April 2016 in sports

Events calendar

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
3	Pro Wrestling	WWE WrestleMania 32	National	(Main Event) Roman Reigns vs Triple H, Roman Won
1–3	Acrobatic Gymnastics	2016 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships	International	Russia
1–4	Canoe sprint	2016 Canoe Sprint African Championships	Continental	South Africa
2	Formula E	2016 Long Beach ePrix	International	Lucas di Grassi ( ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport)
2–8	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II – Group A	International	Poland was promoted to Division I – Group B  Croatia was relegated to Division II – Group B
2–10	Curling	2016 World Men's Curling Championship	International	Canada (Skip: Kevin Koe)
3	Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Cup #2	International	Men: Richard Murray Women: Gwen Jorgensen
3	Formula One	2016 Bahrain Grand Prix	International	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
3	Motorcycle racing	2016 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: Johann Zarco ( Ajo Motorsport) Moto3: Khairul Idham Pawi ( Honda Team Asia)
3–2 October	Baseball	/ 2016 Major League Baseball season	Domestic	American League: Texas Rangers National League: Chicago Cubs
3–25 November	WTCC	////// 2016 World Touring Car Championship	International	José María López ( Citroën World Touring Car Team)
7 October 2015–10	Ice hockey	/ 2015-16 NHL season	Domestic	Presidents' Trophy: Washington Capitals
4–10	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group A	International	Poland was promoted to Division I – Group B The  Netherlands was relegated to Division II – Group B
4–10	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group B	International	Hungary was promoted to Division I – Group A The  Netherlands was relegated to Division II – Group A
7–10	Golf	2016 Masters Tournament	International	Danny Willett
8–10	Rugby sevens	2016 Hong Kong Sevens (WRSS #7)	International	Fiji
9	Horse racing	2016 Grand National	International	Rule The World (Jockey: David Mullins)
9–10	Triathlon	2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #2	International	Men: Mario Mola Women: Helen Jenkins
9–15	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World Championship Division II – Group A	International	The  Netherlands was promoted to Division I – Group B  China was relegated to Division II – Group B
9–15	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I – Group A	International	Belarus was promoted to Top Division  Austria was relegated to Division I – Group B
10	Motorcycle racing	2016 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	International	MotoGP: Marc Márquez ( Repsol Honda Team) Moto2: Álex Rins ( Páginas Amarillas HP 40) Moto3: Romano Fenati ( Sky Racing Team VR46)
10–16	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World Championship Division II – Group B	International	Australia was promoted to Division II – Group A  Bulgaria was relegated to Division III
10–16	Weightlifting	2016 European Weightlifting Championships	Continental	Men:  Turkey Women:  Armenia Overall:  Armenia
10–17	Tennis	2016 Monte Carlo Masters	International	Rafael Nadal
27 October 2015–13	Basketball	/ 2015–16 NBA season	Domestic	Top regular season team: Golden State Warriors Season MVP: Stephen Curry ( Golden State Warriors)
13–18	Fencing	2016 Asian Fencing Championships	Continental	South Korea
13–12 June	Ice hockey	2016 Stanley Cup playoffs	Domestic	Pittsburgh Penguins Conn Smythe Trophy Winner: Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins)
14	Basketball	2016 WNBA draft	Domestic	#1 pick: Breanna Stewart from the University of Connecticut to the Seattle Storm
14–24	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championships	International	Finland
15–24	Futsal	2016 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations	Continental	Morocco
16	Triathlon	ITU Triathlon World Cup #3	International	Men: Rodrigo González Women: Summer Cook
16–17	Rugby sevens	2016 Singapore Sevens (WRSS #8)	International	Kenya
16–23	Curling	2016 World Senior Curling Championships	International	Men:  Sweden (Skip: Mats Wranå) Women:  Scotland (Skip: Jackie Lockhart)
16–23	Curling	2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship	International	Russia (Alexander Krushelnitskiy & Anastasia Bryzgalova)
16–24	Croquet	2016 AC World Championship	International	Stephen Mulliner
16–2 May	Snooker	2016 World Snooker Championship	International	Mark Selby
16–19 June	Basketball	2016 NBA Playoffs	Domestic	Cleveland Cavaliers MVP: LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers)
17	Formula One	2016 Chinese Grand Prix	International	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
17–23	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World Championship Division I – Group B	International	Ukraine was promoted to Division I – Group A  Romania was relegated to Division II – Group A
18	Association football	2015–16 UEFA Youth League Final	Continental	Chelsea
18	Marathon	2016 Boston Marathon (WMM #2)	International	Men: Berhanu Lemi Women: Atsede Baysa
18–24	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division I – Group B	International	Hungary was promoted to Division I – Group A  South Korea was relegated to Division II – Group A
20–27	Association Football	2016 CONCACAF Champions League Finals	Continental	Club América
21–24	Judo	2016 European Judo Championships	Continental	Men:  Georgia Women:  France Overall:  France
23	Association football	2016 OFC Champions League Final	Continental	Auckland City
23	Formula E	2016 Paris ePrix	International	Lucas di Grassi ( ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport)
23–24	Triathlon	2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #3	International	Men: Fernando Alarza Women: Non Stanford
23–24	Whitewater slalom	2016 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships	Continental	China
23–29	Ice hockey	2016 IIHF World Championship Division I – Group A	International	Slovenia was promoted to Top Division  Japan was relegated to Division I – Group B
23–30	Squash	2015 Women's World Open Squash Championship	International	Nour El Sherbini
24	Marathon	2016 London Marathon (WMM #3)	International	Men: Eliud Kipchoge Women: Jemima Sumgong
24	Motorcycle racing	2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	International	MotoGP: Valentino Rossi ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) Moto2: Sam Lowes ( Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) Moto3: Brad Binder ( Red Bull KTM Ajo)
24–29	Squash	El Gouna International 2016 (PSA WS #7)	International	Mohamed El Shorbagy
25–27	Fencing	2016 World Fencing Championships	International	Men's team sabre:  Russia Women's team foil:  Russia
25–30	Weightlifting	2016 Asian Weightlifting Championships	Continental	Men's:  China Women's:  China Overall:  China
26–1 May	Badminton	2016 Badminton Asia Championships	Continental	Men's: Lee Chong Wei Women's: Wang Yihan Men's doubles: Lee Yong-dae/Yoo Yeon-seong Women's doubles: Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yunlei
26–1 May	Badminton	2016 European Badminton Championships	Continental	Men's: Viktor Axelsen Women's: Carolina Marín Men's doubles: Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding Women's doubles: Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen
28–30	American football	2016 NFL Draft	Domestic	#1 pick: Jared Goff from the University of California, Berkeley to the Los Angeles Rams
28–30	Judo	2016 Pan American Judo Championships	Continental	Brazil
28–30	Table tennis	2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament	Continental	Men: Xu Xin Women: Liu Shiwen
28–1 May	Triathlon	2016 ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships	Continental	Men: Hirokatsu Tayama Women: Ai Ueda
30	Speedway	2016 FIM Grand Prix of Slovenia	International	Peter Kildemand