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)
Women’s 3000m speed skating – Irene Schouten (Netherlands). Silver – Francesca Lollobrigida (Italy). Actress Gina Lollobrigida is her great-aunt
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). 5th 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). 4th 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). 13th Dave Ryding
Feb 17
Women’s figure skating – Anna Shcherbakova (ROC). 4th 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. 17th 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. 6th 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
March
Mar 1
FA Cup fifth round – Middlesbrough bt Spurs
Zach Johnson appointed as USA Ryder Cup captain for 2023
Mar 3
Rod Marsh dies
FA Cup fifth round – Everton bt Boreham Wood
Mar 4
Winter Paralympics open in Beijing. Six sports – Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Snowboarding, Wheelchair curling. Mascot – Shuey Rhon Rhon, an anthropomorphic Chinese lantern. Emblem – “Flying High”. Russian and Belarusian athletes are prohibited from competing
Shane Warne dies
Mar 5
Women’s Visually Impaired downhill. Bronze – Millie Knight, and her guide Brett Wild
Ivan Toney hat-trick for Brentford against Norwich
Women’s League Cup (Continental Cup) final – Man City bt Chelsea
Haas sack Nikita Mazepin and end sponsorship deal with Russian chemicals company Uralkali
Mar 6
Men’s Visually Impaired Super-G – Neil Simpson, and his guide (and brother) Andrew Simpson
Women’s Visually Impaired Super-G. Silver – Menna Fitzpatrick, and her guide Gary Smith
HSBC Women’s World Championships – JY Ko (South Korea)
Welsh Open snooker final – Joe Perry bt Judd Trump
UK Open darts final – Danny Noppert bt Michael Smith
Mar 7
Men’s Visually Impaired super combined. Bronze – Neil Simpson, and his guide Andrew Simpson
Women’s Visually Impaired super combined. Bronze – Menna Fitzpatrick, and her guide Gary Smith
Mar 8
Gordon Lee dies
Champions League – Bayern Munich 7 Red Bull Salzburg 1
Alex Lees makes debut for England against West Indies
Mar 9
Kevin Magnussen replaces Nikita Mazepin at Haas for 2022 F1 season
Mar 10
Roman Abramovic sanctioned. Chelsea banned from selling tickets and club merchandise
Mar 11
Para-snowboarding SB-LL2 banked slalom. Bronze – Ollie Mill
New MCC laws from 1 October – New batters will be on strike for the next ball even if the players in the middle cross while a catch is taken. Mankad dismissal is moved from the 'unfair play' section to be included alongside other run-outs
Mar 12
Six Nations – Charlie Ewels sent off after 82 seconds for England against Ireland
Christiano Ronaldo hat trick for Man Utd against Spurs
First Test (Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua) England 311 (David Bairstow 140) and 349-6 (Zak Crawley 121, Joe Root 109) West Indies 375 (Nkrumah Bonner 123) and 147-4. Match drawn
Mar 13
Final medal table – 1st China (18-20-23) 61 2nd Ukraine (11-10-8) 29 3rd Canada (8-8-11) 25 14th GB (1-1-4) 6
Canadian cross-country skier Brian McKeever won his 16th Paralympic gold, equaling German alpine skier Gerd Schoenfelder as the most successful male Winter Paralympian
American Oksana Masters won seven medals - three golds and four silvers - across the Nordic skiing programme
Tom Brady makes retirement U-turn
Mar 14
Players Championship – Cameron Smith
Mar 15
Champion Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2nd Epatante. 3rd Zanahayr
Leicester Tigers fined £310,000 for salary cap overspend
Mar 16
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Energumene (Paul Townend)
Cross Country Chase – Delta Work. 2nd Tiger Roll
Tiger Roll is retired
Matt Fisher and Saqib Mahmood make debuts for England against West Indies
Henrik Stenson appointed as Europe Ryder Cup captain for 2023
Mar 17
Stayer’s Hurdle – Flooring Porter
Ryanair Chase – Alluho
Matt Fisher takes the wicket of John Campbell with his second ball in test cricket
Mar 18
Gold Cup – A Plus Tard (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2nd Minella Indo. 3rd Protektorat. Rachael Blackmore is first female to win the race
Leading jockey – Paul Townend (5)
Leading trainer – Willie Mullins (10), a new record for the Cheltenham festival
Prestbury Cup – Ireland 18 GB 10
Mar 19
Six Nations – France bt England
France win the Championship and the Grand Slam, both for the first time since 2010
Ireland win the Triple Crown
Italy bt Wales. Italy win in the Six Nations for the first time since their victory over Scotland in Edinburgh in 2015, ending a 36–match losing streak in the Championship
Final table – France, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Italy
Leading try scorer – James Lowe, Damian Penaud, Gabin Villiere (3)
Leading points scorer – Marcus Smith (71)
Player of the Tournament – Antoine Dupont
LeBron James passes Karl Malone to become the NBA's second all-time leading scorer
Mar 20
Formula One teams –
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
McLaren – Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris
Williams – Nicholas Latifi, Alexander Albon
Aston Martin – Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll
AlphaTauri – Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda
Alpine – Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon
Haas – Mick Schumacher, Kevin Magnussen
Alfa Romeo – Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu (China)
Bahrain GP – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton. Zhou Guanyu finishes tenth in F1 debut. Nico Hulkenberg replaced Sebastian Vettel who had Covid
World Indoor Athletics Championships (Belgrade) –
Men’s 3000m. Bronze – Marc Scott
Women’s Long Jump. Bronze – Lorraine Ugen
Second Test (Barbados) England 507-9 (Joe Root 153, Ben Stokes 120) and 185-6 West Indies 411 (Kraigg Brathwaite 160, Jermaine Blackwood 102) and 135-5. Match drawn
BBL Trophy final – Cheshire Phoenix bt London Lions
WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Sevenoaks Suns
Mar 22
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Men’s downhill – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway)
Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffren (USA)
Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia (Italy)
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup –Marita Kramer (Austria)
World Figure Skating Championships. Men’s – Shoma Uno (Japan). Women’s – Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)
Mar 23
Ashleigh Barty retires
Mar 24
FIFA World Cup play-offs –
Wales bt Austria
North Macedonia bt Italy
Mar 25
Marc Guehi and Kyle Walker-Peters make debuts for England against Switzerland
Mar 26
IPL starts. New teams – Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans
Lincoln Handicap – Johan
Dubai World Cup – Country Grammar
Mar 27
Third Test (Grenada) England 204 and 120 (Kyle Mayers 5-18) West Indies 297 (Joshua DaSilva 100) and 28-0. West Indies won by 10 wickets. West Indies win series 1-0
Jack Leach and Saqib Mahmood put on 90 for the last wicket in England’s first innings. Not since 1885 have numbers 10 and 11 top scored in a men's Test
Maiden pole for Sergio Perez at Saudi Arabia GP
Mar 27
Saudi Arabia GP – Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
WGC Match Play final – Scottie Schleffer bt Kevin Kisner
Scottie Schleffer becomes new world number one
Mar 29
Olly Watkins and Tyrick Mitchell make debuts for England against Ivory Coast
Mar 30
Women’s World Cup semi-final – Australia bt West Indies
Barcelona Women bt Real Madrid Women at Nou Camp. Record attendance of 91,553 for a women’s match
Mar 31
Women’s World Cup semi-final – England 293-8 (Danni Wyatt 129) South Africa 156 (Sophie Ecclestone 6-36)
April
Apr 1
Draw for 2022 FIFA World Cup takes place in Qatar –
Group B – England, USA, Iran, Wales/Scotland/Ukraine
Apr 2
Scottish Grand National – Win My Wings
Apr 3
Women’s World Cup final (Christchurch) Australia 356-5 (Alyssa Healy 170) England 285 (Nat Sciver 148). Australia won by 71 runs
Men’s boat race – Oxford
Women’s boat race – Cambridge
EFL Trophy final – Rotherham Utd bt Sutton Utd
Tour Championship snooker final – Neil Robertson bt John Higgins
Chevron Championship – Jennifer Kupcho (USA)
Apr 6
Scotland rugby union player Tom Smith dies
Champions League quarter-final – Karim Benzama hat-trick for Real Madrid against Chelsea
Apr 7
Betway Bowl Chase – Clan des Obeaux
Apr 8
The Masters – hole-in-one for Stewart Cink
Topham Chase – Mac Tottie
Apr 9
Grand National – Noble Yeats (Sam Waley-Cohen), trained by Emmet Mullins, at odds of 50/1. 2nd Any Second Now. 3rd Delta Work
Sam Waley-Cohen retires
Emmet Mullins is the nephew of Willy Mullins
Son Heung-Min hat-trick for Spurs against Aston Villa
Apr 10
Australian GP – Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez, George Russell
The Masters – Scottie Scheffler. 2nd Rory McIlroy. 3rd Cameron Smith, Shane Lowry
Rory McIlroy shoots 64 in the final round
World Darts Federation (WDF) World Championship – Beau Greaves (aged 18)
Apr 11
Graeme Dott makes 147 break in third qualifying round for World Snooker Championship
Apr 12
Champions League quarter-finals – Real Madrid bt Chelsea, Villareal bt Bayern Munich
Apr 13
Champions League quarter-finals – Liverpool bt Benfica, Man City bt Atletico Madrid
Arthur McDonald named coach of Australia’s men’s cricket team
Apr 15
Sean Dyche sacked as manager of Burnley
Joe Root steps down as England Test captain
Apr 16
Billie Jean King Cup qualifying tie – Czech Republic bt GB
FA Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Man City
Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick for Man Utd against Norwich
Apr 17
FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea bt Crystal Palace
Rob Key is appointed as the Managing Director of the England men's cricket team
Apr 18
Irish Grand National – Lord Lariat
Apr 20
Mike Gregory dies
Apr 21
Wisden's leading cricketer in the world – Joe Root
Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year – Jasprit Bumrah, Devon Conway, Dane van Niekerk, Ollie Robinson, Rohit Sharma
Wisden's leading woman cricketer in the world – Lizelle Lee
Ajax manager Erik Ten Hag appointed as manager of Man Utd
Apr 23
Gabriel Jesus scores four goals for Man City against Watford
Max Verstappen wins sprint race ahead of Emilia Romagna GP
Apr 24
Emilia Romagna GP – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Lando Norris
Champion jump jockey – Richard Hughes
Champion jump trainer – Paul Nicholls
WBC title fight – Tyson Fury bt Dillian Whyte
World Snooker Championship second round – Yan Bingtao bt Mark Selby. 22nd frame lasted 85 minutes
Championship Player of the Year – Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham)
League One Player of the Year – Scott Twine (MK Dons)
League Two Player of the Year – Kane Wilson (Forest Green)
Laureus World Sports Awards –
World Sportsman of the Year – Max Verstappen
World Sportswoman of the Year – Elaine Thompson-Herah
World Team of the Year – Italy men’s football
World Breakthrough of the Year – Emma Raducanu
World Comeback of the Year – Sky Brown
Action Sportsperson – Bethany Shriever
Lifetime Achievement Award – Tom Brady
Exceptional Achievement award – Robert Lewandowski
Sporting Icon award – Valentino Rossi
Apr 25
World Snooker Championship second round – Jack Lisowski bt Neil Robertson. Neil Robertson made a 147 break
Apr 28
Ben Stokes named as England men's Test cricket captain
NFL draft – first pick is Travon Walker, for Jacksonville Jaguars
Apr 29
Football Writers' Association (FWA) men's footballer of the year – Mohamed Salah
FWA women's footballer of the year – Sam Kerr
Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for hiding £2.5m worth of assets and loans to avoid paying debts
Ralph Rangnick is appointed as manager of Austria
Apr 30
World Snooker Championship semi-finals – Judd Trump bt Mark Williams, Ronnie O’Sullivan bt John Higgins
2,000 Guineas – Coroebus (James Doyle), trained by Charlie Appleby
England win women’s Six Nations grand slam
Chris Ashton becomes the Premiership’s outright top try-scorer beating the record of 92 tries by Tom Varndell
Katie Taylor bt Amanda Serrano to retain undisputed lightweight titles. First women's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden
World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship – Scotland (Eve Muirhead and Bobby Lammie)
May
May 1
1,000 Guineas – Cachet (James Doyle), trained by George Boughey
May 2
World Snooker Championship final – Ronnie O’Sullivan bt Judd Trump 18-13. Seventh title. There were a record 109 century breaks in the tournament. Sponsored by Betfred
Fulham 7 Luton 0
Mo Farah beaten by club runner Ellis Cross in Vitality London 10k
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Callum McGregor (Celtic)
May 3
Tony Brooks dies
Champions League semi-final – Liverpool bt Villareal 5-2 on aggregate
W.G. Grace has 10 matches wiped from record as the matches were not at first-class level
May 4
Shirt worn by Diego Maradona at 1986 World Cup sold for £7.1 million by Steve Hodge
Champions League semi-final – Real Madrid bt Man City 6-5 on aggregate
May 5
Europa League semi-finals – Eintracht Frankfurt bt West Ham, Rangers bt RB Leipzig
Europa Conference League semi-finals – Roma bt Leicester City, Feyenoord bt Marseille
Maria Catalano becomes first woman to play in World Seniors Snooker Championship
May 6
Giro d’Italia starts in Budapest
Ben Stokes hits 17 sixes for Durham against Worcestershire, the most in an innings in first-class cricket in England. Stokes hit 34 off an over bowled by Josh Baker
Women’s Challenge Cup final – St Helens bt Leeds
May 7
Challenge Cup semi-finals – Wigan bt St Helens, Huddersfield bt Hull KR
European Champions Cup quarter-final – Toulouse bt Munster after a penalty shootout
May 8
Miami GP – Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
World Seniors Snooker Championship final – Lee Walker bt Jimmy White
Kentucky Derby – Rich Strike
Badminton Horse Trails – Laura Collett, riding London 52
Women’s Super League – Chelsea
May 10
Women's Six Nations player of the championship – Laure Sansus (France)
May 11
Kevin De Bruyne scores four goals for Man City against Wolves
May 12
Brendon McCullum named as England men’s Test coach. His attacking brand of cricket is known as ‘Bazball’
Ted Hankey jailed for sexual assault
May 13
Surrey break the world record for the highest innings score without a batter making a century after scoring 671-9 declared in their County Championship match against Kent
May 14
FA Cup final – Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0. Liverpool won 6-5 on penalties. Winning penalty scored by Konstantinos Tsimikas. Man of the Match – Luiz Diaz
European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Toulouse
May 15
Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea 3 Man City 2. Winning goal scored by Sam Kerr
European Champions Cup semi-final – La Rochelle bt Racing 92
Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Celtic 2nd Rangers
Leading scorer – Giorgos Giakoumakis (Celtic), Regan Charles-Cook (Ross County) 13 goals
Relegated – Dundee
Scottish Premiership play-off – St Johnstone bt Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Championship – Kilmarnock
Scottish League One – Cove Rangers
Scottish League Two – Kelty Hearts
Highland League – Fraserburgh
Lowland League – Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic
Scottish League Two play-off final – Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic bt Cowdenbeath
Andrew Symonds dies
BBL Playoff final – Leicester Riders bt London Lions
WBBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Sevenoaks Suns
May 17
Biniam Girmay (Eritrea) becomes the first Black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage
Premiership Cup final – Worcester Warriors bt London Irish. Scores were level after extra time, but Worcester won as they scored more tries
May 18
Biniam Girmay retires from Giro d’Italia after being hit in the eye by a prosecco cork whilst celebrating his win in yesterday’s stage
Europa League final (Seville) – Eintracht Frankfurt bt Rangers. Aaron Ramsey was the only player to miss a penalty in the penalty shootout
May 21
Scottish Cup final – Rangers bt Hearts
League One play-off final – Sunderland bt Wycombe
Promoted – Wigan Athletic, Rotherham Utd, Sunderland
Relegated – Gillingham, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Crewe Alexandra
Leading scorer – Will Keane (Wigan Athletic) 26 goals
Women’s Champions League final – Lyon bt Barcelona. Sonia Bompastor becomes the first person to win the UEFA Women's Champions League as both a player and a manager
Preakness Stakes – Early Voting
May 22
Man City 3 Aston Villa 2. Winning goal scored by Ilkay Gundogan
Final Premier League table – Man City (93 points), Liverpool (92 points), Chelsea. Spurs
Relegated – Burnley, Watford, Norwich
Man City scored 99 goals during the season
Golden boot – Mohamed Salah, Son Heung-min (23 goals)
FA Vase final – Newport Pagnell Town bt Littlehampton Town
FA Trophy final – Bromley bt Wrexham
Spanish GP – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, George Russell
Serie A – AC Milan
La Liga – Real Madrid
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich. 10th consecutive title
Primeira Liga – Porto
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain
Eredivisie – Ajax
Trabzonspor win Turkish Super Lig for the first time in 38 years
PGA Championship (Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa) – Justin Thomas
May 24
Sawbuck wins a race at Punchestown at record odds of 300-1
Barclays Manager of the Season – Jurgen Klopp
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Jurgen Klopp
May 25
£4.25 billion takeover of Chelsea by Todd Boelhy approved
Europa Conference League final (Tirana) – Roma bt FeyenoMay 27
European Rugby Challenge Cup final (Marseille) Lyon bt Toulon
May 28
Champions League final (Paris) Real Madrid 1 (Vinicius Junior) Liverpool 0. 14th win. Man of the match – Thibaut Courtois
2023 Champions League final will be held in Istanbul
European Rugby Champions Cup final (Marseille) La Rochelle bt Leinster
League Two play-off – Port Vale bt Mansfield
Promoted – Forest Green Rovers, Exeter City, Bristol Rovers, Port Vale
Relegated – Oldham Athletic, Scunthorpe Utd
Leading scorer – Dom Telford (Newport County) 25 goals
Bristol Rovers bt Scunthorpe 7-0 in their final match
Oldham become the first former Premier League club to be relegated from the Football League
Challenge Cup final (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) Wigan Warriors bt Huddersfield Giants. 20th win
May 29
Championship play-off – Nottingham Forest bt Huddersfield
Promoted – Fulham, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest
Relegated – Peterborough Utd, Derby County, Barnsley
Leading scorer – Aleksander Mitrovic (Fulham) 43 goals
Monaco GP – Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Max Verstappen
IPL 15 final – Gujarat Titans bt Rajasthan Royals
Player of the series – Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
Most runs (Orange Cap) – Jos Buttler
Most wickets (Purple Cup) – Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
Lester Piggott dies
Giro d’Italia – Jai Hindley. First winner from Australia
Indy 500 – Marcus Ericsson
World’s Strongest Man – Tom Stoltman (Scotland)
May 31
Jim Parks dies
June
Jun 1
World Cup qualifying match – Ukraine bt Scotland
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions (Wembley) – Argentina bt Italy. The match is branded as the Finalissima
Jun 2
Alex Lees and Matthew Potts make England debuts against New Zealand. Matthew Potts takes 4-13 in first innings
French Open women’s semi-finals – Iga Swiatek bt Daria Kazulkina, Coco Gauff bt Martina Trevison
French Open mixed doubles final –Wesley Koolhof and Ena Shibahara bt Joran Vliegen and Ulrikke Eikeri
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
CBE – Clare Balding
OBE – Eve Muirhead, Moeen Ali, Rio Ferdinand
MBE – Gareth Bale
Jun 3
French Open men’s semi-finals – Rafael Nadal bt Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud bt Marin Cilic
Premier 15s final – Saracens bt Exeter Chiefs
Jun 4
The Derby – Desert Crown (Richard Kingscote), trained by Michael Stoute. 2nd Hoo Yo Mal at odds of 150-1
Bill Beaumont Cup final – Cornwall bt Cheshire
French Open women’s final – Iga Swiatek bt Coco Gauff. 35th straight victory, equaling the longest WTA streak this century
French Open men’s doubles final – Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer bt Ivan Dodig and Austin Krazicek
Hungary beat England for the first time since 1962. Jarrod Bowen and James Justin make England debuts
Leicester finish top of Rugby Premiership. Bath finish bottom but there is no relegation
Jun 5
The Oaks – Tuesday (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
French Open men’s final – Rafael Nadal bt Casper Ruud.14th win and 22nd grand slam
French Open women’s doubles final – Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic bt Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff
French Open men's wheelchair doubles – Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win their 10th Grand Slam title in a row
World Cup qualifying match – Wales bt Ukraine
Wales qualify for finals for first time since 1958
First Test (Lords) New Zealand 132 and 285 (Daryl Mitchell 108) England 141 and 279-5 (Joe Root 115) England won by 5 wickets
Joe Root reaches 10,000 Test runs
National League play-off final – Grimsby Town bt Solihull Moors
National League champions – Stockport County
Netball Superleague Grand Final – Manchester Thunder bt Loughborough Lightning
US Women’s Open – Minjee Lee (Australia)
Jun 9
Mumbai break the world record for highest margin of victory in the history of first-class cricket as they beat Uttarakhand by 725 runs in their Ranji Trophy match
Jun 10
Billy Bingham dies
PFA Player of the Year – Mohamed Salah
PFA Young Player of the Year – Phil Foden
PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Sam Kerr
Jun 11
Premiership semi-finals – Saracens bt Harlequins, Leicester bt Northampton
Charlotte Edwards Cup final – Southern Vipers bt Central Sparks
Women’s Tour – Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)
LIV Golf Invitational (Centurion Club, Hertfordshire) – Charl Schwartzel. First prize is $4.75 million
Belmont Stakes – Mo Donegal
Jun 12
Linn Grant (Sweden) becomes the first female winner of a DP World Tour mixed-gender event
James Roby surpasses Kevin Sinfield’s record of 454 games in Super League
Azerbaijan GP – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, George Russell
Nottingham Open final – Dan Evans bt Jordan Thompson
Phil Bennett dies
Jun 13
Premier League of Darts final – Michael van Gerwen bt Joe Cullen
Jun 14
St James’s Palace Stakes – Coroebus
Second Test (Trent Bridge) New Zealand 553 (Daryl Mitchell 190, Tom Blundell 106) and 284 England 539 (Olly Pope 145, Joe Root 176, Trent Boult 5-106) and 299-5 (Jonny Bairstow 136) England won by 5 wickets
Jonny Bairstow 100 in 77 balls, just missing the England record of 76 balls set by Gilbert Jessop in 1902
Record for most boundaries hit in a Test match – 225 fours and 24 sixes
England 0 Hungary 4. John Stones sent off. Match played at Molineux
Darwin Nunez moves from Benfica to Liverpool
Jun 15
Prince of Wales’s Stakes – State Of Rest
Jun 16
Gold Cup – Kyprios (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
NBA finals – Golden State Warriors bt Boston Celtics. Fourth championship in eight years
Finals MVP – Stephen Currie
Regular season MVP – Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets)
Jun 17
Coronation Stakes – Inspiral
World Aquatics Championships start in Budapest
ODI (Amstelveen) England 498-4 (Phil Salt 122, Dawid Malan 125, Jos Buttler 162) Netherlands 266
Jun 18
Premiership rugby final – Leicester 15 Saracens 12. Winning drop goal scored by Freddie Burns
Super Rugby Pacific final – Crusaders bt Blues
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien
Jun 19
Canadian GP – Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz, Lewis Hamilton
US Open (Brookline) Matt Fitzpatrick. 2nd Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris
Queen’s Club Championships final – Matteo Berettini bt Filip Krajinovic
Doubles final – Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic bt Lloyd Glasspool and Harri Heliovaara
World Cup of Darts final– Australia (Damon Heta and Simon Whitlock) bt Wales (Gerwyn Price and Jonny Clayton)
Jun 20
Ryan Giggs resigns as Wales manager
Sadio Mane moves from Liverpool to Bayern Munich
Rugby Players' Association awards –
Player’s player of the year – Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
England player of the year – Freddie Steward (Leicester)
Young player of the year – Freddie Steward
England women player of the year – Marlie Packer
Leading points scorer – George Ford (Leicester), 220 points
Leading try scorer – Max Malins (Saracens), 16 tries
Jun 23
Jamie Overton makes England Test debut
New Zealand's Henry Nicholls is bizarrely dismissed after his shot deflects off team-mate Daryl Mitchell's bat and into the hands of Alex Lees in third Test
Jun 24
Wayne Rooney leaves Derby County
Top 14 final – Montpellier bt Castres
Jun 25
Eastbourne International. Men’s – Taylor Fritz. Women’s – Petra Kvitova
Irish Derby – Westover
Jun 26
Stanley Cup – Colorado Avalanche bt Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs MVP – Cale Makar
Regular season MVP – Auston Matthews (Toronto Maple Leafs)
BMW International Open – Li Haotong (China)
KPMG Women's PGA – Chun In-gee (South Korea)
Jun 27
Third Test (Headingley) New Zealand 319 (Daryl Mitchell 109, Jack Leach 5-100) and 326 (Jack Leach 5-66) England 360 (Jonny Bairstow 162) and 296-3. England won by 7 wickets. England win series 3-0
Jun 28
Wimbledon women’s singles first round – Harmony Tan bt Serena Williams
Jun 29
Wimbledon women’s singles second round – Caroline Garcia bt Emma Raducanu
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – John Isner bt Andy Murray
Jun 30
Wimbledon women’s singles second round – Katie Boulter bt Karolina Pliskova
Jos Buttler appointed England white ball captain after Eoin Morgan retires
