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Major International Sports Events

When it comes to General Awareness section in every exam, many questions come in our mind which we are not familiar with initially. Today we are going to focus on one such topic, major international sporting events. If you are preparing for any government job, then Major International Sports Events is a very important topic and the questions asked from this topic are very common. Find here a list of major international sporting events and their periodicity to help you with this topic.

The list of Major International Sports Events and their periodicity.

List of sporting events every 4 years

International Multisports event	GAMES	PERIODICITY
	Asian Games	Held every 4 years.
	Commonwealth Games	Held every 4 years.
	Summer Olympics	Held every 4 years.
	Gay Games	Held every 4 years.
	Military World Games	Held in every 4 years for military sportspeople.
	European Games	Expected to be held in every 4years.
	Youth Olympics	An International multi sport-event, held every 4 years.
	Paralympic games	Run in conjunction with the summer Olympic games, every 4 years.
	Winter Olympics	Held every 4 years.
	Olympic Games	Held every 4 years.
Cricket	ICC world cup	Held every 4 years.
Volleyball	Volleyball World Championship	Held every 4 years.
Football	FIFA World Cup	Held every 4 years.
Football	UEFA Champions League	Held every 4 years.
Baseball	World Baseball Classic	Held every 4 years.
Equestrian	EI World Equestrian Games(WEG)[Equestrian]	Held every 4 years.
Hockey(Field)	Hockey World Cup	Held every 4 years between the Summer Olympics

Sports events organized every year

	GAMES	PERIODICITY
Badminton	Badminton World Championship	Annual event held every year
Basketball	Basketball NBA Finals	Finals held in June every year
Cycling	UCI World Championships	Annual events held annually in different countries
Golf	British Open(Golf)	Played every year
	US(PGA)	Annual golf tournament
	Masters	Annual golf tournament
	US Open	This event is contested every year.
Gymnastics	Artistic Gymnastics World Championship	This event is contested every year
Hockey	Stanely Cup(Ice Hockey)	finals held in June every year
	Azlan Shah Cup	It is held annually
	Ice Hockey World Championship	an annual event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).
Tennis	Wimbledon	This grand slam event is played every year
	US Open	The tournament is held in August and September every year
	Australian Open	The tournament is held at Melbourne Park in January every year
	French Open	This tournament is held every year.
	Davis Cup	An annual international team tennis competition for men
	Hopman Cup	It is held every year.
	Federation Cup	An annual international team tennis competition for women
Weightlifting	World Weightlifting Championship	A 3-day event held every year.
Cricket	The Ashes	It is held every year.

Sports Event Held every Two Year

	GAMES	PERIODICITY
Golf	Ryder Cup(Golf)	This event is contested every 2 years.
Golf	President Cup(Golf)	This event is contested every 2 years.
Gymnastics	World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship	It is held every 2 years.
Handball	World Handball Championships	It is played every 2 years
Swimming	FINA World Championship(Swimming)	World Championships are held every 2 years

Sports Events Organized in Even and Odd Number of Years

	GAMES	PERIODICITY
Golf	Walker Cup	Trophy contested in an odd number of years.
Hockey	World Cup of Hockey	This event is now expected to host Biannually from 2016
Table Tennis	Table Tennis World Championship	Table Tennis World Championships are held in even-numbered years.

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