A new year offers the prospect of so much brilliant sport to look forward to in 2022.

The three World Cups of Hockey, Football and T20 Cricket and AFC Women's Asian Cup, and the Winter Olympics and an intense Commonwealth Games and Asian Games mark what should be a great year for sport in 2022.

If 2021 was a year where international sport caught up on itself following the tumult of 2020, then the next 12 months should hopefully bring back a sense of normality to the sporting calendar.

India will host the AFC Women's Asian Cup in January – the first chance for many to witness how international sporting events will be handled this year as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 sweeps across the world.

Here, Fisto Sports has all the 2022 sporting dates you need to be aware of…

See below for the month-by-month breakdown of the 2022 sports calendar. We will continue to update this page as events are confirmed. With the ever-changing scenario due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the dates mentioned below are subject to change.

January

Jan 9 - Feb 6: African Cup of Nations - Cameroon

Jan 14 - Feb 5: Men’s U19 Cricket World Cup - West Indies

Jan 17-30: Australian Open

Jan 20 - Feb 6: AFC Women's Asian Cup

February

Feb 4-20: Beijing Winter Olympics

Feb 19-27: World Archery Para Championships – Dubai

March

March 3-6: Women’s World Championship (Golf)

March 4-13: Winter Paralympics

March 4 - April 3: Women’s ODI World Cup - New Zealand

March 16-20: All England Open (Super 1000) - Birmingham

March 18-20: World Athletics Indoor Championships - Belgrade (Serbia)

March 20: F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

March 27: F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

April

Indian Premier League (likely, but dates not announced)

April 4-10: Masters Tournament (Golf)

April 10: F1 Australian Grand Prix

April 24: F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Subject to contract)

May

Indian Premier League (likely, but dates not announced)

May 8-15: Thomas and Uber Cup Finals - Bangkok

May 8: F1 Miami Grand Prix (Subject to FIA circuit homologation)

May 13-19: Swimming World Championships

May 16 - June 5: French Open

May 22: F1 Spanish Grand Prix (Subject to contract)

May 27 - June 6: ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun - Baku, Azerbaijan

May 28: UEFA Champions League Final - St Petersburg

May 29: F1 Monaco Grand Prix

June

June 12: F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

June 19: F1 Canadian Grand Prix

June 27 - July 10: Wimbledon

July

July 1-24: Tour de France

July 1-17: Women’s Hockey World Cup

July 2-19: NBA 2021-22 Finals

July 6-31: UEFA Women’s Euro - England

July 9-22: ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun - Changwon, South Korea

July 10: F1 Austrian Grand Prix

July 14-17: The Open Championship

July 15-24: World Athletics Championships - Oregon (USA)

July 24: F1 French Grand Prix

July 28 - August 8: Commonwealth Games

July 31: F1 Hungarian Grand Prix

August

Aug 1-6: World Athletics U20 Championships - Cali (Colombia)

Aug 21-28: Badminton World Championships - Japan

Aug 28: F1 Belgian Grand Prix

Aug 29-Sept 11: US Open

September

Sept 4: F1 Netherlands Grand Prix

Sept 7-8: Diamond League Final - Zurich

Sept 10-18: Wrestling World Championships

Sept 10-25: Asian Games - Hangzhou, China

Sept 11: F1 Italian Grand Prix

Sept 25: F1 Russian Grand Prix

October

Oct 2: F1 Singapore Grand Prix (Subject to contract)

Oct 3-9: World Archery Field Championships - Yankton

Oct 9: F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Oct 16 - Nov 13: Men’s T20 World Cup - Australia

Oct 23: F1 USA Grand Prix

Oct 30: F1 Mexican Grand Prix

November

Nov 13: F1 Brazilian Grand Prix

Nov 20: F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Nov 21-Dec 18: Men’s FIFA World Cup - Qatar

December

Dec 14-18: Badminton World Tour Finals - Guangzhou