| Date
|
Sport
|
Venue/Event
|
Status
|
Winner/s
|
| 1
|
Athletics
|
 Weltklasse Zürich (DL #13)
|
International
|
 United States
|
| 1–14
|
Chess
|
 42nd Chess Olympiad
|
International
|
Open: United States (Caruana / Nakamura / So / Shankland / Robson)
Women:  China (Hou / Ju / Zhao / Tan / Guo)
|
| 2–4
|
3x3 (basketball)
|
 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Final Tournament
|
Continental
|
Men:  Slovenia
Women:  Hungary
|
| 2–10
|
Volleyball
|
 2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship
|
Continental
|
 Poland
|
| 2–11
|
Beach soccer
|
 2016 UEFA Beach Soccer Championship
|
Continental
|
Poland
|
| 3–4
|
Triathlon
|
 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #8
|
International
|
Men:  Jonathan Brownlee
Women:  Summer Cook
|
| 3–11
|
Baseball
|
 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup
|
International
|
 Japan
|
| 3–17
|
Association football
|
 2016 OFC U-20 Championship
|
Continental
|
 New Zealand
|
| 3–10 December
|
American football
|
2016 NCAA Division I FBS season
|
Domestic
|
Heisman Trophy:  Lamar Jackson ( Louisville Cardinals)
|
| 4
|
Formula One
|
2016 Italian Grand Prix
|
International
|
 Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
|
| 4
|
Motorcycle racing
|
2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix
|
International
|
MotoGP:  Maverick Viñales ( Team Suzuki Ecstar)
Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3:  Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo)
|
| 5–10
|
Snooker
|
 2016 Six-red World Championship
|
International
|
Ding Junhui
|
| 6–11
|
Mountain bike racing
|
2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DHI & 4X only)
|
International
|
Great Britain
|
| 7–18
|
Multi-sport
|
 2016 Summer Paralympics
|
International
|
 China (CHN)
|
| 8–1 January 2017
|
American football
|
2016 NFL season
|
Domestic
|
Regular season's AFC winner:  New England Patriots
Regular season's NFC winner:  Dallas Cowboys
|
| 9
|
Athletics
|
 Memorial Van Damme (DL #14)
|
International
|
United States
|
| 9–18
|
Baseball
|
 2016 European Baseball Championship
|
Continental
|
Netherlands
|
| 10
|
Speedway
|
2016 FIM Grand Prix of Germany
|
International
|
 Jason Doyle
|
| 10–1 October
|
Futsal
|
 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
|
International
|
 Argentina
|
| 11
|
Athletics
|
2016 Great North Run
|
International
|
Men: Mo Farah
Women:  Vivian Cheruiyot
|
| 11
|
Motorcycle racing
|
 2016 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix
|
International
|
MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Forward Team)
Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo)
|
| 11–18
|
Triathlon
|
 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final
|
International
|
Men: Henri Schoeman
Women:  Flora Duffy
|
| 11–18
|
Triathlon
|
2016 ITU Aquathlon World Championships
|
International
|
Men: Alistair Brownlee
Women:  Mariya Shorets
|
| 11–24
|
Association football
|
 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
|
Continental
|
Australia
|
| 13–18
|
Amateur wrestling
|
 2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships
|
International
|
Men's Freestyle: Russia
Greco-Roman:  Iran
Women's Freestyle: Japan
|
| 13–18
|
Beach volleyball
|
2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals
|
International
|
Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst
|
| 13–3 June 2017
|
Association football
|
 2016-17 UEFA Champions League
|
Continental
|
Real Madrid
|
| 14–18
|
Climbing
|
 2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships
|
International
|
Japan
|
| 14–18
|
Shooting
|
2016 World University Shooting Championship
|
International
|
 India
|
| 15–18
|
Cycling (road)
|
2016 European Road Championships
|
Continental
|
France
|
| 15–18
|
Golf
|
2016 Evian Championship
|
International
|
Chun In-gee
|
| 15–2 October
|
Association football
|
2016 AFC U-16 Championship
|
Continental
|
 Iraq
|
| 15–24 May 2017
|
Association football
|
2016-17 UEFA Europa League
|
Continental
|
 Manchester United
|
| 16–23 April 2017
|
1:10 R/C off-road racing
|
2015–16 Euro Offroad Series [de]
|
Continental
|
|
| 16–30 July 2017
|
Endurance motorcycle racing
|
2016–17 FIM Endurance World Championship
|
International
|
|
| 16–18 September
|
Endurance motorcycle racing
|
2016 Bol d'Or (EWC #1)
|
International
|
Anthony Delhalle/ Vincent Philippe/ Etienne Masson
( Suzuki Endurance Racing Team [fr])
|
| 16–18
|
Canoeing
|
2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships
|
International
|
Hungary
|
| 17–18 September
|
1:8 R/C nitro off-road racing
|
2016 JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship
|
Domestic
|
Naoto Matsukura ( Kyosho)
|
| 17–1 October
|
Ice hockey
|
2016 World Cup of Hockey
|
International
|
Canada
|
| 18
|
Basketball
|
2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
|
International
|
 Guaros de Lara
|
| 18
|
Formula One
|
 2016 Singapore Grand Prix
|
International
|
Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
|
| 23–25
|
Amateur wrestling
|
2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman only)
|
International
|
Russia
|
| 24
|
Speedway
|
 2016 FIM Stockholm Grand Prix of Sweden
|
International
|
Jason Doyle
|
| 24–25
|
Triathlon
|
2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships
|
International
|
Men: Sylvain Sudrie
Women: Jodie Swallow
|
| 24–25
|
Triathlon
|
 ITU Triathlon World Cup #8
|
International
|
Men: David Castro Fajardo
Women: Kirsten Kasper
|
| 24–3 October
|
Multi-sport
|
2016 Asian Beach Games
|
Continental
|
Vietnam
|
| 25
|
Marathon
|
2016 Berlin Marathon (WMM #4)
|
International
|
Men:  Kenenisa Bekele
Women: Aberu Kebede
|
| 25
|
Motorcycle racing
|
2016 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix
|
International
|
MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Sam Lowes ( Federal Oil Gresini Moto2)
Moto3: Jorge Navarro ( Estrella Galicia 0,0)
|
| 30–2 October
|
Golf
|
2016 Ryder Cup
|
International
|
Team USA
|
| 30–21 October
|
Association football
|
 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
|
International
|
 North Korea
|
