1^st USA (12-8-9) 29. 2^nd Canada. 3^rd Spain. 7^th GB (2-3-5) 10

The Hundred finals (Lords). Men – Oval Invincibles bt Manchester Originals. Women – Southern Brave bt Northern Superchargers

Men: most runs – Jos Buttler, most wickets – Tymal Mills

Women: most runs – Danni Wyatt, most wickets – Georgia Adams

Men’s player of the series – Jamie Overton (Manchester Originals)

Women’s player of the series – Marizanne Kapp (Oval Invincibles)

Dutch GP – Verstappen, Alonso, Gasly

FedEx Cup – Viktor Hovland

Aug 29

One-Day Cup semi-finals – Hampshire bt Warwickshire. Liam Dawson 7-15 for Hampshire. Leicestershire bt Gloucestershire

PFA Player of the Year awards –

Men’s player – Erling Haaland

Men’s young player – Bukayo Saka

Women’s player – Rachel Daly

Women’s young player – Lauren James

Aug 30

Champions League Qualifying play-off – PSV Eindhoven bt Rangers

The record attendance for a women's sporting event is broken at a United States college volleyball match. A crowd of 92,003 fans watched Nebraska beat Omaha at their Memorial Stadium

Aug 31

Uefa Player of the Year Awards –

Men’s Player of the Year – Erling Haaland

Men's Coach of the Year – Pep Guardiola

Women's Player of the Year – Aitana Bonmati

Women's Coach of the Year – Sarina Wiegman

President's Award – Miroslav Klose

September

Sep 1

Gus Atkinson takes four wickets on England debut in T20 match against New Zealand

Transfer deadline day –

Alex Iwobi moves from Everton to Fulham

Brennan Johnson moves from Nottingham Forest to Spurs

Cole Palmer moves from Man City to Chelsea

Matheus Nunes moves from Wolves to Man City

Callum Hudson-Odoi moves from Chelsea to Nottingham Forest

Sep 2

Haaland hat-trick against Fulham

Son hat-trick for Spurs against Burnley

Evan Ferguson hat-trick for Brighton against Newcastle

Sep 3

Heath Streak dies

Italian GP – Verstappen, Perez, Sainz

Record tenth successive win for Verstappen

Walker Cup (St Andrews) USA bt Great Britain and Ireland

Burghley Horse Trials – Oliver Townend, riding Ballaghmor Class

World Rowing Championships (Belgrade) – GB win six gold medals

Sep 4

Ludvig Aberg will make his Ryder Cup debut for Europe after being named in captain Luke Donald's six wildcard picks

US Open fourth round – Andrey Rublev bt Jack Draper

Sep 5

Jorge Vilda, Spain's Women's World Cup-winning head coach, has been sacked amid the ongoing Luis Rubiales scandal

A horse called Doom is beaten at odds of 1-25 to become the joint shortest-priced loser in British racing history. It lost out to 9-1 chance Karmology in a two-horse race at Ripon

Sep 6

Sri Lanka women defeat England in a series for the first time, winning the T20 series 2-1

Sep 7

US Open women’s semi-finals – Gauff bt Muchova, Sabalenka bt Keys

Edward Hide dies

Sep 8

US Open men’s semi-finals – Djokovic bt Ben Shelton (USA), Medvedev bt Alcaraz

US Open men’s doubles final – Ram and Salisbury bt Bopanna and Ebden. Third successive win

Demarai Gray moves from Everton to Al-Ettifaq

Rugby World Cup starts in Paris. Chile makes its first ever appearance

Opening match – France 27 New Zealand 13. First try scored by Mark Telea (New Zealand)

Sep 9

US Open women’s singles final – Gauff bt Sabalenka

US Open mixed doubles final – Helioevaara and Danilena bt Krajicek and Pegula

Ireland 82 Romania 8

England 27 Argentina 3. All of England’s points were scored by George Ford (6 penalties, 3 drop goals). Tom Curry becomes the first English player to be sent off at a Rugby World Cup. Match played in Marseille

Ukraine 1 England 1. Kyle Walker scored his first England goal on his 77th appearance. Match played in Wroclaw

European Dressage Championships. Team – GB (Gareth Hughes, Carl Hester, Charlotte Dujardin, Charlotte Fry)

Sep 10

US Open men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Medvedev. Fourth US Open title and 24th major singles title overall

US Open women’s doubles final – Dabrowski and Routliffe bt Siegemund and Zvonareva

Great North Run. Men – Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia). Women – Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)

Mo Farah finished fourth in the final race of his career

Tour of Britain – Wout van Aert

IndyCar Series – Alex Palou

Sep 12

Scotland 1 (Maguire o.g.) England 3 (Foden, Bellingham, Kane)

150th anniversary of the first official meeting between Scotland and England

Simona Halep banned for four years for doping

Sep 13

Ben Stokes hits 182 against New Zealand, the highest score by an England batter in a one-day international

Perrie Mans dies

Sep 15

Dawid Malan 127 in final ODI against New Zealand. England win series 3-1

Sep 16

One Day Cup final (Trent Bridge) Leicestershire 267-7 (Swindells 117) Hampshire 265-8

Johnny Sexton becomes Ireland's all-time record points scorer, surpassing Ronan O'Gara who scored 1083 points

St Leger – Continuous (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien. Desert Hero, owned by King Charles, finished third

Sep 17

Singapore GP – Sainz, Norris, Hamilton. 5^th Verstappen

Liam Lawson (New Zealand) replaced Daniel Ricciardo at AlphaTauri and finished ninth

BMW PGA Championship – Ryan Fox (New Zealand)

Shanghai Masters final – O’Sullivan bt Brecel

Vuelta a Espana – Sepp Kuss (USA, Team Jumbo-Visma). 2^nd Vingegaard. 3^rd Roglic

Diamond League finals held in Eugene, Oregon (Prefontaine Classic) –

Men’s 100m – Christian Coleman

Men’s 200m – Andre de Grasse

Men’s 400m – Kirani James

Men’s 1500m and 5000m – Jakob Ingebritsen

Men’s pole vault – Armand Duplantis. New world record of 6.23m

Women’s 100m and 200m – Shericka Jackson

Women’s 400m – Marileidy Paulino

Women’s 800m – Athing Mu

Women’s 1500m – Faith Kipyegon

Women’s 5000m – Gudaf Tsegay. New world record of 14:00.21

Women’s triple jump – Yulimar Rojas

Women’s pole vault – Katie Moon

Fiji 22 Australia 15

England 34 Japan 12

Davis Cup – GB beat Switzerland, Australia and France to advance to the finals in Malaga

World Series of Darts final – Michael van Gerwen bt Nathan Aspinall

Sep 19

Union Berlin and Antwerp made their debut appearances in the group stage of the Champions League

Sep 20

Sheffield Utd player Maddy Cusack dies

Sep 21

France 96 Namibia 0

Sep 22

Emily Pedersen hits a hole-in-one in Solheim Cup

League Leaders’ Shield – Wigan Warriors

Wakefield Trinity are relegated from the Super League

Julian Nagelsmann replaces Hansi Flick as the new head coach of Germany

Sep 23

England 71 Chile 0. Henry Arundell scores five tries

Ireland 13 South Africa 8

Georgia 18 Portugal 18. This was the first draw in a World Cup match since 2011

Sep 24

Solheim Cup (Finca Cortesin, Spain) – Europe 14 USA 14. Europe retain the trophy

Spain's Carlota Ciganda holed the winning putt and won all four matches she played in

European captain – Suzann Petersen

US captain – Stacey Lewis

Japanese GP – Verstappen, Norris, Piastri. First podium finish for Piastri

Red Bull win constructor’s title with six races to spare

Berlin marathon. Men’s – Eliud Kipchoge. Women’s – Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) in a world record time of 2:11.53

World Triathlon Championship Series Finals. Men – Dorian Coninx (France). Women – Beth Potter. 2^nd Kate Waugh

Sheffield Utd 0 Newcastle Utd 8. Eight different players scored goals

Scotland 40 Australia 6

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final – Southern Vipers bt The Blaze

Southern Vipers head coach Charlotte Edwards also steered Southern Brave to victory in The Hundred

Miami Dolphins score the second-highest number of points in a game in NFL history as they beat the Denver Broncos 70-20

Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) final – Guyana Amazon Warriors bt Trinbago Knight Riders

Sep 27

EFL Cup third round – Newcastle Utd bt Man City

Sep 28

Rugby union Championship club Jersey Reds ceases trading

Sep 29

County Championship won by Surrey. Captain – Rory Burns. Coach – Gareth Batty

Relegated – Middlesex, Northamptonshire

Promoted – Durham, Worcestershire

New Zealand 96 Italy 17

Sam Whitelock sets a new record of 149 New Zealand caps

Sep 30

Aston Villa 6 (Watkins 3) Brighton 1

Darcy Graham scores four tries for Scotland against Romania

Wolves bt Man City. First defeat of the season for Man City

Ryder Cup – Hovland and Aberg bt Scheffler and Koepka 9&7

McIlroy is involved in an angry exchange with Patrick Cantlay's caddie Joe LaCava over his celebrations on the 18th green

Patrick Cantlay refuses to wear the Ryder Cup cap

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships start in Antwerp

Luis Diaz goal for Liverpool against Spurs wrongly disallowed by VAR Darren England and assistant VAR Dan Cook

Cambridgeshire Handicap – Astro King

AFL Grand Final – Collingwood bt Brisbane Lions

Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland). Fourth world title

October

Oct 1

Ryder Cup (Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, Rome) – Europe 16 ½ United States 11 ½

Tommy Fleetwood won the point that secured the cup for Europe

Rory McIlroy was the only player to win four matches

British Open snooker final – Williams bt Selby

Simone Biles becomes the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike vault

Mark Nicholas succeeds Stephen Fry as the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Ace Impact

NRL Grand Final – Penrith Panthers bt Brisbane Broncos

Oct 2

Francis Lee dies

Oct 3

PCA Player of the Year – Harry Brook

Young Player – James Rew (Somerset)

Women’s Player – Tammy Beaumont

Oct 4

Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are named as the co-hosts for the 2030 World Cup, with the opening three matches taking place in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay

Oct 5

Opening match of Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad – England 282-9 New Zealand 283-1 (Conway 152*, Ravindra 123*)

Men’s all-around – Daiki Hashimoto (Japan)

Oct 6

Women’s all-around – Simone Biles

Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history. Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female

Super League semi-final – Catalans Dragons bt St Helens

Oct 7

England 18 Samoa 17. Winning try scored by Danny Care

Owen Farrell becomes England's record points scorer with 1,181

Super League semi-final – Wigan bt Hull KR

South Africa 428-5 (Van der Dussen 108, Markram 106, De Kock 100) Sri Lanka 326

Aiden Markram hit the fastest World Cup hundred, off 49 balls

Men’s floor – Artem Dolgopyat (Israel)

Pommel horse – Rhys McClenaghan

Women’s vault – Rebeca Andrade (Brazil)

Qatar GP sprint – Piastri, Verstappen, Norris

Verstappen wins third Formula 1 drivers' world championship with six races to spare

Oct 8

Women's Super League Grand Final – York bt Leeds

Chicago Marathon – Kelvin Kiptum, in a new world record time of 2:00.35

Men’s vault – Jake Jarman

Beam – Simone Biles

Women’s floor – Simone Biles

Qatar GP – Verstappen, Piastri, Norris

Portugal bt Fiji

Final pool tables –

Pool A – France, New Zealand, Italy, Uruguay, Namibia

Pool B – Ireland, South Africa, Scotland, Tonga, Romania

Pool C – Wales, Fiji, Australia, Portugal, Georgia

Pool D – England, Argentina, Japan, Samoa, Chile

World Grand Prix darts final – Luke Humphries bt Gerwyn Price

British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton. Fourth win

Oct 10

Dawid Malan hits 140 for England against Bangladesh

Joe Root becomes England's all-time record run-scorer in World Cups, surpassing Graham Gooch

UK & Ireland are announced as Euro 2028 hosts

Turkey and Italy are named Euro 2032 hosts

Pakistan chase a World Cup record 345 to beat Sri Lanka. The match is the first in World Cup history to have four centuries

Oct 11

Wayne Rooney is appointed as manager of Birmingham City after leaving DC United

Steve Prescott Man of Steel – Bevan French (Wigan Warriors)

Woman of Steel – Sinead Peach (York Valkyrie)

Oct 13

Alistair Cook retires. He scored 26,643 runs from 352 first-class matches

Levi Colwill (Chelsea) makes England debut against Australia

Oct 14

Super League Grand Final (Old Trafford) Wigan 10 Catalans Dragons 2. Liam Marshall scored the only try. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Jake Wardle. Sam Tomkins retires

Quarter-finals – Argentina 29 Wales 17

New Zealand 28 Ireland 24. Ireland lose in quarter-finals for the eighth time. Johnny Sexton retires

Ironman World Championship – Lucy Charles-Barclay

Tommy Fury bt KSI in a six-round cruiserweight contest

Cesarewitch – The Shunter

Oct 15

Quarter-finals – England 30 Fiji 24

South Africa 29 France 28

Cricket World Cup – England suffer their first loss to Afghanistan in any format

Philippe Clement replaces Michael Beale as manager of Rangers

RFL Championship Grand Final – London Broncos bt Toulouse Olympique

Featherstone Rovers won the League Leader's Shield

British Superbike Championship – Tommy Bridewell

Oct 17

Cricket World Cup – Netherlands bt South Africa

England bt Italy to qualify for Euro 2024

Oct 20

Rugby World Cup semi-final – New Zealand 44 Argentina 6. Will Jordan hat-trick

WNBA Finals – Las Vegas Aces bt New York Liberty

Oct 21

Bobby Charlton dies

Rugby World Cup semi-final – South Africa 16 England 15. Only try scored by RG Snyman. Winning penalty scored by Handre Pollard

Cricket World Cup – South Africa 399-7 (Klaasen 109) England 170

Champion Stakes at Ascot won by Frankie Dettori on King of Steel on his last British ride

Champion flat jockey – William Buick

Champion flat trainer – John and Thady Gosden

Oct 22

United States GP – Verstappen, Norris, Sainz

Hamilton finished in second place but was disqualified

LIV Golf Team Championship – Crushers GC, captained by Bryson DeChambeau

Oct 23

Bishan Bedi dies

Oct 24

Bill Kenwright dies

Oct 25

Cricket World Cup – Australia 399-8 Netherlands 90

Australia won by 309 runs, a record margin in the World Cup

Glenn Maxwell hits the fastest men's World Cup century, in 40 balls

Bas de Leede concedes 115 runs, an ODI record

Oct 26

Newcastle and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali is banned for 10 months by the Italian Football Federation for breaching betting rules

Cricket World Cup – England 156 Sri Lanka 160-2

Oct 27

Bronze final (third place play-off) – England 26 Argentina 23

Oct 28

Cricket World Cup – Australia 388 New Zealand 383-9. Highest scoring game (771 runs) in World Cup history

Eddie Nketiah hat-trick for Arsenal against Sheffield Utd

Rugby World Cup final (Stade de France, Paris) – South Africa 12 New Zealand 11. Handre Pollard kicked four penalties. The only try was scored by Beauden Barrett. New Zealand captain Sam Cane was sent off. Referee – Wayne Barnes (England). Fourth title for South Africa. Player of the match – Pieter-Steph du Toit. South Africa coach – Jacques Nienaber

Top try scorer – Will Jordan (New Zealand). 8 tries

Top points scorer – Owen Farrell. 75 points

Tyson Fury bt former UFC fighter Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia

Nottingham Panthers forward Adam Johnson dies after suffering a serious cut to his neck from a skate during a Challenge Cup match against Sheffield Steelers

Oct 29

Cricket World Cup – India 229 England 129

World Rally Championship – Kalle Rovanpera

European Darts Championship final – Peter Wright bt James Wade

Eddie Jones resigns as manager of Australia rugby union team

Oct 30

Ballon d’Or – Lionel Messi. Eighth win

Women’s Ballon d’Or – Aitana Bonmati

Kopa Trophy – Jude Bellingham