| 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 |
