Without the World Cup and Euro - the two biggest men's football events on the planet, but world sports 2015 still promises to have many exciting competitions in women's football, racing, golf, and tennis.
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The Dakar Rally takes place in three countries: Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile from January 4 to January 17. |
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The Asian Cup takes place in Australia from January 9 to January 31. |
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The African Football Championship - CAN 2015 - takes place from January 17 to February 8. - According to the original plan, Morocco would host this festival, but due to concerns about the Ebola epidemic breaking out from West African countries, Morocco withdrew from hosting.
- The African Football Confederation then decided to choose Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa, on the Atlantic coast, as the host of CAN 2015.
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The Australian Open, taking place in Melbourne from January 19 to February 1, opens the four biggest Grand Slam tournaments of the year in world tennis. The remaining three Grand Slams are the French Open (taking place from May 24 to June 7), Wimbledon (June 29 to July 12) and the US Open (taking place in August and September, exact dates yet to be determined). |
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The 2015 F1 season, with 20 races, starts with the Australian GP on March 15 and ends at the Abu Dhabi GP on November 29. |
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The 2015 Moto GP season, with 18 races, will start with the Qatar GP on March 29, and end with the Valencia GP on November 8. |
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- The Major Tournament (taking place from April 9 to April 12, in Augusta, USA) will open the four major tournaments of the world golf village.
- The next three major tournaments include the US Open (June 18 - June 21), Open Championship (July 16 - July 19) and PGA Championship (August 13 - August 16).
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If they reach an agreement on the division of business, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will likely fight on May 2 in the world's most anticipated welterweight boxing match. |
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The Tour de France - the world's toughest road cycling race - takes place from June 4 to June 26. |
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The Champions League final will take place at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on June 6. |
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The Women's World Cup takes place in Canada from June 6 to July 5. Japan is the defending champion. |
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The South American football championship - Copa America - takes place in Chile from June 11 to July 4. |
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The World Athletics Championships took place at the Bird's Nest Stadium, Beijing, China from August 22 to August 30. |
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The Rugby World Cup takes place in England from September 18 to October 31. |
According to VNE