| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|
| 1–9 | Volleyball |  2017 Asian Men's U23 Volleyball Championship | Continental | Iran |
| 2–7 | Amateur wrestling |  2017 European Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle:  Russia
Women's Freestyle: Russia
Greco-Roman:  Hungary |
| 2–14 | Association football |  2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship | Continental |  Germany |
| 3–19 | Association football |  2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship | Continental |  Spain |
| 4–7 | Karate |  2017 EKF Senior Karate Championships | Continental | Turkey |
| 5 | Athletics |  Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix (Diamond League #1) | International |  United States |
| 5–14 | Tennis | 2017 Madrid Open | International | Men: Rafael Nadal
Women:  Simona Halep |
| 5–21 | Ice hockey |  / 2017 IIHF World Championship | International |  Sweden |
| 5–28 | Road bicycle racing |  2017 Giro d'Italia | International |  Tom Dumoulin ( Team Sunweb) |
| 6 | Horse racing |  2017 Kentucky Derby | Domestic | Horse: Always Dreaming
Jockey:  John R. Velazquez
Trainer: Todd Pletcher |
| 6–7 | Triathlon |  2017 ITU Triathlon World Cup #4 | International | Men:  Matthew Hauser
Women:  Non Stanford |
| 7 | Motorcycle racing | 2017 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa (  Repsol Honda)
Moto2: Álex Márquez (  EG 0,0 Marc VDS)
Moto3: Arón Canet ( Estrella Galicia 0,0) |
| 9–14 | Volleyball | 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship | International | Vakıfbank İstanbul |
| 10–14 | Amateur wrestling |  2017 Asian Wrestling Championships | Continental | Men's Freestyle: Iran
Women's Freestyle: Japan
Greco-Roman: Iran |
| 11–14 | Golf | 2017 Players Championship | International |  Kim Si-woo |
| 12 | Rugby union |  2017 European Rugby Challenge Cup Final | Continental | Stade Français |
| 12–14 | Rugby sevens | 2017 Paris Sevens (WRSS #9) | International |  South Africa |
| 12–22 | Multi-sport |  2017 Islamic Solidarity Games | International | Azerbaijan |
| 13 | Athletics | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix (Diamond League #2) | International | United States |
| 13 | Formula E |  2017 Monaco ePrix | International |  Sébastien Buemi ( DAMS) |
| 13 | Rugby union | 2017 European Rugby Champions Cup Final | Continental |  Saracens |
| 13–14 | Triathlon | 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series #3 | International | Men: Mario Mola
Women:  Flora Duffy |
| 13–8 October | Motorsport |  2017 European Truck Racing Championship | Continental | Adam Lacko ( MAN SE) |
| 14 | Formula One | 2017 Spanish Grand Prix | International | Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes) |
| 14–28 | Association football |  2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations | Continental |  Mali |
| 15–21 | Tennis | 2017 Italian Open | International | Men: Alexander Zverev
Women:  Elina Svitolina |
| 18–21 | Golf | The Tradition | International | Bernhard Langer |
| 18–21 | Artistic gymnastics |  2017 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships | Continental | China |
| 18–21 | Rallying |  2017 Rally de Portugal (WRC #6) | International | Sébastien Ogier & Julien Ingrassia ( M-Sport) |
| 19–21 | Basketball | 2017 EuroLeague Final Four | Continental | Fenerbahçe |
| 19–21 | Rhythmic gymnastics | 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships | Continental | Russia |
| 19–27 | Nine-pin bowling | 2017 nine-pin bowling World Team Championships | International | Men: Serbia
Women: Germany |
| 20 | Formula E | 2017 Paris ePrix | International | Sébastien Buemi ( DAMS) |
| 20 | Horse racing | 2017 Preakness Stakes | Domestic | Horse: Cloud Computing
Jockey:  Javier Castellano
Trainer: Chad Brown |
| 20–21 | Rowing | 2017 European Junior Rowing Championships | Continental | Germany |
| 20–21 | Rugby sevens | 2017 London Sevens (WRSS #10) | International | Scotland |
| 20–11 June | Association football | 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup | International | England |
| 21 | Motorcycle racing | 2017 French motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Maverick Viñales ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
Moto2: Franco Morbidelli ( EG 0,0 Marc VDS)
Moto3: Joan Mir ( Leopard Racing) |
| 21 | Athletics | 2017 European Race Walking Cup | Continental | Men's 20 km: Christopher Linke
Women's 20 km: Antonella Palmisano
Men's 50 km: Ivan Banzeruk |
| 21–28 | Badminton | 2017 Sudirman Cup | International | South Korea |
| 21–23 September | NASCAR |  2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series | Domestic |  Alex Labbé ( Go Fas Racing) |
| 23–27 | Karate |  2017 Pan American Karate Championships | Continental |  Brazil |
| 24 | Association football | 2017 UEFA Europa League Final | Continental | Manchester United |
| 25–28 | Golf | 2017 BMW PGA Championship | International | Alex Norén |
| 25–28 | Golf | Senior PGA Championship | International | Bernhard Langer |
| 26–28 | Judo |  2017 Asian Judo Championships | Continental | Japan |
| 26–28 | Rowing | 2017 European Rowing Championships | Continental | Italy |
| 26–12 June | Sailing | 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup | International |  Emirates Team New Zealand |
| 26–17 September | Motorsport | 2017 European Autocross Championship | Continental | Super Buggy: Bernd Stubbe
Buggy 1600: Petr Nikodem
Touring Autocross: Ales Fucik
Junior Buggy:  Justs Grencis |
| 27 | Athletics | Prefontaine Classic (Diamond League #3) | International | United States |
| 27 | Rugby union |  2017 Pro12 Grand Final | Continental |  Scarlets |
| 27–9 June | Motorcycle racing |  2017 Isle of Man TT | International | For results, click here. |
| 27–28 | Rugby sevens | 2017 Canada Women's Sevens (WRWSS #5) | International | New Zealand |
| 28 | Triathlon | 2017 ITU Triathlon World Cup #5 | International | Men: Ryan Sissons
Women: Georgia Taylor-Brown |
| 28 | Formula One | 2017 Monaco Grand Prix | International | Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari) |
| 28 | INDYCAR | 2017 Indianapolis 500 | International | Takuma Sato ( Andretti Autosport) |
| 28–11 June | Tennis | 2017 French Open (Grand Slam #2) | International | Men: Rafael Nadal
Women: Jeļena Ostapenko |
| 29–3 June | Multi-sport |  2017 Games of the Small States of Europe | Continental |  Luxembourg |
| 29–5 June | Table tennis | 2017 World Table Tennis Championships | International | Men: Ma Long
Women: Ding Ning |
| 29–10 June | Association football | 2017 Toulon Tournament | International | England |
| 31–18 June | Rugby union |  2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship | International | New Zealand |
