| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|
| 1–6 | Archery |  2016 World Indoor Archery Championships | International |  Italy |
| 1–12 | Cross-country skiing |  2016 Ski Tour Canada | International | Men:  Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Women: Therese Johaug |
| 2–6 | Track cycling |  2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | International | Great Britain |
| 3–6 | Golf |  2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship | International |  Adam Scott |
| 3–13 | Association football |  2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | Continental | United States |
| 3–13 | Biathlon | Biathlon World Championships 2016 | International |  France |
| 4–5 | Triathlon |  2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #1 | International | Men:  Mario Mola
Women: Jodie Stimpson |
| 4–6 | Amateur wrestling |  2016 African Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle:  Tunisia
Women's Freestyle:  Nigeria
Greco-Roman: Egypt |
| 4–6 | Darts |  2016 UK Open | International |  Michael van Gerwen |
| 4–6 | Rugby sevens | 2016 USA Sevens (WRSS #5) | International |  Fiji |
| 5–6 | Speed skating |  2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Sven Kramer
Women:  Martina Sáblíková |
| 5–13 | Curling |  2016 World Junior Curling Championships | International | Men:  Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat)
Women: Canada (Skip: Mary Fay) |
| 6–12 | Multi-sport | /  2016 Arctic Winter Games | Regional |  Alaska |
| 8–13 | Amateur wrestling |  2016 European Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's freestyle:  Russia (medals),  Georgia (points)
Women's freestyle:  Azerbaijan (medals),  Ukraine (points)
Greco-Roman: Russia (medals and points)
Overall: Russia (medals), Ukraine (points) |
| 8–13 | Snooker |  2016 World Grand Prix | International | Shaun Murphy |
| 8–3 April | Cricket |  2016 ICC World Twenty20 | International |  West Indies |
| 9–20 | Tennis | 2016 BNP Paribas Open | International | Men:  Novak Djokovic
Women:  Victoria Azarenka |
| 11–12 | Amateur wrestling |  2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle: New Zealand
Women's Freestyle: Australia
Greco-Roman: New Zealand |
| 11–13 | Athletics | 2016 World University Cross Country Championships | International | Men:  Hicham Amghar
Women: Sevilay Eytemiş |
| 11–13 | Speed skating |  2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Benjamin Donnelly
Women: Elizaveta Kazelina |
| 11–13 | Speed skating |  2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Han Tianyu
Women: Choi Min-jeong |
| 11–30 | Chess | Candidates Tournament 2016 | International | Sergey Karjakin |
| 12 | Triathlon | ITU Triathlon World Cup #1 | International | Men: Mario Mola
Women: Jodie Stimpson |
| 12 | Formula E |  2016 Mexico City ePrix | International |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio ( Dragon Racing) |
| 12–13 | Rugby sevens | 2016 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6) | International | New Zealand |
| 13–18 September | INDYCAR | / 2016 IndyCar Series | Regional | Simon Pagenaud ( Team Penske) |
| 14–20 | Figure skating |  2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | International | Men:  Daniel Samohin
Ladies:  Marin Honda
Pairs: Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
Ice Dance: Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |
| 14–20 | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A | International | Australia was promoted to Division II – Group B
Mexico was relegated to Division III – Group B |
| 15–3 April | Cricket | 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 | International | West Indies |
| 15–4 April | Basketball | 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic |  Villanova Wildcats |
| 16–20 | Modern pentathlon |  2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships | Continental | Men: Nathan Schrimsher
Women:  Leidis Laura Moya |
| 17–20 | Athletics | 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships | International | United States |
| 19–27 | Curling | 2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship | International |  Switzerland (Skip: Binia Feltscher) |
| 19–5 April | Basketball | 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic |  Connecticut Huskies |
| 20 | Formula One | 2016 Australian Grand Prix | International | Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
| 20 | Motorcycle racing |  2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3: Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold) |
| 20–24 | Table tennis | 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships | Continental | Men: Chris Yan
Women: Jian Fang Lay |
| 21–27 | Squash | 2016 Men's British Open (PSA WS #6)
2016 Women's British Open | International | Men: Mohamed El Shorbagy
Women: Nour El Sherbini |
| 21–3 April | Tennis | 2016 Miami Open | International | Men: Novak Djokovic
Women: Victoria Azarenka |
| 23–27 | Golf | 2016 WGC-Dell Match Play | International | Jason Day |
| 25–27 | Rowing |  2016 South American Rowing Championship | Continental |  Brazil |
| 26 | Athletics | 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | International | Men:  Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor
Women: Peres Jepchirchir |
| 26 | Horse racing | 2016 Dubai World Cup | International | California Chrome
(Jockey: Victor Espinoza) |
| 26–31 | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group A | International | Germany was promoted to Top Division
 Slovakia was relegated to Division I - Group B |
| 26–1 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B | International |  Estonia was promoted to Division II - Group A
China was relegated to Division III - Group A |
| 28–3 April | Figure skating | 2016 World Figure Skating Championships | International | Men: Javier Fernández
Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs: Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
Ice Dance: Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron |
| 28–3 April | Snooker | 2016 China Open | International | Judd Trump |
| 28–4 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship | International | United States |
| 31–3 April | Golf | 2016 ANA Inspiration | International | Lydia Ko |
| 31–6 April | Ice hockey | 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III | International | Turkey was promoted to Division II - Group B |
