Sport and Leisure/Sport 2023
January
Jan 1
European Capital of Sport – Glasgow
Shot clock in rugby union introduced. Players will have 90 seconds to take a conversion and a minute for penalties, or the kick will be disallowed
Cody Gakpo moves from PSV Eindhoven to Liverpool
Jan 2
Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffers cardiac arrest during match against Cincinnati Bengals
PDC semi-finals – Michael Smith bt Gabriel Clemens (Germany), Michael van Gerwyn bt Dimitri Van den Bergh (Belgium)
Jan 3
PDC Final – Smith bt van Gerwen
Jan 4
West Ham co-chairman David Gold dies
Jan 6
Gianluca Vialli dies
Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong are replaced by David Gilbert and Hossein Vafaei in The Masters following match-fixing allegations
Four Hills Tournament – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)
Jan 7
FA Cup third round – Wrexham bt Coventry
Jan 8
FA Cup third round – Stevenage bt Aston Villa
The Masters first round – Hossein Vafaei bt Mark Selby
Tournament of Champions – Jon Rahm
Jan 9
Gareth Bale retires
Jan 10
David Duckham dies
Jan 11
Carabao Cup quarter-final – Southampton bt Man City
Jan 12
On-loan Atletico Madrid forward Joao Felix sent off on Chelsea debut against Fulham
Jan 15
The Masters final – Trump bt Williams
Mykhailo Mudryk moves from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea
Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) – Cars classification won by Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving a Toyota. 6th win
Jan 16
Eddie Jones is appointed as head coach of Australia
Australian Open first round – Murray bt Berrettini
Jan 18
Australian Open second round – Mackenzie McDonald bt Nadal
Australian Open second round – Gauff bt Raducanu
Jan 19
Australian Open second round – Murray bt Thanasi Kokkinakis. Match finished at 04:05
NBA match in Paris – Chicago Bulls bt Detroit Pistons
World’s richest football clubs – Man City, Real Madrid, Liverpool
Jan 20
Danny Ings moves from Aston Villa to West Ham
Leandro Trossard moves from Brighton to Arsenal
Jan 21
Australian Open third round – Roberto Bautista Agut bt Murray
Jan 22
Haaland hat-trick against Wolves
Jan 23
Frank Lampard sacked as manager of Everton
Scottish Cup fourth round – Darval bt Aberdeen
Darval play in the West of Scotland Premier Division, the sixth tier of Scottish football
World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Jamie Walker. Women’s – Katherine Rednall
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Flightline
Jan 24
Mikaela Shiffrin passes Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record of 82 wins
Jan 26
Australian Open women’s singles semi-finals – Rybakina bt Azarenka, Sabalenka bt Magda Linette (Poland)
ICC Cricketer of the Year awards –
Men's Test Cricketer of the Year – Ben Stokes
Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Babar Azam
Men's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Suryakumar Yadav
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy – Babar Azam
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Nat Sciver
Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year – Nat Sciver
Women's T20 Cricketer of the Year – Tahlia McGrath
Jan 27
Australian Open men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Tommy Paul, Tsitsipas bt Khachanov
Mixed doubles final – Matos and Stefani bt Bopanna and Mirza
Men's wheelchair doubles – Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid
16-year-old Billy Loughnane is top of the Flat jockey standings
Jan 28
Women’s singles final – Sabalenka bt Rybakina
Men’s doubles finals – Hijikata and Kubler bt Nys and Zielinski
Men's wheelchair singles – Alfie Hewett
Jan 29
Men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Tsitsipas. Tenth Australian Open title and 22nd major singles title overall
Women’s doubles final – Krejcikova and Siniakova bt Aoyama and Shibahara
Women's Under-19 World Cup final – England 68 India 69-3. Tournament played in South Africa
Anthony Gordon moves from Everton to Newcastle Utd
Cazoo Masters final – Chris Dobey bt Rob Cross
AFC Championship Game – Kansas City Chiefs bt Cincinnati Bengals
NFC Championship Game – Philadelphia Eagles bt San Francisco 49ers
Pegasus World Cup – Art Collector
BBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders
WBBL Cup final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders
Jan 30
Sean Dyche appointed as manager of Everton
Dubai Desert Classic – McIlroy
Jan 31
Transfer deadline day –
Enzo Fernandez moves from Benfica to Chelsea for £107 million
Jorginho moves from Chelsea to Arsenal
Marcel Sabitzer moves from Bayern Munich to Man Utd on loan
Joao Cancelo moves from Man City to Bayern Munich on loan
Carabao Cup semi-final – Newcastle Utd bt Southampton
