IPL, Fifa Club World Cup: What to look forward to in sports in 2023

The year 2022 was a great year for sports, with nail-biting games, splendid moments and record-breaking achievements.

AFP lists most of the important sporting events set to take place over the course of the incoming year:

January

Dec 29 - Jan 08: Tennis: United Cup mixed team event in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney

01-08: Tennis - WTA at Adelaide International

02-08: Tennis - ATP at Adelaide 1

02-07: Tennis - ATP at Pune

02-08: Tennis - WTA at Auckland

02-06: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 2nd Test

03: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Wankhede, 1st T20I

04-08: Cricket - Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 3rd Test

05: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Pune, 2nd T20I

06-19: Football - Gulf Cup, Iraq

07: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Rajkot, 3rd T20I

9: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 1st ODI

09-14: Tennis - ATP at Adelaide 2

09-14: Tennis - ATP at Auckland

09-14: Tennis - WTA at Hobart

09-14: Tennis - WTA at Adelaide 2

10: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Guwahati, 1st ODI

11: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 2nd ODI

12: Cricket - Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, 1st ODI

12: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 1st T20, Harare

12: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, 2nd ODI

13: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 3rd ODI

14: Cricket - Australia v South Africa at Sydney, 2nd ODI

14: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 2nd T20, Harare

15: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 3rd T20, Harare

15: Cricket - India v Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram, 3rd ODI

16-29: Tennis - ATP and WTA at Australian Open, Melbourne

17: Cricket - Australia v South Africa at Perth, 3rd ODI

18: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 1st ODI, Harare

18: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan), 1st ODI

20: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 2nd ODI, Harare

21: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Raipur, 2nd ODI

23: Cricket - Zimbabwe v Ireland, 3rd ODI, Harare

24: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Indore, 3rd ODI

27: Cricket - South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, 1st ODI

27: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Ranchi, 1st T20I

29: Cricket - South Africa v England at Bloemfontein, 2nd ODI

29: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Lucknow, 2nd T20I

30-Feb 05: Tennis - WTA at Lyon and Hua Hin, Thailand

February

01: Cricket - South Africa v England at Kimberley, 3rd ODI

01: Cricket - India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 3rd T20I

01-11: Football: Fifa Club World Cup, Morocco

03-05: Tennis - Davis Cup qualifiers

04-08 Cricket - Zimbabwe v West Indies, 1st Test, Bulawayo

09-13: Cricket - India v Australia at Nagpur, 1st Test

10-26: Cricket - Women's T20 World Cup, South Africa

12-16: Cricket - Zimbabwe v West Indies, 2nd Test, Bulawayo

13-18: Tennis - WTA at Doha

13-19: Tennis - ATP at Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Delray Beach

16-20: Cricket - New Zealand v England at Mount Maunganui, 1st Test

17-21: Cricket - India v Australia at Delhi, 2nd Test

19-25: Tennis - WTA at Dubai

20-26: Tennis - ATP at Rio, Marseille, Doha

20-26: Tennis - WTA at Merida

24-28: Cricket - New Zealand v England at Wellington, 2nd Test

25: Football - Major League Soccer regular season opens

26: Football - English League Cup final at London

27-March 05: Tennis - ATP at Acapulco, Dubai, Santiago

27-March 05: Tennis - WTA at Monterrey, Austin

28-March 04 March: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 1st Test

March

01-05: Cricket - India v Australia at Dharamsala, 3rd Test

05: Formula 1 - Bahrain GP, Sakhir

08-12: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd Test

09-13: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 1st Test

09-13: Cricket - India v Australia at Ahmedabad, 4th Test

16: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at East London, 1st ODI

16: Football - Fifa Congress, Kigali, Rwanda

17: Cricket - India v Australia at Wankhede, 1st ODI

17-21: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test

18: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at East London, 2nd ODI

19: Formula 1 - Saudi Arabia GP, Jeddah

19: Cricket - India v Australia at Visakhapatnam, 2nd ODI

20-28: Football - Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, matchdays 3, 4

21: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Potchefstroom, 3rd ODI

21-02: Tennis - ATP and WTA at Miami

22: Cricket - India v Australia at Chennai, 3rd ODI

23: Football - Start of Euro 2024 qualifying

25: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, 1st ODI

25: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 1st T20I

25-May 28: Cricket - Indian Premier League, India

26: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 2nd T20I

28: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 2nd ODI

28: Cricket - South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 3rd T20I

31: Cricket: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton, 3rd ODI

31: Cricket: South Africa v Netherlands at Benoni, 1st ODI

April

02: Formula 1 - Australia GP, Melbourne

02: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, 1st T20I

02: Cricket - South Africa v Netherlands at Johannesburg, 2nd ODI

03-09: Tennis - ATP at Houston, Marrakech, Estoril

03-09: Tennis - WTA at Charleston, Bogota

05: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, 2nd T20I

08: Cricket - New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Queenstown, 3rd T20I

09-16: Tennis - ATP at Monte Carlo

13: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 1st T20I

14-15: Tennis - BJK Cup qualifiers

15: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 2nd T20I

16: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 3rd T20I

17-23: Tennis - ATP at Barcelona, Banja Luka, Munich

17-23: Tennis - WTA at Stuttgart, Istanbul

19: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, 4th T20I

23: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, 5th T20I

26: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, 1st ODI

26-09: Tennis - ATP and WTA at Madrid

28: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, 2nd ODI

May

01: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Rawalpindi, 3rd ODI

04: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Rawalpindi, 4th ODI

07: Cricket - Pakistan v New Zealand at Rawalpindi, 5th ODI

08-21: Tennis - ATP and WTA at Rome

21: Formula 1 - Emilia Romagna GP, Imola

21-27: Tennis - ATP at Geneva, Lyon

21-27: Tennis - WTA at Strasbourg, Rabat

28: Formula 1 - Monaco GP

28-June 11: Tennis - ATP and WTA at French Open, Paris

31: Football - UEFA Europa League Final, Budapest

June

01-04: Cricket - England v Ireland at Lord's, Only Test

03: Football - FA Cup Final at London

07: Football - UEFA Europa Conference League final, Prague

10: Football - UEFA Champions League final, Istanbul

12-18: Tennis - ATP at 's-Hertogenbosch, Stuttgart

12-18: Tennis - WTA at 's-Hertogenbosch, Nottingham

16-20: Cricket - England v Australia at Birmingham, 1st Test

19-25: Tennis - ATP at Halle, London

19-25: Tennis - WTA at Birmingham, Berlin

25-01: Tennis - WTA at Eastbourne, Bad Homburg

26-02: Tennis - ATP at Mallorca, Eastbourne

28-July 02: Cricket - England v Australia at Lord's, 2nd Test