2022 sporting calendar looks fabulous and sparkling with there many major events that will entertain sports lovers to the core.
One can never give these sporting extravaganza a miss.
Over the last few years, people are robbed of sporting extravaganza with a few important tournaments getting canceled. However, 2022 offers extravagant sports treat with many major and important sporting events. Here is the list of all the important sporting events for the people to look out for.
Sporting Calendar 2022: Biggest And Best Sports Events To Watch This Year
Cricket
India’s tour of South Africa: The game of cricket is a religion for the people of India. Many important events are scheduled. India is taking on South Africa and men in blue are gearing to conquer the final frontier in South Africa. The tour is underway from December 26 to January 23 and India will be playing 3 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 3 T20s.
ICC Under-19 Men’s ODI World Cup: ICC Under-19 Men’s ODI World Cup is set to kick start from January 15 and conclude on February 5 and the Indian team will be captained by Yash Dull. They are setting their sights on the fifth world cup title.
ICC Women’s ODI World Cup: ICC Women’s ODI World Cup is set to start in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3. Mithali Raj, will be captaining the side for the last time and she hopes to end her career on a high by bringing home the coveted trophy.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Australia which finally won its maiden T20 world cup will look to defend its title in less than a year.The men’s T-20 World Cup is scheduled from October 16 to November 13 in Australia.
Winter Olympics
Winter Olympics are scheduled in China from February 4-20 but many countries like USA and Britain boycotted citing human rights violations by China. India which never won any medal in Winter Olympics will look to create history. Indian skier Arif Khan is carrying the country’s hopes by qualifying for Slalom and Giant Slalom events.
Commonwealth Games
Common Wealth Games are scheduled from July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England. India looks to strike gold at its happy hunting place.
Asian Games
Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 25. India hopes to better its performance this time.
Football
AFC Asian Women’s Cup
India looks to perform well in major tournaments like AFC Asian Women’s Cup scheduled from January 20 to February 6 in India.
FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup
India looks to do well in FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup to be held from October 11 to 30 in India.
FIFA Men’s World Cup
The world’s biggest sporting extravaganza FIFA Men’s World Cup will be held in Qatar from November 21 to December 18 and people across the world are waiting eagerly to enjoy the spectacle.
Athletics
IAAF World Championships in Eugene, USA will be from July 15 to 24. India pins its hope on Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra.
Hockey
FIH Women’s World Cup is scheduled to take place in Spain and Netherlands from July 1-July 24. The women’s team led by Rani Rampal is carrying high expectations of millions of people of the country after their performance in Tokyo Olympics where they stood 4th.
Swimming
FINA World Aquatics Championship is scheduled from May 1 to 29 in Fukuoka, Japan. Swimmers will compete in swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo.