Sport and Leisure/Sport 2021
January
Jan 1
European Capital of Sport – Lisbon
PDC quarter-final – Dave Chisnall bt Michael van Gerwen
Jan 2
Mauricio Pochettino replaces Thomas Tuchel as manager of Paris St Germain
WBC interim lightweight title – Ryan Garcia bt Luke Campbell
Jan 3
PDC final – Gerwyn Price bt Gary Anderson. First Welshman ever to win the tournament
Jan 5
Colin Bell dies
Carabao cup semi-final – Spurs bt Brentford
Jan 6
European Tour golfer of the year – Lee Westwood
Carabao cup semi-final – Man City bt Man Utd
New Zealand’s Test cricket team achieve number one ranking status for the first time in their history
Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch
Jan 8
FA Cup third round – Liverpool bt Aston Villa youth team
Jan 9
Welsh Grand National – Secret Reprieve
FA Cup third round – Blackpool bt WBA, Chorley bt Derby youth team
Jan 10
Masters Snooker starts in Milton Keynes. Gary Wilson and Joe Perry replace Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski
FA Cup third round – Crawley bt Leeds, Vinicius hat-trick for Spurs against Marine
Tournament of Champions – Harris English
Jan 12
Sheffield Utd gain first win in 18th Premier League match, against Newcastle
Jan 15
Quarter-final – John Higgins bt Ronnie O’Sullivan. Five consecutive centuries in the match. First time this has happened since Neil Robertson v Steven Maguire in 2009
Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) –
Cars – Stephane Peterhansel, driving a MINI. 14th win
Bike – Kevin Benavides (Argentina), riding a Honda
Jan 13
Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets. Harden is the top scorer in the NBA for the past three seasons
Jan 17
Masters snooker final – Yan Bingtao bt John Higgins
First Test (Galle) Sri Lanka 135 (Dom Bess 5-30) and 359 (Lahiru Thirimanne 111, Jack Leach 5-122) England 421 (Joe Root 228) and 76-3. England won by 7 wickets
Dan Lawrence makes 73 on England debut
Jan 18
Phil Neville to manage Inter Miami
Jan 19
India score 329-7 in fourth innings to beat Australia. First defeat for Australia at The Gabba since 1988. India win series 2-1
Jan 20
Copa Del Rey last-32 – third division outfit Alcoyano beat Real Madrid 2-1
Jan 21
Burnley end Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten run at home in the Premier League
Jan 22
FA Cup fourth round – Wolves bt Chorley
Hank Aaron dies
Jan 23
FA Cup fourth round – Southampton bt Arsenal
Dustin Poirier beats Conor McGregor at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi
Pegasus World Cup – Knicks Go
Jan 24
Abu Dhabi Championship – Tyrell Hatton
FA Cup fourth round – Tammy Abraham hat-trick for Chelsea against Luton
NFC Championship – Tampa Bay Buccaneers bt Green Bay Packers
AFC Championship – Kansas City Chiefs bt Buffalo Bills
World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Mark Dawes. Women’s – Laura Daniels
BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt London Lions
Jan 25
Second Test – Sri Lanka 381 (Angelo Mathews 110, Jimmy Anderson 6-40) and 126 England 344 (Joe Root 186, Lasith Embuldenya 7-137) and 164-4. England won by 6 wickets
Thomas Tuchel replaces Frank Lampard as manager of Chelsea
Jan 26
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Ghaiyyath
Jan 29
Said Benrahma moves from Brentford to West Ham
Jan 30
Copa Libertadores final – Palmeiras bt Santos
Jan 31
Dubai Desert Classic – Paul Casey
German Masters snooker final – Judd Trump bt Jack Lisowski
February
Feb 2
Man Utd 9 Southampton 0. Alex Jankewitz sent off after 82 seconds of Southampton debut
Feb 5
Leon Spinks dies
Feb 6
Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Alan Wyn Jones, Jonathan Sexton, Stuart Hogg, Charles Ollivon, Luca Bigi
Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Wayne Pivac, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Franco Smith
England 6 Scotland 11. Only try scored by Duhan van der Merwe. Scotland’s first win at Twickenham since 1983
Mark Wright makes debut for Crawley Town
Big Bash final – Sydney Sixers bt Perth Scorchers
Alex Hales (Sydney Sixers) was leading run scorer in the tournament
Feb 7
Winning try for Wales against Ireland scored by Louis Rees-Zammit
Super Bowl LV – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Kansas City Chiefs 9
Tampa Bay become the first team to win the Super Bowl in their home stadium
MVP – Tom Brady
Sarah Thomas became the first female Super Bowl official
Half time show – The Weeknd
Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California
NFL MVP – Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Tigres (Mexico) bt Palmeiras (Brazil)
Dan Evans wins Murray River Open, his first ATP Tour title
ATP Cup final (Melbourne) – Russia by Italy
Feb 8
Tony Collins, the Football League's first black manager, dies. Manager of Rochdale
Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Al Ahly (Egypt)
Alpine Ski World Championships start in Cortina
Feb 9
First Test (Chennai) England 578 (Joe Root 218) and 178 (Ravi Ashwin 6-61) India 337 and 192. England won by 227 runs. Joe Root’s 100th Test match
Feb 10
Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies dies
FA Cup fifth round – Everton 5 Spurs 4
Man City win record 15th consecutive game in all competitions
Feb 11
Men’s Super-G – Vincent Kreichmayr
Women’s Super G – Lara Gut-Behrami
Fifa Club World Cup third place play-off – Al Ahly bt Palmeiras
Fifa Club World Cup final (Qatar) – Bayern Munich 1 (Pavard) Tigres 0
Cross World Championships start in Sweden
Women’s snowboard cross – Charlotte Bankes
Feb 12
Nick Kyrgios wins set against Dominic Thiem at Australian Open with underarm serve
WBBL Cup final – Leicester Rivers bt Sevenoaks Suns
Feb 13
Australian Open third round – Rafael Nadal bt Cameron Norrie
Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter
Feb 14
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hat-trick for Arsenal against Leeds
Doug Mountjoy dies
Men’s downhill – Vincent Kreichmayr
Feb 16
Second Test (Chennai) India 329 (Rohit Sharma 161) and 286 (Ravi Ashwin 106) England 134 (Ravi Ashwin 5-43) and 164 (Axar Patel 5-60). India won by 317 runs
Feb 17
Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history
Feb 18
Australian Open semi-finals – Naomi Osaka bt Serena Williams, Jennifer Brady bt Karolina Muchova
Australian Open semi-final – Novak Djokovic bt Aslan Karatsev
Women’s giant slalom – Lara Gut-Behrami
Feb 19
Australian Open semi-final – Daniil Medvedev bt Stefanos Tsitsipas
Australian Open women’s doubles final – Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka bt Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
Australian Open men’s doubles semi-final – Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares
Men’s giant slalom – Mathieu Faivre
Feb 20
Australian Open women’s final – Naomi Osaka bt Jennifer Brady
Australian Open mixed doubles final – Raveej Ram and Barbora Krejcikova bt Ebden and Stosur
Women’s slalom – Katharina Liensberger
Feb 21
Australian Open men’s final – Novak Djokovic bt Daniil Medvedev. Ninth Australian Open title and 18th Grand Slam
Australian Open men’s doubles final – Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek bt Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
Prada Cup final – Luna Rossa 7 Team Ineos 1
Prada Cup replaced the Louis Vuitton Cup this year. It is a sailing competition whose purpose is to determine the challenger for the America's Cup
Welsh Open snooker final (Newport) – Jordan Brown bt Ronnie O’Sullivan. Brown is from Northern Ireland, and ranked world number 81
Men’s slalom – Sebastian Foss-Solevag
Feb 24
Neil Lennon resigns as manager of Celtic
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships start in Oberstdorf
Feb 25
Third Test (Ahmedabad) England 112 (Zak Crawley 53, Axar Patel 6-38) and 81 (Axar Patel 5-32, Ravi Ashwin 4-48) India 145 (Rohit Sharma 66, Joe Root 5-8, Jack Leach 4-54) and 49-0. India won by 10 wickets
Match finished in two days and lasted 140.2 overs
Ravi Ashwin takes 400th Test wicket
Europe League Round of 32 – Slavia Prague bt Leicester
Women’s individual normal hill – Ema Klinec (Slovenia)
Feb 27
Wales 40 England 24. Wales win Triple Crown
George North wins 100th cap for Wales
Men’s individual normal hill – Piotr Zyla (Poland)
Feb 28
Glenn Roeder dies
Scottish League Cup final – St Johnstone bt Livingston
Players Championship final – John Higgins bt Ronnie O’Sullivan
WGC-Workday Championship – Collin Morikawa
March
Mar 1
Racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott banned after a photo was shared on social media of him straddling a dead horse
Mar 2
Ian St John dies
Stephen Hendry loses comeback match against Matthew Selt in first round of Gibraltar Open
Women’s individual large hill – Maren Lundby (Norway)
Mar 3
Kieron Pollard hits six sixes in one over off Akila Dananjaya, who had earlier taken a hat-trick, in West Indies' Twenty20 defeat of Sri Lanka
Mar 5
European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Torun, Poland
Women’s 3000m – Amy-Eloise Markovc. Bronze – Verity Ockenden
Men’s individual large hill – Stefan Kraft (Austria)
Mar 6
Fourth Test (Ahmedabad) England 205 and 135 (Ravi Ashwin 5-47, Axar Patel 5-48) India 365 (Rishabh Pant 101, Washington Sundar 95). India won by an innings and 25 runs
India win series 3-1
Women’s 1500m. Silver – Holly Archer
Women’s 400m. Bronze – Jodie Williams
Women’s pole vault. Bronze – Holly Bradshaw
Saracens lose first match in Rugby Championship, to Cornish Pirates
Mar 7
Women’s 800m – Keely Hodgkinson
Men’s 800m. Bronze – Jamie Webb
Women’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Cindy Sember. Bronze – Tiffany Porter
Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter are sisters (née Ofili)
Men’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Andrew Pozzi
Man Utd end Man City’s 21-game winning run
Rangers win Scottish Premiership after Celtic fail to beat Dundee Utd
Liverpool lose sixth straight home game, to Fulham
UK Open darts final – James Wade bt Luke Humphries
Mar 10
Hege Riise named as head coach of Team GB's women's football team at this summer's Tokyo Olympics
Mar 11
Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Aspen
Mar 12
Halfpipe. Bronze – Zoe Atkin
Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman is found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011
Mar 13
Maro Itoje scores winning try for England against France. Debut for Max Malins
Murray Walker dies, aged 97
Chris Wilder leaves as manager of Sheffield United
1919-20 EFL Trophy final – Salford bt Portsmouth. Competition sponsored by Papa Johns
Mar 14
Marvin Hagler dies
1920-21 EFL Trophy final – Sunderland bt Tranmere
Lamela scores rabona goal for Spurs against Arsenal
Women’s League Cup final – Chelsea 6 (Sam Kerr 3) Bristol City 0
Players Championship –Justin Thomas. 2nd Lee Westwood
Mar 16
Champion Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2nd Sharjah 3rd Epatante. Blackmore is first female to win the race
Eoin Morgan wins100th T20 cap for England
Mar 17
Champion Chase – Put The Kettle On (Aidan Coleman)
Cross Country Chase – Tiger Roll
America’s Cup – Team New Zealand bt Luna Rossa (Italy) 7-3
German motor racing driver Sabine Schmitz dies
Mar 18
Ryanair Chase – Allaho (Rachael Blackmore)
Europa League Round of 16 – Dinamo Zagreb bt Spurs, Slavia Prague bt Rangers
Mar 19
Gold Cup – Minella Indo (Jack Kennedy), trained by Henry de Bromhead, 2nd A Plus Tard (Rachael Blackmore), 3rd Al Boum Photo
Leading rider at Cheltenham Festival – Rachael Blackmore (6 wins)
Leading trainer at Cheltenham Festival – Willie Mullins
Ireland win Prestbury Cup 23-5
Mar 20
France 32 Wales 30. Winning try scored by Brice Dulin. Red card – Paul Willemse
Ireland bt England. Red card – Bundee Aki
Italy lose 31st successive rugby union match
India bt England 3-2 in T20 series. All matches played in Ahmedabad
Mar 21
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Alexis Pinturault
Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez
Women’s overall – Petra Vlhova (Slovakia)
Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Nika Kriznar (Slovenia)
BBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Plymouth Raiders
WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Nottingham Wildcats
Mar 22
Racing driver John Crichton-Stuart, the seventh Marquess of Bute. Better known a Johnny Dumfries
World Figure Skating Championships (Stockholm). Men’s – Nathan Chen. Women’s – Anna Shcherbakova (Russia)
Mar 23
Frank Worthington dies
Scottish Cup second round – Brora Rangers bt Hearts
Mar 24
Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 starts. Co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia
Mar 25
James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins score first goals for England, against San Marino
Mar 26
England successfully chase 337 to beat India in second ODI. Jonny Bairstow 124, Ben Stokes 99 including 10 sixes
Scotland bt France in final match of Six Nations. Winning try scored by Duhan van der Merwe. Finn Russell sent off
Final table – Wales, France, Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy
Leading try scorer – Duhan van der Merwe (5)
Leading points scorer – Johnny Sexton (65)
Player of the Tournament – Hamish Watson
Mar 27
Dillian Whyte bt Alexander Povetkin in heavyweight fight in Gibraltar
Luxembourg bt Ireland in Fifa World Cup qualifier
Dubai World Cup – Mystic Guide
Lincoln Handicap – Haqeeqy
Mar 28
Formula One teams –
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
McLaren – Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris
Williams – George Russell, Nicholas Latifi
Aston Martin – Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll
AlphaTauri – Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda (Japan)
Alpine – Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon
Haas – Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazapin (Russia)
Alfa Romeo – Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi
Bahrain GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas
Tsunoda finished ninth in F1 debut
Third ODI – India 329 England 322-9 (Sam Curran 95)
India win series 2-1. All matches played in Pune
Tour Championship final – Neil Robertson bt Ronnie O’Sullivan
WGC Matchplay final – Billy Horschel bt Scottie Scheffler
Mar 31
Steven Davis breaks the British international caps record with a 126th cap for Northern Ireland
England knocked out of Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021. England beat Croatia, but lost to Switzerland and Portugal
April
Apr 3
Thomas Tuchel loses first match as Chelsea manager in fifteenth match, 5-2 to WBA
Richard Johnson retires. Champion National Hunt Jockey four times
Carl Frampton retires after losing to Jamel Herring in WBO world title fight
Apr 4
Cambridge win men’s and women’s boat races, held on Great Ouse near Ely. Sarah Winkless is first-ever female referee
Extreme E Desert X-Prix in Saudi Arabia won by RXR (Rosberg Team). Each race is two laps – one driven by the female and one by the male
ANA Inspiration – Patty Tavatanakit (Thailand). 2nd Lydia Ko, who shot 62 in the final round
Apr 5
Irish Grand National – Freewheelin Dylan, at 150-1
Apr 6
World Snooker first qualifying round – Stephen Hendry bt Jimmy White
Apr 8
Betway Bowl – Clan des Obeaux
Justin Rose shoots 65 in first round of the Masters. Hole-in-one for Tommy Fleetwood
Apr 9
Topham Chase – Livelovelaugh
Apr 10
Grand National – Minella Times (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2nd Balko Des Flos (100-1) 3rd Any Second Now
Rachael Blackmore becomes first ever female jockey to win the race
Rugby Union Champions Cup quarter-final – Leinster bt Exeter
Apr 11
Masters golf – Hideki Matsuyama 2nd Will Zalatoris
Apr 13
Champions League quarter-final – PSG bt Bayern Munich, Chelsea bt Porto
Apr 14
Champions League quarter-final – Real Madrid bt Liverpool, Man City bt Borussia Dortmund
Apr 15
Wisden's leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes
Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year – Zak Crawley, Jason Holder, Mohammad Rizwan, Dom Sidley, Darren Stevens
Wisden's leading woman cricketer in the world – Beth Mooney
Monte Carlo Masters round of 16 – Dan Evans bt Novak Djokovic
Apr 16
John Dawes dies. Coached the 1977 British Lions
Monte Carlo final – Stefanos Tsitsipas bt Andrey Rublev. First ATP Tour title
Apr 17
FA Cup semi-final – Man City bt Chelsea
Sheffield Utd relegated with six games to play after defeat by Wolves
Apr 18
FA Cup semi-final – Leicester bt Southampton
Emilio Romagna GP (Imola) – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris
Ollie Pope scores 245 for Surrey against Leicestershire
Ollie Robinson takes 9-78 for Sussex against Glamorgan
Scottish Grand National – Mighty Thunder
Floriento Perez, the chairman of Real Madrid, announces the formation of the European Super League, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan, Juventus, Milan, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, and Real Madrid
Apr 19
Jose Mourinho fired by Spurs
Apr 20
Plan for European Super League is dropped following universal opposition from fans, players and managers
Apr 22
Champion jump jockey – Harry Skelton
Champion jump trainer - ?
Apr 23
World Snooker Championship second round – Anthony McGill bt Ronnie O’Sullivan
Apr 24
Women’s Six Nations final – England bt France
Apr 25
Carabao Cup final – Man City 1 (Aymeric Laporte) Spurs 0
Chris Wood hat-trick for Burnley against Wolves
European Gymnastics Championships (Basle)
Women’s floor – Jessica Gadirova
Ravindra Jadeja hits 37 in an over for Chennai Super Kings in IPL
Apr 26
Fara Williams to retire. England’s most-capped footballer with 172 caps
Apr 28
Europa League semi-final – Man Utd 6 Roma 2
Apr 29
NFL draft – first pick is Trevor Lawrence, for Jacksonville Jaguars
Championship Player of the Year – Emi Buendia (Norwich)
League One Player of the Year – Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough)
League Two Player of the Year – Paul Mullin (Cambridge)
Apr 30
Kyren Wilson concedes 53 points from a snooker in World Championships
France v England women’s rugby union international ends early due to floodlight failure
May
May 1
2000 Guineas – Poetic Flare (Kevin Manning, aged 54), trained by Jim Bolger
Kentucky Derby – Medina Spirit
World Snooker semi-finals – Mark Selby bt Kyren Wilson, Sean Murphy bt Stuart Bingham
Rugby Union Champions Cup semi-final – Toulouse bt Bordeaux-Begles
May 2
Portuguese GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas
Gareth Bale hat-trick for Spurs against Sheffield Utd
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Chelsea bt Bayern Munich
Man Utd's Premier League game against Liverpool is postponed after about 200 fans broke into Old Trafford to protest against the Glazer family's ownership of the club
Rugby Union Champions Cup semi-final – La Rochelle bt Leinster
1000 Guineas – Mother Earth (Frankie Dettori), trained by Aidan O’Brien
May 3
World Snooker final – Mark Selby by Sean Murphy 18-15. Fourth world title
Highest break – Sean Murphy (144)
There were a record 108 century breaks, with an additional 106 made in qualifying
May 4
Jose Mourinho appointed as manager of Roma from the start of next season
Champions League semi-final – Man City bt PSG
May 5
Champions League semi-final – Chelsea bt Real Madrid
May 6
Europa League semi-finals – Man Utd bt Roma 8-5 on aggregate, Villareal bt Arsenal
Alun Wyn Jones to captain British and Irish Lions on tour of South Africa
May 7
Laureus World Sport Awards (Seville. Virtual ceremony) –
World Sportsman of the Year – Rafael Nadal
World Sportswoman of the Year – Naomi Osaka
World Team of the Year – Bayern Munich
World Breakthrough of the Year – Patrick Mahomes
World Comeback of the Year – Maxence Parrot (Canadian snowboarder)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Billie Jean King
May 8
Lewis Hamilton gains 100th career pole position
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez bt Billy Joe Saunders in world title unification bout
May 9
Spanish GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas
WSL – Chelsea
World Seniors Championship snooker final – David Lilley bt Jimmy White
May 11
Man City win Premier League after Man Utd are beaten by Leicester
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – James Tavernier (Rangers)
May 14
Ferran Torres hat-trick for Man City against Newcastle
FWA Footballer of the Year – Ruben Dias (Man City)
FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year – Fran Kirby (Chelsea)
PFA Player of the Year – Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
PFA Young Player of the Year – Phil Foden (Man City)
PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Fran Kirby (Chelsea)
May 15
Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Rangers (102 points) 2nd Celtic (77 points)
Rangers were unbeaten, winning 32 matches and drawing 6 matches
Leading scorer – Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) 18 goals
Relegated – Hamilton
Scottish Premiership play-off – Dundee bt Kilmarnock
Scottish Championship – Hearts
Scottish League One – Partick Thistle
Scottish League Two – Queens Park
Highland League – Brora Rangers. Only played three matches due to Covid-19
Lowland League – Kelty Hearts. Only played 13 matches due to Covid-19
Scottish League Two play-off final – Kelty Hearts bt Brechin City
FA Cup final – Leicester 1 (Tielemans) Chelsea 0
British Masters – Russell Bland. First European Tour title at 478th attempt
Preakness Stakes – Rombauer
May 16
Alisson Becker scores winning goal for Liverpool against WBA. First goalkeeper to score a goal for Liverpool, and the first goalkeeper to score a matchwinner in a Premier League fixture
Women’s Champions League final – Barcelona bt Chelsea
European swimming and diving championships start in Budapest
BBL Playoffs final – Newcastle Eagles bt London Lions
WBBL Playoffs final – London Lions bt Newcastle Eagles
May 17
Joe Mercer dies. Won 2,810 flat races
May 21
Darren Stevens scores 190 (including 15 sixes) for Kent against Glamorgan
European Rugby Challenge Cup final – Montpelier bt Leicester
Serie A – Inter Milan
La Liga – Atletico Madrid
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich
Primeira Liga – Sporting Lisbon
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Lille
Eredivisie – Ajax
May 22
Scottish Cup final – St Johnstone bt Hibernian
Josh Taylor becomes Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by defeating Jose Ramirez in light-welterweight unification bout
European Rugby Champions Cup final (Twickenham) – Toulouse bt La Rochelle. Fifth title
2022 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held in Marseille
European Player of the Year award – Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
FA Vase final – Warrington Rylands bt Binfield
FA Trophy final – Hornchurch bt Hereford
May 23
Monaco GP – Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris
Ron Hill dies. Hill did not miss a day of running between December 1964 and January 2017
Final Premier League table – Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea
Relegated – Fulham, West Brom, Sheffield Utd
Golden boot – Harry Kane (23)
Sergio Aguero scores twice in final match for Man City
Roy Hodgson (Crystal Palace), Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolves) and Sam Allerdyce (WBA) leave their managerial roles
US PGA (Kiawah Island) Mickelson 2nd Koepka. Aged 50, oldest winner of a major, breaking the record of Julius Bores who won PGA in 1968 at the age of 48
May 24
Max Mosley dies
Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Pep Guardiola
May 26
Europa League final (Gdansk) Villareal 1 Man Utd 1. Villareal win 11-10 on penalties. David De Gea was the only player to miss a penalty
2022 Europa League final will be held in Seville
May 28
Premier League of Darts final – Johnny Clayton bt Jose De Souza
May 29
Championship play-off final – Brentford bt Swansea
Promoted – Norwich, Watford, Brentford
Relegated – Wycombe, Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday
Leading scorer – Ivan Toney (Brentford) 33 goals
Champions League final (Dragon Stadium, Porto) Chelsea 1 (Kai Havertz) Man City 0
Man of the match – N’Golo Kante
2022 Champions League final will be held in Saint Petersburg
May 30
League One play-off final – Blackpool bt Lincoln
Promoted – Hull, Peterborough, Blackpool
Relegated – Rochdale, Northampton, Swindon, Bristol Rovers
Leading scorer – Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough) 31 goals
Premier 15s women’s rugby union final – Harlequins bt Saracens
Indy 500 – Helio Castroneves
Giro d’Italia – Egan Bernal
May 31
League Two play-off final – Morecambe bt Newport
Promoted – Cheltenham, Cambridge, Bolton, Morecambe
Relegated – Southend, Grimsby
Leading scorer – Paul Mullin (Cambridge) 32 goals
Sergio Aguero to move to Barcelona
Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open after refusing to speak to the media
June
Jun 1
Carlo Ancelotti replaces Zinedine Zidane as manager of Real Madrid
Jun 4
Brianna McNeal banned for five years for breaking anti-doping rules. Winner of the women’s 100m hurdles at the 2016 Olympic Games
Jun 5
French Open third round – Rafael Nadal bt Cameron Norrie
Floyd Mayweather bt YouTuber Logan Paul in boxing exhibition match
Epsom Derby – Adayer (Adam Kirby), trained by Charlie Appleby
Belmont Stakes – Essential Quality
Jun 6
The Oaks – Snowfall (Frankie Dettori), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Azerbaijan GP – Perez, Vettel, Gasly
First Test (Lords) New Zealand 378 (Devon Conway 200) and 169-6 England 275 (Rory Burns 132, Tim Southee 6-43) and 170-3. Match drawn
Test debuts for Devon Conway (New Zealand) and James Bracey (England)
England played Euro2020 warmup matches against Austria and Romania at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough
PFA Player of the Year – Kevin De Bruyne
PFA Young Player of the Year – Phil Foden
PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Fran Kirby (Chelsea)
PFA Women’s Young Player of the Year – Lauren Hemp (Man City)
Ollie Robinson is suspended from international cricket pending an investigation into historical racist and sexist tweets
US Women’s Open – Yuko Saso (Philippines)
Sifan Hassan breaks women’s 10,000m record
Memorial Tournament – Patrick Cantley. Jon Rahm led by 6 strokes after the third round but had to withdraw following a positive COVID test
Jun 9
Wolves appoint former Benfica boss Bruno Lage as their new manager
Jun 10
French Open semi-finals – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova bt Tamara Zidansek (Slovenia), Barbora Krejcikova bt Maria Sakkari (Greece)
All four players reached their first Grand Slam semi-final
Mixed doubles final – Joe Salisbury and Desirae Krawczyk (USA) bt Aslan Katetsev and Elina Vesnina
Joe Salisbury is first British player to win this title since John Lloyd in 1982
Jun 11
Uefa Euro2020 starts in Rome
Italy 3 Turkey 0. First goal in the competition is an own goal by Merih Demiral
French Open semi-finals – Novak Djokovic bt Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas bt Alexander Zverev
Jun 12
French Open women’s singles final – Barbora Krejcikova bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
French Open women’s doubles final – Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut bt Alexander Bublik and Andre Golubev
Christian Eriksen collapses after suffering a cardiac arrest in Denmark’s match against Finland
Wales 1 (Kieffer Moore) Switzerland 1
Bristol finish top of Rugby Premiership. Worcester finish bottom but there is no relegation
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
MBE – Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling
Jun 13
French Open men’s singles final – Novak Djokovic bt Stefanos Tsitsipas. 19th Grand Slam title. First male player to win the double career Grand Slam in the Open Era
French Open women’s doubles final – Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Iga Swiatek. Krejcikova becomes the first woman to win both the singles and doubles tournaments at a Grand Slam since Serena Williams in 2016 (Wimbledon), and the first to do so at the French Open since Mary Pierce in 2000
Second Test (Edgbaston) England 303 and 122 New Zealand 388 and 41-2. New Zealand won by eight wickets
New Zealand win series 1-0
Copa America starts in Brazil. Moved from Argentina due to Covid
Jun 14
Czech Republic 2 (Patrik Schick 2) Scotland 0. Schick scored from the halfway line
Jun 15
Queen’s Club Championships tennis tournament starts. Sponsored by Cinch
St James’s Palace Stakes – Poetic Flare
Jun 16
Wales 2 (Aaron Ramsey, Connor Roberts) Turkey 0
Prince of Wales's Stakes – Love
Jun 17
Queen’s second round – Matteo Berrettini bt Andy Murray
Jun 18
England 0 Scotland 0
Richard Bland shares lead after second round of US Open
Gold Cup – Subjectivist (Joe Fanning), trained by Mark Johnston
Jun 19
Women’s Test (Bristol) England drew with India
Premiership semi-finals – Harlequins bt Bristol, Exeter bt Sale
Coronation Stakes – Alcohol Free
Jun 20
World’s Strongest Man – Tom Stoltman (Scotland)
Championship play-off final – Saracens bt Ealing Trailfinders 60-0 and 57-15 and are promoted to the Premiership
French GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
Queen’s final – Matteo Berrettini bt Cameron Norrie
Queen’s doubles final – Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut bt Reilly Opelka and JohnPeers
Birmingham Classic final – Ons Jabeur (Tunisaia) bt Daria Kasatkina
National League play-off final – Hartlepool bt Torquay
National League champions – Sutton United
Italy 1 Wales 0. Ethan Ampadu sent off
US Open (Torrey Pines, San Diego) Jon Rahm. 2nd Louis Oosthuizen, 3rd Harris English
Leading jockey at Ascot – Oisin Muphy
Leading trainer at Ascot – John Gosden
Jun 21
Laurel Hubbard will become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after being selected for the New Zealand women's team at Tokyo 2020
Rugby Players' Association awards –
Player’s player of the year – Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
England player of the year – Tom Curry (Sale)
Young player of the year – Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
England women player of the year – Poppy Cleall
Leading points scorer – Marcus Smith, 286 points
Leading try scorer – Sam Simmonds, 21 tries
Jun 22
England 1 (Raheem Sterling) Czech Republic 0
Croatia 3 Scotland 1 (Callum McGregor)
Jun 23
Ronaldo equals Ali Daei's record of 109 international goals
Group stage tables –
Group A – Italy, Wales, Switzerland, Turkey
Italy won all their matches. Turkey lost all their matches
Group B – Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Russia
Belgium won all their matches
Group C – Netherlands, Austria, Ukraine, North Macedonia
Netherlands won all their matches. North Macedonia lost all their matches
Group D – England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Scotland
Group E – Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Poland
Group F – France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary
Jun 24
Brian London dies. Real name Brian Harper
Away goals rule scrapped in Uefa competitions including Champions League
Jun 25
Pakistan Super League final – Multan Sultans bt Peshawar Zalmi
Top 14 final – Toulouse bt La Rochelle
Jun 26
Denmark 4 Wales 0. Harry Wilson sent off
Austria score against Italy, the first goal Italy have conceded in 1168 minutes
Premiership rugby final – Harlequins 40 Bristol 38. Winning try scored by Louis Lynagh
Tour de France starts in Brest. Julian Alaphilippe wins first stage. Major crash caused by a fan holding a cardboard sign wishing her grandparents well
La Course by Le Tour de France – Demi Vollering (Netherlands)
Eastbourne International – Jelena Ostapenko
Irish Derby – Hurricane Lane
Jun 27
Styrian GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas
Netball Superleague Grand Final – Loughborough Lightning bt Team Bath
A-League soccer Grand Final – Melbourne City by Sydney FC
BMW International Open – Viktor Hovland (Norway)
KPMG Women's PGA – Nelly Korda
Jun 28
Round of 16 – Spain 5 Croatia 3
Round of 16 – Switzerland 3 France 3. Switzerland won on penalties. Kylian Mbappe missed France’s last penalty
Jun 29
Round of 16 – England 2 (Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane) Germany 0
Jun 30
Rafa Benitez appointed as manager of Everton
July
Jul 1
Karsten Warholm breaks Kevin Young's 29-year-old 400m hurdles world record
Jul 2
Wimbledon third round – Denis Shapovalov bt Andy Murray
Jul 3
Wimbledon third round – Roger Federer bt Cameron Norrie
Quarter-final – England 4 (Harry Kane (2), Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson) Ukraine 0. Match played in Rome
Jul 4
Austrian GP – Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris
Patrick Vieira appointed as manager of Crystal Palace
Jul 5
Jimmy Anderson takes 7-19 for Lancashire against Kent, including his 1,000th first-class wicket
Wimbledon fourth round – Ajla Tomljanovic bt Emma Raducanu
Raducanu was World No 338 and became the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the open era, aged 18
Jul 6
Semi-final – Italy 1 Spain 1. Italy won on penalties
Jul 7
Semi-final – England 2 (Simon Kjaer o.g., Harry Kane) Denmark 1 (Mikkel Damsgaard)
Damsgaard scored the only goal from a direct free kick in the tournament
Both semi-finals were played at Wembley
Quarter-final – Hubert Hurcarz (Poland) bt Roger Federer
Stanley Cup – Tampa Bay Lightning bt Montreal Canadiens
Play-offs MVP – Andrei Vasilevskiy
Regular season MVP – Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Jul 8
Wimbledon women’s semi-finals – Ashleigh Barty bt Angelique Kerber, Katarina Pliskova bt Aryna Sabalenka
Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera jailed for two years for a range of criminal offences
Jul 9
Wimbledon men’s semi-finals – Novak Djokovic bt Denis Shapovalov, Matteo Berrettini bt Hubert Hurcarz
Mark Cavendish equals Merckx’s record of 34 stage wins in Tour de France
Paul Mariner dies. Mariner played 35 times for England, scoring 13 goals
Jul 10
Wimbledon women’s final – Ashleigh Barty bt Katarina Pliskova
Wimbledon women’s doubles final – Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens bt Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina
Wimbledon men’s doubles final – Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic bt Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos
Copa America final – Argentina 1 (Angel Di Maria) Brazil 0. Match played at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro
UFC 264 – Conor McGregor breaks his leg and loses third fight against Dustin Poirier
English Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Thorn Falcon
Jul 11
Wimbledon men’s final – Novak Djokovic bt Matteo Berettini. Sixth win and 20th grand slam title
Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk bt Joe Salisbury and Harriet Dart
Uefa Euro 2020 final – Italy 1 (Leonardo Bonucci) England 1 (Luke Shaw). Italy won 3-2 on penalties
Harry Kane and Harry Maguire scored penalties. Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed
Match played at Wembley Stadium. Referee – Bjorn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Jul 13
Third ODI – Pakistan 331-9 (Babar Azam 158) England 332-7 (James Vince 102)
England win series 3-0
Jul 14
British and Irish Lions are beaten by South Africa A
State of Origin –New South Wales Blues bt Queensland Maroons
Jul 15
Andy Fordham dies. Known as ‘The Viking’
Jul 16
First T20 – Pakistan 232-6 England 201 (Liam Livingstone 103)
Liam Livingstone hit the fastest-ever 50 (17 balls) and 100 (42 balls) for England
Jul 17
Rugby League 1875 Cup final – Featherstone Rovers bt York City Knights
Rugby League Challenge Cup final – St Helens bt Castleford
Max Verstappen wins first sprint qualifying race and starts on pole for British GP
Jul 18
British GP – Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Valtteri Bottas
Verstappen involved in crash with Hamilton on first lap and hits barrier at 51G
The Open (Royal St George’s) Collin Morikawa. 2nd Jordan Speith 3rd Jon Rahm, Louis Oosthuizen
Scotland's Robert MacIntyre finished as the top British player in a tie for eighth place
2022 Open will be held at St Andrews
Tour de France – Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia, UAE-Team Emirates), 2nd Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark), 3rd Richard Carapaz
Points – Mark Cavendish
Mountains – Tadej Pogacar
Youth – Tadej Pogacar
Combativity – Franck Bonnamour
Team – Team Bahrain Victorious
Jul 20
NBA finals – Milwaukee Bucks bt Phoenix Suns
Finals MVP – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Regular season MVP – Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)
Jul 21
Tokyo Olympic Games starts with softball and women’s football matches
Brisbane awarded 2032 Olympic Games
The Hundred starts with Oval Invincibles Women beating Manchester Originals Women
Teams – Birmingham Phoenix, London Spirit, Manchester Originals. Northern Superchargers, Oval Invincibles Women, Southern Brave, Trent Rockets, Welsh Fire
Jul 22
World Squash Championships. Men – Ali Farag. Women – Nour El Sherbini, winning her fifth title
Jul 23
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. Games opened by Emperor Naruhito. Flame lit by Naomi Osaka. Each country in the Parade of Nations has two flag bearers – GB represented by Hannah Mills (sailing) and Mohamed Sbihi (rowing). 1,824 drones made a 3D rendition of the Tokyo Olympic Games logo over the stadium
Jul 24
First gold medal won by Yang Qian (China) in women’s 10m air rifle
Road race – Richard Carapaz
12-year-old Hend Zaha (Syria) loses in first round of table tennis
First Test – South Africa 17 British and Irish Lions 22
Lions only try scored by Luke Cowan-Dickie. All Tests played in Cape Town
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Adayer. First horse in 20 years to win the Derby and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes
Norway’s Handball Federation is fined after the women’s beach team wore shorts rather than bikini bottoms at the European Championship
Jul 25
Britain’s first Olympic medal – bronze won by Chelsie Giles in judo women’s -52kg
Jade Jones beaten in first round in taekwondo by Kimia Alizadeh of the Refugee Olympic Team
Women’s road race – Anna Kiesenhofer (Austria)
World Matchplay darts final – Peter Wright bt Dimitri Van den Bergh
Evian Championship golf – Minjee Lee (Australia)
Senior British Open golf – Stephen Dodd (Wales)
Jul 26
Men’s 100m butterfly – Adam Peaty
Synchronized 10m platform – Tom Daley and Matty Lee
Men’s BMX – Tom Pidcock
Men’s triathlon. Silver – Alex Yee. There was a false start as a boat blocked some of the athletes about to enter the water
Women’ welterweight taekwondo, Silver – Lauren Williams
Jul 27
Men’s 200m freestyle – Tom Dean. Silver – Duncan Scott
Women’s triathlon – Flora Duffy (Bermuda). Silver – Georgia Taylor-Brown
Bermuda becomes smallest nation ever to win an Olympic gold medal
Women’s tennis third round – Marketa Vondrouseva bt Naomi Osaka
Women’s heavyweight taekwondo. Bronze – Bianca Walkden
Team dressage. Bronze – GB
Women’s team gymnastics. Bronze – GB, including the Gadirova twins (Jennifer and Jessica)
Mike Hendrick dies. Played 30 Test matches for England
Goodwood Cup – Trueshan
Jul 28
Men’s 4x200m freestyle – GB
Individual dressage. Bronze – Charlotte Dujardin
Men’s quadruple sculls. Silver – GB
British team in men’s coxless fours lose steering of the boat in the final and finish fourth
Sussex Stakes – Alcohol Free
Jul 29
Men’s trap. Bronze – Matthew Coward-Holley
Women’s canoeing C-1. Silver – Mallory Franklin
Nassau Stakes – Lady Bowthorpe
Jul 30
Women’s football quarter-final – Australia 4 GB 3 (Ellen White 3)
Women’s BMX – Bethany Schriever
Men’s BMX. Silver – Kye White
Women’s trampolining. Bronze – Bryony Page
Men’s 200m medley. Silver – Duncan Scott
Men’s 200m backstroke. Bronze – Luke Greenback
Men’s eight. Bronze – GB
Men’s semi-finals – Alexander Zverev bt Novak Djokovic, Karen Khachanov bt Pablo Carreno Busta
South Africa director of rugby Rassie Erasmus records 62-minute video monologue raising a number of concerns over the officiating of referee Nic Berry in the Springboks’ defeat by the Lions in the first Test
Luke Campbell retires from boxing
Jul 31
Women’s tennis final – Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) bt Marketa Vondrousova
Men’s bronze match – Pablo Carreno Busta bt Novak Djokovic
Women’s sevens – New Zealand. GB finish fourth
Mixed triathlon – GB
Mixed medley relay – GB
Women’s RS:X windsurfing. Bronze – Emma Wilson
Women’s 100m – Elaine Thompson-Herah. Silver – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price
New Zealand transgender woman Lauren Hubbard fails to lift a weight
Second Test – South Africa 27 Lions 9
