Sport and Leisure/Sport 2019
January
Jan 1
European Capital of Sport – Budapest
PDC final – Van Gerwen bt Smith
Federer and Serena Williams face each other for the first time, in Hopman Cup mixed doubles
GB represented in Hopman Cup by Norrie and Boulter
Mixed doubles at Hopman Cup is played in a fast four format
Billy Sharp becomes the highest scorer in English league football since the turn of the century
Jan 2
Chelsea sign Borussia Dortmund forward Christian Pulisic for £58m, but will loan him back until the end of the season
South African-born Rory Sabbatini becomes a citizen of Slovakia
Jan 3
Liverpool lose first match of the season, to Man City
Jan 4
FA Cup third round – Tranmere 0 Spurs 7 (Llorente 3)
Dominic Solanke moves from Liverpool to Bournemouth
Jan 5
Hopman Cup final – Switzerland (Federer and Bencic) bt Germany (Zverev and Kerber)
Gillingham bt Cardiff
Jan 6
Man City 7 Rotherham 0
Oldham bt Fulham, Newport bt Leicester, Barnet bt Sheffield Utd
Four Hills Tournament – Ryoyu Kobayashi, who won all four events
Tournament of Champions – Xander Schauffele
Jan 7
India win a Test series in Australia for the first time
Jan 8
CAF African Player of the Year – Mohamed Salah
Jan 9
Carabao cup semi-final first leg – Man City 9 (Gabriel Jesus 4) Burton 0
Harrington to captain Europe Ryder Cup team for 2020
Jan 12
BDO women’s final – Mikuru Suzuki bt Lorraine Winstanley
Jan 13
BDO final – Glen Durrant bt Scott Waites. Third successive title for Durrant
Masters first round – Luca Brecel bt Mark Allen
Jan 14
Australian Open first round – Bautista Agut bt Murray
Martin O’Neill replaces Aitor Karanka as manager of Nottingham Forest
Jan 17
Second round – Muguruza bt Konta. Match finished at 3am
Dakar Rally (Lima) – Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a Toyota
Jan 18
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Northampton 111 Timesoara 3
Jan 19
Jota hat-trick for Wolves against Leicester
European Rugby Challenge Cup – Bristol 107 Eraisei-STM 19
Abu Dhabi Championship – Shane Lowry
Jan 20
Fourth round – Tsitsipis bt Federer
Masters final – Trump bt O’Sullivan
NFC Championship – LA Rams bt New Orleans Saints
AFC Championship – New England Patriots bt Kansas City Chiefs
Both matches went to overtime
Jan 22
Jan Siewert replaces David Wagner as manager of Huddersfield
Kohli wins Cricketer, Test Player, and ODI Player of the year at ICC Awards
Women's Cricketer of the Year – Smitri Mandhana (India)
Jermain Defoe loaned to Rangers
David Gilbert makes the 147th official 147 maximum break, in the Championship League
Jan 23
Semi-final – Man City bt Burton 10-0 on aggregate
Chelsea sign Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain on loan for the remainder of the season
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Cracksman, and Winx
Jan 24
Semi-final – Chelsea bt Spurs
Thierry Henry sacked by Monaco
Semi-finals – Kvitova bt Danielle Collins (USA), Osaka bt Pliskova
Semi-final – Nadal bt Tsitsipas
Jan 25
Semi-final – Djokovic bt Pouille
Women’s doubles final – Stosur and Zhang bt Babos and Mladenovic
Jan 26
First Test (Bridgetown) West Indies 289 (Anderson 5-46) and 415-6 (Holder 202, Dowrich 116) England 77 (Roach 5-17) and 246 (Chase 8-60) West Indies won by 381 runs
FA Cup – Wimbledon bt West Ham
Final – Osaka bt Kvitova. Osaka becomes the new world number one
Mixed doubles final – Ram and Krejcikova bt Smith and Sharma
Women’s Big Bash League final – Brisbane Heat bt Sydney Sixers
Jan 27
Final – Djokovic bt Nadal. Seventh win and 15th Grand Slam title
Men’s doubles final – Herbert and Mahut bt Kontinen and Peers to complete doubles career Grand Slam
BBL Cup final – London Lions bt Glasgow Rocks
WBBL Cup final – Sheffield Hatters bt Sevenoaks Suns
Daytona 24 Hours – Alonso
World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Stewart Anderson. Women’s – Julie Forrest
Ogier wins sixth successive Monte Carlo Rally
Pegasus World Cup – City of Light
Red Star Belgrade play in Rugby League Challenge Cup
Jan 31
Joe Denly makes debut for England against West Indies
Transfer deadline day –
Miguel Almiron (Paraguay) moves from Atlanta United to Newcastle for £20 million
Peter Crouch moves from Stoke to Burnley
Marouane Fellaini moves from Man Utd to Shandong Luneng
February
Feb 1
AFC Asian Cup final (Abu Dhabi) Qatar 3 Japan 1
Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Alan Wyn Jones, Rory Best, Greig Laidlaw, Guilhem Guirado, Sergio Parisse
Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Warren Gatland, Joe Schmidt, Gregor Townsend, Jacques Brunel, Conor O’Shea
George North scores two tries for Wales against France
Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Utah
Women’s snowboard cross. Silver – Charlotte Bankes
Australian trainer Darren Weir charged and faces suspension for possessing devices used to deliver electric shocks to make horses run faster
Feb 2
Garcia disqualified from Saudi International for serious misconduct, after ‘damaging greens’
Slade scores two tries for England against Ireland
Kinghorn hat-trick for Scotland against Italy
Second Test (Antigua) England 187 and 132 West Indies 306 and 17-0. West Indies won by 10 wickets
Feb 3
Women’s big air. Bronze – Isabel Atkin
German Masters final – Kyren Wilson bt David Gilbert
Aguero hat-trick for Man City against Arsenal
Super Bowl LIII (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta) –New England Patriots 13 LA Rams 3. MVP – Julian Edelman
Patriots equal Pittsburgh Steelers' record of six Super Bowl titles
Lowest-scoring Super Bowl of all time
Half-time entertainment – Maroon 5
Super Bowl LIV is scheduled to be held in Miami Gardens
NFL MVP – Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs)
Feb 4
Alpine Ski World Championships start in Are, Sweden
Matti Nykanen dies
Feb 5
Ben Barba banned by Australia’s NRL for alleged assault
Feb 8
Plane carrying Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala crashes in English Channel
No racing in Britain due to outbreak of equine flu
Feb 9
Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group Zone 1 at University of Bath. GB bt Serbia in final
GB represented by Konta and Boulter in singles, Dart and Swan in doubles
Jason Holder banned from third Test for slow over rate
Feb 10
May hat-trick for England against France
Man City 6 (Aguero 3) Chelsea 0
World Grand Prix final (Cheltenham) – Trump bt Carter
Feb 11
Paul Scholes appointed as manager of Oldham
Feb 12
Gordon Banks dies
Third Test (Daren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia) England 277 and 361-5 (Root 122) West Indies 154 (Wood 5-41) and 252 (Chase 102). England won by 232 runs. West Indies win series 2-1
Man Utd beaten for first time under Solskjaer, by PSG
Shannon Gabriel banned for four ODIs for comments made to Joe Root
Feb 14
Welsh Open third round – Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland) bt O’Sullivan
Feb 15
Wilfried Zaha banned for one match for sarcastically applauding the referee
Laura Muir breaks Kirsty Wade’s British mile record
Welsh Open semi-finals – Bingham bt Joe O’Connor, Robertson bt Hossein Vafaei (Iran)
Feb 16
Australia win first SailGP series
Feb 17
Big Bash League final – Melbourne Renegades bt Melbourne Stars
Men’s slalom – Hirscher
World Club Challenge – Sydney Roosters bt Wigan Warriors. Hat-trick for Brett Morris
Welsh Open final – Robertson bt Bingham
Daytona 500 – Denny Hamlin
Feb 18
Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –
World Sportsman of the Year – Novak Djokovic
World Sportswoman of the Year – Simon Biles
World Team of the Year – France football team
World Breakthrough of the Year – Naomi Osaka
World Comeback of the Year – Tiger Woods
World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Henrieta Farkasova and guide Natalia Subrtova
World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Chloe Kim
Lifetime Achievement Award – Arsene Wenger
Spirit of Sport Award – Lindsey Vonn
Leeds United fined £200,000 after spying on a Derby County training session
Feb 19
Oman bowled out for 24 by Scotland in ODI
Feb 20
First ODI – West Indies 360-8 (Gayle 135) England 364-4 (Roy 123, Root 102)
Steve Stricker appointed as captain of US Ryder Cup team for 2020
Feb 21
Breakdancing being considered for 2024 Olympics
Feb 22
Deulofeu hat-trick for Watford against Cardiff City
Feb 23
Chris Eubank Jr bt James DeGale
Feb 24
Carabao Cup final – Man City bt Chelsea on penalties. Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga refuses to be substituted
WGC-Mexico Championship – Dustin Johnson
Feb 26
Brendon Rodgers replaces Puel as manager of Leicester
Neil Lennon appointed as caretaker manager of Celtic
Feb 27
Fourth ODI – England 418-6 (Buttler 150, Morgan 103) West Indies 389 (Gayle 162). Rashid took last four West Indies wickets in five balls
Feb 28
James DeGale retires
Claudio Ranieri sacked as manager of Fulham. Scott Parker appointed as caretaker manager
March
Mar 1
European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Glasgow
Chicago Bulls bt Atlanta Hawks 168-161 in the third-highest scoring game in NBA history
Mar 2
World squash championships. Men’s – Ali Farag, Women’s – Nour El Sherbini
Fifth ODI – England 113 (Thomas 5-21) West Indies 115-3 (Gayle 77 off 27 balls)
Dubai Tennis Championships final – Federer bt Tsitsipas to win 100th ATP Tour Title
FC Cincinnati play first match in MLS
Mar 3
UK Open darts final – Nathan Aspinall bt Rob Cross
Mar 5
Champions League – Ajax bt Real Madrid
England win SheBelieves Cup
Mar 8
West Indies bowled out for 45 in second T20 match. Jordan 4-6
Mar 9
Sterling hat-trick for Man City against Watford
Mar 10
Players Championship final – O’Sullivan bt Robertson and scores his 1,000th career century
BBL Trophy final – London City Royals bt London Lions
WBBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Durham Palatinates
West Indies bowled out for 71 in third T20 match. Willey 4-7. England win series 3-0
Jack Grealish attacked by Birmingham City supporter
Zinedine Zidane replaces Santiago Solari as manager of Real Madrid
EIHL Challenge Cup final – Belfast Giants bt Guildford Flames
Mar 11
Formula 1 will change its scoring system this year by giving a point to the driver who sets the fastest lap in a Grand Prix
Mar 12
Champion Hurdle – Espoir d’Allen (Mark Walsh), trained by Gavin Cromwell. 2nd Melon 3rd Silver Streak
Man City 7 Schalke 0
Mar 13
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Altior
Altior equals Big Bucks’ record of 18 wins
Cross Country Chase – Tiger Roll
Mar 14
Stayers’ Hurdle – Paisley Park
Ryanair Chase – Frodon (Bryony Frost)
Giroud hat-trick for Chelsea against Dinamo Kiev
Charlie Whiting dies
Championship League Snooker final – Gould bt Lisowski
Mar 15
Gold Cup – Al Boum Photo (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2nd Anibale Fly 3rd Bristol De Mai
Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle – Minella Indo (Rachel Blackmore)
Leading jockey – Nico de Boinville
Leading trainer – Willie Mullins
Paul Scholes resigns as manager of Oldham
Charlotte Austwick hits 103 in South Africa Women’s Open
Mar 16
Wales bt Ireland to win Grand Slam. Gareth Anscombe scores 20 points
England 38 Scotland 38. England led 31-0
Six Nations final table – Wales, England, Ireland, France, Scotland, Italy
Leading try scorer – Johnny May (6)
Leading points scorer – Owen Farrell (59)
Player of the Tournament – Alun Wyn Jones
England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam
Ladies World Snooker Championship – Reanne Evans. Twelfth title
Mar 17
Formula 1 teams –
Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas
Ferrari – Vettel, Leclerc
Red Bull – Verstappen, Gasly
McLaren – Sainz, Lando Norris
Williams – Kubica, George Russell
Racing Point – Perez, Stroll
Toro Rosso – Kvyat, Alexander Albon (Thailand)
Renault – Ricciardo, Hulkenberg
Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen
Alfa Romeo – Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi (Italy)
Australian GP – Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen
Bottas takes bonus point for fastest lap
Premiership Rugby Cup final – Northampton bt Saracens
Players Championship – McIlroy
Alpine Ski World Cup –
Men’s overall – Marcel Hirscher
Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez
Women’s overall – Mikaela Shiffrin
Women’s downhill – Nicole Schmidhofer (Austria)
Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Kamil Stoch
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Maren Lundby (Norway)
Pakistan Super League final (Karachi) – Quetta Gladiators bt Peshawar Zalmi
Mar 18
Team Sky to be renamed Team Ineos
Mar 20
Barclays to sponsor WSL
Mike Trout, known as ‘The Millville Meteor’, signs a 12-year, $426 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels, the richest contract in the history of North American sports
Mar 21
Court Simonne Mathieu replaces Court 1 as the third showcourt at Roland Garros
Mar 22
England 5 (Sterling 3) Czech Republic 0
Birmingham City deducted nine points
Mar 23
Scottish Challenge Cup – Ross County bt Connah’s Quay Nomads
Mar 24
Tottenham Hotspur stadium opens
MCC Champion County match (Dubai) MCC drew with Surrey. Ollie Pope hit 251 for Surrey
World Figure Skating Championships (Saitama, Japan). Men’s – Nathan Chen. Women’s – Alina Zagitova
EIHL League – Belfast Giants
Mar 25
Callum Hudson-Odoi and Declan Rice make England debuts against Montenegro
Mar 26
Joss Buttler loses his wicket after a controversial 'Mankad' dismissal from Ravi Ashwin in IPL
Mar 28
Solksjaer appointed as manager of Man Utd
Mar 29
Gordon Taylor resigns as PFA chairman
Owen Farrell is made England captain for Rugby World Cup
Mar 30
Leclerc gains maiden pole position at Bahrain GP
Surbiton win Women’s England Hockey League for sixth year in succession
Mick Schumacher racing in FIA Formula 2 Championship
Dubai World Cup – Thunder Snow (Christophe Soumillon). First horse to win the race twice
Following the reduction in the purse at the Pegasus World Cup, the Dubai World Cup is the world’s richest horse race
Kash Ali disqualified for biting David Price in heavyweight fight
Lincoln Handicap – Auxerre
Mar 31
Checkatrade EFL Trophy final – Portsmouth bt Sunderland
Bahrain GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc
First podium for Leclerc
World Golf Championships Match Play final – Kevin Kisner bt Matt Kuchar
April
Apr 2
Steve McClaren sacked as manager of QPR
Apr 3
Son scores first goal at new Spurs stadium, against Crystal Palace
Apr 4
Betway Bowl – Kemboy (Ruby Walsh)
Betway Aintree Hurdle – Supasundae (Robbie Power)
Apr 5
JLT Melling Chase – Min (Ruby Walsh)
Apr 6
Grand National – Tiger Roll (Davy Russell), trained by Gordon Elliott. 2nd Magic of Light 3rd Rathvinden
Tiger Roll becomes the first horse since Red Rum in 1974 to win back-to-back Nationals, as well as the first favourite to win the race since Comply or Die in 2008
FA Cup semi-final – Man City bt Brighton
Apr 7
Wrestlemania35. In the main event, Becky Lynch defeats Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair in a winner takes all triple threat match to win both championships
Cambridge win all four boat races. James Cracknell, aged 46, rows for Cambridge
FA Cup semi-final – Watford bt Wolves
China Open final – Robertson bt Lisowski
Championship Player of the Year – Teemu Pukki (Norwich)
League One Player of the Year – James Collins (Luton)
League Two Player of the Year – James Norwood (Tranmere)
Hong Kong Sevens final – Fiji bt France
ANA Inspiration – Ko Jin-young
Apr 8
Christian Wade signs for Buffalo Bills
Apr 10
Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Tammy Beaumont, Rory Burns, Joss Buttler, Sam Curran, Virat Kohli
Leading cricketer in the world – Virat Kohli
Leading women’s cricketer in the world – Smriti Mandhana
Masters Par 3 – Matt Wallace
European Artistic Gymnastics Championships start in Szczecin (Poland)
Tara Moore bt Jessika Ponchet after being 0-6, 0-5 and match point down
Apr 11
Diego Costa banned for eight games for insulting a referee’s mother
Apr 12
Tommy Smith dies
Ivor Broadis dies
Women’s all-around. Silver – Ellie Downie
Apr 13
Lucas Moura hat-trick for Spurs against Huddersfield
Lomachenko bt Crolla in lightweight world title fight
Apr 14
Chinese GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel. 1000th GP
Masters – Woods. Leading Briton – Poulter
Woods wins his fifth Green Jacket and fifteenth major
Northants score 750 against Glamorgan
10-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown is expected to become Britain’s youngest Olympian
Pommel horse – Max Whitlock
Balance beam – Alice Kinsella
Vault. Silver – Ellie Downie
EIHL Play-off final – Cardiff Devils bt Belfast Giants
Apr 16
Champions League quarter-finals – Barcelona bt Man Utd, Ajax bt Juventus
Apr 17
Champions League quarter-finals – Spurs bt Man City, Liverpool bt Porto
Apr 18
Alex McLeish sacked as manager of Scotland after 12 matches
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signs the most lucrative deal in NFL history
Apr 20
Perez hat-trick for Newcastle against Southampton
Champions Cup semi-final – Saracens bt Munster
Terence Crawford bt Amir Khan
Scottish Grand National – Takingrisks
Apr 21
Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Toulouse
Fed Cup qualifier (Copper Box, London) GB bt Kazakhstan
World Championship snooker first round – final frame between Gary Wilson and Luca Brecel lasts 79 minutes
Apr 22
Murphy bt Luo Honghao 10-0. Second whitewash at the Crucible, after Parrott bt Charlton 10-0 in 1992
Billy McNeill dies
Apr 23
James Cahill bt O’Sullivan 10-9. Cahill is first amateur qualifier
Shane Long scores after 7.7 seconds for Southampton against Watford. Fastest-ever goal in Premier League
Irish Grand National – Burrows Saint
Apr 25
Kyler Murray is first pick in NFL draft for Arizona Cardinals. Murray was also in the 2018 MLB draft
Apr 26
PFA Team of the Year contains six Man City players, four Liverpool players, and Paul Pogba
Apr 27
West Ham become the first away team to score a goal, and to win a match at new Spurs stadium
Bolton v Brentford postponed as Bolton players refuse to play over wage dispute
Second round – David Gilbert bt Williams
Champion jockey – Richard Johnson
Champion trainer – Paul Nicholls
Conditional Jockey championship – Bryony Frost
Apr 28
Azerbaijan GP – Bottas, Hamilton, Vettel
London Marathon – Kipchoge, in second fastest time in history. 5th Farah. Women’s race won by Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)
Leeds let Aston Villa score uncontested goal
WSL – Arsenal
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Lyon bt Chelsea
FWA Footballer of the Year – Raheem Sterling
FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year – Nikita Parris (Man City)
PFA Player of the Year – Virgil van Dijk
PFA Young Player of the Year – Sterling
PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal and Netherlands)
WRU National Cup final – Cardiff bt Merthyr
Apr 29
Premier 15s final – Saracens Women bt Harlequins Ladies
Steve Chalmers dies
May
May 1
Semenya loses case against IAAF that restricts testosterone levels in female runners
Kumar Sangakkara appointed as first non-British MCC president
CONCACAF Champions League – Monterrey (Mexico)
May 2
Brentford awarded 1-0 win over Bolton in cancelled match
May 3
Jofra Archer makes England debut in ODI against Ireland
May 4
2000 Guineas – Magna Grecia (Donnacha O’Brien), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Women’s Tour de Yorkshire – Marianne Vos
Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt West Ham
Fulham's Harvey Elliott becomes the youngest ever Premier League player at 16 years and 30 days
Kentucky Derby – Country House. Maximum Security was first past the post but was disqualified
Jamie Chadwick wins the opening race of the new W Series at Hockenheim
Semi-finals – Trump by Gary Wilson, Higgins bt Gilbert
May 5
1000 Guineas – Hermosa (Wayne Lordan), trained by Aidan O’Brien
Tour de Yorkshire – Chris Lawless
Record opening ODI partnership of 365 between John Campbell and Shai Hope for West Indies against Ireland
Badminton Horse Trials – Piggy French, riding Vanir Kamira
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – James Forrest (Celtic)
May 6
Final – Trump bt Higgins 18-9
11 centuries were scored in the final
Highest break – Higgins (143)
100 centuries were scored in the tournament
May 7
Champions League semi-final – Liverpool 4 (Origi 2, Wijnaldum 2) Barcelona 0. Liverpool win 4-3 on aggregate
May 8
Champions League semi-final – Ajax 2 Spurs 3 (Lucas Moura 3). 3-3 on aggregate. Spurs win on away goals
May 9
Europa League semi-finals – Aubameyang hat-trick for Arsenal vs Valencia, Chelsea bt Eintracht Frankfurt
Micky Steele-Bodger dies
European Rugby Challenge Cup final – Clermont bt La Rochelle
Rugby Players' Association awards –
Player’s player of the year – Danny Cipriani
England player of the year – Jonny May
Young player of the year – Ollie Thorley (Gloucester)
England women player of the year – Sarah Bern
Leading points scorer – George Ford (Leicester), 221 points
Leading try scorer – Cobus Reinach (Northampton), Danny Solomona (Sale), 12 tries
May 11
European Rugby Champions Cup final (St James’s Park) Saracens bt Leinster
2020 European Rugby Champions Cup final will be held in Marseille
European Player of the Year – Alex Goode (Saracens)
National League play-off final – Salford bt Fylde
Champions – Leyton Orient
Second ODI – England 373-3 (Buttler 110) Pakistan 361-7 (Fakhar 138)
May 12
Man City bt Brighton to win Premier League
Final table – Man City (98 points), Liverpool (97), Chelsea (72), Spurs (71)
Relegated – Cardiff, Fulham, Huddersfield
Golden boot – Salah, Mane, Aubameyang (22)
Liverpool only lost one match all season, to Man City
IPL12 final – Mumbai Indians bt Chennai Super Kings by 1 run
Player of the Series – Andre Russell
Spanish GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen. Fifth consecutive Mercedes 1-2
Scott Parker appointed as manager of Fulham
May 13
Chris Hughton sacked as manager of Brighton
May 14
Zandvoort will hold a Dutch Grand Prix in 2020
Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola
Barclays Player of the Season – Virgil van Dijk
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Chris Wilder
May 17
Israel Folau's contract has been terminated by Rugby Australia after he said "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post
Billy Vunipola given a "formal warning" by the Rugby Football Union after he defended Israel Folau
May 18
Catalans Dragons play Wigan Warriors at Nou Camp, Barcelona
World Taekwondo Championships (Manchester Arena) –
Featherweight – Bradley Sinden. First British male taekwondo champion
Women’s featherweight – Jade Jones
Women’s heavyweight – Bianca Walkden
Exeter finish top of Premiership. Relegated – Newcastle, Promoted – London Irish
FA Cup final – Man City 6 Watford 0
Sterling denied a hat-trick after Man City’s second goal was eventually awarded to Gabriel Jesus
Biggest margin of victory since Bury beat Derby County 6-0 in 1903
Netball Superleague Grand Final – Manchester Thunder bt Wasps
Women’s Champions League final – Lyon 4 (Hegerberg 3) Barcelona 1
Preakness Stakes – War of Will
May 19
FA Vase final – Chertsey Town by Cray Valley Paper Mills
FA Trophy final – Fylde bt Leyton Orient
Vincent Kompany leaves Man City to become player-manager of Anderlecht
England bt Pakistan 4-0 in ODI series
PGA (Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, New York) Koepka 2nd Dustin Johnson 3rd Matt Wallace
Tom Daley and Grace Reid win mixed 3m synchro gold at the Diving World Series in London
A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Perth Glory
May 20
Graham Potter appointed as manager of Brighton
Steve Clarke appointed as manager of Scotland
Ice Hockey World Championships – GB bt France to avoid relegation
BBL Play-off final – Leicester Riders bt London City Royals
WBBL Play-off final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Leicester Riders
May 21
Niki Lauda dies
Serie A – Juventus
La Liga – Barcelona
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich
Primeira Liga – Benfica
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain
Eredivisie – Ajax
May 22
Fifa abandons plan to go to 48 teams for 2022 World Cup
Gallagher Premiership Rugby Player of the Year – Danny Cipriani
Discovery of the Season – Tom Curry (Sale)
Director of Rugby of the Season – Mark McCall
BBC Women's Footballer of the Year – Ada Hegerberg
May 23
Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Cross
May 25
Premiership semi-finals – Saracens bt Gloucester, Exeter bt Northampton
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Hearts. Celtic win third successive treble
League Two play-off – Tranmere bt Newport
Promoted – Lincoln, Bury, MK Dons, Tranmere
Relegated – Notts County, Yeovil
Leading scorer – James Norwood (Tranmere) 29 goals
Steve Smith 116 in World Cup warm-up match against England
One-Day Cup final – Somerset bt Hampshire
Pro14 final – Leinster bt Glasgow Warriors
Principality Premiership – Merthyr
Scottish Premiership – Ayr
All-Ireland League – Cork Constitution
Rugby League Magic Weekend at Anfield
May 26
Ice Hockey World Championships final (Slovakia) – Finland bt Canada
League One play-off – Charlton bt Sunderland
Promoted – Luton, Barnsley, Charlton
Relegated – Plymouth, Walsall, Scunthorpe, Bradford
Leading scorer – James Collins (Luton) 25 goals
Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Celtic, 2nd Rangers
Leading scorer – Alfredo Morelos (Rangers), 18 goals
Relegated – Dundee
Scottish Premiership play-off – St Mirren bt Dundee Utd
Scottish Championship – Ross County
Scottish League One – Arbroath
Scottish League Two – Peterhead
Highland League – Cove Rangers
Lowland League – East Kilbride
Scottish League Two play-off final – Cove Rangers bt Berwick Rangers
Monaco GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen. First race this season without a Mercedes 1-2
British Open squash (Hull). Men’s –Mohamed Elshorbagy (Egypt), Women’s – Nouran Gohar (Egypt)
May 28
Championship play-off – Aston Villa bt Derby. Winning goal scored by John McGinn
Promoted – Norwich, Sheffield Utd, Aston Villa
Relegated – Rotherham, Bolton, Ipswich
Leading scorer – Teemu Pukki (Norwich) 29 goals
May 29
Europa League final (Baku) Chelsea 4 Arsenal 1
2020 Europa League final will be held in Gdansk
Indy 500 – Simon Pagenaud
County Championship final (Bill Beaumont Cup) – Cornwall bt Cheshire
May 30
Cricket World Cup starts. England bt South Africa in opening match, played at The Oval
The Oaks – Anapurna (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden
June
Jun 1
Champions League final (Wando Metropolitano, Madrid) Liverpool 2 (Salah, Origi) Spurs 0
Sixth win for Liverpool
2020 Champions League final will be held in Istanbul
Premiership final – Saracens 37 Exeter 34. Man of the Match – Maro Itoje
Antonio Reyes dies
The Derby – Anthony Van Dyck (Seamie Heffernan), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd Madhmoon 3rd Japan. Seventh win for O’Brien
Andy Ruiz bt Anthony Joshua at Madison Square Garden
Jun 2
Giro d’Italia – Richard Carapaz (Ecuador)
US Women’s Open – Lee Jeong-eun, also known as Jeongeun Lee6
World Rugby Sevens Series – Fiji. Runners-up – USA
Jun 3
World Cup – Pakistan bt England
Jun 4
Quarter-final – Konta bt Stephens. First British semi-finalist since Jo Durie in 1983
Jun 5
Uefa Nations League semi-final – Portugal 3 (Ronaldo 3) Switzerland 1
Jun 6
Uefa Nations League semi-final (Guimaraes) – Netherlands 3 England 1
Jun 7
'Rooney rule' introduced to 'address under-representation' of BAME football managers
Real Madrid agree a deal to sign Eden Hazard from Chelsea for a fee that could exceed £150m
Semi-finals – Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) bt Konta, Barty bt Amanda Anisimova (USA)
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Federer, Thiem bt Djokovic
Isle of Man Senior TT – Dean Harrison
Jun 8
Women’s final – Barty bt Vondrousova
Men’s doubles final – Krawietz and Mies bt Chardy and Martin
Mixed doubles final – Dodig and Chan bt Pavic and Dabrowski
Justin Edinburgh dies
Coventry City to groundshare with Birmingham City
Belmont Stakes – Sir Winston
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
MBE – Georgia Hall, Kyle Coetzer
Jun 9
Final – Nadal bt Thiem. 12th win for Nadal
Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Yingying and Saisai
Uefa Nations League final – Portugal bt Netherlands
Third-place play-off – England bt Switzerland
Canadian GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Leclerc
PDC World Cup of Darts final (Frankfurt) – Scotland (Anderson and Wright) bt Ireland (Lennon and O’Connor)
Jun 11
Messi is highest paid athlete in the world
USA 13 (Morgan 5) Thailand 0
Jun 12
Stanley Cup – St Louis Blues bt Boston Bruins
Play-offs MVP – Ryan O’Reilly
Regular season MVP – Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Daniel James moves from Swansea to Man Utd
Chris Froome crashes into a wall while training for the fourth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine
Jun 13
NBA finals – Toronto Raptors bt Golden State Warriors
Finals MVP – Kawhi Leonard
Regular season MVP – Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks). Born in Greece to Nigerian parents
Slavan Bilic appointed as manager of WBA
Jun 14
Jonathan Woodgate appointed as manager of Middlesbrough
Jun 15
Top 14 final – Toulouse bt Clermont
Jun 16
Maurizio Sarri moves from Chelsea to become manager of Juventus
Nottingham Open – Dan Evans
Le Mans – Toyota (Alonso, Buemi and Nakajima)
US Open (Pebble Beach) – Gary Woodland. 2nd Koepka
World’s strongest man – Martin Licis (USA). Scottish brothers Luke and Tom Stoltman both reached the final
Jun 17
St James’s Palace Stakes – Circus Maximus
Jun 18
Morgan hits 17 sixes against Afghanistan
Michel Platini released by French anti-corruption investigators after being questioned over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar
Prince of Wales's Stakes – Crystal Ocean
Jun 20
Gold Cup – Stradivarius (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden
Frankie Dettori claimed the first four winners of the day
Sandringham Stakes – Thanks Be (Hayley Turner)
New Orleans Pelicans choose Zion Williamson as first pick in NBA draft
Jun 21
Coronation Stakes – Watch Me
Felix Auger Aliassime (Canada) reaches quarter finals at Queen’s
England eliminated from UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019 after losing to France and Romania
Jun 22
Mohammed Shami hat-trick for India against Afghanistan
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore*?
Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien*?
Jun 23
French GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc
Nature Valley Classic final (Birmingham) – Barty bt Georges
Barty becomes new world number one
Queen’s final – Lopez bt Simon
Doubles final – Murray and Lopez bt Salisbury and Ram
World Cup last 16 – England bt Cameroon, who protest on the pitch about a VAR decision
BMW International Open – Andrea Pavan (Italy)
British Jumping Derby (Hickstead) – Michael Pender (Ireland), riding Hearton Du Boix Halleeux
KPMG Women's PGA – Hannah Green (Australia)
Jun 24
Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo announced as the hosts of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The IOC voted for Italy's joint bid ahead of Stockholm
Shakib 5-29 for Bangladesh against Afghanistan
Jun 25
Australia (Finch 100) bt England (Behrendorff 5-44)
Jun 26
Joao Felix moves from Benfica to Atletico Madrid for £114 million
Jun 27
Quarter-final – England bt Norway
Matthijs de Ligt moves from Ajax to Juventus
Jun 29
Boult hat-trick for New Zealand against Australia. Starc 5-26
London Series game one – NY Yankees 17 Boston Red Sox 13
Aaron Hicks hits first ever MLB home run in Europe
English Greyhound Derby (Nottingham) – Priceless Blake
Nature Valley International finals (Eastbourne) –
Men’s – Fritz bt Querrey
Women’s – Pliskova bt Kerber
Irish Derby – Sovereign
Aaron Wan-Bissaka moves from Crystal Palace to Man Utd
Jun 30
London Series game two – NY Yankees 12 Boston Red Sox 8
Austrian GP – Verstappen, Leclerc, Bottas
Euro U21 final (Udine) – Spain bt Germany
British National Cycling Championships. Men’s – Ben Swift. Women’s – Alice Barnes
July
Jul 1
Wimbledon first round – Cori “Coco” Gauff (aged 15) bt Venus Williams
Jul 2
Tanguy Ndombele moves from Lyons to Spurs for €60 million
Semi-final (Lyon) – USA 2 (Press, Morgan) England 1 (White)
Steph Houghton missed a penalty
Jul 3
Semi-final – Netherlands bt Sweden
Jul 4
Roof over No. 1 court at Wimbledon closed for the first time in a men’s doubles match involving Herbert and Murray
Rodri moves from Atletico Madrid to Man City
Jul 5
Shaheen Afridi 6-35 for Pakistan against Bangladesh
Phillip Cocu appointed as manager of Derby
Jul 6
Third round – Barty bt Harriet Dart
Second round – Mektic and Skugor bt Herbert and Murray
Third-place play-off – Sweden bt England
Tour de France starts in Brussels, to honour Eddie Merckx
Eclipse Stakes – Enable
Super Rugby final – Crusaders bt Jaguares
Kevin Durant moves from Golden State Warriors to Brooklyn Nets
Jul 7
Ellyse Perry 7-22 for Australia against England in ODI
Women’s World Cup final (Lyon) – USA bt Netherlands
Golden ball and golden boot – Megan Rapinoe
Copa America final – Brazil bt Peru. Guest teams – Japan and Qatar
Women’s Eurobasket final (Serbia) Spain bt France
RFL Women’s Challenge Cup semi-final – Wakefield 0 Castleford 100
Irish Open – Jon Rahm
Kyrie Irving signs for Brooklyn Nets as a free agent
Jul 8
Fourth round – Halep bt Gauff
Harvey Elliott, aged 16, moves from Fulham to Liverpool
Jul 9
Quarter final – Strycova bt Konta
Kawhi Leonard moves from Toronto Raptors to LA Clippers
Jul 10
Mixed doubles third round – Soares and Melichar bt Murray and Serena Williams (doubles pair known as Murena)
Semi-final – New Zealand bt India
State of Origin –New South Wales Blues bt Queensland Maroons
Jul 11
Semi-final – England bt Australia
Semi-finals – Serena Williams bt Strycova, Halep bt Svitolina
Jack Bond dies
Federer bt Nishikori to win 100th match at WimbledonJul 12
Vitality Netball World Cup starts at Echo Arena, Liverpool
Griezmann moves from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona for €120 million
Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) breaks Masterkova’s women’s mile record (set in 1996) at Diamond League meeting in Monaco. Race named after Gabe Grunewald
World Aquatic Championships start in Gwangju, South Korea
Semi-finals – Federer bt Nadal, Djokovic bt Bautista Agut
Jul 13
Final – Halep bt Williams
Men’s doubles final – Farah and Cabal (Colombia) bt Mahut and Roger-Vasselin
Men’s 3m synchronised springboard. Silver – Goodfellow and Laugher
Jul 14
World Cup final (Lord’s) New Zealand 241-8 England 241. Super Over – England 15-0 New Zealand 15-1. England won on boundary countback
Super Over bowled by Jofra Archer. Martin Guptill run out from the last ball
Player of the Match – Ben Stokes, who wears No. 55
Umpire Kumar Dharmasena admitted to an error in the last over when he awarded 6 runs instead of 5 as the batsmen had not crossed, after the ball deflected off Stokes’s bat to the boundary
Most runs – Rohit Sharma (648)
Most wickets – Mitchell Starc (27)
British GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc. Hamilton’s sixth win
Scottish Open – Bernd Wiesberger (Austria)
Final – Djokovic bt Federer 13-12 in final set
Women’s doubles final – Hsieh Su-wei and Strycova bt Dabrowski and Xu Yifan
Mixed doubles final – Dodig and Chan bt Lindstedt and Ostapenko
Wheelchair Quad doubles – Dylan Alcott (Australia) and Andrew Lapthorne
Formula E series finishes in Brooklyn. Title won by Jean-Eric Vergne
Daniel Dubois wins vacant British heavyweight title
Jul 17
Froome awarded 2011 Vuelta e Espana retrospectively after Juan Jose Cobo is stripped of the title over doping irregularities
Steve Bruce appointed as manager of Newcastle Utd
Jul 18
The Open – first round. Rory McIlroy scores 8 on first hole, David Duval shoots 91, Emilia Grillo hole-in-one, Ryan Fox shoots record inward 29
Europa League – Connah’s Quay Nomads bt Kilmarnock
Jul 19
Africa Cup of Nations final (Cairo) – Algeria bt Senegal
La Course – Marianne Vos
Jul 20
Netball semi-finals – New Zealand bt England, Australia bt South Africa
The Open third round – Shane Lowry shoots 63
Goldie Sayers receives 2008 Olympic javelin bronze medal
Peter McNamara dies
Jul 21
The Open (Royal Portrush) – Lowry. 2nd Fleetwood 3rd Finau
2020 Open will be held at Royal St George’s
Netball final – New Zealand 52 Australia 51
Bronze medal match – England bt South Africa
Speedway of Nations Grand Final – Russia bt Poland
Jul 22
100m breaststroke – Peaty. Silver – James Wilby
Peaty becomes first swimmer to break 57 seconds barrier
Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, Real Madrid
Jul 24
50m breaststroke – Peaty
200m butterfly – Kristof Milak (Hungary). Broke Phelps’s world record
Jul 25
Glamorgan bowled out for 44 by Surrey in T20 Blast
Tour de France – Bernal takes lead from Alaphilippe. Race stopped due to hailstorm
Jess Thirlby named as the new head coach of England netball
Dillian Whyte tests positive for two banned substances
Jul 26
England 85 (Murtagh 5-13) and 303 Ireland 207 and 38 (Woakes 6-17)
England won by 143 runs. Nightwatchman Jack Leach scored 92
Jul 27
RFL Women’s Challenge Cup final – Leeds bt Castleford
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable
Jul 28
Tour de France – Egan Bernal (Team Ineos). 2nd Thomas, 3rd Kruijswijk
Bernal (Colombia) is the first Latin American winner of the race
Points – Sagan
King of the Mountains – Bardet
Young Rider – Bernal
Combativity – Allaphilippe
Team – Movistar Team
Peaty wins third gold in 4x100m medley relay
High diving – Gary Hunt
Caleb Dressel wins six gold medals
Most gold medals – China (16)
Most medals – USA (36)
World Matchplay darts final – Cross bt Smith
German GP – Verstappen, Vettel, Kvyat
Evian Championship – Ko Jin-young
Senior British Open – Langer
WGC-FedEx – Koepka
King George V Gold Cup (Hickstead) – David Will (Germany)
Jul 29
British Speedway Championship – Charles Wright
Dalidar Muhammed breaks women’s 400m hurdles world record
Jul 30
Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius
Jul 31
Sussex Stakes – Too Darn Hot
August
Aug 1
Magnolia Cup at Goodwood won by Khadijah Mellah, believed to be the first person in the UK to appear in a competitive horse race while wearing a hijab
Aug 2
Nicolas Pepe moves from Lille to Arsenal
Aug 3
Celtic 7 St Johnstone 0
BDO World Championship to move from Lakeside to O2 Arena next year
Crusty the Pie is the new Wigan Athletic mascot
Aug 4
Women’s British Open – Hinako Shibuno (Japan, aged 20)
Community Shield – Man City bt Liverpool
Hungarian GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Vettel
World Croquet Championships – Ben Rothman (USA)
League Leaders’ Shield – St Helens
Aug 5
Harry Maguire moves from Leicester City to Man Utd for £80 million
First Test (Edgbaston) Australia 284 (Smith 144, Broad 5-86) and 487-7 dec (Smith 142, Wade 110) England 374 (Burns 133) and 146 (Lyon 6-49) Australia won by 251 runs
Burns batted on all five days of the Test
Aug 6
Fiona Kolbinger becomes first woman to win 4000km Transcontinental ultra-distance cycling race
Aug 7
Colin Ackermann 7-18 for Leicestershire v Birmingham in T20 Blast
Aug 8
Wayne Rooney will join Derby County as a player-coach in January from DC United. Rooney will wear the number 32 shirt as part of the club’s partnership with 32Red
Sterling hat-trick against West Ham
Aston Villa spent £133 million on summer transfers
David Luiz moves from Chelsea to Arsenal
Aug 9
Christian Wade scores touchdown in first game for Buffalo Bills
First goal of Premier League – Hanley o.g. Norwich v Liverpool
Premier League shirt sponsors: Aston Villa – W88, Norwich City – Dafabet, Sheffield Utd – Union Standard Group
Aug 10
Hayley Turner becomes the first jockey to twice be leading rider at the Shergar Cup, won by Rest of the World
European Athletics Team Championships start in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Arlington Million – Bricks and Mortar
Aug 11
Uefa Super Cup (Istanbul) – Liverpool bt Chelsea. Referee – Stephanie Frappart (France)
Jamie Chadwick wins W Series
Global T20 Canada – Winnipeg Hawks
Aug 12
Gasquet bt Murray in Cincinnati. Murray’s first singles match since 2017
Great Britain disqualified from the men's 4x400m relay after reserve shot putter Youcef Zatat was named in the line-up by mistake
Aug 13
Champions League third qualifying round – Cluj bt Celtic
Aug 15
Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown are disqualified from the World Triathlon Olympic qualification event in Tokyo after crossing the finish line hand-in-hand in a ‘contrived tie’
Aug 17
Pukki hat-trick for Norwich against Newcastle
Wales become No 1 in rugby union world rankings
Aug 18
Marnus Labuschagne becomes first concussion substitute in Test history, after Steve Smith is hit by a bouncer from Jofra Archer
World Seniors final – Jimmy White bt Morgan
Second Test (Lords) England 258 and 258-5 (Stokes 115) Australia 250 and 154-6. Match drawn
All-Ireland Hurling Final – Tipperary bt Kilkenny
BMW Championship – Justin Thomas
Aug 19
Coutinho loaned by Liverpool to Bayern Munich
Dane Vilas 266 for Lancs against Glamorgan
Aug 21
Ben Te’o moves from Worcester to Toulon
Aug 23
Women’s EuroHockey Championship semi-final – Netherlands 8 GB 0
Aug 24
Challenge Cup final – Warrington bt St Helens. Lance Todd Trophy – Daryl Clark
James Haskell signs a deal to fight with mixed martial arts promotion Bellator MMA
Aug 25
Women’s EuroHockey Championship final (Antwerp) – Netherlands bt Germany
Third Test (Headingley) Australia 179 (Archer 6-45) and 246 England 67 (Hazlewood 5-30) and 362-9 (Stokes 135) England won by 1 wicket
Stokes and Leach added 76 for the last wicket, with Leach scoring one run
Badminton World Championships. Men – Kento Momota (Japan). Women – P. V. Sindhu (India)
Tour Championship – McIlroy
FedEx Cup – McIlroy
Aug 27
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final – Atlanta United by Minnesota United
Carabao Cup – Crawley bt Norwich, Colchester bt Crystal Palace
Aug 28
Atalanta qualify for Champions League for the first time
Bury expelled from EFL. First club to be expelled from the Football League since Maidstone United in 1992
Aug 29
Uefa Players of the Year – Virgil van Dyck and Lucy Bronze
Esteban Ocon will replace Nico Hulkenberg at Renault next year
Aug 30
US Open third round – Federer bt Evans
Aug 31
Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert killed at Belgium Grand Prix
September
Sep 1
Women’s T20 final – Western Storm bt Southern Vipers
Belgium GP – Leclerc, Hamilton, Bottas
First win for Leclerc
Burghley Horse Trials – Pippa Funnell, riding MGH Grafton Street
ITU World Triathlon Series –
Men – Vincent Luis (France)
Women – Katie Zaferes (USA). 2nd Jessica Learmonth. 3rd Georgia Taylor-Brown
Sep 3
Quarter-final – Svitolina bt Konta
Sep 5
Semi-finals – Williams bt Svitolina, Andreescu bt Bencic
Men’s doubles semi-final – Cabal and Farah bt Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski
Sep 6
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Berrettini, Medvedev bt Dimitrov
Men’s doubles final – Cabal and Farah bt Granollers and Zeballos
Diamond League winners –
100m and 200m – Noah Lyles
Women’s 100m – Dina Asher-Smith
Women’s 1500m and 10000m – Sifan Hassan. Only athlete (male or female) in history to win both events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games
Abdul Qadir dies
Chester Williams dies
Sep 7
Final – Andreescu bt Williams. First teenager to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sharapova in 2006
Mixed doubles final – Jamie Murray and Mattek-Sands bt Venus and Chan
Kane hat-trick against Bulgaria
Quique Sanchez Flores appointed as manager of Watford
Sep 8
Final – Nadal bt Medvedev
Women’s doubles final – Mertens and Sabalenka bt Azarenka and Barty
Wheelchair men’s doubles – Hewett and Reid
Great North Run. Men’s – Farah wins for sixth time. Women’s – Kosgei
Fourth Test (Old Trafford) Australia 497-8 (Smith 211) and 186-6 England 301 and 197 Australia won by 185 runs
European Open – Paul Casey
Italian GP – Leclerc, Bottas, Hamilton
Walker Cup (Royal Liverpool) USA 15 ½ GB 10 ½
Sep 9
Brian Barnes dies
Sep 10
England 5 Kosovo 3. Match played in Southampton
Theresa May Resignation Honours List –
Knighthood – Boycott, Strauss
Sep 11
PGA Tour Player of the Year – McIlroy
Sep 14
St Leger – Logician (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden
Abraham hat-trick for Chelsea against Wolves
Premiership Rugby Sevens Series – Saracens
Sep 15
Fifth Test (The Oval) England 294 (Marsh 5-46) and 329 Australia 225 (Archer 6-62) and 263 (Wade 117) England won by 135 runs
Series tied 2-2. Australia retain the Ashes
Most runs – Smith (774), Stokes (441)
Most wickets – Cummins (29), Broad (23)
Solheim Cup (Gleneagles) Europe 14 ½ USA 13 ½
Winning putt sunk by Suzann Pettersen
Korda sisters (Nelly and Jessica) played for USA. Europe captain – Catriona Matthew. USA captain – Juli Inkster
Vuelta a Espana – Primoz Roglic (Slovenia)
Sep 17
Rob Howley sent home from World Cup for an alleged breach of sports betting rules
Sep 18
Kyle Abbott takes match figures of 17-86 for Hampshire against Somerset
Darren Stevens, aged 43, scores 237 for Kent against Yorkshire
Sep 20
Japan bt Russia in opening match of World Cup. Kotaro Matsushima becomes the first Japanese player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup. Kirill Golosnitsky scores the first try of the tournament, for Russia
Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Jackson Hastings
Sep 21
British Speedway GP – Leon Madsen
Man City 8 Watford 0
T20 Blast finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Worcestershire Rapids bt Nottinghamshire Outlaws, Essex Eagles bt Derbyshire Falcons. Final – Essex bt Worcestershire. Player of the match – Simon Harmer
World Basketball final – Spain bt Argentina
All-Ireland Gaelic Football final – Dublin bt Kerry
Sep 22
BMW PGA Championship – Willett
Singapore GP – Vettel, Leclerc, Verstappen
UCI Road World Championships start in Yorkshire
Carabao Cup – Colchester bt Spurs
Women’s time trial – Chloe Dygert Owen (USA)
IndyCar Series – Josef Newgarden
Best Fifa Football Awards –
Men’s Player – Lionel Messi
Men’s Manager – Jurgen Klopp
Women’s Player – Megan Rapinoe
Women’s Manager – Jill Ellis (USA)
Fair Play Award – Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds Utd
Sep 25
Carabao Cup – Chelsea 7 Grimsby 1, Man Utd bt Rochdale on penalties
Men’s time trial – Rohan Dennis (Australia)
Sep 26
County Championship – Essex. 2nd Somerset
Relegated – Notts
Promoted – Lancs, Northants, Glos
Essex captain – Ryan ten Doeschate. Essex coach – Anthony McGrath
Most runs in Division One – Dominic Sibley (Warwicks)
Most wickets in Division One – Simon Harmer (Essex)
Sep 28
World Athletics Championships start at Khalifa International Stadium in Doha
Mascot – Falah, an anthropomorphic falcon
Women’s marathon started at midnight due to extreme temperatures. 28 of the 68 entrants dropped out
100m – Coleman
Japan bt Ireland. Japan’s try scored by Fukuoka
Women’s road race – Annemiek van Vleuten
Laver Cup – Team Europe bt Team World. Captains – Borg and McEnroe
Nigel Benn, aged 55, to come out of retirement
AFL Grand Final – Richmond bt Greater Western Sydney
Sep 29
100m – Fraser-Price. Silver – Asher-Smith
Pole vault. 4th Bradshaw
Mixed 4x400m relay – USA
Russian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Leclerc
Jonathan Rea wins fifth straight World Superbike title
Berlin Marathon – Bekele
Men’s road race – Mads Pedersen (Denmark)
Cambridgeshire Handicap – Lord North
Sep 30
Karsten Warholm retains 400m hurdles title
October
Oct 1
200m. 4th Gemili
Alberto Salazar banned for four years for doping violations
Spurs 2 Bayern Munich 7 (Gherby 4)
Oct 2
200m – Asher-Smith
PCA player of the year – Stokes
Young player – Tom Banton (Somerset)
Women’s player – Sophie Ecclestone
Towcester racecourse closes
Nike Oregon Project (NOP) closes
The three Barrett brothers (Beauden, Jordie, and Scott) all score tries for New Zealand against Canada
Oct 3
Heptathlon – Johnson-Thompson
David Pemsel to replace Richard Scudamore as Premier League Chief Executive
Women’s 400m – Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) in the third-fastest 400m of all time
Oct 4
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships start in Stuttgart
Oct 5
Men’s 4x100m relay. Silver – GB
Women’s 4x100m relay. Silver – GB
Marathon. 4th Hawkins
USA top the medal table, winning 14 gold medals
Lavaninni sent-off for Argentina against England
Beth England scores for England against Brazil women
Championship play-off final – Toronto Wolfpack bt Featherstone Rovers
Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik (Poland)
Oct 6
LA Raiders bt Chicago Bears in first NFL match played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
NRL Grand Final – Sydney Roosters bt Canberra Raiders
Dunhill Links Championship – Victor Perez (France)
Wales Rally GB – Ott Tanak (Estonia)
Oct 7
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Waldgeist. 2nd Enable
Oct 9
Viktor Hovland ties PGA tour record of 17 consecutive rounds in the 60s
Petr Cech signs for Guildford Phoenix as a goaltender
Oct 10
WNBA finals – Washington Mystics bt Connecticut Sun
Oct 11
Czech Republic end England’s 43-game unbeaten run in qualifiers stretching back 10 years. Debut for Mason Mount
WSL Rugby – Leeds Rhinos
Oct 12
England v France, New Zealand v Italy and Canada v Namibia cancelled due to Typhoon Hagabis and are recorded as 0-0 draws
Eliud Kipchoge runs Ineos 1:59 Challenge marathon in Vienna in 1:59:40
Super League Grand Final – St Helens bt Salford. Harry Sunderland Trophy – Luke Thompson
Pommel horse – Max Whitlock
Uneven bars. Silver – Becky Downie
Vault. Bronze – Ellie Downie
CPLT20 final – Barbados Tridents bt Guyana Amazon Warriors
World Grand Prix final (Dublin) – Van Gerwen bt Chisnall
Ironman World Championship. Men’s – Jan Frodeno. Women’s – Anne Haug. 2nd Lucy Charles, for the third year in succession
Cesarewitch Handicap – Stratum
Oct 13
Japan bt Scotland
Final group tables –
Pool A – Japan, Ireland, Scotland, Samoa, Russia
Pool B – New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Namibia, Canada
Pool C – England, France, Argentina, Tonga, USA
Pool D – Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia, Uruguay
Japan and Wales won all their matches
Russia and USA lost all their matches
Japanese GP – Bottas, Vettel, Hamilton. Mercedes win constructor’s championship
Parallel bars – Joe Fraser
Simone Biles won five gold medals, taking her total of gold medals to 19, and her total of medals to 25
Brigid Kosgei breaks women’s world marathon record, running 2:14:04 in Chicago
Italian Open – Bernd Weisberger
British Touring Car Championship – Colin Turkington
Oct 14
Bulgaria 0 England 6. Debut for Tyrone Mings. Match stopped twice due to racist chanting
Coco Gauff wins first ATP title at Linz Open
Oct 15
Boundary countback rule scrapped. Under the new rules, if teams are tied on the same number of runs in the semi-final or final of a global tournament, the Super Over will be repeated until one team wins
Oct 16
Man of Steel – Jackson Hastings (Salford)
Oct 17
SGB Premiership final – Swindon Robins bt Ipswich Witches
Oct 19
Quarter-finals – England 40 Australia 16. Match played in Oita
New Zealand 46 Ireland 14
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – King of Change
Champion Stakes – Magical
Champion jockey – Oisin Murphy
Champion trainer – John Gosden
Rohit Sharma hits a record 16 sixes in a Test series for India against South Africa
Oct 20
Quarter-finals – Wales 20 France 19. Winning try scored by Moriarty. Vahaamahina sent off
South Africa bt Japan
European Open final (Antwerp) – Murray bt Wawrinka
PDC Champions League of Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Wright
Josh Hill, aged 15, wins Al Ain Open in Abu Dhabi
British Superbike Championship – Scott Redding
English Open final (Crawley) – Selby bt Gilbert
Oct 21
Chichester receive a bye to second round of FA Cup as Bury were expelled from the competition
Oct 22
Sterling hat-trick against Atalanta
Southend 1 Doncaster 7
Oct 24
Golden State Warriors play first game at Chase Center in San Francisco
Oct 25
Southampton 0 Leicester 9. Hat-tricks for Vardy and Perez. Southampton goalkeeper – Angus Gunn
League of Ireland – Dundalk
Oct 26
Semi-final – England 19 New Zealand 7. England try scored by Tualagi. Match played in Yokohama
Tonga bt GB Lions in rugby league international
Oct 27
Semi-final – South Africa 19 Wales 16
Mexican GP – Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas
Oct 30
Carabao Cup – Liverpool 5 Arsenal 5
World Series – Washington Nationals 4 Houston Astros 3. All seven games were won by the away team
MVP – Stephen Strasburg
American League MVP – Mike Trout (LA Angels)
National League MVP – Cody Bellinger (LA Dodgers)
November
Nov 1
Bronze Medal match – New Zealand bt Wales
Last matches for coaches Steve Hansen and Warren Gatland
Nov 2
World Cup final (Yokohama) South Africa 32 England 12. Pollard kicked 22 points. Man of the Match – Duane Vermuelen. Referee – Jerome Garces. Captain – Siya Koilsi. Coach – Rassie Erasmus
Leading try scorer – Josh Adams (Wales) 7
Leading points scorer – Handre Pollard South Africa) 69
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Vino Rosso
Breeder’s Cup Turf – Bricks and Mortar
Nov 3
World Rugby Awards –
Player of the year – Pieter-Steph du Toit
Women’s Player of the Year – Emily Scarratt
Team of the Year – South Africa
Coach of the Year – Rassie Erasmus
WTA Finals final (Shenzhen) Barty bt Svitolina
Barty took home $4.42 million in prize money as a result of winning this tournament, which is the most prize money ever won by any player in tennis history, male or female
Doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Strycova and Hseih
United States GP – Bottas, Hamilton, Verstappen. Hamilton wins sixth world title
World Open snooker final – Trump bt Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
WGC-HSBC Champions – McIlroy
Nov 4
Saracens deducted 35 points for breaching salary cap rules
Nov 5
Melbourne Cup – Vow and Declare. Frankie Dettori's runner-up Master Of Reality is demoted to fourth after a stewards' inquiry
Chelsea 4 Ajax 4
Nov 7
Sonny Bill Williams signs for Toronto Wolfpack
Nov 8
Michael O’Neill appointed as manager of Stoke City
Malan 103 in T20 match against New Zealand. Second England player to score a T20 century, after Alex Hales
Watford win first game of the season, against Norwich
Nov 9
England Women 1 Germany Women 2. Match played at Wembley in front of 77,768 supporters
Eddie Pepperell disqualified from Turkish Open for running out of balls
Nov 10
England bt New Zealand in Super Over to win T20 series 3-2
Macclesfield beaten by Kingstonian in FA Cup as the Macclesfield team continued a strike over unpaid salaries
Liverpool 3 Man City 1
Turkish Open – Tyrell Hatton, after a six-man playoff
Fed Cup final – France bt Australia
MLS Cup – Seattle Sounders bt Toronto
Nov 11
Scottish Women's Premier League – Glasgow City
Nov 12
Cartier Horse of the Year – Enable
Nov 14
England 7 (Kane 3) Montenegro 0. England’s 1000th international
Nov 15
Myles Garrett (Cleveland Browns) attacks Mason Rudolph (Pittsburgh Steelers) with his own helmet
Nitto ATP Tour World Finals group tables –
Group Andre Agassi – Tsitsipas, Zverev, Nadal, Medvedev
Group Bjorn Borg – Thiem, Federer, Djokovic, Berrettini
Salisbury played with Ram in doubles
Harrison Dillard dies
Nov 16
Papua New Guinea bt GB Lions
Semi-finals – Tsitsipas bt Federer, Thiem bt Zverev
Grand Slam of Darts final – Gerwyn Price bt Peter Wright
Nov 17
Final – Tsitsipas bt Thiem
Doubles final – Herbert and Mahut bt Klaasen and Venus
MotoGP final standings – 1st Marquez (Honda), 2nd Dovizioso
Constructors’ champion – Honda
Moto2 – Alex Marquez
Moto3 – Lorenzo Dalla Porta
Brazilian GP – Verstappen, Gasly, Sainz
First podiums for Gasly and Sainz
Nascar Cup series – Kyle Busch
World Rally Championship – Ott Tanak, driving a Hyundai i20 Coupe
Nov 19
Mourinho replaces Pochettino as manager of Spurs
Wales bt Hungary to qualify for Euro 2020
Nov 20
Deve Rennie replaces Michael Cheika as head coach of Australia
Nov 21
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Asher-Smith
Young Sportswoman of the Year – Khadijah Mellah
Team of the Year – England’s netball team
Davis Cup quarter-final – GB bt Germany. Tournament organised by Gerald Pique
Nov 22
Semi-finals – Spain bt GB, Canada bt Russia
Martyn Williams is named new team manager of Wales
World Athletes of the Year – Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad
Nov 23
Final (Madrid) – Spain bt Canada
Copa Libertadores – Flamengo bt River Plate
Christy 1965 Chase (Ascot) Cyrname 2nd Altior
Betfair Chase – Lostintranslation
Nov 24
DP World Tour Championship, and Race to Dubai – Jon Rahm
Players Championship final – Van Gerwen bt Price
Grey Cup – Winnipeg Blue Bombers bt Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Japan Cup – Suave Richard
Nov 28
Zak Crawley makes England debut against New Zealand
Mosconi Cup (Las Vegas) – USA bt Europe. MVP – Skyler Woodward
Nicholas Latifi (Canada) will place Kubica at Williams next year. Kubica will join Alfa Romeo as a reserve driver
Nov 29
Unai Emery sacked by Arsenal. Freddie Ljungberg appointed as temporary manager
David Pemsel resigns as Premier League Chief Executive
Nov 30
UK Snooker Championship first round – Hawkins 147 against Gerard Greene
David Warner 335 against Pakistan
December
Dec 1
WSL – Arsenal 11 (Meridama 6) Bristol City 1
Alfred Dunhill Championship – Larrazabal. Held in South Africa
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclarc
Final standings – 1st Hamilton 413 points, 2nd Bottas 326 points, 3rd Verstappen
Constructors – 1st Mercedes 739 points, 2nd Ferrari 504 points, 3rd Red Bull
Race winners – Hamilton 11, Bottas 4, Verstappen 3, Leclerc 2, Vettel 1
Pole positions – Leclerc 7, Hamilton 5, Bottas 5, Verstappen 2, Vettel 2
British Figure Skating Championships. Men’s – Peter James Hallam. Women’s – Natasha McKay
Formula 2 Championship – Nyck de Vries (Netherlands)
Dec 2
Third round – Bond bt Trump
Ballon d’Or – Messi, 2nd Van Dijk, 3rd Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or Feminin – Megan Rapinoe
BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year – Alun Wyn Jones
ToroRosso is rebranded to AlphaTauri to promote the AlphaTauri fashion brand
Dec 3
Second Test (Hamilton) New Zealand 375 (Latham 105) and 241-2 (Williamson 104, Taylor 105) England 476 (Root 226, Burns 101). Match drawn. New Zealand win series 1-0
Dec 4
Bob Willis dies
Dec 5
Marco Silva sacked as manager of Everton. Duncan Ferguson appointed as temporary manager
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus’ by Duncan Hamilton
Hollie Doyle sets a new record for wins in a year by a female jockey, passing the previous record of 106 winners set by Josephine Gordon in 2017
Dec 6
Nigel Pearson replaces Flores as manager of Watford
Dec 7
Joshua bt Ruiz in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
Hero World Challenge – Stenson
Patrick Reed is penalized two shots for improving his lie at Hero World Challenge
Ron Saunders dies
Semi-finals – Ding Junhui bt Yan Bingtao, Maguire bt Allen
Dec 8
Scottish League Cup final – Celtic bt Rangers
UK Snooker Championship final (Barbican Centre, York) Ding Junhui bt Maguire
Women’s Big Bash League final – Brisbane Heat bt Adelaide Strikers
Dec 9
Russia banned for four years by WADA
Dec 10
Jim Smith dies
European Tour golfer of the year – Jon Rahm
Dec 11
Gabriel Jesus hat-trick against Dinamo Zagreb
Ian Foster replaces Steve Hansen as head coach of New Zealand
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Barty
International Tennis Federation World Champions – Nadal and Barty
Dec 12
Patrick Reed's caddie is thrown out of the Presidents Cup in Melbourne by the PGA Tour after he "shoved" a fan who verbally abused his player
Presidents Cup – USA 16 International 14. Captains – Woods and Els
Dec 15
BBC Sports Personality of the Year (P&J Live, Aberdeen) 1st Ben Stokes, 2nd Lewis Hamilton, 3rd Dina Asher-Smith
Other nominees – Katrina Johnson-Thompson, Raheem Sterling, Alun Wyn Jones
World Sports Star – Eliud Kipchoge
Coach – John Blackie
Team – England’s Cricket World Cup team
Greatest Moment of the Year – Jos Buttler breaks the stumps to seal Cricket World Cup victory
Young Personality – Caroline Dubois
Lifetime Achievement Award – Tanni Grey-Thompson
Helen Rollason award – Doddie Weir
Unsung hero – Keiren Thompson
Dec 17
Carabao Cup – Aston Villa 5 Liverpool 0. Average age of Liverpool team is 19 years 6 months
World Club Cup semi-final – Flamengo bt Al-Hilal
PDC first round – Fallon Sherrock bt Ted Evetts
Clare Balding to replace tony Adams as president of Rugby Football League next year
Dec 18
Semi-final – Liverpool bt Monterrey
Dec 20
Mikel Arteta appointed as manager of Arsenal
Dec 21
Carlo Ancelotti appointed as manager of Everton
Big Bash match in Canberra abandoned because of poor air quality caused by smoke from bushfires
Final – Liverpool 1 (Firmino) Flamengo 0
Martin Peters dies
Second round – Sherrock bt Suljovic
Dec 26
King George VI Chase – Clan des Obeaux
Dec 27
Third round – Chris Dobey bt Sherrock
Welsh National – Potters Corner
Dec 28
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race – Comanche
Dec 29
First Test (Centurion Park, Pretoria) South Africa 284 and 272 England 181 and 268 South Africa won by 107 runs
David Moyes replaces Pellegrini as manager of West Ham
Birmingham 4 Leeds 5
Dec 31
Most Test runs in 2019 – Marnus Labuschagne
Most Test wickets in 2109– Pat Cummins
New Years Honours –
Knighthood – Clive Lloyd, Gordon Greenidge
CBE – Eion Morgan
OBE – Ben Stokes, Trevor Baylis, Catriona Matthew, Jade Jones
MBE – Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Jill Scott, Kelly Sotherton
