Sport and Leisure/Sport 2020
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
Monte Carlo Rally – Thierry Neuville (Belgium), driving a Hyundai
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
Christine Sinclair (Canada) passes Abby Wambach’s record of 184 international goals
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 3
Shane Wane appointed as head coach of England rugby league team
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 12
Kukri Sports return as official kit supplier for Team England at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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
March
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
April
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
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
June
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
July
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
UFC moved to "Fight Island" – Yas Island in Abu Dhabi
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
August
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
England Women appoint Sarina Weigman as new head coach
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
September
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
October
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
November
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
December
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 (Bahrain) – Perez, Ocon, Stroll. 9th George Russell, who replaced Hamilton. Jack Aitken replaced Russell. Petro Fittipaldi replaced Grosjean
First win for Perez, in his 190th GP
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
Female Cricketer of the Decade – Ellyse Perry
Dec 31
Tommy Docherty dies
New Year’s Honours –
Knighthood – Lewis Hamilton
CBE – Bob Champion
MBE – Jimmy Greaves, Anne Keothavong, Joe Simmonds
