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 safety 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
February
Feb 1
Carabao Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Nottingham Forest
Feb 4
Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Ken Owens, Jonathan Sexton, Jamie Ritchie, Antoine Dupont, Michele Lamaro
Six Nations coaches – Steve Borthwick, Warren Gatland, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Kieran Crowley
Six Nations – Ireland bt Wales. First try of the tournament scored by Caelan Doris
Six Nations – Scotland bt England. Winning try scored by Duhan van der Merwe
Big Bash League final – Perth Scorchers bt Brisbane Heat
Amanda Serrano bt Erika Cruz to become undisputed world featherweight champion
Feb 5
Harry Kane breaks Jimmy Greaves’ goal scoring record for Spurs, with his 267th goal, against Man City
Great Britain win a first four-man bobsleigh medal at the World Championships for 84 years with silver in St Moritz. Pilot – Brad Hall
German Masters final – Ali Carter bt Tom Ford
Feb 6
Jesse Marsch sacked as manager of Leeds Utd
Alpine World Ski Championships start in France. Men’s events held in Courchevel. Women’s events held in Meribel
Feb 7
FA Cup fourth round – Sheffield Utd bt Wrexham
LeBron James becomes the NBA's all-time leading scorer, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 39-year-old record of 38,387 points
FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) bt Flamengo (Brazil)
Feb 8
FIFA Club World Cup semi-final – Real Madrid by Al Ahly (Egypt)
Feb 9
Tony Faulkner dies
Feb 10
Women’s T20 World Cup starts in South Africa
Feb 11
Women’s downhill – Jasmine Flury (Switzerland)
Six Nations – Ireland bt France
Six Nations – Scotland bt Wales and win the Doddie Weir Cup
FIFA Club World Cup final (Rabat) – Real Madrid 5 Al-Hilal 3
Feb 12
Men’s downhill – Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
Six Nations – England bt Italy
Nathan Jones sacked as manager of Southampton
World Senior Darts Championship final (Circus Tavern, Purfleet) – Robert Thornton bt Richie Howson
Super Bowl LVII – Kansas City Chiefs 38 Philadelphia Eagles 35
Winning field goal kicked by Harrison Butker
MVP – Patrick Mahomes
Game played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
Half time show headlined by Rihanna
NFL MVP – Patrick Mahomes
Feb 13
British Horseracing Authority's revised whip regulations come into effect
Feb 16
Women’s giant slalom – Shriffrin
Welsh Open round of 32 – Adam Wells bt Trump
Feb 17
Men’s giant slalom – Marco Odermatt
Welsh Open quarter-final – Teng Pengfei bt O’Sullivan
Feb 18
World Club Challenge – Penrith Panthers 12 St Helens 13. Lewis Dodd kicked the winning drop-goal in golden-point extra time
Women’s slalom – Laurence St-Germain (Canada)
Feb 19
First Test – England 325-9 and 374 New Zealand 306 (Blundell 138) and 126. England won by 267 runs
Anderson and Broad become the most successful bowling partnership in Test history, passing Warne and McGrath's record of 1,001 wickets
Welsh Open final (Llandudno) – Milkins bt Murphy
Men’s slalom – Henrik Kristoffersen (Norway). Silver – AJ Ginnis (Greece)
FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Georgia
Feb 21
Greg Foster dies
England score record 213-5 against Pakistan to post the highest total in Women's T20 World Cup history
Javi Gracia appointed as manager of Leeds Utd
Feb 22
Champions League – Liverpool 2 Real Madrid 5
Feb 23
John Motson dies
Women's T20 World Cup semi-final – Australia bt India
Feb 24
Women's T20 World Cup semi-final – South Africa bt England
Feb 25
Six Nations – Ireland bt Italy
Six Nations – England bt Wales. Winning try scored by Ollie Lawrence
Saudi Cup – Panthalassa. World’s richest horse race
Feb 26
Six Nations – France bt Scotland. Mohamed Haouas (France) became the first player to receive two career red cards in Six Nations. Grant Gilchrist was also sent off
Scottish League Cup final – Celtic bt Rangers
Women’s T20 World Cup final (Cape Town) – Australia bt South Africa
Carabao Cup final – Man Utd 2 (Casemiro, Rashford) Newcastle Utd 0
Players Championship snooker final – Murphy bt Carter
Tommy Fury bt Jake Paul in boxing match in Saudi Arabia
Feb 27
Novak Djokovic surpasses Steffi Graf's record for the most weeks as world number one after entering a 378th week at the top of the men's rankings
Best Fifa Football Awards –
The Best men's player – Lionel Messi
The Best women's player – Alexia Putellas
The Best men's coach – Lionel Scaloni
The Best women's coach – Sarina Wiegman
Snowboard slopestyle – Mia Brookes, who becomes Great Britain's youngest world champion in snowboarding history at the age of 16
Feb 28
Second Test (Basin Reserve, Wellington) – England 435-8 (Brook 186, Root 153*) and 256 New Zealand 209 and 483 (Williamson 132, Leach 5-157). New Zealand won by one run. Series drawn 1-1
Last man James Anderson was caught down the leg side by Tom Blundell off Neil Wagner when England needed two to win
West Indies defeated Australia in 1993 in the only other Test match to have been won by one run
March
Mar 1
Just Fontaine dies
FA Cup fifth round – Grimsby bt Southampton
Mar 2
Mixed snowboard team cross – GB (Huw Nightingale and Charlotte Bankes)
European Athletics Indoor Championships start in Istanbul
Mar 4
Philip Billing scores after 9 seconds for Bournemouth against Arsenal
Ski halfpipe. Silver – Zoe Atkin
1500m – Laura Muir
Mumbai Indians bt Gujarat Giants in the first game of the Indian Women’s Premier League
World Women’s Snooker Championship – Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Thailand)
Mar 5
Formula One teams –
Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, George Russell
Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll
McLaren – Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri (Australia)
Williams – Logan Sargeant (USA), Alexander Albon
AlphaTauri – Nyck de Vries (Netherlands), Yuki Tsunoda
Alpine – Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon
Haas – Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg
Alfa Romeo – Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu
Bahrain GP – Verstappen, Perez, Alonso
Liverpool 7 Man Utd 0
Salah breaks Robbie Fowler's record of 128 Premier League goals for Liverpool
Women’s League Cup final – Arsenal bt Chelsea
800m – Keely Hodgkinson
Long jump – Jazmin Sawyers
UK Open darts championship – Andrew Gilding bt Michael van Gerwen
HSBC Women’s World Championships – JY Ko (South Korea)
Mar 7
Champions League Round of 16 – AC Milan bt Spurs
Mar 11
Six Nations – England 10 France 53
Six Nations – Wales bt Italy
Mikaela Shiffrin becomes the greatest Alpine skier of all time with her 87th World Cup win, surpassing the record of 86 held by Swede Ingemar Stenmark since 1989
Mar 12
Six Nations – Ireland bt Scotland
Players Championship (Sawgrass) – Scottie Scheffler. 2nd Tyrell Hatton
Aaron Rai made a hole-in-one at the 17th hole
Mar 13
Dick Fosbury dies
Mar 14
Champions League Round of 16 – Man City 7 (Haaland (5)) RB Leipzig 0
Fifa switch the format for the expanded 2026 World Cup back to four-team groups
Champion Hurdle – Constitution Hill (Nico de Boinville), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2nd State Man 3rd Zanahiyr
Mares’ Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore)
Bangladesh bt England 3-0 in T20 series
Mar 15
Queen Mother Champion Chase – Energumene
Cross Country Chase – Delta Work
Champions League Round of 16 – Real Madrid bt Liverpool
Mar 16
Ryanair Chase – Envoi Allen
Stayers’ Hurdle – Sire Du Berlais
Europa League Round of 16 – Sporting Lisbon bt Arsenal
Women’s snooker pioneer Vera Selby dies
Mar 17
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira is sacked
Gold Cup – Galopin des Champs (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2nd Bravemansgame 3rd Conflated 4th Noble Yeats
Prestbury Cup – Ireland bt GB
Leading Jockey – Paul Townend
Leading Trainer – Willie Mullins
Mar 18
Six Nations – Scotland bt Italy. Hat-trick for Blair Kinghorn
Six Nations – Wales bt France. 100th cap for Taulupe Faletau
Six Nations – Ireland bt England. Freddie Steward sent off. 100th cap for Dan Cole
Johnny Sexton surpasses Ronan O'Gara (557 points) as the Six Nations' record scorer
Ireland's first Grand Slam in five years, and first won in Dublin
Final table – Ireland, France, Scotland, England, Wales, Italy
Leading points scorer – Thomas Ramos (84)
Leading try scorer – Damian Penaud (5)
Player of the tournament – Antoine Dupont
FA Cup quarter-final – Man City 6 (Haaland (3)) Burnley 0
Pakistan Super League final – Lahore Qalandars bt Multan Sultans
Mar 19
FA Cup quarter-final – Brighton 5 Grimsby 0
Premiership Rugby Cup final – Exeter Chiefs bt London Irish
Saudi Arabia GP – Perez, Verstappen, Russell
Indian Wells Masters. Men’s – Alcaraz. Women’s – Rybakina
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 – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)
Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Eva Pinkelnig (Austria)
Mar 21
World Baseball Classic final – Japan bt USA
Roy Hodgson appointed as manager of Crystal Palace
Mar 22
World Figure Skating Championships start in Japan
Mar 23
Harry Kane scores against Italy to become England's all-time top goalscorer with his 54th goal, breaking Wayne Rooney's record. Luke Shaw sent off. Match played in Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, Naples
Cristiano Ronaldo makes a world-record 197th men's international appearance in Portugal's match against Liechtenstein
Mar 24
Thomas Tuchel replaces Julian Nagelsmann as manager of Bayern Munich
Women’s singles – Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)
Mar 25
Men’s singles – Shoma Uno (Japan)
Ilia Malinin (USA) lands a quadruple axel for the first time on the world stage
Ice Dance – Madison Chock and Evan Bates (USA). 4th Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (UK)
Dubai World Cup – Ushba Tesoro
Women’s Six Nations – England bt Scotland. Sarah Hunter retires after winning 141 caps
Mar 26
WPL final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals
Scottish Challenge Cup final – Hamilton Academical bt Raith Rovers
Cambridge win men’s and women’s boat races
South Africa chase down 259, the highest pursuit in T20 history, to beat West Indies in T20 international
Ivan Toney makes England debut, against Ukraine
World Match Play Championship final – Sam Burns bt Cameron Young. Third-place play-off – McIlroy bt Scheffler
BBL Trophy final – Caledonia Gladiators bt Cheshire Phoenix
WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders
Mar 27
Antonio Conte leaves Spurs by mutual consent
Mar 28
Euro 2024 qualifying Group A – Scotland 2 (McTominay (2)) Spain 0
April
Apr 1
Ken Buchanan dies
Lincoln Handicap – Migration
Apr 2
Australian GP – Verstappen, Hamilton, Alonso. The race finished under a safety car after three red flags
Papa Johns EFL Trophy final – Bolton bt Plymouth
Brendan Rodgers sacked as manager of Leicester
Graham Potter sacked as manager of Chelsea
Tour Championship snooker final – Shaun Murphy bt Kyren Wilson
Apr 3
WWE and the Endeavor Group, the owners of mixed martial arts franchise UFC, are to form a new £17.3 billion sports entertainment brand
Apr 4
Amir Khan banned for two years after an anti-doping test revealed the presence of a banned substance following his fight against Kell Brook in 2022
Reading given six-point deduction for breaching EFL business plan
Fulham's Aleksandar Mitrovic is given an eight-match ban after pushing referee Chris Kavanagh in their FA Cup loss at Manchester United
Switzerland will host the 2025 Uefa Women's European Championship
Apr 5
Masters par 3 contest – Tom Hoge. Seamus Power hits back-to-back hole-in-ones
Frank Lampard to manage Chelsea until the end of the season
Apr 6
Women's Finalissima (Wembley) – England bt Brazil
Apr 8
Son Heung-min becomes the first Asian player to score 100 goals in the Premier League
Apr 9
The Masters – Jon Rahm. 2nd Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka
Apr 10
Irish Grand National – I Am Maximus
Dean Smith appointed as manager of Leicester City until the end of the season
Apr 11
Australia end England’s 30 match unbeaten run in women’s football. England's first ever loss under Sarina Wiegman
European Gymnastics Championships start in Antalya, Turkey
Apr 12
Proposed stadiums for joint Ireland and United Kingdom bid for the UEFA Euro 2028 includes Everton Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock and Casement Park in Belfast
Apr 13
Aintree Hurdle – Constitution Hill
Aintree Bowl – Shishkin
Apr 14
Melling Chase – Pic d’Orhy
Topham Chase – Bill Baxter
Harry Brook his maiden Indian Premier League century for Sunrisers Hyderabad
Women’s all-around – Jessica Gadirova
Apr 15
Grand National – Corach Rambler (Derek Fox), trained by Lucinda Russell. 2nd Vanillier 3rd Gaillard 4th Noble Yeats. Race delayed by animal rights activists. Hill Sixteen died during the race
Billie Jean Cup qualifier (Coventry) – France bt Great Britain
Heavyweight boxer Joe Joyce suffers first pro loss, to China’s Zhilei Zhang
Men’s floor – Luke Whitehouse
Apr 16
Chris Ashton becomes the first player to score 100 Premiership tries
Arjun Tendulkar, the son of Sachin, makes his Indian Premier League debut for Mumbai Indians
Women’s floor – Jessica Gadirova
Jake Jarman won two gymnastics silver medals and a bronze medal
World Snooker Championship first round – Neil Robertson makes two 146 breaks against Wu Yize
Apr 17
Play is disrupted at the World Snooker Championship after a protester climbed on to a table and covered it in an orange powder
Leeds 1 Liverpool 6
Quarterback Jalen Hurts agrees a new deal with the Philadelphia Eagles that makes him the highest-paid player in NFL history
Wisden leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes
Cricketers of the Year – Tom Blundell, Ben Foakes, Harmanpreet Kaur, Daryl Mitchell, Matthew Potts
Apr 18
Champions League quarter-finals – Real Madrid bt Chelsea, AC Milan bt Napoli
Apr 19
World Snooker Championship first round – Kyren Wilson 147 against Ryan Day
World Snooker Championship first round – Anthony McGill bt Judd Trump
Champions League quarter-finals – Man City bt Bayern Munich, AC Milan bt Benfica
Apr 20
World Snooker Championship first round – Si Jiahui bt Shaun Murphy
Europa League quarter-final – Sevilla bt Man Utd
Gloucestershire's Tom Price makes a hundred and takes a hat-trick on the same day
Apr 22
Scottish Grand National – Kitty’s Light
FA Cup semi-final – Mahrez hat-trick for Man City against Sheffield Utd
Wrexham bt Boreham Wood to win promotion from National League
Apr 23
London Marathon –
Men’s – Kelvin Kiptum (Kenya), in 2 hours 1 minute 25 seconds, the second-fastest time ever
Women’s – Sifan Hassan (Netherlands), in her first-ever marathon
Men’s wheelchair – Marcel Hug (Switzerland). Fifth win
Women’s wheelchair – Madison de Rozario (Australia)
FA Cup semi-final – Man Utd bt Brighton
Newcastle Utd 6 Spurs 1. Newcastle scored five goals in the first 21 minutes
Chevron Championship – Lilia Vu (USA)
World’s Strongest Man – Mitchell Hooper (Canada). 2nd Tom Stoltman
Apr 24
Spurs interim manager Cristian Stellini is sacked after four matches in charge and replaced by Ryan Mason
Champion jump jockey – Richard Hughes
Champion jump trainer – Paul Nicholls
Championship Player of the Year – Chuba Akpom (Middlesbrough)
League One Player of the Year – Aaron Collins (Bristol Rovers)
League Two Player of the Year – Sam Hoskins (Northampton)
Apr 26
Quarter-final – Luca Brecel bt O’Sullivan
Man City 4 Arsenal 1
Apr 27
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Barcelona bt Chelsea
NFL draft first pick – Bryce Young (Carolina Panthers)
Apr 28
Jim Fox dies
Apr 29
Women’s Six Nations – England 38 France 33. England win Grand Slam
Final table – England, France, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Ireland
Top scorer – Marlie Packer 35 (7 tries)
Player of the tournament – Gabrielle Vernier (France)
Brighton 6 Wolves 0
World Snooker Championship semi-final – Luca Brecel 17 Si Jiahui 15. Brecel won 11 frames in a row
World Snooker Championship semi-final – Mark Selby 17 Mark Allen 15
European Champions Cup semi-final – Leinster bt Toulouse
Sergio Perez wins first race in new ‘sprint’ format at Azerbaijan GP
Apr 30
Azerbaijan GP – Perez, Verstappen, Leclerc
European Champions Cup semi-final – La Rochelle bt Exeter
Tour de Romandie – Adam Yates
May
May 1
World Snooker Championship final – Luca Brecel 18 Mark Selby 15. Brecel is the first player from mainland Europe to win the title
Mark Selby becomes the first player ever to make a maximum 147 break in the final of the World Snooker Championship
Women’s Champions League semi-final – Wolfsburg bt Arsenal
May 3
Sam Allardyce replaces Javi Garcia as manager of Leeds
John Mitchell to replace Simon Middleton as head coach of England rugby union women’s team
Erling Haaland scores his 35th league goal of the season against West Ham to move past Alan Shearer and Andy Cole's previous best of 34
Tori Bowie dies
May 4
Napoli draw at Udinese to win Serie A for the first time since 1990
May 6
2000 Guineas – Chaldean (Frankie Dettori), trained by Andrew Balding
Kentucky Derby – Mage. Seven horses died in the build-up to the race
World Snooker Tour Player of the Year – Mark Allen
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez bt John Ryder to retain undisputed super-middleweight crown
Saracens finish top of Rugby Premiership
May 7
1000 Guineas – Mawj (Oisin Murphy), trained by Saeed bin Suroor
World Seniors Snooker Championship final –Jimmy White bt Alfie Burden
Miami GP – Verstappen, Perez, Alonso
May 8
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award: Lionel Messi
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Laureus World Team of the Year award: Argentina men's football team
Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year award: Carlos Alcaraz
Laureus World Comeback of the Year award: Christian Eriksen
Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award: Catherine Debrunner (Swiss para-athlete)
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year award: Eileen Gu
Laureus Sport for Good award: TeamUp (a programme for children displaced by war by Barcelona and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski)
Badminton Horse Trials – Ros Canter, riding Lordships Graffalo
May 10
Premiership player of the year – Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
May 11
World Squash Championships (Chicago). Men – Ali Farag. Women – Nour El Sherbini
May 12
FWA footballers of the year – Men – Erling Haaland, Women – Sam Kerr
May 13
National League playoff final – Notts County bt Chesterfield
Champions – Wrexham, with 111 points. Notts County were runners-up with 107 points
Premiership semi-final – Saracens bt Northampton
May 14
Premiership semi-final – Sale bt Leicester
Women’s FA Cup final – Chelsea 1 (Kerr) Man Utd 0
Race leader Remco Evenepoel pulls out of the Giro d'Italia after testing positive for Covid-19
PFA Scotland Premiership player of the year – Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic)
BBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders
WBBL Playoff final – London Lions bt Leicester Riders
May 16
Champions League semi-final – Inter Milan bt AC Milan
May 17
Champions League semi-final – Man City bt Real Madrid
Tao Geoghegan Hart crashes out of Giro d’Italia
Ivan Toney banned from football for eight months after he accepted breaking Football Association betting rules
May 18
League One play-off semi-final – Sheffield Wednesday overturn a four goal deficit against Peterborough. This was the biggest come back in play-off history
Europa Conference League semi-final – West Ham bt AZ Alkmaar
Rugby Players' Association awards –
Player’s player of the year – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers)
England player of the year – Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
Young player of the year – Tom Pearson (Northampton Saints)
England women player of the year – Sadia Kabeya (Loughborough Lightning)
Leading points scorer – Paddy Jackson (London Irish), 205 points
Leading try scorer – Caden Murley (Harlequins), 15 tries
May 19
European Challenge Cup final (Dublin) – Toulon bt Glasgow Warriors
Premiership Cup final – Exeter Chiefs bt London Irish
NFL running back Jim Brown dies
May 20
Man City win title Premier League title after Nottingham Forest best Arsenal
European Champions Cup final (Dublin) – La Rochelle 27 Leinster 26
Undisputed light-welterweight title fight (Dublin) – Chantelle Cameron bt Katie Taylor
Preakness Stakes – National Treasure
Devin Haney bt Vasiliy Lomachenko to remain undisputed lightweight world champion
May 21
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix called off because of major flooding in the region
US PGA Championship (Oak Hill, New York) – Brooks Koepka. Third win and fifth major. 2nd Victor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler. Hole-in-one for Michael Block
FA Vase final – Ascot United bt Newport Pagnell Town
FA Trophy final – FC Halifax Town bt Gateshead
May 24
Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year – “Unforgettable: Rugby, Dementia and the Fight of my Life” by Steve Thompson
May 25
Premier League Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Price
May 26
Sean Abbott (Surrey) equals the fastest T20 Blast century off 34 balls
May 27
Championship play-off final – Luton 1 Coventry 1. Luton 6-5 won on penalties. Fankaty Dabo was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout. Luton last played in the top division in 1992
Promoted – Burnley, Sheffield Utd, Luton
Relegated – Reading, Blackpool, Wigan Athletic
Leading scorer – Chuba Akpom (Middlesbrough) 28 goals
Chelsea win the Women's Super League for a fourth successive season
Bayern Munich win an 11th consecutive Bundesliga title, finishing ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference
Premiership rugby final – Saracens bt Sale to win their sixth title. Man of the match – Owen Farrell
United Rugby Championship Grand Final – Munster bt Stormers
May 28
Premier League – Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, Newcastle
Relegated – Leicester, Leeds Utd, Southampton
Leading Scorer – Erling Haaland (Man City) 36 goals
Everton bt Bournemouth in final match to avoid relegation
League Two play-off final – Carlisle bt Stockport
Promoted – Leyton Orient, Stevenage, Northampton, Carlisle
Relegated – Hartlepool, Rochdale
Leading scorer – Andy Cook (Bradford City) 28 goals
Serie A – Napoli
La Liga – Barcelona
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich
Primeira Liga – Benfica
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint Germain
Eredivisie – Feyenoord
Giro d’Italia – Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma). 2nd Geraint Thomas
Monaco GP – Verstappen, Alonso, Ocon
Jeff Stelling leaves Sky Sports Soccer Saturday after 25 years as host
Indy 500 – Josef Newgarden
Bill Beaumont Cup final – Kent bt Lancashire
May 29
League One play-off final – Sheffield Wednesday bt Barnsley
Promoted – Plymouth, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated – Milton Keynes Dons, Morecambe, Accrington Stanley, Forest Green Rovers
Leading scorer – Conor Chaplin (Ipswich), Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough) 28 goals
Mauricio Pochettino appointed as manager of Chelsea
IPL final – Chennai Super Kings bt Gujarat Titans. Fifth title for Chennai
Ravi Jadeja hit the last two balls for six and four to win the match for Chennai
Player of the series – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
Most runs (Orange Cap) – Shubman Gill
Most wickets (Purple Cup) – Mohammed Shami (Gujarat Titans)
May 30
Barclays Manager of the Season – Pep Guardiola
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Pep Guardiola
May 31
Europa League final (Budapest) – Sevilla bt Roma. Sevilla have now won all seven of the finals they have played in the competition
June
Jun 2
The Oaks – Soul Sister (Frankie Dettori), trained by John Gosden. Seventh win for Dettori
Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 1500m world record at the Diamond League meeting in Florence
Sam Allardyce leaves Leeds Utd
Jun 3
FA Cup final – Man City 2 (Gundogan 2) Man Utd 1 (Bruno Fernandez). Man of the match – Gundogan
Gundogan scored the quickest goal in FA Cup final history, after only 13 seconds
Epsom Derby – Auguste Rodin (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 2nd King of Steel. 3rd White Birch
Women’s Champions League final – Barcelona bt Wolfsburg
Test Match (Lords) Ireland 172 (Broad 5-51) & 362 (Adair 88, McBrine 86*, Tongue 5-66) England 524-4 dec (Pope 205, Duckett 182) & 12-0. England won by 10 wickets
Debut for Josh Tongue
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Inverness Caledonian Thistle
A-League Grand Final – Central Coast Mariners bt Melbourne City
Jun 4
Scottish Premiership final table – 1st Celtic 2nd Rangers
Leading scorer – Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) 27 goals
Relegated – Dundee United
Scottish Premiership play-off – Ross County bt Partick Thistle
Scottish Championship – Dundee
Scottish League One – Dunfermline
Scottish League Two – Stirling Albion
Highland League – Brechin City
Lowland League – Spartans
Scottish League Two play-off final – Spartans bt Albion Rovers
Spanish GP – Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell
Sue Redfern becomes first woman to stand as an on-field umpire in the T20 Blast
Miyu Kato and Aldila Sutjiadi are disqualified from the French Open women’s doubles after Kato hit a ball girl with a ball
Jun 6
Ange Postecoglou leaves Celtic to become new Spurs manager
PGA Tour and DP World Tour agree to merge with Saudi Arabian-backed circuit LIV Golf
Liang Wenbo and Li Hang are handed lifetime bans for their involvement in snooker's biggest match-fixing scandal
London Irish are suspended from the Premiership after missing a deadline to pay players and staff
Karim Benzema moves from Real Madrid to Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad
Jun 7
Europa Conference League final (Fortuna Arena, Prague) West Ham 2 (Benrahma, Bowen) Fiorentina 1 (Bonaventura)
West Ham’s first major trophy since winning the FA Cup in 1980
Lionel Messi to join Inter Miami after leaving Paris St-Germain
Jun 8
French Open mixed doubles final – Kato and Puetz bt Andreescu and Venus
French Open women’s singles semi-finals – Muchova bt Sabalenka, Swiatek bt Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
Jun 9
French Open men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Alvarez, Ruud bt Zverev
Faith Kipyegon breaks women's 5000m world record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris
Jun 10
French Open women’s singles final – Swiatek bt Muchova. Third French Open title and fourth Grand Slam singles title
French Open men’s doubles final – Dodig and Krajicek bt Gille and Vliegen
Champions League final (Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul) Man City 1 (Rodri) Inter Milan 0
Man of the Match – Rodri
Belmont Stakes – Arcangelo
Jun 11
French Open men’s singles final – Djokovic bt Ruud. Third French Open title. Djokovic now has a record 23 Grand Slam tournament singles titles
French Open women’s doubles final – Hsieh and Wang bt Fernandez and Townsend
World Test Championship final (The Oval) Australia 469 (Head 163, Smith 121) and 270-8 India 296 and 234. Australia won by 209 runs
Charlotte Edwards Cup final – Southern Vipers bt The Blaze
The Blaze, previously known as Lightning, represent the East Midlands region
Netball Super League final – Loughborough Lightning bt London Pulse
Ferrari win the Le Mans 24 Hours 100th anniversary race, with a line-up including Britain's James Calado
Jun 12
Katie Boulter replaces Emma Raducanu as British number one women's player
NBA finals – Denver Nuggets bt Miami Heat
MVP – Nikola Jokic
Regular season MVP – Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
Jun 13
Former England and Wasps prop Paul Rendall dies
Stanley Cup – Vegas Golden Knights bt Florida Panthers
MVP – Jonathan Marchessault
Regular season MVP – Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers)
Jun 14
John Hollins dies
Jude Bellingham moves from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid
Surrey chase 501-5 to beat Kent. Dom Sibley makes the slowest first-class century ever made in the County Championship – both in terms of balls batted (363 balls) and time spent at the crease (502 minutes)
Nations League semi-final – Croatia bt Netherlands
Jun 15
Gordon McQueen dies
The all-female W Series motor racing championship enters administration
Nations League semi-final – Spain bt Italy
Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele record the US Open's first 62s
Jun 16
Zak Crawley hits the first ball of The Ashes for four
Gino Mader dies during the Tour de Suisse
Jun 17
Top 14 final – Toulouse bt La Rochelle
King’s Birthday Honours –
CBE – Sarah Hunter
OBE – Ian Wright
MBE – Eniola Aluko, Fallon Sherrock
Jun 18
Canadian GP – Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton
Nations League final (Rotterdam) – Spain bt Croatia
Nottingham Open men’s – Murray bt Arthur Cazaux (France)
Nottingham Open women’s – Katie Boulter bt Jodie Burrage
First all-British WTA final since Sue Barker beat Virginia Wade in 1977
US Open (Los Angeles Country Club) – Wyndham Clark. 2nd McIlroy. 3rd Scheffler
World Cup of Darts final – Wales (Pryce and Clayton) bt Scotland (Wright and Anderson)
Andoni Iraola replaces Gary O’Neill as manager of Bournemouth
Jun 19
England 7 North Macedonia 0. Hat-trick for Saka. Match played at Old Trafford
Jun 20
St James’s Palace Stakes – Paddington. Trainer Aidan O'Brien’s record 83rd victory at Royal Ascot
Hollie Doyle becomes the first woman to ride a top-level Group One winner at Royal Ascot as Bradsell wins the King's Stand Stakes
First Test (Edgbaston) England 393-8 (Root 118*) & 273 Australia 386 (Khawaja 141) & 282-8 Australia won by two wickets
Ninth-wicket pair Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon added an unbroken 55
N’Golo Kante moves from Chelsea to Saudi Arabian champions Al-Ittihad
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first men's player to win 200 international caps
Jun 21
Southampton name Swansea boss Russell Martin as their new manager
Prince of Wales's Stakes – Mostahdaf
Royal Hunt Cup – Jimi Hendrix
Jun 22
Gold Cup – Courage Mon Ami (Frankie Dettori)
King George V Stakes – Desert Hero. Owned by King Charles
Valiant Force wins the Norfolk Stakes at odds of 150-1 to become the joint biggest-priced winner at Royal Ascot
Victor Wembanyama chosen by San Antonio Spurs as first pick in NBA draft
Jun 23
Coronation Stakes – Tahiyra
Leading jockey at Ascot – Ryan Moore
Leading trainer at Ascot – Aidan O’Brien
Ruben Neves from Wolves to Al-Hilal
Jun 24
Premier 15s final – Gloucester-Hartpury bt Exeter Chiefs
Super Rugby Pacific final – Crusaders bt Chiefs
Zharnel Hughes breaks Linford Christie's British men's 100m record, which had stood for 30 years
Jun 25
Queen’s Club Championships final – Alcaraz bt De Minaur
Birmingham Classic final – Ostapenko bt Krejcikova
Kalidou Koulibaly moves from Chelsea to Al-Hilal
European Athletics Team Championships (Poland)
Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals draw MLB London Series 1-1
Women’s PGA – Yin Ruoning (China)
Jun 26
Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan joins Barcelona on a free transfer
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are part of an investor group taking a 24% equity stake in Formula 1 team Alpine
Women’s Ashes Test (Trent Bridge) – Australia 473 (Sutherland 137*, Ecclestone 5-129) and 257 (Ecclestone 5-63) England 463 (Beaumont 208) and 178 (Gardner 8-66) Australia won by 89 runs
Tammy Beaumont scores England women's first double century and breaks Betty Snowball's 88-year-old individual record of 189
Craig Brown dies
Jun 27
Kent 621 against Northants. Daniel Bell-Drummond scores 300
Jun 28
Jonny Bairstow carries Just Stop Oil protestor off the field in second Test at Lord’s
Edouard Mendy moves from Chelsea to Al-Ahli
Kai Havertz moves from Chelsea to Arsenal
July
Jul 1
Eastbourne International final – Keys bt Kasatkina
Tour de France starts in Bilbao. Adam Yates beats identical twin brother Simon to win stage one
Joe Root takes his 176th catch, the highest by a player for England in Test cricket
Savannah Marshall became the undisputed super-middleweight champion
English Greyhound Derby – Gaytime Nemo
Jul 2
Second Test (Lord’s) Australia 416 (Smith 110) and 279 England 325 (Duckett 98) and 327 (Stokes 155) Australia won by 43 runs
Stokes hit nine sixes, the record for an Ashes innings
Bairstow was controversially given out after he wandered out of his ground as wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw the ball at the stumps
Dominik Szoboszlai moves from RB Leipzig to Liverpool
Austrian GP – Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez
Irish Derby – Auguste Rodin
Jul 3
Steven Gerrard is appointed manager of Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq
Jul 4
Alessia Russo joins Arsenal on free transfer following her departure from Man Utd
Daniel Farke is appointed manager of Leeds Utd
Forest Green Rovers appoint Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men's team in English football
Jul 5
Jai Hindley takes the yellow jersey in Tour de France
Mason Mount moves from Chelsea to Man Utd
Jul 6
Wimbledon men’s singles second round – Broady bt Ruud
Granit Xhaka moves from Arsenal to Bayer Leverkusen
Jonas Vingegaard takes the yellow jersey in Tour de France
Jul 7
Wimbledon men’s singles third round – Tsitsipas bt Murray, Eubanks bt Norrie, Shapovalov bt Broady
Jul 8
Euro Under-21 Championship final (Georgia) England 1 (Curtis Jones) Spain 0
England goalkeeper James Trafford saved a last-minute penalty
Wimbledon women’s singles third round – Rybakina bt Boulter
Eclipse Stakes – Paddington
Jul 9
Third Test (Headingley) Australia 263 (Marsh 118, Wood 5-34) and 224 England 237 (Cummins 6-91) & 254-7 (Starc 5-78) England won by three wickets
British GP – Verstappen, Norris, Hamilton
Cameron Smith wins LIV Golf London event
Stuart Hogg retires
U.S. Women’s Open (Pebble Beach) Allisen Corpuz (USA). 2nd Charley Hull
Jul 11
Wimbledon women’s singles quarter-final – Svitolina bt Swiatek
Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries at Alpha Tauri for the rest of the F1 season
Jul 12
State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
Jul 13
Wimbledon women’s singles semi-finals – Vondrousova bt Svitolina, Jabeur bt Sabalenka
Wimbledon mixed doubles final – Pavic and Kichenok bt Vliegen and Xu
Christian Pulisic moves from Chelsea to AC Milan
Texas Super Kings bt Los Angeles Knight Riders in first Major League Cricket match in Dallas
Jul 14
Wimbledon men’s singles semi-finals – Djokovic bt Sinner, Alcaraz bt Medvedev
Jurrien Timber moves from Ajax to Arsenal
World Aquatics Championships start in Fukuoka, Japan
Jul 15
Wimbledon women’s singles final – Vondrousova bt Jabeur
Vondrousova becomes the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title
Wimbledon men’s doubles final – Skupski and Koolhof bt Granollers and Zeballos
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win their fifth Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title together
T20 Blast Finals Day (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Essex Eagles bt Hampshire Hawks, Somerset bt Surrey
Final – Somerset bt Essex Eagles
Declan Rice moves from West Ham to Arsenal for £105 million
Lionel Messi signs for Inter Miami
Jul 16
Wimbledon men’s singles final – Alcaraz bt Djokovic
Wimbledon women’s doubles final – Hsieh and Strycova bt Mertens and Hunter
Wimbledon boy’s singles – Henry Searle. First British winner since Stanley Matthews in 1962
Scottish Open – McIlroy
Women's Ashes: Second ODI – Australia 282-7 England 279-7 (Sciver-Brunt 111). Australia retain the Women’s Ashes
Jul 19
Broad takes 600th Test wicket, dismissing Travis Head
Jul 20
Andre Onana moves from Inter Milan to Man Utd
Opening match in Women’s World Cup – New Zealand 1 (Wilkinson) Norway 0
Jul 21
Faith Kipyegon breaks the women's mile world record
Travis Smyth hits hole-in-one at The Open
Championship League Snooker final – Shaun Murphy bt Mark Williams
Jul 22
Challenge Cup semi-final – Leigh Leopards bt St Helens
England 1 (Stanway) Haiti 0
Jul 23
Fifth Test (Old Trafford) Australia 317 (Woakes 5-62) and 214-5 (Labuschagne 111) England 592 (Crawley 189, Bairstow 99*, Hazlewood 5-126). Match drawn
The Open (Royal Liverpool) Brian Harman -13, 2nd Jon Rahm, Jason Day, Sepp Straka, Joo-Hyung Kim -7
2024 Open will be held at Royal Troon
Zharnel Hughes breaks the British 200m record, set by John Regis in 1993
Tour de France – Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark, Team Jumbo-Visma) 2nd Tadej Pogacar, 3rd Adam Yates 4th Simon Yates
Points – Jasper Philipsen
Mountains – Guilio Ciccone
Youth – Tadej Pogacar
Combativity – Victor Campenaerts
Team – Team Jumbo-Visma
Challenge Cup semi-final – Hull KR bt Wigan
Hungarian GP – Verstappen, Norris, Perez
All-Ireland Hurling final – Limerick bt Kilkenny
Harvey Barnes moves from Leicester City to Newcastle Utd
World Matchplay darts final – Nathan Aspinall by Jonny Clayton
Jul 24
Trevor Francis dies
Women’s World Cup – Ary Borges hat-trick for Brazil against Panama
Jul 25
Men’s 200m freestyle – Matt Richards. Silver – Tom Dean
Jul 27
Jordan Henderson moves from Liverpool to Al-Ettifaq
Jul 28
England 1 (James) Denmark 0
Juventus are kicked out of this season's Europa Conference League by Uefa and fined for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules
Chelsea are fined £8 million for breaching FFP rules
Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay – GB (Scott, Richards, Guy, and Dean)
Jul 29
Rugby Championship – New Zealand
Terence Crawford bt Errol Spence to become the four-belt era's first undisputed welterweight champion
Katie Ledecky wins the women's 800m freestyle in Fukuoka for a record 16th individual world gold and a record sixth in a single event
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Hukum
Jul 30
Morocco defender Nouhaila Benzina makes history by becoming the first player to wear a hijab at a World Cup
World Aquatics Championships finish. China topped the medal table
Sarah Sjostrom wins a 21st individual world medal to surpass Michael Phelps’ tally
Belgian GP – Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc
All-Ireland Senior Football final – Dublin bt Kerry
Evian Championship – Celine Boutier (France)
Formula E World Championship – Jake Dennis, driving for Andretti Avalanche
Tour de France Femmes – Demi Vollering (Netherlands)
Senior Open Championship – Alex Cejka
Jul 31
Fifth Test (The Oval) England 283 and 395 Australia 295 and 334. England won by 49 runs. Series drawn
Player of the series (Compton-Miller Medal) – Chris Woakes
Stuart Broad hit a six with his final ball faced in Test cricket, and took the final wicket of Alex Carey
Stuart Broad retires. Played 165 Test matches, scored 3,640 runs and took 604 wickets. He has the Test cricket record for the most runs in both the 9 and 10 batting positions
