Apr 1 FOOTBALL – 2010 World Cup Qualifiers, England v Ukraine, Scotland v Iceland, Italy v Rep of Ireland, Wales v Germany, Northern Ireland v Slovenia

Apr 3 CRICKET - West Indies v England, fifth ODI, St Lucia

Apr 3-5 RALLYING - Rally of Portugal

Apr 4-5 MOTOR RACING - British Touring Car Championship, Brands Hatch

Apr 4 RACING - John Smith's Grand National, Aintree

Apr 5 FOOTBALL - Johnstone's Paint Trophy final

Apr 5 FORMULA ONE - Malaysian GP, Sepang

Apr 5 MOTOR RACING - Indycar Series, St Petersburg

Apr 5 MOTORCYCLING - World Superbikes, Spain

Apr 5 RUGBY LEAGUE - Challenge Cup fourth round (Super League clubs enter)

Apr 5 BASEBALL - Major League regular season sarts

Apr 9-12 GOLF - US Masters, Augusta National, Georgia

Apr 10-12 RUGBY UNION - Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup quarter-finals

Apr 12 MOTORCYCLING - Qatar MotoGP, Doha

Apr 12 ICE HOCKEY - NHL regular season ends

Apr 13 RACING - Irish Grand National, Fairyhouse

Apr 13-19 TENNIS - ATP Monte Carlo Rolex Masters

Apr 15 BASKETBALL - NBA regular season ends

Apr 16-19 EQUESTRIAN - British Open Show Jumping Championships, NEC, Birmingham

Apr 18 RACING - Coral Scottish Grand National, Ayr

Apr 18-19 FOOTBALL – FA Cup semi-finals, Wembley

Apr 18 RUGBY UNION - EDF Energy Cup final, Twickenham

Apr 18 - May 4 SNOOKER - World Championship, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Apr 18 BASKETBALL - NBA play-offs begin

Apr 19 FORMULA ONE - Chinese GP, Shanghai

Apr 19 MOTOR RACING - Indycar Series, Long Beach

Apr 19 BASKETBALL BBL regular season ends

Apr 24-26 RALLYING - Rally of Argentina

Apr 25-26 FOOTBALL - Scottish Cup semi-finals

Apr 25 RUGBY UNION - Guinness Premiership regular season final day

Apr 25-26 TENNIS - Fed Cup semi-finals and play-offs

Apr 25-26 MOTOR RACING - British Touring Car Championship, Thruxton

Apr 26 FORMULA ONE - Bahrain GP, Sakhir

Apr 26 MOTORCYCLING - Japanese MotoGP, Motegi

Apr 26 MOTOR RACING - Indycar Series, Kansas

Apr 26 MOTORCYCLING - World Superbikes, Netherlands

Apr 26 ATHLETICS - London Marathon

Apr 27-May 3 TENNIS - ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome

Apr 28-May 5 TABLE TENNIS - World Championships, Yokohama

Apr 29-May 2 SQUASH - European Team Championships, Malmo