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5 ATHLETICS Great Edinburgh Cross-country
5-7 FOOTBALL FA Cup third round
5-13 DARTS BDO World Championship (Frimley Green)
6 CRICKET England tour match (Delhi)
8 CRICKET England tour match (Delhi)
8/9 FOOTBALL League Cup semi-final, first legs
11 CRICKET First One-Day International: India v England (Rajkot)
14-27 TENNIS Australian Open (Melbourne)
15 CRICKET Second One-Day International: India v England (Kochi)
17 BASKETBALL Detroit Pistons v New York Knicks (London)
19 CRICKET Third ODI: India v England (Ranchi)
19-10 Feb FOOTBALL African Nations Cup (South Africa)
22/23 FOOTBALL League Cup semi-final, second legs
23 CRICKET Fourth ODI: India v England (Mohali)
26 ATHLETICS British Athletics Indoor International Match (Glasgow)
26-27 FOOTBALL FA Cup fourth round; Scottish League Cup semi-finals
27 CRICKET Fifth ODI: India v England (Dharamsala)
31-17 Feb CRICKET Women's World Cup (India)
February
1 RUGBY LEAGUE Super League season starts
1-3 TENNIS Davis Cup first rd
2 FOOTBALL Scottish Cup fifth round; RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Wales v Ireland; England v Scotland
3 AMERICAN FOOTBALL Superbowl XLVII (N Orleans)
RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Italy v France
4 CRICKET Twenty20: NZ XI v England (Whangarei)
6 FOOTBALL Friendlies: Eng-v Brazil, Malta v N Ire; Rep of Ire v Poland, Scot v Estonia, Wales v Austria; CRICKET T20 New Zealand XI v England (Whangarei)
6-9 TENNIS Fed Cup Eur/Afr Zone Grp One (Eilat, Isr)
9 CRICKET First T20 international: New Zealand v England (Auckland); RUGBY UNION Six Nations France v Wales; Scotland v Italy
9-10 ATHLETICS European Indoor trials and UK Championships (Sheffield); TENNIS Fed Cup World Grp/World Group Two first round
10 RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Ireland v England
12 CRICKET Second T20i: NZ v England (Hamilton)
12-13/19-20 FOOTBALL Champs Lge, round of 16, first legs
14 FOOTBALL Europa League round of 32 first legs
15 CRICKET Third T20i: NZ v England (Wellington)
16 ATHLETICS IAAF Indoor Grand Prix (Birmingham)
16-17 FOOTBALL FA Cup fifth round
17 CRICKET First ODI: NZ v England (Hamilton)
18-24 GOLF WGC-Accenture Match Play Ch'ship (Tucson)
20 CRICKET Second ODI: NZ v England (Napier)
21 FOOTBALL Europa League R32, second legs
22 RUGBY LEAGUE World Club Challenge: Leeds v Melbourne (Headingley)
23 CRICKET Third ODI: NZ v England (Auckland); RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Italy v Wales, England v France
24 FOOTBALL League Cup final (Wembley); RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Scotland v Ireland
27-2 Mar CRICKET NZ XI v England (Queenstown)
March
1-3 ATHLETICS European Indoor Championships (Gothenburg, Swe)
2 FOOTBALL Scottish Cup sixth round
3-10 CYCLING Paris-Nice
5-6/12-13 FOOTBALL Champions League round of 16, second legs
5-9 CRICKET First Test: New Zealand v England (Dunedin)
7 FOOTBALL Europa League round of 16, first legs
7-10 Golf WGC CA Championship (Miami)
7-17 TENNIS Indian Wells Masters
9 RUGBY UNION Six Nations: Scotland v Wales; Ireland v France
9-10 FOOTBALL FA Cup sixth round
10 RUGBY UNION Six Nations: England v Italy
13-17 CRICKET Second Test: NZ v England (Wellington)
14 FOOTBALL Europa League round of 16, second legs
16 RUGBY UNION Six Nations: France v Scotland; Italy v Ireland; Wales v England
17 CYCLING Milan-San Remo; FOOTBALL Scottish League Cup final; FORMULA ONE Australian GP (Mel-bourne); RUGBY UNION Anglo-Welsh Cup final
18-31 TENNIS Miami Masters
21-25 CRICKET: Third Test: NZ v England (Auckland)
22 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Northern Ireland v Russia; San Marino v England; Scotland v Wales; Sweden v Republic of Ireland
23 FOOTBALL Start of Women's Super League
24 CRICKET MCC v Warwickshire (Abu Dhabi); FORMULA ONE Malaysian Grand Prix (Kuala Lumpur)
26 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Montenegro v England; Northern Ireland v Israel; Republic of Ireland v Austria; Serbia v Scotland; Wales v Croatia
30 RACING Dubai World Cup
31 CYCLING Tour of Flanders; ROWING Boat Race (London)
April
2/3 FOOTBALL Champions League quarter-final first legs
3 CRICKET Indian Premier League starts
4 FOOTBALL Europa League quarter-final first legs
4/5/6 RUGBY UNION Heineken Cup quarter-finals
4-6 RACING Grand National Meeting (Aintree)
5-7 TENNIS Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group One: Great Britain v Russia
7 CYCLING Paris-Roubaix; FOOTBALL Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final (Wembley)
9/10 FOOTBALL Champions League q-final second legs
10-13 CRICKET First round of LV County Championship
11 FOOTBALL Europa League q-final second legs
11-14 GOLF US Masters (Augusta)
13/14 FOOTBALL FA Cup semi-finals; Scottish Cup semi-finals
14 FORMULA ONE Chinese Grand Prix (Shanghai)
14-21 TENNIS Monte Carlo Masters
17 CYCLING Fleche Wallonne
20-21 TENNIS Fed Cup World Group semi-finals; World Group play-offs
20-6 May SNOOKER World Championship (Sheffield)
21 ATHLETICS Virgin London Marathon; CYCLING Liege-Bastogne-Liege; FORMULA ONE Bahrain Grand Prix (Sakhir)
23/24 FOOTBALL Champions League semi-final first legs
25 FOOTBALL Europa League semi-final first legs
26/27/28 RUGBY UNION Heineken Cup semi-finals
30/1 May FOOTBALL Champions League semi-final second legs
May
2 FOOTBALL Europa League semi-final second legs
3 CRICKET Clydesdale Bank 40 begins
3-12 TENNIS Madrid Masters
4 FOOTBALL Final day of Championship season
4-5 RACING Guineas meeting (Newmarket)
4-6 CRICKET Tour match: Derbyshire v NZ (Derby)
4-26 CYCLING Giro d'Italia
9-12 GOLF Players Championships (Florida); CRICKET Tour match: Eng Lions v NZ (Leicester)
10 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Doha)
11 FOOTBALL FA Cup final (Wembley)
11/12 RUGBY UNION Premiership semi-finals
11-19 TENNIS Rome Masters
12 FORMULA ONE Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona)
15 FOOTBALL Europa League final (Amsterdam)
16-20 CRICKET First Test: England v N Zealand (Lord's)
17 RUGBY UNION Amlin Challenge Cup final (Dublin)
18 FOOTBALL League Two play-off final (Wembley); RUGBY UNION Heineken Cup final (Dublin)
19 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Shanghai); FOOTBALL Final day of Premier League; League One play-off final (Wembley)
23 FOOTBALL Women's Cha-mps Lg final (S'ford Bridge)
23-26 GOLF BMW PGA Championship (Wentworth)
24-28 CRICKET Second Test: Eng v NZ (Headingley)
25 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (New York); FOOTBALL Champions League final (Wembley); RUGBY UNION Premiership final (T'ham); Pro12 final
25-26 ATHLETICS Hypo Meeting (Gotzis); RUGBY LEAGUE Super League Magic Weekend (Manchester)
26 ATHLETICS Great Man-chester Run 10K/Great City-Games; CRICKET Indian Premier League final; FOOTBALL Scottish Cup final (Hampden Park); Women's FA Cup final; F. ONE Monaco GP (Monte Carlo); RUGBY UNION England v Barbarians (T'ham)
26-9 Jun TENNIS French Open (Paris)
27 FOOTBALL Champion-ship play-off final (Wembley)
29 FOOTBALL Friendly: England v R of Ire (Wembley)
31 CRICKET First ODI: England v N Zealand (Lord's)
31-1 Jun RACING Derby meeting (Epsom)
June
1 ATHLETICS Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting (Eugene); RUGBY UNION Barbarians v British and Irish Lions (Hong Kong)
2 CRICKET Second ODI: England v NZ (Southampton); FOOTBALL Friendly: Brazil v England (Rio de Janeiro)
2-9 CYCLING Critérium du Dauphiné
5 CRICKET Third ODI: England v New Zealand (Trent Bridge); RUGBY UNION Western Force v British and Irish Lions (Perth)
5-18 FOOTBALL European Under-21 Championship (Israel)
6 ATHLETICS Golden Gala Diamond League meeting (Rome)
6-23 CRICKET ICC Champions Trophy (Cardiff, Edgbaston and The Oval)
7 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Croatia v Scotland; Republic of Ireland v Faroe Islands; RUGBY UNION United States v Ireland (Houston)
8 RUGBY UNION Q'sland Reds v Brit and Irish Lions (Bris-bane); Japan v Wales (Osaka)
8-16 CYCLING Tour de Suisse
9 FORMULA ONE Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal)
10-16 TENNIS Aegon Championships (Queen's Club); Aegon Classic (Edgbaston)
11 RUGBY UNION Combined Country XV v Lions (Newcastle)
13 ATHLETICS Bislett Games Diamond League meeting (Oslo)
13-16 GOLF US Open (Ardmore)
15 RUGBY UNION N Sth Wales Waratahs v Brit and Irish Lions (Sydney); Japan v Wales (Tokyo); Canada v Ireland (Toronto)
15-16 RUGBY LEAGUE Representative Weekend
15-22 TENNIS Aegon International (Eastbourne)
15-30 FOOTBALL Confederations Cup (Brazil)
17-22 GOLF The Amateur (Royal Cinque Ports & Prince's, Kent)
18 RUGBY UNION ACT Brumbies v British and Irish Lions (Canberra)
18-22 RACING Royal Ascot
22 CRICKET T20: Kent v New Zealand (Canterbury); RUGBY UNION First Test: Australia v British Isles (Brisbane)
22-23 ATHLETICS European Team Championships (Gateshead)
23 CRICKET ICC Champions Trophy final (Edgbaston)
24-7 Jul TENNIS Wimbledon Championships (All England Club)
25 CRICKET First T20 International: England v New Zealand (The Oval); RUGBY UNION Melbourne Rebels v British and Irish Lions
26 CRICKET Friends Life t20 begins
26-29 CRICKET Tour match: Somerset v Australia (Taunton)
27 CRICKET Second T20 International: England v New Zealand (The Oval)
27-30 GOLF US Women's Open (New York)
29 RUGBY UNION Second Test: Australia v British Isles (Melbourne)
29-21 Jul CYCLING Tour de France
30 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Birmingham); FORMULA ONE British Grand Prix (Silverstone)
30-3 Jul CRICKET Essex v England (Chelmsford)
July
2-5 CRICKET Tour match: Worcestershire v Australia (Worcester)
4 ATHLETICS Athletissima Diamond League meeting (Lausanne)
6 ATHLETICS Areva Diamond League meeting (Paris); RUGBY UNION Third Test: Australia v British Isles (Sydney)
7 FORMULA ONE German Grand Prix (tba)
10-14 CRICKET First Test: Eng v Australia (Trent Bridge)
10-28 FOOTBALL Women's European Championship (Sweden)
11-14 GOLF Scottish Open (Castle Stuart)
12-14 ATHLETICS World trials and UK Championships (Birmingham)
18-21 GOLF The Open (Muirfield)
18-22 CRICKET Second Test: England v Australia (Lord's)
19 ATHLETICS Herculis Diamond League meeting (Monaco)
21 FORMULA ONE Grand Prix (venue tba)
26-27 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Crystal Palace)
26-28 CRICKET Tour match: Sussex v Australia (Hove)
27 RACING King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Ascot)
27-28 RUGBY LEAGUE Challenge Cup semi-finals
28 FORMULA ONE Hungarian Grand Prix (Budapest)
30-3 Aug RACING Glorious Goodwood
August
1-4 GOLF WGC Bridgestone Invitational (Ohio); Ricoh Women's British Open (St Andrew's)
1-5 CRICKET Third Test: England v Australia (Old Trafford)
3 FOOTBALL Start of Football League season
3-10 SAILING Cowes Week
5-11 TENNIS Montreal Masters
8-11 GOLF US PGA Championship (New York)
9-13 CRICKET Fourth Test: England v Australia (Chester-le-Street)
10-18 ATHLETICS World Championships (Moscow); TENNIS Cincinnati Masters
11 FOOTBALL Community Shield (Wembley)
13-16 CRICKET Women's Test: England v Australia (Wormsley)
14 FOOTBALL International friendly: England v Scotland (Wembley)
16-17 CRICKET Tour match: Northamptonshire v Australia (Northampton)
16-18 GOLF Solheim Cup (Colorado)
17 CRICKET Friends Life t20 finals day (Edgbaston); FOOTBALL Start of Premier League season
20 CRICKET First Women's ODI: England v Australia (Lord's)
21-24 RACING Ebor meeting (York)
21-25 CRICKET Fifth Test: England v Australia (The Oval)
23 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Stockholm); CRICKET Second Women's ODI: England v Australia (Hove)
24 RUGBY LEAGUE Challenge Cup final (Wembley)
24-15 Sep CYCLING Tour of Spain
25 CRICKET Third Women's ODI: England v Australia (Hove); FORMULA ONE Belgian Grand Prix (Spa-Francorchamps)
26-9 Sept TENNIS US Open (Flushing Meadows, New York)
27 CRICKET First Women's T20 International: England v Australia (Chelmsford)
29 ATHLETICS Diamond League meeting (Zurich); CRICKET First T20 international: England v Australia; Second Women's T20 International: England v Australia (both Southampton)
30 FOOTBALL European Super Cup (Prague)
31 CRICKET Second T20 international: England v Australia; Third Women's T20 international England v Australia (both Chester-le-Street)
September
3 CRICKET ODI matches: Ireland v England (Dublin); Scotland v Australia (Edinburgh)
6 ATHLETICS Van Damme Diamond League meeting (Brussels); CRICKET First ODI: England v Australia (Headingley); FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: England v Moldova; Macedonia v Wales; Northern Ireland v Portugal; Republic of Ireland v Sweden; Scotland v Belgium
8 CRICKET Second ODI: England v Australia (Old Trafford); FORMULA ONE Italian Grand Prix (Monza); RUGBY LEAGUE Final round of Super League
10 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Austria v Republic of Ireland; Luxembourg v Northern Ireland; Macedonia v Scotland; Ukraine v England; Wales v Serbia.
11 CRICKET Third ODI: England v Australia (Edgbaston)
11-14 RACING St Leger meeting (Doncaster)
13 RUGBY LEAGUE Super League play-offs start
13-15 TENNIS Davis Cup World Group semi-finals and play-offs
14 ATHLETICS Great City Games (Gateshead); CRICKET Fourth ODI: England v Australia (Cardiff)
15 ATHLETICS Great North Run
15-22 CYCLING Tour of Britain
16 CRICKET Fifth ODI: England v Australia (Southampton)
21 CRICKET Clydesdale Bank 40 final (Lord's)
22 FORMULA ONE Singapore Grand Prix (Marina Bay)
22-29 CYCLING World Championships (Florence)
24-27 CRICKET Final round of LV County Championship matches
29 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Minnesota Vikings v Pittsburgh Steelers (Wembley)
October
5 RUGBY LEAGUE Super League Grand Final (Old Trafford)
6 CYCLING Giro di Lombardia;
FORMULA ONE Korean Grand Prix
(Yeongnam);
RACING Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Longchamp)
7-13 TENNIS Shanghai Masters
11 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland;
England v Montenegro; Germany v Republic of Ireland; Wales v
Macedonia
12 RACING Future Champions Day (Newmarket)
13 FORMLA ONE Japanese Grand Prix (Suzuka)
15 FOOTBALL World Cup qualifiers: Belgium v
Wales; England v Poland; Israel v Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland v Kazakhstan; Scotland v Croatia
22-27 TENNIS WTA Championships (Istanbul)
24-27 GOLF BMW Masters (Shanghai)
26-30 Nov RUGBY LEAGUE World Cup (England, France, Ireland and Wales)
27 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars v San Francisco 49ers (Wembley);
FORMULA ONE Indian Grand Prix (Delhi)
28-3 Nov TENNIS Paris Masters
31-2 Nov CRICKET Western Australia XI v England (Perth)
31-3 Nov GOLF WGC HSBC Champions (Shanghai)
November
1-2 RACING Breeders' Cup (Santa Anita)
2 RUGBY UNION Autumn International: England v Australia (Twickenham)
2-3 TENNIS Fed Cup World Group Final
3 ATHLETICS New York Marathon;
FORMULA ONE Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina)
4-11 TENNIS ATP World Tour finals (London)
6-9 CRICKET Australia A v England (Hobart)
7-10 GOLF Turkish Open (Antalya)
9 RUGBY UNION Autumn International: England v Argentina (Twickenham)
13-16 CRICKET New
South Wales XI v England (Sydney)
14-17 GOLF DP World Tour Championship (Dubai)
15-17 TENNIS Davis Cup final
15/19 FOOTBALL World Cup qualification play-offs, European zone
16 RUGBY UNION Autumn International: England v New Zealand (Twickenham)
17 FORMULA ONE United States Grand Prix (Austin)
21-25 CRICKET First Test: Australia v England (Brisbane)
24 FORMULA ONE Brazilian Grand Prix (Sao Paulo)
29-30 CRICKET Chairman's XI v England (Canberra)
30 RUGBY LEAGUE World Cup final (Old Trafford)
December
4-8 TENNIS Statoil Masters (Royal Albert Hall)
5-9 CRICKET Second Test: Aus v England (Adelaide)
6 FOOTBALL World Cup draw (Salvador)
11-21 FOOTBALL Club World Cup (Morocco)
13-17 CRICKET Third Test: Australia v England (Perth)
26 RACING King George VI Chase (Kempton)
26-30 CRICKET Fourth Test: Australia v England (Melbourne)
All dates correct at time of going to press
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