T20 World Cup knocking at the door which is to start from the September 18, 2012 in Sri Lanka, the expectations from participating nations from all across the World are humongous. The T20 World Cup schedule has been declared by the ICC which will host 27 matches in the period of September-October this year.

The 2012 Indian Premier League season, abbreviated as IPL 5 or the IPL 2012, will be the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held in M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the home venue of the reigning champions Chennai Super Kings.The tournament will begin on 4 April and end on 27 May 2012.

The 2011 Rugby World Cup will be the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. At a meeting of the International Rugby Board (IRB) held in Dublin on 17 November 2005, New Zealand was selected as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa. There were two rounds of voting by the IRB Council to decide the host nation, with South Africa eliminated in the first round.

The 2011 French Open (also known as Roland Garros, after the famous French aviator) will be a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It will be the 110th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 17 to June 5, 2011.

The Mutua Madrid Open is staged at the impressive new stadium in Madrid, the city’s Magic Box Tennis venue. The Mayor described it as “one of the best sporting facilities in the world which will definitively reinforce Madrid’s status as a great global tennis capital”. Previously held indoors, 2009 marked the first outdoor clay edition of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event.

The Pakistani cricket team are scheduled to tour the West Indies from 21 April to 24 May 2011. The tour will consist of two Tests, one Twenty20 (T20) and five One Day Internationals (ODIs).

The Australian cricket team are scheduled to tour Bangladesh from 9 April to 13 April 2011. The tour will consist of three One Day Internationals (ODIs). Michael Clarke has been announced as the Australian captain, following Ricky Ponting's resignation.

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup.
The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The UEFA Champions League (usually referred to as simply the Champions League or historically as the European Cup) is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. The final of the competition is the most watched annual sporting event worldwide, drawing just over 100 million television viewers.

The 2011 SA Tennis Open is a scheduled tennis tournament to be played on hard courts indoors. It will be the 19th edition of the SA Tennis Open and will be part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa from January 30 through February 6, 2011.