| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|
| 2–9 | Curling |  2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships | Continental | Men:  South Korea (Skip: Kim Chang-min)
Women: South Korea (Skip: Kim Eun-jung) |
| 3–4 | Horse racing |  2017 Breeders' Cup | International | Breeders' Cup Classic:
Horse: Gun Runner
Jockey:  Florent Geroux
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
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| 4 | Triathlon |  2017 ITU Triathlon World Cup #15 | International | Men:  Marten Van Riel
Women: Summer Cook |
| 5 | Cyclo-cross |  2017 UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships | Continental | Belgium |
| 5 | Athletics | 2017 New York City Marathon (WMM #6) | International | Men:  Geoffrey Kamworor
Women: Shalane Flanagan |
| 6–12 | Snooker |  2017 Champion of Champions | International | Shaun Murphy |
| 6–19 | Chess |  2017 World Senior Chess Championship | International | Open +50:  Julio Granda
Open +65:  Evgeny Sveshnikov
Women +50:  Elvira Berend
Women 65+:  Tamar Khmiadashvili |
| 7 | Horse racing | 2017 Melbourne Cup | International | Horse:  Rekindling
Jockey: Corey Brown
Trainer:  Joseph O'Brien |
| 7–11 | Tennis | 2017 Next Generation ATP Finals | International | Chung Hyeon |
| 8–12 | Carom billiards |  2017 UMB World Three-cushion Championship | International | Frédéric Caudron |
| 8–12 | Cycle sport |  2017 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships | International | France |
| 9–12 | Trampolining |  2017 Trampoline World Championships | International | China |
| 10–11 | Rugby sevens |  2017 Oceania Sevens Championship
2017 Oceania Women's Sevens Championship | Continental | Men: Fiji
Women:  New Zealand |
| 10–12 | Judo |  2017 European U23 Judo Championships | Continental | Russia |
| 11–12 | Judo |  2017 World Judo Open Championships | International | Men: Teddy Riner
Women: Sarah Asahina |
| 11–12 | Tennis |  2017 Fed Cup Final | International | United States |
| 11–18 | International rules football | 2017 International Rules Series | International | Australia |
| 11–19 | 1:10 R/C off-road | 2017 IFMAR 1:10 Electric Off-Road World Championships | International | Ryan Maifield |
| 11–19 | Darts | 2017 Grand Slam of Darts | International |  Michael van Gerwen |
| 11–25 | Multi-sport |  2017 Bolivarian Games | Regional | Colombia |
| 12 | Formula One |  2017 Brazilian Grand Prix | International |  Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari) |
| 12 | Motorcycle racing |  2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP:  Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda)
Moto2:  Miguel Oliveira (  Ajo Motorsport)
Moto3: Jorge Martín ( Gresini Racing) |
| 12–19 | Tennis | 2017 ATP World Tour Finals | International | Singles: Grigor Dimitrov
Doubles: Henri Kontinen / John Peers |
| 12–26 | Chess | 2017 World Junior Chess Championship | International | Men:  Aryan Tari
Women:  Zhansaya Abdumalik |
| 16–2 December | Rugby league | 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup | International | Australia |
| 16–17 | Desert racing |  2017 Baja 1000 | International | Cars & Trucks: Mexico (Juan C. Lopez & Apdaly Lopez)
Motocycle:  Francisco Arredondo, Shane
Esposito, Justin Morgan, Max Eddy Jr., & Ty Davis |
| 16–19 | Baseball | 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship | Continental | Japan |
| 17–19 | Rallying | 2017 Rally Australia (WRC #13) | International | Thierry Neuville & Nicolas Gilsoul ( Hyundai) |
| 17–25 | Curling |  2017 European Curling Championships | International | Men:  Sweden (Skip: Niklas Edin)
Women:  Scotland (Skip: Eve Muirhead) |
| 17–26 | Field hockey | 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Final | International | Netherlands |
| 18–25 | Association football |  / 2017 AFC Champions League Final | Continental | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 19–25 | Futsal |  2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup | International | Brazil |
| 21–26 | Wrestling |  2017 World U23 Wrestling Championship | International | Men's Freestyle: Russia
Women's Freestyle: Japan
Greco-Roman: Georgia |
| 22–29 | Association football | /  2017 Copa Libertadores Finals | Continental | Grêmio |
| 23–8 January 2018 | Cricket | 2017–18 Ashes series | International | Australia |
| 24–26 | Tennis | 2017 Davis Cup Final | International | France |
| 24–1 December | Archery |  2017 Asian Archery Championships | Continental | South Korea |
| 24–4 December | Ten-pin bowling | 2017 World Tenpin Bowling Championships | International |  United States |
| 26 | Formula One |  2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | International | Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes) |
| 26 | Horse racing | 2017 Japan Cup | International | Horse: Cheval Grand
Jockey: Hugh Bowman
Trainer: Yasuo Tomomichi |
| 26 | Canadian football |  105th Grey Cup | Domestic |  Toronto Argonauts |
| 26–3 December | Table tennis | 2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships | International | China |
| 27–2 December | Canoe freestyle | 2017 ICF Canoe Freestyle World Championships | International | Great Britain |
| 27–3 December | Squash | 2017 Men's World Team Squash Championships | International |  Egypt |
| 28–5 December | Weightlifting | 2017 World Weightlifting Championships | International |  Iran and Colombia (a tie with 2 gold, 1 silver, & 2 bronze each) |
| 28–10 December | Snooker | 2017 UK Championship (Triple Crown #1) | International | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| 30–1 December | Rugby sevens | 2017 Dubai Women's Sevens (WRWSS #1) | International | Australia |
