Unmissable Events

[rowan]

6 Nations is the first of the BBC's unmissable sporting events for 2018, though no other rugby fixtures or tournaments make the cut. Not too surprising in a non-RWC year.

3 February-17 March: Rugby Union - Six Nations

9-25 February: Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, South Korea

4-15 April: Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia

5-8 April: Golf - Masters, Augusta National, Georgia

14 April: Horse racing - Grand National, Aintree

19 May: Football - FA Cup final and Scottish Cup final

26 May: Football - Champions League final, Kiev, Ukraine

14 June-15 July: Football - World Cup, Russia

2-15 July: Tennis - Wimbledon

7-29 July: Cycling - Tour de France

8 July: Formula 1 - British Grand Prix, Silverstone

19-22 July: Golf - The Open, Carnoustie

1-5 August: Cricket - England v India Test series starts at Edgbaston

1-12 August: European Sports Championships, Glasgow and Berlin

28-30 September: Golf - Ryder Cup, Le Golf National, Paris

http://www.bbc.com/sport/41527965

[rowan]

So the 7s World Cup didn't make the cut. Not surprising, really. Given there is already an annual World Series, plus Olympics every four years, the game hardly needs a World Cup at all. I think they should put it on ice so long as the sport has Olympic status. Let that serve as the condensed versions official quadrenniel world championships.

[rowan]

Only one thing on this list I'll be watching at all:

14 June-15 July: Football - World Cup, Russia

[rowan]

I certainly won't be watching every game in the World Cup. I used to try and watch as many of the group games as possible till it went to 32, and now there are just too many. So I tend to zoom in with the knock-out stages. but with the last two tournaments my intererest evaporated after the quarter-final stages and I haven't bothered to watch a final since 2006 - which was a terrible final to boot!