Sport and Leisure/Sport 2025

January

Jan 2

PDC World Darts Championship semi-finals – Littler bt Bunting, Van Gerwen bt Dobey

Jan 3

PDC final – Littler bt Van Gerwen

Jan 5

United Cup final (Sydney) – USA (Gauff and Fritz) bt Poland (Swiatek and Hurkacz)

Ilona Maher makes her debut for Bristol Bears Women

Jan 6

Hideki Matsuyama sets a new PGA Tour record score for 72 holes of 35 under par in winning the event at The Sentry in Hawaii

Four Hills Tournament – Daniel Tschofenig (Austria)

Jan 7

Tomorrow's Golf League (TGL) starts at the SoFi Center in Florida. Indoor golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy

Jan 9

Graham Potter replaces Julen Lopetegui as manager of West Ham

David Moyes replaces Sean Dyche as manager of Everton

Neil Robertson replaces Ronne O’Sullivan for the Masters

Jan 11

FA Cup third round –Man City 8 (James McAtee 3) Salford 0

Jan 12

FA Cup third round – Spurs bt Tamworth

Jan 13

Former Scotland rugby union captain Peter Brown dies

Jan 13

Australian Open first round – Jacob Fearnley bt Nick Kyrgios

Novak Djokovic is coached by Andy Murray for the first time

Tony Book dies

Jan 16

Amad Diallo hat-trick for Man Utd against Southampton

Jan 17

Australian Open third round – Alexander Zverev bt Jacob Fearnley

Denis Law dies

Jan 18

Australian Open third round – Swiatek bt Radacanu

Justin Kluivert hat-trick for Bournemouth against Newcastle

Masters semi-finals – Murphy bt Allen, Kyren Wilson bt Trump

Sean Murphy makes a 147 break

Jan 19

Australian Open third round – Alcaraz bt Draper

Investec Champions Cup – Toulouse 80 Leicester 12

Masters final – Murphy bt Wilson

Dubai Desert Classic – Tyrell Hatton

Jan 20

International Tennis Federation World Champions. Men’s – Sinner. Women’s –  Swiatek

Jan 21

Australian Open quarter-final – Djokovic bt Alcaraz

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – City of Troy and Laurel River

Jan 23

Australian Open women’s semi-finals – Sabalenka bt Badosa, Keys bt Swiatek

Jan 24

Australian Open men’s semi-finals – Zverev bt Djokovic, Sinner bt Shelton

Mixed doubles final – Peers and Gadecki bt Smith and Birrell

Wheelchair men’s doubles – Hewett and Reid

Quad Wheelchair men’s doubles – Lapthorne and Schroder

Jan 25

Australian Open women’s final – Keys bt Sabalenka

Men’s doubles final – Patten and Heliovaara bt Bolelli and Vavassori

Wheelchair men’s singles – Hewett

Dango Outarra hat-trick for Bournemouth against Nottingham Forest

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Jason Banks. Women’s – Julie Forrest

Pegasus World Cup – White Abarrio

Jan 26

Australian Open men’s final – Sinner bt Zverev

Women’s doubles final – Siniakova and Townsend bt Hsieh and Ostapenko

AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Buffalo Bills

NFC Championship Game – Philadelphia Eagles bt Washington Commanders

British Basketball League (BBL) Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Bristol Flyers

WBBL Trophy final – Caledonia Gladiators bt Oaklands Wolves

Jan 27

Big Bash League final – Hobart Hurricanes bt Sydney Thunder. First title. Mitchell Owen hit a century off 39 balls

Jan 28

ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –

Men's Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Jasprit Bumrah

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Jasprit Bumrah

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)

Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Arshdeep Singh

Women’s Cricketer of the Year (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy) – Melie Kerr

Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Smriti Mandhana

Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Melie Kerr

Jan 29

Steve Smith passes the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket

Morgan Rogers hat-trick for Aston Villa against Celtic

Jan 31

Six Nations captains and coaches –

England – Maro Itoje and Steve Borthwick

Wales – Jac Morgan and Warren Gatland

Ireland – Caelan Doris and Simon Easterby

Scotland – Rory Darge and Finn Russell (co-captains) and Gregor Townsend

France – Antoine Dupont and Fabien Galthie

Italy – Michele Lamaro and Gonzalo Quesada

Simon Easterby was named as the interim head coach of the Ireland team while Andy Farrell is in charge of the British & Irish Lions for their tour to Australia

Rory Darge and Finn Russell were named as co-captains of the Scotland team, after original captain Sione Tuipulotu was ruled out of the competition due to injury

France 43 Wales 0. Romaine Ntamack sent off

Six Nations uses twenty-minute red cards for the first time

Jos Buttler criticises India's use of pace bowler Harshit Rana as a concussion substitute in the fourth T20 international, calling the change "not a like-for-like replacement"

February

Feb 1

Women's Ashes: One-off Test (Melbourne) England 170 & 148 Australia 440 (Sutherland 163, Mooney 106) Australia won by an innings and 122 runs

Australia win series 16-0

Nottingham Forest 7 (Wood 3) Brighton 0

Scotland 31 Italy 19. Hat-trick for Huw Jones

Ireland 27 England 22. Cadan Murley scores a try for England on debut

Leeds 7 Cardiff 0

Irish Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs

Feb 2

Fifth T20 international – India 247-9 (Abhishek Sharma 135) England 97. India won by 150 runs

India win series 4-1

German Masters snooker final – Kyren Wilson bt Hawkins

World Masters darts final – Humphries bt Clayton

Irish Champion Hurdle – State Man

Luka Doncic moves from Dallas Mavericks to Los Angeles Lakers

Feb 3

Transfer deadline day –

Ben Chilwell moves from Chelsea to Crystal Palace on loan

Mathys Tel moves from Bayern Munich to Tottenham on loan

Nico Gonzalez moves from Porto to Man City for £50 million

Marcus Rashford moves from Man Utd to Aston Villa on loan

Marco Asensio moves from Paris St-Germain to Aston Villa on loan

Joao Felix moves from Chelsea to AC Milan on loan

Feb 5

EFL Cup semi-final – Newcastle bt Arsenal

Feb 6

EFL Cup semi-final – Liverpool bt Spurs

Premier League starts in Belfast. Chris Dobey and Stephen Bunting replace Michael Smith and Peter Wright

Mark Hughes is appointed manager of Carlisle Utd

Feb 7

NFL MVP – Josh Allen (Buffalo Bills)

Feb 8

Italy 22 Wales 15

England 26 France 25. Winning try scored by Elliot Daly

Feb 9

FA Cup 4th round – Plymouth 1 (Ryan Hardie) Liverpool 0

Scottish Cup 5th round – Rangers 0 Queen’s Park 1

Scotland 18 Ireland 32

Super Bowl LIX – Philadelphia Eagles 40 Kansas City Chiefs 22

MVP – Jalen Hurts

Game played at Superdome, New Orleans

Half time show headlined by Kendrick Lamar

Feb 11

Warran Gatland leaves as head coach of Wales. Matt Sherratt takes over as interim head coach

Feb 12

European Track Cycling Championships start in Belgium

The last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park finishes 2-2. James Tarkowski scores last-minute equaliser for Everton

Feb 13

Leigh bt Wigan with golden point after the first 0-0 draw in Super League history

Feb 14

Men’s individual pursuit – Josh Charlton

Feb 15

Women’s individual pursuit – Anna Morris, who broke the world record twice in a day

Omar Marmoush hat-trick for Man City against Newcastle

Jannik Sinner accepts a three-month ban from tennis after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency over his two positive drugs tests last year

St Helens 82 Salford 0

Feb 16

Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo becomes the first person to run a half marathon below 57 minutes

European Track Cycling Championships end. Netherlands topped the medal table

Welsh Open final – Selby bt Maguire

Irish jockey Michael O’Sullivan dies

Feb 17

First test event at Everton’s new stadium. First goal scored by Harrison Rimmer for Wigan under-18s

Feb 18

Champions League Knockout Round Play-offs – Bayern Munich bt Celtic

Feb 19

Champions League Knockout Round Play-offs – Mbappe hat-trick for Real Madrid against Man City

Feb 22

Wales 18 Ireland 27. Garry Ringrose receives a 20-minute red card

England 16 Scotland 15. Finn Russell misses a last-minute conversion

ICC Champions Trophy – England 351-8 (Duckett 165) Australia 356-5 (Inglis 120)

World Seniors Darts Championship final – Ross Montgomery bt Graham Usher

Dmitry Bivol bt Artur Beterbiev to win the undisputed light-heavyweight world title

Saudi Cup – Forever Young

Feb 23

Mirra Andreeva becomes the youngest player to claim a WTA 1000 title after the 17-year-old won the Dubai Tennis Championships

Italy 24 France 73. A championship record of 14 tries were scored in the match

Philippe Clement is sacked as manager of Rangers

Mikaela Shiffrin wins 100th Alpine skiing World Cup race

Feb 26

ICC Champions Trophy – Afghanistan 325-7 (Ibrahim Zadran 177) England 317 (Root 120)