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There are certain annual sporting events for which any serious quizzer should know at least the current champion(s).
This page lists the current champions in those events that are, in my experience, most commonly asked about in UK quizzes. Since some events won't have taken place yet in the current calendar year, it shows the winners (and runners–up, where I think it's appropriate to do so) for last year as well. The two years are in separate columns for clarity; if there's no entry under the current year, it hasn't taken place yet (or, I haven't got round to updating it!) and last year's winner(s) may or may not be the current holder(s). (Is this making any sense?!)
As each year passes, rather than ditching the information that I've compiled about it, I copy the information to a spreadsheet. (There's only so much information you can show on a web page and keep it useable.)
The spreadsheet currently goes back to 2006. Click here to open the spreadsheet.
(If you don't have Excel, you can download a free viewer here, from the Microsoft website.)
For international competitions, UK winners (and runners–up) are shown in bold type – except in Darts and Snooker. For the three US golf majors, contestants are US unless otherwise stated. For darts and snooker competitions, contestants are English unless otherwise stated.
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Super Bowl | Early February | Kansas City Chiefs (3rd) | Los Angeles Rams (3rd) |
| Runners–up | Philadelphia Eagles | Cincinnatti Bengals |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| World Series | October | Houston Astros (2nd) | |
| Runners–up | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Indian Premier League | Late May | Chennai Super Kings (5th) | Gujarat Titans (1st) |
| Natwest/Vitality t20 Blast | July or August | Somerset (2nd) | Hampshire Hawks |
| The Hundred (men) | August | Oval Invincibles (1st) | Trent Rockets (1st) |
| The Hundred (women) | August | Southern Brave (1st) | Oval Invincibles (2nd) |
| County Championship | Mid–September | Surrey (20th) | |
| Royal London One–Day Cup | September | Kent |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Tour de France | July | Jonas Vingegaard (2nd) | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| PDC World Championships | December–January | Michael Smith (ENG) | Peter Wright (SCO, 22nd) |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Football League (EFL) Cup | Late February or early March | Manchester United | Liverpool (9th) |
| Runners–up | Newcastle United | Chelsea | |
| FA Premier League | May | Manchester City (7th) | Manchester City (6th) |
| FA Cup | May | Manchester City (7th) | Liverpool (8th) |
| Runners–up | Manchester United | Chelsea | |
| Scottish Premiership | Early to mid May | Celtic (53rd) | Celtic (52nd) |
| Europa League | Mid to late May | Sevilla (7th) | Eintracht Frankfurt (2nd) |
| Runners–up | Roma | Rangers | |
| La Liga (Spain) | Mid–late May | Barcelona (27th) | Real Madrid (35th) |
| Serie A (Italy) | Mid–late May | Napoli (3rd) | AC Milan (19th) |
| UEFA Champions League | Late May or early June | Manchester City (1st) | Real Madrid (14th) |
| Runners–up | Roma | Liverpool |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| World Matchplay | Late March | Sam Burns (USA) | Scottie Scheffler (USA) |
| Masters | Early April | Jon Rahm (ESP) | Scottie Scheffler |
| US Open | 3rd Sunday in June | Wyndham Clark (USA) | Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG) |
| The Open Golf Championship | Mid–July | Brian Harman (USA) | Cameron Smith (AUS) |
| US PGA | Mid-August | Brooks Koepka (USA) | Justin Thomas (USA) |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Formula One World Champion | November | Max Verstappen (NED) |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Cheltenham Gold Cup | Mid–March | Galopin des Champs | A Plus Tard |
| Jockey | Paul Townsend | Rachael Blackmore | |
| Grand National | Mid–April | Corach Rambler | Noble Yeats |
| Jockey | Derek Fox | Sam Waley-Cohen | |
| Trainer | Lucinda Russell | Emmet Mullins | |
| The Derby | Early June | Auguste Rodin | Desert Crown |
| Jockey | Ryan Moore | Richard Kingscote |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Challenge Cup | Late August | Wigan Warriors (20th) | |
| Runners–up | Huddersfield Giants | ||
| Super League – Grand Final | Early October | St. Helens | |
| Runners–up | Leeds Rhinos |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Six Nations | Mid–late March | Ireland (15th) | France (18th) |
| European Cup | Early May | La Rochelle (2nd) | La Rochelle (1st) |
| Runners–up | Leinster | Leinster | |
| English Prem: first in table | Early May | Saracens | Leicester Tigers |
| Play–off winners | Late May | Saracens (6th) | Leicester Tigers (11th) |
| Runners–up | Sale | Saracens |
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Masters | January | Judd Trump (2nd) | Neil Robertson (AUS, 2nd) |
| World Championships | Mayday Bank Holiday | Luca Brecel (BEL) | Ronnie O'Sullivan (7th) |
| UK Championships | December | Mark Allen (1st) |
You are unlikely to get asked about some of these champions, if only because English speakers tend to have trouble remembering (let alone pronouncing) some of the names. But it's not unusual to be asked the nationality of someone whose name you might have trouble with; or in the case of a doubles pair, you might be given the name of one of them (probably the less pronounceable one) and asked for the other.
Any current Grand Slam singles champion is fair game for a serious quiz; but I think it's fair to say that in the UK, if you ever get asked about a doubles pair, it will be the current Wimbledon champions (Men's, Women's or Mixed). Similarly, you might get asked about the defeated finalist in one of the Wimbledon singles events, but not in the doubles and not those in any of the other Grand Slam tournaments.
Here, then, are all the current Grand Slam singles champions, Wimbledon singles runners–up, and Wimbledon doubles champions – with their nationalities – in the order that the tournaments are played in each calendar year.
Oh – and the Davis Cup champions and runners–up as well.
| Event | When? | 2023 | 2022 |
| Australian Open Men's Singles | January | Novak Djokovic (10th) | Rafael Nadal (2nd) |
| Ditto, Women's Singles | Aryna Sabalenka | Ashleigh Barty (1st) | |
| French Open Men's Singles | May–June | Novak Djokovic (3rd) | Rafael Nadal (14th) |
| French Open Women's Singles | Iga Świątek (3rd) | Iga Świątek (2nd) | |
| Wimbledon Men's Singles | June–July | Carlos Alcaraz (1st) | Novak Djokovic (7th) |
| Runner–up | Novak Djokovic | Nick Kyrgios (AUS) | |
| Wimbledon Women's Singles | Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) | Elena Rybakina (KAZ) | |
| Runner–up | Ons Jabeur | Ons Jabeur (TUN) | |
| Wimbledon Men's Doubles | Wesley Kolhouf (NED) Neil Skupski (GBR) |
Matthew Ebden (AUS) Max Purcell (AUS) |
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| Wimbledon Women's Doubles | Hsieh Su–wei (TPE) Barbora Strýcová |
Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) |
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| Wimbledon Mixed Doubles | Mate Pavić (CRO) Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) |
Neal Skupski Desirae Krawczyk (USA) |
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| US Open Men's Singles | August–September | Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | |
| US Open Women's Singles | Iga Świątek (1st) | ||
| Davis Cup | Early December | Canada (1st) | |
| Runners–up | Australia |
The finals of the 2020 Davis Cup were played in November 2021 and named the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.
© Haydn Thompson 2017–23