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foRmUlA oNe 1: Malaysian GP 8: Japanese GP22: United States GP29: Mexican GPAmeRicAN footbAll 1: NFL in London, Wembley Stadium22: NFL in London, Twickenham29: NFL in London, TwickenhamfootbAll 5: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group C: Northern Ireland v Germany; Group F: England v Slovenia, Scotland v Slovakia6: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group D: Georgia v Wales, Rep of Ireland v Moldova8: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group C: Norway v Northern Ireland; Group F: Lithuania v England, Slovenia v Scotland9: 2018 World Cup qualifier Group D: Wales v Rep of IrelandRUgbY leAgUe 7: Super League Grand

Final, Old Trafford27 Oct-2 Dec: World Cup, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New GuineaRAciNg 21: British Champions Day, Ascot (including Champion Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes)teNNis 23-30: WTA Finals, Singapore

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footbAll1: 2018 World Cup draw, Moscow 1-3: FA Cup 2nd roundDARts TBC: PDC World Championship, Alexandra PalaceRAciNg 26: King George VI Chase, Kempton

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cYcliNg 1-23: Tour de FrancecRicket 1: One-Day Cup final, Lord’s6-10: England v South Africa, 1st Test, Lord’s14-18: England v South Africa, 2nd Test, Trent Bridge27-31: England v South Africa, 3rd Test, The OvalfoRmUlA oNe 9: Austrian GP 16: British GP, Silverstone30: Hungarian GP

teNNis 3-16: The Championships, WimbledonAthletics 9: London Anniversary Games, London StadiumDisAbilitY spoRt 14-23: World Para-Athletics Championships, LondonfootbAll 16 Jul-6 Aug: Women’s Euro 2017, Hollandgolf 20-23: The Open, Royal Birkdale

RUgbY UNioN21-23: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finalsRowiNg2: Boat Races, LondonfootbAll2: Checkatrade Trophy final, Wembley11-12: Champions League quarter-finals, 1st legs13: Europa League quarter-finals, 1st legs18-19: Champions League quarter-finals, 2nd legs20: Europa League quarter-finals, 2nd legs22-23: FA Cup and Scottish Cup semi-finalscRicket 7: County Championship season startsgolf6-9: Masters, Augusta

teNNis 7-9: Davis Cup quarter finals RAciNg 8: Grand National, AintreefoRmUlA oNe 9: Chinese GP16: Bahrain GP30: Russian GPcYcliNg 28-30: Tour de YorkshiresNookeR 15 Apr-1 May: World Championship, SheffieldAthletics 23: London MarathonboxiNg 29: Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko, WBA, IBF and IBO heavyweight world title fight, Wembley Stadium

footbAll 3: Champions League final, Cardiff10: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group F: Scotland v England; Group C: Azerbaijan v Northern Ireland11: 2018 WC qualifiers Group D: Serbia v Wales, Rep of Ireland v Austria13: International friendly: France v England16-30: Euro Under-21 Championship, Poland17 Jun-2 Jul: Confederations Cup, RussiaRAciNg 3: Epsom Derby20-24: Royal AscotcRicket 21, 23 & 25: England v South Africa, Twenty20s26-29: Full round of

day/night matches in County Championship26 Jun-23 Jul: Women’s World Cup, EnglandsAiliNg 17, 18, 24-27: America’s Cup, BermudaRUgbY UNioN 10: Argentina v England, 1st Test, Santa Fe17: Argentina v England, 2nd Test, San Juan foRmUlA oNe 11: Canadian GP25: Azerbaijan GPgolf 15-18: US Open, Erin Hills, Wisconsin

teNNis 19-25: Aegon Championships, Queen’s Club

DARts2: PDC World Championship final, Alexandra Palace7-15: BDO World Professional Championships, Lakeside, SurreyfootbAll 6-9: FA Cup 3rd round14 Jan-5 Feb: Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon21-22: Scottish Cup 4th round27-30: FA Cup 4th roundboxiNg14: James DeGale v Badou Jack, IBF and WBC super-middleweight world title fight, New York

28: Carl Frampton v Leo Santa Cruz, WBA featherweight world title fight, Las VegassNookeR 15-22: Masters, Alexandra PalacecRicket15, 19 & 22: India v England, ODIs26, 29 & 1 Feb: India v England, Twenty20 internationalsteNNis16-29: Australian Open,

Melbourne ParkcYcliNg27-29: British Track Championships, Manchester

Elusive prize: Andy Murray is yet to win the Australian Open

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febRUARYteNNis3-5: Davis Cup first round: Canada v Great Britain, Ottawa9-12: Fed Cup, GB in Euro/Africa Zone Group 1, Tallinn, EstoniaRUgbY UNioN4: Six Nations: England v France, Scotland v Ireland 5: Six Nations: Italy v Wales11: Six Nations: Wales v England, Italy v Ireland 12: Six Nations: France v Scotland25: Six Nations: Scotland v Wales, Ireland v France26: Six Nations: England v ItalyRUgbY leAgUe9: Super League season starts

18-19: World Club SeriesfootbAll11-12: Scottish Cup 5th round14-15 & 21-22: Champions League last 16, 1st legs: Bayern v Arsenal, Man City v Monaco, Sevilla v

Leicester16: Europa

League last 32, 1st legs: Gent v Spurs, Man Utd v Saint-Etienne

18-19: FA Cup 5th round

22-23: Europa League last 32,

2nd legs26: EFL Cup final, WembleyAthletics11-12: British Indoor Team Trials, Sheffield18: Indoor Grand Prix, Birmingham

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Defending champion: Chris Froome wins the 2016 Tour de France reuterS

Mission: Gareth Southgate can steer England to Russia 2018 graham chaDwick

footbAll 2-3: Champions League semi-finals, 1st legs4: Europa League semi-finals, 1st legs9-10: Champions League semi-finals, 2nd legs11: Europa League semi-finals, 2nd legs20: League One Play-off Final, Wembley21: Premier League and Scottish Premiership seasons end24: Europa League final, Stockholm27: FA Cup final and Scottish Cup final28: League Two Play-Off Final, Wembley29: Championship

Play-off Final, WembleycRicket 5 & 7: England v Ireland, ODIs24, 27 & 29: England v South Africa, ODIsRUgbY UNioN 10: 2019 World Cup draw12: Challenge Cup final, Edinburgh13: Champions Cup final, Edinburgh27: Premiership final, TwickenhamfoRmUlA oNe 14: Spanish GP 28: Monaco GPteNNis 28 May-11 Jun: French Open, Roland Garros

Cardiff date? Lionel Messi may grace the final of the Champions League

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first test: brisbane, november 23-27

seConD test: aDelaiDe (d/n), DeCember 2-6

thirD test: Perth, DeCember 14-18

fourth test: melbourne, DeCember 26-30

fifth test: syDney, january 4-8, 2018

chAmpioNs tRophY june 1-18JunE 1: EnglAnD v BAnglADEsH (Group A), The Oval, 10:30am2: AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND (A),

Edgbaston, 10:30am3: SRI LANKA v SOUTH AFRICA (Group

B), The Oval, 10:30am4: INDIA v PAKISTAN (B),

Edgbaston, 10:30am5: AUSTRALIA v BANGLADESH (A), The Oval (day/night), 1:30pm6: EnglAnD v nEw ZEAlAnD (A), Cardiff, 10:30am7: PAKISTAN v SOUTH AFRICA (B), Edgbaston (day/night), 1:30pm

8: INDIA v SRI LANKA (B), The Oval, 10:30am9: NEW ZEALAND v BANGLADESH (A), Cardiff, 10:30am10: EnglAnD v AusTrAliA (A), Edgbaston, 10:30am11: INDIA v SOUTH AFRICA (B), The Oval, 10:30am12: SRI LANKA v PAKISTAN (B), Cardiff, 10:30am14: FIRST SEMI-FINAL (Group A winner v Group B runner-up), Cardiff, 10:30am15: SECOND SEMI-FINAL (Group B winner v Group A runner-up), Edgbaston, 10:30am18: FINAL, The Oval, 10:30am

first test: auCklanD, june 24

seConD test: Wellington, july 1

thirD test: auCklanD, july 8

Ready for the Aussies: Joe Root getty imageS

Taking on the All Blacks: Owen Farrell is a shoo-in for the Lions squad

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Glory: Tom Scudamore at this

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OTHEr TOur gAMEs – June 3: PROVINCIAL UNION TEAM (whangarei); 7: BLUES (auckland); 10: CRUSADERS (christchurch);

13: HIGHLANDERS (Dunedin); 17: MAORI ALL BLACKS (rotorua); 20: CHIEFS (hamilton); 27: HURRICANES (wellington)

RAciNg 1-5: Glorious GoodwoodcRicket 4-8: England v South Africa, 4th Test, Old Trafford17-21: England v West Indies, 1st Test, Edgbaston (first day-night Test in England)25-29: England v West Indies, 2nd Test, HeadingleyfootbAll (All tbc)5: New Football League season starts6: Community Shield, Wembley12: New Premier League season startsgolf 10-13: US PGA

Championship, Quail Hollow Club, N Carolina18-20: Solheim Cup, Des Moines, Iowa, USARUgbY UNioN 9-26: Women’s World Cup, Ireland Athletics 20: Birmingham Diamond LeagueRUgbY leAgUe 26: Challenge Cup final, WembleymotoRcYcliNg 27: British Moto GP, SilverstonefoRmUlA oNe 27: Belgian GPteNNis 28 Aug-10 sep: US Open, Flushing Meadows

footbAll 1: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group F: Malta v England, Lithuania v Scotland; Group C: San Marino v Northern Ireland2: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group D: Wales v Austria, Georgia v Rep of Ireland4: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group F: England v Slovakia, Scotland v Malta; Group C: Northern Ireland v Czech Rep 5: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group D: Moldova v Wales, Rep of Ireland v SerbiacRicket 2: T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston7-11: England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Lord’s16: England v West

Indies, Twenty20 international19, 21, 24, 27, 29: England v West Indies, ODIsfoRmUlA oNe 3: Italian GP17: Singapore GPcYcliNg 3-10: Tour of Britain17-24: Road World Championships, NorwayAthletics 10: Great North Run, NewcastleteNNis 15-17: Davis Cup semi-finals and play-offsRAciNg16: St Leger, DoncasterAmeRicAN footbAll 24: NFL in London, Wembley StadiumRowiNg 24 sep-1 Oct: World Championships, Florida

footbAll3-5: FA Cup 1st roundfoRmUlA oNe 12: Brazilian GP 26: Abu Dhabi GP (season’s final race)RUgbY UNioN 11: England v Argentina, Twickenham 18: England v Australia,

Twickenham 25: England v Samoa, TwickenhamteNNis 13-19: ATP World Tour Finals, London24-26: Davis Cup finalRUgbY leAgUe 16 nov-2 Dec: Women’s World Cup, Australia

Athletics3-5: European Indoor Championships, SerbiacRicket3, 5 & 9: West Indies v England ODIsfootbAll4: Scottish Cup quarter-finals7-8 & 14-15: Champions League last 16, 2nd legs9: Europa League last 16, 1st legs10-12: FA Cup 6th round16: Europa League last 16, 2nd legs22: Germany v England, international friendly24: 2018 World Cup qualifier Group D: Rep of Ireland v Wales 26: 2018 World Cup qualifiers Group F:

England v Lithuania Scotland v Slovenia; Group C: Northern Ireland v Norway. boxiNg4: David Haye v Tony Bellew, LondonRUgbY UNioN10: Six Nations: Wales v Ireland11: England v Scotland, Italy v France 18: Six Nations final day: Ireland v England, Scotland v Italy, France v Wales 31 Mar-2 Apr: Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals RAciNg14-17: Cheltenham FestivalfoRmUlA oNe26: Australian GP