Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
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1 | Athletics | SUI}} Weltklasse Zürich (DL #13) | International | {{USA}} |
1–14 | Chess | AZE}} 42nd Chess Olympiad | International | Open: {{USA}} (Caruana / Nakamura / So / Shankland / Robson) Women: {{CHN}} (Hou / Ju / Zhao / Tan / Guo) |
2–4 | 3x3 (basketball) | ROU}} 2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Final Tournament | Continental | SLO}} Women: {{3x3w|HUN}} |
2–10 | Volleyball | BUL}} 2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship | Continental | POL}} |
2–11 | Beach soccer | ITA}} 2016 UEFA Beach Soccer Championship | Continental | POL}} |
3–4 | Triathlon | CAN}} 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #8 | International | GBR}} Jonathan Brownlee Women: {{flagicon|USA}} Summer Cook |
3–11 | Baseball | KOR}} 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup | International | JPN}} |
3–17 | Association football | VAN}} 2016 OFC U-20 Championship | Continental | 20|NZL}} |
3–10 December | American football | USA}} 2016 NCAA Division I FBS season | Domestic | Florida}} Lamar Jackson ({{flagicon|Kentucky}} Louisville Cardinals) |
4 | Formula One | ITA}} 2016 Italian Grand Prix | International | GER}} Nico Rosberg ({{flagicon|GER}} Mercedes) |
4 | Motorcycle racing | GBR}} 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix | International | ESP}} Maverick Viñales ({{flagicon|JPN}} Team Suzuki Ecstar) Moto2: {{flagicon|SUI}} Thomas Lüthi ({{flagicon|SUI}} Garage Plus Interwetten) Moto3: {{flagicon|RSA}} Brad Binder ({{flagicon|FIN}} Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
5–10 | Snooker | THA}} 2016 Six-red World Championship | International | CHN}} Ding Junhui |
6–11 | Mountain bike racing | ITA}} 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DHI & 4X only) | International | {{GBR2}} |
7–18 | Multi-sport | BRA}} 2016 Summer Paralympics | International | CHN|2016 Summer}} |
8–1 January 2017 | American football | USA}} 2016 NFL season | Domestic | Massachusetts}} New England Patriots Regular season's NFC winner: {{flagicon|Texas}} Dallas Cowboys |
9 | Athletics | BEL}} Memorial Van Damme (DL #14) | International | {{USA}} |
9–18 | Baseball | NED}} 2016 European Baseball Championship | Continental | NED}} |
10 | Speedway | GER}} 2016 FIM Grand Prix of Germany | International | AUS}} Jason Doyle |
10–1 October | Futsal | COL}} 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | International | ARG}} |
11 | Athletics | GBR}} 2016 Great North Run | International | GBR}} Mo Farah Women: {{flagicon|KEN}} Vivian Cheruiyot |
11 | Motorcycle racing | SMR}} 2016 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix | International | ESP}} Dani Pedrosa ({{flagicon|JPN}} Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Baldassarri ({{flagicon|SUI}} Forward Team) Moto3: {{flagicon|RSA}} Brad Binder ({{flagicon|FIN}} Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
11–18 | Triathlon | MEX}} 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final | International | RSA}} Henri Schoeman Women: {{flagicon|BER}} Flora Duffy |
11–18 | Triathlon | MEX}} 2016 ITU Aquathlon World Championships | International | GBR}} Alistair Brownlee Women: {{flagicon|RUS}} Mariya Shorets |
11–24 | Association football | VIE}} 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship | Continental | 20|AUS}} |
13–18 | Amateur wrestling | Georgia (country)}} 2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships | International | Men's Freestyle: {{RUS}} Greco-Roman: {{IRI}} Women’s Freestyle: {{JPN}} |
13–18 | Beach volleyball | CAN}} 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals | International | BRA}} Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Women: {{flagicon|GER}} Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst |
13–3 June 2017 | Association football | EUR}} 2016-17 UEFA Champions League | Continental | ESP}} Real Madrid |
14–18 | Climbing | FRA}} 2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships | International | {{JPN}} |
14–18 | Shooting | POL}} 2016 World University Shooting Championship | International | {{IND}} |
15–18 | Cycling (road) | FRA}} 2016 European Road Championships | Continental | {{FRA}} |
15–18 | Golf | FRA}} 2016 Evian Championship | International | KOR}} Chun In-gee |
15–2 October | Association football | IND}} 2016 AFC U-16 Championship | Continental | 17|IRQ}} |
15–24 May 2017 | Association football | EUR}} 2016-17 UEFA Europa League | Continental | ENG}} Manchester United |
16–23 April 2017 | 1:10 R/C off-road racing | EUR}} {{Interlanguage link multi|2015–16 Euro Offroad Series|de|3=Euro Offroad Series 2015/16}} | 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 | FRA}} Anthony Delhalle/{{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Philippe/{{flagicon|FRA}} Etienne Masson ({{flagicon|FRA}} {{Interlanguage link multi|Suzuki Endurance Racing Team|fr}}) |
16–18 | Canoeing | GER}} 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | International | {{HUN}} |
17–18 September | 1:8 R/C nitro off-road racing | JPN}} 2016 JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship | Domestic | JPN}} Naoto Matsukura ({{flagicon|JPN}} Kyosho) |
17–1 October | Ice hockey | CAN}} 2016 World Cup of Hockey | International | CAN}} |
18 | Basketball | GER}} 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup | International | VEN}} Guaros de Lara |
18 | Formula One | SIN}} 2016 Singapore Grand Prix | International | GER}} Nico Rosberg ({{flagicon|GER}} Mercedes) |
23–25 | Amateur wrestling | FIN}} 2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman only) | International | {{RUS}} |
24 | Speedway | SWE}} 2016 FIM Stockholm Grand Prix of Sweden | International | AUS}} Jason Doyle |
24–25 | Triathlon | USA}} 2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | International | FRA}} Sylvain Sudrie Women: {{flagicon|GBR}} Jodie Swallow |
24–25 | Triathlon | ECU}} ITU Triathlon World Cup #8 | International | ESP}} David Castro Fajardo Women: {{flagicon|USA}} Kirsten Kasper |
24–3 October | Multi-sport | VIE}} 2016 Asian Beach Games | Continental | {{VIE}} |
25 | Marathon | GER}} 2016 Berlin Marathon (WMM #4) | International | ETH}} Kenenisa Bekele Women: {{flagicon|ETH}} Aberu Kebede |
25 | Motorcycle racing | ESP}} 2016 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix | International | ESP}} Marc Márquez ({{flagicon|JPN}} Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam Lowes ({{flagicon|ITA}} Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) Moto3: {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Navarro ({{flagicon|ESP}} Estrella Galicia 0,0) |
30–2 October | Golf | USA}} 2016 Ryder Cup | International | USA|name=Team USA}} |
30–21 October | Association football | JOR}} 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | International | 17|PRK}} |