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
Fifth 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 Krejcikova 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. Mascot – Bing Dwen Dwen, a giant panda. 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
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, aged 15, tests positive for a banned substance
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)
Women’s speed skating 500m – Erin Jackson (USA). Jackson is the first Black woman to win a Winter Olympic gold medal in an individual sport
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
Sean McVay becomes youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl
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 (Russian Olympic Committee) 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 24
Va'aiga Tuigamala dies
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
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup starts in New Zealand
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
Robbie Brightwell dies
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
Cristiano 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
Oksana Masters (USA) 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 21
Indian Wells Masters. Men’s – Taylor Fritz. Women’s – Iga Swiatek
Hollie Doyle marries Tom Marquand
Mar 22
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Men’s downhill – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway)
Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin (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)
Erling Haaland moves from Borussia Dortmund to Man City
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
England name Australia women's coach Matthew Mott as their new men's white-ball coach
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
World Squash Championships. Men – Ali Farag. Women – Nour El Sherbini
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
La Rochelle are coached by Ronan O’Gara
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. Lance Todd Trophy – Chris McQueen (Huddersfield)
A-League Grand Final – Western United bt Melbourne City
Matthew Hudson-Smith breaks Iwan Thomas’s British 400m record, which had stood since 1997
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
Matthew Potts makes England debut against New Zealand and 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. Run in memory of Lester Piggott
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
Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) becomes the first player from Central America to claim a men's doubles major title
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. Ealing Trailfinders and Doncaster Knights are denied the chance to go up after the Rugby Football Union ruled the clubs had not met the minimum standards criteria for promotion, including suitable facilities
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 cycling – 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
Vincent Kompany appointed as manager of Burnley
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
United Rugby Championship Final (Cape Town) Stormers bt Bulls
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 22
American synchronized swimmer Anita Alvarez is rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach Andrea Fuentes after she fainted at the World Championships
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
Men’s 50m freestyle – Ben Proud. GB’s only gold medal
Katie Ledecky won four gold medals
Mollie O’Callaghan (Australia) won three gold medals and three silver medals
Torri Huske (USA) won three gold medals and three bronze medals
David Popovici (Romania, aged 17) won the men’s 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle
Robinsons squash will no longer sponsor Wimbledon, ending a partnership which stretches back to 1935
Jun 25
Eastbourne International. Men’s – Taylor Fritz. Women’s – Petra Kvitova
Irish Derby – Westover
English Greyhound Derby (Towcester) – Romeo Magico
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)
British National Road Championships. Men – Mark Cavendish. Women – Alice Towers
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
Gareth Bale signs for Los Angeles FC
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
July
Jul 1
Richarlison moves from Everton to Spurs
John Isner breaks Ivo Karlovic’s all-time record of 13,728 aces
UEFA European Under-19 Championship final (Slovakia) – England bt Israel
Tour de France starts in Copenhagen
Jul 2
Andy Goram dies
Stuart Broad concedes 35 runs in an over in Test match against India
Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Alize Cornet bt Iga Swiatek, ending Iga Swiatek’s 37-match winning streak
Jul 3
Centenary of Wimbledon centre court. Scheduled play on middle Sunday for the first time
Mixed doubles second round – Jonny O’Mara and Alicia Barnett bt Jamie Murray and Venus Williams
British GP – Carlos Sainz, Sergio Perez, Lewis Hamilton. First GP win for Carlos Sainz in his 150th race start
A multi-car accident occurred on the opening lap, in which Zhou Guanyu's car flipped over the tyre wall
Eclipse Stakes – Vadeni
Jul 4
Gabriel Jesus moves from Man City to Arsenal
Kalvin Phillips moves from Leeds to Man City
Jul 5
Rearranged fifth Test (Edgbaston) India 416 (Rishabh Pant 146, Ravindra Jadeja 104, Jimmy Anderson 5-60) and 245 England 284 (Jonny Bairstow 106) and 378-3 (Joe Root 142*, Jonny Bairstow 114*). England won by seven wickets. Series drawn 2-2
Jul 6
Wimbledon men’s singles quarter-final – Cameron Norrie bt David Goffin
UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 starts
England 1 (Beth Mead) Austria 0. Match played at Old Trafford
Jul 7
Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals – Ons Jabeur bt Tatjana Maria, Elena Rybakina bt Simona Halep
Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk bt Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur
Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon with abdominal injury after beating Taylor Fritz in quarter-final
World Games start in Birmingham, Alabama
Jul 8
Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals – Novak Djokovic bt Cameron Norrie, Nick Kyrgios bt Rafael Nadal (walkover)
Jul 9
Wimbledon women’s singles final – Elena Rybakina bt Ons Jabeur
Men’s doubles final – Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell bt Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic
Men’s wheelchair doubles final – Gustavo Fernandez and Shingo Kunieda bt Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid
Richard Gleeson takes 3-15 on England debut in T20 match against India
Somerset score record 265-5 against Derbyshire in T20 Blast
Jul 10
Wimbledon men’s singles final – Novak Djokovic bt Nick Kyrgios. Seventh Wimbledon title, fourth in succession. 21st Grand Slam
Kyrgios was the first unseeded man to reach a major final since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2008 Australian Open
Women’s doubles final – Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova bt Elise Mertens and Zhang Shuai
Men’s wheelchair final – Shingo Kunieda bt Alfie Hewett
Sue Barker retires from broadcasting
Scottish Open – Xander Schauffele
Austrian GP – Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton
Jul 11
Wayne Rooney appointed as head coach of DC United
England 8 Norway 0. Hat-trick for Beth Mead
Jul 12
Jasprit Bumrah 6-19 in first ODI against England
Jul 13
Keaton Jennings 318 for Lancs against Somerset
Raheem Sterling moves from Man City to Chelsea
State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
Jul 14
Tom Pidcock wins maiden Tour de France stage, on Alp d’Huez
Leicestershire 756-4 against Sussex. Colin Ackermann and Wiaan Mulder add 477 for fifth wicket
Reece Topley 6-24 in ODI against India
Tokyo selected to hold 2025 World Athletics Championships
Jul 15
England 5 Northern Ireland 0
World Athletics Championships start at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon
Mixed 4 x 400m relay – Dominican Republic. Bronze – USA. Allyson Felix wins 20th career medal
Christian Eriksen moves from Brentford to Man Utd
Bevan French breaks the record for most tries scored in a Super League game, scoring seven tries during Wigan Warriors 60–0 win over Hull FC
Jul 16
Ireland win rugby union series in New Zealand for the first time
T20 finals day (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Lancashire Lightning bt Yorkshire Vikings, Hampshire Hawks bt Somerset. Final – Hampshire Hawks bt Lancashire Lightning by one run
100m – Fred Kerley (USA)
Jul 17
150th Open (St Andrews) Cameron Smith. 2nd Cameron Young 3rd Rory McIlroy. Silver medal – Filippo Celli (Italy). Smith -20, shoots 64 in final round
2023 Open will be held at Royal Liverpool Golf Club
Women’s 100m – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
All-Ireland Hurling Final –Limerick bt Kilkenny
Jul 18
Final group tables –
Group A – England, Austria, Norway, Northern Ireland
Group B – Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland
Group C – Sweden, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal
Group D – France, Belgium, Iceland, Italy
Iceland drew all three matches
Women’s 1500m. Bronze – Laura Muir
Jul 19
Robert Lewandowski moves from Bayern Munich to Barcelona
Ben Stokes retires from ODI cricket
Men’s 1500m – Jake Wightman
Jul 20
Henrik Stenson removed as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain
Quarter-final – England 2 Spain 1. Winning goal scored by Georgia Stanway
Jul 21
Uwe Seeler dies
Women’s 200m – Shericka Jackson (Jamaica). Bronze – Dina Asher-Smith
Jul 22
Paddy Hopkirk dies
Men’s 400m. Bronze – Matthew Hudson-Smith
Jonathan Trott named Afghanistan's new head coach
Jul 23
Glamorgan 793-5 (Sam Northeast 410*) against Leics
Men’s 4x100m. Bronze – GB
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Pyledriver
Jul 24
French GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
Women’s 800m. Silver – Keely Hodgkinson
Women’s 4x400m. Bronze – GB
Final medal table –1st USA (13-9-11) 33 2nd Ethiopia (4-4-2) 10 3rd Jamaica (2-7-1) 10 11th GB (1-1-5) 7
Tour de France – Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Team Jumbo-Visma) 2nd Tadej Pogacar, 3rd Geraint Thomas
Points – Wout van Aert
Mountains – Jonas Vingegaard
Youth – Tadej Pogacar
Combativity – Wout van Aert
Team – Ineos Grenadiers
World Matchplay darts – Michael van Gerwen bt Gerwyn Price
Evian Championship – Brooke Henderson
Senior British Open golf – Darren Clarke
Gaelic Football final – Kerry bt Galway
Jul 26
Goodwood Cup – Kyprios
Semi-final (Bramall Lane, Sheffield) – England 4 Sweden 0
Jul 27
Lisandro Martinez moves from Ajax to Man Utd
Semi-final (Stadium MK, Milton Keynes) – Germany 2 France 1
Alexandra Popp scores for fifth successive match
Sussex Stakes – Baaeed
Jul 28
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony takes place at Alexandra Stadium. 280 events in 20 sports. Queen’s Baton Relay final runner – Denise Lewis. Mascot – Perry Bull
Cycling events held at Lee Valley VeloPark in London
Rugby Sevens held at Coventry Arena
Terry Neill dies
Jul 29
First gold medal won by Alex Yee in men’s triathlon
Championship League Snooker final – Luca Brecel bt Lu Ning
Jul 30
Sophie Unwin fined for protesting against a decision to not award her a Commonwealth Games bronze medal despite finishing third. The tandem B sprint had four entries and rules say only gold and silver medals will be issued in such cases
T53/54 wheelchair marathon won by JohnBoy Smith after David Weir suffers a puncture
FA Community Shield (Leicester) Liverpool 3 Man City 1
Darwin Nunes scores his first goal for Liverpool
Maiden pole position for George Russell at Hungarian GP
Speedway of Nations Grand Final – Australia
Jul 31
Matt Walls goes over the barrier into the crowd after a massive crash during the men’s 15km scratch race qualifying
UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 final – England 2 (Ella Toone, Chloe Kelly) Germany 1 (Lina Magull)
Match played at Wembley Stadium. Attendance: 87,192
Player of the Match – Keira Walsh
Leading goalscorers – Beth Mead, Alexandra Popp (6)
Player of the tournament – Beth Mead
Goal of the tournament – Alessia Russo’s back-heel for England against Sweden
Tour de France Femmes – Annemiek van Vleuten
Hungarian GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
Anneli Drummond-Hay dies
August
Aug 1
Luke Donald appointed as Europe Ryder Cup captain for 2023
Aug 3
Southend United sell naming rights for the West Stand at their Roots Hall ground to estate agents Gilbert & Rose. The stand is now known as the Gilbert & Rose West Stand
Kasper Schmeichel moves from Leicester City to Nice
Aug 5
George Miller, aged 75, becomes oldest Commonwealth medalist, winning B2/B3 mixed pairs bowls
First goal of Premier League season – Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
Premier League shirt sponsors: Bournemouth – Dafabet, Crystal Palace – Cinch, Everton – Stake.com, Fulham – W88
Nottingham Forest do not currently have a shirt sponsor
Marc Cucurella moves from Brighton to Chelsea
Aug 7
Women’s British Open (Muirfield) – Ashleigh Buhai (South Africa)
Aug 8
Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Formal handover to the Australian state of Victoria, host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Final medal table – 1st Australia (67-57-54) 178 2nd England (57-66-53) 176 3rd Canada (26-32-34) 92 6th Scotland (13-11-27) 51 8th Wales (8-6-14) 28 11th Northern Ireland (7-7-4) 18
Tom Dean (England) won one gold medal and six silver medals in swimming
Jake Jarman (England) won four gold medals in gymnastics
Joe Fraser (England) won three gold medals in gymnastics
Five of Northern Ireland’s gold medals were in boxing
Aug 10
Will Smeed hits first-ever century in The Hundred, for Birmingham Phoenix
European Super Cup (Helsinki) – Real Madrid bt Eintracht Frankfurt
Aug 11
European Championships start in Munich. The event features: Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Canoe Sprint, Cycling, Gymnastics, Rowing, Sport Climbing, Table Tennis, and Triathlon
European Aquatics Championships start in Rome
Aug 13
Formula E World Championship – Stoffel Vandoorne (Belgium)
Arlington Million – Santin
Aug 19
First Test (Lords) England 165 (Kagiso Rabada 5-52) and 149 South Africa 326. South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
Vuelta a Espana starts in Utrecht
Aug 20
Oleksandr Usyk bt Anthony Joshua. Fight held in Jeddah, and was billed as the 'Rage on the Red Sea'
Tom Weiskopf dies
Aug 21
European Championships final medal table – 1st Germany (26-20-14) 60 2nd GB (24-19-17) 60 3rd Italy (14-18-19) 51
European Aquatics Championships final medal table – 1st Italy (24-24-19) 67 2nd GB (10-8-9) 27 3rd Ukraine (10-6-1) 17
GB won six gold medals in diving. Jack Laugher and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix both won two gold medals
Aug 22
Casemiro moves from Real Madrid to Man Utd
Ellen White retires. Scored 52 goals in 113 appearances for England
Aug 23
Jill Scott retires. Made 161 appearances for England
Aug 25
Uefa Awards –
Men's Player of the Year – Karim Benzema
Women's Player of the Year – Alexia Putellas
Men's Coach of the Year – Carlo Ancelotti
Women's Coach of the Year – Sarina Wiegman
Aug 26
Alexander Isak moves from Real Sociedad to Newcastle
Aug 27
Liverpool 9 Bournemouth 0
Erling Haaland hat-trick for Man City against Crystal Palace
Second Test (Old Trafford) South Africa 151and 179 England 415-9 (Ben Foakes 113, Ben Stokes 103). England won by an innings and 85 runs
Aug 28
Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 9
Belgium GP – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz
Tour Championship – Rory McIlroy
FedEx Cup – Rory McIlroy
World Rugby Sevens Series – Australia
Aug 29
Mountain Bike World Championships – Nino Schurter (Switzerland). 10th title
League Leaders’ Shield – St Helens
Toulouse Olympique are relegated from the Super League
Aug 30
Scott Parker sacked as manager of Bournemouth
US Open first round – Alize Cornet bt Emma Raducanu
Wesley Fofana moves from Leicester to Chelsea
Aug 31
Man City 6 (Erling Haaland 3) Nottingham Forest 0
September
Sep 1
Transfer deadline day –
Antony moves from Ajax to Man Utd for £82 million
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang moves from Barcelona to Chelsea
Leander Dendoncker moves from Wolves to Aston Villa
Sep 2
US Open third round – Ajla Tomljanovic bt Serena Williams
Serena Williams retires
US Open third round – Matteo Berrettini bt Andy Murray, Karen Khachanov bt Jack Draper
Sep 3
Ivan Toney hat-trick for Brentford against Leeds
The Hundred finals (Lords) –
Oval Invincibles Women bt Southern Brave Women
Trent Rockets Men bt Manchester Originals Men
The Hundred statistics –
Men: most runs – Dawid Malan, most wickets – Paul Walter
Women: most runs – Laura Wolvaardt, most wickets – Amanda-Jane Wellington
Men’s player of the series – Adam Lyth (Northern Superchargers)
Women’s player of the series – Nat Sciver (Trent Rockets)
US Open third round – Marin Cilic bt Dan Evans
Sep 4
Dutch GP – Max Verstappen, George Russell, Charles Leclerc
Burghley Horse Trials – Piggy March riding Vanir Kamira
Sep 5
US Open fourth round – Andrey Rublev bt Cameron Norrie
Sep 6
US Open fourth round – Frances Tiafoe bt Rafael Nadal
Eintracht Frankfurt make their debut appearance in the Champions League group stage
Sep 7
Thomas Tuchel sacked as manager of Chelsea
Keira Walsh moves from Man City to Barcelona
Sep 8
Graham Potter leaves Brighton to become new manager of Chelsea
US Open women’s semi-finals – Iga Swiatek bt Aryna Sabalenka, Ons Jabaur bt Caroline Garcia
Diamond League finishes with the Weltklasse in Zurich
Sep 9
US Open men’s singles semi-finals – Casper Ruud bt Karen Khachanov, Carlos Alcarez bt Frances Tiafoe
US Open men’s doubles final – Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram bt Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof
Sep 10
US Open women’s singles final – Iga Swiatek bt Ons Jabaur
US Open mixed doubles final – John Peers and Storm Sanders bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Kirsten Flipkens
Sep 11
Italian GP – Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, George Russell. 9th Nick de Vries, who replaced Alexander Albon
BMW PGA Championship – Shane Lowry
Vuelta a Espana – Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
St Leger – Eldar Eldarov (David Egan), trained by Roger Varian
PGA Tour player of the year – Scottie Scheffler
US Open men’s singles final – Carlos Alcarez bt Casper Ruud
Aged 19, Alcarez becomes the youngest world number one in the history of men's tennis
US Open women’s doubles final – Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova bt Caty McNally and Taylor Townsend
IndyCar Series – Will Power
Sep 12
Third Test (The Oval) South Africa 118 (Ollie Robinson 5-49) & 169 England 158 (Marco Jansen 5-35) and 130-1. England won by 9 wickets. England win series 2-1
Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Jai Field (Wigan Warriors)
Diego Costa joins Wolves
Sep 15
Christopher Atherton becomes the youngest senior footballer in the United Kingdom at 13 years and 329 days old when he plays for Glenavon
Eddie Butler dies
Sep 17
Royal London One-Day Cup final (Trent Bridge) – Kent bt Lancashire
Spurs 6 (Son Heung-min 3) Leicester 2
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez bt Gennady Golovkin to retain his undisputed super-middleweight crown
Davis Cup (Emirates Arena, Glasgow) – GB eliminated after losing to USA and Netherlands
Sep 18
UCI Road World Championships start in Wollongong, Australia
Women’s time trial – Ellen van Dyck (Netherlands)
World Eventing Championships (Italy) – Yasmin Ingham, riding Banzai du Loir
Ethan Nwanari (Arsenal) became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League, aged 15
St Mirren end Celtic’s run of 38 games unbeaten in SPL
Roberto de Zerbi appointed as manager of Brighton
Women’s Super League Grand Final – Leeds Rhinos bt York City Knights
WNBA Finals – Las Vegas Aces bt Connecticut Sun
World Series of Darts final – Gerwyn Price bt Dirk van Duijvenbode
Sep 19
Men’s time trial – Tobias Foss (Norway)
Sep 20
Man of Steel – Brodie Croft (Salford Red Devils)
Sep 21
David Lloyd hits 313 for Glamorgan against Derbyshire
Sep 22
Woman of Steel – Tara-Jane Stanley (York City Knights)
Sep 23
Roger Federer plays final match, in doubles with Rafael Nadal against Jack Sock and
Frances Tiafoe, in Laver Cup
Albert Pujols hits 700th career home run, for St Louis Cardinals
Sep 24
Super League Grand Final (Old Trafford) St Helens bt Leeds Rhinos. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Jonny Lomax
Cambridgeshire Handicap – Majestic
Women’s road race – Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)
AFL Grand Final – Geelong bt Sydney Swans
Charlie Dean dismissed in ‘Mankad’ run out by Deepti Sharma in third ODI against India. India win the series 3-0
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
Sep 25
Berlin marathon – Eliud Kipchoge, in a new world record time of 2:01:09
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final – Northern Diamonds bt Southern Vipers
Laver Cup (O2 Arena) – Team World bt Team Europe
Presidents Cup – USA team bt International team. Team captains – Davis Love III and Trevor Immelman
World mixed doubles snooker final – Neil Robertson and Nutcharut 'Mink' Wongharuthai bt Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna
Men’s road race – Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
World Rowing Championships (Czech Republic) – GB top the medal table with seven gold medals
Sep 26
Uefa Nations League - England 3 Germany 3. Luke Shaw scores England’s first goal in open play for after 565 minutes
Group A3 final table – Italy, Hungary, Germany, England
Slaven Bilic replaces Rob Edwards as manager of Watford
Sep 28
PCA Player of the Year – Jonny Bairstow
Young Player – Harry Brook
Women’s Player – Nat Sciver
Sep 29
County Championship won by Surrey. Captain – Rory Burns. Coach – Gareth Batty
Relegated – Yorkshire, Gloucestershire
Promoted – Nottinghamshire, Middlesex
Liam Norwell takes 9-62 for Warwickshire against Hampshire
Sep 30
Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) final – Jamaica Tallawahs bt Barbados Royals
October
Oct 1
Leandro Trossard hat-trick for Brighton against Liverpool
Stephen Fry replaces Clare Connor as MCC president
Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland). Third world title
Oct 2
London Marathon. Men’s – Amos Kipruto (Kenya). Women’s – Yalemzerf Yehualaw (Ethiopia)
Man City 6 (Phil Foden 3, Erling Haaland 3) Man Utd 3
Erling Haaland becomes the first player to score three successive Premier League home hat-tricks
Bruno Lage sacked as manager of Wolves
Singapore GP – Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – Alpinista
Championship Grand Final – Leigh Centurions bt Batley Bulldogs
Leigh are promoted to the Super League
NRL Grand Final – Penrith Panthers bt Parramatta Eels
Oct 5
Worcester Warriors wound up in the High Court
Oct 8
Filippo Ganna sets new cycling hour world record
Cesarewitch Handicap – Run For Oscar
2021 Women’s Rugby Union World Cup starts
Oct 9
Japanese GP – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc
Max Verstappen retains World Championship with four races to spare
Green Bay Packers play their first match in London, losing to New York Giants at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Cristiano Ronaldo scores 700th club goal
W Series – Jamie Chadwick. Series ended early for monetary reasons
LIV Golf championship – Dustin Johnson
World Grand Prix final – Michael van Gerwyn bt Nathan Aspinall
British Touring Car Championship – Tom Ingram
Oct 10
CJ Ujah banned for 22 months
Oct 12
Rangers 1 Liverpool 7 (Salah 3). Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick in 6 minutes
Track Cycling World Championships start in Paris
Oct 13
Men’s Team Pursuit – GB
Speedway Premiership final – Belle Vue Aces bt Sheffield Tigers
Oct 14
York City Knights women’s rugby league team change their name to York Valkyrie
Oct 15
Rugby League World Cup starts
England 60 Samoa 6. Match played at St James’ Park
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – Bayside Boy
Champion Stakes – Bay Bridge. First defeat for Baaeed, who is retired
Champion flat jockey – William Buick
Champion flat trainer – ??
Omnium – Ethan Hayter
Claressa Shields bt Savannah Marshall to become undisputed middleweight champion at O2 Arena
Oct 16
Women’s points race – Neah Evans
Reece Topley ruled out of the Men's T20 World Cup with an ankle injury sustained when he stepped on a boundary sponge
British Superbike Championship – Bradley Ray
Oct 17
Ballon d’Or – Karim Benzema
Women’s Ballon d’Or – Alexia Putellas
Kopa Trophy – Gavi (Barcelona)
Wasps go into administration
Oct 20
Steven Gerrard sacked as manager of Aston Villa
Oct 21
Ian Baraclough sacked as manager of Northern Ireland
T20 World Cup final group tables –
Group A – Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Namibia, United Arab Emirates
Group B – Zimbabwe, Ireland, Scotland, West Indies
Rugby League World Cup – Australia 84 Scotland 0
Leigh Centurions rebrand themselves as Leigh Leopards
Simona Halep is provisionally suspended from tennis for failing a drugs test at the US Open
Oct 22
T20 World Cup – Sam Curran takes 5-10 for England against Afghanistan
Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz dies
Oct 23
United States GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc
Red Bull win constructors’ championship
Women’s Rugby Union World Cup – England win Pool C after beating Fiji, France, and South Africa
Oct 24
Unai Emery appointed as manager of Aston Villa
Michael Carrick appointed as manager of Middlesbrough
Kasey Badger (Australia) becomes the first woman to referee a match at the men’s Rugby League World Cup, taking charge of the Tonga v Wales match
Oct 26
T20 World Cup – Ireland (Barlinnie 62) bt England
Brian Robinson dies. First Briton to win a stage of the Tour de France
Oct 27
T20 World Cup – Zimbabwe bt Pakistan by one run
Oct 28
Wasps suspended from Premiership Rugby and relegated
Red Bull fined $7 million for breaking Formula 1's budget cap
Oct 29
Rugby League World Cup – England 94 Greece 4. Dom Young scores four tries
Women’s Rugby Union World Cup quarter-final – England 41 Australia 5. Hat-trick for Marlie Packer. Sarah Hunter becomes the most-capped England and women's international with 138
Copa Libertadores final – Flamengo bt Athletico Paranaense
Oct 30
Mexican GP – Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez. Max Verstappen wins record 14th race of the season
European Darts Championship final – Ross Smith bt Michael Smith
Lisa Ashton and Beau Greaves qualify for the PDC World Championship
November
Nov 1
Melbourne Cup – Gold Trip
2021 Women’s Rugby League World Cup starts
England 72 Brazil 4. Brazil were competing in only their third ever international match
Gymnastics World Championships start at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool
Women’s team – USA. Silver – GB
Nov 2
Ronnie Radford dies
Men’s team – China. Bronze – GB
Nov 3
Women’s all-around – Rebecca Andrade (Brazil). Bronze – Jessica Gadirova. The first women's individual all-around medal won by a British gymnast at a World Championships
Nov 4
T20 World Cup – Josh Little hat-trick for Ireland against New Zealand
Rugby League World Cup quarter final – Josh Addo-Carr scores five tries for Australia against Lebanon
League of Ireland – Shamrock Rovers
Dan Biggar moves from Northampton to Toulon
Nov 5
FA Cup first round – Chippenham bt Lincoln, Alvechurch bt Cheltenham, Farnborough bt Sutton, Kings Lynn bt Doncaster
Rugby League World Cup quarter final – Tommy Makinson scores five tries for England against Papua New Guinea. Match played in Wigan
Men’s floor – Giarnni Regini-Moran
Pommel horse – Rhys McClenaghan (Ireland). First Irish artistic gymnast ever to win world championship gold
Rings. Bronze – Courtney Tulloch
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Flightline
Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf – Tuesday
Women’s Rugby Union World Cup semi-finals – England bt Canada, New Zealand bt France
Women’s Rugby League World Cup – Tara-Jane Stanley hat-trick for England against Canada
MLS Cup – Los Angeles FC bt Philadelphia Union
Conor Murray wins 100th cap for Ireland, in Autumn Nations Series match against South Africa
Wayne Barnes referees his 100th international match
Nov 6
Autumn Nations Series – Argentina 30 England 29. Emiliano Boffelli scores 25 points
Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup – England 104 Spain 12
Women’s floor – Jessica Gadirova
T20 World Cup – Netherlands bt South Africa
Final Super 12 tables –
Group 1 – New Zealand, England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Afghanistan
Group 2 – India, Pakistan, South Africa, Netherlands, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe
Champion of Champions final – Ronnie O’Sullivan bt Judd Trump. Trump hit a 147 in the final
World Series – Houston Astros bt Philadelphia Phillies. MVP – Jeremy Pena
American League MVP – Aaron Judge (New York Yankees)
National League MVP – Paul Goldschmidt (St. Louis Cardinals)
Chantelle Cameron becomes undisputed world light-welterweight champion and the United Kingdom’s first undisputed female boxing world champion after beating Jessica McCaskill in Abu Dhabi
MotoGP final standings – 1st Francesco Bagnaia (Italy), riding a Ducati
Constructors’ champion – Ducati
Moto2 – Augusto Fernandez
Moto3 – Izan Guevara
Tom Brady becomes the first quarterback to pass for 100,000 yards
New York City marathon. Men’s – Evans Chebet (Kenya). Women’s – Sharon Lokedi (Kenya)
Paris Masters final – Holger Rune bt Novak Djokovic. First ATP Masters title
NASCAR Cup Series – Joey Logano
Nov 7
Ralph Hasenhuttl sacked as manager of Southampton
WTA Tour final (Fort Worth, Texas) – Caroline Garcia bt Aryna Sabalenka
WTA doubles final – Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens bt Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
Ten players are sent off as Racing Club win a Champions Trophy final that ended early because Boca Juniors had only six players on the pitch
Nov 8
BBC Women's Footballer of the Year – Beth Mead
Nov 9
T20 World Cup semi-final – Pakistan bt New Zealand
Billie Jean King (BJK) Cup starts at Emirates Arena, Glasgow. Sponsored by BNP Paribas
Cartier Horse of the Year – Baaeed
Nov 10
T20 World Cup semi-final – England bt India by 10 wickets
Billie Jean King Cup – England bt Spain to qualify for semi-finals
Southampton appoint Luton boss Nathan Jones as new manager
Nov 11
Rugby League World Cup semi-final – Australia 16 New Zealand 14
Birmingham is chosen to host the European Athletics Championships in 2026
Nov 12
Women’s Rugby Union World Cup final (Eden Park, Auckland) – New Zealand 34 England 31. Winning try scored by Ayesha Leti-I'iga. Lydia Thompson sent off. Amy Cokayne hat-trick for England. England had won their last 30 games
Rugby League World Cup semi-final (Emirates Stadium) – Samoa 27 England 26
Winning drop goal (golden point) scored by Stephen Crichton in extra time
Billie Jean King Cup semi-final – Australia bt Great Britain
James Milner makes his 600th Premier League appearance
Nov 13
T20 World Cup final (MCG) England bt Pakistan
Player of the Tournament – Sam Curran
Most runs – Virat Kohli
Most wickets – Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup semi-final – England 125 Wales 22. Jack Brown scores eight tries
Brazilian GP – Georg Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz. Maiden victory for Russell
Billie Jean King Cup final – Switzerland bt Czech Republic
Tampa Bay Buccaneers bt Seattle Seahawks in in first ever NFL regular season game in Germany. Played at Allianz Arena in Munich
World Rally Championship – Kalle Rovanpera (Finland), driving a Toyota Yaris
Nov 14
Julen Lopetegui appointed as manager of Wolves
Women’s Rugby League World Cup semi-finals (York) – New Zealand bt England, Australia 82 Papua New Guinea 0
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Iga Swiatek
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek
Nov 15
UK Championship second round – Hossein Vafaei bt Mark Selby
Nov 18
UK Championship quarter-final – Ding Junhui bt Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-0
Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup final – England bt France
Jon Lewis named as England women's cricket head coach
ATP World Tour Finals group stage standings –
Green group – Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Rafael Nadal
Red group – Novak Djokovic, Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev
Nov 19
Rugby League World Cup final (Old Trafford) – Australia bt Samoa
Women’s Rugby League World Cup final – Australia bt New Zealand
Autumn Nations Series – Georgia 13 Wales 12. First win for Georgia against Wales
Autumn Nations Series – England 25 New Zealand 25. England scored three tries in the final eight minutes. 100th cap for Owen Farrell
Nov 20
FIFA World Cup starts
Ecuador bt Qatar in opening match. First goal of the World Cup scored by Enner Valencia
FIFA forces players to abandon using the OneLove rainbow armband aimed at tackling all forms of discrimination
Abu Dhabi GP – Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez
15th win this season for Max Verstappen
Sebastian Vettel finishes tenth in his 299th and final grand prix
Lewis Hamilton finishes a season without a win for the first time in his career
Final standings – 1st Max Verstappen 454 points, 2nd Charles Leclerc 308 points, 3rd Sergio Perez 305 points
Constructors – 1st Red Bull 759 points, 2nd Ferrari 554 points, 3rd Mercedes 515 points
DP World Tour Championship and Race to Dubai – John Rahm
Rory McIlroy ends the year as European number one
UK Championship final (York Barbican) – Mark Allen bt Ding Junhui
ATP World Tour Finals (Turin) –
Novak Djokovic bt Casper Ruud. 6th title for Djokovic
Doubles – Raveej Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic
Grey Cup – Toronto Argonauts bt Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Superbike World Championships – Alvaro Bautista (Spain)
Grand Slam of Darts final – Michael Smith bt Nathan Aspinall
World Athletes of the Year – Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Eilish McColgan
Young Sportswoman of the Year – Jessica Gadirova
Team of the Year – England football
Nov 21
England 6 (Bellingham, Saka (2), Sterling, Rashford, Grealish) Iran 2
Wales 1 (Bale) USA 1
USA goal scored by Tim Weah, the son of George Weah
Nov 22
Saudi Arabia 2 Argentina 1. Winning goal scored by Salem Al Dawsari
Third ODI – Australia 355-5 (Travis Head 152) England 142. Australia win series 3-0
Women’s Big Bash League final – Adelaide Strikers bt Sydney Sixers
Nov 23
Japan 2 Germany 1. Winning goal scored by Takuma Asano
Spain 7 Costa Rica 0
Former Liverpool and Everton striker David Johnson dies
Nov 24
Portugal 3 Ghana 2. Ronaldo becomes first man to score at five World Cups
Nov 25
England 0 USA 0
Iran 2 Wales 0. Wayne Hennessey sent off
Nov 26
World Triathlon Championship Series. Men’s – Leo Bergere (France). Women’s – Flora Duffy (Bermuda)
Doddie Weir dies
Nov 27
Davis Cup final (Malaga) – Canada bt Australia. Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime won their singles matches
Nov 28
Michael Beale leaves QPR to become manager of Rangers
South Korea manager Paulo Bento sent off against Ghana by English referee Anthony Taylor
Gary O’Neil is appointed as manager of Bournemouth
Nov 29
England 3 (Rashford (2), Foden) Wales 0
Nov 30
Australia beat Denmark to qualify for Round of 16
Tunisia 1 France 0
December
Dec 1
Belgium knocked out after a goalless draw with Croatia
Germany v Costa Rica match refereed by Stephanie Frappart
England score 506-4 against Pakistan, the most runs any team has scored on the first day of a Test. Four batsmen score centuries
Dec 2
South Korea 2 Portugal 1
Cameroon 1 Brazil 0. Vincent Aboubakar scores the winning goal but is given a second yellow card for taking his shirt off
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘Beryl: In Search of Britain’s Greatest Athlete’ by Jeremy Wilson. Concerns the life of Beryl Burton
2024 Tour de France to finish in Nice, with a time trial
Dec 3
Lionel Messi scores in his 1,000th match for Argentina, against Australia
No teams won all their matches in the group stages. Qatar and Canada were the only teams to lose all their matches
Tyson Fury bt Derek Chisora to retain WBC world heavyweight title at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Dec 4
Round of 16 – England 3 (Henderson, Kane, Saka) Senegal 0
Patrick Tambay dies
Hero World Challenge – Viktor Hovland
Mosconi Cup (Las Vegas) – Europe bt USA. MVP – Joshua Filler
Dec 5
First Test (Rawalpindi) England 657 (Harry Brook 153, Zak Crawley 122, Ollie Pope 108, Ben Duckett 107) & 264-7 dec Pakistan 579 (Babar Azam 136, Imam ul-Haq 121, Abdullah Shafique 114, Will Jacks 6-161) & 268 England won by 74 runs
Nick Bollettieri dies
Warren Gatland replaces Wayne Pivac as head coach of Wales
Dec 6
Round of 16 – Morocco 0 Spain 0. Morocco won 3-0 on penalties
Round of 16 – Portugal 6 (Ramos 3) Switzerland 1
Eddie Jones sacked as England rugby union head coach
Michael O'Neill appointed for a second spell as Northern Ireland manager
Dec 8
Luis Enrique leaves role as head coach of Spain
Dec 9
Quarter-final – Croatia 1 Brazil 1. Croatia won 4-2 on penalties
Quarter-final – Argentina 2 Netherlands 2. Argentina won 4-3 on penalties. 18 yellow cards
Dec 10
Quarter-final – Morocco 1 Portugal 0
Quarter-final – France 2 (Tchouameni, Giroud) England 1(Kane)
Kane equals Rooney’s record of 53 goals for England
Dec 12
Second Test (Multan) England 281 (Abrar Ahmed 7-114) and 275 (Harry Brook 108) Pakistan 202 and 328. England won by 26 runs
Dec 13
Semi-final – Argentina 3 (Messi, Alvarez (2)) Croatia 0
Dec 14
Semi-final – France 2 (T. Hernandez, Kolo Muani) Morocco 0
Dec 16
Big Bash League – Sydney Thunder bowled out for 15 by Adelaide Strikers
Dec 17
Third place playoff – Croatia 2 Morocco 1
Rehan Ahmed makes debut for England, against Pakistan. Aged 18, he is the youngest man to play a Test for England
Dec 18
World Cup final (Lusail Stadium, Qatar) Argentina 3 (Messi (2), Di Maria) France 3 (Mbappe (3)). Argentina won 4-2 on penalties
Winning penalty in shootout scored by Montiel
Mbappe scores first hat-trick in a final since Geoff Hurst in 1966
Messi beats Lothar Matthaus’ World Cup appearance record (25)
Messi becomes the first player to score in each round of a World Cup since the last-16 round was introduced in 1986
Golden Ball – Messi. First player to win the award twice
Golden Boot – Mbappe (8 goals)
Golden Glove – Emiliano Martinez
FIFA Young Player Award – Enzo Fernandez
FIFA Fair Play Trophy – England
English Open final – Mark Selby bt Luca Brecel
Dec 19
Steve Borthwick appointed as head coach of England rugby union team
Dec 20
Third Test (Karachi) Pakistan 304 and 216 (Rehan Ahmed 5-48) England 354 (Harry Brook 111) and 170-2. England won by eight wickets
England, on their first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years, become the first visiting team to win three matches in a series in this country
Argentina's World Cup winners have to abandon an open-top bus parade in Buenos Aires due to crowd numbers and instead take a helicopter ride
Dec 21
BBC Sports Personality of the Year – 1st Beth Mead 2nd Ben Stokes 3rd Eve Muirhead
Other nominees – Jessica Gadirova, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Jake Wightman
World Sports Star – Lionel Messi
Coach of the Year – Serena Wiegman
Team of the Year – England national women’s football team
Young Personality – Jessica Gadirova
Lifetime Achievement Award – Usain Bolt
Helen Rollason Award – Rob Burrow
Special Award – Kevin Sinfield
Unsung hero – Mike Alden
The awards took place at Media City, Salford
Russia's Natalya Antyukh is stripped of 400m hurdles gold from London 2012 for doping
Women’s Champions League – Zurich 1 Arsenal 9
Dec 22
West Indies bowled out for 43 by England in women’s T20 international
Nottingham Forest find a shirt sponsor as they partner with the United Nations Refugee Agency
Dec 23
George Cohen dies
Sam Curran becomes the most expensive auction buy in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after being bought by Punjab Kings for £1.85m
King George VI Chase – Bravemansgame
Dec 27
Welsh Grand National – The Two Amigos
World Darts Championship third round – Kim Huybrechts bt Peter Wright
Dec 29
Pele dies, aged 82. Scored 77 goals in 92 games for Brazil. Scored 569 goals in 583 games for Santos
Dec 31
Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr
New Year's Honours list –
Dame – Denise Lewis
CBE – Pat Jennings
OBE – Leah Williamson
MBE – Beth Mead, Lucy Bronze, Ellen White, Chris Kamara
