BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) — Following is a list of major world sports events for the year of 2010 (tabulated under date, event and venue):

Jan. 18-31, Australian Open tennis tournament, Melbourne, Australia

Feb. 6-14, East Asian Soccer Championship, Tokyo, Japan

Feb. 12-28, Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver, Canada

Mar. 12-14, World Indoor Athletics Championships, Doha, Qatar

Mar. 19-21, World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Sofia, Bulgaria

Mar. 22-28, World Figure Skating Championships, Turin, Italy

Mar. 27-28, World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, Bormio, Italy

May 9-16, Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

May 23-30, World Team Table Tennis Championships, Moscow, Russia

May 23-Jun. 6, French Open tennis tournament, Paris, France

Jun. 11-July 11, World Cup soccer finals, South Africa

Jun. 21-July 4, Wimbledon tennis tournament, London, Britain

Aug. 14-26, Youth Olympic Games, Singapore

Aug. 23-29, World Badminton Championships, Paris, France

Aug. 28-Sept. 12, World Men’s Basketball Championship, Turkey

Aug. 30-Sept. 12, U.S. Open tennis tournament, New York, United States

Sept. 9-13, World Judo Championships, Tokyo, Japan

Sept. 10-18, World Women’s Boxing Championships, Bridgetown, Barbados

Sept. 18-30, World Weightlifting Championships, Antalya, Turkey

Sept. 23-Oct. 3, World Women’s Basketball Championship, Czech Republic

Sept. 24-Oct. 10, World Men’s Volleyball Championship, Italy

Oct. 3-14, Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India

Oct. 17-24, World Artistic Gymtastics Championships, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Oct. 29-Nov. 14, World Women’s Volleyball Championship, Japan

Nov. 12-27, 16th Asian Games, Guangzhou, China

Dec. 15-19, World Short Course Swimming Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates