体坛英语新闻：Major world sports events in 2019

BEIJING, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Following is a list of major world sports events for the year of 2019 (tabulated under date, event and venue):

Jan. 5-Feb. 1, Asian Cup Men's Soccer Tournament, United Arab Emirates

Jan. 6, Xiamen Marathon, Xiamen, China

Jan. 6-17, Dakar Rally, Peru

Jan. 14-27, Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia

Feb. 4-10, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Anaheim, United States

Feb. 23-24, World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Heerenveen, Netherlands

Mar. 2-3, World Allround Speed Skating Championships, Calgary, Canada

Mar. 2-12, 29th Winter Universiade, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Mar. 8-10, World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Sofia, Bulgaria

Mar. 14-21, Special Olympics World Summer Games, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mar. 18-24, World Figure Skating Championships, Saitama, Japan

Apr. 20-May 6, World Snooker Championship, Sheffield, Britain

Apr. 21-28, World Table Tennis Championships, Budapest, Hungary

May 19-26, Sudirman Cup Badminton Tournament, Nanning, China

May 23-Jun. 15, FIFA U-20 World Cup, Poland

May 26-Jun. 9, French Open, Paris, France

Jun. 7-July 7, Women's Soccer World Cup, France

Jun. 14-July 7, Copa America Soccer Tournament, Brazil

Jun. 21-30, European Games, Minsk, Belarus

July 1-14, Wimbledon, London, Britain

July 3-14, Summer Universiade, Napoli, Italy

July 6-28, Tour de France, France

July 12-28, World Swimming Championships, Gwangju, South Korea

July 26-Aug. 11, Pan American Games, Peru

Aug. 19-25, World Badminton Championships, Basel, Switzerland

Aug. 26-Sept. 8, US Open, New York, United States

Aug. 31-Sept. 15, Men's Basketball World Cup, China

Sept. 16-25, World Weightlifting Championships, Pattaya, Thailand

Sept. 28-Oct. 6, China Open, Beijing, China

Sept. 27-Oct. 6, World Athletics Championships, Doha, Qatar

Oct. 4-13, World Gymnastics Championships, Stuttgart, Germany

Oct. 6-14, Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai, China