Must-See Events of the Sporting World

Each year there are hundreds of great major sporting events, as you can see on our extensive list of world sporting events plus this list of just the major international multi-sport events. If you are going to see these sporting events, you will need to check out our sporting event calendar. Which of these should be on your bucket list - the must see sporting events before you die? Maybe start with the world's most popular sporting events — they are popular for a reason.

the FIFA world cup is high on many people's list

Must See Sports Lists

We have come across quite a few lists of must see sports. The lists are not the same, many different sports are included. The FINA World Cup and the Olympic Games are hard to argue with, but other events on the lists may be harder to choose, as people around the world have different sporting interests.

• Robert Tuchman created a list of the 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live.
• The Bleacher Report listed their 25 Biggest Events in Sport for your ultimate sport's bucket list
• National Geographic's Top-10 Sporting Events
• Wonderlist 10 Greatest of the World's Major Sporting Events
• Lonely Planets 10 places to watch sport like a local
• CNN's 10 sporting events you have to see live (list is from 2012)
• A list of 4 Wonders of the Sporting World (Channel 10)
• See also Rob's Top-10 sporting must sees.

7 Wonders Project

We have previously created the list sporting venues in 7 Wonders of the Sporting World (Venues), which are all about stadiums and other sporting venues. However, the reason we are there at the stadium is to watch a sporting contest, which makes it special. That is why we have created a much-anticipated list of the Top-7 Wonders of the Sporting World - Sporting Events List.

• Top-7 Wonders of the Sporting World - Events List — our top 7 sporting event wonders.
• Marca 7 Wonders of the Sporting World — 90,000 readers of the Spanish newspaper voted.