2020 sporting calendar
Every year there are a host of annual sporting events as well as some other major non annual events. Here are the dates for all major annual sporting events as will as the 3 major non annual events taking place in 2020 – The Tokyo Summer Olympics, Euro 2020 Football and the Ryder Cup
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January
Winter Youth Olympics – 9th – 22nd January in Lausanne, Switzerland
Australian Open – 20th January to 2nd Feb Melbourne, Australia
Pegasus World Cup Invitational, 25th Jan in Florida
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February
2020 Six Nations – Starts 1st February and ends on the 14th March
Super Bowl Super LIV, the 54th Super Bowl and the 50th modern-era National Football League, will be held at the Hard Rock Cafe Stadium in Miami Garden in 2nd Feb 2020
The Cycling World Track Championships takes place over the 26th Feb – March 1st in Berlin
March
World Indoor Athletics Championships, 13th -15th March in China
Dubai World Cup – 28th March, Dubai – This race will go ahead but without fans
April
The Grand National in Aintree, Liverpool on April 4th – Cancelled
US Masters Golf – 9th – 12th April in Augusta, Georgia – Postponed
The World Snooker championships – 18th March – 4th May in Sheffield, England – World Snooker Tour announced its postponing until July or August.
FINA Diving World Cup – 21st – 27th April Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo, Japan – Postponed until June
May
The Ice Hockey World Championships (IHWC) – May 1st – 17th in Switzerland – Going ahead for now
Kentucky Derby – 2nd May in Kentucky, USA – Postponed
Giro d’Italia – 9th – 31st May, Italy – Postponed, no date set.
USPGA Golf – May 11th- 17th San Francisco, California – Postponed
French Open / Roland-Garros – May 18th – 27th, Paris, France – Postponed until 20th September
FA Cup Final – 23rd May , London – Still to be decided
Indy 500 endurance motor race – 24th May, Indianapolis, USA – Going ahead for now
UEFA Champions League Final – 30th May in Istanbul – Going ahead for now
NHL Stanley Cup Finals will be held this year in late May and early June – Going ahead for now
June
English Derby – 6th June, Epsom, England
The Euro 2020 – 12th June – 12th of July across Europe.
24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race – June 13th – 14th, Le Mans, France.
NBA Finals – 4th – 21st June
US Open Golf – 18th – 21st at Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York
Irish Derby – June 20th, Kildare, Ireland
Tour De France – 27th June – 19th July in France
Wimbledon – 29th June – 12th July
July
British Open Golf, 16th – 19th July at Royal St George’s Golf Club, Sandwich Kent England
2020 Summer Olympics – 24th July – 9th August, Tokyo, Japan
August
Rowing World Championships, 16th – 23rd August, Slovenia
Senior Hurling Championship – 16th August, Dublin
US Open Tennis – 24th August – 13th Sept, Flushing Meadows, New York
2020 Paralympics – 25th Aug – 6th Sept
September
UCI Road World Championships – 20th – 27th Sept, Switzerland
The 43rd Ryder Cup – September 25 to 27th at Whistling Straits Golf Course, Wisconsin, United States
AFL Grand Final – 26th September, Melbourne
October
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – 4th October
ICC World T20 Cricket – 18th Oct – 15th Nov, Australia
World Series Baseball – 2oth – 28th Oct TBC
November
Melbourne Cup – 3rd November, Victoria, Australia
Breeders Classic – November 6th – 7th at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky
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