Destiny means a predetermined course of events that can't be changed. Destiny is inevitable, preordained, unavoidable. A man's destiny is his fate regardless of his actions. The concept of not being able to control one's destiny might not be very agreeable, but that's what the word means.
Sports teams can probably control their future.
They can probably control the outcome of their efforts. You would be correct using those phrases. Destiny is the one thing you or they CAN'T control.