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体坛英语新闻：Yearender: Major world sports events in 2014

2013-12-23来源:Xinhuanet

BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Following is a list of major world sports events for the year of 2014 (tabulated under date, event and venue):

January 2, Xiamen Marathon, Xiamen, China

January 5-18, Dakar Rally, Argentina/Chile

January 13-26, Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia

January 18-19, World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Nagano, Japan

Feb. 7-23, Sochi Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia

March 7-9, IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot, Poland

March 7-16, Sochi Paralympic Winter Games, Sochi, Russia

March 14-16, World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Montreal, Canada

March 24-30, World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama, Japan

Apr. 19-May 5, World Snooker Championship, Sheffield, Britain

Apr. 28-May 5, World Team Table Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan

May 14-25, Women's Soccer Asian Cup, Vietnam

May 18-25, BWF Thomas & Uber Cup, New Delhi, India

May 25-June 8, French Open, Paris, France

June 12-July 13, FIFA World Cup, Brazil

June 23-July 6, Wimbledon, London, Britain

July 23-August 3, Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland

August 16-28, Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, China

August 25-31, World Badminton Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark

August 25-31, World Judo Championships, Chelyabinsk, Russia

August 25-September 7, US Open, New York, United States

August 30-September 14, FIBA Basketball World Cup, Spain

September 3-21, FIVB Men's World Championship, Poland

September 19-Oct. 4, 17th Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea

September 21-27, Wuhan Tennis Open, Wuhan, China

September 23-Oct. 12, FIVB Women's World Championship, Italy

September 27-Oct. 5, China Open, Beijing, China

September 27-Oct. 5, FIBA World Championship for Women, Turkey

Oct. 3-12, World Gymnastics Championships, Nanning, China

Oct. 5-12, Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China

November 4-16, World Weightlifting Championships, Almaty, Kazakhstan

November 14-21, 4th Asian Beach Games, Phuket, Thailand

December 3-7, 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Doha, Qatar