SPORTING EVENTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2022
OLIMPIC GAMES
BEIJING 2022
The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Beijing 2022 , are an upcoming international winter multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing and venuesnear neighboring towns of Yanqing and Chongli in the People’s Republic of China.
MOTORSPORT
FORMULA 1
Formula 1 has revealed the calendar for the 2022 season, with a record-breaking 23 Grand Prix schedule being approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council.
The season will begin in Bahrain on 20 March and finish in Abu Dhabi on 20 November, one month before Christmas – with Miami hosting the first of two races in the United States.
MOTOGP
The provisional 2022 FIM MotoGP™ World Championship calendar has been released, consisting of 21 Rounds running from March to November that include visits to two new venues in Indonesia and Finland.
WRC
The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship will be the fiftieth season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing competition recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying.
FAI WEC
Season 10 marks the tenth anniversary of the FIA World Endurance Championship, a landmark year for the series which is about to enter a new golden era of sportscars. The 24 Hours of Le Mans – the cornerstone of the FIA WEC – will return to its tradition slot in June. The calendar also features popular and iconic tracks such as Sebring, Spa, Monza, Fuji and Bahrain.
CLASSIC CARS
Don’t miss these 12 major classic car events in 2022. While there’s always uncertainty around which events will actually take place in the New Year, we’ve still booked out our calendars for these twelve eagerly-awaited landmark events in 2022.
OTHER SPORTS
SKI
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup is the premier circuit for alpine skiing competition. The inaugural season launched in January 1967, and the 2021–22 season marks the 56th consecutive year for the FIS World Cup. This season began in October 2021 in Sölden, Austria, and is intended to conclude in mid-March 2022 at the finals in Courchevel/Méribel, France. It will be interrupted for most of February by the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
SAILING
For the past two years, the ocean racing and regatta program has been disrupted by the Covid-19 epidemic. While some races have been held behind closed doors, others have been postponed or rescheduled.
HORSE RACING
Horse racing – flat and jumps – is a huge sporting tradition in the UK and across the world. Featuring the English Classics, the Grand Nationals, Gold Cups and the Derby, the British racing calendar is action-packed throughout the year.
From Ayr to Ascot and Dubai to Melbourne, we look at the major horse races and events taking place in 2022.
GOLF
Here are all the dates and venues for all of golf’s majors in 2022, along with the details for other significant events in the golfing calendar over the next 12 months.
TENNIS
ATP tour schedules include numerous tournaments and Grand Slams throughout the year. There are 68 competitions in 2022, including 13 ATP 500 tournaments, the Davis Cup, the Laver Cup, and the four coveted Grand Slams – Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbeldon and US Open.
CYCLING
In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour is one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours, and all three races are similar in format being three week races with daily stages. They have a special status in the UCI regulations: more points for the UCI World Tour are distributed in Grand Tours than in other races, and they are the only stage races allowed to last longer than 14 days.
