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

[cashead]

3 February-17 March: Rugby Union - Six Nations

Would.

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

Some, not all.

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

7s, Netball, weightlifting because I know some of the people there, but fuck the rest.

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

Fuck no.

14 April: Horse racing - Grand National, Aintree

Fuck horse racing.

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

Yes.

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

Yes.

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

Fuck off.

2-15 July: Tennis - Wimbledon

Naaaaaaah.

7-29 July: Cycling - Tour de France

Watch the steroids on PEDs riding steroidal bikes made of steroids as they drink steroids and PEDs and slam urine into their bladders to fool drugs testers. DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS. Fuck off.

8 July: Formula 1 - British Grand Prix, Silverstone

Car go vroom vroom in cricles. Naaaaah.

19-22 July: Golf - The Open, Carnoustie

Fuck golf.

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

Two bad teams.

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

No.

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

I think I made my position on golf rather clear.

[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!