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2018 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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Aerobatics

  • August 3 – 12: 9th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Zbraslavice
  • August 3 – 12: 21st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Zbraslavice

    • Model aircraft

  • 2018 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Buzău
  • March 18 – 22: 2018 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in West Baden Springs, Indiana
  • July 5 – 14: 2018 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Meiringen
  • July 13 – 21: 2018 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Landres
  • July 15 – 21: 2018 FAI F3K European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin
  • July 22 – 27: 2018 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Pazardzhik
  • July 23 – 30: 2018 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Szentes
  • August 25 – September 2: 2018 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in Nowy Targ
  • August 26 – 31: 2018 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Martin

    • Hot air ballooning

  • August 7 – 11: 3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Nałęczów
  • August 18 – 26: 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Groß-Siegharts

    • 2017-18 NCAA football bowl games

  • December 16, 2017 - January 8, 2018: 2017-18 NCAA football bowl games

    • National Football League

  • January 28: 2018 Pro Bowl in Orlando at Camping World Stadium
  • February 4: Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium
  • April 26–28: 2018 NFL Draft

    • Association Football

  • FIFA World Cup, in Russia
  • FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in France
  • UEFA Nations League, in Europe

    • Athletics

  • World Indoor Championships, in Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • European Athletics Championships, in Berlin, Germany

    • Major League Baseball

  • 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Washington D.C. at Nationals Park

    • National Basketball Association

  • February 18: 2018 NBA All-Star Game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles

    • National Collegiate Athletic Association

  • March 13 - April 2: 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  • March 16 - April 1: 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
  • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain
  • Note that there will be no FIBA Basketball World Cup for men this year. FIBA has changed the men's World Cup cycle; the next edition of that competition will be in 2019. In addition, FIBA renamed its premier women's competition from "FIBA World Championship for Women" to FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

    • European Events

  • April 13 – 23: European Senior Team Chess Championship in Wałbrzych
  • June 1 – 5: European Women’s Rapid Championship and European Women’s Blitz Championship in Tbilisi
  • June 13 – 21: European Amateur Chess Championship in Budva
  • June 29 – July 8: European School Chess Championship in Kraków
  • July 11 – 19: European Youth Team Championship in Bad Blankenburg
  • July 31 – August 5: European Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships in Oradea
  • August 19 – 30: European Youth Chess Championship U8-U18 in Riga
  • October 13 – 21: European Chess Club Cup for Men and Women in Rhodes
  • TBD: European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi
  • TBD: European Individual Chess Championship for Women in Poprad
  • TBD: European Senior Chess Championship in Oslo

    • Cricket

  • ICC Women's World Twenty20 in the West Indies

    • Field hockey

  • Men's Hockey World Cup, in India
  • Women's Hockey World Cup, in England

    • Golf

  • Ryder Cup at the Albatros Course of Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France

    • US Triple Crown

  • May 5 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
  • May 19 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico
  • June 9 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park

    • World ice hockey championships

  • IIHF World Championship, host Denmark

    • National Hockey League

  • 2018 NHL Winter Classic at TBA

    • Multi-sport events

  • February 9 – 25: 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
  • March 9 – 18: 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
  • April 4 – 15: 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
  • August 3 – 19: 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
  • August 18 – September 2: 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • October 1 – 12: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • October 8 – 20: 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia
  • December: 2018 ASEAN Deaf Games

    • 2018 Orienteering World Cup

  • May 5 – 13: World Cup Round 1 in   Switzerland
  • August 4 – 11: World Cup Round 2 in  Latvia
  • August 31 – September 2: World Cup Round 3 in  Norway
  • October 4 – 7: World Cup Round 4 in  Czech Republic

    • 2018 MTB Orienteering World Cup

  • June 27 – July 1: World Cup Round 1 in  Hungary
  • August 4 – 12: World Cup Round 2 in  Austria
  • September 20 – 23: World Cup Round 3 in  Portugal

    • 2017–18 World Cup in Ski Orienteering

  • November 28 – December 4, 2017: Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in  Finland
  • February 3 – 8: Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 1 in  Bulgaria
  • March 4 – 12: Ski Orienteering World Cup Round 3 in  United States

    • Road cycling

  • 2018 World University Cycling Championship in Braga

    • Rugby union

  • Rugby World Cup Sevens, host United States

    • Sailing

  • Dates TBC: 2017–18 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, starting and finishing in London
  • Dates TBC: 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, starting in Alicante, with stops in Lisbon, Cape Town,  Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport, Cardiff and Gothenburg, finishing in The Hague

    • Tennis

  • January 15–28: 2018 Australian Open
  • May 27-June 10: 2018 French Open
  • July 2-15: 2018 Wimbeldon Championships
  • August 27-September 10: 2018 U.S. Open Championships

    • References

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