SportDiary

The Premier League is the top level of the English football league system, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League. 20 clubs compete, 19 clubs from England and 1 from Wales. They play each other once at home and once away, giving a total of 38 matches. The season starts in August and ends the following May.

The CAF Africa Cup of Nations is the main international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013. The 2021 tournament was due to take place in Cameroon, January 2021, but was postponed to January 2022 due to Covid.

The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It will be co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022.
Location: Budapesti Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Főnix Hall, Arena of Ondrej Nepela, Pick Aréna, Steel Aréna

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, takes place in Melbourne. The 2019 tournament sees the introduction of tie-breaks in the final set. Until now, a player could only win the final set with a two-game advantage, which led to some marathon matches, but the new rule means that if the match reaches 6-6 in the final set, the winner will be the first player to reach 10 points.

A further change at this year’s Australian Open means that men’s singles players will be allowed 10-minute breaks if temperatures reach hazardous levels.

Organisers agreed to extend their Extreme Heat Policy after temperatures in the shade approached 40C during the 2018 tournament. A 10-minute break was already in place for the women’s and junior singles, plus a 15-minute break for wheelchair singles.

Under the new policy, if a reading of 4.0 is recorded on the Australian Open Heat Stress Scale during a men’s singles match, a 10-minute break will be allowed after the third set. Breaks in women’s, junior or wheelchair singles matches will take place between the second and third sets.

If a reading of 5.0 is recorded, the tournament referee can suspend play.

The Netherlands will host the UEFA Futsal EURO 2022 tournament January 19 - February 6, 2022, the first edition since the switch from the biennial 12-team tournament to a 16-nation finals held every four years.
With matches taking place in Amsterdam and Groningen, the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) will welcome its first major tournament in the sport since staging the inaugural FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1989.

The draw:
Group A: Netherlands (hosts), Serbia, Ukraine, Portugal (holders)
Group B: Kazakhstan, Italy, Slovenia, Finland
Group C: Russia, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia
Group D: Georgia, Spain, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Schedule: The 16 contenders were drawn into four groups of four on 18 October at the KNVB Campus in Zeist. The top two in each group will progress to the knockout phase starting with the quarter-finals.

Continent Confederation Championship Founded Teams
Asia AFC Asian Cup 1956 24 teams
Africa CAF Africa Cup of Nations 1957 16 teams
S America CONMEBOL Copa America 1916 12 teams
N America CONCACAF CONCACAF Gold Cup 1963 12 teams
Oceania OFC Nations Cup 1973 8 teams
Europe UEFA European Championship 1960 24 teams

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, takes place in Melbourne. The 2019 tournament sees the introduction of tie-breaks in the final set. Until now, a player could only win the final set with a two-game advantage, which led to some marathon matches, but the new rule means that if the match reaches 6-6 in the final set, the winner will be the first player to reach 10 points.

A further change at this year’s Australian Open means that men’s singles players will be allowed 10-minute breaks if temperatures reach hazardous levels.

Organisers agreed to extend their Extreme Heat Policy after temperatures in the shade approached 40C during the 2018 tournament. A 10-minute break was already in place for the women’s and junior singles, plus a 15-minute break for wheelchair singles.

Under the new policy, if a reading of 4.0 is recorded on the Australian Open Heat Stress Scale during a men’s singles match, a 10-minute break will be allowed after the third set. Breaks in women’s, junior or wheelchair singles matches will take place between the second and third sets.

If a reading of 5.0 is recorded, the tournament referee can suspend play.

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, takes place in Melbourne. The 2019 tournament sees the introduction of tie-breaks in the final set. Until now, a player could only win the final set with a two-game advantage, which led to some marathon matches, but the new rule means that if the match reaches 6-6 in the final set, the winner will be the first player to reach 10 points.

A further change at this year’s Australian Open means that men’s singles players will be allowed 10-minute breaks if temperatures reach hazardous levels.

Organisers agreed to extend their Extreme Heat Policy after temperatures in the shade approached 40C during the 2018 tournament. A 10-minute break was already in place for the women’s and junior singles, plus a 15-minute break for wheelchair singles.

Under the new policy, if a reading of 4.0 is recorded on the Australian Open Heat Stress Scale during a men’s singles match, a 10-minute break will be allowed after the third set. Breaks in women’s, junior or wheelchair singles matches will take place between the second and third sets.

If a reading of 5.0 is recorded, the tournament referee can suspend play.