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 Gerwyn 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

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 by 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