| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|
| 1 | Athletics |  Weltklasse Zürich (DL #13) | International |  United States |
| 1–14 | Chess |  42nd Chess Olympiad | International | Open: United States (Caruana / Nakamura / So / Shankland / Robson)
Women:  China (Hou / Ju / Zhao / Tan / Guo) |
| 2–4 | 3x3 (basketball) |  2016 FIBA Europe 3x3 Championships Final Tournament | Continental | Men:  Slovenia
Women:  Hungary |
| 2–10 | Volleyball |  2016 Men's U20 Volleyball European Championship | Continental |  Poland |
| 2–11 | Beach soccer |  2016 UEFA Beach Soccer Championship | Continental | Poland |
| 3–4 | Triathlon |  2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #8 | International | Men:  Jonathan Brownlee
Women:  Summer Cook |
| 3–11 | Baseball |  2016 Women's Baseball World Cup | International |  Japan |
| 3–17 | Association football |  2016 OFC U-20 Championship | Continental |  New Zealand |
| 3–10 December | American football | 2016 NCAA Division I FBS season | Domestic | Heisman Trophy:  Lamar Jackson (  Louisville Cardinals) |
| 4 | Formula One | 2016 Italian Grand Prix | International |  Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
| 4 | Motorcycle racing | 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP:  Maverick Viñales ( Team Suzuki Ecstar)
Moto2: Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3:  Brad Binder (  Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
| 5–10 | Snooker |  2016 Six-red World Championship | International | Ding Junhui |
| 6–11 | Mountain bike racing | 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships (DHI & 4X only) | International | Great Britain |
| 7–18 | Multi-sport |  2016 Summer Paralympics | International |  China (CHN) |
| 8–1 January 2017 | American football | 2016 NFL season | Domestic | Regular season's AFC winner:  New England Patriots
Regular season's NFC winner:  Dallas Cowboys |
| 9 | Athletics |  Memorial Van Damme (DL #14) | International | United States |
| 9–18 | Baseball |  2016 European Baseball Championship | Continental | Netherlands |
| 10 | Speedway | 2016 FIM Grand Prix of Germany | International |  Jason Doyle |
| 10–1 October | Futsal |  2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup | International |  Argentina |
| 11 | Athletics | 2016 Great North Run | International | Men: Mo Farah
Women:  Vivian Cheruiyot |
| 11 | Motorcycle racing |  2016 San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Lorenzo Baldassarri ( Forward Team)
Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo) |
| 11–18 | Triathlon |  2016 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final | International | Men: Henri Schoeman
Women:  Flora Duffy |
| 11–18 | Triathlon | 2016 ITU Aquathlon World Championships | International | Men: Alistair Brownlee
Women:  Mariya Shorets |
| 11–24 | Association football |  2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship | Continental | Australia |
| 13–18 | Amateur wrestling |  2016 World Cadet Wrestling Championships | International | Men's Freestyle: Russia
Greco-Roman:  Iran
Women's Freestyle: Japan |
| 13–18 | Beach volleyball | 2016 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals | International | Men: Alison Cerutti / Bruno Oscar Schmidt
Women: Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst |
| 13–3 June 2017 | Association football |  2016-17 UEFA Champions League | Continental | Real Madrid |
| 14–18 | Climbing |  2016 IFSC Climbing World Championships | International | Japan |
| 14–18 | Shooting | 2016 World University Shooting Championship | International |  India |
| 15–18 | Cycling (road) | 2016 European Road Championships | Continental | France |
| 15–18 | Golf | 2016 Evian Championship | International | Chun In-gee |
| 15–2 October | Association football | 2016 AFC U-16 Championship | Continental |  Iraq |
| 15–24 May 2017 | Association football | 2016-17 UEFA Europa League | Continental |  Manchester United |
| 16–23 April 2017 | 1:10 R/C off-road racing | 2015–16 Euro Offroad Series [ de ] | Continental | |
| 16–30 July 2017 | Endurance motorcycle racing | 2016–17 FIM Endurance World Championship | International | |
| 16–18 September | Endurance motorcycle racing | 2016 Bol d'Or (EWC #1) | International | Anthony Delhalle/ Vincent Philippe/ Etienne Masson
( Suzuki Endurance Racing Team [ fr ]) |
| 16–18 | Canoeing | 2016 ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships | International | Hungary |
| 17–18 September | 1:8 R/C nitro off-road racing | 2016 JMRCA All-Japan 1:8 GP Off-Road Championship | Domestic | Naoto Matsukura ( Kyosho) |
| 17–1 October | Ice hockey | 2016 World Cup of Hockey | International | Canada |
| 18 | Basketball | 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup | International |  Guaros de Lara |
| 18 | Formula One |  2016 Singapore Grand Prix | International | Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes) |
| 23–25 | Amateur wrestling | 2016 World Veteran Wrestling Championships (Greco-Roman only) | International | Russia |
| 24 | Speedway |  2016 FIM Stockholm Grand Prix of Sweden | International | Jason Doyle |
| 24–25 | Triathlon | 2016 ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championships | International | Men: Sylvain Sudrie
Women: Jodie Swallow |
| 24–25 | Triathlon |  ITU Triathlon World Cup #8 | International | Men: David Castro Fajardo
Women: Kirsten Kasper |
| 24–3 October | Multi-sport | 2016 Asian Beach Games | Continental | Vietnam |
| 25 | Marathon | 2016 Berlin Marathon (WMM #4) | International | Men:  Kenenisa Bekele
Women: Aberu Kebede |
| 25 | Motorcycle racing | 2016 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team)
Moto2: Sam Lowes ( Federal Oil Gresini Moto2)
Moto3: Jorge Navarro ( Estrella Galicia 0,0) |
| 30–2 October | Golf | 2016 Ryder Cup | International | Team USA |
| 30–21 October | Association football |  2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup | International |  North Korea |
