Off the wire
• Weather forecast for world cities -- Dec. 28  • Key week as Benitez works to save his job  • Xinhua Insight: Inside China's "No.1 Meth Village" today.  • Two arrested with rhino horns in Kenya's Mombasa (corrected)  • Indonesian police probes deadly attacks on police station  • 1st LD: Iraq declares key victory against IS in Ramadi  • Major news items in leading German newspapers  • Xinjiang sees drop in foreign trade  • Barcelona's head of youth development to coach China's Qingdao Huanghai  • Two arrested with rhino horns in Kenya's Mombasa  
You are here: 　 Home

Yearender: Major world sports events in 2016

Xinhua, December 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Following is a list of major world sports events for the year of 2016 (tabulated under date, event and venue):

Jan. 2, Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen, China

Jan. 3-9, Shenzhen WTA Open, Shenzhen, China

Jan. 3-16, Dakar Rally, Bolivia/Argentina

Jan. 18-31, Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia

Jan. 20-30, 13th Chinese National Winter Games, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Feb. 3-7, German Snooker Masters, Berlin, Germany

Feb. 12-21, Winter Youth Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway

Feb. 16-21, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Chinese Taipei, China

Feb. 26, Extraordinary FIFA Congress, Zurich, Switzerland

Feb. 27-28, World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Seoul, South Korea

Feb. 28-Mar. 6, World Team Table Tennis Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mar. 4-6, ISU Shanghai Trophy, Shanghai, China

Mar. 5-6, World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Berlin, Germany

Mar. 11-13, World Junior Speed Skating Championships, Changchun, China

Mar. 11-13, World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Seoul, South Korea

Mar. 17-20, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Portland, United States

Mar. 28-Apr. 3, China Snooker Open, Beijing, China

Mar. 28-Apr. 3, World Figure Skating Championships, Boston, United States

Apr. 16-May 2, World Snooker Championship, Sheffield, Britain

Apr. 17, F1 Shanghai Grand Prix, Shanghai, China

May 14, Shanghai Diamond League Meeting, Shanghai, China

May 15-22, Thomas&Uber Cup, Kunshan, China

May 19-27, Women's World Boxing Championships, Astana, Kazakhstan

May 22-Jun. 5, French Open, Roland Garros, Paris, France

Jun. 3-26, Copa America, United States

Jun. 10-July 10, European Soccer Championship, France

Jun. 27-July 10, Wimbledon, London, Britain

Aug. 5-21, 31st Olympic Games, Rio, Brazil

Aug. 29-Sept. 11, US Open, New York, United States

Sept. 7-18, Paralympic Games, Rio, Brazil

Sept. 24-Oct. 1, Wuhan WTA Open, Wuhan, China

Sept. 24-Oct. 3, 5th Asian Beach Games, Danang, Vietnam

Sept. 26-Oct. 2, Shenzhen ATP Open, Shenzhen, China

Oct. 1-9, China Open, Beijing, China

Oct. 10-16, ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Oct. 31-Nov. 6, WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China

Dec. 6-11, 13th FINA World Swimming Championships(25m), Windsor, Canada

Endi