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
2020 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 bt 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 (Benjamin 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 Riders 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 Matthew Ebden and Samantha 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 8
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott signs a four-year $160 million deal
Mar 10
Hege Riise named as head coach of Team GB's women's football team at this summer's Tokyo Olympics
Scuderia Ferrari sign a multi-year clothing deal with Italian luxury brand Giorgio Armani
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 wins 100th 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 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
Rebecca Welsh becomes the first woman to be appointed to referee an English Football League match, for the League Two match between Harrogate Town and Port Vale
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
Tamara Press dies
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 bt Sean Murphy 18-15. Fourth world title
Highest break in tournament – 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) – Phil Mickelson 2nd Brooks 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 – Sergio Perez, Sebastian Vettel, Pierre 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
Angelos Postecoglou appointed as manager of Celtic
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 men'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
The Pro14 will rebrand as the United Rugby Championship when South Africa's four teams join the competition next season
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 John Peers
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 Murphy
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
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
Round of 16 – 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 bt 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 Eddy 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. Lance Todd Trophy – Niall Evalds (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)
Olympic motto changed to “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together”
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, 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
Cleveland Indians to change their name to Cleveland Guardians at the end of this season
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
Brother and sister Hifumi Abe and Uta Abe (Japan) both win Judo gold medals, becoming the first brother-sister duo to win Olympic gold medals in individual sports on the same day
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, 4th David Popovici (Romania, aged 16)
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 Shriever
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 athlete Lauren Hubbard fails to lift a weight
Second Test – South Africa 27 British and Irish Lions 9
August
Aug 1
Men’s 100m – Marcell Jacobs (Italy). Zharnel Hughes false starts in the final and is disqualified
Women’s BMX – Charlotte Worthington. Performs 360-degree backflip
Pommel horse – Max Whitlock
Men’s individual golf – Xander Schauffele. 2nd Rory Sabatini (Slovakia). Seven-way play-off for bronze including Paul Casey and Rory McIlroy
Men’s 4x100m medley relay. Silver – GB
Duncan Scott wins fourth swimming medal
Men’s BMX. Bronze – Declan Brooks
Men’s tennis final – Alexander Zverev bt Karen Khachanov
Hungarian GP – Esteban Ocon, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz. Sebastian Vettel finished second but was disqualified for a fuel infringement
Hansi Flick replaces Joachim Low as the manager of the men's German national football team
Aug 2
Team eventing – GB
Individual eventing. Silver – Tom McKean riding Toledo De Kerse
Women’s weightlifting 87+ kg. Silver – Emily Campbell
Aug 3
Men’s 400m hurdles – Karsten Warholm (Norway), in a world record time of 45.94 seconds
Men’s pole vault – Armand Duplantis (Sweden)
Women’s 200m – Elaine Thompson-Herah
Women’s 800m. Silver – Keely Hodgkinson
Men’s team sprint. Silver – GB (Jack Carlin, Jason Kenny, Ryan Owens)
Women’s team pursuit. Silver GB (Katie Archibald, Laura Kenny, Neah Evans, Josie Knight)
Men’s 49er – GB (Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell)
Men’s Finn – Giles Scott
Mixed Nacra17. Silver – GB (John Gimson and Anna Burnet)
Men’s welterweight boxing. Silver – Pat McCormack
Women’s featherweight boxing. Bronze – Karriss Artingstall
Men’s diving 3m springboard. Bronze – Jack Laugher
Balance beam. Bronze – Simone Biles
Aug 4
Women’s 400m hurdles – Sydney McLaughlin (USA). Silver – Dalilah Muhammad (USA). Both women broke Muhammad’s old world record
Individual jumping – Ben Maher riding Explosion W
Women’s 470 – GB (Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre). Third Olympic medal for Hannah Mills
Women’s park skateboarding. Bronze – Sky Brown (aged 13)
Men’s light heavyweight boxing. Silver – Benjamin Whittaker
Men’s super heavyweight boxing. Bronze – Frazer Clarke
Aug 5
Women’s pole vault. Bronze – Holly Bradshaw
Men’s omnium – Matt Wells. Four events – Scratch, Tempo, Elimination, and Points
Men’s canoeing K-1 200m. Bronze – Liam Heath
Jack Grealish moves from Aston Villa to Man City for £100 million
Aug 6
Women’s 1500m. Silver – Laura Muir. Bronze – Sifan Hassan
Women’s 4x100m. Bronze – GB (Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Nieta)
Men’s 4x100m. Silver – GB (CJ Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nathaniel Mitchell-Blake)
Women’s modern pentathlon – Kate French
Women’s madison – Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny
The 50 kilometre race walk is dropped from the Olympic program and will be replaced by a mixed team race in order to achieve gender equality
Aug 7
Men’s 1500m. Bronze – Josh Kerr
Men’s javelin – Neeray Chopra. First Indian athletics gold medal
Men’s modern pentathlon – Joe Choong
Men’s flyweight boxing – Galal Yafai
Men’s 10m platform. Bronze – Tom Daley
Men’s madison. Silver – Matt Wells and Ethan Hayter
Men’s football final – Brazil bt Spain
Women’s individual golf – Nelly Korda (USA)
Third Test – South Africa 19 British and Irish Lions 16. Winning penalty kicked by Morne Steyn. Lions only try scored by Ken Owens. South Africa win series 2-1
Community Shield – Leicester 1 (Kelechi Iheanacho) Man City 0
Rangers lose to Dundee Utd in opening match in Scottish Premiership
Aug 8
Men’s keirin – Jason Kenny
Women’s middleweight boxing – Lauren Price
Women’s lightweight boxing – Kellie Harrington (Ireland)
Olympic Games closing ceremony. Laura Kenny carries British flag
Final medal table – 1st USA (39-41-33) 113 2nd China (32-38-18) 88 3rd Japan (27-14-17) 58 4th GB (22-21-22) 65
Most gold medals – Caleb Dressel (5), Emma McKeon (4), Kaylee McKeown (3), An San (3), Lisa Carrington (3), Elaine Thompson-Herah (3)
San Marino won two shooting medals and a wrestling medal
Kosovo won two medals in judo
First Test (Trent Bridge) England 183 and 303 (Joe Root 109, Jasprit Bumrah 5-64) India 278 (Ollie Robinson 5-85) and 52-1. Match drawn
WGC-FedEx – Abraham Ancer (Mexico)
Aug 9
Belarusian athlete Krystina Timanovskaya, who refused orders to fly home early from the Olympics in Tokyo, is given a humanitarian visa by Poland
Aug 10
Lionel Messi moves from Barcelona to PSG
Champions League third qualifying round – Malmo bt Rangers
Aug 11
Uefa Super Cup (Belfast) Chelsea bt Villareal
Aug 12
CJ Ujah suspended from competition after testing positive for a banned substance
Romelu Lukaku moves from Inter Milan to Chelsea for £97.5 million
Aug 13
First goal in Premier League scored by Sergi Canos for Brentford against Arsenal
Premier League shirt sponsors: Brentford – Hollywoodbets, Burnley – Spreadex Sports, Leeds – SBOTOP, Leicester – FBS, Man Utd – TeamViewer, Watford – Stake.com
Joe Root overtakes Graham Gooch as England’s second highest run scorer (8,900 runs)
Championship League Snooker final – David Gilbert bt Mark Allen
Aug 14
Raphael Varane moves from Real Madrid to Man Utd
Man Utd 5 (Bruno Fernandes 3) Leeds 1. Paul Pogba credited with four assists
Arlington Million – Two Emmys. The race is now known as the Mr. D. Stakes
Aug 16
Second Test (Lord’s) India 364 (KL Rahul 129, Jimmy Anderson 5-62) and 298-8 England 391 (Joe Root 180) and 120. India won by 151 runs
Dom Sibley and Rory Burns become the first English openers ever to be dismissed for nought in the same innings of a home Test
Sam Curran falls for the first ever king pair in a Test at Lord’s
British Speedway Championship – Adam Ellis
Stefan Jovetic becomes the first active player to score in each of Europe's top five leagues. Only Florin Raducioiu had achieved this feat before him
Aug 19
Royal London One-Day Cup final (Trent Bridge) Glamorgan bt Durham
Aug 21
The Hundred finals (Lord’s). Women’s – Oval Invincibles bt Southern Brave. Men’s – Southern Brave bt Birmingham Phoenix
The Hundred statistics –
Men: most runs – Liam Livingstone, most wickets – Adam Milne
Women: most runs – Dane van Niekerk, most wickets – Tash Farrant
Manny Pacquiao loses on his return to the ring after a two-year absence as Cuba's Yordenis Ugas retains his WBA superwelterweight title
Aug 22
Le Mans 24 Hours – Toyota (Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez)
Women’s British Open (Carnoustie) Anna Nordqvist. 2nd Georgia Hall
British Open Squash Championship. Men’s – Paul Coll (New Zealand), Women’s – Nour El Sherbini (Egypt)
All-Ireland Hurling Final – Limerick bt Cork
Aug 24
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games start. 22 sports. Badminton and taekwondo replace football 7-a-side and sailing. Ellie Simmonds (swimming) and John Stubbs (archery) are the British flagbearers
Russian athletes compete under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC)
Mascot – Someity
Aug 25
EFL Cup – Newport County 0 Southampton 8
Aug 26
Ted Dexter dies
Aug 27
Cristiano Ronaldo moves from Juventus to Man Utd
Uefa Men’s Player of the Year Award – Jorginho (Chelsea)
Uefa Women’s Player of the Year Award – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Aug 28
Third Test (Headingley) India 78 and 278 (Ollie Robinson 5-65) England 432 (Joe Root 121). England won by an innings and 76 runs
Belgium GP – Max Verstappen, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton
Half points awarded as only two laps were completed, behind the safety car, due to rain
Aug 29
BMW Championship – Patrick Cantlay
Aug 30
US Open first round – Stefanos Tsitsipas bt Andy Murray
New teams added to Super Rugby – Moana Pasifika (based in Auckland) and Fijian Drua
Aug 31
Transfer deadline day –
Daniel James moves from Man Utd to Leeds
Saul Niguez moves from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea
Nikola Vlasic moves from CSKA Moscow to West Ham
September
Sep 1
Cristiano Ronaldo scores against Ireland and breaks Ali Daei's record of 109 international goals
Sep 2
Sarah Storey surpasses Mike Kenny's 16 Paralympic gold medal record to become Great Britain's most successful Paralympic athlete of all time
Sep 4
USA awarded putt in Solheim Cup after Europe pick up their ball too early
League Leaders’ Shield – Catalans Dragons
Leigh are relegated from the Super League
Sep 5
Paralympic Games closing ceremony. David Smith (boccia player) is the GB flagbearer
Final medal table – 1st China (96-60-51) 207 2nd GB (41-38-45) 124 3rd USA (37-36-31) 104
China top the medal table for the fifth consecutive Paralympics. Great Britain finished second for the ninth time
Lee Pearson won three gold medals in dressage taking his total to 14
Kadeena Cox won two gold medals in cycling
Hannah Cockroft won two gold medals in athletics
Dutch GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas
Robert Kubica replaced Kimi Raikkonen who had Covid
Charlotte Edwards Cup final – South East Stars bt Northern Diamonds
Tour Championship – Patrick Cantlay
FedEx Cup – Patrick Cantlay
Vuelta a Espana – Primoz Roglic. Third consecutive victory. 4th Adam Yates
World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina abandoned five minutes after kick-off after visiting players were accused of Covid violations
US Open third round – Daniil Medvedev bt Dan Evans
Sep 6
Solheim Cup (Toledo, Ohio) Europe 15 USA 13
Putt to retain cup – Matilda Castren (Finland)
Top points scorer – Leona Maguire (Ireland)
Europe captain – Catriona Matthew
Sep 7
George Russell will drive for Mercedes F1 team next year
Valtteri Bottas will drive for Alfa Romeo F1 team next year
Middlesex 676-5 v Sussex. Sam Robson 253
Sep 8
Alexander Albon will drive for Williams F1 team next year
US Open quarter-final – Emma Raducanu bt Belinda Bencic
Sep 9
Heather Knight makes 200th appearance for England cricket team
Vivianne Miedama scores 100th goal for Arsenal
US Open semi-finals – Emma Raducanu bt Maria Sakkari, Leylah Fernandez bt Aryna Sabalenka
Diamond League finishes with the Weltklasse in Zurich. Women’s 800m won by Keely Hodgkinson
Sep 10
Fifth Test between England and India cancelled due to Covid in the India camp
US Open semi-finals – Novak Djokovic bt Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev bt Felix Auger-Aliassime
Men’s doubles final – Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram bt Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares
US Open Wheelchair Quad Singles – Dylan Alcott (Australia). Alcott becomes the only man to complete the Golden Slam in quad singles
Sep 11
Women’s final – Emma Raducanu bt Leylah Fernandez
Emma Raducanu becomes first British woman be win a Grand Slam since Virginia Wade in 1977. First qualifier to win a Grand Slam. Ranked 150. Raducanu won the title without dropping a set during the entire tournament, including during her three qualification matches. Both finalists are teenagers and were born in Canada
Mixed doubles final – Joe Salisbury and Desirae Krawczyk bt Marcelo Arevado (El Salvador) and Giuliana Olmos (Mexico)
Joe Salisbury becomes the first man since Bob Bryan in 2010 to win the US Open doubles and mixed titles in the same year
Wheelchair Men’s Doubles – Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, who were the four-time defending champions and completed a Calendar Year Grand Slam
Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice on Man Utd debut, against Newcastle
Gaelic Football final – Tyrone by Mayo
St Leger – Hurricane Lane (William Buick), trained by Charlie Appleby
Sep 12
Italian GP – Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris, Valtteri Bottas. First one-two finish for McLaren since 2010. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided on lap 22 and had to retire from the race
Great North Run. Men’s – Marc Scott. Women’s – Hellen Obiri (Kenya). 2nd Eilish McColgan
Men’s final – Daniil Medvedev bt Novak Djokovic
Women’s doubles final – Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai bt Coco Gauff and Caty McNally
BMW PGA – Billy Horschel
World Cup of Darts final – Scotland (Peter Wright and John Henderson) bt Austria (Mensur Sulvojic and Rowby-John Rodriguez)
Sep 14
Sheriff Tiraspol made their debut appearance in the Champions League group stage
Tom Ilube elected as chairman of the Rugby Football Union making him the first black chair of a major sport in England
World Triathlon Series. Men’s – Kristian Blummenfelt (Norway), Women’s – Flora Duffy (Bermuda)
PGA Tour Player of the Year – Patrick Cantlay
Sep 15
Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) final – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots bt Saint Lucia Kings
Sep 18
T20 Blast finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Somerset bt Hampshire, Kent bt Sussex. Final – Kent bt Somerset
Nordic Darts Masters final – Martin van Gerwen bt Fallon Sherrock
Sep 19
Jimmy Greaves dies
UCI Road World Championships start in Belgium
Men’s time trial – Filippo Ganna (Italy)
Sep 20
Women’s time trial – Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)
Sep 22
Derby County enter administration and are deducted 12 points
UCI mixed team relay – Germany
Sep 24
Emma Raducanu splits from her coach Andrew Richardson
Glamorgan 672-6 (Chris Cooke 205) Surrey 722-4 (Ollie Pope 274)
County Championship – Warwickshire
Warwickshire captain – Will Rhodes. Warwickshire coach – Mark Robinson
Bryson DeChambeau hits a 417-yard drive at the Ryder Cup
Sep 25
Lando Norris takes maiden Formula 1 pole position for Russian GP
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final – Southern Vipers beat Northern Diamonds
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
Sara Cox becomes the first woman to referee a Premiership game as she takes charge of the Harlequins vs Worcester fixture
Oleksandr Usyk (Ukraine) bt Anthony Joshua at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Women’s road race – Elisa Balsamo (Italy)
AFL Grand Final – Melbourne bt Western Bulldogs
Sep 26
Russian GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz
Lewis Hamilton’s 100th F1 victory
Ryder Cup (Whistling States, Wisconsin) USA 19 Europe 9
Collin Moriwaka won the half point which won the trophy for USA
Leading points scorers – Dustin Johnson (5), Jon Rahm (3.5)
Paul Casey, Matthew Fitzpatrick and Bernd Wiesberger failed to score any points
Dustin Johnson becomes first American to win all five matches since Larry Nelson in 1979
Sergio Garcia breaks Nick Faldo’s record of 23 match wins
Captains – Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington
Justin Tucker sets an NFL record by kicking a 66-yard field goal for the Baltimore Ravens
Men’s road race – Julian Alaphilippe (France)
Laver Cup (Boston) – Team Europe bt Team World
IndyCar Series – Alex Palou (Spain)
World Rugby Sevens Series – South Africa
Sep 28
Roger Hunt dies
Lionel Messi scores his first goal for PSG, against Man City
Greg Rutherford named in GB bobsleigh squad
Sheriff Tiraspol bt Real Madrid in Champions League group match
PCA player of the year – Joe Root
Young player – Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
Women’s player – Eve Jones
Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Sam Tomkins
Sep 29
Super League semi-final – Catalans Dragons bt Hull KR
Sep 30
Super League semi-final – St Helens bt Leeds
October
Oct 1
Bob Willis Trophy final – Warwickshire bt Lancashire
Longest drive competition – Kyle Berkshire, 422 yards
Oct 2
Speedway Grand Prix – Artem Laguta (Russia)
Lizzie Deignan wins first women’s Paris-Roubaix cycle race
Oct 3
London Marathon. Men’s – Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia). Women’s – Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya). Men’s wheelchair – Marcel Hug (Switzerland). Women’s wheelchair – Manuela Schar (Switzerland)
Xisco Munoz sacked as manager of Watford
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – Torquator Tasso
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship – Danny Willett
Budge Patty dies
NRL Grand Final – Penrith Panthers bt South Sydney Rabbitohs
Oct 4
Claudio Ranieri appointed as manager of Watford
Man of Steel – Sam Tomkins (Catalans Dragons)
Oct 6
Uefa Nations League semi-final – Spain bt Italy. Italy's world-record run of unbeaten games ends at 37
Oct 7
Newcastle Utd bought for £300 million by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign wealth fund
Uefa Nations League semi-final – France bt Belgium
Oct 8
Indian Wells Masters second round – Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Belarus) bt Emma Raducanu
Oct 9
Andorra v England match refereed by Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine). First England match refereed by a woman
Super League Grand Final (Old Trafford) St Helens bt Catalans Dragons. Winning try scored by Kevin Naiqama. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Kevin Naiqama
Tyson Fury bt Deontay Wilder with 11th-round knockout to retain his WBC heavyweight title
World Grand Prix final – Jonny Clayton bt Gerwyn Price
Cesarewitch Handicap – Buzz
Oct 10
Turkish GP – Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
Esteban Ocon completes the race without making a pit stop
Uefa Nations League final (San Siro, Milan) France 2 (Karim Benzama, Kylian Mbappe) Spain 1 (Mikel Oyarzabal). Referee – Anthony Taylor
Million Pound Game – Toulouse Olympique bt Featherstone Rovers and will play in the Super League next season
Woman of Steel – Jodie Cunningham (St Helens)
Women’s Super League Grand Final – St Helens bt Leeds Rhinos
Oct 11
Amy Hunter hits 121 for Ireland in ODI against Zimbabwe on her 16th birthday
Oct 12
Harry Kane fails to score for England against Hungary, after scoring in his previous 15 World Cup and Euro qualifiers
Seattle Kraken play first game in NHL, against Vegas Golden Knights
Oct 14
Speedway Premiership final – Peterborough Panthers bt Belle Vue Aces
Oct 15
IPL 14 final (Dubai) – Chennai Super Kings by Kolkata Knight Riders
Player of the series – Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Oct 16
Leicester City end Man Utd's English league record 29-game unbeaten run away from home
Roberto Firmino hat-trick for Liverpool against Watford
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – Baaeed
Champion Stakes – Sealiway
Champion flat jockey – Oisin Murphy
Champion flat trainer – Charlie Appleby
Oct 17
Men’s 20 World Cup starts. Matches are played in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah) and Oman (Muscat)
British National Road Championships. Men – Ben Swift. Women – Pfeiffer Georgi
Speedway of Nations Grand Final (National Speedway Stadium, Manchester) Great Britain bt Poland
Steve Bruce reaches 1,000 matches as a football manager, in his last match for Newcastle, against Spurs
Jacksonville Jaguars end 20-game losing streak against Miami Dolphins at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
European Darts Championship final – Rob Cross bt Michael van Gerwen
Indian Wells Masters men’s final – Cameron Norrie bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia)
WNBA Finals – Chicago Sky bt Phoenix Mercury
British Superbike Championship – Tarran Mackenzie
Oct 18
England given one-match stadium ban following unrest at Euro 2020 final
T20 World Cup – Curtis Camphor takes four wickets in four balls for Ireland against Netherlands
Oct 20
Steve Bruce leaves Newcastle by mutual consent
Patson Daka scores four goals for Leicester City against Spartak Moscow
Track Cycling World Championships start in Roubaix
Oct 21
Men’s Scratch race. Bronze – Rhys Britton
Oct 22
T20 World Cup – Namibia bt Ireland
Group tables –
Group A – Sri Lanka, Namibia, Ireland, Netherlands
Group B – Scotland, Bangladesh, Oman, Papua New Guinea
Oct 23
Women’s Omnium – Katie Archibald
Chelsea 7 (Mason Mount 3) Norwich 0
Everton 2 Watford 5 (Joshua King 3)
Quinton de Koch refuses to take the knee before T20 World Cup match against Australia
Mick McCarthy sacked as manager of Cardiff City after eight successive defeats
Oct 24
T20 World Cup – West Indies bowled out by England for 55
Man Utd 0 Liverpool 5 (Mo Salah 3)
Men’s Omnium – Ethan Hayter
Women’s Points race. Silver – Katie Archibald
Women’s Madison. Bronze – GB (Katie Archibald and Neah Evans)
United States GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
W Series – Jamie Chadwick
British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton
Oct 25
T20 World Cup – Scotland bowled out by Afghanistan for 60
Oct 26
Walter Smith dies
Transylvania Open first round – Emma Raducanu bt Polona Hercog to win first-ever match on WTA Tour
Women’s World Cup qualifier – Latvia 0 England 10
Oct 27
T20 World Cup – Namibia bt Scotland
Carabao Cup quarter-final – West Ham bt Man City
Oct 28
Ronald Koeman sacked as manager of Barcelona
Oct 29
Australian cricketer Ashley Mallett dies
Oct 30
Australian cricketer Alan Davidson dies
Beauden Barrett wins 100th Test cap for New Zealand, against Wales
Oct 31
World Series of Darts final – Jonny Clayton bt Dimitri van Den Bergh
November
Nov 1
T20 World Cup – Jos Buttler hits 101 against Sri Lanka
Nuno Espirito Santo sacked as manager of Spurs
Nov 2
Neil Warnock manages his 1062nd match, breaking Dario Gradi’s record for the most games managed in English professional football
Antonio Conte appointed as manager of Spurs
World Series – Atlanta Braves bt Houston Astros
MVP – Jorge Soler
American League MVP – Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Angels)
National League MVP – Bryce Harper (Philadelphia Phillies)
Melbourne Cup – Verry Elleegant
Nov 3
Blackburn 0 Fulham 7
Nov 5
Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton resigns over the club's response to racism experienced by Azeem Rafiq and is replaced by Kamlesh Patel, Lord Patel of Bradford
Nov 6
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez wins super-middleweight unification fight again Caleb Plant
Daniel Farke sacked as manager of Norwich
Neil Warnock leaves Middlesbrough by mutual consent
Johnny Sexton wins 100th Test cap for Ireland, against Japan
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Knicks Go
Breeder’s Cup Turf – Ybir
Billie Jean Cup final (Prague) – Russia bt Switzerland
Dwayne Bravo retires from international cricket
Nov 7
Mexican GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
Dean Smith sacked as manager of Aston Villa
Nascar Cup series – Kyle Larson
Nov 8
Eddie Howe appointed as manager of Newcastle
Xavi appointed as manager of Barcelona
T20 World Cup. Super 12 tables –
Group 1 – England, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh
Group 2 – Pakistan, New Zealand, India, Afghanistan, Namibia, Scotland
World Rally Championship – Sebastien Ogier, driving a Toyota Yaris. 2nd Elfyn Evans. Eighth title for Ogier
Nov 10
T20 World Cup semi-final – New Zealand bt England
Cartier Horse of the Year – St Mark’s Basilica
Nov 11
T20 World Cup semi-final – Australia bt Pakistan
Peng Shuai vanishes from public view after accusing a former Chinese vice premier of sexually assaulting her
Nov 12
Ron Flowers dies
Harry Kane hat-trick for England against Albania
Steven Gerrard appointed as manager of Aston Villa
Nov 13
Eclipse Stakes – St Mark’s Basilica
Gareth Bale wins 100th cap for Wales
Nov 14
Bertie Auld dies
T20 World Cup final (Dubai) New Zealand 172-4 (Kane Williamson 85) Australia 173-2 (Mitchell Marsh 77). Australia win their maiden T20 World Cup title
Tournament statistics –
Highest score – Jos Buttler (England) 101
Most runs – Babar Azam (Pakistan) 303
Most wickets – Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) 16
2022 tournament will be held in Australia
Brazilian GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas
MotoGP final standings – 1st Fabio Quartararo (France), riding a Yamaha
Constructors’ champion – Ducati
Moto2 – Remy Gardner. Son of Wayne Gardner
Moto3 – Pedro Acosta
Valentino Rossi retires
Nov 15
Dean Smith appointed as manager of Norwich City
San Marino 0 England 10 (Kane 4)
WTA finals –
Group Chichen Itza – Paula Badosa, Maria Sakkari, Arnya Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek
Group Teotihuacan – Anett Konteveit, Garbine Muguruza, Karolina Pliskova, Barbora Krejcikova
Nov 16
Guanyu Zhou becomes Formula 1's first Chinese driver after signing to race for Alfa Romeo in 2022
Derby County deducted 9 points
WTA semi-finals – Garbine Muguruza bt Paula Badosa, Anett Konteveit bt Maria Sakkari
Nov 17
Reading deducted 6 points
WTA final (Guadalajara) – Garbine Muguruza bt Anett Konteveit
WTA doubles final – Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova bt Hsieh Su-wei and Elise Mertens
Nov 18
Giovanni van Bronckhorst appointed as manager of Rangers
Nov 19
ATP finals – Matteo Berrettini and Stefanos Tsitsipas withdrew due to injury and were replaced by Jannik Sinner and Cameron Norrie
Green Group – Novak Djokovic, Caspar Ruud, Andrey Rublev, Cameron Norrie
Red Group – Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner, Hubert Hurkacz
League of Ireland – Shamrock Rovers
Nov 20
Stuart Hogg becomes Scotland’s leading try scorer
ATP semi-finals – Alexander Zverev bt Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev bt Caspar Ruud
Nov 21
Ole Gunnar Solksjaer sacked as manager of Man Utd
Women’s rugby union international – England 89 USA 0
Qatar GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso
DP World Tour Championship – Collin Morikawa
Race to Dubai – Collin Morikawa
ATP final (Turin) – Alexander Zverev bt Daniil Medvedev
ATP doubles final – Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut bt Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury
Champion of Champions final – Judd Trump bt John Higgins
Superbike World Championships – Toprak Razgatlıoglu (Turkey), riding a Yamaha 2nd Jonathan Rea
Grand Slam of Darts final – Gerwyn Price bt Peter Wright
World Athletes of the Year – Karsten Warholm and Elaine Thompson-Herah
Nov 23
UK Championship first round – Si Jaihui bt Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy says "amateurs should not be allowed in professional tournaments"
Nov 24
Norwich City unveils its first new crest in 50 years following a ‘digital age’ revamp
Nov 25
UK Championship first round – John Astley bt Neil Robertson
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Emma Raducanu
Young Sportswoman of the Year – Bethany Shriever
Team of the Year – Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald
Women’s World Cup qualifying – North Macedonia 0 Northern Ireland11
Women’s World Cup qualifying – Belgium 19 Armenia 0
Nov 27
Copa Libertadores final – Palmeiras bt Flamengo
Women’s Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Adelaide Strikers
Nov 28
Frank Williams dies
BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year – Vivianne Miedama (Arsenal)
Japan Cup – Contrail
Nov 29
Ralf Rangnick appointed as Man Utd interim manager until the end of the season
Ballon d’Or – Lionel Messi wins for seventh time
Women’s Ballon d’Or – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
Women’s World Cup qualifying – Northern Ireland 9 North Macedonia 0
Nov 30
John Sillett dies
Ray Kennedy dies
Women’s World Cup qualifying – England 20 Latvia 0
Ellen White becomes England’s record goalscorer, surpassing Kelly Smith’s record of 46 goals
December
Dec 1
Johanna Konta retires
Dec 4
Ajaz Patel takes 10-119 for New Zealand against India to become the third bowler in Test cricket to take all ten wickets in an innings, after Jim Laker and Anil Kumble
Newcastle bt Burnley to win for the first time in the Premier League, in their fifteenth match
UK Snooker Championship semi-finals – Luca Brecel bt Kyren Wilson, Zhao Xintong bt Barry Hawkins
Dec 5
Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea bt Arsenal
UK Snooker Championship final – Zhao Xintong bt Luca Brecel
Davis Cup final (Madrid) Russia bt Croatia
Hero World Challenge – Viktor Hovland
Dec 7
Jimmy Robertson scores 178 points in a frame against Lee Walker at Scottish Open
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘Why We Kneel, How We Rise’ by Michael Holding
Dec 8
Rory Burns bowled by Mitchell Starc with the first ball of Ashes series
Barcelona knocked out of Champions League. The last time they were not in the Champions League knockout stages was 2003-04. The last time they failed to qualify from a Champions League group was 2000
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Lauren Price
Dec 9
Robbie Dunne banned from horse racing for 18 months for 'bullying and harassing' Bryony Frost
Dec 10
First Test (Brisbane) England 147 (Pat Cummins 5-38) and 297 Australia 425 (Travis Head 152) and 20-1. Australia won by nine wickets
Nathan Lyon takes 400th wicket in Test cricket
World Rugby Awards –
Player of the year – Antoine Dupont
Women’s player of the year – Zoe Aldcroft
Coach of the Year – Simon Middleton
Mosconi Cup (Alexandra Palace) – Europe bt USA. MVP – Jayson Shaw
Dec 11
MLS Cup – New York City FC bt Portland Timbers
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Ashleigh Barty
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty
Dec 12
Abu Dhabi GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz
Nicholas Latifi crashed with five laps remaining. Race director Michael Masi did not apply the rules correctly in the safety-car period, and Max Verstappen, on fresh tyres, passed Lewis Hamilton on the last racing lap
Final standings – 1st Max Verstappen 395.5 points, 2nd Lewis Hamilton 387.5 points, 3rd Valtteri Bottas
Constructors – 1st Mercedes 613.5 points, 2nd Red Bull 585.5 points, 3rd Ferrari
Race winners – Max Verstappen 10 Lewis Hamilton 8, Valtteri Bottas 1, Sergio Perez 1, Daniel Ricciardo 1, Esteban Ocon 1
Pole positions – Max Verstappen 10, Lewis Hamilton 5, Valtteri Bottas 4, Charles Leclerc 2, Lando Norris 1
Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris had the only one-to finish of the season, for McLaren at the Italian GP
Formula 2 Championship – Oscar Piastri (Australia)
Scottish Open final – Luca Brecel bt John Higgins
Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers bt Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Dec 14
Man City 7 Leeds 0
Stephen Curry makes his 2,974th career 3-pointer to pass Ray Allen and become the NBA's all-time leader in made 3-pointers
Dec 19
Scottish League Cup final – Celtic bt Hibernian
BBC Sports Personality of the Year – 1st Emma Raducanu, 2nd Tom Daley, 3rd Adam Peaty
Other nominees – Tyson Fury, Raheem Sterling, Sarah Storey
World Sports Star – Rachael Blackmore
Coach – Gareth Southgate
Team – England national football team
Young Personality – Sky Brown
Lifetime Achievement Award – Simone Biles
Helen Rollason award – Jen Beattie
Unsung hero – Sam Barlow
Held at BBC studios in Salford without an audience
Dec 20
Second Test (Adelaide) Australia 473-9 (Marnus Labuschagne 103) and 230-9 England 236 and 192 (Jhye Richardson 5-42). Australia won by 275 runs
Dec 25
Ray Illingworth dies
Dec 26
King George VI Chase – Tornado Flyer
Man City 6 Leicester 3
Dec 27
Welsh Grand National – Iwilldoit
Dec 28
Third Test (Melbourne) England 185 and 68 (Scott Boland 6-7) Australia 267. Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
Dec 31
New Year’s Honours
Knighthood – Jason Kenny
Dame – Laura Kenny
OBE – Adam Peaty, Tom Daley, Kadeena Cox, Hannah Mills, Max Whitlock, Jonathan Rea, Emma Hayes
MBE – Emma Raducanu, Matty Lee
