Sport and Leisure/Sport 2022

January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – The Hague

Glasgow will be European Capital of Sport in 2023

Jan 2

Safe standing introduced at Chelsea v Liverpool match

Jan 3

PDC final – Peter Wright bt Michael Smith

Jan 6

Four Hills Tournament – Ryoyu Kobayashi

Jan 7

Kieran Trippier moves from Atletico Madrid to Newcastle Utd

Philippe Coutinho signs for Aston Villa on loan from Barcelona

Jan 8

Fourth Test (Sydney) Australia 416-8 (Usman Khawaja 137, Stuart Broad 5-101) and 265-6 (Usman Khawaja 137) England 294 (Jonny Bairstow 113) and 270-9. Match Drawn. Jimmy Anderson survived the final over

FA Cup third round – Cambridge Utd bt Newcastle Utd, Kidderminster bt Reading

Jan 9

FA Cup third round – Nottingham Forest bt Arsenal

ATP Cup final (Sydney) – Canada (Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov) bt Spain (Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta)

Tournament of Champions – Cameron Smith, with a record score of 34 under par

Jan 11

Reading 0 Fulham 7

Jan 12

Carabao Cup semi-final – Chelsea bt Spurs

Jan 14

Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) –

Cars – Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a Toyota. 5th win

Bikes – Sam Sunderland, riding a KTM

Jan 15

Sydney Classic final – Aslan Karatsev bt Andy Murray

Jan 16

Fourth Test (Blundstone Arena, Hobart) Australia 303 (Travis Head 101) and 155 (Mark Wood 6-37) England 188 and 124. Australia won by 46 runs

Australia win series 4-0

Novak Djokovic deported after his visa to enter Australia was cancelled

Jack Harrison hat-trick for Leeds against West Ham

Rafa Benitez sacked as Everton manager

Masters snooker final – Neil Robertson bt Barry Hawkins. Referee – Desislava Bozhilova (Bulgaria)

Jan 17

Best Fifa Football Awards –

Men’s Player – Robert Lewandowski

Women’s Player – Alexei Putellas

Men’s Coach – Thomas Tuchel

Women’s Coach – Emma Hayes

Special Award for men’s football – Cristiano Ronaldo

Special Award for women’s football – Christine Sinclair

Jan 18

Fulham become the first English side in 88 years to score six or more goals in three consecutive games, a feat last achieved by Chester in the 1933-34 season

Ghana knocked out of Africa Cup of Nations by Comoros

Jan 20

Australian Open second round – Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) bt Emma Raducanu

Carabao Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Arsenal

Africa Cup of Nations group tables –

Group A – Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia

Group B – Senegal, Guinea, Malawi, Zimbabwe

Group C – Morocco, Gabon, Comoros, Ghana

Group D – Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau

Group E – Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Algeria

Group F – Mali, Gambia, Tunisia, Mauritania

Jan 22

Australian Open third round – Felix Auger-Aliassime bt Dan Evans

Drone interrupts Brentford v Wolves match

Dave Ryding wins Britain's first alpine skiing World Cup gold medal with victory in the Kitzbuhel Slalom

Pegasus World Cup – Life Is Good

Jan 23

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Les Gillett. Women’s – Katherine Rednall

Jan 26

Roy Hodgson replaces Claudio Ranieri as manager of Watford

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Knicks Go

Jan 27

Women’s semi-finals – Ashleigh Barty bt Madison Keys, Danielle Collins bt Iga Swiatek

Exeter Chiefs announce that the club will be dropping the Native American branding, and will now use imagery depicting the Iron Age tribe, the Dumnonii

Jan 28

Mixed doubles final – Ivan Dodig and Kristina Mladenovic bt Jason Kubler and Jaimee Fourlis

Men’s semi-finals – Daniil Medvedev bt Stefanos Tsitsipas, Rafael Nadal bt Matteo Berrettini

Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Sydney Sixers

Jan 29

Women’s final – Ashleigh Barty bt Danielle Collins. First Australian winner since Christine O’Neil in 1978

Men’s doubles final – Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kottinakis bt Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell

Des Drummond dies

Jan 30

Women’s doubles final – Barbora Krejcíkova and Katerina Siniakova bt Anna Danilina and Beatriz Haddad Maia

Men’s final – Rafael Nadal bt Daniil Medvedev. Second Australian Open title and 21st major singles title overall

Women’s Ashes Test (Canberra) Australia 337-9 and 216-7 England 297 (Heather Knight 168) and 245-9. Match Drawn. Kate Cross survived the final over

AFC Championship – Cincinnati Bengals bt Kansas City Chiefs

NFC Championship – Los Angeles Rams bt San Francisco 49ers

Jason Holder takes four wickets in four balls in fifth T20 International. West Indies win series 3-2

BBL Cup final – Leicester Riders bt Manchester Giants

Dubai Desert Classic – Viktor Hovland

German Masters snooker final – Xintong Zhou bt Bingtao Yan

Jan 31

Cyclo-cross World Championships – Tom Pidcock

Transfer deadline day –

Dele Alli moves from Spurs to Everton

Dan Burn moves from Brighton to Newcastle

Julian Alvarez moves from River Plate to Man City

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang joins Barcelona on a free transfer after leaving Arsenal

Aaron Ramsey joins Rangers on loan from Juventus until the end of the season

Brentford sign Christian Eriksen on a six-month deal

February

Feb 1

Tom Brady retires

David Goodwillie, who was found guilty of rape in 2016, moves from Clyde to Raith Rovers. Val McDermid withdraws her support and sponsorship of Raith

Feb 2

Steve Bruce replaces Valerin Ismael as manager of WBA

Curling mixed doubles tournament starts at Winter Olympics

Ashley Giles stands down as England cricket managing director. Chris Silverwood leaves as England head coach

Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – Senegal bt Burkina Faso

Feb 3

Frank Lampard appointed as manager of Everton

Washington NFL team change name to Washington Commanders

Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – Egypt bt Cameroon

Feb 4

Winter Olympics opening ceremony held at Beijing National Stadium. Games opened by President Xi Jinping. In lieu of a cauldron, the Olympic torch was mounted in the centre of a large snowflake sculpture. GB flagbearers – Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding. Directed by Zhang Yimou

FA Cup fourth round – Middlesbrough bt Man Utd

Feb 5

First gold medal – Therese Johaug (Norway) in women’s 15km skiathlon

Women’s normal hill ski jumping – Ursa Bogataj (Slovenia)

Six Nations captains – Tom Curry, Dan Biggar, Jonathan Sexton, Stuart Hogg, Antoine Dupont, Michele Lamaro

Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Wayne Pivac, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Kieran Crowley

Six Nations – Scotland bt England. Marcus Smith scores all 17 points for England

FA Cup third round – West Ham bt Kidderminster

U19 cricket world cup final (Antigua) – India bt England

Feb 6

Women’s snowboard slopestyle – Zoi Sadowski-Synnott. First gold for New Zealand. Included a 1080 spin

Men’s normal hill ski jumping – Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)

FA Cup third round – Boreham Wood bt Bournemouth

Six Nations – Gabin Villiere hat-trick for France against Italy

World Seniors Darts Championship final (Circus Tavern, Purfleet) – Robert Thornton bt Martin Adams

2020 African Cup of Nations final (Yaounde, Cameroon) – Senegal bt Egypt

Top scorer – Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon, 8 goals)

Best player – Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Feb 7

Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez (Switzerland). Silver – Johan Clarey (France), aged 41

Women’s giant slalom – Sara Hector (Sweden)

Women’s 1500m speed skating – Ireen Wust (Netherlands). Wust has won at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances

Footage emerges of West Ham footballer Kurt Zouma kicking and slapping his cat, filmed at his home by his brother

Feb 8

Men’s super-G – Matthias Mayer (Austria)

Curling mixed doubles – Italy. GB (Bruce Mouat and Jenn Dods) lose bronze medal game to Sweden

Women’s big air – Eileen Gu (China). 5^th Kirsty Muir

Women’s parallel giant slalom snowboarding – Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic)

Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Palmeires bt Al Ahly (Egypt)

Australia retain Women’s Ashes

Feb 9

Women’s slalom – Petra Vlhova (Slovakia)

Women’s snowboard cross – Lindsey Jacobellis (USA). Charlotte Bankes eliminated in quarter-finals

Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Chelsea bt Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

Feb 10

Men’s figure skating – Nathan Chen (USA)

Women’s halfpipe snowboarding – Chloe Kim (USA)

Brooklyn Nets trade James Harden to Philadelphia 76ers

Feb 11

Women’s super-G – Laura Gut-Behrami (Switzerland)

Men’s halfpipe snowboarding – Ayumu Hirono (Japan). 4^th Shaun White

Shaun White retires

Feb 12

Mixed team snowboard cross – Nick Baumgartner and Lindsey Jacobellis (USA)

Fifa Club World Cup final (Abu Dhabi) – Chelsea 2 (Romelu Lukaku, Kai Havertz) Palmeires 1 (Raphael Veiga)

Raheem Sterling hat-trick for Man City against Norwich

Feb 13

Men’s giant slalom – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)

Players Championship snooker final – Neil Robertson bt Barry Hawkins

Super Bowl LVI – Los Angeles Rams 23 Cincinnati Bengals 20

Game played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the home stadium of the Rams

Halftime show headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar

MVP – Cooper Kupp

Super Bowl LVII is scheduled to be held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

NFL MVP – Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers). Fourth win

Feb 14

Women’s monobob – Kaillie Humphries (USA)

Women’s World Championship snooker final – Mink Wongharuthai (Thailand) bt Wendy Jans (Belgium)

Feb 15

Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter (Switzerland)

Women’s big air snowboarding – Anna Gasser (Austria)

Feb 16

Men’s slalom – Clement Noel (France). 13^th Dave Ryding

Feb 17

Women’s figure skating – Anna Shcherbakova (ROC). 4^th Kamila Valieva

Women’s ice hockey final – Canada bt USA

Michael Masi removed from his role as Formula One Race Director and replaced by Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas

Feb 18

GB stripped of silver medal won in the 4x100m relay at 2020 Tokyo Olympics after team member CJ Ujah was found to have committed a doping violation

Feb 19

Men’s curling final – Sweden (skip – Niklas Edin) bt GB (skip – Bruce Mouat)

Bobsleigh two-woman – Germany. 17^th GB (Mica McNeill and Montell Douglas)

Montell Douglas becomes the first female Briton to compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics

Kell Brook bt Amir Khan in non-title fight

Feb 20

Women’s curling final – GB (skip – Eve Muirhead) bt Japan

Bobsleigh four-man – Germany. 6^th GB, piloted by Brad Hall

Men’s ice hockey final – Finland bt ROC. First ever ice hockey Olympic gold medal for Finland

Closing ceremony. GB flagbearer – Bruce Mouat

Final medal table – 1st Norway (16-8-13) 37 2nd Germany (12-10-5) 27 3rd China (9-4-2) 15 19th GB (1-1-0) 2

Norway’s total of 16 gold medals is an Olympic record. ROC won 32 medals

Feb 22

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy banned for 14 months

Alexander Zverev thrown out of the Mexican Open after "unsportsmanlike conduct" that saw him attack the umpire's chair

Feb 23

Liverpool 6 Leeds 0

Feb 25

Champions League final moved from St Petersburg to Paris

Russian GP cancelled

Feb 26

John Landy dies

Ben Youngs wins 115th cap for England, breaking Jason Leonard’s record

Feb 27

Carabao Cup final – Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0. Liverpool won 11-10 on penalties. All twenty outfield players scored, then Caoimhin Kelleher scored for Liverpool and Kepa Arrizabalaga missed for Chelsea

Feb 28

Jesse Marsch replaces Marco Bielsa as manager of Leeds Utd