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Women’s Rugby World Cup New Zealand
2022-10-08 - 2022-11-12 | Auckland and Whangarei, New Zealand
Postponed from 2021, the women’s rugby union World Cup will be held in New Zealand from 8 October to 12 November 2022. The host venues are Eden Park in Auckland; Northland Events Centre in Whangarei; and Waitakere Stadium in Auckland.
There will be 12 nations competing in the Rugby World Cup and they have been drawn into three pools. The tournament kicks off at Eden Park on 8 October with South Africa taking on France in Pool C.
Pool-stage fixtures will be played across six matchdays between 8-23 October. The four quarter-finals will be played on 29 and 30 October, with Northland Events Centre in Whangarei hosting the first and second and Waitakere Stadium in Auckland hosting the third and fourth.
Both semi-finals on 5 November and the bronze match and final on 12 November will all be played at Eden Park.

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Rugby League World Cup: men's, women's and wheelchair
2022-10-15 - 2022-11-19 | England, United Kingdom
Postponed from 2021, the men’s, women’s and wheelchair Rugby League World Cups will be held from 15 October to 19 November 2022 in England. There will be a total 61 matches across the three tournaments.
RLWC will kick-off on Saturday 15 October at St James’ Park in Newcastle with England vs. Samoa in the men’s tournament. The first women’s fixture is between England and Brazil on Tuesday 1 November at Headingley Stadium in Leeds. And the opening fixture of the wheelchair tournament is Spain vs. Ireland on Thursday 3 November at the Copper Box Arena in London.
Manchester will host all three finals, starting with the wheelchair final at Manchester Central on Friday 18 November. Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium will then host a women’s and men’s double-header final on Saturday 19 November. The women’s final kicks off at 1.15pm (GMT) followed by the men’s final at 4pm (GMT).
For ticket details see Ticketmaster.co.uk and rlwc2021.com

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Cricket: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Australia 2022
2022-10-16 - 2022-11-13 | Australia, Australia
Australia will be the focus of the cricketing world when it hosts the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Taking place from 16 October to 13 November, the world’s best players from 16 teams will play 45 matches in what will be the biggest global sporting event to be hosted in Australia in 2022.
Matches will be played in Adelaide (Adelaide Oval), Brisbane (The Gabba), Geelong (Kardinia Park Stadium), Hobart (Bellerive Oval), Melbourne (MCG), Perth (Perth Stadium) and Sydney (SCG). Australia will go into the eighth edition of the men’s event as defending champions after winning their maiden ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title in 2021, defeating New Zealand in the final.
The opening fixture of the tournament will see Sri Lanka take on Namibia on Sunday 16 October at Kardinia Park in Geelong. The final on Sunday 13 November will be held at the MCG in Melbourne.
It will be the first time Australia has hosted the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, following on from a record-breaking women’s event in 2020 that culminated in 86,174 fans attending the final at the MCG on International Women’s Day.
Australia was originally scheduled to host the event in 2020, before it was postponed due to Covid-19 and October and November 2022.
See more at t20worldcup.com

FIG World Gymnastics Championships Liverpool 2022
2022-10-29 - 2022-11-06 | M&S Bank Arena Liverpool, Liverpool, L3 4FP, United Kingdom
The 2022 World Gymnastics Championships will be held at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England, from 29 October to 6 November. Buy tickets from Ticketmaster UK.

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Tennis: 2022 WTA Finals Fort Worth
2022-10-31 - 2022-11-07 | Dickies Arena, 1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States
From 31 October to 7 November 2022 at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

Horse racing: 2022 Breeders’ Cup
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-05 | Keeneland Race Course, 4201 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY, 40510, United States
From 4-5 November 2022 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, US
