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2021 Stanley Cup Finals
2021 Stanley Cup Finals: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1 (June 28-July 7, 2021) for a second straight Cup; Vasilevskiy won the Conn Smythe; Colton scored the Game 5 clincher.
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
2021 Stanley Cup playoffs, NHL postseason under COVID realignment, May 15 to July 7, 2021; 16 teams in four divisions, best-of-7; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Montreal Canadiens 4-1 for second straight Cup; Vasilevskiy won Conn Smythe.
2021 Sudirman Cup
2021 Sudirman Cup (TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021), 17th edition of badminton's world mixed-team championship, held 26 September-3 October 2021 in Vantaa, Finland; China beat Japan 3-1 in the final for a 12th title.
2021 US Open – Men's singles
2021 US Open men's singles: Daniil Medvedev won his first Grand Slam, beating top seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the final, denying Djokovic the calendar-year Grand Slam and a 21st major title.
2021 US Open (tennis)
2021 US Open (tennis), 141st edition, Aug 30-Sep 12, 2021, New York hard courts. Daniil Medvedev beat Novak Djokovic to stop a calendar Grand Slam; qualifier Emma Raducanu, 18, won the women's title without dropping a set.
2021 Wimbledon Championships
2021 Wimbledon Championships, The Championships, grass-court Grand Slam at the All England Club, June 28 to July 10, 2021, after 2020's wartime-first cancellation; Djokovic won a 20th major, Barty her first Wimbledon, at 50% capacity rising to full finals crowds.
2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2021 IIHF World Junior Championship, World Juniors, Edmonton bubble tournament won by the United States 2-0 over Canada for gold; Finland took bronze; Trevor Zegras named MVP.
2021 World Men's Curling Championship
2021 World Men's Curling Championship, held April 2-11, 2021 in the Calgary COVID-19 bubble at Canada Olympic Park after relocation from Ottawa. Sweden's Niklas Edin won a record fifth world title, beating Scotland 10-5; top six teams qualified for Beijing 2022.
2021 World Men's Handball Championship
2021 IHF Men's World Championship (27th edition), held in Egypt 13-31 January 2021, first 32-team format; Denmark beat Sweden for a second straight title, Spain took bronze, Mikkel Hansen was MVP.
2021 World Series
2021 World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Houston Astros 4-2 (Oct 26-Nov 2, 2021) for their first title since 1995; Jorge Soler MVP; Astros' third Fall Classic in five years.
2021 World Women's Curling Championship
2021 World Women's Curling Championship, LGT World Women's, held 30 April–9 May 2021 in the Calgary biosecure bubble at WinSport Arena; 14 teams; Switzerland (Tirinzoni) beat RCF 4-2 for gold, USA took bronze.
2021 WTA Tour
2021 WTA Tour, the Women's Tennis Association's elite circuit for 2021; opened in Abu Dhabi, ended at WTA Finals Guadalajara; Barty year-end No. 1; China events lost to COVID and the Peng Shuai suspension.
2021–22 College Football Playoff
2021–22 College Football Playoff: four-team CFP edition in which No. 3 Georgia beat No. 1 Alabama 33–18 in the January 10, 2022 title game at Indianapolis for Georgia's first CFP championship; Cincinnati was the first Group of Five semifinalist.
2021–22 Golden State Warriors season
2021-22 Golden State Warriors season: NBA campaign ending in the franchise's seventh title, fourth in eight years. 53-29, third in the West; beat Denver, Memphis, Dallas, then Boston 4-2; Curry won his first Finals MVP.
2021–22 NBA season
The 2021–22 NBA season (76th, 75th anniversary) ran Oct 19, 2021–June 2022 with a full 82-game schedule; the Golden State Warriors beat Boston 4–2 for the title, Curry won Finals MVP, and Jokic repeated as Kia MVP.
2021–22 NFL playoffs
2021-22 NFL playoffs, the 2021 season's 14-team postseason: Rams (12-5) beat Bengals (10-7) 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium; both No. 1 seeds lost in the divisional round.
2021–22 NHL season
2021–22 NHL season: 105th NHL season, Oct 12, 2021–Jun 26, 2022; 32 teams with Seattle Kraken debut; COVID pause Dec 22–27; McDavid 123 points, Matthews 60 goals; Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup over Tampa Bay in six games.
2022 ATP Finals
2022 Nitto ATP Finals, men's tennis year-end event at Pala Alpitour, Turin, 13-20 November 2022; Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud 7-5, 6-3 for a record-tying sixth title and $4,740,300.
2022 ATP Tour
2022 ATP Tour, the men's professional tennis season: Alcaraz youngest year-end No. 1 (6,820 points), Nadal won Australian and French Opens, Djokovic Wimbledon and ATP Finals, Federer retired, China swing cancelled.
2022 Australian Open
2022 Australian Open, Melbourne Park, 17-30 January 2022. Rafael Nadal beat Medvedev in 5h24 for a record 21st major; Ash Barty won the women's title; Djokovic was deported.
2022 Australian Open – Men's singles
The 2022 Australian Open men's singles was won by Rafael Nadal, who came back from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev and claim a record 21st Grand Slam title.
2022 Billie Jean King Cup
2022 Billie Jean King Cup: the women's tennis World Cup season, formerly Fed Cup, whose Finals in Glasgow (8-13 November 2022) ended with Switzerland beating Australia 2-0 for its first title.
2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone
2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone: regional Groups I-III in Antalya, Vierumaki, and Skopje; Austria, Netherlands, and Serbia promoted to Play-offs; Portugal rose from Group III to Group I.
2022 European Curling Championships
The 2022 European Curling Championships, the 47th edition, were held in Östersund, Sweden, in November 2022, with Scotland's men and Denmark's women winning the A-Division titles.
2022 European Men's Handball Championship
Men's EHF EURO 2022, the 15th European men's handball championship, co-hosted by Hungary and Slovakia, 13-30 January 2022. Sweden beat Spain 27:26 for a record fifth title; Denmark took bronze.
2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
2022 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, 20th edition, held in Poland and Slovenia after relocation from Russia; Italy won its fourth title, beating Poland 3-1 in the Katowice final.
2022 French Open
2022 French Open (Roland Garros), May 22-June 5, 2022, Paris clay Grand Slam. Rafael Nadal won a record 14th title beating Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 for his 22nd major; Iga Swiatek beat Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3.
2022 French Open – Men's singles
2022 French Open men's singles: Rafael Nadal beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 on 5 June 2022 for a 14th Roland-Garros title, record 22nd Grand Slam, and oldest champion record at 36.
2022 French Open – Women's singles
2022 French Open women's singles (Roland-Garros): Iga Swiatek beat 18th-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the June 4, 2022 final for her second Paris title, extending her streak to 35 matches, tying Venus Williams' century-best run.
2022 IIHF World Championship
2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, 85th men's world hockey tournament, held 13-29 May 2022 in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland. Host Finland beat Canada 4-3 in overtime for gold; Czechia took bronze; Russia and Belarus were excluded.