The year 2011 in sports saw a number of significant events, some of which are listed below.

Calendar by month

January

February

March

* 31 March – 28 October:

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

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2011 Major League Baseball season The 2011 Major League Baseball season began on Thursday, March 31, and ended on Wednesday, September 28. This marked the first time a season began on a Thursday since 1976, and the first time a regular season ended on a Wednesday since 1990. The ...

2011 World Series The 2011 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2011 season. The 107th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Texas Rangers and the Natio ...

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...

April

* 17: Marathon,

London Marathon The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically he ...

. Winners:

Emmanuel Mutai Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (born 12 October 1984) is a long distance runner from Kenya, who specialises in marathons. He is now the joint 6th fastest man ever over the 42.195 km distance. Initially running in half marathons, he made his de ...

Mary Keitany Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (born 18 January 1982) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. She is the world record holder in a women-only marathon, having won the 2017 London Marathon in a time of 2:17:01. As of November 2022, she plac ...

. * 18: Marathon, Boston Marathon. Winners:

Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai (born 7 October 1981) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 ...

Caroline Kilel Caroline Cheptanui Kilel (born 21 March 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in road running competitions. She was the winner at the 2011 Boston Marathon and the Frankfurt Marathon in 2010 and 2013. Kilel took the silver medal ...

May

* 18:

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

2011 UEFA Europa League Final The 2011 UEFA Europa League Final was the final match of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, the 40th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the second season since it was renamed from UEFA Cup to UEFA Europa ...

. Winner:

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropol ...

. * 21:

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

2011 Heineken Cup Final Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *''El ...

. Winner: Leinster Rugby. * 28:

2011 UEFA Champions League Final The 2011 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match played on 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London that decided the winner of the 2010–11 season of the UEFA Champions League. The winners received the European Champion ...

. Winner:

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Found ...

. * 31 May — 12 June:

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

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2011 NBA Finals The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season. The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat in six games to win thei ...

. Winner: Dallas Mavericks.

June

* 12:

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

2011 Canadian Grand Prix The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 2011 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the seventh race of the 2011 Formula One Worl ...

. Winner:

Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver. He won the 2009 Formula One World Championship when he drove for the Brawn GP team. After his F1 career, he became champion of the 2018 season of the Super G ...

. * 18 — July 3:

EuroBasket Women 2011 The 2011 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2011, was the 33rd regional championship held by FIBA Europe. The competition was held in Poland from 2011. This was the 4th time that the EuroBasket Women was h ...

. Winner: * 25: MotoGP,

2011 Dutch TT The 2011 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 2011 at the TT Circuit Assen. MotoGP race report This race was most notable for Marco Simoncelli taking out Jor ...

. Winner:

Ben Spies Ben Spies (; born July 11, 1984), is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. He was sometimes nicknamed "Elbows" due to his riding style, in which his elbows protruded outward. Spies won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimur ...

. * 26:

, 2011 European Grand Prix. Winner: Sebastian Vettel. * 26 — 17 July:

, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Winner:

July

* 24:

2011 German Grand Prix The 2011 German Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2011, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 24 July 2011 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. It was the tenth round of the 2011 Formula On ...

. Winner:

Lewis Hamilton Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Mercedes. In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Mic ...

August

* 29 — September 12:

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, 2011 US Open. Winners in singles

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...

Samantha Stosur Samantha Jane Stosur ( ; born 30 March 1984) is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten s ...

. * 30 — September 11:

2011 FIBA Americas Championship The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del ...

. Winner: * 31 — September 18:

EuroBasket 2011 EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted the 1939 cha ...

. Winner:

September

* 7 — 11:

, 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship. Winner: * 7 — 11:

2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship for Women was the 14th edition of the tournament. The tournament featured a three-game series between Australia and New Zealand. Game one was held in Melbourne followed by the second game in Brisbane and gam ...

. Winner: * 24 — October 1:

2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The tournament was held at Coliseo Álvaro Sánchez Silva in Neiva, Colo ...

. Winner: * 25:

2011 Singapore Grand Prix The 2011 Singapore Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that was held on 25 September 2011 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. It was the fourteenth round of the 2011 Formu ...

. Winner: Sebastian Vettel * 25: Marathon,

Berlin Marathon The Berlin Marathon (german: Berlin-Marathon, ) is a marathon event held annually on the streets of Berlin, Germany on the last weekend of September. Held annually since 1974, the event includes multiple races over the marathon distance of , inc ...

. Winners: Patrick Makau Musyoki,

Florence Kiplagat Florence Jebet Kiplagat (born 27 February, 1987) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion, having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships ...

October

* 9: Marathon,

Chicago Marathon The Chicago Marathon is a marathon (long-distance foot race) held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also a World Athletics Label Road Race. The Chicago Marathon is the fourth-largest r ...

. Winners: Moses Mosop, Liliya Shobukhova. * 16:

2011 Korean Grand Prix The 2011 Korean Grand Prix, formally the 2011 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race that was held on 16 October 2011 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea. It was the sixteenth round of the 2 ...

. Winner: Sebastian Vettel.

November

* 7: Marathon,

New York City Marathon The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor (commercial), sponsor) is an annual Marathon (sport), marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest mar ...

. Winners:

Firehiwot Dado Firehiwot Tufa Dado (born January 9, 1984 in Assela, Arsi) is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the New York City Marathon in 2011 with a personal best time of 2:23:15 hours. She also took three consecutive victories in the R ...

. * 13:

2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2011 Formula One season. It was held on 13 November 2011 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, a m ...

. Winner:

December

* 25 - April 2012:

, / 2011-12 NBA season.

Alpine skiing

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...

– the Green Bay Packers (NFC) won 31–25 over the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) **Location: AT&T Stadium **Attendance: 103,219 **MVP: Aaron Rodgers, QB (Green Bay) * January 8 - Peyton Manning plays his final game in an Indianapolis Colts uniform, a 16–17 loss to the New York Jets in the Wild Card round. The next season Manning would sit out the entire 2011 season to undergo neck surgeries and in that offseason, was released by the Colts and subsequently signed with the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquar ...

in free agency, where he led them to 5 straight playoff appearances,

Super Bowl XLVIII Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for th ...

, and to their 3rd championship title in

Super Bowl 50 Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) cha ...

. * January 10 –

2011 BCS National Championship Game The 2011 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game was a college football bowl game to determine the national champion of the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) season. The finale of the 2010–2011 Bowl Championship Series was ...

University of Phoenix Stadium A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

Glendale Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''. It may refer to: Places Australia * Glendale, New South Wales ** Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre *Glendale, Queensland, ...

, Arizona: The

Auburn Tigers The Auburn Tigers are the athletic teams representing Auburn University, a public four-year coeducational university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The Auburn Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Associat ...

defeated the

Oregon Ducks The Oregon Ducks are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Oregon, located in Eugene. The Ducks compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. ...

22–19 claiming the 2010 college football season national championship. * April 28–30 – 2011 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. ...

selected quarterback

Cam Newton Cameron Jerrell Newton (born May 11, 1989) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He has played for 11 seasons, primarily with the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "Super Cam", he is the NF ...

of Auburn as the first overall pick. * July 8–16 – The

2011 IFAF World Championship The 2011 IFAF World Championship was the fourth instance of the IFAF World Championship, an international American football tournament. It began on July 8, 2011 with the final games commencing on July 16. It was hosted by Austria, with games takin ...

was held in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The

USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

defeated

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

50–7 in the gold medal match to win their second straight title. * December 10 - 2011 Heisman Trophy was awarded to

Robert Griffin III Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3 and RGIII, is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a senior, and was selected second overa ...

Aquatics Aquatics may refer to: Aquatic sports in the Olympics and other international competitions, including the disciplines of swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming Water-related sports more broadly (including boa ...

2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the tenth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Firenze, Italy from June 21–26, 2011.

2011 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 16–21, 2011, in Lima, Peru. Medal table Medal summary Boys' events Girls' events External linksOfficial siteResults
{{FINA champs 2011 in Peruvian sport, S 201 ...

*March 8–13, 2011: 2011 European Diving Championships in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

, Italy *July 16–31, 2011:

2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synch ...

in Shanghai, China *December 8–11, 2011:

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final f ...

in Szczecin, Poland

Association football

* January 7–29 – 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar ** Fourth title for . Runner up . Third place . MVP

Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional football manager and former player. he is the current general manager & head coach of the Cambodia U-23. A versatile player, Honda usually played as an attacking midfielder, but could also play as a winger, a f ...

* April 2 and 17 –

OFC Champions League The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier men's club soccer competition in Oceania. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. Beginning as the Oceania Club Championship (1987–2006), it has been ...

final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

won by

Auckland City FC Auckland City Football Club is a New Zealand professional football club based in the suburb of Sandringham in Auckland, New Zealand. They currently compete in the Northern League. Auckland City have established themselves as a major force in bo ...

* April 20 and 27 – CONCACAF Champions League

finals Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

: **

C.F. Monterrey Club de Fútbol Monterrey, often known simply as Monterrey or their nickname Rayados, is a Mexican professional football club based in Monterrey, Nuevo León which currently plays in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. Founded on 28 ...

defeat

Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake, often shortened to RSL, is an American professional soccer franchise based in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The club competes as a member club of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Western Conference. RSL began play in 2 ...

3–2 on aggregate. * May 28 –

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...

Final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: * Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

: **

defeat Manchester United 3–1. * June 5–25 –

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 11th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the 21st CONCACAF regional championship overall in CONCACAF's 50 years of existence. The United States was the host nation. The competition started on June ...

in the United States ** Winner: . Runner-up: . Semifinalists: , . MVP

Javier Hernández Javier Hernández Balcázar (; born 1 June 1988), commonly known by the nickname Chicharito (, Mexican Spanish: ''little pea''), is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. He is known ...

. * June 15 and 22 – Copa Libertadores

** Santos defeat

Peñarol Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...

2–1 on aggregate. * June 17 – July 1 –

2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships The 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships was the world championship for men's national 7-a-side association football teams. CPISRA stands for Cerebral Palsy International Sports & Recreation Association. Athletes with a physical disa ...

in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

* June 18 – July 10 –

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1991. It was held in Mexico with games ...

in Mexico ** Mexico won the cup as host being the first team to achieve that, defeating Uruguay 2–0 and achieving their second title in the category. * June 26 – July 17 – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany ** First title for . Runner up . Third place . Best Player

Homare Sawa is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or a midfielder. Regarded by many as one of the greatest female footballers of all time and the greatest Asian female footballer of all time, Sawa had a professional club car ...

* July 1 – July 24 – 2011 Copa América in Argentina ** 15th title for . Runner-up . Third place . Best Player

Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...

. * July 29 – August 20 – 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia ** Fifth title for . Runner up . Third place . Best Player Henrique * November 5 – AFC Champions League

Al-Sadd Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...

defeat Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–2 (4–2 in penalties). * November 6 and 12 – CAF Champions League finals **

Espérance ST :''See also Esperance (disambiguation)'' Espérance is one of the two French words that can be translated into "hope", the other being "espoir". Whereas the latter is closer to the idea of "dream" or "fantasy" and corresponds to most of the common ...

defeat

Wydad Casablanca Wydad Athletic Club ( ar, نادي الوداد الرياضي, ) commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that ...

1–0 on aggregate. * December 8–18 –

2011 FIFA Club World Cup The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011. It was the eighth edition of the FIFA Club Worl ...

in Japan **

defeat Santos 4–0.

Athletics

* January 21–30 –

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Ove1000 athlet ...

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, New Zealand * August 27 – September 4 –

2011 World Championships in Athletics The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011. The United States topped the medal standings in th ...

in Daegu, South Korea

Bandy

* January 30, becomes

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

Baseball

Basketball

* February 20:

2011 NBA All-Star Game The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 20, 2011, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season. It was the 60th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at Staples C ...

at Staples Center, Los Angeles. **

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

148 beat 143

East East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

* May 8: Euroleague **

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

beats

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

78–70 and wins its sixth title in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Dimitris Diamantidis Dimitris Diamantidis ( el, Δημήτρης Διαμαντίδης ; born May 6, 1980) is a retired Greek professional basketball player, who spent the last twelve seasons of his EuroLeague career with Panathinaikos, where he last served as the ...

was named MVP. * May 31 – June 12:

**The Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeated the Eastern Conference champion

Miami Heat The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The club plays its home games at FT ...

, 4–2, to win their first NBA title. German player

Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Werner Nowitzki (, ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Listed at , he is widely regarded as one of the gre ...

was named Finals MVP. * August 30 – September 11 –

FIBA Americas Championship 2011 The 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Men, later known as the FIBA AmeriCup, was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas, at the 2012 Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament, in London. This FIBA AmeriCup tournament was held in Mar del ...

in Mar del Plata, Argentina ** Second title for . and . MVP: * September 3–18 –

in Lithuania ** Second title for . and . MVP: * October 2–7:

2011 WNBA Finals The 2011 WNBA Finals was the championship series of the 2011 season of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Minnesota Lynx, champions of the Western Conference, swept the champion ...

**The Western Conference champion Minnesota Lynx defeated the Eastern Conference champion

Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded for the 2008 WNBA season. The team is owned by real e ...

, 3–0, to win their first WNBA title. Seimone Augustus was named Finals MVP.

Beach Soccer

* September 1–11 – The

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 16th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the ''Beach Soccer World Championships'' ...

Ravenna Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the ca ...

, Italy. ** puts an end to 's dominance, defeating them in the final by the score of 12–8. claimed third place.

Beach volleyball

* June 13–19 – The 2011 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome ** Men's Event: ** Women's Event:

Boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

* January 29 – Timothy Bradley defeats Devon Alexander by a tenth round technical decision. The fight was stopped due to a cut Alexander had received from an accidental

headbutt A headbutt is a targeted strike with the head, typically (when intentional) involving the use of robust parts of the headbutter's cranium as the area of impact. The most effective headbutts strike the most sensitive areas of an opponent, such as ...

in the third round, which was made worse by two more headbutts in the eighth round and a final fourth headbutt in the tenth round. Both fighters came in with undefeated records and the fight was initially praised as one of the few good match-ups between two top-ranked

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in recent years. With the win, Bradley unified the light welterweight titles by defending his WBO title and winning Alexander's WBC title. * February 19 – Nonito Donaire defeats Fernando Montiel by technical knockout in the second round to unify the WBO and WBC bantamweight titles. Donaire started the fight strong by controlling most of the first round, landing a left hook that briefly stunned Montiel. In the second round Donaire started landing a few combinations before finishing Montiel with a solid hook that knocked out his opponent. * March 12 – Sergio Gabriel Martínez knocks out undefeated Sergiy Dzindziruk in the eighth round to win the vacant WBC diamond belt middleweight championship. * March 12 – Miguel Cotto knocks out Ricardo Mayorga in the twelfth round to retain his WBA world light middleweight title. * March 19 – Vitali Klitschko knocks out Odlanier Solís in the first round to retain his WBC heavyweight title for the sixth time. The knockout came as a surprise after Solís appeared to have sustained serious knee injury. Initially following the stoppage, Vitali Klitschko was angry at Solís and felt he took a dive. However following the fight Solís was taken to a hospital, where a scan revealed tears to his

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and external meniscus, as well as cartilage damage in his right knee. * April 2 – Giovanni Segura knocks out Iván Calderón in the third round in a repeat of 2010's fight of the year. * May 7 –

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easily defeats

Shane Mosley Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971), often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the IBF l ...

, retaining his WBO welterweight title by unanimous decision. * July 2 –

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defeats

David Haye David Deron Haye (born 13 October 1980) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 2002 and 2018. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, and was the first British boxer to reach the final of the World Ama ...

by unanimous decision, adding Haye's WBA heavyweight title to the four he already held.

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* November 25 –

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game at

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McMaster Marauders The McMaster Marauders are the athletic teams that represent McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Athletics at McMaster is currently managed by the university's student affairs, under their athletics & recreation department. The unive ...

defeat

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41–38 * November 27 – 99th Grey Cup game at

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BC Lions The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Lions compete in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and play their home games at BC Place. The Lions played their first seas ...

defeat

Winnipeg Blue Bombers The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...

34–23

Canoeing

*August 17– 21, 2011:

2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was the thirty-ninth edition of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, that took place between 17 and 21 August 2011 in Szeged, Hungary. The Southern Hungarian city welcomed the world event for the ...

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, Hungary *September 7–11, 2011:

2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2011 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships took place from September 7–11, 2011 in Bratislava, Slovakia under the auspices of International Canoe Federation. It was the 34th edition. Bad weather conditions on September 7 and 8 forced the organ ...

in Bratislava, Slovakia

Cheerleading

;Cheerleading Worlds April 28, – May 2, – The

Walt Disney World Resort The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, ...

, Orlando, Florida, USA

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

* February 19 – April 2 –

2011 Cricket World Cup The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and for the first time in Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, ...

in Sri Lanka,

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, Bangladesh **The tournament was won by India who defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. India became the first host-nation to win the world cup with final played in the host country itself. Captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is also the curren ...

played a captain's knock of unbeaten 91 in the final and was adjudged man of the match. * Dates TBA – ICC Champions Trophy will take place. * April 8 – May 28 –

2011 IPL The 2011 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 4 or the IPL 2011, was the fourth season of the Indian Premier League, the top Twenty20 cricket league in India. The tournament was hosted in India and the opening and closing ceremonies ...

in India.

Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2008, the team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The team is owned by India ...

beat

Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). It was founded in 2008 by United Spirits and named after the company's liquor ...

by 58 runs in the final to win for the second consecutive year.

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

2010–11 curling season

;World Championships * Capital One World Women's Curling Championship (

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, Denmark, Mar. 19–27) **Women's winner: (

Anette Norberg Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a retired Swedish curler from Härnösand. She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Sw ...

) def. (

Amber Holland Amber Holland (born July 10, 1974) is a Canadian curler from Loreburn, Saskatchewan. Holland skipped Saskatchewan's team to a national women's championship in 2011 by defeating defending champion Jennifer Jones in the Scotties Tournament of He ...

) * Ford World Men's Curling Championship ( Regina, Saskatchewan, Apr. 2–10) **Men's winner: (

Jeff Stoughton Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Stoughton (born July 26, 1963) is a Canadian retired curler. He is a three-time Brier champion and two-time World champion as skip. Stoughton retired from competitive curling in 2015. He is one of the most successful Manitoba ...

) def. (

Tom Brewster Thomas Brewster Jr. (born 10 April 1974) is a Scottish curler from Aberdeen, Scotland. He is currently the coach of the Ross Paterson men's team. Career Brewster is a former World Junior champion, having won the title in 1995. The Scottish ...

) *

World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments featuring the world's best teams of mixed doubles curlers. History The tournament began in 2008 with the 2008 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. Switzerland's m ...

(

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

, Minnesota, Apr. 15–24) **Winner: def.

2011–12 curling season

;Season of Champions *

Canada Cup of Curling The Canada Cup (branded as the Home Hardware Canada Cup for sponsorship reasons, and also referred to as the Canada Cup of Curling) is a major men's and women's curling championship in Canada. It is organized by Curling Canada and is one of its ma ...

( Cranbrook, British Columbia, Nov. 30 – Dec. 4) **Men's winner: Kevin Martin def.

Glenn Howard Glenn William Howard (born July 17, 1962) is a Canadian curler who is one of the most decorated curlers of all time. He has won four world championships, four Briers and 17 Ontario provincial championships, including a record eight straigh ...

**Women's winner:

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

def.

Chelsea Carey Chelsea Danielle Carey (born September 12, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler from Calgary, Alberta. She is the 2016 and 2019 Canadian and Alberta women's champion skip and 2014 Manitoba provincial women's champion skip. Career ...

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

*October 8 – October 16:

2011 World Fencing Championships The 2011 World Fencing Championships was held at Catania, Italy from 8–16 October. Medal table Men's events Women's events External links FIEOfficial website {{World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships W Fencing Cha ...

in Catania, Italy

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

* January 24–30 –

2011 European Figure Skating Championships The 2011 European Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The 2011 competition ...

in Bern, Switzerland * February 15–20 – 2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

, Taiwan * February 28 – March 6 –

2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–11 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines ...

Gangneung Gangneung () is a municipal city in the province of Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea. It has a population of 213,658 (as of 2017).Gangneung City (2003)Population & Households. Retrieved January 14, 2006. Gangneung is the economic ...

, South Korea * April 24 – May 1 –

2011 World Figure Skating Championships The 2011 World Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2010–11 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competitio ...

in Moscow, Russia

Floorball

* Women's World Floorball Championships ** Champion: Sweden * Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships ** Champion:

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* Champions Cup ** Men's champion:

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** Women's champion: IF Djurgårdens IBF

Gymnastics

2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 4th Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships for both Men and Women was held in Berlin, Germany from 4 April 2011 until 10 April 2011. The event was held at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. 157 male gymnasts from 39 countries with and ...

2011 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships The 27th Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships was held in Minsk, Belarus from 25 to 29 May 2011. Medal winners

2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Montpellier, France, from September 19–25, 2011 at the Arena Montpellier. Only the top 24 groups from the 2010 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were allowed to take part in the ...

* 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Golf

Handball

* January 13–30 –

2011 World Men's Handball Championship The 2011 World Men's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Sweden from 13 to 30 January 2011. All matches were played in Malmö, Lund, Kristianstad, Gothenburg, Skövde, Jönköping, L ...

in Sweden ** , and . Fourth Title for . MVP = * December 3–16 –

2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women's Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the international championship tournament in women's Team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation (IHF). Brazil hosted the event from 2–18 Dec ...

in Brazil ** , and .

Horse racing

;Steeplechases *

Cheltenham Gold Cup The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs (3 ...

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Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap st ...

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Ballabriggs Ballabriggs (foaled 20 April 2001) is a retired Grand National-winning National Hunt racehorse trained by Donald McCain, Jr. in Cholmondeley, Cheshire and owned by Trevor Hemmings. Racing career Ballabriggs' racecourse debut was in a 2-mile N ...

Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris is a Group 1 steeplechase in France which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Auteuil over a distance of 6,000 metres, and during its running there are twe ...

– Mid Dancer *

Nakayama Grand Jump The Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ) is a Japanese horse racing steeplechase, held at Nakayama Racecourse every year in mid-April. It is for thoroughbreds, four years old and older, run at a distance of 4250m (2 5/8 miles + 84 f ...

– Meiner Neos ;Flat races * Australia: **

Cox Plate The W. S. Cox Plate is a Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over under Weight for age conditions, over a distance of 2040 metres (approximately 1m 2f), that is held by the Moonee Valley Racing Club at Moo ...

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Pinker Pinker Pinker Pinker was a notable Australian thoroughbred racehorse. A daughter of Reset (AUS) from the mare Miss Marion (AUS), she was foaled in 2007 and was trained throughout her career by Greg Eurell. Pinker Pinker showed above average abili ...

Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is a Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and over, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria as part of the Melb ...

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Dunaden Dunaden (26 February 2006 – 30 April 2019) was a French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He won the 2011 Melbourne Cup, ridden by Christophe Lemaire, trained by Mikel Delzangles. The horse was owned by Sheikh Fahad al Thani and managed by Davi ...

* Canadian Triple Crown: *#

Queen's Plate The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate between 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest Thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860. It is also the oldest continuously run race in North America. It is run at a distance of ...

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*# Prince of Wales Stakes –

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Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in T ...

–Pender Harbour ::* Luis Contreras becomes the first jockey to win the Canadian Triple Crown aboard two different horses in the same year. * Dubai, United Arab Emirates:

Dubai World Cup The Dubai World Cup (Arabic: كأس دبي العالمي) is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and contested at the Meydan Racecourse (Arabic: ميدان) which in Arabic suggests a place wh ...

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Victoire Pisa Victoire Pisa ( ja, ヴィクトワールピサ, link=no) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. After winning three of his four starts as a juvenile, the colt won the Satsuki Shō at Nakayama Racecourse in April 2010. Aft ...

* France:

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France, over a distance ...

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Danedream Danedream (foaled 7 May 2008) is a German Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in race record time. She is one of only three German trained horses to win the Arc, the others being Star Appeal in 1975 a ...

* Hong Kong:

Hong Kong International Races Hong Kong International Races (香港國際賽事) is an event consisting of the four most prestigious horse races in Hong Kong hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The four races are: Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), Hong Kong Mile (1600m), Hong Kong Cu ...

Hong Kong Vase The Hong Kong Vase is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 2,400 metres (about miles or 12 furlongs) at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year ...

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Hong Kong Sprint The Hong Kong Sprint is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,200 metres (about 6 furlongs) at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid De ...

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Hong Kong Mile The Hong Kong Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year in mid December ...

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Able One Able One (; foaled 1 November 2002) is a New Zealand-bred Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. In the season of 2009-2010, Able One win the HKG2 Chairman's Trophy, and he then followed up in the Champions Mile. Able One also is one of the nom ...

Hong Kong Cup The Hong Kong Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 2000 metres (about miles or 10 furlongs) at Sha Tin, and it is scheduled to take place each year ...

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California Memory California Memory () is an American-bred Hong Kong based Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the nominees of 2010-2011 Hong Kong Horse of the Year. Background California Memory is a grey gelding sired by Highest Honor out of the mare Kalpi ...

* Ireland:

Irish Derby The Irish Derby ( Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance ...

– Treasure Beach * Japan:

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

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Buena Vista Buena Vista, meaning "good view" in Spanish, may refer to: Places Canada *Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, with the name being originally derived from “Buena Vista” *Buena Vista, Saskatchewan *Buena Vista, Saskatoon, a neighborhood in ...

English Triple Crown The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, is a series of horse races for Thoroughbreds, often restricted to three-year-olds. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplis ...

: *# 2,000 Guineas Stakes –

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*# Epsom Derby – Pour Moi *#

St. Leger Stakes The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a ...

– Masked Marvel * United States Triple Crown: *# Kentucky Derby – Animal Kingdom *#

Preakness Stakes The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () o ...

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*# Belmont Stakes –

Ruler on Ice Ruler on Ice (foaled April 2, 2008) is a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2011 Belmont Stakes. He was bred and foaled in Kentucky by Brandywine Farm in partnership with Liberation Farm on. He is a chestnut gelding sired by Hill 'n' Dale ...

Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I Thoroughbred horse races, operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982. From its inception in 1984 through 2006, it was a single-day event; starting in 2007, ...

World Thoroughbred Championships at Churchill Downs,

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, Kentucky (both days arranged in race card order): ** Day 1: **# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint – Secret Circle **# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf – Stephanie's Kitten **#

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred fillies and mares three years old and up. As its name implies, it is a part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships, the ''de facto'' year- ...

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**# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies –

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**#

Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Champion ...

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Perfect Shirl Perfect Shirl (foaled May 10, 2007 in Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred Racehorse, racemare who won the 2011 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf in a 27-1 upset. She was foaled in the United States but her connections were Canadian. Background Perfect Shi ...

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Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. Known as the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic between 2008 and 2012, it is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States ...

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Royal Delta Royal Delta (February 2, 2008 – February 10, 2017) was a Champion American Thoroughbred Horse racing, racehorse. The daughter of Empire Maker was best known for winning back-to-back editions of the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic (later renamed th ...

** Day 2: **#

Breeders' Cup Marathon The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes, is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds and up, and contested on dirt at usually at a distance of miles. The race has a purse of US$350,000. It is run as part of the undercar ...

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Afleet Again Afleet Again (April 28, 2007 - April 12, 2018) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Breeders' Cup Marathon Stakes as a 41–1 upset. Background Afleet Again, a gray horse, was foaled in Kentucky. He was bred ...

**# Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf – Wrote **#

Breeders' Cup Sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for horses three years old and older. Run on dirt Corrected grade for Santa Anita sprintover a distance of 6 Furlongs ( mile), the race has been held annually s ...

– Amazombie **# Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint – Regally Ready **# Breeders' Cup Turf –

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**# Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile – Caleb's Posse **#

Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually in late October or early November at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup W ...

– Hansen **#

Breeders' Cup Mile The Breeders' Cup Mile is a Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course. It has been conducted annually as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships since the event's incepti ...

– Court Vision **#

Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in late October ...

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Drosselmeyer Drosselmeyer (foaled April 1, 2007, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2010 Belmont Stakes and the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic. Background Drosselmeyer was sired by multiple stakes winner Distorted Hum ...

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* December 26 (2010)–January 5:

2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships (''2011 WJHC''), was the 35th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted by the United States. The games were played ...

in Buffalo, United States. ** * April 29, – May 15, 2011:

2011 IIHF World Championship Eleven or 11 may refer to: *11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn *'' ...

in Slovakia, with games being played in Bratislava and Košice. ** * June 15: The

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

defeat the

Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and ...

4–0 in game seven to win the

2011 Stanley Cup Final The 2011 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) , and the culmination of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins defeated the Western Conference champion Vanco ...

. * September 7: The entire active roster of the

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

team is killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. * October 6: Start of the 2011–12 NHL regular season.

Ice sledge hockey Sledge hockey, also known as Sled hockey in American English, and Para ice hockey in international competition, is an adaptation of ice hockey for players who have a physical disability. The sport was invented in the early 1960s at a rehabilita ...

* February 12 – February 20 –

2011 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships The 3rd IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships was held between February 12, 2011 and February 20, 2011 aNiphallenin Sollefteå, Sweden. Participating 130 athletes from ten nations: Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, ...

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...

Kickboxing

The following is a list of major noteworthy kickboxing events during 2011 in chronological order. , - , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Date , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Event , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Alternate Name/s , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Location , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Attendance , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Notes , -align=center , December 31 , Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 , Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011 , Saitama, Japan , 24,606 , , -align=center

Korfball Korfball ( nl, korfbal) is a ball sport, with similarities to netball and basketball. It is played by two teams of eight players with four female players and four male players in each team. The objective is to throw a ball into a netless baske ...

* October 27 – 5 November:

2011 Korfball World Championship The 9th Korfball IKF Korfball World Championship, World Championship was held in Shaoxing, China, on October 27 – November 5, 2011 with 16 national teams in competition. Teams Pool matches Legend Second ...

Shaoxing Shaoxing (; ) is a prefecture-level city on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay in northeastern Zhejiang province, China. It was formerly known as Kuaiji and Shanyin and abbreviated in Chinese as (''Yuè'') from the area's former inhabitant ...

, China **

Mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 2011 in chronological order. , - , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Date , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Event , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Alternate Name/s , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Location , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Attendance , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", PPV Buyrate , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Notes , -align=center , January 1 , UFC 125: Resolution , ,

Las Vegas Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...

, Nevada, USA , 12,874 , 270,000 , , -align=center , January 22 , UFC: Fight For The Troops 2 , UFC Fight Night 23 , Killeen, Texas, USA , 3,200 , , , -align=center , January 29 , Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg , , San Jose, California, USA , 9,059 , , , -align=center , February 5 , UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort , ,

, Nevada, USA , 10,893 , 725,000 , , -align=center , February 12 , Strikeforce / M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva , Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva ,

East Rutherford East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 10,022, reflecting an increase of 1,109 (+12.4%) from the 8,913 counted in the 2010 census.

, New Jersey, USA , 11,287 , , , -align=center , February 25 , MFC 28: Supremacy , ,

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

, Alberta, Canada , , , , -align=center , February 26 , UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch , , Sydney, Australia , 18,186 , 260,000 , , -align=center , February 26 , BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shirai , ,

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

, England , , , , -align=center , March 3 , UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann , ,

, Kentucky, USA , 8,319 , , , -align=center , March 5 , Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson , Strikeforce: Columbus ,

Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

, Ohio, USA , 7,123 , , , -align=center , March 5 , Bellator XXXV , , Lemoore, California, USA , , , , -align=center , March 12 , Bellator XXXVI , , Shreveport, Louisiana, USA , , , , -align=center , March 19 , Bellator XXXVII , ,

Concho Concha and Concho means "shell" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages. The word can also refer to: Places * Concho, Arizona, a frontier town now functioning as a retirement community in Apache County * Concho, Oklahoma * Concho County, Texas ...

, Oklahoma, USA , , , , -align=center , March 19 , UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones , ,

Newark Newark most commonly refers to: * Newark, New Jersey, city in the United States * Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey; a major air hub in the New York metropolitan area Newark may also refer to: Places Canada * Niagara-on-the ...

, New Jersey, USA , 12,619 , 445,000 , , -align=center , March 26 , Bellator XXXVIII , , Tunica, Mississippi, USA , , , , -align=center , March 26 , UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis , UFC Fight Night 24 UFC Fight Night: Seattle ,

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, USA , 13,741 , , , -align=center , April 2 , Bellator XXXIX , ,

Uncasville Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River where it flows into the Thames River. The name is now applied more generally to all of the ...

, Connecticut, USA , , , , -align=center , April 8 , MFC 29: Conquer , ,

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places Australia * Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area * Windsor, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland **Shire of Windsor, a former local government authority around Wi ...

, Ontario, Canada , , , , -align=center , April 9 , Bellator XL , , Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA , , , , -align=center , April 9 , Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley , , San Diego, California, USA , , , , -align=center , April 16 , Bellator XLI , , Yuma, Arizona, USA , , , , -align=center , April 23 , Bellator XLII , ,

, Oklahoma, USA , , , , -align=center , April 30 , UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields , , Toronto, Ontario, Canada , 55,724 , 800,000 (Min.)
900,000 (Max.) , , -align=center , May 6 ,

Tachi Palace Fights 9 Tachi Palace Fights 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by Tachi Palace Fights (TPF) on Friday, May 6 at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, California. Background Alexis Vila was due to take on John Dodson, but pulled out of the bo ...

, , Lemoore, California, USA , , , , -align=center , May 7 , Bellator XLIII , , Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA , , , , -align=center , May 14 , Bellator XLIV , , Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA , , , , -align=center , May 21 , Bellator XLV , , Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA , , , , -align=center , May 21 , BAMMA 6: Watson vs. Ninja , , London, England , , , , -align=center , May 29 , Dream: Fight for Japan! , , Saitama, Japan , 6,522 , , , -align=center , June 4 ,

The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale ''The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos'' is the thirteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series ''The Ultimate Fighter''. The UFC and Spike TV held open tryouts on November 4, 2010, ...

, ,

, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , June 10 , MFC 30: Up Close and Personal , ,

, Alberta, Canada , , , , -align=center , June 11 , UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin , ,

, British Columbia, Canada , 14,685 , 325,000 (Min.)
335,000 (Max.) , , -align=center , June 18 , Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum , Strikeforce: Dallas ,

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, Texas, USA , , , , -align=center , June 25 , Bellator XLVI , , Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , June 26 , UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry , ,

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...

, Pennsylvania, USA , 7,792 , , , -align=center , July 2 , UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2 , ,

, Nevada, USA , 13,109 , 350,000 (Min.)
375,000 (Max.) , , -align=center , July 16 , Dream: Japan GP Final , , Tokyo, Japan , 8,142 , , , -align=center , July 23 , Bellator XLVII , ,

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

, Ontario, Canada , , , , -align=center , July 30 , Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson , ,

Hoffman Estates Hoffman Estates is a village in Illinois, United States. The village is located primarily in Cook County, with a small section in Kane County. It is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. The village now serves ...

, Illinois, USA , , , , -align=center , August 6 , UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2 , ,

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...

, Pennsylvania, USA , 11,583 , , , -align=center , August 14 , UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle , ,

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, USA , 6,751 , , , -align=center , August 20 , Bellator XLVIII , ,

, Connecticut, USA , , , , -align=center , August 27 , UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami , UFC: Rio ,

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, Brazil , , , , -align=center , September 3 , ONE FC: Champion vs. Champion , ,

Kallang Kallang is a planning area and residential town located in the Central Region of Singapore. Development of the town is centered around the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore. Kallang Planning Area is bounded by Toa Payoh in the ...

, Singapore , , , , -align=center , September 10 , Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals , ,

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, Ohio, USA , , , , -align=center , September 10 , Bellator XLIX , , Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA , , , , -align=center , September 10 ,

BAMMA 7 This is a listing of event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts. BAMMA 1: The Fighting Premiership ''BAMMA 1'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on 27 June 2009 at the Room ...

, ,

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1. ...

, England , , , , -align=center , September 17 , UFC Fight Night: Battle on the Bayou , UFC Fight Night 25 , New Orleans, Louisiana, USA , , , , -align=center , September 17 , Bellator L , , Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , September 24 , Dream 17 , , Saitama, Japan , , , , -align=center , September 24 , Bellator LI , , Canton, Ohio, USA , , , , -align=center , September 24 ,

UFC 135 ''UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 24, 2011 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Background The Ultimate Fighting Championship had its first ever event in Den ...

, ,

Denver Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...

, Colorado, USA , , , , -align=center , October 1 , UFC on Versus 6 , , Washington, D.C., USA , , , , -align=center , October 1 , Bellator LII , , Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA , , , , -align=center , October 8 , UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III , ,

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...

, Texas, USA , , , , -align=center , October 8 , Bellator LIII , , USA , , , , -align=center , October 15 , Bellator LIV , , Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA , , , , -align=center , October 29 , UFC 137: St-Pierre vs. Diaz , ,

, Nevada, USA , , , , -align=center , November 5 , UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz , ,

, England , , , , -align=center , November 12 , UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos , , Anaheim, California, USA , , , , -align=center , November 19 , Bellator Event , , Hollywood, Florida, USA , , , , -align=center , December 3 ,

The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale ''The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller'' is the fourteenth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series ''The Ultimate Fighter''. The UFC and Spike held open tryouts on March 21, 2011, ...

, ,

, Nevada USA , , , , -align=center , December 10 ,

UFC 140 ''UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the penultimate event for the UFC in 2011. The event fea ...

, , Toronto, Ontario, Canada , , , , -align=center , December 31 , Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011 , Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011 , Saitama, Japan , 24,606 , , , -align=center

Motorsport

Multi-sport events A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports among organized teams of athletes from (mostly) nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of interna ...

2011 Winter Universiade The XXV Winter Universiade, took place in Erzurum, Turkey between 27 January to 6 February. Erzurum is the city at the highest altitude in Turkey, at , and has over 320 cultural landmarks. Located in Eastern Anatolia Region, it is a city on the ...

* 2011 Summer Universiade * 2011 All-Africa Games *

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

2011 Asian Winter Games ) , Host city = Astana & Almaty, Kazakhstan , Nations participating = 262011 South Asian Winter Games The 1st South Asian Winter Games were held in Dehradun and Auli, India, Auli, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India in January 2011. The games were conducted by the Indian Olympic Association and the Winter Games Federation of India. A gr ...

* 2011 Pacific Games * 2011 South East Asian Games *

2011 Military World Games The 2011 Military World Games ( pt, Jogos Mundiais Militares de 2011), officially known as the 5th CISM Military World Games ( pt, V Jogos Mundiais Militares do CISM), was hosted from July 15–24, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th Military ...

2011 Commonwealth Youth Games The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Youth Games, and commonly known as Isle Of Man 2011, is a multi-sport event which took place from 7 to 13 September 2011 in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man. As ...

* 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games *

2011 Island Games The XIV Island Games (also known as the 2011 Natwest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was a major international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 1 July 2011, in the Isle of Wight, England. A total of 2,306 athletes from 24 islands compe ...

2011 ALBA Games The IV ALBA Games (Spanish: ''Juegos del ALBA Bicentenario'') is a multi-sport event held between 17–30 July 2011 in ten different states of Venezuela. The games are organized by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA). Participating n ...

* 2011 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival *

2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival The 2011 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held in Trabzon, Turkey, between 23 and 29 July 2011. Sports There were nine sports at the 2011 Festival, two branches, table tennis and water polo, less than compared with the 2007 Youth Olym ...

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

* July 3–10:

2011 Netball World Championships The 2011 World Netball Championships was the 13th edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Singapore from 3–10 July. All 48 matches were played at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Si ...

in Singapore 2011 April 15 – 20th National Netball Championships 17/U & 19/U June 9 Diamonds v Silver Ferns, Palmerston North 12th Diamonds v Silver Ferns, Auckland July 3 – 10th World Netball Championships 2011 12th – 17th National Netball Championships 21/U Jul 30 – 18 Sep Australian Netball League 2011 September 8 – 11th NetFest 2011 – Netball on the Gold Coast October 9 Diamonds v England, Newcastle 12th Diamonds v England, Canberra 16th Diamonds v England, Sydney 23rd Diamonds v Silver Ferns, Perth 26th Diamonds v Silver Ferns, Adelaide 30th Diamonds v Silver Ferns, Melbourne

Nordic skiing

Rink Hockey Roller hockey (in British English), rink hockey (in American English) or quad hockey is a team sport played on roller skates. It is the only quad skate team sport in existence where two teams face-off against one another at the same time. Two t ...

*2011

Rink Hockey Asian Championship The Roller Hockey Asian Championship is a roller hockey (quad), roller hockey competition with the national teams of Asian countries that happens every two years. It is organized by ''CARS'', Confederation of Asia Roller Sports. The last Tourname ...

*2011 Ladies Rink Hockey European Championship *

2011 Rink Hockey World Championship The 2011 FIRS Men's Roller Hockey World Cup was the 40th edition of the FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup. It was held in September 2011 in San Juan, Argentina. This was the fifth FIRS Roller Hockey World Cup organized in the province of San Juan. It ...

San Juan, Argentina *2011 Rink Hockey World Championship U-20, in Barcelos, Portugal **won by

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

*2011 Ladies Rink Hockey European Championship

Road bicycle racing

*May 7 – May 29:

2011 Giro d'Italia The 2011 Giro d'Italia was the 94th Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started on 7 May with a team time trial in Turin to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification, when the city served as the first capital of th ...

Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice ( 2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the V ...

sealed overall victory in the Giro d'Italia for the second time in his career. The win was later awarded to second-place finisher Michele Scarponi after Contador was given a retroactive ban following his 2010 Tour de France#Alberto Contador, positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France. *July 2 – July 24: 2011 Tour de France **Australian Cadel Evans won the race, having gained the lead in a time-trial on the penultimate day. He became the first Australian to win the race, and at 34, the oldest post-war winner. *August 20 – September 11: 2011 Vuelta a España **Spanish Juan José Cobo claimed his first major title. British Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins on the podium. *September 19 – September 25: 2011 UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark ** Mark Cavendish became the first British male since Tom Simpson to win the road race title

Rowing (sport), Rowing

* August 28 to September 4 – 2011 World Rowing Championships will be held at Lake Bled, Bled, Slovenia.

Rugby league

*2011's Rugby League World Golden Boot Award, Golden Boot for world's best player was awarded to Australian half back Johnathan Thurston. * February 13; 2011 NRL All Stars Game, NRL All Stars Game * February 23; 2011 World Club Challenge, World Club Challenge * May; City vs Country Origin * May; Australia vs New Zealand ANZAC Test * May 25 – 6 July: 2011 State of Origin series, State of Origin ** Queensland rugby league team, Queensland defeat New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales 2–1 for their sixth consecutive series win. * June 10: International Origin Match at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds ** In the first of what is planned to be an annual affair, the Exiles, a team consisting of non-English Super League players, defeated 16–12. * August; 2011 Challenge Cup Final, Challenge Cup final * March 11 to October 2; 2011 NRL season, National Rugby League season ** 2011 NRL Grand Final, Champions: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ** Minor premiers: Melbourne Storm * February 12 to October 2; Super League XVI, 2011 Super League season ** 2011 Super League Grand Final, Champions: Leeds Rhinos ** League Leader's Shield, League Leaders: Warrington Wolves * November; 2011 Rugby League Four Nations, Rugby League Four Nations

Rugby union

*February 4 – 19 March: 2011 Six Nations Championship, Six Nations Championship **Winner: , 26th title. *May 20: 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup, Amlin Challenge Cup Final at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff ** Harlequin F.C., Harlequins claimed the title with a 19–18 win over Stade Français, becoming the first team to win the Challenge Cup three times. *May 21: 2011 Heineken Cup Final, Heineken Cup Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff ** Leinster Rugby, Leinster won its second European title with a 33–22 win over Northampton Saints. *2010–11 IRB Sevens World Series, IRB Sevens World Series – clinched the series title at the 2011 London Sevens, London Sevens on May 22, with the 2011 Edinburgh Sevens, Edinburgh Sevens remaining to be played. *May 24 – 5 June: 2011 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Georgia ** , and . This was the first title for Samoa. *June 10–26: 2011 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy ** , and . This was the fourth title for New Zealand. * July 9: 2011 Super Rugby Final, Super Rugby Final at Lang Park, Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane **The Queensland Reds, Reds claimed their first title in the competition's professional era with an 18–13 win over the Crusaders (rugby), Crusaders. * July 23 – 27 August: 2011 Tri Nations Series, Tri Nations Series ** won its third title. ** This was also the final edition of the Tri Nations under that name. With the entry of in 2012, the competition was renamed The Rugby Championship. * September 9 – 23 October: 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand ** The tournament was won by New Zealand national rugby union team, New Zealand's All Blacks defeating France national rugby union team, France in the 2011 Rugby World Cup Final, final by a score of 8–7. , and . ;Domestic competitions * 2010–11 English Premiership (rugby union), English Premiership – Final, May 28 at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham: Leicester Tigers vs. Saracens F.C., Saracens **Saracens defeated Leicester Tigers 22–18 for their first-ever Premiership title. *2010–11 RFU Championship, RFU Championship – Worcester Warriors. As the only side among the semifinalists that met the requirements for promotion, they replaced Leeds Tykes, Leeds Carnegie in the 2011–12 English Premiership (rugby union), 2011–12 Premiership. * 2010–11 Top 14 season, Top 14 – Final, June 4 at Stade de France: Stade Toulousain, Toulouse vs. Montpellier Hérault RC, Montpellier ** Toulouse won 15–10 and lifted the Bouclier de Brennus for the 18th time. * 2010–11 Rugby Pro D2 season, Rugby Pro D2 – Lyon OU, Lyon won the championship and automatic promotion to the Top 14. Union Bordeaux Bègles, Bordeaux Bègles won the promotion playoffs. The two clubs will replace Stade Rochelais, La Rochelle and CS Bourgoin-Jallieu, Bourgoin. * 2010–11 Celtic League, Celtic League – 2011 Celtic League Grand Final, Grand Final, May 28 in Thomond Park, Limerick: **In an all-Irish affair, Munster Rugby, Munster won their third title against Leinster Rugby, Leinster 19–9. * 2010–11 LV Cup, LV Cup (Anglo-Welsh Cup) – Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester * 2011 ITM Cup, ITM Cup: ** Premiership – Final, September 3 in Waikato Stadium, Hamilton: Waikato Rugby Union, Waikato vs. Canterbury representative rugby union team, Canterbury *** Canterbury won 12–3 for their fourth consecutive title in the Air New Zealand/ITM Cup and ninth in the history of New Zealand provincial rugby. ** Championship: Final, September 4 in Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North: Manawatu Rugby Union, Manawatu vs. Hawke's Bay Rugby Union, Hawke's Bay *** Hawke's Bay won 35–30 and will replace Southland Rugby Football Union, Southland in the 2012 ITM Cup Premiership. * 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division, Currie Cup: Final, October 29 in Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg: Golden Lions vs. ** The Lions won 42–16 in the most one-sided Currie Cup final since 1980. ;Other major events * February 26: During the England–France match in the Six Nations, England's Jonny Wilkinson retakes the all-time lead for List of leading Rugby union Test point scorers, career Test points from New Zealand's Dan Carter. * February 27: During the Scotland–Ireland match in the Six Nations, Ireland's Ronan O'Gara retakes the all-time lead for List of Six Nations Championship records#Scoring, career points in the Championship from Wilkinson. * March 19: During the Ireland–England Six Nations match, two Irish players reach major career milestones in the Championship: ** Brian O'Driscoll takes over the all-time lead for List of Six Nations Championship records#Scoring, career tries in the Championship with his 25th try, breaking the record of Scotland's Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903), Ian Smith that had lasted since 1933. ** Ronan O'Gara makes his 56th appearance in the Championship, drawing level with countryman Mike Gibson (rugby union), Mike Gibson for List of Six Nations Championship records#Appearances, the Championship record. * July 30: During New Zealand's Tri Nations opener at home to South Africa, Carter reclaims the all-time lead for career Test points from Wilkinson.

Ski mountaineering

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Sumo

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Tennis

*2011 Australian Open (January 17 – January 30) ** 2011 Australian Open – Men's singles, Men's final:

defeats Andy Murray 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 ** 2011 Australian Open – Women's singles, Women's final: Kim Clijsters defeats Li Na 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 *2011 French Open (May 17 – June 5) ** 2011 French Open – Men's singles, Men's final: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer 7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1 ** 2011 French Open – Women's singles, Women's final: Li Na defeats Francesca Schiavone 6–4, 7–6^(7–0) *2011 Wimbledon Championships (June 20 – July 3) ** 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Men's final:

defeats Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 ** 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, Women's final: Petra Kvitová defeats Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–4 * 2011 US Open (August 29 – September 12) ** 2011 US Open – Men's singles, Men's final:

defeats Rafael Nadal 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 ** 2011 US Open – Women's singles, Women's final:

defeats Serena Williams 6–2, 6–3 *2011 WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. (October 24 – October 30) ** Petra Kvitová defeats Victoria Azarenka 7–5 4–6 6–3. 1st title *2011 Fed Cup (February – November) ** won the Fed Cup for the sixth time beating in Moscow 3–2. *2011 ATP World Tour Finals in London, United Kingdom. (November 20 – November 27) ** Roger Federer defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–3, 6–7, 6–3. Sixth title. *2011 Davis Cup (March – December) ** defeats in Seville. 5th title.

Volleyball

* Women's CEV Champions League 2010–11 November 23, 2010 – March 20, 2011. Final Four in Istanbul, Turkey ** Champions Simple cup icon

VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta Türk Telekom, VakıfBank Güneş TTelekom, Rabita Baku, Fenerbahçe Acıbadem . MVP: * Men's CEV Champions League 2010–11 November 17, 2010 – March 27, 2011. Final Four in Bolzano, Italy. ** Champions Trentino Volley, Trentino BetClic, VC Zenit Kazan, Zenit Kazan, VC Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Moscow. MVP: * 2011 Montreux Volley Masters June 7–12 in Montreux, Switzerland ** , and . MVP: *2011 FIVB World League, May 27 – July 10, 2011, with the Final Eight in Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland ** , and . MVP: *2011 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship July 22 – July 31 in Lima and Trujillo, Peru, Trujillo, Peru ** , and . MVP: *2011 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship August 1 – August 10 in

and Niteròi, Brazil ** , and . MVP: *2011 FIVB World Grand Prix August 5 – August 28, with the Final Eight in Macau, China ** , and . MVP: *2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship September 10 – September 18 in

and Czech Republic ** , and . MVP: *2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship September 22 – October 2 in Italy and Serbia ** , and . MVP: *2011 FIVB Women's World Cup November 4 – November 18 in Japan **, and . MVP: *2011 FIVB Men's World Cup November 20 – December 4 in Japan ** , and . MVP:

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