WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Following is a list of major world sports events for the year of 2018 (tabulated under date, event and venue):
Jan. 6-20, Dakar Rally, Peru/Bolivia/Argentina
Jan. 7, Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen, China
Jan. 15-28, Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
Jan. 22-27, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Chinese Taipei
Feb. 9-25, PyeongChang Olympic Games, PyeongChang, South Korea
Mar. 1-4, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Birmingham, Britain
Mar. 3-4, World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Changchun, China
Mar. 9-11, World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mar. 16-18, World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Montreal, Canada
Mar. 19-25, World Figure Skating Championships, Milan, Italy
Mar. 22-26, China Cup Soccer Championship, Nanning, China
Apr. 4-15, Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
Apr. 7-22, Women's Asian Cup, Jordan
Apr. 13-15, Formula One Shanghai Grand Prix, Shanghai, China
Apr. 21-May 7, World Snooker Championship, Sheffield, Britain
Apr. 24-29, Badminton Asian Championships, Wuhan, China
Apr. 29-May 6, World Team Table Tennis Championships, Halmstad, Sweden
May 12, IAAF Diamond League Shanghai, Shanghai, China
May 20-27, BWF Thomas & Uber Cup, Bangkok, Thailand
May 27-Jun. 10, French Open, Paris, France
Jun. 14-July 15, FIFA World Cup Russia, Russia
July 2-15, Wimbledon, London, Britain
July 7-29, Tour de France, France
July 30-Aug. 5, BWF World Championships, Nanjing, China
Aug. 18-Sept. 2, 18th Asian Games, Indonesia
Aug. 27-Sept. 9, US Open, New York, United States
Sept. 9-30, FIVB Men's World Championship, Bulgaria/Italy
Sept. 22-30, Women's Basketball World Cup, Spain
Sept. 29-Oct. 20, FIVB Women's World Championship, Japan
Oct. 6-18, Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oct. 7-14, Shanghai Tennis Masters, Shanghai, China
Oct. 25-Nov. 3, World Gymnastics Championships, Doha, Qatar
Dec. 11-16, 14th FINA World Swimming Championships(25m), Hangzhou, China
Dec. 12-22, FIFA Club World Cup, United Arab Emirates