Sport and Leisure/Sport 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 golakeeper 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
