Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
1–6 | Archery | 2016 World Indoor Archery Championships | International | Italy |
1–12 | Cross-country skiing | 2016 Ski Tour Canada | International | Men: Martin Johnsrud Sundby Women: Therese Johaug |
2–6 | Track cycling | 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | International | Great Britain |
3–6 | Golf | 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship | International | Adam Scott |
3–13 | Association football | 2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | Continental | United States |
3–13 | Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships 2016 | International | France |
4–5 | Triathlon | 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #1 | International | Men: Mario Mola Women: Jodie Stimpson |
4–6 | Amateur wrestling | 2016 African Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle: Tunisia Women's Freestyle: Nigeria Greco-Roman: Egypt |
4–6 | Darts | 2016 UK Open | International | Michael van Gerwen |
4–6 | Rugby sevens | 2016 USA Sevens (WRSS #5) | International | Fiji |
5–6 | Speed skating | 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Sven Kramer Women: Martina Sáblíková |
5–13 | Curling | 2016 World Junior Curling Championships | International | Men: Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat) Women: Canada (Skip: Mary Fay) |
6–12 | Multi-sport | / 2016 Arctic Winter Games | Regional | Alaska |
8–13 | Amateur wrestling | 2016 European Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's freestyle: Russia (medals), Georgia (points) Women's freestyle: Azerbaijan (medals), Ukraine (points) Greco-Roman: Russia (medals and points) Overall: Russia (medals), Ukraine (points) |
8–13 | Snooker | 2016 World Grand Prix | International | Shaun Murphy |
8–3 April | Cricket | 2016 ICC World Twenty20 | International | West Indies |
9–20 | Tennis | 2016 BNP Paribas Open | International | Men: Novak Djokovic Women: Victoria Azarenka |
11–12 | Amateur wrestling | 2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle: New Zealand Women's Freestyle: Australia Greco-Roman: New Zealand |
11–13 | Athletics | 2016 World University Cross Country Championships | International | Men: Hicham Amghar Women: Sevilay Eytemiş |
11–13 | Speed skating | 2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Benjamin Donnelly Women: Elizaveta Kazelina |
11–13 | Speed skating | 2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Han Tianyu Women: Choi Min-jeong |
11–30 | Chess | Candidates Tournament 2016 | International | Sergey Karjakin |
12 | Triathlon | ITU Triathlon World Cup #1 | International | Men: Mario Mola Women: Jodie Stimpson |
12 | Formula E | 2016 Mexico City ePrix | International | Jérôme d'Ambrosio ( Dragon Racing) |
12–13 | Rugby sevens | 2016 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6) | International | New Zealand |
13–18 September | INDYCAR | / 2016 IndyCar Series | Regional | Simon Pagenaud ( Team Penske) |
14–20 | Figure skating | 2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | International | Men: Daniel Samohin Ladies: Marin Honda Pairs: Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař Ice Dance: Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |
14–20 | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A | International | Australia was promoted to Division II – Group B
Mexico was relegated to Division III – Group B |
15–3 April | Cricket | 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 | International | West Indies |
15–4 April | Basketball | 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic | Villanova Wildcats |
16–20 | Modern pentathlon | 2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships | Continental | Men: Nathan Schrimsher Women: Leidis Laura Moya |
17–20 | Athletics | 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships | International | United States |
19–27 | Curling | 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship | International | Switzerland (Skip: Binia Feltscher) |
19–5 April | Basketball | 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic | Connecticut Huskies |
20 | Formula One | 2016 Australian Grand Prix | International | Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
20 | Motorcycle racing | 2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten) Moto3: Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold) |
20–24 | Table tennis | 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships | Continental | Men: Chris Yan Women: Jian Fang Lay |
21–27 | Squash | 2016 Men's British Open (PSA WS #6)
2016 Women's British Open | International | Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy Women: Nour El Sherbini |
21–3 April | Tennis | 2016 Miami Open | International | Men: Novak Djokovic Women: Victoria Azarenka |
23–27 | Golf | 2016 WGC-Dell Match Play | International | Jason Day |
25–27 | Rowing | 2016 South American Rowing Championship | Continental | Brazil |
26 | Athletics | 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | International | Men: Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor Women: Peres Jepchirchir |
26 | Horse racing | 2016 Dubai World Cup | International | California Chrome (Jockey: Victor Espinoza) |
26–31 | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group A | International | Germany was promoted to Top Division
Slovakia was relegated to Division I - Group B |
26–1 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B | International | Estonia was promoted to Division II - Group A
China was relegated to Division III - Group A |
28–3 April | Figure skating | 2016 World Figure Skating Championships | International | Men: Javier Fernández Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford Ice Dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron |
28–3 April | Snooker | 2016 China Open | International | Judd Trump |
28–4 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship | International | United States |
31–3 April | Golf | 2016 ANA Inspiration | International | Lydia Ko |
31–6 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III | International | Turkey was promoted to Division II - Group B |