| Date |
Sport |
Venue/Event |
Status |
Winner/s |
| 1 |
Athletics |
 Weltklasse Zürich (DL #13) |
International |
 United States |
| 1–14 |
Chess |
 42nd Chess Olympiad |
International |
Open: United States (Caruana / Nakamura / So / Shankland / Robson)
Women:  China (Hou / Ju / Zhao / Tan / Guo) |
| 2–4 |
3x3 (basketball) |
 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Final Tournament |
Continental |
Men:  Slovenia
Women:  Hungary |
| 2–10 |
Volleyball |
 2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship |
Continental |
 Poland |
| 2–11 |
Beach soccer |
 2016 UEFA Beach Soccer Championship |
Continental |
Poland |
| 3–4 |
Triathlon |
 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #8 |
International |
Men:  Jonathan Brownlee
Women:  Summer Cook |
| 3–11 |
Baseball |
 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup |
International |
 Japan |
| 3–17 |
Association football |
 2016 OFC U-20 Championship |
Continental |
 New Zealand |
| 3–10 December |
American football |
2016 NCAA Division I FBS season |
Domestic |
Heisman Trophy:  Lamar Jackson ( Louisville Cardinals) |
| 4 |
Formula One |
2016 Italian Grand Prix |
International |
 Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
| 4 |
Motorcycle racing |
2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix |
International |
MotoGP:  Maverick Viñales ( Team Suzuki Ecstar)
Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3:  Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
| 5–10 |
Snooker |
 2016 Six-red World Championship |
International |
Ding Junhui |
| 6–11 |
Mountain bike racing |
2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DHI & 4X only) |
International |
Great Britain |
| 7–18 |
Multi-sport |
 2016 Summer Paralympics |
International |
China (CHN) |
| 8–1 January 2017 |
American football |
2016 NFL season |
Domestic |
Regular season's AFC winner:  New England Patriots
Regular season's NFC winner:  Dallas Cowboys |
| 9 |
Athletics |
 Memorial Van Damme (DL #14) |
International |
United States |
| 9–18 |
Baseball |
 2016 European Baseball Championship |
Continental |
Netherlands |
| 10 |
Speedway |
2016 FIM Grand Prix of Germany |
International |
 Jason Doyle |
| 10–1 October |
Futsal |
 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
International |
 Argentina |
| 11 |
Athletics |
2016 Great North Run |
International |
Men: Mo Farah
Women:  Vivian Cheruiyot |
| 11 |
Motorcycle racing |
 2016 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix |
International |
MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Forward Team)
Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
| 11–18 |
Triathlon |
 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final |
International |
Men: Henri Schoeman
Women:  Flora Duffy |
| 11–18 |
Triathlon |
2016 ITU Aquathlon World Championships |
International |
Men: Alistair Brownlee
Women:  Mariya Shorets |
| 11–24 |
Association football |
 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
Continental |
Australia |
| 13–18 |
Amateur wrestling |
 2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships |
International |
Men's Freestyle: Russia
Greco-Roman:  Iran
Women's Freestyle: Japan |
| 13–18 |
Beach volleyball |
2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals |
International |
Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst |
| 13–3 June 2017 |
Association football |
 2016-17 UEFA Champions League |
Continental |
Real Madrid |
| 14–18 |
Climbing |
 2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships |
International |
Japan |
| 14–18 |
Shooting |
2016 World University Shooting Championship |
International |
 India |
| 15–18 |
Cycling (road) |
2016 European Road Championships |
Continental |
France |
| 15–18 |
Golf |
2016 Evian Championship |
International |
Chun In-gee |
| 15–2 October |
Association football |
2016 AFC U-16 Championship |
Continental |
 Iraq |
| 15–24 May 2017 |
Association football |
2016-17 UEFA Europa League |
Continental |
 Manchester United |
| 16–23 April 2017 |
1:10 R/C off-road racing |
2015–16 Euro Offroad Series [de] |
Continental |
|
| 16–30 July 2017 |
Endurance motorcycle racing |
2016–17 FIM Endurance World Championship |
International |
|
| 16–18 September |
Endurance motorcycle racing |
2016 Bol d'Or (EWC #1) |
International |
Anthony Delhalle/ Vincent Philippe/ Etienne Masson
( Suzuki Endurance Racing Team [fr]) |
| 16–18 |
Canoeing |
2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships |
International |
Hungary |
| 17–18 September |
1:8 R/C nitro off-road racing |
2016 JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship |
Domestic |
Naoto Matsukura ( Kyosho) |
| 17–1 October |
Ice hockey |
2016 World Cup of Hockey |
International |
Canada |
| 18 |
Basketball |
2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup |
International |
 Guaros de Lara |
| 18 |
Formula One |
 2016 Singapore Grand Prix |
International |
Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
| 23–25 |
Amateur wrestling |
2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman only) |
International |
Russia |
| 24 |
Speedway |
 2016 FIM Stockholm Grand Prix of Sweden |
International |
Jason Doyle |
| 24–25 |
Triathlon |
2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships |
International |
Men: Sylvain Sudrie
Women: Jodie Swallow |
| 24–25 |
Triathlon |
 ITU Triathlon World Cup #8 |
International |
Men: David Castro Fajardo
Women: Kirsten Kasper |
| 24–3 October |
Multi-sport |
2016 Asian Beach Games |
Continental |
Vietnam |
| 25 |
Marathon |
2016 Berlin Marathon (WMM #4) |
International |
Men:  Kenenisa Bekele
Women: Aberu Kebede |
| 25 |
Motorcycle racing |
2016 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix |
International |
MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Sam Lowes ( Federal Oil Gresini Moto2)
Moto3: Jorge Navarro ( Estrella Galicia 0,0) |
| 30–2 October |
Golf |
2016 Ryder Cup |
International |
Team USA |
| 30–21 October |
Association football |
 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
International |
 North Korea |
