7 - 13 August
Your guide to major world sports events bringing you World Championships, World Cups, Continental and Regional Championships, Multi-Sport Games, World Series, and premier dates within World Tours over the next seven days.
Air Hockey
12 August - European Masters Cup 2023; Scanian Open 2023 - Lund, Sweden
Air Sports
29 July to 12 August - 21st FAI European Gliding Championships - Leszno, Poland
30 July to 12 August - 6th FAI Junior European Gliding Championships - Arnborg, Austria
5-9 August - 2023 FAI F3CN World Championships for Model Helicopters - Muncie, Indiana, USA
6-19 August - 23rd FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship; 9th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship - Krushevo, North Macedonia
7-12 August - 2023 FAI F2 European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft - Włocławek, Poland
11-13 August - 2023 FAI Namwon Drone Race World Cup - Namwon, South Korea
12-19 August - 2023 FAI F1ABC World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft; 2023 FAI F1ABP Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft - Moncontour du Poitou, France
13-19 August - 2023 FAI F5J World Championship for Electric Powered Thermal Duration Gliders - Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Aquatics
2-11 August - World Aquatics Masters Championships - Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, Japan
8-14 August - LEN U17 European Championships (Men's Water Polo) - Manisa, Turkey
11-13 August - LEN U23 European Championships (Swimming) - Dublin, Ireland
Athletics
7-10 August - European Athletics U20 Championships - Givat Ram Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel
Australian Football
13 August - Darwin 9s - Darwin, Australia
Backgammon
10-13 August - Brighton Summer Open - Brighton, England
Baseball
8-13 August - IX Women's Baseball World Cup 2023 - Group A - Thunder Bay, ON, USA
Basketball
5-7 August - FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2023 - Europe 2 - Stop 4-6 - Panevėžys, Lithuania
5-9 August - FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League Africa South - Stop 3-6 - Kinshasa, DRC
5-13 August - FIBA U16 European Championship - Skopje, North Macedonia
8-10 August - FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2023 - Europe 1 - Stop 4-6 - Ramat Gan, Israel
10-19 August - FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B - Podgorica, Montenegro
11 August - Belgrade Challenger 2023 - Belgrade, Serbia
11-13 August - FIBA 3x3 U23 Nations League 2023 - Europe 4 - 5-6 - Bucharest, Romania
11-19 August - FIBA U16 Women's European Championship - Izmir, Turkey
12-13 August - Sukhbaatar Challenger 2023 - Sukhbaatar, Mongolia
12-21 August - FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Poland-Estonia - Tallinn, Estonia / Gliwice, Poland
12-20 August - FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Syria - Damascus, Syria; FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey; FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Nigeria - Lagos, Nigeria; FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Argentina - Buenos Aires, Argentina
13-20 August - FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division B - Bangkok, Thailand
Beach Volleyball
10-13 August - Beach Pro Tour Futures - Wenzhou Cangnan, China; Beach Pro Tour Futures - Warsaw, Poland
Boccia
6-14 August - Rotterdam 2023 World Boccia Europe Regional Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Bodyboarding
3-12 August - IBC World Tour - Maldives Pro - Maldives
Bodybuilding
12 August - Fitness World Japan - Sea of Japan Championships - Niigata City, Japan
Boxing
31 July to 10 August - AMBC Elite, Youth & Junior American Boxing Championships - Cali, Colombia
7-8 August - EUBC Schoolboys and Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships 2023 - Maribor, Slovenia
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
12-13 August - Floripa Winter International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu & Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2023 - Florianópolis, Brazil; New Haven International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023 - New Haven, CT, USA; Chicago Summer International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu & Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2023 - Chicago, IL, USA
Bridge
31 July to 7 August - 18th World Youth Teams Championships - Veldhoven, Netherlands
6-12 August - 53rd International Bridge Week - Tulln/Donau, Austria
Canoeing
11-13 August - 2023 ICF Stand Up Paddling (SUP) World Ranking - Falkenberg, Sweden
12-13 August - 2023 ECA Canoe Freestyle European Cup - Prague, Czechia; 27th Tournament de Paddel 2023 - Ieper, Belgium
13-15 August - International Judge Canoe Slalom - Krakow, Poland
Casting Sport
11-13 August - Open Swiss Championship - Dübendorf, Switzerland
Chess
29 July to 22 August - FIDE Women's World Cup 2023 - Baku, Azerbaijan
29 July to 25 August - FIDE World Cup 2023 - Baku, Azerbaijan
3-11 August - Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship - Hainan, China
3-8 August - World Schools Team Championship 2023 - Aktau, Kazakhstan
11-18 August - Pan-American Youth Championship - Chicago, IL, USA
12-14 August - Asian Online U14 Nations Cup
12-15 August - Luzerner Open 2023 - Lucerne, Switzerland
12-19 August - World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad 2023 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Chuckwagon Racing
4-7 August - Strathmore Stampede - Strathmore, AB, Canada
9-13 August - Battle of the North - Dawson Creek, Canada
Climbing (Sport)
1-12 August - IFSC - Climbing World Championships (B, L, S, B&L) - Bern, Switzerland
Color Guard
7-8 August - DCI Open Class World Championship Prelims and Finals - Marion, IN, USA
10-12 August - DCI World Championships Prelims, Semi-Finals, and Finals - Indianapolis, IN, USA
Cornhole
11-13 August - American Cornhole League - Croatia Open - Pazin, Croatia
Cricket
8 August - West Indies v India (3rd T20I) - Providence, Guyana
12 August - West Indies v India (4th T20I) - Providence, Guyana
13 August - West Indies v India (5th T20I) - Providence, Guyana
Croquet
7-14 August - 2023 Women's GC World Championship - Sussex County Croquet Club, England
Crossfit
11-13 August - Big Summer Games - České Budějovice, Czechia
12 August - Battle Cancer Manchester - England
Cycling
2-8 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Para-Cycling Track - Glasgow, Scotland
3-9 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Track - Glasgow, Scotland
4-7 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Gran Fondo - Glasgow, Scotland
5-10 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland - Glasgow, Scotland
5-13 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Road - Glasgow, Scotland
6-9 August - UCI BMX World Championships - Challenge - Glasgow, Scotland
8-13 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Mountain Bike Cross-country - Glasgow and across Scotland
9-12 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Trials - Glasgow, Scotland
9-13 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Para-cycling Road - Glasgow and across Scotland
11-13 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - Indoor Cycling - Glasgow, Scotland
12-13 August - 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships - BMX Racing - Glasgow, Scotland
13 August - UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup powered by citymountainbike.com - XCE - Oudenaarde, Belgium
Dance Sport
4-7 August - IDO World Dance Festival - Goyang-si, South Korea
8 August - WDSF PD Super Grand Prix (Adult - Standard/Latin) - Stuttgart, Germany
11-12 August - World Rock 'n' Roll Confederation World Cup - Stuttgart, Germany
Darts
12 August - World Darts Federation Pacific Masters 2023 - Moama, Australia
Dragon Boat Racing
7-13 August - 16th World Dragon Boat Racing Championships - Pattaya, Thailand
Draughts
4-12 August - Brunssum Open - Brunssum, Netherlands
English Billiards
12-13 August - Jim Williamson Open - Leeds, England
Equestrian
9-13 August - Dublin Horse Show - Dublin, Ireland
10-13 August - Longines Deauville Classic - Deauville, France; Longines Global Champions Tour - London, Great Britain
12 August - Group One Racing - Keeneland Phoenix Stakes - Curragh, Ireland; Fourstardave Stakes - Saratoga, NY, USA; Secretariat Stakes; Beverly D. Stakes; Arlington Million - Colonial Downs, VA, USA
13 August - 133rd Westminster Grosser Preis Von Berlin - Hoppegarten, Germany; Prix Du Haras De Fresnay-Le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois - Deauville, France
Field Hockey
3-12 August - Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 - Chennai, India
10-13 August - 2023 Oceania Cup - Whangarei, New Zealand
Fistball
11-13 August - World Tour Major - Widnau, Switzerland
12-13 August - World Tour 500 - Rohrbach, Austria
Football
20 July to 20 August - FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 - Australia/New Zealand
7 August - Round of 16: England v Nigeria; Australia v Denmark
8 August - Round of 16: Colombia v Jamaica; France v Morocco
11 August - QF: Spain v Netherlands; Japan v Sweden
12 August - QF: Australia v France; England v Colombia
Footgolf
13 August - FIFG World Tour - MEX 250 - Cuernavaca Open 2 - Hacienda San Gaspar Golf - Jiutepec, Mexico
Freestyle Football
6-11 August - Super Ball World Open 2023 - Prague, Czechia
11-13 August - Mozambique Freestyle Football Championship 2023 - Maputo, Mozambique
Games
28 July - 8 August - Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games - Chengdu, China
4-11 August - Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games - Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
8-20 August - 2023 European Para Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Goalball
1-8 August - IBSA Goalball International Open Championships - Amman, Jordan
8-17 August - 2023 IBSA Goalball European - Division C Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Golf
10-13 August - AIG Women's Open - Walton Heath, England; FedEx St Jude Championship - Memphis, TN, USA
11-13 August - Vodacom Origins of Golf - Zebula CC, South Africa; LIV Golf Bedminster - Trump National GC Bedminster, NJ, USA
12 August - Ultimate Long Drive: 2023 Minnesota League Championship - Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park, MN, USA; Mid Atlantic Championship at Arundel Golf Park - Arundel Golf Park, MD, USA
Gouren
7-12 August - Celtic Wrestling Week - Lorient, France
13 August - Blue Nets Tournament - Concarneau, France
Handball
2-13 August - 10th IHF Men's U19 World Championship 2023 - Croatia
Horseback Archery
10-13 August - European GP Stage 1 - Group A - Nirrtälje, Sweden
Judo
12-13 August - Skopje Junior European Cup 2023 - Skopje, North Macedonia
Karate
5-7 August - Olympic Hopes International Karate Tournament - Baku, Azerbaijan
Kiteboarding
31 July to 11 August - Global Kitesports Association World Tour - Kite-Surf - Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10-20 August - Formula Kite World Championships - Scheveningen, Netherlands
Korfball
8-13 August - IKF U21 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 2023 - Shah Alam, Malaysia
Kubb
12 August - Herisauer Kubb-Championship - Herisau, Switzerland; U.S. Kubb Open - Beloit, WI, USA
Lawn Mower Racing
12-13 August - BLMRA 500 - Billingshurst, England
Log Rolling
11-12 August - 6th Annual Holmen Summer Splash - St Holmen, WI, USA
Minigolf
8-12 August - Youth Open European Championships 2023 - Vergiate, Italy
9-12 August - Seniors Open European Championships 2023 - Porto, Portugal
Mixed Martial Arts
10-13 August - 2023 IMMAF Pan-American Championships - Bogotá, Colombia
11 August - Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship: John Dobson v Joshua Ridge; Bryce Hall v Gee Perez; Keith Richardson v Derek Perez; Joshua Moreno v Jeremy Sauceda; Wil Santiago v Jeremie Holloway; Eric Dobson v Robert Armas; Donald Sanchez v Anthony Blake Lacaze; Sydney Smith v Melanie Shah; Marc Entenberg v Darrick Gates - Albuquerque, NM, USA
13 August - UFC Main Card: Vicente Luque v Rafael dos Anjos; Khalil Rountree Jr. v Chris Daukaus; Lando Vannata v Mike Breeden; Polyana Viana v Iasmin Lucindo; Josh Parisian v Martin Buday; Josh Fremd v Jamie Pickett; Juliana Miller v Luana Santos; AJ Dobson v Tafon Nchukwi; JP Buys v Marcus McGhee; Francis Marshall v Isaac Dulgarian; Jaqueline Amorim v Montserrat Ruiz; Cub Swanson v Hakeem Dawodu; D'mon Blackshear v Brady Hiestand - Las Vegas, NV, USA
Modern Pentathlon
9 August - UIPM Global Laser Run City Tour - Pretoria, South Africa
Motor Racing
10-13 August - FIA European Drag Racing Championship 2023 - Tierp Arena, Sweden
11-12 August - NTT IndyCar Series - Gallagher Grand Prix - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN, USA; Formula Drift - Seattle, WA, USA
11-13 August - Monster Jam - Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
12-13 August - Monster Jam - FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, FL, USA
13 August - 2023 NASCAR Cup Series - Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, IN, USA
Motorcycling
10-13 August - FIM-E European Drag Racing Championship 2023 - Tierp Arena, Sweden
12 August - FIM Speedway World Championship - Riga, Latvia; Pro Motocross Championship - New Berlin, NY, USA; Progressive American Flat Track - Castle Rock TT - Castle Rock, WA, USA
13 August - Penrite Pro Motocross Championship - Coulson, Australia; FIM Motocross World Championship - MXGP of Sweden - Uddevalla, Sweden
Mountain Running
12 August - WMRA Gold Label Valsir World Cup: Sierre-Zinal (Long Mtn) - Zinal, Switzerland
13 August - XTERRA Waiuku Forest Trial Run - Waiuku Forest, New Zealand
Mounted Games
8-13 August - European Teams and Individuals Championships - Onley Showground, England
Obstacle Racing
12 August - HYROX World Fitness Series - Sydney, Australia; OCR World Series - Kolding, Denmark
12-13 August - Ninja World Cup SE Asia - Pavilion Bukit Jalil, Malaysia; OCR World Series - Trujillo, Venezuela
Orienteering
12-18 August - World Masters Orienteering Championships 2023 - Košice, Slovakia
Padel
7-13 August - FIP World Tour - FIP Promises - Middelkerke, Belgium
Poker
27 July to 13 August - World Series of Poker International Circuit - London, Great Britain
Powerboating
11-12 August - P1 Offshore - Sheboygan, Lake Michigan, MI, USA
11-13 August - UIM F2 World Championship - GP of Lithuania - Klaipėda, Lithuania; Motosurf World Championship - Båstad, Sweden
Powerlifting
7-12 August - 20th Annual NAPF North American Regional Powerlifting Championships; 2nd Annual NAPF/FESUPO Pan-American University Powerlifting Cup - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Quadball
12-13 August - Kraków Quadball Cup - Kraków, Poland
Racquetball
10-13 August - IRT and LPRT - The KWM Gutterman World Singles and Doubles Open - Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
Renju
6-12 August - World Championship BT/WT/AT - Istanbul, Turkey
7-12 August - Asian Youth Championship - Istanbul, Turkey; European Youth Championship - Istanbul, Turkey
10-12 August - Gomoku World Championship QT - Budapest, Hungary
13-19 August - Gomoku World Championship BT/AT - Budapest, Hungary
Rodeo
4-7 August - Strathmore Stampede - Strathmore, Canada
6-7 August - Yuma County Fair & Rodeo - Yuma, CO, USA
6-8 August - Larimer County Fair & Rodeo - Loveland, CO, USA
7-9 August - Jerome County Fair and Rodeo - Jerome, ID, USA
8 August - Lea County PRCA Rodeo Xtreme Bulls - Lovington, NM, USA
8-9 August - Field of Dreams Stampede - La Crete, Canada; Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo - Glasgow, MT, USA
9 August - Missoula Stampede Xtreme Bulls - Missoula, MT, USA; United States Open Xtreme Broncs Match - Faith, SD, USA
9-12 August - Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo - Sikeston, MO, USA; Hermiston Breakaway - Hermiston, OR, USA; Lea County PRCA Rodeo - Lovington, NM, USA; Farm-City Pro Rodeo - Hermiston, OR, USA; Lawton Rangers Rodeo - Lawton, OK, USA
10-11 August - Lyon County Fair PRCA Rodeo - Marshall, MN, USA; Cache County Fair and Rodeo - Logan, UT, USA; Bear Paw Roundup - Chinook, MT, USA
10-12 August - Missoula Stampede - Missoula, MT, USA; Payette County PRCA Rodeo - New Plymouth, ID, USA; Bozeman Stampede - Bozeman, MT, USA; Owyhee County Rodeo - Homedale, ID, USA
10-13 August - Omak Stampede - Omak, WA, USA
11-12 August - Sand & Sage Roundup - Lamar, CO, USA; Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo - Afton, WY, USA; Cascade Pro Rodeo - Cascade, MT, USA; Bluegrass Pro Rodeo - Powderly, KY, USA; Summit County Fair & Rodeo - Coalville, UT, USA; Silver Sage Pro Rodeo - Clitherall, MN, USA
11-13 August - Ventura County Fair Rodeo - Ventura, CA, USA; Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede - Dawson Creek, Canada
13 August - Wayne Herman Invitational Xtreme Broncs - Golden Valley, ND, USA
(Prize money from $20k)
Rollers Sports
31 July to 20 August - Artistic Pan-American Championship - Cali, Colombia
12-13 August - Czech Slalom World Cup 2023 - Olomouc, Czechia
12-14 August - FISE Xperience - Thonon-les-Bains, France
Roundnet
12 August - Spikeball Tour Series Major - Columbus, OH, USA
Rowing
10-13 August - 2023 Open Lithuanian Senior, U19, and U23 Championships - Trakai, Lithuania
Running
12 August - Iceland Volcano Marathon - near Lake Mývatn, Iceland
Rugby Union
10 August - 2023 Rugby World Cup Warm-up Matches: Tonga v Canada
12 August - 2023 Rugby World Cup Warm-up Matches: Georgia v Romania; England v Wales; France v Scotland; Italy v Japan; Portugal v USA; Chile v Namibia
Sailing
9-13 August - 44Cup 2023 World Championship Cowes - Isle of Wight
10-20 August - 29er European Championship - Royal Swedish Yacht Club, Stockholm, Sweden; Allianz Sailing World Championships - The Hague, Netherlands
Skat
11-19 August - 22nd Open European Skat Championship 2023 - Magdeburg, Germany
Slacklining
11-15 August - Oleśnica Festival of Circus and Art - Oleśnica, Poland
Snooker
11-13 August - World Women's Snooker - US Women's Open 2023 - Ox Billiards, Seattle, WA, USA
Speedcubing
12-15 August - WCA World Championship 2023 - Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea
Squash
13-19 August - Pan-American Junior Championships - Pillar, Argentina
Surfing
11-20 August - World Surf League Championship Tour Event 10 - Teahupoʻo, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Table Soccer
11-13 August - ITSF Pro Tour 2023 - 14. Pielachtal Open - Kirchberg/Pielach, Austria
12-13 August - ITSF Pro Tour 2023 - Primer Campeonato Int. de Futbolín Colombia - Bogotá, Colombia
Table Tennis
7-13 August - World Table Tennis Contender - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tennis
7-12 August - Polish Open (WTA) - Kozerki, Poland
7-13 August - Omnium Banque Nationale Présénte Par Rogers (ATP/WTA 1000) - Montréal, Canada
13-20 August - Western & Southern Open (ATP 1000) - Cincinnati, OH, USA
Teqball
10-13 August - International Tour - Koh Samui, Thailand
Touch
8-13 August - European Championships France
Tower Running
13 August - TWA World Tour - KönTurm Treppenlauf - Cologne, Germany
Triathlon
11-13 August - XTERRA World Championships - XTERRA Czech - Prachatice, Czechia
11-12 August - XTERRA Ardennes - Lac de la Gileppe, Belgium
12 August - 2023 Europe Triathlon Junior Cup - Riga, Latvia; 2023 Word Triathlon Development Regional Cup - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; XTERRA Sleeping Giant - Boulevard Lake, Canada
Underwater Sports
7 August - 2023 1st Freedivingfriends Cup Aida Indoor Challenge - Gwangju, South Korea
7-14 August - AIDA Freediving World Cup August 2023 - Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt
9-13 August - CMAS Sport Diving World Senior and Junior Championships - Tartu, Estonia
11-13 August - AIDA Poseidon Games - Panglao, Philippines
11-15 August - CMAS Caribbean Cup (Freediving) - Roatan, Honduras
12-20 August - CMAS Orienteering European Senior and Junior Championships - Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechia
Volleyball
1-11 August - FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship - Osijek, Croatia / Szeged, Hungary
2-11 August - FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship - San Juan, Argentina
6-13 August - XX Pan-American Senior Women Volleyball Cup 2023 - Ponce, Puerto Rico
Wakesurfing
11-12 August - World Series of Wakesurfing - The Come and Take it Conroe Classic - Montgomery, TX, USA
Waterski & Wakeboarding
9-13 August - 2023 IWWF E&A Youth (U14 & U17) Championship - Botaski - Sesena Waterski Complex, Seseña, Toledo, Spain
Wheelchair Basketball
8-20 August - 2023 European Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Windsurfing
12-13 August - 2023 Baltic Challenge Cup - Kisezers, Riga
Wingfoiling
31 July to 11 August - Global Wingsports Association World Tour - Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Woodball
4-7 August - 20th Singapore Lion City International Woodball Open Championship - Singapore
8-13 August - 7th Indonesia Open International Championship 2023 - Bali, Indonesia
Wrestling
12-13 August - Grand Prix of Germany - International Tournament - Dortmund, Germany
* The list is based on the best information we can obtain. The dates provided by the sports governing body may be incorrect, or events could be postponed or cancelled at the last moment.