| Date
|
Sport
|
Venue/Event
|
Status
|
Winner/s
|
| 1–6
|
Archery
|
 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships
|
International
|
 Italy
|
| 1–12
|
Cross-country skiing
|
 2016 Ski Tour Canada
|
International
|
Men:  Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Women: Therese Johaug
|
| 2–6
|
Track cycling
|
 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
|
International
|
Great Britain
|
| 3–6
|
Golf
|
 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship
|
International
|
 Adam Scott
|
| 3–13
|
Association football
|
 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
|
Continental
|
United States
|
| 3–13
|
Biathlon
|
Biathlon World Championships 2016
|
International
|
 France
|
| 4–5
|
Triathlon
|
 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #1
|
International
|
Men:  Mario Mola
Women: Jodie Stimpson
|
| 4–6
|
Amateur wrestling
|
 2016 African Wrestling Championships
|
Continental
|
Men's Freestyle:  Tunisia
Women's Freestyle:  Nigeria
Greco-Roman: Egypt
|
| 4–6
|
Darts
|
 2016 UK Open
|
International
|
 Michael van Gerwen
|
| 4–6
|
Rugby sevens
|
2016 USA Sevens (WRSS #5)
|
International
|
 Fiji
|
| 5–6
|
Speed skating
|
 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
|
International
|
Men: Sven Kramer
Women:  Martina Sáblíková
|
| 5–13
|
Curling
|
 2016 World Junior Curling Championships
|
International
|
Men:  Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat)
Women: Canada (Skip: Mary Fay)
|
| 6–12
|
Multi-sport
|
/ 2016 Arctic Winter Games
|
Regional
|
 Alaska
|
| 8–13
|
Amateur wrestling
|
 2016 European Wrestling Championships
|
Continental
|
Men's freestyle:  Russia (medals),  Georgia (points)
Women's freestyle:  Azerbaijan (medals),  Ukraine (points)
Greco-Roman: Russia (medals and points)
Overall: Russia (medals), Ukraine (points)
|
| 8–13
|
Snooker
|
 2016 World Grand Prix
|
International
|
Shaun Murphy
|
| 8–3 April
|
Cricket
|
 2016 ICC World Twenty20
|
International
|
 West Indies
|
| 9–20
|
Tennis
|
2016 BNP Paribas Open
|
International
|
Men:  Novak Djokovic
Women:  Victoria Azarenka
|
| 11–12
|
Amateur wrestling
|
 2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships
|
Continental
|
Men's Freestyle: New Zealand
Women's Freestyle: Australia
Greco-Roman: New Zealand
|
| 11–13
|
Athletics
|
2016 World University Cross Country Championships
|
International
|
Men:  Hicham Amghar
Women: Sevilay Eytemiş
|
| 11–13
|
Speed skating
|
 2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
|
International
|
Men: Benjamin Donnelly
Women: Elizaveta Kazelina
|
| 11–13
|
Speed skating
|
 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
|
International
|
Men: Han Tianyu
Women: Choi Min-jeong
|
| 11–30
|
Chess
|
Candidates Tournament 2016
|
International
|
Sergey Karjakin
|
| 12
|
Triathlon
|
ITU Triathlon World Cup #1
|
International
|
Men: Mario Mola
Women: Jodie Stimpson
|
| 12
|
Formula E
|
 2016 Mexico City ePrix
|
International
|
 Jérôme d'Ambrosio ( Dragon Racing)
|
| 12–13
|
Rugby sevens
|
2016 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6)
|
International
|
New Zealand
|
| 13–18 September
|
INDYCAR
|
/ 2016 IndyCar Series
|
Regional
|
Simon Pagenaud ( Team Penske)
|
| 14–20
|
Figure skating
|
 2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
|
International
|
Men:  Daniel Samohin
Ladies:  Marin Honda
Pairs: Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
Ice Dance: Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
|
| 14–20
|
Ice hockey
|
 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A
|
International
|
Australia was promoted to Division II – Group B
Mexico was relegated to Division III – Group B
|
| 15–3 April
|
Cricket
|
2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20
|
International
|
West Indies
|
| 15–4 April
|
Basketball
|
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
|
Domestic
|
 Villanova Wildcats
|
| 16–20
|
Modern pentathlon
|
 2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships
|
Continental
|
Men: Nathan Schrimsher
Women:  Leidis Laura Moya
|
| 17–20
|
Athletics
|
2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
|
International
|
 United States
|
| 19–27
|
Curling
|
2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship
|
International
|
 Switzerland (Skip: Binia Feltscher)
|
| 19–5 April
|
Basketball
|
2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
|
Domestic
|
 Connecticut Huskies
|
| 20
|
Formula One
|
2016 Australian Grand Prix
|
International
|
Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
|
| 20
|
Motorcycle racing
|
 2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
|
International
|
MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
Moto2:  Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3: Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold)
|
| 20–24
|
Table tennis
|
2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships
|
Continental
|
Men: Chris Yan
Women: Jian Fang Lay
|
| 21–27
|
Squash
|
2016 Men's British Open (PSA WS #6)
2016 Women's British Open
|
International
|
Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy
Women: Nour El Sherbini
|
| 21–3 April
|
Tennis
|
2016 Miami Open
|
International
|
Men: Novak Djokovic
Women: Victoria Azarenka
|
| 23–27
|
Golf
|
2016 WGC-Dell Match Play
|
International
|
Jason Day
|
| 25–27
|
Rowing
|
 2016 South American Rowing Championship
|
Continental
|
 Brazil
|
| 26
|
Athletics
|
2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
|
International
|
Men:  Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor
Women: Peres Jepchirchir
|
| 26
|
Horse racing
|
2016 Dubai World Cup
|
International
|
California Chrome
(Jockey: Victor Espinoza)
|
| 26–31
|
Ice hockey
|
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group A
|
International
|
Germany was promoted to Top Division
 Slovakia was relegated to Division I - Group B
|
| 26–1 April
|
Ice hockey
|
2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B
|
International
|
 Estonia was promoted to Division II - Group A
China was relegated to Division III - Group A
|
| 28–3 April
|
Figure skating
|
2016 World Figure Skating Championships
|
International
|
Men: Javier Fernández
Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
Ice Dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
|
| 28–3 April
|
Snooker
|
2016 China Open
|
International
|
Judd Trump
|
| 28–4 April
|
Ice hockey
|
2016 IIHF Women's World Championship
|
International
|
United States
|
| 31–3 April
|
Golf
|
2016 ANA Inspiration
|
International
|
Lydia Ko
|
| 31–6 April
|
Ice hockey
|
2016 IIHF World Championship Division III
|
International
|
Turkey was promoted to Division II - Group B
|
