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January
 
January
 
  
 
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PDC quarter-final – Dave Chisnall bt Michael van Gerwen
 
PDC quarter-final – Dave Chisnall bt Michael van Gerwen
 
  
 
Jan 2
 
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WBC interim lightweight title – Ryan Garcia bt Luke Campbell
 
WBC interim lightweight title – Ryan Garcia bt Luke Campbell
 
  
 
Jan 3
 
Jan 3
  
 
PDC final – Gerwyn Price bt Gary Anderson. First Welshman ever to win the tournament
 
PDC final – Gerwyn Price bt Gary Anderson. First Welshman ever to win the tournament
 
  
 
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Carabao cup semi-final – Spurs bt Brentford
 
Carabao cup semi-final – Spurs bt Brentford
 
  
 
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Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch
 
Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch
 
  
 
Jan 8
 
Jan 8
  
 
FA Cup third round – Liverpool bt Aston Villa youth team
 
FA Cup third round – Liverpool bt Aston Villa youth team
 
  
 
Jan 9
 
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FA Cup third round – Blackpool bt WBA, Chorley bt Derby youth team
 
FA Cup third round – Blackpool bt WBA, Chorley bt Derby youth team
 
  
 
Jan 10
 
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Tournament of Champions – Harris English
 
Tournament of Champions – Harris English
 
  
 
Jan 12
 
Jan 12
  
 
Sheffield Utd gain first win in 18th Premier League match, against Newcastle
 
Sheffield Utd gain first win in 18th Premier League match, against Newcastle
 
  
 
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Bike – Kevin Benavides (Argentina), riding a Honda
 
Bike – Kevin Benavides (Argentina), riding a Honda
 
  
 
Jan 13
 
Jan 13
  
 
Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets. Harden is the top scorer in the NBA for the past three seasons
 
Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets. Harden is the top scorer in the NBA for the past three seasons
 
  
 
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Dan Lawrence makes 73 on England debut
 
Dan Lawrence makes 73 on England debut
 
  
 
Jan 18
 
Jan 18
  
 
Phil Neville to manage Inter Miami
 
Phil Neville to manage Inter Miami
 
  
 
Jan 19
 
Jan 19
  
 
India score 329-7 in fourth innings to beat Australia. First defeat for Australia at The Gabba since 1988. India win series 2-1
 
India score 329-7 in fourth innings to beat Australia. First defeat for Australia at The Gabba since 1988. India win series 2-1
 
  
 
Jan 20
 
Jan 20
  
 
Copa Del Rey last-32 – third division outfit Alcoyano beat Real Madrid 2-1
 
Copa Del Rey last-32 – third division outfit Alcoyano beat Real Madrid 2-1
 
  
 
Jan 21
 
Jan 21
  
 
Burnley end Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten run at home in the Premier League
 
Burnley end Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten run at home in the Premier League
 
  
 
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Hank Aaron dies
 
Hank Aaron dies
 
  
 
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Pegasus World Cup – Knicks Go
 
Pegasus World Cup – Knicks Go
 
  
 
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BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt London Lions
 
BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt London Lions
 
  
 
Jan 25
 
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Thomas Tuchel replaces Frank Lampard as manager of Chelsea
 
Thomas Tuchel replaces Frank Lampard as manager of Chelsea
 
  
 
Jan 26
 
Jan 26
  
 
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Ghaiyyath
 
Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Ghaiyyath
 
  
 
Jan 29
 
Jan 29
  
 
Said Benrahma moves from Brentford to West Ham
 
Said Benrahma moves from Brentford to West Ham
 
  
 
Jan 30
 
Jan 30
  
 
Copa Libertadores final – Palmeiras bt Santos
 
Copa Libertadores final – Palmeiras bt Santos
 
  
 
Jan 31
 
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German Masters snooker final – Judd Trump bt Jack Lisowski
 
German Masters snooker final – Judd Trump bt Jack Lisowski
 
  
 
February
 
February
 
  
 
Feb 2
 
Feb 2
  
 
Man Utd 9 Southampton 0. Alex Jankewitz sent off after 82 seconds of Southampton debut
 
Man Utd 9 Southampton 0. Alex Jankewitz sent off after 82 seconds of Southampton debut
 
  
 
Feb 5
 
Feb 5
  
 
Leon Spinks dies
 
Leon Spinks dies
 
  
 
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Alex Hales (Sydney Sixers) was leading run scorer in the tournament
 
Alex Hales (Sydney Sixers) was leading run scorer in the tournament
 
  
 
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ATP Cup final (Melbourne) – Russia by Italy
 
ATP Cup final (Melbourne) – Russia by Italy
 
  
 
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Alpine Ski World Championships start in Cortina
 
Alpine Ski World Championships start in Cortina
 
  
 
Feb 9
 
Feb 9
  
 
First Test (Chennai) England 578 (Joe Root 218) and 178 (Ravi Ashwin 6-61) India 337 and 192. England won by 227 runs. Joe Root’s 100th Test match
 
First Test (Chennai) England 578 (Joe Root 218) and 178 (Ravi Ashwin 6-61) India 337 and 192. England won by 227 runs. Joe Root’s 100th Test match
 
  
 
Feb 10
 
Feb 10
  
Former Wales golakeeper Dai Davies dies
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Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies dies
  
 
FA Cup fifth round – Everton 5 Spurs 4
 
FA Cup fifth round – Everton 5 Spurs 4
  
 
Man City win record 15th consecutive game in all competitions
 
Man City win record 15th consecutive game in all competitions
 
  
 
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Women’s snowboard cross – Charlotte Bankes
 
Women’s snowboard cross – Charlotte Bankes
 
  
 
Feb 12
 
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WBBL Cup final – Leicester Rivers bt Sevenoaks Suns
 
WBBL Cup final – Leicester Rivers bt Sevenoaks Suns
 
  
 
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Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter
 
Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter
 
  
 
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Men’s downhill – Vincent Kreichmayr
 
Men’s downhill – Vincent Kreichmayr
 
  
 
Feb 16
 
Feb 16
  
 
Second Test (Chennai) India 329 (Rohit Sharma 161) and 286 (Ravi Ashwin 106) England 134 (Ravi Ashwin 5-43) and 164 (Axar Patel 5-60). India won by 317 runs
 
Second Test (Chennai) India 329 (Rohit Sharma 161) and 286 (Ravi Ashwin 106) England 134 (Ravi Ashwin 5-43) and 164 (Axar Patel 5-60). India won by 317 runs
 
  
 
Feb 17
 
Feb 17
  
 
Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history
 
Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history
 
  
 
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Women’s giant slalom – Lara Gut-Behrami
 
Women’s giant slalom – Lara Gut-Behrami
 
  
 
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Men’s giant slalom – Mathieu Faivre
 
Men’s giant slalom – Mathieu Faivre
 
  
 
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Women’s slalom – Katharina Liensberger
 
Women’s slalom – Katharina Liensberger
 
  
 
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Men’s slalom – Sebastian Foss-Solevag
 
Men’s slalom – Sebastian Foss-Solevag
 
  
 
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FIS Nordic World Ski Championships start in Oberstdorf
 
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships start in Oberstdorf
 
  
 
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Women’s individual normal hill – Ema Klinec (Slovenia)
 
Women’s individual normal hill – Ema Klinec (Slovenia)
 
  
 
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Men’s individual normal hill – Piotr Zyla (Poland)
 
Men’s individual normal hill – Piotr Zyla (Poland)
 
  
 
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WGC-Workday Championship – Collin Morikawa
 
WGC-Workday Championship – Collin Morikawa
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March
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Mar 1
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Racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott banned after a photo was shared on social media of him straddling a dead horse
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Mar 2
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Ian St John dies
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Stephen Hendry loses comeback match against Matthew Selt in first round of Gibraltar Open
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Women’s individual large hill – Maren Lundby (Norway)
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Mar 3
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Kieron Pollard hits six sixes in one over off Akila Dananjaya, who had earlier taken a hat-trick, in West Indies' Twenty20 defeat of Sri Lanka
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Mar 5
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European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Torun, Poland
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Women’s 3000m – Amy-Eloise Markovc. Bronze – Verity Ockenden
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Men’s individual large hill – Stefan Kraft (Austria)
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Mar 6
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Fourth Test (Ahmedabad) England 205 and 135 (Ravi Ashwin 5-47, Axar Patel 5-48) India 365 (Rishabh Pant 101, Washington Sundar 95). India won by an innings and 25 runs
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India win series 3-1
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Women’s 1500m. Silver – Holly Archer
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Women’s 400m. Bronze – Jodie Williams
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Women’s pole vault. Bronze – Holly Bradshaw
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Saracens lose first match in Rugby Championship, to Cornish Pirates
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Mar 7
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Women’s 800m – Keely Hodgkinson
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Men’s 800m. Bronze – Jamie Webb
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Women’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Cindy Sember. Bronze – Tiffany Porter
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Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter are sisters (née Ofili)
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Men’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Andrew Pozzi
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Man Utd end Man City’s 21-game winning run
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Rangers win Scottish Premiership after Celtic fail to beat Dundee Utd
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Liverpool lose sixth straight home game, to Fulham
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UK Open darts final – James Wade bt Luke Humphries
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Mar 10
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Hege Riise named as head coach of Team GB's women's football team at this summer's Tokyo Olympics
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Mar 11
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Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Aspen
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Mar 12
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Halfpipe. Bronze – Zoe Atkin
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Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman is found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011
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Mar 13
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Maro Itoje scores winning try for England against France. Debut for Max Malins
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Murray Walker dies, aged 97
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Chris Wilder leaves as manager of Sheffield United
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1919-20 EFL Trophy final – Salford bt Portsmouth. Competition sponsored by Papa Johns
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Mar 14
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Marvin Hagler dies
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1920-21 EFL Trophy final – Sunderland bt Tranmere
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Lamela scores rabona goal for Spurs against Arsenal
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Women’s League Cup final – Chelsea 6 (Sam Kerr 3) Bristol City 0
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Players Championship –Justin Thomas. 2<sup>nd</sup> Lee Westwood
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Mar 16
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Champion Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2<sup>nd</sup> Sharjah 3<sup>rd</sup> Epatante. Blackmore is first female to win the race
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Eoin Morgan wins100th T20 cap for England
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Mar 17
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Champion Chase – Put The Kettle On (Aidan Coleman)
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Cross Country Chase – Tiger Roll
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America’s Cup – Team New Zealand bt Luna Rossa (Italy) 7-3
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German motor racing driver Sabine Schmitz dies
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Mar 18
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Ryanair Chase – Allaho (Rachael Blackmore)
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Europa League Round of 16 – Dinamo Zagreb bt Spurs, Slavia Prague bt Rangers
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Mar 19
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Gold Cup – Minella Indo (Jack Kennedy), trained by Henry de Bromhead, 2<sup>nd</sup> A Plus Tard (Rachael Blackmore), 3<sup>rd</sup> Al Boum Photo
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Leading rider at Cheltenham Festival – Rachael Blackmore (6 wins)
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Leading trainer at Cheltenham Festival – Willie Mullins
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Ireland win Prestbury Cup 23-5
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Mar 20
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France 32 Wales 30. Winning try scored by Brice Dulin. Red card – Paul Willemse
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Ireland bt England. Red card – Bundee Aki
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Italy lose 31st successive rugby union match
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India bt England 3-2 in T20 series. All matches played in Ahmedabad
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Mar 21
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Alpine Ski World Cup –
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Men’s overall – Alexis Pinturault
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Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez
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Women’s overall – Petra Vlhova (Slovakia)
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Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia
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Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)
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Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Nika Kriznar (Slovenia)
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BBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Plymouth Raiders
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WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Nottingham Wildcats
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Mar 22
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Racing driver John Crichton-Stuart, the seventh Marquess of Bute. Better known a Johnny Dumfries
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World Figure Skating Championships (Stockholm). Men’s – Nathan Chen. Women’s – Anna Shcherbakova (Russia)
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Mar 23
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Frank Worthington dies
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Scottish Cup second round – Brora Rangers bt Hearts
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Mar 24
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Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 starts. Co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia
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Mar 25
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James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins score first goals for England, against San Marino
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Mar 26
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England successfully chase 337 to beat India in second ODI. Jonny Bairstow 124, Ben Stokes 99 including 10 sixes
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Scotland bt France in final match of Six Nations. Winning try scored by Duhan van der Merwe. Finn Russell sent off
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Final table – Wales, France, Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy
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Leading try scorer – Duhan van der Merwe (5)
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Leading points scorer – Johnny Sexton (65)
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Player of the Tournament – Hamish Watson
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Mar 27
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Dillian Whyte bt Alexander Povetkin in heavyweight fight in Gibraltar
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Luxembourg bt Ireland in Fifa World Cup qualifier
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Dubai World Cup – Mystic Guide
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Lincoln Handicap – Haqeeqy
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Mar 28
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Formula One teams –
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Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas
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Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz
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Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez
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McLaren – Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris
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Williams – George Russell, Nicholas Latifi
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Aston Martin – Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll
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AlphaTauri – Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda (Japan)
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Alpine – Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon
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Haas – Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazapin (Russia)
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Alfa Romeo – Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi
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Bahrain GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas
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Tsunoda finished ninth in F1 debut
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Third ODI – India 329 England 322-9 (Sam Curran 95)
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India win series 2-1. All matches played in Pune
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Tour Championship final – Neil Robertson bt Ronnie O’Sullivan
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WGC Matchplay final – Billy Horschel bt Scottie Scheffler
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Mar 31
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Steven Davis breaks the British international caps record with a 126th cap for Northern Ireland
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England knocked out of Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021. England beat Croatia, but lost to Switzerland and Portugal

Revision as of 16:31, 29 August 2021

January

Jan 1

European Capital of Sport – Lisbon

PDC quarter-final – Dave Chisnall bt Michael van Gerwen

Jan 2

Mauricio Pochettino replaces Thomas Tuchel as manager of Paris St Germain

WBC interim lightweight title – Ryan Garcia bt Luke Campbell

Jan 3

PDC final – Gerwyn Price bt Gary Anderson. First Welshman ever to win the tournament

Jan 5

Colin Bell dies

Carabao cup semi-final – Spurs bt Brentford

Jan 6

European Tour golfer of the year – Lee Westwood

Carabao cup semi-final – Man City bt Man Utd

New Zealand’s Test cricket team achieve number one ranking status for the first time in their history

Four Hills Tournament – Kamil Stoch

Jan 8

FA Cup third round – Liverpool bt Aston Villa youth team

Jan 9

Welsh Grand National – Secret Reprieve

FA Cup third round – Blackpool bt WBA, Chorley bt Derby youth team

Jan 10

Masters Snooker starts in Milton Keynes. Gary Wilson and Joe Perry replace Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski

FA Cup third round – Crawley bt Leeds, Vinicius hat-trick for Spurs against Marine

Tournament of Champions – Harris English

Jan 12

Sheffield Utd gain first win in 18th Premier League match, against Newcastle

Jan 15

Quarter-final – John Higgins bt Ronnie O’Sullivan. Five consecutive centuries in the match. First time this has happened since Neil Robertson v Steven Maguire in 2009

Dakar Rally (Saudi Arabia) –

Cars – Stephane Peterhansel, driving a MINI. 14th win

Bike – Kevin Benavides (Argentina), riding a Honda

Jan 13

Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets. Harden is the top scorer in the NBA for the past three seasons

Jan 17

Masters snooker final – Yan Bingtao bt John Higgins

First Test (Galle) Sri Lanka 135 (Dom Bess 5-30) and 359 (Lahiru Thirimanne 111, Jack Leach 5-122) England 421 (Joe Root 228) and 76-3. England won by 7 wickets

Dan Lawrence makes 73 on England debut

Jan 18

Phil Neville to manage Inter Miami

Jan 19

India score 329-7 in fourth innings to beat Australia. First defeat for Australia at The Gabba since 1988. India win series 2-1

Jan 20

Copa Del Rey last-32 – third division outfit Alcoyano beat Real Madrid 2-1

Jan 21

Burnley end Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten run at home in the Premier League

Jan 22

FA Cup fourth round – Wolves bt Chorley

Hank Aaron dies

Jan 23

FA Cup fourth round – Southampton bt Arsenal

Dustin Poirier beats Conor McGregor at UFC 257 in Abu Dhabi

Pegasus World Cup – Knicks Go

Jan 24

Abu Dhabi Championship – Tyrell Hatton

FA Cup fourth round – Tammy Abraham hat-trick for Chelsea against Luton

NFC Championship – Tampa Bay Buccaneers bt Green Bay Packers

AFC Championship – Kansas City Chiefs bt Buffalo Bills

World Indoor Bowls Championship. Men’s – Mark Dawes. Women’s – Laura Daniels

BBL Cup final – Newcastle Eagles bt London Lions

Jan 25

Second Test – Sri Lanka 381 (Angelo Mathews 110, Jimmy Anderson 6-40) and 126 England 344 (Joe Root 186, Lasith Embuldenya 7-137) and 164-4. England won by 6 wickets

Thomas Tuchel replaces Frank Lampard as manager of Chelsea

Jan 26

Longines World’s Best Racehorse – Ghaiyyath

Jan 29

Said Benrahma moves from Brentford to West Ham

Jan 30

Copa Libertadores final – Palmeiras bt Santos

Jan 31

Dubai Desert Classic – Paul Casey

German Masters snooker final – Judd Trump bt Jack Lisowski

February

Feb 2

Man Utd 9 Southampton 0. Alex Jankewitz sent off after 82 seconds of Southampton debut

Feb 5

Leon Spinks dies

Feb 6

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

England 6 Scotland 11. Only try scored by Duhan van der Merwe. Scotland’s first win at Twickenham since 1983

Mark Wright makes debut for Crawley Town

Big Bash final – Sydney Sixers bt Perth Scorchers

Alex Hales (Sydney Sixers) was leading run scorer in the tournament

Feb 7

Winning try for Wales against Ireland scored by Louis Rees-Zammit

Super Bowl LV – Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Kansas City Chiefs 9

Tampa Bay become the first team to win the Super Bowl in their home stadium

MVP – Tom Brady

Sarah Thomas became the first female Super Bowl official

Half time show – The Weeknd

Super Bowl LVI is scheduled to be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California

NFL MVP – Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)

Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Tigres (Mexico) bt Palmeiras (Brazil)

Dan Evans wins Murray River Open, his first ATP Tour title

ATP Cup final (Melbourne) – Russia by Italy

Feb 8

Tony Collins, the Football League's first black manager, dies. Manager of Rochdale

Fifa Club World Cup semi-final – Bayern Munich bt Al Ahly (Egypt)

Alpine Ski World Championships start in Cortina

Feb 9

First Test (Chennai) England 578 (Joe Root 218) and 178 (Ravi Ashwin 6-61) India 337 and 192. England won by 227 runs. Joe Root’s 100th Test match

Feb 10

Former Wales goalkeeper Dai Davies dies

FA Cup fifth round – Everton 5 Spurs 4

Man City win record 15th consecutive game in all competitions

Feb 11

Men’s Super-G – Vincent Kreichmayr

Women’s Super G – Lara Gut-Behrami

Fifa Club World Cup third place play-off – Al Ahly bt Palmeiras

Fifa Club World Cup final (Qatar) – Bayern Munich 1 (Pavard) Tigres 0

Cross World Championships start in Sweden

Women’s snowboard cross – Charlotte Bankes

Feb 12

Nick Kyrgios wins set against Dominic Thiem at Australian Open with underarm serve

WBBL Cup final – Leicester Rivers bt Sevenoaks Suns

Feb 13

Australian Open third round – Rafael Nadal bt Cameron Norrie

Women’s downhill – Corinne Suter

Feb 14

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hat-trick for Arsenal against Leeds

Doug Mountjoy dies

Men’s downhill – Vincent Kreichmayr

Feb 16

Second Test (Chennai) India 329 (Rohit Sharma 161) and 286 (Ravi Ashwin 106) England 134 (Ravi Ashwin 5-43) and 164 (Axar Patel 5-60). India won by 317 runs

Feb 17

Elliot Giles claims British record with second-fastest indoor 800m in history

Feb 18

Australian Open semi-finals – Naomi Osaka bt Serena Williams, Jennifer Brady bt Karolina Muchova

Australian Open semi-final – Novak Djokovic bt Aslan Karatsev

Women’s giant slalom – Lara Gut-Behrami

Feb 19

Australian Open semi-final – Daniil Medvedev bt Stefanos Tsitsipas

Australian Open women’s doubles final – Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka bt Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova

Australian Open men’s doubles semi-final – Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury bt Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares

Men’s giant slalom – Mathieu Faivre

Feb 20

Australian Open women’s final – Naomi Osaka bt Jennifer Brady

Australian Open mixed doubles final – Raveej Ram and Barbora Krejcikova bt Ebden and Stosur

Women’s slalom – Katharina Liensberger

Feb 21

Australian Open men’s final – Novak Djokovic bt Daniil Medvedev. Ninth Australian Open title and 18th Grand Slam

Australian Open men’s doubles final – Ivan Dodig and Filip Polasek bt Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury

Prada Cup final – Luna Rossa 7 Team Ineos 1

Prada Cup replaced the Louis Vuitton Cup this year. It is a sailing competition whose purpose is to determine the challenger for the America's Cup

Welsh Open snooker final (Newport) – Jordan Brown bt Ronnie O’Sullivan. Brown is from Northern Ireland, and ranked world number 81

Men’s slalom – Sebastian Foss-Solevag

Feb 24

Neil Lennon resigns as manager of Celtic

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships start in Oberstdorf

Feb 25

Third Test (Ahmedabad) England 112 (Zak Crawley 53, Axar Patel 6-38) and 81 (Axar Patel 5-32, Ravi Ashwin 4-48) India 145 (Rohit Sharma 66, Joe Root 5-8, Jack Leach 4-54) and 49-0. India won by 10 wickets

Match finished in two days and lasted 140.2 overs

Ravi Ashwin takes 400th Test wicket

Europe League Round of 32 – Slavia Prague bt Leicester

Women’s individual normal hill – Ema Klinec (Slovenia)

Feb 27

Wales 40 England 24. Wales win Triple Crown

George North wins 100th cap for Wales

Men’s individual normal hill – Piotr Zyla (Poland)

Feb 28

Glenn Roeder dies

Scottish League Cup final – St Johnstone bt Livingston

Players Championship final – John Higgins bt Ronnie O’Sullivan

WGC-Workday Championship – Collin Morikawa

March


Mar 1

Racehorse trainer Gordon Elliott banned after a photo was shared on social media of him straddling a dead horse


Mar 2

Ian St John dies

Stephen Hendry loses comeback match against Matthew Selt in first round of Gibraltar Open

Women’s individual large hill – Maren Lundby (Norway)


Mar 3

Kieron Pollard hits six sixes in one over off Akila Dananjaya, who had earlier taken a hat-trick, in West Indies' Twenty20 defeat of Sri Lanka


Mar 5

European Indoor Athletics Championships start in Torun, Poland

Women’s 3000m – Amy-Eloise Markovc. Bronze – Verity Ockenden

Men’s individual large hill – Stefan Kraft (Austria)


Mar 6

Fourth Test (Ahmedabad) England 205 and 135 (Ravi Ashwin 5-47, Axar Patel 5-48) India 365 (Rishabh Pant 101, Washington Sundar 95). India won by an innings and 25 runs

India win series 3-1

Women’s 1500m. Silver – Holly Archer

Women’s 400m. Bronze – Jodie Williams

Women’s pole vault. Bronze – Holly Bradshaw

Saracens lose first match in Rugby Championship, to Cornish Pirates


Mar 7

Women’s 800m – Keely Hodgkinson

Men’s 800m. Bronze – Jamie Webb

Women’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Cindy Sember. Bronze – Tiffany Porter

Cindy Sember and Tiffany Porter are sisters (née Ofili)

Men’s 60m hurdles. Silver – Andrew Pozzi

Man Utd end Man City’s 21-game winning run

Rangers win Scottish Premiership after Celtic fail to beat Dundee Utd

Liverpool lose sixth straight home game, to Fulham

UK Open darts final – James Wade bt Luke Humphries


Mar 10

Hege Riise named as head coach of Team GB's women's football team at this summer's Tokyo Olympics


Mar 11

Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships start in Aspen


Mar 12

Halfpipe. Bronze – Zoe Atkin

Ex-British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman is found guilty of ordering banned testosterone in 2011


Mar 13

Maro Itoje scores winning try for England against France. Debut for Max Malins

Murray Walker dies, aged 97

Chris Wilder leaves as manager of Sheffield United

1919-20 EFL Trophy final – Salford bt Portsmouth. Competition sponsored by Papa Johns


Mar 14

Marvin Hagler dies

1920-21 EFL Trophy final – Sunderland bt Tranmere

Lamela scores rabona goal for Spurs against Arsenal

Women’s League Cup final – Chelsea 6 (Sam Kerr 3) Bristol City 0

Players Championship –Justin Thomas. 2nd Lee Westwood


Mar 16

Champion Hurdle – Honeysuckle (Rachael Blackmore), trained by Henry de Bromhead. 2nd Sharjah 3rd Epatante. Blackmore is first female to win the race

Eoin Morgan wins100th T20 cap for England


Mar 17

Champion Chase – Put The Kettle On (Aidan Coleman)

Cross Country Chase – Tiger Roll

America’s Cup – Team New Zealand bt Luna Rossa (Italy) 7-3

German motor racing driver Sabine Schmitz dies


Mar 18

Ryanair Chase – Allaho (Rachael Blackmore)

Europa League Round of 16 – Dinamo Zagreb bt Spurs, Slavia Prague bt Rangers


Mar 19

Gold Cup – Minella Indo (Jack Kennedy), trained by Henry de Bromhead, 2nd A Plus Tard (Rachael Blackmore), 3rd Al Boum Photo

Leading rider at Cheltenham Festival – Rachael Blackmore (6 wins)

Leading trainer at Cheltenham Festival – Willie Mullins

Ireland win Prestbury Cup 23-5


Mar 20

France 32 Wales 30. Winning try scored by Brice Dulin. Red card – Paul Willemse

Ireland bt England. Red card – Bundee Aki

Italy lose 31st successive rugby union match

India bt England 3-2 in T20 series. All matches played in Ahmedabad


Mar 21

Alpine Ski World Cup –

Men’s overall – Alexis Pinturault

Men’s downhill – Beat Fuez

Women’s overall – Petra Vlhova (Slovakia)

Women’s downhill – Sofia Goggia

Men’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Halvor Egner Granerud (Norway)

Women’s Ski Jumping World Cup – Nika Kriznar (Slovenia)

BBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Plymouth Raiders

WBBL Trophy final – London Lions bt Nottingham Wildcats


Mar 22

Racing driver John Crichton-Stuart, the seventh Marquess of Bute. Better known a Johnny Dumfries

World Figure Skating Championships (Stockholm). Men’s – Nathan Chen. Women’s – Anna Shcherbakova (Russia)


Mar 23

Frank Worthington dies

Scottish Cup second round – Brora Rangers bt Hearts


Mar 24

Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021 starts. Co-hosted by Hungary and Slovenia


Mar 25

James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins score first goals for England, against San Marino


Mar 26

England successfully chase 337 to beat India in second ODI. Jonny Bairstow 124, Ben Stokes 99 including 10 sixes

Scotland bt France in final match of Six Nations. Winning try scored by Duhan van der Merwe. Finn Russell sent off

Final table – Wales, France, Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy

Leading try scorer – Duhan van der Merwe (5)

Leading points scorer – Johnny Sexton (65)

Player of the Tournament – Hamish Watson


Mar 27

Dillian Whyte bt Alexander Povetkin in heavyweight fight in Gibraltar

Luxembourg bt Ireland in Fifa World Cup qualifier

Dubai World Cup – Mystic Guide

Lincoln Handicap – Haqeeqy


Mar 28

Formula One teams –

Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas

Ferrari – Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz

Red Bull – Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez

McLaren – Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris

Williams – George Russell, Nicholas Latifi

Aston Martin – Sebastian Vettel, Lance Stroll

AlphaTauri – Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda (Japan)

Alpine – Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon

Haas – Mick Schumacher, Nikita Mazapin (Russia)

Alfa Romeo – Kimi Raikkonen, Antonio Giovinazzi

Bahrain GP – Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas

Tsunoda finished ninth in F1 debut

Third ODI – India 329 England 322-9 (Sam Curran 95)

India win series 2-1. All matches played in Pune

Tour Championship final – Neil Robertson bt Ronnie O’Sullivan

WGC Matchplay final – Billy Horschel bt Scottie Scheffler


Mar 31

Steven Davis breaks the British international caps record with a 126th cap for Northern Ireland

England knocked out of Group stage of UEFA Under-21 Euro 2021. England beat Croatia, but lost to Switzerland and Portugal