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January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Glasgow

Shot clock in rugby union introduced. Players will have 90 seconds to take a conversion and a minute for penalties, or the kick will be disallowed

Cody Gakpo moves from PSV Eindhoven to Liverpool

Jan 2

Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffers cardiac arrest during match against Cincinnati Bengals

PDC semi-finals – Michael Smith bt Gabriel Clemens (Germany), Michael van Gerwyn bt Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)

Jan 3

PDC Final – Smith bt van Gerwen

Jan 4

West Ham co-chairman David Gold dies

Jan 6

Gianluca Vialli dies

Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong are replaced by David Gilbert and Hossein Vafaei in The Masters following match-fixing allegations

Four Hills Tournament – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)

Jan 7

FA Cup third round – Wrexham bt Coventry

Jan 8

FA Cup third round – Stevenage bt Aston Villa

The Masters first round – Hossein Vafaei bt Mark Selby

Tournament of Champions – Jon Rahm

Jan 9

Gareth Bale retires

Jan 10

David Duckham dies

Jan 11

Carabao Cup quarter-final – Southampton bt Man City

Jan 12

On-loan Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix sent off on Chelsea debut against Fulham

Jan 15

The Masters final – Trump bt Williams

Mykhailo Mudryk moves from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea

Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) – Cars classification won by Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a Toyota. 6th win

Jan 16

Eddie Jones is appointed as head coach of Australia

Australian Open first round – Murray bt Berrettini

Jan 18

Australian Open second round – Mackenzie McDonald bt Nadal

Australian Open second round – Gauff bt Raducanu

Jan 19

Australian Open second round – Murray bt Thanasi Kokkinakis. Match finished at 04:05

NBA match in Paris – Chicago Bulls bt Detroit Pistons

World’s richest football clubs – Man City, Real Madrid, Liverpool

Jan 20

Danny Ings moves from Aston Villa to West Ham

Leandro Trossard moves from Brighton to Arsenal

Jan 21

Australian Open third round – Roberto Bautista Agut bt Murray

Jan 22

Haaland hat-trick against Wolves

Jan 23

Frank Lampard sacked as manager of Everton

Scottish Cup fourth round – Darval bt Aberdeen

Darval play in the West of Scotland Premier Division, the sixth tier of Scottish football

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Jamie Walker. Women’s – Katherine Rednall

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Flightline

Jan 24

Mikaela Shiffrin passes Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record of 82 wins

Jan 26

Australian Open women’s singles semi-finals – Rybakina bt Azarenka, Sabalenka bt Magda Linette (Poland)

ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam

Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Suryakumar Yadav

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy – Babar Azam

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Nat Sciver

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Nat Sciver

Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Tahlia McGrath

Jan 27

Australian Open men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Tommy Paul, Tsitsipas bt Khachanov

Mixed doubles final – Matos and Stefani bt Bopanna and Mirza

Men's wheelchair doubles – Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid

16-year-old Billy Loughnane is top of the Flat jockey standings

Jan 28

Women’s singles final – Sabalenka bt Rybakina

Men’s doubles finals – Hijikata and Kubler bt Nys and Zielinski

Men's wheelchair singles – Alfie Hewett

Jan 29

Men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Tsitsipas. Tenth Australian Open title and 22nd major singles title overall

Women’s doubles final – Krejcikova and Siniakova bt Aoyama and Shibahara

Women's Under-19 World Cup final – England 68 India 69-3. Tournament played in South Africa

Anthony Gordon moves from Everton to Newcastle Utd

Cazoo Masters final – Chris Dobey bt Rob Cross

AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Cincinnati Bengals

NFC Championship Game – Philadelphia Eagles bt San Francisco 49ers

Pegasus World Cup – Art Collector

BBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

WBBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders

Jan 30

Sean Dyche appointed as manager of Everton

Dubai Desert Classic – McIlroy

Jan 31

Transfer deadline day –

Enzo Fernandez moves from Benfica to Chelsea for £107 million

Jorginho moves from Chelsea to Arsenal

Marcel Sabitzer moves from Bayern Munich to Man Utd on loan

Joao Cancelo moves from Man City to Bayern Munich on loan

Carabao Cup semi-final – Newcastle Utd bt Southampton