Dakar Rally

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2024 Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the fourth time.
2024 As president of Porto, won the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (Portuguese Super Cup).
2024 On the 20th anniversary of the coup attempt, Simon Mann provided The Daily Telegraph with emails and unpublished memoirs that included information showing that Mark Thatcher negotiated a profit-sharing arrangement related to the coup plot.
May 14 2024 Awarded Commander of the Order of Agricultural Merit by France
April 27 2024 Won the Porto club elections with 80% of the votes, defeating incumbent president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, who had been in office for 42 years.
January 2024 Announced his candidacy for the presidency of Porto, nearly three years after his last managerial stint at Marseille.
2023 In the 2023 season, Acciona | Sainz XE Team started strongly at the Desert X-Prix, qualifying the fastest, achieving a super sector, and finishing the race in second place.
2023 Acciona | Sainz XE Team won their first race in Extreme E during Round 2 of the 2023 season.
2023 In the final two rounds of the 2023 season, the team finished in second place in one round and suffered a DNF in the other, ultimately losing the championship to RXR by 11 points.
2023 The team won their second race in Round 7 at the Island X-Prix II during the 2023 season.
2023 As president of Porto, won the Taça de Portugal (Portuguese Cup) for the 2023-24 season.
November 27 2023 Received Order of the Crown of the Realm from Malaysia and renewed his 1st class membership in the Family Order of the Crown of Indra of Pahang
November 2 2023 Became Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation from the House of Savoy
September 6 2023 Extreme E announced the cancellation of the rounds in Sardinia and Phoenix for the 2024 season, a week before the scheduled Island X-Prix.
June 2023 Dismissed Claude Palmero as the manager of the Prince of Monaco's assets after over two decades of service, leading to a €1 million lawsuit and media leaks.
June 26 2023 Named Paganini Ambassador by the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy.
January 2023 Carlos Sainz Sr. suffered multiple spinal fractures after a crash at the Dakar Rally and was subsequently replaced by Mattias Ekström for the 2023 season.
January 1 2023 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2023 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Sea Camp.
2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. maintained the same driver line-up for the 2022 season and the team achieved two podium finishes at the Desert X-Prix and Copper X-Prix.
2022 Acciona | Sainz XE Team finished in third place in the teams' championship for the 2022 season.
2022 André Villas-Boas decides to end his managerial career and focuses on his candidacy for Porto presidency.
October 19 2022 Received Medal of Honor for Commercial and Fishing Sailors from France
October 14 2022 Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Prince Henry by Portugal
January 13 2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Bisha.
January 4 2022 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Al Qaisumah.
2021 The team achieved a podium finish at the Arctic X-Prix during its first season.
2021 Acciona | Sainz XE Team made its debut at the 2021 Desert X-Prix.
October 2021 Collaborated with Torres Strait Islander artist Alick Tipoti on the documentary film 'Alick and Albert', which premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival.
September 14 2021 Prince Albert became the first head of state to fly in an electric plane, taking a 30-minute flight with pilot Raphaël Domjan over Monaco in a Pipistrel Velis128.
May 23 2021 Concluded his first WRC appearance at the Rally de Portugal, finishing 12th in the WRC3 category.
May 20 2021 Made his maiden appearance in the World Rally Championship, competing in the WRC3 category of the Rally de Portugal, driving a Citroën C3 Rally2 with co-driver Gonçalo Magalhães.
February 2 2021 Marseille suspended Villas-Boas as manager with immediate effect, citing his public criticism of the club as 'unacceptable' and announcing upcoming disciplinary hearings.
February 2 2021 Villas-Boas announced his resignation in a press conference due to disagreement with the club's recruitment policy, specifically the loan signing of Olivier Ntcham against his wishes.
January 14 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu to Saudi Arabia's Jeddah.
January 8 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Buraydah to Saudi Arabia's Ha'il.
January 3 2021 Carlos Sainz Sr. started the 2021 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Jeddah to Saudi Arabia's Bisha.
2020 Carlos Sainz won the Dakar Rally for the third time.
November 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. announced the formation of Acciona | Sainz XE Team in collaboration with QEV Technologies to compete in the inaugural season of Extreme E.
October 7 2020 Received Grand Cross of Order of the Republic of Serbia
September 13 2020 Villas-Boas became the first Olympian coach in nine years to lead Marseille to a 1–0 away victory against Paris Saint-Germain in Le Classique.
June 16 2020 Sainz received the Princess of Asturias Awards for Sports.
May 2020 He was crowned The Greatest WRC Driver of all time in a poll of fans and expert journalists.
March 31 2020 Prince Albert was announced to have fully recovered from his first COVID-19 infection.
March 19 2020 Prince Albert tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first monarch and head of state to contract the virus, and began self-quarantining.
February 12 2020 Reached the bottom of Calypso Deep at 16,762 ft in a submarine expedition with Victor Vescovo, becoming only the second team to do so.
January 15 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. participated in the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Haradh to Saudi Arabia's Shubaytah.
January 12 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. competed in the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh to Saudi Arabia's Wadi Al Dwasir.
January 9 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. continued the 2020 Dakar Rally from Saudi Arabia's Al-ʿUla to Saudi Arabia's Ha'il.
January 7 2020 Carlos Sainz Sr. started the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia's Neom.
2019 During the 2019–20 Ligue 1 season, Marseille finished second after the season was ended early due to the coronavirus pandemic, qualifying for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2013–14.

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