The most comprehensive agenda for top sporting events around the world. August 16-22 includes the Badminton World Championships, World title fights, Vuelta a España, etc.
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Badminton has its World Championships this week in Tokyo. It will be the first time they take in Japan, one of the current powerhouses of the sport. Three of the four Boxing Heavyweight World Title belts are in dispute this week, in a rematch between and Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) and Anthony Joshua (ENG/NGR). The UFC Welterweight Championship will be in dispute between Kamaru Usman (NGA/USA) and Leon Edwards (ENG/JAM) Women’s Association Football does not have a Club Word Cup but the closest is the Women’s International Champions Cup, which takes place this week. The Vuelta a España, a cycling Grand Tour, starts this week. Esports has World-class Championships this week again, with the Quake World Championship, the Pokémon UNITE World Championship, and others. IndyCar and the USAC Silver Crown will share the track at Gateway while NASCAR Cup has one of its few road course races, in Watkins Glen. Women’s basketball’s WNBA starts its playoff, while the 3×3 World Tours have further stops. Golf’s PGA continues its Playoffs with the BMW Championship, further reducing the field. It is the penultimate tournament of the season. After the Equestrian World Championships, Show Jumping continues its usual seasons, such as the Major League Show Jumping, Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League, and Nations League Europe. The Mind Sports Olympiad starts this week with a few events. Racquetball’s World Championships take place in, Mexico, where Paola Longoria (MEX) could continue cementing her legacy as the best of all time at home. Other World Championship events include those in Aeronautical Pentathlon, Canoe Polo, Women’s Billiards, Disc Golf, several Sailing classes, Korfball, Ultratriathlon, Oware, world title fights in Boxing and Kickboxing, more motorsport events, etc. GLOBAL SPORTS AGENDA Aeromodelling: FAI World Cup Event F1E (POL x3) FAI World Cup Event F3K (DNK) FAI World Cup Event F5J (HUN) Aeronautical Pentathlon: Aeronautical Pentathlon World Championship (GRC) American Handball: WPH Outdoor 3W Small Ball Icebreaker #2: The Ice Bowl: Handball (USA) Association Football: Domestic Cups (Copa do Brasil Quarter-finals, etc.) Domestic Leagues (Bundesliga, Ligue 1, LaLiga, Serie A, Premier League, Argentine Primera División – Liga Profesional, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, MLS, Liga MX, etc.) Women’s International Champions Cup Athletics: Skyrunner® World Series (CHE) Aussie Rules Football: AFL Regular Season ends Automobilism: All Star Circuit of Champions – Outlaw Speedway, Utica-Rome Speedway, Weedsport Speedway (USA) BriSCA F1 WORLD Cup – Venray (NED) D1GP – Ebisu x2 (JPN) FIA European Autocross Championship – Prerovská rokle (CZE) GT World Challenge America powered by AWS – Road America x2 (USA) JAF All Japan Gymkhana Championship – Sports Land TAMADA (JPN) Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series – Batesville Motor Speedway x2 (USA) NASCAR Cup Series – Watkins Glen International (USA) National Tractor Pullers Association Super Nationals – Wood County Fairgrounds (USA) NEZ Crosskart – Kehala Ring (EST) NHRA – Brainerd International Raceway (USA) NTT IndyCar Series – World Wide Technology Raceway (USA) Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pulling – Wisner (USA) Repco Supercars Championship – Sandown Raceway x3 (AUS) Super DIRTcar Series – Brewerton Speedway, Fulton Speedway, Land of Legends Raceway (USA) USAC CRA Sprint – Perris Auto Speedway (California) USAC Silver Crown – World Wide Technology Raceway, Illinois State Fairgrounds (USA) World of Outlaws Late Models – Sharon Speedway, Tri-City Raceway Park (USA) World of Outlaws Sprint Cars – Jackson Motorplex x3 (USA) Backgammon: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) WBIF World Individual Championship 2022 WBIF Online Consultation Championship 2022 (WBIF) World Online Speed Championship WBIF World Women’s Championship Badminton: TotalEnergies BWF World Championships (JPN) Baseball: KBO Regular Season (KOR) Liga Mexicana de Béisbol Playoffs (MEX) Major League Baseball (USA/CAN) NPB Regular Season (JPN) Basketball: FIBA 3×3 Women’s Series (CAN) FIBA 3×3 World Tour (CHE) WNBA Playoffs (USA) Basque Pelota: Esku Pilota Pro Tour (FRA) Innpala Pala Tour (ESP) Innpala Paleta cuero femenina (ESP) Magic City Jai-Alai (USA) Torneo Individual de Remonte (ESP) Boxing: WBO, WBA Super, IBF World Heavy Titles – Oleksandr Usyk (UKR) vs Anthony Joshua (ENG/NGR) WBO World Feather Title – Emanuel Navarrete (MEX) vs Eduardo Baez (MEX) WBA World Super Light Title (vacant) – Alberto Puello (DOM) vs Botirzhon Akhmedov (TUR) WBA World Super Feather Title – Roger Gutiérrez (VEN) vs Héctor Luis García (DOM) Canadian Football: CFL Regular season Canoe/Kayak: ICF CANOE POLO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (FRA) Chess: Champions Chess Tour Major Cue Sports: UMB World Cup 3-Cushion (KOR) WST EUROPEAN MASTERS (DEU) Women’s World Championship Billiards (IRL) Cycling (Mountain Bike): Enduro World Series (USA) UCI MTB ELIMINATOR WORLD CUP (NED) UCI MTB MARATHON SERIES – GRAND RAID BCVS – MTB ALPINE CUP – XCM (CHE) Cycling (Road): UCI World Tour Men’s race – Vuelta a España (ESP) UCI World Tour Men’s race – Hamburg Cyclassics (DEU) Darts: PDC PalmerBet New South Wales Darts Masters (AUS) Disc Golf: Disc Golf Pro Tour (USA) WFDF 2022 World Team Disc Golf Championships (CAN) Entropy: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) Equestrian (Jumping): CSI5* (CAN, IRL, ENG) Major League Show Jumping (CAN) Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League (ENG) Esports: Age of Empires I – AoE Cúp Đại Soái 2022: 1v1 Random Age of Empires III – Kings of the Old World Crossfire – CFS Summer Championship (VIE) FIFA – EA Champions Cup Summer 2022 FIS Alpine Skiing E-Sports World Cup NBA2KL 3v3 Playoffs and Finals Overwatch League Pokemon UNITE World Championship Quake World Championship 2022 Rainbow Six – Six Berlin Major 2022 (DEU) Starcraft Brood War – ASL Season 14 (KOR) Starcraft Brood War – Ladies AfreecaTV StarCraft League Season 14 (KOR) Gaelic Handball: All-Ireland Softball Singles Championship Semifinals Golf: DP World Tour – D+D Real Czech Masters (CZE) Ladies European Tour – Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande ESP) PGA Tour – BMW Championship (USA) Harness Racing: UET Group I race (DEU, SWE x3) Horse Racing: Palio di Siena 2 (ITA) Horse Racing (Flat): Winx Stakes (Warwick Stakes) (AUS) Juddmonte International Stakes, Darley Yorkshire Oaks, Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (ENG) Darley Prix Jean Romanet, Darley Prix Morny – Darley Series Final (FRA) XXIII Hándicap Loma de Sotelo, XXIII Hándicap Monarca (MEX) Del Mar Oaks, Alabama S. (USA) Horse Racing (Jump): THE JONATHAN SHEPPARD STAKES (USA) Kickboxing: Glory Heavyweight Championship Eliminator – Jamal Ben Saddik (MAR) vs Benjamin Adegbuyi (ROU) Glory Middleweight Championship – Donovan Wisse (SUR) vs Juri De Sousa (POR) Korfball: IKF World Beach Korfball Championship 2022 (MAR) Lacrosse: Premier Lacrosse League regular season matches (USA) Mixed Martial Arts: PFL Women’s Lightweight and Featherweight playoffs UFC Welterweight Championship – Kamaru Usman (NGA/USA) vs Leon Edwards (ENG/JAM) Motorcycling: American Flat Track – Cal Expo (California) Ekstraliga Speedway Quarterfinals (POL FIM Enel MotoE World Cup – Red Bull Ring x2 (AUT) FIM Motocross World Championship – St Jean d’Angely (FRA) FIM Trial World Championship – Comblain au Pont (BEL) Manx Grand Prix – Snaefell Mountain course (IOM) Othello: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) Oware: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) World Online Oware Championship Padel: World Padel Tour Exhibition (BEL) Pesäpallo: Men’s Superpesis regular season Women’s Superpesis regular season, playoffs Polo: Guards Ladies Charity Polo Tournament (ENG) Powerboating: APBA Ocean City Grand Prix – Atlantic Ocean (USA) Racquetball: XXI World Championships (MEX) Roller Skiing: FIS World Cup (EST) Rounders: Senior Mens Championship matches (IRL) Rugby League: NRL Women’s Premiership Regular Season (AUS) Super League XXVII (ENG) Sailing: Class 40 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland race Clipper Round the World Yacht Race Fireball World Championship (IRL) GP14 World Championship (IRL) Hamilton Island Race Week (AUS) SailGP (DNK) Solitaire du Figaro (FRA) Tempest World Championship (DEU) World Match Racing Tour – Detroit Cup (USA) Shogi: Oi 4th station (JPN) Taisei Corporation Cup Seiryo match station 4 (JPN) Shooting Para Sport: Changwon 2022 WSPS World Cup (KOR) Simracing: eNASCAR iRacing Series Formula Simracing World Championship iRacing Knoxville Nationals MotoGP™ eSport Championship World of Outlaws ButtKicker Late Model Series Schedule Sport Karate: NASKA AmeriKick Internationals (USA) Stratego: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) Strength athletics: SMCL (ENG) Surfing: World Surf League Men’s, Women’s Championship Tour (PYF) Twixt: Mind Sports Olympiad (ENG) Ultimate: American Ultimate Disc League – Playoffs Ultra Trail: UTMB World Series Mont Blanc (CHE/ITA/FRA) Ultratriathlon: IUTA 10x WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (CHE) Water Skiing: Water Ski Pro Tour (USA) *This agenda is based on official information at the time of publication. All events are subject to change and/or cancellation. |
