ISLAMABAD
Many world sporting events are up for grab during the upcoming year, 2023.
Cricket World Cup
13th edition of the global 50-over showpiece will see England defend the title in India during later parts of 2023. The event will be played in October – November, 2023.
Rugby Union World Cup
All eyes will be on Antoine Dupont as he leads strong favourites France into a home World Cup featuring 20 nations playing at nine venues between September 8-October 28 in France.
World athletics championships
World athletes of the year Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will bid to recreate their world record-setting victories in the Hungarian capital.
Coming a year after the Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene, Oregon, the biennial event will play host to a raft of up-and-coming track and field stars.
All eyes will be on Jamaica’s five-time 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the women’s sprints, at the age of 36.
World swimming championships
As swimming tries to catch up after the pandemic, Fukuoka hosts the second of three World Championships in 19 months. The meet was originally scheduled for 2021 but was elbowed aside when the Tokyo Olympics were pushed back.
Fukuoka says it has a ‘concept’: “Water Meets the Future”, expressing “the hope that all the participants will meet the future. “Yet, as established stars, with one eye on the 2024 Olympics, skipped major events swimming did meet its future in 2022.
Women’s football World Cup
The all-conquering United States women’s national team face stiff competition from a series of emerging European contenders for the World Cup.
The Americans have won four of the eight previous editions of the tournament, including the last two, but have been beaten by Germany, England and Spain this year.
