Events calendar
2010
July
Tour de France
3rd July 2010 - The 2010 race, over almost 3,600km, will start with an 8km prologue in Rotterdam then run along the North Sea before heading into Belgium. The second stage chases through the Liège-Bastogne-Liège stretch, while leaders will have... Read more about the Tour de France event
Golf Open Championships
15th July 2010 - The Open Championship returns to St Andrews "The Home of Golf" in July 2010 which will mark the 150th anniversary of the Open Championship. Once again the worlds' greatest golfers will gather to do battle for the famous Claret Jug over the Old... Read more about the Golf Open Championships event
August
US Open Tennis
30th August 2010 - From Rhode Island to Pennsylvania to its 2010 venue, the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, the US Open has evolved into a two-week sports and entertainment extravaganza. In 2007 Grand Slam attendance was in excess of 700,000... Read more about the US Open Tennis event
October
Commonwealth Games
3rd October 2010 - New Delhi's 2010 Games are only the 19th Commonwealth Games, and will be the largest sporting event Delhi has ever hosted. The popular-with-the-viewing-public Opening Ceremony will be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, and huge attendance is... Read more about the Commonwealth Games event
November
The Ashes Series
25th November 2010 - It’s Australias turn to host The 2010–11 Ashes series this cricket season. The usual five tests will be played in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Australia will be eager to regain the urn from the current holders... Read more about the The Ashes Series event
2011
February
Super Bowl XLV
6th February 2011 - The pinnacle of American Football, The Super Bowl is held at the beginning of every year. The upcoming Super Bowl, number XLV, will be the forty-fifth of its kind. Texas has been chosen to host the event for the third time, yet it will be the first... Read more about the Super Bowl XLV event
ICC Cricket World Cup
19th February 2011 - The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be only the tenth of its kind. This time around, the tournament that uses cricket’s One Day International format will be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The fourteen national sides... Read more about the ICC Cricket World Cup event
May
Heineken Cup Final
21st May 2011 - The Heineken Cup final 2011 will be played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The showpiece of the European club rugby calendar is the sixteenth of its kind, and will reveal which team will be crowned champions of the continent. Come the weekend... Read more about the Heineken Cup Final event
June
Wimbledon Tennis Championships
20th June 2011 - Wimbledon is one of four Grand Slams on the tennis circuit, and is the only one still played on the game’s original surface of grass. As the oldest tennis tournament in the world, having been running since 1877, it is generally considered to... Read more about the Wimbledon Tennis Championships event
September
Rugby World Cup
9th September 2011 - The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be hosted by New Zealand. The international rugby union competition played every four years will see twenty teams battle it out over a total of forty-eight games, in an attempt to be crowned world champions at Eden Park... Read more about the Rugby World Cup event