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== January ==
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Jan 1
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European Capital of Sport – Malaga
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PDC final – Wright bt Van Gerwen
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Don Larsen dies
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Jan 2
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Liverpool bt Sheffield Utd to go a year unbeaten in Premier League
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Jan 5
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Ben Stokes becomes first Englishman to take five catches in a Test innings
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Hans Tilkowski dies
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Tournament of Champions – Justin Thomas
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Jan 6
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Four Hills Tournament – Dawid Kubacki (Poland)
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Jan 7
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Second Test (Cape Town) England 269 and 391-8 (Sibley 133) South Africa 223 (Anderson 5-40) and 248. England won by 189 runs
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CAF African Player of the Year – Sadio Mane
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Jan 9
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16-year-old Beau Greaves reaches semi-finals of women’s BDO
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GB return bronze medals from 2014 Winter Olympics. Rather than the correct 'Bobsleigh four-man event' inscription, they instead read 'bobsleigh 4-men event'
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Jan 10
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Shane Warne raises one million Australian dollars for the bushfire appeal after his "baggy green" Australia cap was sold at auction
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Jan 11
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BDO women’s final – Mikuru Suzuki bt Lisa Ashton
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Jan 12
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ATP Cup final (Sydney) – Serbia bt Spain
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Marcus Stoinis hits the highest individual score in Big Bash League history (147) for Melbourne Stars
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Aston Villa 1 Man City 6 (Aguero 3). Aguero becomes top scoring foreign player in Premier league, overtaking Thierry Henry, and has now scored 12 hat-tricks, beating Alan Shearer’s record
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BDO final – Wayne Warren bt Jim Williams
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Jan 13
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Quique Setien replaces Ernesto Valverde as the new head coach of Barcelona
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MLB announces that the Houston Astros did use cameras and video monitors to steal signs of opposing catchers and signal to hitters throughout the 2017 season
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Jan 15
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ICC Cricketer of the Year – Stokes
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Jan 17
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Dakar Rally won by Carlos Sainz, driving a Mini. 13<sup>th</sup> Alonso. Held in Saudi Arabia
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Jan 18
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Saracens to be relegated from Premiership
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Jan 19
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Masters final – Bingham bt Carter. Carter was a wildcard after O’Sullivan withdrew from the event
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AFC Championship – Kansas City Chiefs bt Tennessee Titans
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NFC Championship – San Francisco 49ers bt Green Bay Packers
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Abu Dhabi Championship – Lee Westwood
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Jan 20
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Third Test (Port Elizabeth) England 499-9 (Pope 135, Stokes 120) South Africa 209 (Bess 5-51) and 237. England won by an innings and 53 runs
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Jan 22
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Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Crystal Ocean, Enable, and Waldgeist
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Jan 24
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Rob Rensenbrink dies
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Jan 25
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LeBron James overtakes Kobe Bryant as third-highest scorer in NBA
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Andrew Baggaley retains World Championship of ping pong at Alexandra Palace
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Jan 26
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FA Cup – Tranmere 0 Man Utd 6
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Jason Cummings scores twice for Shrewsbury against Liverpool
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Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash
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BBL Cup final – Worcester Wolves bt Bristol Flyers
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WBBL Cup final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Durham Palatinates
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World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Robert Paxton. Women’s – Julie Forrest
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Jan 27
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Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) becomes the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final
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Fourth Test (Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg) England 400 and 248 South Africa 183 (Wood 5-46) and 274. England won by 191 runs. England win series 3-1
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Kyle Sinckler to move from Harlequins to Bristol in the summer
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Jan 28
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Israel Folau joins Catalans Dragons
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Carabao Cup semi-final – Aston Villa bt Leicester
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Eriksen moves from Spurs to Inter Milan
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Jan 29
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Carabao Cup semi-final – Man City bt Man Utd
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Australian Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Nadal
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Jan 30
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Semi-finals – Muguruza bt Halep, Kenin bt Barty
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Semi-final – Djokovic bt Federer
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Jan 31
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Semi-final – Thiem bt Zverev
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Lawrence Stroll leads rescue deal for Aston Martin. Racing Point Formula 1 team will be branded Aston Martin from 2021 under the deal
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Nike's controversial Vaporfly range will not be banned but there will be tighter regulations around high-tech running shoes
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Transfer deadline day –
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Bruno Fernandes moves from Sporting Lisbon to Man Utd
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Odion Ighalo moves from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua to Man Utd on loan
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Jerrod Bowen moves from Hull to West Ham
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Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Hseih and Strycova
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== February ==
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Feb 1
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Josh Adams hat-trick for Wales against Italy
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Final – Kenin bt Muguruza
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Mixed doubles final – Mektic and Krejcikova bt Jamie Murray and Mattek-Sands
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Feb 2
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Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Alan Wyn Jones, Jonathan Sexton, Stuart Hogg, Charles Ollivon, Luca Bigi
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Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Wayne Pivac, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Franco Smith
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France bt England. Debut for George Furbank
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Super Bowl LIV (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens) Kansas City Chiefs 31 San Francisco 49ers 20. MVP – Patrick Mahomes. Half-time show – Jennifer Lopez and Shakira
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Super Bowl LV is scheduled to take place in Tampa
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NFL MVP – Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens)
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German Masters final – Trump bt Robertson
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Final – Djokovic bt Thiem
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Men’s doubles finals – Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Purcell and Saville
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Feb 4
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England ODI debuts for Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson against South Africa
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Pegasus World Cup – Mucho Gusto
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Feb 8
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Big Bash League final – Sydney Sixers bt Melbourne Stars
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Ellis Genge scores only try for England against Scotland
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Fed Cup qualifier – Slovakia bt GB
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Feb 9
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World Grand Prix final (Cheltenham) – Robertson bt Dott
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Naseem Shah, aged 16, becomes youngest player to take a Test hat-trick, for Pakistan against Bangladesh
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Feb 14
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Man City banned from all UEFA club competitions for two seasons and fined €30 million due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations
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Feb 15
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Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Glasgow
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Women’s 1500m – Jemma Reekie. Third indoor British record set by Reekie in a month
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Feb 16
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Welsh Open final – Murphy bt Kyren Wilson
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Feb 17
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Harry Gregg dies
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Golfer Mickey Wright dies. Won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major championships
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Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –
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World Sportsman of the Year – Lewis Hamilton & Lionel Messi
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World Sportswoman of the Year – Simon Biles
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World Team of the Year – South Africa rugby union team
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World Breakthrough of the Year – Egan Bernal
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World Comeback of the Year – Sophia Florsch
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World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Oksana Masters
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World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Chloe Kim
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Lifetime Achievement Award – Dirk Nowitzki
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Feb 22
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Tyson Fury bt Deontay Wilder on a TKO at MGM Grand in Las Vegas
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World Club Challenge – Sydney Roosters bt St Helens
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Feb 23
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WGC-Mexico Championship – Patrick Reed
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Feb 24
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Liverpool equal Man City’s record of 18 successive wins in Premier League
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Sardar Patel Stadium, commonly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad reopens as the largest cricket stadium in the world
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Marina Hyde of The Guardian becomes first woman to win Sports Journalist of the Year Award
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Feb 26
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Track Cycling World Championships start in Berlin
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Maria Sharapova retires
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Feb 27
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UAE Tour – Adam Yates. Final two stages cancelled due to coronavirus
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Feb 28
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China's three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is banned for eight years for missing a doping test
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Feb 29
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Watford 3 (Sarr 2, Deeney) Liverpool 0
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Liverpool’s unbeaten run of 44 games in Premier League is ended
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Saudi Cup – Maximum Security. First edition of the richest horse race, worth $20 million
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Mar 1
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Women’s points race – Elinor Barker. GB’s only gold medal
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Inter Miami lose first MLS game, to Los Angeles FC
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Carabao Cup final – Man City bt Aston Villa
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Players Championship final – Trump bt Yan Bingtao
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Mar 4
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Dier confronts Spurs fan after FA Cup defeat against Norwich
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Mar 5
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Women’s T20 World Cup cricket semi-final – India bt England after a washout. India go through as group winners
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Mar 7
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England 33 Wales 30. Red card for Tuilagi
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Mar 8
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Final (MCG) – Australia bt India. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney put on 115 for the first wicket. Attendance – 86,174
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Scotland bt France. Red card for Haouas
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UK Open Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Price
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EIHL Challenge Cup – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils
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Mar 10
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Champion Hurdle – Epatante (Barry Geraghty), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2<sup>nd</sup> Sharjah 3<sup>rd</sup> Darver Star
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Champions League round of 16 – RB Leipzig bt Spurs
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Mar 11
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Man City v Arsenal first Premier League to be postponed due toCoronavirus
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Champion Chase – Politologue
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Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3. Four goals were scored in extra time
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Mar 12
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Ryanair Chase – Min
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Joe Marler banned for 10 weeks for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones’s testicles
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Mar 13
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Gold Cup – Al Boum Photo (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2<sup>nd</sup> Santini 3<sup>rd</sup> Lostintranslation
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Leading trainer – Willie Mullins. Gordon Elliott also has seven winners
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Leading jockey – Paul Townend
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Mar 15
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Formula 1 teams –
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Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas
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Ferrari – Vettel, Leclerc
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Red Bull – Verstappen, Albon
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McLaren – Sainz, Norris
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Williams – Russell, Nicholas Latifi (Canada)
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Racing Point – Perez, Stroll
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AlphaTauri – Gasly, Kvyat
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Renault – Ricciardo, Ocon
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Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen
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Alfa Romeo – Raikkonen, Giovinazzi
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BBL Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Solent Kestrels
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WBBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Durham Palatinates
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Badminton All England Championships (Birmingham). Men’s – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Women’s – Tai Tzu Ying (Taipei)
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London Marathon postponed until 4 October
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Mar 16
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All sport cancelled ☹
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Diversity in Sport awards won by Jofra Archer and Dina Asher-Smith
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Mar 19
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Peter Whittingham dies
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Mar 20
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Tom Brady moves from New England Patriots to Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Gibraltar Open final – Trump bt Kyren Wilson to win a record sixth ranking tournament of the season
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Mar 22
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Alpine Ski World Cup –
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Men’s overall – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
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Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez
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Women’s overall – Federica Brignone (Italy)
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Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter (Switzerland)
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Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft
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Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Maren Lundby
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Mar 24
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Tokyo Olympic Games postponed until July 2021 and Paralympics until August 2021
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New competitions include 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling
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BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze
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Mar 26
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All lower league football results for this season expunged
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Apr 1
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Entire grass court tennis season is cancelled
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Apr 4
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Virtual Grand National – Potters Corner
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Apr 6
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Champion jockey – Brian Hughes
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Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson
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Champion conditional jockey – Jonjo O’Neill Jr
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Wrestlemania – Drew McIntyre bt Brock Lesnar
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Apr 8
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Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Jofra Archer, Pat Cummins, Simon Harmer, Marnus Labuschagne, Ellyse Perry
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Leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes
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Apr 12
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Stirling Moss dies
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Peter Bonetti dies
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Apr 13
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SPFL curtails the lower leagues in Scotland
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Apr 17
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Norman Hunter dies
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PDC Home Tour starts. Players compete against each other from their homes via video link
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Apr 23
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NFL draft – Joe Barrow is first pick for Cincinnati Bengals
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Apr 29
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Trevor Cherry dies
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Apr 30
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PSG awarded French title
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May 2
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Bill Beaumont re-elected as World rugby chairman
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May 5
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Sam Cane succeeds Kieran Read as captain of New Zealand
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May 8
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BBC shows Jeonbok v Suwon football match from South Korea
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May 16
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Bundesliga returns – Borussia Dortmund bt Schelke in ‘ghost game’ played behind closed doors. First goal scored by Erling Braut Haaland
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May 18
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SPFL ends season
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Champions – Celtic
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Relegated – Hearts
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Scottish Championship – Dundee United
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Scottish League One – Raith Rovers
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Scottish League Two – Cove Rangers
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‘Project Restart’ for Premier League
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May 22
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Osaka becomes highest-paid female athlete
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May 25
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WSL ended
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May 26
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Man City defender Glyn Pardoe dies
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Formula E driver Daniel Abt sacked for using a ringer driver in virtual races
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May 29
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Federer becomes world’s highest paid athlete
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May 30
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Bobby Morrow dies
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May 31
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Jadon Sancho hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn
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Jun 1
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Racing restarts in Newcastle. First race (Welcome Back British Racing Handicap) won by Zodiakos
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Snooker restarts at Marshall Centre, Milton Keynes
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Jun 6
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2000 Guineas – Kameko (Oisin Murphy), trained by Andrew Balding
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Jun 7
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1000 Guineas – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
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League One and League Two ended
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Bayer Leverkusen beat fourth-tier Saarbrucken in German Cup semi-final
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Jun 11
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La Liga starts with Sevilla v Real Betis
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Jun 13
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Cieran Fallon rides 200-1 shot Intercessor to victory at Newbury
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Jun 14
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Charles Schwab Challenge – Daniel Berger. First golf tournament after resumption
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Jun 16
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Bayern Munich win 8th successive Bundesliga title
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St James’s Palace Stakes – Palace Pier
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Jun 17
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Premier League restarts with Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd. Five substitutes allowed. Players have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on shirts and take the knee at kickoff
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First goal in Premier League scored by Sterling for Man City v Arsenal
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Willie Thorne dies
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Prince of Wales's Stakes – Lord North
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Jun 18
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Chelsea sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig
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Gold Cup – Stradivarius. Third successive victory
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Sandringham Stakes – Onassis (Hayley Turner)
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Jun 19
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Duke of Edinburgh Stakes – Scarlet Dragon (Hollie Doyle)
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Jun 20
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Coventry Stakes – Nando Parrado, at odds of 150-1
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Leading jockey – Dettori
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Leading trainer – Gosden
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Belmont Stakes – Tiz the Law
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Jun 22
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Noose found in garage of black NASCAR star Bubba Wallace
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Jun 23
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Liam Treadwell dies
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Djokovic and other players test positive for Covid-19 following Adria Tour
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Jun 24
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Martial hat-trick for Man Utd v Sheffield Utd
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Clare Connor to be next MCC president
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Jun 25
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Chelsea bt Man City. Liverpool win Premier League
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Neil Warnock replaces Jonathan Woodgate as manager of Middlesbrough
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Jun 27
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Man Utd use six subs in FA Cup match against Norwich
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Ian Baraclough appointed as manager of Northern Ireland
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Irish Derby – Santiago
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Jun 28
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Battle of the Brits final – Evans bt Edmund
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Jun 29
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League Two play-off final – Northampton bt Exeter. First match to be played at Wembley behind closed doors
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Promoted – Swindon, Crewe, Plymouth, Northampton
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Relegated – Macclesfield
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Leading scorer – Eoin Doyle (Swindon) 25 goals
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Cam Newton moves to New England Patriots
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Jul 1
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Wigan enter administration
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Everton Weekes dies
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Jul 2
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Man City 4 Liverpool 0
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Jul 4
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The Oaks – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien
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The Derby – Serpentine (Emmet McNamara), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 8th Derby win for O’Brien
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Jamie Vardy scores 100th Premier League goal
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Jul 5
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Austrian GP – Bottas, Leclerc, Norris. Fastest lap – Norris
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Jul 7
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Patrick Mahomes offered biggest contract in NFL history
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Jul 8
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Snowboarder Alex Pullin dies
 +
 
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Stokes captains England for the first time, against West Indies
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Ryder Cup postponed for 12 months
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Jul 9
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Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set anew 2 00m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m
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Jul 11
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Jack Charlton dies
 +
 
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Liverpool 1 Burnley 1. First points dropped at home this season
 +
 
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Norwich 0 West Ham 4 (Antonio 4). Norwich are relegated
 +
 
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Sterling hat-trick against Brighton
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Jul 12
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Styrian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen
 +
 
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First Test (Ageas Bowl, Southampton) England 204 (Holder 6-42) and 313 West Indies 318 and 200-6 (Blackwood 95). West Indies won by four wickets
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Jul 13
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CAS overturn Man City two-year ban
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League One play-off final – Wycombe bt Oxford
 +
 
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Promoted – Coventry, Rotherham, Wycombe
 +
 
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Relegated – Bolton, Southend, Tranmere
 +
 
 +
Leading scorer – Ivan Toney (Peterborough) 24 goals
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Washington Redskins change name to Washington Football Team
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Jul 14
 +
 
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Sam Matterface to replace Clive Tyldesley as chief ITV football commentator
 +
 
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Championship match – Wigan (7) 8 Hull (0) 0
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Jul 16
 +
 
 +
Archer dropped from England team for breaching bio-security
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 18
 +
 
 +
FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal bt Man City
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 19
 +
 
 +
Hungarian GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas
 +
 
 +
FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea by Man Utd
 +
 
 +
Nigel Pearson sacked as manager of Watford
 +
 
 +
Memorial Tournament – Jon Rahm, who replaces McIlroy as world number one
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 20
 +
 
 +
Second Test (Old Trafford) England 469-9 (Stokes 176, Sibley 120, Chase 5-172) and 129-3 West Indies 287 and 198. England won by 113 runs
 +
 
 +
Sibley batted for 556 minutes, faced 372 balls, and hit five 4s
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 24
 +
 
 +
FAW Player of the Year – Henderson
 +
 
 +
Seattle Kraken to compete in NHL in 2021-22
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 25
 +
 
 +
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable
 +
 
 +
Broad 50 off 33 balls in Third Test
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 26
 +
 
 +
Premier League finishes
 +
 
 +
Golden Boot – Vardy (23 goals)
 +
 
 +
De Bruyne equals Henry’s record of 20 assists
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 27
 +
 
 +
LMA Manager of the Year – Klopp
 +
 
 +
Championship Manager of the Year – Bielsa
 +
 
 +
WSL Manager of the Year – Hayes
 +
 
 +
Betfred World Matchplay final – Van der Bergh bt Anderson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 28
 +
 
 +
Broad takes 500<sup>th</sup> Test wicket, trapping Brathwaite lbw. Same batsman and method of dismissal as Anderson’s 500<sup>th</sup> wicket
 +
 
 +
Third Test (Old Trafford) England 369 and 226-2 West Indies 197 (Broad 6-31) and 129 (Woakes 5-50) England won by 269 runs. England win series 2-1
 +
 
 +
Kemar Roach takes 200<sup>th</sup> Test wicket
 +
 
 +
Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius. Fourth successive win
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 29
 +
 
 +
Brentford play final home game at Griffin Park
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 30
 +
 
 +
Saudi Arabia pull out of Newcastle Utd deal
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Jul 31
 +
 
 +
Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Knicks
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 1
 +
 
 +
FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Aubameyang 2) Chelsea 1 (Pulisic). Kovacic sent off
 +
 
 +
Eddie Howe leaves Bournemouth
 +
 
 +
Stan Mellor dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 2
 +
 
 +
National League play-off – Harrogate bt Notts County
 +
 
 +
Promoted – Barrow, Harrogate
 +
 
 +
Super League returns. St Helens bt Catalans in opening match
 +
 
 +
British GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc. Hulkenberg replaced Perez who had Covid
 +
 
 +
WGC Invitational – Justin Thomas. 2<sup>nd</sup> Tom Lewis
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 3
 +
 
 +
World Snooker Championship first round – O’Sullivan bt Uh Nooh 10-1 in 108 minutes
 +
 
 +
Anthony Hamilton withdraws from the championship
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 4
 +
 
 +
Third ODI – England 328 (Morgan 106) Ireland 329-3 (Stirling 142, Balbirnie 113)
 +
 
 +
Championship play-off final – Fulham bt Brentford. Jon Bryan scores 2 goals
 +
 
 +
Promoted – Leeds, West Bromwich, Leeds
 +
 
 +
Relegated – Charlton, Wigan, Hull
 +
 
 +
Leading scorer – Mitrovic (Fulham) and Watkins (Brentford) 26 goals
 +
 
 +
Wigan relegated after losing appeal
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 5
 +
 
 +
Hawkins bt Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 6
 +
 
 +
Higgins 147 against Kurt Maflin
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 8
 +
 
 +
First Test – Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156) and 169 England 219 and 277-7 (Woakes 84) England won by three wickets
 +
 
 +
Pirlo replaces Sarri as manager of Juventus
 +
 
 +
Jason Tindall appointed as manager of Bournemouth
 +
 
 +
Champions League – Bayern Munich bt Chelsea 7-1 on aggregate
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 9
 +
 
 +
70th Anniversary GP (Silverstone) – Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas
 +
 
 +
Formula E – Antonio Felix da Costa
 +
 
 +
Templehof held six rounds of Formula E championship
 +
 
 +
PGA (San Francisco) – Collin Morrikawa, 2<sup>nd</sup> Casey, Dustin Johnson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 10
 +
 
 +
Jordan Cox (238 not out) and Jack Leaning (220 not out) share an unbroken 423-run stand for the second wicket as Kent score 530-1 against Sussex
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 11
 +
 
 +
Quarter-final – Kyren Wilson bt Trump
 +
 
 +
Macclesfield relegated following a four-point deduction for financial misconduct. Stevenage, who finished bottom of League Two, stay up
 +
 
 +
Europa League quarter-final – Sevilla bt Wolves
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 13
 +
 
 +
Netherland’s Women’s manager Saring Weigmann will succeed Phil Neville as England’s head coach in September 2021
 +
 
 +
He Knows No Fear wins race at Leopardstown at odds of 300-1
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 14
 +
 
 +
Champions League quarter-final – Bayern Munich 8 Barcelona 2
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Wilson bt McGill 17-16. Deciding frame lasted 62 minutes, and set a new record for the most combined points scored in a single frame at the Crucible, 103–83
 +
 
 +
O’Sullivan by Selby 17-16
 +
 
 +
Joshua Cheptegei breaks the 5km road world record by 27 seconds
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 15
 +
 
 +
Angela Buxton dies
 +
 
 +
Champions League quarter-final – Lyon bt Man City
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 16
 +
 
 +
Spanish GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas
 +
 
 +
World Snooker final – O’Sullivan bt Wilson 18-8. 6<sup>th</sup> World Championship
 +
 
 +
Europa League semi-final – Sevilla bt Man Utd
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 17
 +
 
 +
Second Test – Pakistan 226 England 110-4. Match drawn
 +
 
 +
Europa League semi-final – Inter Milan 5 Shakhtar Donetsk 0
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 18
 +
 
 +
Champions League semi-final – PSG bt RB Leipzig
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 19
 +
 
 +
Ronald Koeman replaces Quique Setien as manager of Barcelona
 +
 
 +
Forbes highest-earning sportswoman – Osaka
 +
 
 +
Champions League semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Lyon
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 20
 +
 
 +
Europa League final (Cologne) Sevilla 3 Inter Milan 2
 +
 
 +
Sixth win for Sevilla. Lukaku scored in 11th successive European match. Ashley Young played for Inter Milan
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 22
 +
 
 +
World Seniors Championship – White by Doherty
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 21
 +
 
 +
Jurgen Grobler steps down as British Rowing head coach
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 23
 +
 
 +
Women’s British Open (Royal Troon) – Sophia Popov (Germany)
 +
 
 +
Indy 500 – Sato
 +
 
 +
Champions League final (Lisbon) Bayern Munich 1 (Coman) PSG 0
 +
 
 +
Bayern manager – Hansi Flick
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 25
 +
 
 +
Harry Maguire given suspended sentence for events in Mykanos
 +
 
 +
Glos bowled out for 76 and 70 by Somerset
 +
 
 +
Third Test – England 583-8 (Crawley 267) Pakistan 273 and 187-4. Match drawn
 +
 
 +
England win series 1-0
 +
 
 +
Crawley and Buttler put on 359 for the fifth wicket
 +
 
 +
Anderson takes 600th Test wicket, Azhar Ali caught by Root
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 26
 +
 
 +
Champions League second qualifying round – Ferencvaros bt Celtic
 +
 
 +
Milwaukee Bucks walk out of NBA match following death of Jacob Blake
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 27
 +
 
 +
David Bryant dies
 +
 
 +
Championship Player of the Year – Ollie Watkins (Brentford)
 +
 
 +
League One Player of the Year – Ivan Toney (Peterborough)
 +
 
 +
League Two Player of the Year – Eoin Doyle (Swindon)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 28
 +
 
 +
Rodrigo moves from Valencia to Leeds
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 29
 +
 
 +
Community Shield – Arsenal bt Liverpool
 +
 
 +
Hollie Doyle rides five winners at Windsor
 +
 
 +
La Course by Le Tour de France – Lizzie Deignan
 +
 
 +
Tour de France starts in Nice
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 30
 +
 
 +
Belgium GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen
 +
 
 +
Women’s Champions League final – Lyon by Wolfsburg. 5th consecutive win
 +
 
 +
A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne City
 +
 
 +
BMW Championship – Jon Rahm
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Aug 31
 +
 
 +
US Open first round – Norrie bt Schwartzman
 +
 
 +
Konta bt Watson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 1
 +
 
 +
James Rodriguez moves from Real Madrid to Everton
 +
 
 +
Pernille Harder moves from Wolfsburg to Chelsea for £270,000, a record fee in the women’s game
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 3
 +
 
 +
Van de Beek moves from Ajax to Man Utd
 +
 
 +
Adam Yates takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
 +
 
 +
Second round – Djokovic bt Edmund
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 4
 +
 
 +
Kai Havertz moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea for £71 million
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 5
 +
 
 +
Iceland 0 England 1 (Sterling). Kyle Walker sent off
 +
 
 +
Foden and Greenwood break Covid-19 rules. Full debut for Foden
 +
 
 +
Kentucky Derby – Authentic
 +
 
 +
Georgia Taylor-Brown wins Triathlon World Championship in one-off race in Hamburg
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 6
 +
 
 +
Italian GP – Gasly, Sainz, Stroll
 +
 
 +
Novak Djokovic defaulted from US Open after hitting line judge Laura Clark with a ball. He was playing a match against Pablo Carreno Busta
 +
 
 +
Yates loses yellow jersey to Roglic
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 7
 +
 
 +
Tour Championship – Dustin Johnson
 +
 
 +
FedEx Cup – Dustin Johnson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 8
 +
 
 +
Serie A – Juventus
 +
 
 +
La Liga – Real Madrid
 +
 
 +
Bundesliga – Bayern Munich
 +
 
 +
Primeira Liga – Porto
 +
 
 +
Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain
 +
 
 +
Eredivisie – Ajax
 +
 
 +
Istanbul Basaksehir win Turkish League for the first time
 +
 
 +
PFA Players’ Player of the Year – De Bruyne
 +
 
 +
PFA Young Player of the Year – Alexander-Arnold
 +
 
 +
PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Bethany England
 +
 
 +
FWA Footballer of the Year – Henderson
 +
 
 +
FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year – Vivianne Miedema
 +
 
 +
Barclays Manager of the Season – Klopp
 +
 
 +
Barclays Player of the Season – De Bruyne
 +
 
 +
League Managers' Association manager of the year – Klopp
 +
 
 +
BBC Women's Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze
 +
 
 +
Lucy Bronze moves from Lyon to Man City
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 10
 +
 
 +
Alan Minter dies
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Azarenka bt Williams, Osaka bt Jennifer Brady
 +
 
 +
CPLT20 final – Trinbago Knight Riders bt St Lucia Zouks
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 11
 +
 
 +
Sam Billings hits a century against Australia in ODI
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Zverev bt Carreno Busta, Thiem bt Medvedev
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 12
 +
 
 +
First goal in Premier League scored by Lacazette for Arsenal against Fulham
 +
 
 +
Liverpool 4 (Salah 3) Leeds 3
 +
 
 +
Premier League shirt sponsors – Aston Villa – Cazoo, Everton – Cazoo, Leeds – SBOTOP, Leicester – Tourism Authority of Thailand, West Bromwich – Ideal Boilers, Wolves – ManBetX
 +
 
 +
Pro14 final – Leinster bt Ulster
 +
 
 +
Final – Osaka bt Azarenka
 +
 
 +
WSL – West Ham 1 Arsenal 9
 +
 
 +
St Leger – Galileo Chrome (Tom Marquand), trained by Joseph O’Brien
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 13
 +
 
 +
WSL – Chelsea 9 Bristol City 0
 +
 
 +
ANA Inspiration – Mirim Lee (South Korea)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 14
 +
 
 +
Tuscan GP (Mugello) – Hamilton, Bottas, Albon. First podium for Albon
 +
 
 +
Final – Thiem bt Zverev
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 15
 +
 
 +
PGA Tour Player of the Year – Dustin Johnson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 16
 +
 
 +
Macclesfield wound up
 +
 
 +
Former IAAF head Lamine Diack is found guilty of corruption and jailed
 +
 
 +
England 302=7 (Bairstow 112) Australia 305-7 (Maxwell 108, Carey 106)
 +
 
 +
Australia win series 2-1
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 17
 +
 
 +
Reed and Zalatoris holes-in-one in first round of US Open
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 18
 +
 
 +
Liverpool sign Thiago from Bayern Munich
 +
 
 +
Pat Smullen dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 19
 +
 
 +
Bale moves to Spurs on one-year loan
 +
 
 +
Champions Cup quarter-final – Saracens bt Leinster
 +
 
 +
Calvert-Lewin hat-trick for Everton against West Brom
 +
 
 +
Tadej Pogacer takes yellow jersey in Tour de France
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 20
 +
 
 +
Son scores four goals against Southampton
 +
 
 +
Tour de France – Pogacer (UAE Team Emirates). 2<sup>nd</sup> Roglic, 3<sup>rd</sup> Porte
 +
 
 +
Points – Sam Bennett
 +
 
 +
King of the Mountains – Pogacer
 +
 
 +
Young Rider – Pogacer
 +
 
 +
Combativity – Mark Hirschi
 +
 
 +
Team – Movistar Team
 +
 
 +
US Open (Winged Foot) – Bryson DeChambeau
 +
 
 +
Le Mans – Toyota (Buemi, Hartley and Nakajima)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 21
 +
 
 +
Premiership Rugby Cup final – Sale Sharks bt Harlequins
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 23
 +
 
 +
Morecambe 0 Newcastle 7
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 24
 +
 
 +
Dean Jones dies
 +
 
 +
Lincoln 2 Liverpool 7
 +
 
 +
Uefa Super Cup (Budapest) Bayern Munich bt Sevilla
 +
 
 +
Road World Cycling Championships start in Imola
 +
 
 +
Women’s time trial – Anna van der Breggen
 +
 
 +
European Masters – Aaron Hill (aged 18) bt O’Sullivan
 +
 
 +
Jota moves from Wolves to Liverpool
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 25
 +
 
 +
Diamond League finishes in Doha
 +
 
 +
Men’s time trial – Filippo Ganna (Italy)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 26
 +
 
 +
Women’s road race – Anna van der Breggen
 +
 
 +
Mendy moves from Rennes to Chelsea
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Racing 92 bt Saracens, Exeter bt Toulouse
 +
 
 +
Cambridgeshire Handicap – Majestic Dawn
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 27
 +
 
 +
Russian GP – Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton
 +
 
 +
Bob Willis Trophy – Essex bt Somerset. Cook 172 in first innings
 +
 
 +
Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Southern Vipers bt Northern Diamonds
 +
 
 +
French Open first round – Wawrinka bt Murray, Gauff bt Konta
 +
 
 +
Man City 2 Leicester 5 (Vardy 3)
 +
 
 +
Men’s Road Race – Julian Alaphilippe
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 28
 +
 
 +
Stanley Cup – Tampa Bay Lightning bt Dallas Stars
 +
 
 +
Play-offs MVP – Victor Hedman
 +
 
 +
Regular season MVP – Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)
 +
 
 +
British Speedway Championship – Rory Schlein (Australia)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep 29
 +
 
 +
London Irish play first match at Brentford Community Centre
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Sep30
 +
 
 +
England bt West Indies 5-0 in T20 series at Derby
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 1
 +
 
 +
Spurs 7 Maccabi Haifa 2
 +
 
 +
İstanbul Basaksehir, Krasnodar, Midtjylland and Rennes made their debut appearances in Champions League group stage
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 2
 +
 
 +
Scottish Open – Aaron Rai (England)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 3
 +
 
 +
Preakness Stakes – Swiss Skydiver
 +
 
 +
PCA player of the year – Chris Woakes
 +
 
 +
Young player – Zak Crawley
 +
 
 +
Women’s player – Sarah Glenn
 +
 
 +
Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 4
 +
 
 +
T20 Blast finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Surrey bt Glos, Notts bt Lancs
 +
 
 +
Final – Notts bt Surrey
 +
 
 +
Man Utd 1 Spurs 6
 +
 
 +
Aston Villa 7 (Watkins 3) Liverpool 2
 +
 
 +
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Sottsass. 6<sup>th</sup> Enable
 +
 
 +
London Marathon. Men’s – Shura Kitata (Ethiopia). Women’s – Kosgei. 2<sup>nd</sup> Sara Hall (USA)
 +
 
 +
Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Lizzie Deignan
 +
 
 +
Exeter finish top of Premiership. Relegated – Saracens (-38 points) Promoted – Newcastle
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 5
 +
 
 +
Transfer deadline day –
 +
 
 +
Edinson Cavani moves from PSG to Man Utd
 +
 
 +
Alex Telles moves from Porto to Man Utd
 +
 
 +
Thomas Partey moves from Atletico Madrid to Arsenal
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 6
 +
 
 +
WNBA final – Seattle Storm bt Las Vegas Aces
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 7
 +
 
 +
Joshua Cheptegui breaks the 10,000m road world record
 +
 
 +
Letesenbet Gidey breaks women’s 5000m world record at the same meeting in Valencia
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 8
 +
 
 +
England 3 Wales 0. Calvert-Lewin, Coady and Ings all score on debut
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Kenin bt Kvitova, Iga Swiatek (Poland) bt Nadia Podoroska (Argentina)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 9
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Nadal bt Schwartzmann, Djokovic bt Tsitsipas
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 10
 +
 
 +
Final – Swiatek bt Kenin
 +
 
 +
Men’s doubles final – Krawietz and Mies bt Pavic and Soares
 +
 
 +
Wheelchair – Hewitt
 +
 
 +
Dowsett wins a stage of Giro D’Italia
 +
 
 +
Premiership semi-finals – Wasps bt Bristol, Exeter bt Bath
 +
 
 +
Cesarewitch Handicap – Great White Shark
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 11
 +
 
 +
Final – Nadal bt Djokovic. 13th win in Paris. 20th Grand Slam
 +
 
 +
Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Guarachi and Krakczyk
 +
 
 +
Mount scores winning goal for England v Belgium
 +
 
 +
Eifel GP (Nurburgring) – Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo
 +
 
 +
NBA finals – Los Angeles Lakers bt Miami Heat
 +
 
 +
Finals MVP – LeBron James. 4th win
 +
 
 +
Regular season MVP – Antetokounopo
 +
 
 +
BMW PGA – Tyrell Hatton
 +
 
 +
Women’s PGA – Kim Sei-young
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 12
 +
 
 +
World Grand Prix final – Price bt Dirk van Duijvenbode
 +
 
 +
Project Big Picture, put together by Liverpool and Manchester United, would see teams in the EFL given £250 million to share between themselves
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 14
 +
 
 +
Maguire and Reece James sent off against Denmark
 +
 
 +
Rugby Players’ Association Player of the Year – Jack Willis (Wasps)
 +
 
 +
Young Player of the Year – Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 15
 +
 
 +
Premier League Darts final – Durrant bt Aspinall
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 16
 +
 
 +
European Rugby Challenge Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Bristol bt Toulon
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 17
 +
 
 +
European Rugby Champions Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Exeter bt Racing 92 31-27
 +
 
 +
Man of the match – Joe Simmonds
 +
 
 +
European Rugby player of the year – Sam Simmonds
 +
 
 +
Challenge Cup final – Leeds 17 Salford 16. Winning drop goal scored by Luke Gale
 +
 
 +
World Athletics Half Marathon Championships (Poland) – Men’s – Jacob Kiplimo Uganda), Women’s – Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)
 +
 
 +
Speedway of Nations – Russia
 +
 
 +
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – The Revenant
 +
 
 +
Champion Stakes – Addeybb
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 18
 +
 
 +
Ashton and Hedman qualify for PDC World Championship. Sherrock finished third in qualifying competition
 +
 
 +
Teofimo Lopez bt Vasyl Lomachenko to win three lightweight world title belts
 +
 
 +
Jonathan Rea wins sixth straight World Superbike title
 +
 
 +
British Superbike Championship – Josh Brookes
 +
 
 +
English Open final – Trump bt Robertson
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 23
 +
 
 +
Bamford hat-trick for Leeds against Aston Villa
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 24
 +
 
 +
Ajax set a new Eredivisie record by thrashing VVV-Venlo 13-0
 +
 
 +
Premiership final – Exeter bt Wasps. Man of the match – Henry Slade
 +
 
 +
Leading try scorers – Ollie Thornley and Ben Earl (11)
 +
 
 +
Leading points scorer – Rhys Priestland (206)
 +
 
 +
AFL Grand Final (The Gabba) – Richmond bt Geelong
 +
 
 +
League of Ireland – Shamrock Rovers
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 25
 +
 
 +
Giro d’Italia – Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Ineos)
 +
 
 +
Portuguese GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen. Record 92<sup>nd</sup> win for Hamilton
 +
 
 +
IndyCar Series – Scott Dixon
 +
 
 +
NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Penrith Panthers
 +
 
 +
Queen’s Birthday Honours –
 +
 
 +
MBE – Marcus Rashford
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 27
 +
 
 +
World Series – LA Dodgers bt Tampa Bay Rays. MVP – Corey Seager
 +
 
 +
MLB was a shortened season of 60 games
 +
 
 +
The entirety of the World Series was hosted by Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas
 +
 
 +
American League MVP – Jose Abreu (Chicago White Sox)
 +
 
 +
National League MVP – Freddie Freeman (Atlanta Braves)
 +
 
 +
Christian Coleman banned for two years for missing a drugs test
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 28
 +
 
 +
Rashford hat-trick against Red Bull Leipzig
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 29
 +
 
 +
JJ Williams dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 30
 +
 
 +
Nobby Stiles dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Oct 31
 +
 
 +
Alun Wyn Jones wins record 149<sup>th</sup> cap
 +
 
 +
Ben Youngs wins 100<sup>th</sup> cap
 +
 
 +
Cian Healy wins 100<sup>th</sup> cap
 +
 
 +
Six Nations – England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy
 +
 
 +
Italy are whitewashed for the fifth consecutive year
 +
 
 +
Most points – Romain Ntamack (57)
 +
 
 +
Most tries – Charles Ollivon (4)
 +
 
 +
Six Nations Player of the Championship – Antoine Dupont
 +
 
 +
England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam
 +
 
 +
Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship – Emily Scarratt
 +
 
 +
English Greyhound Derby – Deerjet Sydney
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 1
 +
 
 +
Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Everton
 +
 
 +
Emilia Romagna GP (Imola) – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo
 +
 
 +
Mercedes win seventh consecutive constructors’ championship
 +
 
 +
Bale scores first goal since return to Spurs, against Brighton
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 3
 +
 
 +
Melbourne Cup – Twilight Payment (Jye McNeil), trained by Joseph O’Brien. Anthony van Dyck put down
 +
 
 +
Wimbledon return to Plough Lane
 +
 
 +
Jota hat-trick for Liverpool agianst Atalanta
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 4
 +
 
 +
Sheffield Wednesday points deduction for breaking spending rules reduced from 12 to six
 +
 
 +
Istanbul Basaksehir bt Man Utd
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 6
 +
 
 +
League Leaders Shield – Wigan Warriors
 +
 
 +
Champion flat jockey – Oisin Murphy
 +
 
 +
Champion flat trainer – ?
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 7
 +
 
 +
Breeders’ Cup Classic – Authentic
 +
 
 +
Breeder’s Cup Turf – Tarnawa
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 8
 +
 
 +
Vuelta e Espana – Roglic. 2<sup>nd</sup> Caparaz, 3<sup>rd</sup> Hugh Carthy
 +
 
 +
FA Cup first round – Torquay 5 Crawley 6
 +
 
 +
Rangers 8 Hamilton 0
 +
 
 +
PDC World Cup of Darts final (Salzburg) – Wales (Price and Clayton) bt England (Smith and Cross)
 +
 
 +
NASCAR Cup Series – Chase Elliott
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 10
 +
 
 +
IPL13 final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals
 +
 
 +
Orange Cap for most runs – KL Rahul
 +
 
 +
Purple Cap for most wickets – Kasigo Rabada
 +
 
 +
Player of the series – Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)
 +
 
 +
Graham Cowdrey dies
 +
 
 +
Bridgerweight boxing weight class created, between cruiserweight and heavyweight
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 11
 +
 
 +
Cartier Horse of the Year – Ghaiyyath
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 12
 +
 
 +
Jade Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), aged17, makes England debut against Ireland
 +
 
 +
Euro 2020 play-off – Scotland bt Serbia
 +
 
 +
Greg Clarke resigns from FA over racist remarks
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 14
 +
 
 +
Jamie George hat-trick against Georgia
 +
 
 +
Lance Stroll maiden poll at Turkish GP
 +
 
 +
Argentina beat New Zealand for the first time. Sanchez scores all 25 points
 +
 
 +
Terence Crawford bt Kell Brook
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 15
 +
 
 +
Turkish GP – Hamilton, Perez, Vettel
 +
 
 +
Ray Clemence dies
 +
 
 +
Masters – Dustin Johnson, with a record score of -20. 2<sup>nd</sup> Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im
 +
 
 +
Tiger Woods takes 10 on par three 12th hole
 +
 
 +
World’s Strongest Man (Florida) – Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine), 2<sup>nd</sup> Tom Stoltman (Scotland)
 +
 
 +
British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 17
 +
 
 +
Spain 6 (Torres 3) Germany 0
 +
 
 +
Pakistan Super League final (Karachi) – Karachi Kings bt Lahore Qalanders
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov18
 +
 
 +
Minnesota Timberwolves choose Anthony Edwards as first pick in NBA draft
 +
 
 +
State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 20
 +
 
 +
Nitto ATP Finals. Group tables –
 +
 
 +
Group Tokyo 1970 – Medvedev, Djokovic, Zverev, Schartzman
 +
 
 +
Group London 2020 – Thiem, Nadal, Tsitsipas, Rublev
 +
 
 +
Super League semi-finals – Wigan bt Hull, St Helens bt Catalans Dragons
 +
 
 +
Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Bevan French (Wigan)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 21
 +
 
 +
Semi-finals – Thiem bt Djokovic, Medvedev bt Nadal
 +
 
 +
James Botham makes debut for Wales
 +
 
 +
Betfair Chase – Bristol De Mai
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 22
 +
 
 +
Final – Medvedev bt Thiem
 +
 
 +
Doubles final – Koolhof and Mektic bt Melzer and Roger-Vasselin
 +
 
 +
ISL Grand Final (Budapest) – Cali Condors, 2<sup>nd</sup> Energy Standard, 3<sup>rd</sup> London Roar
 +
 
 +
MVP – Caleb Dressel
 +
 
 +
Northern Ireland Open final (Milton Keynes) – Trump bt O’Sullivan
 +
 
 +
MotoGP final standings – 1<sup>st</sup> Joan Mir (Suzuki), 2<sup>nd</sup> Morbidelli
 +
 
 +
Constructors’ champion – Ducati, after Yamaha were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols
 +
 
 +
Moto2 – Enea Bastianini
 +
 
 +
Moto3 – Albert Arenas
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 23
 +
 
 +
Man of Steel – Paul McShane (Castleford)
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 24
 +
 
 +
Christophe Domenici dies
 +
 
 +
Bingham and Kyren Wilson both score 147 in first round of UK Championship
 +
 
 +
Grand Slam of Darts final – Jose de Souza bt Wade
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 25
 +
 
 +
Maradona dies
 +
 
 +
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Hollie Doyle
 +
 
 +
Japan Cup – Almond Eye
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 27
 +
 
 +
Super League Grand Final (Hull) St Helens 8 Wigan 4. Winning try scored by Jack Welsby
 +
 
 +
Harry Sunderland Trophy – James Roby
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 28
 +
 
 +
Mahrez hat-trick for Man City against Burnley
 +
 
 +
Mike Tyson’s comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr ends in a draw
 +
 
 +
Women’s Big Bash League final – Sydney Thunder bt Melbourne Stars
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Nov 29
 +
 
 +
Bahrain GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Albon
 +
 
 +
Grosjean hits a crash barrier with a force of 53g. The car splits in half and catches fire
 +
 
 +
Second round – Alexander Ursenbacher bt O’Sullivan
 +
 
 +
Papa Bouba Diop dies
 +
 
 +
Scottish League Cup second round – Ross County bt Celtic
 +
 
 +
Players Championship final – Van Gerwyn bt King
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 1
 +
 
 +
South Africa v England T20 – Malan (99) and Buttler in record partnership of 167. England win series 3-0
 +
 
 +
Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin to race for Haas next year
 +
 
 +
Carlos Sainz to move to Ferrari
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 2
 +
 
 +
Stephanie Frappart becomes the first female to referee a UEFA Champions League match, between Juventus and Dynamo Kyiv
 +
 
 +
Japan Series – Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 3
 +
 
 +
William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Rodchenkov Affair’ by Grigory Rodchenkov
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 4
 +
 
 +
Mosconi Cup – Team Europe bt Team USA. MVP – Jayson Shaw
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 5
 +
 
 +
World Athletes of the Year – Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas
 +
 
 +
Formula 2 Championship – Mick Schumacher
 +
 
 +
Tri Nations Series – New Zealand. Rugby Championship was cancelled after South Africa withdrew
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 6
 +
 
 +
Sakhir GP – Perez, Ocon, Stroll. First win for Perez. 9<sup>th</sup> George Russell, who replaced Hamilton. Jack Aitken replaced Russell. Petro Fittipaldi replaced Grosjean
 +
 
 +
UK Snooker Championship final (Milton Keynes) – Robertson bt Trump 10-9
 +
 
 +
Peter Alliss dies
 +
 
 +
Autumn Nations Cup final – England bt France. Farrell kicks winning penalty in extra time
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 7
 +
 
 +
Breaking to be included at 2024 Olympics
 +
 
 +
2020 World Cup qualifying Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 8
 +
 
 +
RB Leipzig knock Man Utd out of Champions League
 +
 
 +
WTA Tour Player of the Year – Kenin
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 10
 +
 
 +
Paolo Rossi dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 11
 +
 
 +
PSG walk off against Istanbul Basaksehir due to racist comment by Romanian official
 +
 
 +
Nigel Owens retires after refereeing 100 internationals
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 12
 +
 
 +
Anthony Joshua bt Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria)
 +
 
 +
MLS Cup – Columbus Crew bt Seattle Sounders
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 13
 +
 
 +
DP World Championship – Fitzpatrick
 +
 
 +
Race to Dubai – Westwood
 +
 
 +
Abu Dhabi GP – Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton
 +
 
 +
Final standings – 1<sup>st</sup> Hamilton 347 points, 2<sup>nd</sup> Bottas 223 points, 3<sup>rd</sup> Verstappen
 +
 
 +
Constructors – 1<sup>st</sup> Mercedes 573 points, 2<sup>nd</sup> Red Bull 319 points, 3<sup>rd</sup> McLaren
 +
 
 +
Race winners – Hamilton 11, Bottas 2, Verstappen 2, Gasly 1, Perez 1
 +
 
 +
Pole positions – Hamilton 10, Bottas 5, Verstappen 1, Stroll 1
 +
 
 +
Scottish Open final – Selby bt O’Sullivan
 +
 
 +
World Rally Championships – Ogier (Toyota) 2<sup>nd</sup> Elfyn Evans
 +
 
 +
Manufacturer’s title – Hyundai
 +
 
 +
All-Ireland Hurling Final – Limerick bt Waterford
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 14
 +
 
 +
Gerard Houllier dies
 +
 
 +
US Women’s Open – Kim A-lim
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 16
 +
 
 +
Sam Allerdyce replaces Slaven Bilic as manager of WBA
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 17
 +
 
 +
Best Fifa Football Awards –
 +
 
 +
Men’s Player of the Year – Lewandowski
 +
 
 +
Women’s Player of the Year – Bronze
 +
 
 +
Coach of the Year – Klopp
 +
 
 +
Best goal – Son (Spurs v Burnley)
 +
 
 +
Russia's ban from all major sporting events after a doping scandal has been cut from four years to two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 18
 +
 
 +
Perez replaces Albon at Red Bull
 +
 
 +
Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) wins first event in Nordic Combined World Cup for women
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 19
 +
 
 +
India bowled out for 39 by Australia. Hazelwood 5-8, Cummins 4-21
 +
 
 +
Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 7
 +
 
 +
All-Ireland Gaelic Football final – Dublin bt Mayo
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 20
 +
 
 +
Man Utd 6 Leeds 2
 +
 
 +
Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Hearts
 +
 
 +
BBC Sports Personality of the Year – 1<sup>st</sup> Hamilton 2<sup>nd</sup> Henderson, 3<sup>rd</sup> Doyle
 +
 
 +
Also nominated – O’Sullivan, Fury, Broad. Fury did not want to be nominated
 +
 
 +
World Sport Star – Khabib Nurmagomedov
 +
 
 +
Helen Rollason Award – Captain Sir Tom Moore
 +
 
 +
Expert Special Panel Award – Marcus Rashford
 +
 
 +
Coach of the Year – Jurgen Klopp
 +
 
 +
Team of the Year – Liverpool FC
 +
 
 +
Unsung Hero – Sgt Matt Ratana
 +
 
 +
Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero – Tobias Weller
 +
 
 +
Young Personality – Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 21
 +
 
 +
Messi scores 644th goal for Barcelona, breaking Pele’s record of goals for one club
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 25
 +
 
 +
John Edrich dies
 +
 
 +
Robin Jackman dies
 +
 
 +
Alvin Kamara scores six rushing touchdowns for Saints against Vikings
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 26
 +
 
 +
King George VI Chase – Frodon (Bryony Frost). First female winner
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 27
 +
 
 +
PDC World Championship third round – Gabriel Clemens (Germany) bt Wright
 +
 
 +
Wrestler George Brodies dies
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 28
 +
 
 +
Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade – Kohli
 +
 
 +
Test Cricketer of the Decade – Steve Smith
 +
 
 +
T20 Cricketer of the Decade – Rashid Khan
 +
 
 +
 
 +
Dec 31
 +
 
 +
Tommy Docherty dies
 +
 
 +
New Year’s Honours –
 +
 
 +
Knighthood – Lewis Hamilton
 +
 
 +
CBE – Bob Champion
 +
 
 +
MBE – Jimmy Greaves, Anne Keothavong, Joe Simmonds

Revision as of 16:17, 19 July 2021

January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Malaga

PDC final – Wright bt Van Gerwen

Don Larsen dies

Jan 2

Liverpool bt Sheffield Utd to go a year unbeaten in Premier League

Jan 5

Ben Stokes becomes first Englishman to take five catches in a Test innings

Hans Tilkowski dies

Tournament of Champions – Justin Thomas

Jan 6

Four Hills Tournament – Dawid Kubacki (Poland)

Jan 7

Second Test (Cape Town) England 269 and 391-8 (Sibley 133) South Africa 223 (Anderson 5-40) and 248. England won by 189 runs

CAF African Player of the Year – Sadio Mane

Jan 9

16-year-old Beau Greaves reaches semi-finals of women’s BDO

GB return bronze medals from 2014 Winter Olympics. Rather than the correct 'Bobsleigh four-man event' inscription, they instead read 'bobsleigh 4-men event'

Jan 10

Shane Warne raises one million Australian dollars for the bushfire appeal after his "baggy green" Australia cap was sold at auction

Jan 11

BDO women’s final – Mikuru Suzuki bt Lisa Ashton

Jan 12

ATP Cup final (Sydney) – Serbia bt Spain

Marcus Stoinis hits the highest individual score in Big Bash League history (147) for Melbourne Stars

Aston Villa 1 Man City 6 (Aguero 3). Aguero becomes top scoring foreign player in Premier league, overtaking Thierry Henry, and has now scored 12 hat-tricks, beating Alan Shearer’s record

BDO final – Wayne Warren bt Jim Williams

Jan 13

Quique Setien replaces Ernesto Valverde as the new head coach of Barcelona

MLB announces that the Houston Astros did use cameras and video monitors to steal signs of opposing catchers and signal to hitters throughout the 2017 season

Jan 15

ICC Cricketer of the Year – Stokes

Jan 17

Dakar Rally won by Carlos Sainz, driving a Mini. 13th Alonso. Held in Saudi Arabia

Jan 18

Saracens to be relegated from Premiership

Jan 19

Masters final – Bingham bt Carter. Carter was a wildcard after O’Sullivan withdrew from the event

AFC Championship – Kansas City Chiefs bt Tennessee Titans

NFC Championship – San Francisco 49ers bt Green Bay Packers

Abu Dhabi Championship – Lee Westwood

Jan 20

Third Test (Port Elizabeth) England 499-9 (Pope 135, Stokes 120) South Africa 209 (Bess 5-51) and 237. England won by an innings and 53 runs

Jan 22

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Crystal Ocean, Enable, and Waldgeist

Jan 24

Rob Rensenbrink dies

Jan 25

LeBron James overtakes Kobe Bryant as third-highest scorer in NBA

Andrew Baggaley retains World Championship of ping pong at Alexandra Palace

Jan 26

FA Cup – Tranmere 0 Man Utd 6

Jason Cummings scores twice for Shrewsbury against Liverpool

Kobe Bryant dies in a helicopter crash

BBL Cup final – Worcester Wolves bt Bristol Flyers

WBBL Cup final – Sevenoaks Suns bt Durham Palatinates

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Robert Paxton. Women’s – Julie Forrest

Jan 27

Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) becomes the first Arab woman to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final

Fourth Test (Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg) England 400 and 248 South Africa 183 (Wood 5-46) and 274. England won by 191 runs. England win series 3-1

Kyle Sinckler to move from Harlequins to Bristol in the summer

Jan 28

Israel Folau joins Catalans Dragons

Carabao Cup semi-final – Aston Villa bt Leicester

Eriksen moves from Spurs to Inter Milan

Jan 29

Carabao Cup semi-final – Man City bt Man Utd

Australian Open quarter-final – Thiem bt Nadal

Jan 30

Semi-finals – Muguruza bt Halep, Kenin bt Barty

Semi-final – Djokovic bt Federer

Jan 31

Semi-final – Thiem bt Zverev

Lawrence Stroll leads rescue deal for Aston Martin. Racing Point Formula 1 team will be branded Aston Martin from 2021 under the deal

Nike's controversial Vaporfly range will not be banned but there will be tighter regulations around high-tech running shoes

Transfer deadline day –

Bruno Fernandes moves from Sporting Lisbon to Man Utd

Odion Ighalo moves from Shanghai Greenland Shenhua to Man Utd on loan

Jerrod Bowen moves from Hull to West Ham

Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Hseih and Strycova

February

Feb 1

Josh Adams hat-trick for Wales against Italy

Final – Kenin bt Muguruza

Mixed doubles final – Mektic and Krejcikova bt Jamie Murray and Mattek-Sands

Feb 2

Six Nations captains – Owen Farrell, Alan Wyn Jones, Jonathan Sexton, Stuart Hogg, Charles Ollivon, Luca Bigi

Six Nations coaches – Eddie Jones, Wayne Pivac, Andy Farrell, Gregor Townsend, Fabien Galthie, Franco Smith

France bt England. Debut for George Furbank

Super Bowl LIV (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens) Kansas City Chiefs 31 San Francisco 49ers 20. MVP – Patrick Mahomes. Half-time show – Jennifer Lopez and Shakira

Super Bowl LV is scheduled to take place in Tampa

NFL MVP – Lamar Jackson (Baltimore Ravens)

German Masters final – Trump bt Robertson

Final – Djokovic bt Thiem

Men’s doubles finals – Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Purcell and Saville

Feb 4

England ODI debuts for Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson against South Africa

Pegasus World Cup – Mucho Gusto

Feb 8

Big Bash League final – Sydney Sixers bt Melbourne Stars

Ellis Genge scores only try for England against Scotland

Fed Cup qualifier – Slovakia bt GB

Feb 9

World Grand Prix final (Cheltenham) – Robertson bt Dott

Naseem Shah, aged 16, becomes youngest player to take a Test hat-trick, for Pakistan against Bangladesh

Feb 14

Man City banned from all UEFA club competitions for two seasons and fined €30 million due to breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations

Feb 15

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Glasgow

Women’s 1500m – Jemma Reekie. Third indoor British record set by Reekie in a month

Feb 16

Welsh Open final – Murphy bt Kyren Wilson

Feb 17

Harry Gregg dies

Golfer Mickey Wright dies. Won 82 LPGA Tour career events including 13 major championships

Laureus World Sport Awards (Monaco) –

World Sportsman of the Year – Lewis Hamilton & Lionel Messi

World Sportswoman of the Year – Simon Biles

World Team of the Year – South Africa rugby union team

World Breakthrough of the Year – Egan Bernal

World Comeback of the Year – Sophia Florsch

World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability – Oksana Masters

World Action Sportsperson of the Year – Chloe Kim

Lifetime Achievement Award – Dirk Nowitzki

Feb 22

Tyson Fury bt Deontay Wilder on a TKO at MGM Grand in Las Vegas

World Club Challenge – Sydney Roosters bt St Helens

Feb 23

WGC-Mexico Championship – Patrick Reed

Feb 24

Liverpool equal Man City’s record of 18 successive wins in Premier League

Sardar Patel Stadium, commonly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad reopens as the largest cricket stadium in the world

Marina Hyde of The Guardian becomes first woman to win Sports Journalist of the Year Award

Feb 26

Track Cycling World Championships start in Berlin

Maria Sharapova retires

Feb 27

UAE Tour – Adam Yates. Final two stages cancelled due to coronavirus

Feb 28

China's three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang is banned for eight years for missing a doping test

Feb 29

Watford 3 (Sarr 2, Deeney) Liverpool 0

Liverpool’s unbeaten run of 44 games in Premier League is ended

Saudi Cup – Maximum Security. First edition of the richest horse race, worth $20 million


Mar 1

Women’s points race – Elinor Barker. GB’s only gold medal

Inter Miami lose first MLS game, to Los Angeles FC

Carabao Cup final – Man City bt Aston Villa

Players Championship final – Trump bt Yan Bingtao


Mar 4

Dier confronts Spurs fan after FA Cup defeat against Norwich


Mar 5

Women’s T20 World Cup cricket semi-final – India bt England after a washout. India go through as group winners


Mar 7

England 33 Wales 30. Red card for Tuilagi


Mar 8

Final (MCG) – Australia bt India. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney put on 115 for the first wicket. Attendance – 86,174

Scotland bt France. Red card for Haouas

UK Open Darts final – Van Gerwen bt Price

EIHL Challenge Cup – Sheffield Steelers bt Cardiff Devils


Mar 10

Champion Hurdle – Epatante (Barry Geraghty), trained by Nicky Henderson. 2nd Sharjah 3rd Darver Star

Champions League round of 16 – RB Leipzig bt Spurs


Mar 11

Man City v Arsenal first Premier League to be postponed due toCoronavirus

Champion Chase – Politologue

Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 3. Four goals were scored in extra time


Mar 12

Ryanair Chase – Min

Joe Marler banned for 10 weeks for grabbing Alun Wyn Jones’s testicles


Mar 13

Gold Cup – Al Boum Photo (Paul Townend), trained by Willie Mullins. 2nd Santini 3rd Lostintranslation

Leading trainer – Willie Mullins. Gordon Elliott also has seven winners

Leading jockey – Paul Townend


Mar 15

Formula 1 teams –

Mercedes – Hamilton, Bottas

Ferrari – Vettel, Leclerc

Red Bull – Verstappen, Albon

McLaren – Sainz, Norris

Williams – Russell, Nicholas Latifi (Canada)

Racing Point – Perez, Stroll

AlphaTauri – Gasly, Kvyat

Renault – Ricciardo, Ocon

Haas F1 – Grosjean, Magnussen

Alfa Romeo – Raikkonen, Giovinazzi

BBL Trophy final – Newcastle Eagles bt Solent Kestrels

WBBL Trophy final – Leicester Riders bt Durham Palatinates

Badminton All England Championships (Birmingham). Men’s – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Women’s – Tai Tzu Ying (Taipei)

London Marathon postponed until 4 October


Mar 16

All sport cancelled ☹

Diversity in Sport awards won by Jofra Archer and Dina Asher-Smith


Mar 19

Peter Whittingham dies


Mar 20

Tom Brady moves from New England Patriots to Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Gibraltar Open final – Trump bt Kyren Wilson to win a record sixth ranking tournament of the season


Mar 22

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Aleksander Aamodt Kilde

Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez

Women’s overall – Federica Brignone (Italy)

Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter (Switzerland)

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Stefan Kraft

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Maren Lundby


Mar 24

Tokyo Olympic Games postponed until July 2021 and Paralympics until August 2021

New competitions include 3x3 basketball, freestyle BMX, and Madison cycling

BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze


Mar 26

All lower league football results for this season expunged


Apr 1

Entire grass court tennis season is cancelled


Apr 4

Virtual Grand National – Potters Corner


Apr 6

Champion jockey – Brian Hughes

Champion trainer – Nicky Henderson

Champion conditional jockey – Jonjo O’Neill Jr

Wrestlemania – Drew McIntyre bt Brock Lesnar


Apr 8

Wisden Cricketers of the Year – Jofra Archer, Pat Cummins, Simon Harmer, Marnus Labuschagne, Ellyse Perry

Leading cricketer in the world – Ben Stokes


Apr 12

Stirling Moss dies

Peter Bonetti dies


Apr 13

SPFL curtails the lower leagues in Scotland


Apr 17

Norman Hunter dies

PDC Home Tour starts. Players compete against each other from their homes via video link


Apr 23

NFL draft – Joe Barrow is first pick for Cincinnati Bengals


Apr 29

Trevor Cherry dies


Apr 30

PSG awarded French title


May 2

Bill Beaumont re-elected as World rugby chairman


May 5

Sam Cane succeeds Kieran Read as captain of New Zealand


May 8

BBC shows Jeonbok v Suwon football match from South Korea


May 16

Bundesliga returns – Borussia Dortmund bt Schelke in ‘ghost game’ played behind closed doors. First goal scored by Erling Braut Haaland


May 18

SPFL ends season

Champions – Celtic

Relegated – Hearts

Scottish Championship – Dundee United

Scottish League One – Raith Rovers

Scottish League Two – Cove Rangers

‘Project Restart’ for Premier League


May 22

Osaka becomes highest-paid female athlete


May 25

WSL ended


May 26

Man City defender Glyn Pardoe dies

Formula E driver Daniel Abt sacked for using a ringer driver in virtual races


May 29

Federer becomes world’s highest paid athlete


May 30

Bobby Morrow dies


May 31

Jadon Sancho hat-trick for Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn


Jun 1

Racing restarts in Newcastle. First race (Welcome Back British Racing Handicap) won by Zodiakos

Snooker restarts at Marshall Centre, Milton Keynes


Jun 6

2000 Guineas – Kameko (Oisin Murphy), trained by Andrew Balding


Jun 7

1000 Guineas – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien

League One and League Two ended

Bayer Leverkusen beat fourth-tier Saarbrucken in German Cup semi-final


Jun 11

La Liga starts with Sevilla v Real Betis


Jun 13

Cieran Fallon rides 200-1 shot Intercessor to victory at Newbury


Jun 14

Charles Schwab Challenge – Daniel Berger. First golf tournament after resumption


Jun 16

Bayern Munich win 8th successive Bundesliga title

St James’s Palace Stakes – Palace Pier


Jun 17

Premier League restarts with Aston Villa v Sheffield Utd. Five substitutes allowed. Players have ‘Black Lives Matter’ on shirts and take the knee at kickoff

First goal in Premier League scored by Sterling for Man City v Arsenal

Willie Thorne dies

Prince of Wales's Stakes – Lord North


Jun 18

Chelsea sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig

Gold Cup – Stradivarius. Third successive victory

Sandringham Stakes – Onassis (Hayley Turner)


Jun 19

Duke of Edinburgh Stakes – Scarlet Dragon (Hollie Doyle)


Jun 20

Coventry Stakes – Nando Parrado, at odds of 150-1

Leading jockey – Dettori

Leading trainer – Gosden

Belmont Stakes – Tiz the Law


Jun 22

Noose found in garage of black NASCAR star Bubba Wallace


Jun 23

Liam Treadwell dies

Djokovic and other players test positive for Covid-19 following Adria Tour


Jun 24

Martial hat-trick for Man Utd v Sheffield Utd

Clare Connor to be next MCC president


Jun 25

Chelsea bt Man City. Liverpool win Premier League

Neil Warnock replaces Jonathan Woodgate as manager of Middlesbrough


Jun 27

Man Utd use six subs in FA Cup match against Norwich

Ian Baraclough appointed as manager of Northern Ireland

Irish Derby – Santiago


Jun 28

Battle of the Brits final – Evans bt Edmund


Jun 29

League Two play-off final – Northampton bt Exeter. First match to be played at Wembley behind closed doors

Promoted – Swindon, Crewe, Plymouth, Northampton

Relegated – Macclesfield

Leading scorer – Eoin Doyle (Swindon) 25 goals

Cam Newton moves to New England Patriots


Jul 1

Wigan enter administration

Everton Weekes dies


Jul 2

Man City 4 Liverpool 0


Jul 4

The Oaks – Love (Ryan Moore), trained by Aidan O’Brien

The Derby – Serpentine (Emmet McNamara), trained by Aidan O’Brien. 8th Derby win for O’Brien

Jamie Vardy scores 100th Premier League goal


Jul 5

Austrian GP – Bottas, Leclerc, Norris. Fastest lap – Norris


Jul 7

Patrick Mahomes offered biggest contract in NFL history


Jul 8

Snowboarder Alex Pullin dies

Stokes captains England for the first time, against West Indies

Ryder Cup postponed for 12 months


Jul 9

Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set anew 2 00m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m


Jul 11

Jack Charlton dies

Liverpool 1 Burnley 1. First points dropped at home this season

Norwich 0 West Ham 4 (Antonio 4). Norwich are relegated

Sterling hat-trick against Brighton


Jul 12

Styrian GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen

First Test (Ageas Bowl, Southampton) England 204 (Holder 6-42) and 313 West Indies 318 and 200-6 (Blackwood 95). West Indies won by four wickets


Jul 13

CAS overturn Man City two-year ban

League One play-off final – Wycombe bt Oxford

Promoted – Coventry, Rotherham, Wycombe

Relegated – Bolton, Southend, Tranmere

Leading scorer – Ivan Toney (Peterborough) 24 goals

Washington Redskins change name to Washington Football Team


Jul 14

Sam Matterface to replace Clive Tyldesley as chief ITV football commentator

Championship match – Wigan (7) 8 Hull (0) 0


Jul 16

Archer dropped from England team for breaching bio-security


Jul 18

FA Cup semi-final – Arsenal bt Man City


Jul 19

Hungarian GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas

FA Cup semi-final – Chelsea by Man Utd

Nigel Pearson sacked as manager of Watford

Memorial Tournament – Jon Rahm, who replaces McIlroy as world number one


Jul 20

Second Test (Old Trafford) England 469-9 (Stokes 176, Sibley 120, Chase 5-172) and 129-3 West Indies 287 and 198. England won by 113 runs

Sibley batted for 556 minutes, faced 372 balls, and hit five 4s


Jul 24

FAW Player of the Year – Henderson

Seattle Kraken to compete in NHL in 2021-22


Jul 25

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – Enable

Broad 50 off 33 balls in Third Test


Jul 26

Premier League finishes

Golden Boot – Vardy (23 goals)

De Bruyne equals Henry’s record of 20 assists


Jul 27

LMA Manager of the Year – Klopp

Championship Manager of the Year – Bielsa

WSL Manager of the Year – Hayes

Betfred World Matchplay final – Van der Bergh bt Anderson


Jul 28

Broad takes 500th Test wicket, trapping Brathwaite lbw. Same batsman and method of dismissal as Anderson’s 500th wicket

Third Test (Old Trafford) England 369 and 226-2 West Indies 197 (Broad 6-31) and 129 (Woakes 5-50) England won by 269 runs. England win series 2-1

Kemar Roach takes 200th Test wicket

Goodwood Cup – Stradivarius. Fourth successive win


Jul 29

Brentford play final home game at Griffin Park


Jul 30

Saudi Arabia pull out of Newcastle Utd deal


Jul 31

Forbes’ most valuable teams – Dallas Cowboys, New York Yankees, New York Knicks


Aug 1

FA Cup final – Arsenal 2 (Aubameyang 2) Chelsea 1 (Pulisic). Kovacic sent off

Eddie Howe leaves Bournemouth

Stan Mellor dies


Aug 2

National League play-off – Harrogate bt Notts County

Promoted – Barrow, Harrogate

Super League returns. St Helens bt Catalans in opening match

British GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Leclerc. Hulkenberg replaced Perez who had Covid

WGC Invitational – Justin Thomas. 2nd Tom Lewis


Aug 3

World Snooker Championship first round – O’Sullivan bt Uh Nooh 10-1 in 108 minutes

Anthony Hamilton withdraws from the championship


Aug 4

Third ODI – England 328 (Morgan 106) Ireland 329-3 (Stirling 142, Balbirnie 113)

Championship play-off final – Fulham bt Brentford. Jon Bryan scores 2 goals

Promoted – Leeds, West Bromwich, Leeds

Relegated – Charlton, Wigan, Hull

Leading scorer – Mitrovic (Fulham) and Watkins (Brentford) 26 goals

Wigan relegated after losing appeal


Aug 5

Hawkins bt Alexander Ursenbacher (Switzerland)


Aug 6

Higgins 147 against Kurt Maflin


Aug 8

First Test – Pakistan 326 (Shan Masood 156) and 169 England 219 and 277-7 (Woakes 84) England won by three wickets

Pirlo replaces Sarri as manager of Juventus

Jason Tindall appointed as manager of Bournemouth

Champions League – Bayern Munich bt Chelsea 7-1 on aggregate


Aug 9

70th Anniversary GP (Silverstone) – Verstappen, Hamilton, Bottas

Formula E – Antonio Felix da Costa

Templehof held six rounds of Formula E championship

PGA (San Francisco) – Collin Morrikawa, 2nd Casey, Dustin Johnson


Aug 10

Jordan Cox (238 not out) and Jack Leaning (220 not out) share an unbroken 423-run stand for the second wicket as Kent score 530-1 against Sussex


Aug 11

Quarter-final – Kyren Wilson bt Trump

Macclesfield relegated following a four-point deduction for financial misconduct. Stevenage, who finished bottom of League Two, stay up

Europa League quarter-final – Sevilla bt Wolves


Aug 13

Netherland’s Women’s manager Saring Weigmann will succeed Phil Neville as England’s head coach in September 2021

He Knows No Fear wins race at Leopardstown at odds of 300-1


Aug 14

Champions League quarter-final – Bayern Munich 8 Barcelona 2

Semi-finals – Wilson bt McGill 17-16. Deciding frame lasted 62 minutes, and set a new record for the most combined points scored in a single frame at the Crucible, 103–83

O’Sullivan by Selby 17-16

Joshua Cheptegei breaks the 5km road world record by 27 seconds


Aug 15

Angela Buxton dies

Champions League quarter-final – Lyon bt Man City


Aug 16

Spanish GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas

World Snooker final – O’Sullivan bt Wilson 18-8. 6th World Championship

Europa League semi-final – Sevilla bt Man Utd


Aug 17

Second Test – Pakistan 226 England 110-4. Match drawn

Europa League semi-final – Inter Milan 5 Shakhtar Donetsk 0


Aug 18

Champions League semi-final – PSG bt RB Leipzig


Aug 19

Ronald Koeman replaces Quique Setien as manager of Barcelona

Forbes highest-earning sportswoman – Osaka

Champions League semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Lyon


Aug 20

Europa League final (Cologne) Sevilla 3 Inter Milan 2

Sixth win for Sevilla. Lukaku scored in 11th successive European match. Ashley Young played for Inter Milan


Aug 22

World Seniors Championship – White by Doherty


Aug 21

Jurgen Grobler steps down as British Rowing head coach


Aug 23

Women’s British Open (Royal Troon) – Sophia Popov (Germany)

Indy 500 – Sato

Champions League final (Lisbon) Bayern Munich 1 (Coman) PSG 0

Bayern manager – Hansi Flick


Aug 25

Harry Maguire given suspended sentence for events in Mykanos

Glos bowled out for 76 and 70 by Somerset

Third Test – England 583-8 (Crawley 267) Pakistan 273 and 187-4. Match drawn

England win series 1-0

Crawley and Buttler put on 359 for the fifth wicket

Anderson takes 600th Test wicket, Azhar Ali caught by Root


Aug 26

Champions League second qualifying round – Ferencvaros bt Celtic

Milwaukee Bucks walk out of NBA match following death of Jacob Blake


Aug 27

David Bryant dies

Championship Player of the Year – Ollie Watkins (Brentford)

League One Player of the Year – Ivan Toney (Peterborough)

League Two Player of the Year – Eoin Doyle (Swindon)


Aug 28

Rodrigo moves from Valencia to Leeds


Aug 29

Community Shield – Arsenal bt Liverpool

Hollie Doyle rides five winners at Windsor

La Course by Le Tour de France – Lizzie Deignan

Tour de France starts in Nice


Aug 30

Belgium GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen

Women’s Champions League final – Lyon by Wolfsburg. 5th consecutive win

A-League Grand Final – Sydney FC bt Melbourne City

BMW Championship – Jon Rahm


Aug 31

US Open first round – Norrie bt Schwartzman

Konta bt Watson


Sep 1

James Rodriguez moves from Real Madrid to Everton

Pernille Harder moves from Wolfsburg to Chelsea for £270,000, a record fee in the women’s game


Sep 3

Van de Beek moves from Ajax to Man Utd

Adam Yates takes yellow jersey in Tour de France

Second round – Djokovic bt Edmund


Sep 4

Kai Havertz moves from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea for £71 million


Sep 5

Iceland 0 England 1 (Sterling). Kyle Walker sent off

Foden and Greenwood break Covid-19 rules. Full debut for Foden

Kentucky Derby – Authentic

Georgia Taylor-Brown wins Triathlon World Championship in one-off race in Hamburg


Sep 6

Italian GP – Gasly, Sainz, Stroll

Novak Djokovic defaulted from US Open after hitting line judge Laura Clark with a ball. He was playing a match against Pablo Carreno Busta

Yates loses yellow jersey to Roglic


Sep 7

Tour Championship – Dustin Johnson

FedEx Cup – Dustin Johnson


Sep 8

Serie A – Juventus

La Liga – Real Madrid

Bundesliga – Bayern Munich

Primeira Liga – Porto

Ligue 1 (Le Championnat) – Paris Saint-Germain

Eredivisie – Ajax

Istanbul Basaksehir win Turkish League for the first time

PFA Players’ Player of the Year – De Bruyne

PFA Young Player of the Year – Alexander-Arnold

PFA Women’s Player of the Year – Bethany England

FWA Footballer of the Year – Henderson

FWA Women’s Footballer of the Year – Vivianne Miedema

Barclays Manager of the Season – Klopp

Barclays Player of the Season – De Bruyne

League Managers' Association manager of the year – Klopp

BBC Women's Footballer of the Year – Lucy Bronze

Lucy Bronze moves from Lyon to Man City


Sep 10

Alan Minter dies

Semi-finals – Azarenka bt Williams, Osaka bt Jennifer Brady

CPLT20 final – Trinbago Knight Riders bt St Lucia Zouks


Sep 11

Sam Billings hits a century against Australia in ODI

Semi-finals – Zverev bt Carreno Busta, Thiem bt Medvedev


Sep 12

First goal in Premier League scored by Lacazette for Arsenal against Fulham

Liverpool 4 (Salah 3) Leeds 3

Premier League shirt sponsors – Aston Villa – Cazoo, Everton – Cazoo, Leeds – SBOTOP, Leicester – Tourism Authority of Thailand, West Bromwich – Ideal Boilers, Wolves – ManBetX

Pro14 final – Leinster bt Ulster

Final – Osaka bt Azarenka

WSL – West Ham 1 Arsenal 9

St Leger – Galileo Chrome (Tom Marquand), trained by Joseph O’Brien


Sep 13

WSL – Chelsea 9 Bristol City 0

ANA Inspiration – Mirim Lee (South Korea)


Sep 14

Tuscan GP (Mugello) – Hamilton, Bottas, Albon. First podium for Albon

Final – Thiem bt Zverev


Sep 15

PGA Tour Player of the Year – Dustin Johnson


Sep 16

Macclesfield wound up

Former IAAF head Lamine Diack is found guilty of corruption and jailed

England 302=7 (Bairstow 112) Australia 305-7 (Maxwell 108, Carey 106)

Australia win series 2-1


Sep 17

Reed and Zalatoris holes-in-one in first round of US Open


Sep 18

Liverpool sign Thiago from Bayern Munich

Pat Smullen dies


Sep 19

Bale moves to Spurs on one-year loan

Champions Cup quarter-final – Saracens bt Leinster

Calvert-Lewin hat-trick for Everton against West Brom

Tadej Pogacer takes yellow jersey in Tour de France


Sep 20

Son scores four goals against Southampton

Tour de France – Pogacer (UAE Team Emirates). 2nd Roglic, 3rd Porte

Points – Sam Bennett

King of the Mountains – Pogacer

Young Rider – Pogacer

Combativity – Mark Hirschi

Team – Movistar Team

US Open (Winged Foot) – Bryson DeChambeau

Le Mans – Toyota (Buemi, Hartley and Nakajima)


Sep 21

Premiership Rugby Cup final – Sale Sharks bt Harlequins


Sep 23

Morecambe 0 Newcastle 7


Sep 24

Dean Jones dies

Lincoln 2 Liverpool 7

Uefa Super Cup (Budapest) Bayern Munich bt Sevilla

Road World Cycling Championships start in Imola

Women’s time trial – Anna van der Breggen

European Masters – Aaron Hill (aged 18) bt O’Sullivan

Jota moves from Wolves to Liverpool


Sep 25

Diamond League finishes in Doha

Men’s time trial – Filippo Ganna (Italy)


Sep 26

Women’s road race – Anna van der Breggen

Mendy moves from Rennes to Chelsea

Semi-finals – Racing 92 bt Saracens, Exeter bt Toulouse

Cambridgeshire Handicap – Majestic Dawn


Sep 27

Russian GP – Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton

Bob Willis Trophy – Essex bt Somerset. Cook 172 in first innings

Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Southern Vipers bt Northern Diamonds

French Open first round – Wawrinka bt Murray, Gauff bt Konta

Man City 2 Leicester 5 (Vardy 3)

Men’s Road Race – Julian Alaphilippe


Sep 28

Stanley Cup – Tampa Bay Lightning bt Dallas Stars

Play-offs MVP – Victor Hedman

Regular season MVP – Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers)

British Speedway Championship – Rory Schlein (Australia)


Sep 29

London Irish play first match at Brentford Community Centre


Sep30

England bt West Indies 5-0 in T20 series at Derby


Oct 1

Spurs 7 Maccabi Haifa 2

İstanbul Basaksehir, Krasnodar, Midtjylland and Rennes made their debut appearances in Champions League group stage


Oct 2

Scottish Open – Aaron Rai (England)


Oct 3

Preakness Stakes – Swiss Skydiver

PCA player of the year – Chris Woakes

Young player – Zak Crawley

Women’s player – Sarah Glenn

Speedway Grand Prix – Bartosz Zmarzlik


Oct 4

T20 Blast finals (Edgbaston). Semi-finals – Surrey bt Glos, Notts bt Lancs

Final – Notts bt Surrey

Man Utd 1 Spurs 6

Aston Villa 7 (Watkins 3) Liverpool 2

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Sottsass. 6th Enable

London Marathon. Men’s – Shura Kitata (Ethiopia). Women’s – Kosgei. 2nd Sara Hall (USA)

Liege-Bastogne-Liege – Lizzie Deignan

Exeter finish top of Premiership. Relegated – Saracens (-38 points) Promoted – Newcastle


Oct 5

Transfer deadline day –

Edinson Cavani moves from PSG to Man Utd

Alex Telles moves from Porto to Man Utd

Thomas Partey moves from Atletico Madrid to Arsenal


Oct 6

WNBA final – Seattle Storm bt Las Vegas Aces


Oct 7

Joshua Cheptegui breaks the 10,000m road world record

Letesenbet Gidey breaks women’s 5000m world record at the same meeting in Valencia


Oct 8

England 3 Wales 0. Calvert-Lewin, Coady and Ings all score on debut

Semi-finals – Kenin bt Kvitova, Iga Swiatek (Poland) bt Nadia Podoroska (Argentina)


Oct 9

Semi-finals – Nadal bt Schwartzmann, Djokovic bt Tsitsipas


Oct 10

Final – Swiatek bt Kenin

Men’s doubles final – Krawietz and Mies bt Pavic and Soares

Wheelchair – Hewitt

Dowsett wins a stage of Giro D’Italia

Premiership semi-finals – Wasps bt Bristol, Exeter bt Bath

Cesarewitch Handicap – Great White Shark


Oct 11

Final – Nadal bt Djokovic. 13th win in Paris. 20th Grand Slam

Women’s doubles final – Babos and Mladenovic bt Guarachi and Krakczyk

Mount scores winning goal for England v Belgium

Eifel GP (Nurburgring) – Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo

NBA finals – Los Angeles Lakers bt Miami Heat

Finals MVP – LeBron James. 4th win

Regular season MVP – Antetokounopo

BMW PGA – Tyrell Hatton

Women’s PGA – Kim Sei-young


Oct 12

World Grand Prix final – Price bt Dirk van Duijvenbode

Project Big Picture, put together by Liverpool and Manchester United, would see teams in the EFL given £250 million to share between themselves


Oct 14

Maguire and Reece James sent off against Denmark

Rugby Players’ Association Player of the Year – Jack Willis (Wasps)

Young Player of the Year – Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)


Oct 15

Premier League Darts final – Durrant bt Aspinall


Oct 16

European Rugby Challenge Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Bristol bt Toulon


Oct 17

European Rugby Champions Cup final (Ashton Gate) – Exeter bt Racing 92 31-27

Man of the match – Joe Simmonds

European Rugby player of the year – Sam Simmonds

Challenge Cup final – Leeds 17 Salford 16. Winning drop goal scored by Luke Gale

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships (Poland) – Men’s – Jacob Kiplimo Uganda), Women’s – Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)

Speedway of Nations – Russia

Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – The Revenant

Champion Stakes – Addeybb


Oct 18

Ashton and Hedman qualify for PDC World Championship. Sherrock finished third in qualifying competition

Teofimo Lopez bt Vasyl Lomachenko to win three lightweight world title belts

Jonathan Rea wins sixth straight World Superbike title

British Superbike Championship – Josh Brookes

English Open final – Trump bt Robertson


Oct 23

Bamford hat-trick for Leeds against Aston Villa


Oct 24

Ajax set a new Eredivisie record by thrashing VVV-Venlo 13-0

Premiership final – Exeter bt Wasps. Man of the match – Henry Slade

Leading try scorers – Ollie Thornley and Ben Earl (11)

Leading points scorer – Rhys Priestland (206)

AFL Grand Final (The Gabba) – Richmond bt Geelong

League of Ireland – Shamrock Rovers


Oct 25

Giro d’Italia – Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Ineos)

Portuguese GP – Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen. Record 92nd win for Hamilton

IndyCar Series – Scott Dixon

NRL Grand Final – Melbourne Storm bt Penrith Panthers

Queen’s Birthday Honours –

MBE – Marcus Rashford


Oct 27

World Series – LA Dodgers bt Tampa Bay Rays. MVP – Corey Seager

MLB was a shortened season of 60 games

The entirety of the World Series was hosted by Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas

American League MVP – Jose Abreu (Chicago White Sox)

National League MVP – Freddie Freeman (Atlanta Braves)

Christian Coleman banned for two years for missing a drugs test


Oct 28

Rashford hat-trick against Red Bull Leipzig


Oct 29

JJ Williams dies


Oct 30

Nobby Stiles dies


Oct 31

Alun Wyn Jones wins record 149th cap

Ben Youngs wins 100th cap

Cian Healy wins 100th cap

Six Nations – England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Italy

Italy are whitewashed for the fifth consecutive year

Most points – Romain Ntamack (57)

Most tries – Charles Ollivon (4)

Six Nations Player of the Championship – Antoine Dupont

England win women’s Six Nations Grand Slam

Women’s Six Nations Player of the Championship – Emily Scarratt

English Greyhound Derby – Deerjet Sydney


Nov 1

Women’s FA Cup final – Man City bt Everton

Emilia Romagna GP (Imola) – Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo

Mercedes win seventh consecutive constructors’ championship

Bale scores first goal since return to Spurs, against Brighton


Nov 3

Melbourne Cup – Twilight Payment (Jye McNeil), trained by Joseph O’Brien. Anthony van Dyck put down

Wimbledon return to Plough Lane

Jota hat-trick for Liverpool agianst Atalanta


Nov 4

Sheffield Wednesday points deduction for breaking spending rules reduced from 12 to six

Istanbul Basaksehir bt Man Utd


Nov 6

League Leaders Shield – Wigan Warriors

Champion flat jockey – Oisin Murphy

Champion flat trainer – ?


Nov 7

Breeders’ Cup Classic – Authentic

Breeder’s Cup Turf – Tarnawa


Nov 8

Vuelta e Espana – Roglic. 2nd Caparaz, 3rd Hugh Carthy

FA Cup first round – Torquay 5 Crawley 6

Rangers 8 Hamilton 0

PDC World Cup of Darts final (Salzburg) – Wales (Price and Clayton) bt England (Smith and Cross)

NASCAR Cup Series – Chase Elliott


Nov 10

IPL13 final – Mumbai Indians bt Delhi Capitals

Orange Cap for most runs – KL Rahul

Purple Cap for most wickets – Kasigo Rabada

Player of the series – Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)

Graham Cowdrey dies

Bridgerweight boxing weight class created, between cruiserweight and heavyweight


Nov 11

Cartier Horse of the Year – Ghaiyyath


Nov 12

Jade Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), aged17, makes England debut against Ireland

Euro 2020 play-off – Scotland bt Serbia

Greg Clarke resigns from FA over racist remarks


Nov 14

Jamie George hat-trick against Georgia

Lance Stroll maiden poll at Turkish GP

Argentina beat New Zealand for the first time. Sanchez scores all 25 points

Terence Crawford bt Kell Brook


Nov 15

Turkish GP – Hamilton, Perez, Vettel

Ray Clemence dies

Masters – Dustin Johnson, with a record score of -20. 2nd Cameron Smith, Sungjae Im

Tiger Woods takes 10 on par three 12th hole

World’s Strongest Man (Florida) – Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine), 2nd Tom Stoltman (Scotland)

British Touring Car Championship – Ashley Sutton


Nov 17

Spain 6 (Torres 3) Germany 0

Pakistan Super League final (Karachi) – Karachi Kings bt Lahore Qalanders


Nov18

Minnesota Timberwolves choose Anthony Edwards as first pick in NBA draft

State of Origin – Queensland Maroons bt New South Wales Blues


Nov 20

Nitto ATP Finals. Group tables –

Group Tokyo 1970 – Medvedev, Djokovic, Zverev, Schartzman

Group London 2020 – Thiem, Nadal, Tsitsipas, Rublev

Super League semi-finals – Wigan bt Hull, St Helens bt Catalans Dragons

Rugby League Writers player of the year award – Bevan French (Wigan)


Nov 21

Semi-finals – Thiem bt Djokovic, Medvedev bt Nadal

James Botham makes debut for Wales

Betfair Chase – Bristol De Mai


Nov 22

Final – Medvedev bt Thiem

Doubles final – Koolhof and Mektic bt Melzer and Roger-Vasselin

ISL Grand Final (Budapest) – Cali Condors, 2nd Energy Standard, 3rd London Roar

MVP – Caleb Dressel

Northern Ireland Open final (Milton Keynes) – Trump bt O’Sullivan

MotoGP final standings – 1st Joan Mir (Suzuki), 2nd Morbidelli

Constructors’ champion – Ducati, after Yamaha were deducted 50 points after failing to respect MSMA technical changes protocols

Moto2 – Enea Bastianini

Moto3 – Albert Arenas


Nov 23

Man of Steel – Paul McShane (Castleford)


Nov 24

Christophe Domenici dies

Bingham and Kyren Wilson both score 147 in first round of UK Championship

Grand Slam of Darts final – Jose de Souza bt Wade


Nov 25

Maradona dies

Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year – Hollie Doyle

Japan Cup – Almond Eye


Nov 27

Super League Grand Final (Hull) St Helens 8 Wigan 4. Winning try scored by Jack Welsby

Harry Sunderland Trophy – James Roby


Nov 28

Mahrez hat-trick for Man City against Burnley

Mike Tyson’s comeback fight against Roy Jones Jr ends in a draw

Women’s Big Bash League final – Sydney Thunder bt Melbourne Stars


Nov 29

Bahrain GP – Hamilton, Verstappen, Albon

Grosjean hits a crash barrier with a force of 53g. The car splits in half and catches fire

Second round – Alexander Ursenbacher bt O’Sullivan

Papa Bouba Diop dies

Scottish League Cup second round – Ross County bt Celtic

Players Championship final – Van Gerwyn bt King


Dec 1

South Africa v England T20 – Malan (99) and Buttler in record partnership of 167. England win series 3-0

Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin to race for Haas next year

Carlos Sainz to move to Ferrari


Dec 2

Stephanie Frappart becomes the first female to referee a UEFA Champions League match, between Juventus and Dynamo Kyiv

Japan Series – Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks


Dec 3

William Hill Sports Book of the Year – ‘The Rodchenkov Affair’ by Grigory Rodchenkov


Dec 4

Mosconi Cup – Team Europe bt Team USA. MVP – Jayson Shaw


Dec 5

World Athletes of the Year – Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas

Formula 2 Championship – Mick Schumacher

Tri Nations Series – New Zealand. Rugby Championship was cancelled after South Africa withdrew


Dec 6

Sakhir GP – Perez, Ocon, Stroll. First win for Perez. 9th George Russell, who replaced Hamilton. Jack Aitken replaced Russell. Petro Fittipaldi replaced Grosjean

UK Snooker Championship final (Milton Keynes) – Robertson bt Trump 10-9

Peter Alliss dies

Autumn Nations Cup final – England bt France. Farrell kicks winning penalty in extra time


Dec 7

Breaking to be included at 2024 Olympics

2020 World Cup qualifying Group I: England, Poland, Hungary, Albania, Andorra, San Marino


Dec 8

RB Leipzig knock Man Utd out of Champions League

WTA Tour Player of the Year – Kenin


Dec 10

Paolo Rossi dies


Dec 11

PSG walk off against Istanbul Basaksehir due to racist comment by Romanian official

Nigel Owens retires after refereeing 100 internationals


Dec 12

Anthony Joshua bt Kubrat Pulev (Bulgaria)

MLS Cup – Columbus Crew bt Seattle Sounders


Dec 13

DP World Championship – Fitzpatrick

Race to Dubai – Westwood

Abu Dhabi GP – Verstappen, Bottas, Hamilton

Final standings – 1st Hamilton 347 points, 2nd Bottas 223 points, 3rd Verstappen

Constructors – 1st Mercedes 573 points, 2nd Red Bull 319 points, 3rd McLaren

Race winners – Hamilton 11, Bottas 2, Verstappen 2, Gasly 1, Perez 1

Pole positions – Hamilton 10, Bottas 5, Verstappen 1, Stroll 1

Scottish Open final – Selby bt O’Sullivan

World Rally Championships – Ogier (Toyota) 2nd Elfyn Evans

Manufacturer’s title – Hyundai

All-Ireland Hurling Final – Limerick bt Waterford


Dec 14

Gerard Houllier dies

US Women’s Open – Kim A-lim


Dec 16

Sam Allerdyce replaces Slaven Bilic as manager of WBA


Dec 17

Best Fifa Football Awards –

Men’s Player of the Year – Lewandowski

Women’s Player of the Year – Bronze

Coach of the Year – Klopp

Best goal – Son (Spurs v Burnley)

Russia's ban from all major sporting events after a doping scandal has been cut from four years to two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport


Dec 18

Perez replaces Albon at Red Bull

Tara Geraghty-Moats (USA) wins first event in Nordic Combined World Cup for women


Dec 19

India bowled out for 39 by Australia. Hazelwood 5-8, Cummins 4-21

Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 7

All-Ireland Gaelic Football final – Dublin bt Mayo


Dec 20

Man Utd 6 Leeds 2

Scottish Cup final – Celtic bt Hearts

BBC Sports Personality of the Year – 1st Hamilton 2nd Henderson, 3rd Doyle

Also nominated – O’Sullivan, Fury, Broad. Fury did not want to be nominated

World Sport Star – Khabib Nurmagomedov

Helen Rollason Award – Captain Sir Tom Moore

Expert Special Panel Award – Marcus Rashford

Coach of the Year – Jurgen Klopp

Team of the Year – Liverpool FC

Unsung Hero – Sgt Matt Ratana

Captain Tom Young Unsung Hero – Tobias Weller

Young Personality – Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix


Dec 21

Messi scores 644th goal for Barcelona, breaking Pele’s record of goals for one club


Dec 25

John Edrich dies

Robin Jackman dies

Alvin Kamara scores six rushing touchdowns for Saints against Vikings


Dec 26

King George VI Chase – Frodon (Bryony Frost). First female winner


Dec 27

PDC World Championship third round – Gabriel Clemens (Germany) bt Wright

Wrestler George Brodies dies


Dec 28

Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade – Kohli

Test Cricketer of the Decade – Steve Smith

T20 Cricketer of the Decade – Rashid Khan


Dec 31

Tommy Docherty dies

New Year’s Honours –

Knighthood – Lewis Hamilton

CBE – Bob Champion

MBE – Jimmy Greaves, Anne Keothavong, Joe Simmonds