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Next year promises to be packed with events from hundreds of different sports worldwide
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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
July
02: Formula 1 - Austria GP, Spielberg
03-16: Tennis - ATP and WTA at Wimbledon
06-10: Cricket - England v Australia at Leeds, 3rd Test
17-23: Tennis - ATP at Newport, Bastad, Gstaad
17-23: Tennis - WTA at Palermo, Budapest
19-23: Cricket - England v Australia at Manchester, 4th Test
19-23: Tennis - Hopman Cup, Nice
20-August 20: Football - Women's World Cup, Australia and New Zealand
23: Formula 1 - Hungarian GP, Budapest
24-30: Tennis - ATP at Hamburg, Umag, Atlanta
24-30: Tennis - WTA at Hamburg, Lausanne
24-31: Tennis - WTA at Warsaw
27-31: Cricket - England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test
30: Formula 1 - Belgian GP, Spa
31-Aug 06: Tennis - WTA at San Jose, Prague
31-Aug 06: Tennis - ATP at Washington, Kitzbuhel, Los Cabos
August
07-13: Tennis - ATP at Toronto
07-13: Tennis - WTA at Montreal
10-13: Golf - LPGA at Women's British Open, Walton Heath
10-13: Golf - USPGA at Southwind, Memphis
13-20: Tennis - ATP at Cincinnati
20-26: Tennis - WTA at Cleveland, Granby
20-27: Tennis - ATP at Winston Salem
28-Sept 10: Tennis - ATP and WTA at US Open, New York
30: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Chester-le-Street, 1st T20I
September
01: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Manchester, 2nd T20I
03: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Birmingham, 3rd T20I
03: Formula 1 - Italian GP, Monza
4-12: Football - Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, matchdays 5, 6
05: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Nottingham, 4th T20I
08: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Cardiff, 1st ODI
10: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Southampton, 2nd ODI
11-17: Tennis - Davis Cup Finals Group Stage
13: Cricket - England v New Zealand at The Oval, 3rd ODI
15: Cricket - England v New Zealand at Lord's, 4th ODI
17: Formula 1 - Singapore GP
20: Cricket - England v Ireland at Leeds, 1st ODI
20-26: Tennis - ATP at Chengdu, Zhuhai
22-24: Tennis - ATP at Laver Cup, Vancouver
23: Cricket - England v Ireland at Nottingham, 2nd ODI
24: Formula 1 - Japanese GP, Suzuka
26: Cricket - England v Ireland at Bristol, 3rd ODI
27-Oct 03: Tennis - ATP at Astana, Beijing
October
04-15: Tennis - ATP at Shanghai
08: Formula 1 - Qatar GP, Losail
16-22: Tennis - ATP at Tokyo, Antwerp, Moscow
22: Formula 1 - United States GP, Austin
23-29: Tennis - ATP at Basel, Vienna
29: Formula 1 - Mexican GP, Mexico City
30-Nov 04: Tennis - ATP at Paris
(The Cricket World Cup will be held from Oct-Nov in India, with dates yet to be decided.)
November
05: Formula 1 - Brazilian GP, Sao Paulo
05-11: Tennis - ATP at Metz, Stockholm
12-18: Tennis - ATP at ATP Finals, Turin
18: Formula 1 - Las Vegas GP
21-26: Tennis - Davis Cup Finals, Malaga
26: Formula 1 - Abu Dhabi GP, Yas Marina
December
TBD: Football: Euro 2024 draw, Hamburg
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