The United Kingdom has been awarded, or is bidding to hold, a number of major international sporting events during the 2010s leading to an idea of a 'Golden Decade' in British sport. The idea of the golden decade has been discussed in many newspapers and has been mentioned by former Prime Minister

Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chance ...

and

Lord Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medals ...

Timeline of events

2010

14–18 April –

2010 European Badminton Championships The 2010 European Badminton Championships were the 22nd tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Manchester, England, from April 14 to April 18, 2010, and they were organised by the Badminton Europe and the Badminton E ...

at the

Manchester Arena Manchester Arena, currently referred to as the AO Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor arena in Manchester, England, immediately north of the Manchester city centre, city centre and partly above Manchester Victoria station in air rights s ...

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 ...

7–17 July –

2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship The 2010 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held in Birmingham, Great Britain from 7 to 17 July 2010. Both the men's and women's tournaments were held. The Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. ...

at the

National Indoor Arena Arena Birmingham (known for sponsorship reasons as Utilita Arena Birmingham, and previously as The Barclaycard Arena and originally as the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor arena and sporting venue in central Birmingham, United Kingdom. It ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

15–24 July –

2010 World Lacrosse Championship The 2010 World Lacrosse Championship was held between 15–24 July. This international men's field lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse took place in Manchester, United Kingdom. This was the third time that ...

at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

in Manchester 17 July – Completion of the 2009–10 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in

Kingston upon Hull Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary, inland from the North Sea and south-east ...

20 August–5 September –

Women's Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in 1991, but it was not until the 1998 tournament that the tournament received official backing ...

in London 1–4 October –

Ryder Cup The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named af ...

Celtic Manor Resort Celtic Manor Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South East Wales. Owned by Terry Matthews, Sir Terry Matthews, the resort is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch, Newport, Christ ...

in Newport 21–28 November –

ATP World Tour Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ...

The O2 Arena The O2 Arena, commonly known as the O2 (stylised as The O2 arena), is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of the O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London. It opened in its present form in 2007. It has the s ...

in London

2011

20–21 May –

Amlin Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception ...

and

Heineken Cup Finals The European Rugby Champions Cup is an annual rugby union competition for European clubs whose countries compete in the Six Nations Championship. Introduced in 2014, the competition replaced the Heineken Cup, which had been run by European Rugby C ...

in at the

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd) is a stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City Football Club and the Wales national football team. Following expansion of the Ninian Stand in July 2014 ...

and

Millennium Stadium The Millennium Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Principality) for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rug ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

26 May – Women's Champions League Final at

Craven Cottage Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against M ...

in London 28 May –

Champions League Final The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal football competition established in 1955. Prior to the 1992–93 season, the tournament was named the European Cup. The UEFA Champions League is open to the league champions of all UEFA (Union of European ...

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...

in London 3–7 August –

International Children's Games The International Children's Games (ICG) is an International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event held every year where children from cities around the world and between the ages of 12 and 15 participate in a variety of sports and cultural activitie ...

Lanarkshire Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotlan ...

8–14 August –

BWF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ...

Wembley Arena Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England, used for music, comedy, family entertainment and sport. The 12,500-sea ...

in London 17–20 November –

2011 Trampoline World Championships The 28th Trampoline and Tumbling World Championships were held in Birmingham, England, from 17 to 20 November 2011 at the National Indoor Arena. This event was the first qualifying round for the 2012 Olympics which was held in London. The top 8 ...

at the

in Birmingham 20–27 November – ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London

2012

20–26 February –

2012 FINA Diving World Cup The 2012 FINA Diving World Cup took place in London, United Kingdom, from Monday February 20, 2012 to Sunday February 26, 2012. The 2012 Fina World Diving Cup was the first event for the London Aquatics Centre,a test event part of the London Prep ...

at the

London Aquatics Centre The London Aquatics Centre is an indoor facility with two swimming pools and a diving pool in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. The centre, designed by architect Zaha Hadid as one of the main venues of the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

in London 3–6 May – 2012 European Taekwondo Championships at SportCity in Manchester 18–19 May –

and

at the

Twickenham Stoop Twickenham Stoop Stadium (informally referred to as The Stoop) is a sports stadium located in south-west London, England. The stadium is home to Harlequins rugby union team, who play in the Gallagher Premiership. The stadium has a capacity ...

and

Twickenham Stadium Twickenham Stadium () in Twickenham, south-west London, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there. The England national rugby union team play ...

in London 27 July–12 August –

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

in London 29 August–9 September –

Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...

in London 16–18 November –

UCI Track Cycling World Cup The UCI Track Cycling World Cup (formerly known as the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics) is a multi race tournament held over a track cycling season - usually between October and February. Each series is divided into several rounds, each held i ...

at the

Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, these venues hosted the badminto ...

in Glasgow November – ATP World Tour Finals at The O2 Arena in London

2013

21 April – IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London 10–12 May – 2013 EuroLeague Final Four at The O2 Arena in London 23 May – 2013 UEFA Women's Champions League Final at

Stamford Bridge Stamford Bridge may refer to: * Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, a village in England ** Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066 * Stamford Bridge (bridge), a bridge in the village of Stamford Bridge * Stamford Bridge (stadium), in L ...

in London 25 May – 2013 UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium in London 6–23 June – 2013 ICC Champions Trophy at

The Oval The Oval, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since ...

Edgbaston Edgbaston () is an affluent suburban area of central Birmingham, England, historically in Warwickshire, and curved around the southwest of the city centre. In the 19th century, the area was under the control of the Gough-Calthorpe family an ...

and

21–23 June – 2013 World Rowing Cup at

Eton Dorney Dorney Lake (also known as Eton College Rowing Centre, and as Eton Dorney as a 2012 Summer Olympics venue) is a purpose-built rowing lake in England. It is near the village of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and is around 3 km (2 miles) west of Wi ...

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 ...

1–10 August – 2013 World Police and Fire Games in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

3–4 August – Prudential Ride London, Grand Prix, London-Surrey 100 & London-Surrey Classic 7–11 August –

UCI Juniors Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow 1 September – Beginning of the

Clipper Round the World Yacht Race The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a biennial race that takes paying amateur crews on one or more legs of a circumnavigation of the globe in 11 specially-designed identical yachts owned by Clipper Ventures. Professional skippers and addi ...

St Katharine Docks St Katharine Docks is a former dock and now a mixed-used district in Central London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and within the East End. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, immediately downstream of the Tower of London an ...

in London 11–15 September –

ITU World Triathlon Series The World Triathlon Championship Series is World Triathlon's annual series of triathlon events used to crown an annual world champion since 2008. There are multiple rounds of competitions culminating in a Grand Final race. Athletes compete head- ...

Final at

Hyde Park Hyde Park may refer to: Places England * Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London * Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds * Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield * Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester Austra ...

in London 26 October–30 November –

Rugby League World Cup The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament contested by the top national men's representative teams. The tournament is administered by the International Rugby League and was first held in France in 1954, which was ...

in England and

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

1–3 November – UCI Track Cycling World Cup at the

Manchester Velodrome Manchester Velodrome is an indoor Olympic-standard cycle-racing track in Manchester, England, which opened in 1994. Part of the National Cycling Centre, the facility has been home to British Cycling since 1994, coinciding with the nations rise to ...

in Manchester 4–11 November –

at The O2 Arena in London

2014

13 April – IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London 23–24 May –

and

Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Arms Park ( cy, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green. The Arms Park was host to the British E ...

and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff 26–29 June World Corporate Games Liverpool presented by the International festival of Business. Delivered at multiple sporting venues across the Liverpool and City region and St George's Hall 5–7 July – Le Grand Depart, 2014 Tour de France in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

and London 24 July–3 August –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

in Glasgow 18–23 August – IPC Athletics European Championships at

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

10–14 September – Invictus Games London 2014 at

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is a sporting complex and public park in Stratford, Hackney Wick, Leyton and Bow, in east London. It was purpose-built for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, situated adjacent to the Stratford City developm ...

26–28 September –

at Gleneagles 9- 16 November –

at The O2 Arena in London 26–30 November – NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters at

Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is a sports and leisure venue located in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest, to the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is regularly used for international field hockey fixtures by both the Great ...

in London

2015

26 April – IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London 16–19 April –

European Judo Championships The European Judo Championships is the Judo European Championship organized by the European Judo Union. The 2015 and 2019 editions were held during the respective European Games. This is also expected for future editions of the European Games. ...

in Glasgow 1–2 May –

European Rugby Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception ...

and

European Rugby Champions Cup Finals European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe a ...

at the

and

in London 19–25 July – 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships at

Tollcross International Swimming Centre The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow. It hosted the Swimming events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The centre hosted the IPC Swimming World Championships during July 2015. Technical fe ...

in Glasgow 31 July – 8 August –

World Orienteering Championships The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 20 ...

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...

1 – 30 August 2015 –

EuroHockey Nations Championship The EuroHockey Nations Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Nations Championships. Th ...

at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London 28 August – 6 September –

European Wheelchair Basketball Championship The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The Euro ...

2015 18 September-31 October –

Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb E ...

in England 15–20 September –

ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the International Canoe Federation. The World Championships have taken place every year in non- Summer Olympic years since 2002. From 1949 to 1999, they ...

Lee Valley White Water Centre Lee Valley White Water Centre (previously known as Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre) is a white-water slalom centre, that was constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games. On 9 December 2010, Anne, Princess R ...

in London 23 October-1 November –

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnas ...

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

26-30 November –

Wheelchair Tennis Masters The Wheelchair Tennis Masters refers to a pair of end of year tennis events for wheelchair athletes held on an annual basis under the jurisdiction of the International Tennis Federation. The Wheelchair Tennis Masters for singles is an end-of-yea ...

at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London 2-6 December –

at The O₂ Arena in London

2016

2–6 March –

2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016. As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Ol ...

at the

London Velodrome Lee Valley VeloPark is a cycling centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. It is owned and managed by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, and it was opened to the public in March 2014. The facility was one of the p ...

in London 24 April – IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London 9–22 May – 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships at the

in London 18-26 June – Women's Hockey Champions Trophy at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London – 7–25 June –

2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship The 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was the ninth annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams. The event was organised in England by rugby's governing body, World Rugby. Twelve nations took part in the tournamen ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...

13-20 November – ATP World Tour Finals at The O₂ Arena in London Dates to be confirmed –

at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London

2017

April (dates to be confirmed) – IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup in London 12 and 13 May – 2017 European Rugby Challenge Cup Final and

2017 European Rugby Champions Cup Final The 2017 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2016–17 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-second European club rugby final in general. It was contested by defending champions Saracens of England and French sid ...

Murrayfield Murrayfield is an affluent area to the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland. It is to the east of Corstorphine and north of Balgreen and Roseburn. The A8 road runs east–west through the south of the area. Murrayfield is often conside ...

in Edinburgh 1-18 June –

2017 ICC Champions Trophy The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy was the eighth ICC Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament for the eight top-ranked One Day International (ODI) teams in the world. It was held in England and Wales from 1 to 18 June 2017. Pakistan won the competitio ...

in England and Wales 13–22 July – 2017 Women's Lacrosse World Cup at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford 14–23 July –

2017 World Para Athletics Championships The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It wa ...

at the

Olympic Stadium ''Olympic Stadium'' is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games. An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words ''Olympic Stadium'' as ...

in London July (dates to be confirmed) – Men's Hockey World League Semi-Final 2 at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London 5–13 August – 2017 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Olympic Stadium in London 8–25 August – 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Dublin and Belfast – Co-hosted 12–19 November –

2017 ATP Finals The 2017 ATP Finals (also known as the 2017 Nitto ATP Finals for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played at the O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom, from 12 to 19 November 2017. It was the season-ending event for the highest-r ...

at The O₂ Arena in London

2018

4–20 May – 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship 14-15 July – Inaugural

Athletics World Cup The Athletics World Cup was a team-based international athletics competition held in 2018. It featured eight national teams based on world rankings, with each team entering one athlete per event, and points gained on the basis of finishing posit ...

7–21 July –

Women's Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London 11–18 November – 2018 ATP Finals at The O₂ Arena in London

2019

10 and 11 May – 2019 European Rugby Challenge Cup Final and

2019 European Rugby Champions Cup Final The 2019 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twenty-fourth European club rugby final in general. The final was between defending champions and four-time winners Leinster, a ...

St James' Park St James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. With a seating capacity of 52,305 seats, it is the eighth largest football stadium in England. St James' Park ...

Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England *Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England *Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area in Australia, named after Newcastle ...

30 May–14 July –

2019 ICC Cricket World Cup The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...

in England and Wales 12–21 July –

2019 Netball World Cup The 2019 Netball World Cup (also known as the 2019 Vitality Netball World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of the INF Netball World Cup. It was held from 12–21 July 2019 at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England with matche ...

in Liverpool. 13–15 September –

2019 Solheim Cup The 2019 Solheim Cup was the 16th edition of the Solheim Cup matches, held from 13 to 15 September at the Gleneagles Hotel, Gleneagles PGA Centenary Course in Scotland. The Solheim Cup is a biennial team competition between the top women professi ...

at Gleneagles near

Auchterarder Auchterarder (; gd, Uachdar Àrdair, meaning Upper Highland) is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the Gleneagles Hotel. The High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Th ...

, Scotland 21-29 September –

2019 UCI Road World Championships The 2019 UCI Road World Championships was the 92nd edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. It took place between 22 and 29 September 2019 in the historic county of Yorkshire, United K ...

November (dates TBA) – 2019 ATP Finals at The O₂ Arena in London

Events hosted

2009–2020 ATP Finals

The

ATP Finals The ATP Finals is the season-ending championship of the ATP Tour. It is the most significant event in the annual ATP calendar after the four majors as it features the top-eight singles players and top-eight doubles teams based on their results th ...

, which ends the

ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organis ...

season in men's tennis, has been hosted at The O₂ Arena in London since 2009. The hosting contract currently runs through the 2020 edition.

2010 World Lacrosse Championships

hosted the world's biggest lacrosse event in July 2010. It was the third edition of the

World Lacrosse Championships The World Lacrosse Championship (WLC) is the international men's field lacrosse championship organized by World Lacrosse that occurs every four years. The WLC began before any international lacrosse organization had been formed. It started as a ...

held in England, with Manchester hosting the 1994 tournament and

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

hosting in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

. The event took place at the

, on the same campus used for the athletes' village at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

The International Rugby Board, now known as

World Rugby World Rugby is the world governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international rug ...

, which governs

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 its m ...

, announced in September 2008 that the

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in England. The International Rugby Board Executive Committee selected the host union following a recommendation from the Rugby World Cup Limite ...

would be held in London. The event was held in late August and early September. All matches took place at the Surrey Sports Park in

Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...

, except for the semi-finals, third-place match, and final, which were held at the

2010 Ryder Cup

The 2010 Ryder Cup was held at the Celtic Manor Resort Hotel in Newport,

South Wales South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...

. Originally scheduled for 1–3 October, it was extended to 4 October due to delays caused by heavy rains.

2011 European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Rugby Champions Cup

hosted the

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 *'' ...

on 21 May. This was the fourth time that the

venue, the home of

Welsh rugby union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. The WRU is responsible for the running ...

, hosted this event. The day before, the city also hosted the

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 cont ...

of the second-tier

2011 Women's Champions League and Champions League Finals

hosted the

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 C ...

on 28 May. This was the first time the current Wembley had hosted the event; the

original Wembley Stadium The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup fi ...

had hosted the final five times. Including two finals at

Hampden Park Hampden Park (Scottish Gaelic: ''Pàirc Hampden''), often referred to as Hampden, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the no ...

and one at

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, this was the ninth time that Britain had hosted the European Cup/Champions League final. As a part of its successful bid, London was also awarded the 2011 UEFA Women's Champions League Final, which was held on 26 May at

. It was the first time Britain had hosted the final of the women's event.

2011 International Children's Games

The

is the world's largest international multi-sport youth event, with nearly 2,000 athletes, coaches and officials from over 70 countries taking part. The event is informally referred to as the 'Mini-Olympics'.

won the unanimous backing of the ICG Committee for hosting rights to the 2011 Games, beating strong competition from

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

and

Daegu Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is ...

. Scotland's First Minister

Alex Salmond Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (; born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician and economist who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure on the Scottish nationalist movement, he has served as leader ...

spoke to the committee in a video message, pointing out that the awarding of the 2011 Games to Lanarkshire would be a major boost to the local area and informing them that the entire nation was supporting the bid. One of the prime venues was

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, which is also an official

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venue. Other venues included the new £29m sports facility at

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, the

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Category A listed

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and the Airdrie Lesiure Centre.

2012 Amlin Challenge Cup and Heineken Cup Finals

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, home to both the

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and England's

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for the sport, hosted the 2012 Heineken Cup Final on 19 May. As with Millennium Stadium the year before, this was the fourth final for Twickenham. The adjacent

hosted the Amlin Challenge Cup final on the day before the Heineken Cup Final; this was the fourth Challenge Cup final at The Stoop.

2012 Summer Olympics

After

and

failed to deliver winning bids for the

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and

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, the

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(BOA) decided that London was the best choice to pursue the goal of hosting the Summer Olympics. The centrepiece of the London bid was the

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, the location designated to be transformed into a world-class

Olympic Park An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics c ...

and

Olympic Village An Olympic Village is an accommodation center built for the Olympic Games, usually within an Olympic Park or elsewhere in a host city. Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes, as well as officials and athletic trainers. Afte ...

. It would be connected via a high-speed shuttle service, dubbed the

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, and existing transport links capable of transferring 240,000 people per hour. After the Olympics and Paralympics close, the area will be transformed into the largest urban park developed in Europe for more than 150 years, with an area of 500

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s (2 km²), and will be home to the Olympic Medical Institute (OMI), a sports medical and rehabilitation centre. The bid called for substantial improvement of the

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system, which was supposed to be able to handle the Olympic crowds, and more investment into new Olympic sites throughout the city. London was considered to be the second favourite for the election after Paris, but intense lobbying by the London bid team at the later stages of the bidding process swung the votes in their favour. On 7 July 2005, the victory celebrations were marred by the

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on London's public transport system. This prompted immediate fears concerning the security of the 2012 Games, to which the IOC and British officials reacted in a reassuring way.

2012 Summer Paralympics

London won hosting rights to the 2012 Summer Paralympics as part of its successful bid to host the Summer Olympics. The event used many of the Olympic venues.

2013 Euroleague Final Four

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, which operates Europe's top club competition in men's basketball, the EuroLeague (at that time branded as "Euroleague"), announced on 12 May 2012 that The O₂ arena would host the league's Final Four on 10 and 12 May 2013. The contract between Euroleague Basketball and O₂ arena operator

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included a mutual option for the venue to host the 2014 Final Four, but one or both parties decided not to exercise that option, and the 2014 Final Four was instead awarded to

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

2013 Women's Champions League and Champions League Finals

The hosting of the 2011 Champions League Final at the 90,000 Wembley Stadium was deemed such a success, UEFA announced on 16 June 2011 Wembley would host the 2013 final – the first time a stadium has hosted the European Cup final twice in three years. The 2013 final would coincide with the 150th anniversary of

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– the world's oldest football governing body. As a part of its successful bid, London was also awarded the 2013 Women's Champions League Final. As in 2011, that match was held two days before the (men's) Champions League Final. This time,

hosted the women's final.

2013 ICC Champions Trophy

Three cities in the United Kingdom, London,

and

, hosted the seventh

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, which was intended to be the final edition of that event. The eight major test nations competed in the limited overs tournament, with

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winning.

2013 Rugby League World Cup

Following the success of the 2008 World Cup, the

RLIF The International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football. Previously known as the ''Rugby League Imperial Board'', the '' International Rugby League Board'' and latterly the ''Rugby League Internat ...

officially announced the next tournament to be held in 2013. The UK was favourites to host the sport's most prestigious event, but faced stiff competition from Australia, who had successfully hosted the 2008 competition – the most watched in

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's history. On 28 July 2009 the RLIF held a meeting in Singapore and, ending months of speculation, announced that the UK would host the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

2014 Amlin Challenge Cup and Heineken Cup Finals

Initially, the 2014 finals of the

Heineken Cup The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...

and

were scheduled to be held in the Paris area in France. However, the

French Rugby Federation The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the France national rugby union team, French national team and the National Rugby League (Franc ...

pulled out of hosting because of uncertainty over the availability of

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for the Heineken Cup Final. As a result, the organiser of both competitions,

European Rugby Cup European Rugby Cup Ltd (or ERC) was the governing body and organiser of the two major European rugby union club tournaments; the Heineken Cup and the Amlin Challenge Cup. It was replaced by the European Professional Club Rugby governing body in ...

, reopened the bidding for both finals (which were awarded in a single package). Bids were received from all three of the Home Nations on the island of Great Britain—

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and

. Ultimately, the finals were awarded to

, which had most recently hosted the finals in

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. This was the fifth Heineken Cup Final at Millennium Stadium, and the seventh for the city (two other finals had been held at the

National Stadium Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadiu ...

that previously occupied the Millennium Stadium site). Unlike 2011, when the Challenge Cup Final was played at

, the second-tier final was held at

, directly adjacent to Millennium Stadium. This match was the first European final ever played on an artificial surface, as the Arms Park's main tenant, the

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, installed a modern artificial pitch for the 2013–14 season. These were the last-ever finals of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup. From 2014 to 2015, these competitions were replaced respectively by the

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and

2014 Tour de France Grand Depart

The first three stages of the

2014 Tour de France The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race included 21 stages, starting in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, on 5 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The race al ...

took place in Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and London.

2014 Commonwealth Games

Scotland was the first country to consider hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games in 2004, with Scottish cities being invited by the

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to consider making a bid. In September 2004, Glasgow was announced as the Scottish candidate city over

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(which hosted the Games in

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and

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, and the inaugural

Commonwealth Youth Games The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The games were held in the years, mid-way between when the Commonwealth Games are held, until 2008. They continued to be held ...

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) following a cost-benefit analysis by the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland. The Scottish Executive under then

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, with the support of the

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and all main parties in the

Scottish Parliament The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...

, formally announced Glasgow's intention to host the games on 16 August 2005. In March 2006, the bidding process began, with the Glasgow Bid team presenting their case to the Commonwealth Games Federation at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

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, along with the other confirmed candidate cities; the

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n capital,

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

and Halifax in Canada; Halifax later withdrew due to 'unacceptably high cost projections'. In October 2006, the first voting delegates arrived in Glasgow, in order to inspect the city's existing and proposed amenities and facilities. Glasgow announced on 16 January 2007, the 17 sports to be included should its bid be successful. Halifax later withdrew its bid on 8 March 2007, following the withdrawal of funding from the municipal government. That left Abuja and Glasgow as the remaining bidders, with Abuja seen as a likely favourite due to the basis of its campaign that Africa has never before hosted the Commonwealth Games. The deadline for formal submission of bids to the Commonwealth Games Federation, in the form of a Candidate City File, was set for May 2007. Both bids were highly recommended, though Glasgow's bid team had made use of extensive

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against the

and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and as a result, its bid was deemed technically superior according to the CGF Evaluation Report that was released in September 2007. The Commonwealth Games Evaluation Commission concluded that: "Glasgow has shown it has the ability to stage the 2014 Commonwealth Games to a standard which would continue to enhance the image and prestige of the Games." This put Glasgow ahead in terms of the technical comprehensiveness of its bid. The final decision on the host city of the 2014 Commonwealth Games was held in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

on 9 November 2007 at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly, attended by all 71

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Games member associations. Each bid city made a presentation to the General Assembly, the order of which was determined by drawing lots. Glasgow's delegation was led by Louise Martin, chair of the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland, First Minister

, athlete Jamie Quarry and Leader of

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Steven Purcell. The presentation also included a promotional film narrated by

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. Abuja's delegation was led by General

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, head of the Abuja 2014 Commonwealth Games bid team. The CGF members subsequently voted for their preferred candidate in a secret ballot. As there were only two bids, the winner was announced by the CGF President, Mike Fennell, after the first round of voting, with the winner only requiring a simple majority. Celebrations were held at Glasgow's

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, where a crowd of over 1,200 had gathered to watch the result live.

2014 Ryder Cup

The 2014

was held at Gleneagles in

2015 European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Rugby Champions Cup Finals

The inaugural finals of the new European rugby union competitions, the

and

, were held in London. On 1 May 2015, the

hosted the final of the second-tier

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

. The following day, the adjacent

hosted the inaugural Champions Cup Final. Including finals of the former

and

European Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception i ...

, these were the fifth European club rugby finals for each venue.

2015 World Orienteering Championships

The 2015

were hosted by

and based in

during August 2015. The World Championships were awarded on 18 August 2011 at an

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press conference, beating out a bid by Sweden. The championships were previously held in Scotland on two occasions, in 1976 and 1999.

2015 Rugby World Cup

The

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was hosted by England. Their winning bid included the proposed hosting of some games in Cardiff; this was officially ratified by

, then known as the International Rugby Board (IRB), on 24 May 2011. The Rugby World Cup was awarded on 28 July 2009 following the IRB Executive Board ratifying Rugby World Cup Limited's proposed decision to award the 2015 World Cup to England and the 2019 World Cup to Japan.

2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

In May 2011, it was announced that

would be the host city of the 2015 edition of the

. The 2015 edition was the third to have been staged in the UK, and the first in Scotland, following the Glasgow bid's success over rival pitches from Paris and

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, a facility designed and built for the Commonwealth Games that were held in the city a year earlier, was the primary venue for the Championships.

2016 UCI Track World Championships

The London VeloPark in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, host of the 2012 Summer Olympic track cycling, hosted the world championships in February 2016.

2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship

On 16 June 2015,

announced that the

(rugby union) would be held in

. The event used two stadia—

AJ Bell Stadium Salford City Stadium (referred to as the AJ Bell Stadium for sponsorship purposes) is a rugby stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, England, built to replace Salford rugby league club's ground the Willows for the 2012 season. Sale Sharks rugby unio ...

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and Manchester City Academy Stadium in

. Since the establishment of the championship's current U20 format in 2008, this was the first time that England hosted and the second for the UK; Wales hosted the 2008 event.

2016 European Swimming Championships

During the 2013 LEN Bureau meeting in Barcelona the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was allocated to London. This was the first major international aquatic championship in the Aquatic Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park since the 2012 Olympic Games.

2017 European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Rugby Champions Cup Finals

The 2017 finals of both the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup were hosted by

, home to the

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and the Scotland national team. On 17 June 2015, the organiser of both competitions,

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, announced the sites of the 2016 and 2017 finals of both competitions, with the 2016 finals being awarded to

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, France, and the 2017 finals being awarded to Edinburgh. At that time, Murrayfield was only confirmed as the site of the Champions Cup final, but on 30 March 2016 it was confirmed that Murrayfield would also host the Challenge Cup final. The 2017 Champions Cup final was the first at Murrayfield since

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and the third overall; the 2017 Challenge Cup final was the first ever in Scotland.

2016–2018 Wheelchair Tennis Masters

Announced on 3 December 2012, London would be hosting the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters for three years starting in 2016 at

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2017 ICC Champions Trophy

Following the 2013 Champions Trophy, the

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planned to replace the Champions Trophy in the cricketing calendar with the

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. This was the second time the ICC had announced this plan; it had previously intended to launch the Test Championship in 2013, with the

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(ECB) hosting the inaugural event, but scrapped the original plans in 2011. In 2014, the ICC again cancelled the Test Championship in favour of continuing to hold the Champions Trophy, and the ECB, which had been awarded the 2017 Test Championship, was given hosting rights for the 2017 Champions Trophy as compensation.

2017 World Para Athletics Championships

On 19 December 2012, London was announced as host of the 2017 edition of the event then known as the IPC Athletics World Championships, using the

built for the

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. By the time of the event, the

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, which serves as the governing body for disability athletics, had renamed the competition as the

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. The event was spectacularly successful by the standards of previous editions of these championships. In all, 305,000 tickets were sold for the event—more than were sold for the previous eight editions of these championships combined, and only 10,000 less than

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sold for athletics at the

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. The

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had total sales of only 15,000.

2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships

On 11 March 2011

UK Athletics UK Athletics (UKA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for overseeing the governance of athletics events in the UK as well as athletes, their development, and athletics o ...

announced that they would submit a bid for the 2017 Athletics World Championships, whereby London would be used to host, using the

built for the

. On 11 November 2011 it was announced that the bid was successful.

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup

The

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was hosted by Ireland. Rugby union in Ireland is organised on an

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basis, with the

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(IRFU) governing the sport in both the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

and

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announced on 13 May 2015 that the IRFU had been awarded the Women's World Cup. The group stage was played in the Republic's capital of

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, with all knockout stage and classification matches held in

. Most of the Belfast matches were held at

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; both semi-finals and the final were at

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, plus two classification matches that involved the hosts.

2018 IAAF Athletics World Cup

On 5 February 2018 British Athletics confirmed that eight of the world's top athletics nations would compete in the inaugural Athletics World Cup London 2018 at the London Stadium on 14–15 July.

2018 Women's Hockey World Cup

Following an unsuccessful bid to host the 2014 edition of the competition, England was awarded the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup in November 2013. This will be held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre – host of the 2015 EuroHockey Championships, NEC Tennis Masters from 2016 and also the 2016 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy.

2019 European Rugby Challenge Cup and European Rugby Champions Cup Finals

The 2019 finals of both the European Rugby Champions Cup and European Rugby Challenge Cup will be hosted at

, normally home to

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On 3 April 2017, the organiser of both competitions,

, announced the sites of the 2018 and 2019 finals of both competitions, with the 2018 finals being awarded to

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, Spain and the 2019 finals being awarded to Newcastle. Unlike the announcement of the 2017 finals, for which Murrayfield was initially announced as hosting only the Champions Cup final and only later being confirmed as the Challenge Cup final host, St James' Park was confirmed as hosting both finals. Including finals of the predecessor to the Champions Cup, the Heineken Cup, the 2019 Champions Cup final will be the 15th in Britain and sixth in England, but the first-ever final hosted by an English stadium other than

. As for the Challenge Cup (and ''its'' predecessor, the original European Challenge Cup), this will also be the 15th final staged in the UK, and the 12th in England. St. James' Park will also be the first British stadium to host a Challenge Cup final that at the time was not the regular home to a professional club rugby team.

2019 Cricket World Cup

The 2019

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will be hosted by

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. This will be the twelfth World Cup competition, and the fifth time it has been held in England, having played host in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999. The hosting rights were awarded in April 2006, after England withdrew from the bidding to host the

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, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. In turn, those countries had been defeated by India, Pakistan,

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, and

for the right to stage the

contest.

2019 Netball World Cup

The 2019 Netball World Cup will be the 15th staging of the premier competition in international netball, contested every four years. The tournament will be held from 12 to 21 July 2019 at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.

2019 Solheim Cup

The 2019

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, the women's equivalent to the Ryder Cup, will be hosted by Gleneagles in

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. Gleneagles beat out a rival hosting bid from Sweden. This will be the third Solheim Cup to be hosted by the UK, all three by Scotland, but the first since

Events speculated

Super Bowl

In 2007, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated that "There is a great deal of interest in holding a Super Bowl in London". However, at that time, the earliest Super Bowl London could host would have been

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in 2013. In 2009, British media reports suggested that London was planning to submit bids for the 2014, 2015 and 2017 Super Bowls, although by that time, Goodell denied any NFL interest in a London bid. Ultimately, the 2014 game was awarded to the New Meadowlands Stadium, now known as

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, in

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(near New York City) with London not submitting a formal bid. London also did not submit a bid for the 2015 game, which was awarded to

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in the

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area. The 2017 game, which would mark the 50th anniversary of the first Super Bowl (but the 51st game in the series), was eventually awarded to

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(previously Reliant Stadium) in

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, also without a London bid.

Failed/Abandoned bids

2018 Men's Hockey World Cup

Following an unsuccessful bid to host the 2014 edition of the competition, England won the right to host the Women's World Cup in November 2013, culminating in finals at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, home of the 2012 Summer Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. The men's World Cup was awarded to India.

2018 Summer Youth Olympics

On 19 September 2011 it was announced that Glasgow would submit to the

(BOA) a proposal to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On 22 February 2012 the BOA agreed to put Glasgow forward as the United Kingdom's bidding city for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.Glasgow Great Britain's Candidate For 2018 Youth Olympic Games
In July 2013 they were awarded to Buenos Aires.

2018 World Lacrosse Championship

was announced in 2013 as the host city for the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship for men. However, the sport's governing body for England, English Lacrosse, withdrew from hosting duties in May 2017, citing what it saw as an unacceptably high level of financial risk. The event ultimately took place in

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

between 12 and 21 July 2018.

2018 FIFA World Cup bid

It was announced on 2 December 2010 that England's bid was unsuccessful and the 2018 FIFA World Cup would be held in Russia.

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup bid

Failed due to unsuccessful bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

UEFA Euro 2016

In December 2006, the

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announced it was tentatively considering the possibility of jointly hosting the tournament with the

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. Scotland, along with the

, bid for

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and there has been much discussion over whether the nation should consider a solo bid for Euro 2016. The entrance into government of the

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(SNP) had previously boosted the hopes of such an outcome. Ultimately it was announced on 9 March 2009 that Scotland and Wales, who had planned to bid together, decided the cost of staging the event was too great. Factors sited were principally the dire economic situation and the fact that 2016 would see the tournament expand to 24 teams from 16, greatly increasing the cost of hosting.

2014 Men's and Women's Hockey World Cup

London bid to host the men's and

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versions of the Hockey World Cup in 2014. The bid would have been only the second time both events have been held simultaneously and was planned to centre around the

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, built for the

, and would have been the first international event held at a 'legacy facility' in the Olympic Park after the London Olympics. Boxing promoter Frank Warren was brought in by

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to help with the bid. On 11 November 2010, it was announced the Netherlands had won the bid.

2015 IAAF World Athletics Championships

London submitted a bid to the

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to host the 2015 World Championships in 2010, however due to the uncertain future of the

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at the time, the bid was moved to the 2017 World championships, leaving only

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in the race. The event was accordingly held in The

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, the athletics venue for the 2008 Olympic Games.

2018 Gay Games

London was one of three cities shortlisted to host the 2018 edition of the Gay Games, alongside Paris and Limerick. Venues would have included many of those used in the 2012 Summer Olympics, including those in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, as well as The O2 Arena and SouthBank Centre. The Games were awarded to Paris.

2019 World Para Athletics Championships

Following the success of the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, UK Athletics announced that it would submit a bid to host the event again in

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. London was competing against

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for hosting rights, with a bidding deadline of 30 September 2017. However, the day before the bidding deadline, London abandoned the 2019 bid, citing scheduling issues and a lack of funding to support the bid. With Kuala Lumpur also pulling out, bidding was reopened, and the event was ultimately awarded to

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References

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External links

London Summer Olympics 2012 Official site

Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Official site

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Official site

England 2018 FIFA World Cup official bid site
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