The Times - UK (2022-01-01)

SPORT IN 2022: YOUR MONTH-BY-M

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Darts PDC World Championship final

Cricket Fourth Ashes Test:

Australia v England; ends Jan 8

Snooker Masters; ends Jan 16

Football Africa Cup of Nations;

starts Jan 9, ends Feb 6

A controversial tournament, staged in

Cameroon despite civil war and an

outbreak of cholera — never mind the

ever-present threat of Covid-19. On

the pitch, plenty of familiar faces will

be in action, including Mohamed

Salah of Egypt, Riyad Mahrez of

Algeria, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

of Gabon and Sadio Mané of Senegal,

who are narrow favourites with the

bookmakers to lift the trophy.

Cricket Fifth Ashes Test: Australia v

England; ends Jan 18

Tennis Australian Open;

starts Jan 17, ends Jan 30

Much of the pre-tournament build-up

to the first grand-slam event of the

season has centred on Novak

Djokovic, the reigning men’s singles

champion. Will he even be there,

given the requirement of Covid-19

vaccination or a medical exemption,

when it is thought that he has

neither? Naomi Osaka returns to

defend her women’s singles title —

and how will Sports Personality of the

Year Emma Raducanu fare?

Cricket West Indies v England,

first T20i

Cricket West Indies v England,

second T20i

Cricket West Indies v England,

third T20i

Cricket Women’s Ashes Test:

Australia v England; ends Jan 30

Cricket West Indies v England,

fourth T20i

Cricket West Indies v England,

fifth T20i

Cricket Women’s Ashes: first T20

Winter Olympics ends Feb 20

Rugby union Men’s Six Nations:

Scotland v England; Ireland v Wales

Rugby union Men’s 6N: France v Italy

Cricket Women’s Ashes: second T20

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Rugby league Super League kick-off

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

Wales v Scotland; France v Ireland

Rugby union Men’s 6N: Italy v England

Cricket Women’s Ashes: first ODI

American football Super Bowl LVI

Cricket Women’s Ashes: second ODI

Cricket Women’s Ashes: third ODI

The finale of a multiformat series,

with four points for the winner of the

Test match and two for each of the

six white-ball clashes — so first to

nine points wins the Ashes. Heather

Knight’s England team won home

series against India and New Zealand

this summer — their drawn Test with

India was a particularly high-quality

affair — so they can expect to avoid

the same ignominious fate that befell

the men. Still, Australia are T20 world

champions and the favourites here.

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

England v Wales; Scotland v France

Boxing Josh Taylor v Jack Catterall

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

Ireland v Italy

Football Carabao Cup final

Winter Paralympics ends March 13

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v Australia

Cricket First Test: West Indies v

England; ends Mar 12

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v West Indies

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

Wales v France

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

Italy v Scotland; England v Ireland

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v South Africa

Racing Cheltenham Festival;

ends Mar 18

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v India + Second Test: West

Indies v England; ends Mar 20

Athletics World Indoor

Championship; ends Mar 20

Rugby union Men’s 6N:

France v England; Wales v Italy;

Ireland v Scotland

Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v New Zealand

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v Pakistan + Third Test: West

Indies v England; ends Mar 28

Rugby union Women’s Six Nations:

Scotland v England

Formula One Saudi Arabia Grand Prix

Cricket Women’s World Cup:

England v Bangladesh

Golf Chevron Championship;

ends April 3

nal Rugby union Women’s 6N:

Italy v England

Cricket Women’s World Cup final

Golf The Masters;

starts Apr 7, ends Apr 10

There are many reasons why the

Masters stands apart from every

other golf tournament: tradition; our

familiarity with a unique golf course;

memories of Masters past. The

greatest reason, though, is timing. It

comes at that time of year when

golfers notice the lengthening of the

day while inhaling the sweet smell of

freshly cut grass and feel again their

love for a game that can be played

but never mastered.

Racing The Grand National

Rugby union Women’s 6N:

England v Wales

Formula One

Australian

Grand Prix

Snooker World Championship;

ends May 2

Rugby union Women’s 6N:

England v Ireland

Formula One Emilia Romagna GP

Rugby union Women’s 6N:

France v England

Racing 2,000 Guineas

Racing The Derby

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Football Uefa Nations League:

Hungary v England

Football Uefa Nations League:

Germany v England

Cricket Second Test: England v

New Zealand; ends June 14

Football Uefa Nations League:

England v Italy

Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Football Uefa Nations League:

England v Hungary

Racing Royal Ascot; ends June 18

Golf Men’s US Open; ends June 19

Cricket First ODI: Holland v England

Rugby union Gallagher

Premiership final

Cricket Second ODI: Holland

v England

Formula One Canadian Grand Prix

Cricket Third ODI: Holland v Englan

Golf Women’s PGA; ends June 26

Cricket Third Test: England v New

Zealand; ends June 27

Tennis Wimbledon;

starts June 27, ends July 10

Wimbledon always commands

considerable public interest but the

hype could reach new heights this

year as the 19-year-old Raducanu

returns as a grand-slam winner. And

Murray should be back, with a meta

hip, but will Roger Federer and

Serena Williams recover from injury

to play on tennis’s most famous gras

courts into their forties? New for th

year: action on Middle Sunday afte

the traditional rest day was scrappe

Golf US Women’s Open; ends June

Cricket First Test: England v

New Zealand; ends June 6

Racing 1,000 Guineas

Cycling Giro d’Italia starts;

ends May 29

Formula One Miami Grand Prix

Football Women’s Super League

final round

Football Men’s FA Cup final

Football Women’s FA Cup final

Football Europa League final

Golf PGA Championship starts;

ends May 22

Football League One play-off final

Football Premier League final round

+ Women’s Champions League final

Formula One Spanish Grand Prix

Tennis French Open starts;

ends June 5

Rugby union European Challenge

Cup final

Rugby union Champions Cup final

Football Men’s Champions League

final + League Two play-off final

Football Championship play-off final

Formula One Monaco Grand Prix

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