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2021 AFC Cup

2021 AFC Cup, 17th edition of Asia's second-tier club competition, won by Bahrain's Muharraq Club, which beat Uzbekistan's FC Nasaf 3-0 in the final in Arad on 5 November 2021 for a second title.

2021 Africa Cup of Nations

2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2021, CAN 2021): 33rd edition, hosted by Cameroon 9 January to 6 February 2022 after COVID postponements; 24 teams; Senegal won its first title, beating Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the final.

2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification (CAF AFCON qualifiers, Cameroon 2021): 52-team CAF campaign, October 2019 to March 2021, COVID-delayed, deciding 23 finalists; debutants Comoros and Gambia; Daka and Osimhen top scorers on 5 goals.

2021 America's Cup

The 2021 America's Cup, the 36th PRADA presentation, was a match race featuring the new AC75 foiling monohull class, won by Emirates Team New Zealand.

2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship (第21回アジア男子バレーボール選手権大会), 21st AVC continental tournament, held September 12-19, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. Iran beat hosts Japan 3-0 in the final for a fourth title; both qualified for the 2022 World Championship; Saber Kazemi was MVP.

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: 126-seat polls in Assam, India, held in three phases with results May 2, 2021. The BJP-led NDA (BJP, AGP, UPPL) won 75 seats over the Congress-led Mahajot's 50; BJP took 60 seats at 33.21% vote share, the first non-Congress government re-elected in the state.

2021 Atlanta spa shootings

March 16, 2021 shootings at three Atlanta-area Asian massage businesses killed eight people, six of them Asian women; Robert Aaron Long pleaded guilty in Cherokee County and faces a Fulton County death penalty case.

2021 Atlantic hurricane season

The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season ran from June to November 2021 and produced 21 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, third most active on record.

2021 ATP Tour

2021 ATP Tour: men's professional tennis season disrupted by COVID-19; new Singapore and Marbella 250s, Indian Wells moved to October, first Nitto ATP Finals in Turin won by Zverev; Djokovic record seventh year-end No. 1.

2021 Australian Open

2021 Australian Open: Grand Slam hard-court tournament at Melbourne Park, 8–21 February 2021, first February start in over 100 years; Djokovic won his ninth title, Osaka the women's, under strict hotel quarantine.

2021 Ballon d'Or

The 2021 Ballon d'Or was the 65th annual award for the world's best men's footballer, won by Lionel Messi, his record seventh, ahead of Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho.

2021 Batley and Spen by-election

The 2021 Batley and Spen by-election (1 July 2021): Labour's Kim Leadbeater held the West Yorkshire seat by 323 votes over Conservative Ryan Stephenson, with George Galloway's Workers Party third at 21.9%, after Tracy Brabin became West Yorkshire mayor.

2021 Belgian Grand Prix

2021 Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 29 August 2021: rain-shortened F1 race won by Max Verstappen from pole, with George Russell's first podium and Hamilton third; shortest race in F1 history, half points awarded.

2021 Billboard Music Awards

The 2021 Billboard Music Awards, held May 23, 2021 at the Microsoft Theater on NBC with host Nick Jonas, honored chart performance from March 2020 to April 2021; The Weeknd won ten awards, Drake received Artist of the Decade, and P!NK the Icon Award.

2021 Boston mayoral election

2021 Boston mayoral election: Michelle Wu defeated Annissa Essaibi George 64.0% to 35.6% on November 2, 2021, after winning the September preliminary, becoming Boston's first woman and first Asian American elected mayor.

2021 Boulder shooting

The 2021 Boulder shooting, also called the King Soopers shooting, killed 10 people including Officer Eric Talley at a Boulder, Colorado grocery store on March 22, 2021; Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa received a life sentence.

2021 British Grand Prix

2021 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, 18 July 2021: Hamilton won his eighth British GP after a first-lap Copse collision with Verstappen, who crashed at 180 mph; first F1 sprint, 10-second penalty, 140,000 crowd.

2021 Bulgarian general election

The 2021 Bulgarian general election comprised three parliamentary elections (April 4, July 11, November 14) that ended GERB's dominance, first won by ITN under Slavi Trifonov, then by the new We Continue the Change movement of Kiril Petkov, leading to a four-party coalition in December 2021.

2021 CAF Women's Champions League

2021 CAF Women's Champions League (TotalEnergies CAF WCL Egypt 2021): inaugural African women's club championship, Cairo, 5–19 November 2021; eight teams, won by Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies over Hasaacas Ladies; no prize money that year.

2021 California gubernatorial recall election

The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election (September 14, 2021, Newsom recall) rejected removing Governor Gavin Newsom, with about 63.4% voting No; only the second gubernatorial recall in state history after Gray Davis in 2003.

2021 Canadian federal election

Canada's 44th general election, held September 20, 2021 after an August 15 snap call by Justin Trudeau; Liberals won 160 of 338 seats and a third minority term, with 62.6% turnout and record advance and mail voting.

2021 Cannes Film Festival

The 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the 74th edition, ran July 6–17, 2021 as the festival's first summer and first post-Covid in-person edition, with Spike Lee's jury awarding the Palme d'Or to Julia Ducournau's Titane.

2021 Ceuta border crisis

The 2021 Ceuta border crisis was a May 2021 migration episode in which thousands of Moroccans entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after Morocco eased border controls.

2021 Chilean general election

The 2021 Chilean general election, held 21 November and 19 December 2021, chose president, congress, and regional councils; Gabriel Boric beat José Antonio Kast in the runoff 55.87% to 44.14%, with record turnout of 8,364,481 votes.

2021 Cincinnati Bengals season

2021 Cincinnati Bengals season: Zac Taylor's third year; Bengals went 10-7, won the AFC North, and reached Super Bowl LVI behind Joe Burrow's 4,611 yards and rookie Ja'Marr Chase, losing 23-20 to the Rams.

2021 College Football Playoff National Championship

2021 College Football Playoff National Championship: No. 1 Alabama beat No. 3 Ohio State 52-24 on January 11, 2021 at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, behind DeVonta Smith and Mac Jones, giving Nick Saban his seventh title.

2021 Colombian protests

The 2021 Colombian protests, known as the Paro Nacional or Estallido Social, were nationwide demonstrations that began April 28, 2021, against President Iván Duque's proposed tax reform and widened to include inequality and police violence.

2021 CONCACAF Champions League

2021 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, 13th edition, 16-team knockout won by CF Monterrey, beating Club América 1-0 in the October 28, 2021 single-leg final on a Rogelio Funes Mori goal, Monterrey's fifth title.

2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup

The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 16th edition of the men's regional championship, ran July 10 to August 1, 2021 in the United States; the USA beat Mexico 1-0 after extra time in Las Vegas for a seventh title.

2021 Copa América

The 2021 Copa América, held in Brazil, was won by Argentina, who beat Brazil 1-0 in the Maracanã final via Ángel Di María's goal, claiming a 15th title and Messi's first international trophy.