2nd to 8th December
A sport we do not get to write about very often is Axe Throwing and in just over seven days, Tuscon in Arizona will be the host city for the biggest event on the World Axe Throwing League's calendar. The World Axe Throwing Championship features next Sunday where 64 of the world's top axe throwers will compete for the title. Floorball already features at the SEA Games currently in Manilla and from next Saturday until the 15th December, 16 teams will compete in the Women's World Floorball Championships 2019 with Neuchâtel in Switzerland as the host location. The sport is very much like indoor hockey, but with a lot less contact. The ball is plastic and hollow and the base of the stick is also made of plastic. There are a number of Dance Sport governing bodies and this time of the year is more busier on the calendar. Dublin will bring together a festival of dance presented by the World Dance Council starting on Tuesday and lasting until Sunday. The festival is also a World Championship tournament. Paris and in particular the Salon du Cheval, welcomes the Longines Masters Series this week. This is a prestigious Showjumping event and one of four locations spanning over three continents.
Basel will be ready to host the 2019 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships from Friday until Sunday. The event involves extended categories for Cycle-Ball and Artistic Cycling. From the 1st to 7th December, we will get to see some of the world's top golfers convene at Albany in the Bahamas for the Hero World Challenge. Currently the 30th Southeast Asian Games is in progress in Manilla and from tomorrow until Saturday, Kathmandu and Pokhara in Nepal will be the host locations for the 13th South Asian Games. Seven nations will participate in the event. We do see a lot of value in regional games and hope to see more in the future that captures sports unique to the area. Brazil were recently crowned as the FIFA U17 World Champions and we are not far away from the FIFA Club World Championship. Before then we head to Antalya, a firm favourite for world sports events, for the IBSA Partially Sighted Football World Championships from Wednesday until the 15th December. Lastly, the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series has a double-header this week in Dubai when both the women and men have tournaments. This is the second leg for the women and the start of the season for the men.
Until next time, we hope you have a great sporting week!
Axe Throwing
Sunday - World Axe Throwing Championship - Tucson, Arizona, USA
Biathlon
28th November to Sunday - BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon - Östersund, Sweden
Bobsleigh
Saturday - Para Sport World Cup - Lillehammer, Norway
Saturday to Sunday - BMW IBSF World Cup - Lake Placid, NY, USA
Bodybuilding
Thursday to Sunday - IFBB Gulf Classic - Dubai, UAE
Friday to Sunday - World Master Championship - Tarragona, Spain
Bowls
Monday to Friday - World U25 Championships - Newcastle, England
Carom-Billiards
Sunday to 14th December - World Cup 3-Cushion - Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Chess
Monday to 15th December - Women's FIDE Grand Prix - Monte Carlo, Monaco
Sunday to 14th December - 1st FIDE Confederation Cup for the disabled people 2019 - Ankara, Turkey
Cricket
28th November to Monday - New Zealand v England (2nd Test) - Hamilton, New Zealand
29th November to Tuesday - Australia v Pakistan (2nd Test) - Adelaide, Australia
Monday - Pakistan Women v Bangladesh Women (2nd ODI) - Lahore, Pakistan
Wednesday - West Indies Women v India Women (3rd ODI) - North Sound, Antigua
Friday - India v West Indies (1st T20I) - Hyderabad, India
Saturday - West Indies Women v India Women (1st T20I) - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Sunday - India v West Indies (2nd T20I) - Thiruvananthapuram, India; West Indies Women v India Women (2nd T20I) - Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Crossminton
Saturday - World Series - 2019 ICO Crossminton Croatian Junior Open powered by Speedminton - Zagreb, Croatia
Saturday to Sunday - World Series - 2019 ICO Crossminton Mauritius Open powered by Speedminton - Curepipe, Mauritius
Curling
27th November to Monday - World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship 2019 - Lohja, Finland
Monday to Saturday - World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2019 - Greenacres, Scotland
Cycling
Friday to Sunday - Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Cambridge, New Zealand; 2019 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships - Basel, Switzerland
Dance Sports
Thursday to Sunday - 2019 Dublin WDCAL World Championships & Dance Festival - Dublin, Ireland
Saturday - WDSF Formation Latin World Championship - Bremen, Germany; WDSF Latin World Championship - Guadalajara, Spain
Equestrian
Monday - Group 1 Racing - Joaquin V. Gonzalez Internacional - La Plata, Argentina
Wednesday to Sunday - FEI Dressage World Cup - Salzburg, Austria
Thursday to Sunday - Showjumping - Longines Masters Series - Paris, France
Saturday - FEI Jumping World Cup - Feilding, New Zealand; FEI Jumping World Cup - Sydney, Australia
Saturday - Group 1 Racing - Cigar Mile Handicap - Aqueduct, NY, USA
Sunday - Group 1 Racing - Longines Hong Kong Cup; Longines Hong Kong Mile; Longines Hong Kong Sprint; Longines Hong Kong Vase - Sha Tin, Hong Kong; Copa de Plata-Roberto Vasquez Mansilla-Internacional - San Isidro, Argentina
Fencing
Saturday - Junior Men's World Cup (épée) - Tokyo, Japan; Junior Women's World Cup (épée) - San Jose, Costa Rica
Saturday to Sunday - Junior Men's World Cup Individual and Team (foil) - Bangkok, Thailand; Junior Women's Individual and Team World Cup (foil) - Bucharest, Romania; Junior Women's Individual and Team World Cup (sabre) - Sosnowiec, Poland
Floorball
Saturday to 15th December - Women's World Floorball Championships 2019 - Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Games
30th November to 11th December - Philippines 2019 30th SEA Games - Manila, Philippines
1st to 10th December - 13th South Asian Games - Kathmandu/Pokhara, Nepal
Golf
Thursday to Saturday - Hero World Challenge - New Providence, Bahamas
Thursday to Sunday - Golf Nippon Series JT Cup - Tokyo, Japan; Emirates Australian Open - Rosebery, Australia; AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open - Bel Ombre, Mauritius; Magical Kenya Ladies Open - Vipingo Ridge, Kenya
Gymnastics
Thursday to Sunday - 27th FIG Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions - Tokyo, Japan
Handball
30th November to 15th December - 24th Women's Handball World Championship - Kumamoto, Japan
Orienteering
Saturday - UITM International Orienteering Championship 2019 - Malaysia
Para Sports
29th November to Saturday - 2019 Asia Oceania Championships - Chang Wat Chon Buri, Thailand
Monday to 11th December - 2019 IBSA Goalball Asia/Pacific Championships - Chiba, Japan
Wednesday to 15th December - IBSA Partially Sighted Football (B2/B3) World Championships - Antalya, Turkey
Polo
16th November to 14th December - Argentine Open - Argentina
Powerlifting
Monday to Sunday - Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships - Almaty, Kazakhstan
Racquetball
Thursday to Sunday - World Tour - 2019 SPC John A. Pelham Memorial Tournament of Champions - Portland, Oregon, USA
Rugby
Thursday to Saturday - Women's and Men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series - Dubai, UAE
Running
Sunday - Guangzhou Marathon - China
Sambo
Saturday to Sunday - European Cadets Sambo Championships - Riga, Latvia
Savate
Saturday - World Combat Championships 2019 - Finals: Seniors F8, F+75 - Tunis, Tunisia
Skating
Thursday to Sunday - ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (Senior & Junior) - Torino, Italy
Friday to Sunday - ISU World Cup Short Track - Shanghai, China; ISU World Cup Speed Skating - Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Skeleton
Saturday to Sunday - BMW IBSF World Cup - Lake Placid, NY, USA
Ski & Snowboarding
Tuesday to Sunday - Audi FIS Downhill Ski World Cup - Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada; Xfinity Birds of Prey Alpine World Cup - Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA
Thursday to Saturday - FIS Ski Cross World Cup - Val Thorens, France
Friday to Sunday - FIS Ski Jumping World Cup - Nizhny Tagil, Russia; FIS Nordic Combined, Cross-Country and Ski Jumping World Cup - Lillehammer, Norway
Saturday - Ruka FIS Freestyle World Cup Opening - Ruka, Finland
Saturday to Sunday - FIS Snowboard World Cup in PSL and PGS - Bannoye, Russia
Snooker
26th November to Sunday - Betway UK Championship - York, England
Surfing
25th November to Friday - 2019 Women's Championship Tour - lululemon Maui Pro - Maui, Hawaii
1st December to Saturday - Taiwan Open World Longboard Champs - Jinzun Harbour, Taiwan
Sunday to 20th December - 2019 Men's Championship Tour - Billabong Pipe Masters - Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
Table Soccer
Saturday - Pro Tour Seroa 2019 - Portugal; Tornooi Zandhoven 2019 - Belgium
Taekwondo
Friday to Saturday - Moscow 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final - Moscow, Russia
Triathlon
Wednesday - 2019 Bahrain ASTC Triathlon West Asian Championships - Bahrain
Saturday - IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship - Bahrain
Underwater Sports
Friday to Sunday - Finswimming World Cup Golden Final - Poznan, Poland
Volleyball
Tuesday to Sunday - FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship 2019 - Shaoxing, China; FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship 2019 - Betim, Brazil
Weightlifting
1st December to Sunday - South American Junior Championships; South American U15 & Youth Championships - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saturday to 14th December - European Youth Championships - Eilat, Israel