CANADA
From February 15 to 27, the World Bobsleigh Championship will be held in Calgary.
QATAR
On February 21, a major table tennis tournament will begin (ending February 25). During the same period, a women's tennis tournament with a prize fund of $600,000 (second category) will be held in Doha; last year's winner was Russian Anastasia Myskina.
On February 26, the World Motorcycle Championship will take place in Doha.
CHINA
A World Cup freestyle skiing stage for men and women will be held on February 5 in Shenyang. A week later, freestyle skiers will gather in Changchun.
COLOMBIA
On February 14, a women's tennis tournament of the third category (prize fund – $170,000) starts in Bogota.
KOREA
From February 14 to 20, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held in Gangneung.
On February 25-26, the next World Cup snowboarding stage will take place in Sungwoo. On the same days, fencers will compete in Seoul at a World Cup stage. On February 27, in the capital of Korea, women will replace men on the fencing strips.
MEXICO
On February 21, a women's tennis tournament with a prize fund of $180,000 (third category) begins in Acapulco. On the same day, men will also begin competing (prize fund – $643,000; last year's winner – Spaniard Carlos Moya).
NEW ZEALAND
The World Championship in one of the sailing classes will be held February 7-19 in Takapuna.
UAE
On February 21, a very significant men's tennis tournament with a prize fund of one million dollars begins in Dubai (the winner will receive $187,500). Last year, the main prize went to Swiss Roger Federer. And on February 28, a women's tennis tournament of the second category with a prize fund of $585,000 will start in Dubai (last year's winner – Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne).
RUSSIA
In Moscow, the World Speed Skating Championship starts on February 4 and ends on the 6th.
On February 12, one of the stages of the World Motorcycle Championship will be held in St. Petersburg.
The European Biathlon Championship starts in Novosibirsk on February 14 and ends on the 21st.
SLOVAKIA
One of the World Cup short track speed skating stages will be held in the city of Spisska Nova Ves on February 10-12.
SLOVENIA
On the first day of February, a World Cup snowboarding stage for men and women will be held in Maribor.
In the city of Pokljuka, on February 14, the next stage of the Biathlon World Cup will begin. It will end on the 20th.
On February 26-27, a World Cup alpine skiing stage for men will be held in Kranjska Gora.
USA
In Anaheim, on February 5, the World Motocross Championship will be held. And the city of Lake Placid will become the world center of skeleton (a type of sled sport) from February 7 to 11. The World Cup will be held here.
In the same Lake Placid, on February 7, the World Cup in bobsleigh for men and women will begin. Men will finish their competitions on the 13th, women on the 14th.
On February 7, a men's tennis tournament with a prize fund of $380,000 begins in San Jose.
With a week's break, motorcycle sport competitions will be held in Indianapolis (February 12), San Diego (19th), and Atlanta (26th).
On February 14, a women's tennis tournament of the third category (prize fund – $170,000) begins in Memphis. For men, who will start competing in Memphis on the same day, the prize fund will be $690,000 (last winner – Swede Joachim Johansson).
And in Scottsdale, on February 21, a men's tennis tournament with a prize fund of $380,000 starts.
THAILAND
In Bangkok, on February 11-12, Fencing World Cup competitions will be held.
TUNISIA
The World Handball Championship will be held here from January 23 to February 6. The championship matches will be hosted by five cities – Rades, Sousse, El Menzah, Sfax, and Nabeul. Preliminary round matches will begin on January 23, playoffs will start on the 31st, and the final match will take place in Rades on February 6. 24 national teams will take part in the championship.
FINLAND
In Ruka, February 13-19, the World Freestyle Skiing Championship will be held.
FRANCE
The French Football Championship in February will give fans only three rounds. But there will be enough interesting matches in these three playing weekends. For example, on February 5, Nantes will play Monaco, Auxerre against Saint-Etienne, and PSG against Lens. The matches Nice – Monaco, Lille – Rennes, and Lyon – Saint-Etienne will be the highlights of round 26 (February 19).
On February 7, a women's tennis tournament of the second category with a prize fund of $585,000 begins in Paris (last year's winner – Belgian Kim Clijsters). On the same day, a men's tennis tournament with a prize fund of 510,000 euros starts in Marseille (last year it was won by Slovak Dominik Hrbaty).
On February 13, a World Cup cyclo-cross stage will be held in Lanarvily.
SWEDEN
The traditional tournament – the Swedish Hockey Games – with the participation of Europe's elite national teams (Russia, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic) will be held from February 10 to 13. And on February 19-20, a World Cup women's alpine skiing stage will take place in Åre.
SWITZERLAND
A World Cup freestyle skiing stage will be held in Davos (February 25).
SRI LANKA
From February 25, the World Championship in one of the sailing classes will begin in Negombo and will end on March 7.
JAPAN
The next World Cup freestyle skiing stage will take place in Inawashiro on February 5-6. On the same days, a World Cup ski jumping stage will be held in Sapporo. Freestyle skiers will also gather in Naeba on February 10-11. And on February 18-20, snowboarders will compete in Sapporo.