Oct 2 GENERAL - 2016 Olympic host city named, Copenhagen

Oct 2-4 RALLYING - Rally of Spain

Oct 3-4 MOTOR RACING - British Touring Car Championship, Brands Hatch

Oct 3-11 TENNIS - WTA China Open, Beijing

Oct 3-11 SNOOKER - Grand Prix, Glasgow

Oct 4 RACING - Qatar Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp

Oct 4 RUGBY LEAGUE - National League One Grand Final

Oct 4 FORMULA ONE - Japanese GP, Suzuka

Oct 4 MOTORCYCLING - Portuguese MotoGP, Estoril

Oct 4 MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car Championship, Monza, Italy

Oct 4 MOTORCYCLING - World Superbikes, France

Oct 4 BASEBALL - Major League regular season ends

Oct 5-11 DARTS - SkyPoker World Grand Prix, Dublin

Oct 7-11 EQUESTRIAN - Horse of the Year Show, NEC, Birmingham

Oct 8-23 CRICKET - Champions League Twenty20, India

Oct 10 FOOTBALL - 2010 World Cup Qualifiers, Ukraine v England, Rep of Ireland v Italy, Finland v Wales

Oct 10 MOTOR RACING - Indycar Series, Homestead Miami

Oct 10 RUGBY LEAGUE - engage Super League XIV Grand Final

Oct 11 ATHLETICS - IAAF World Half-marathon Championships, Birmingham

Oct 12-18 TENNIS - ATP Shnaghai Masters

Oct 13-18 GYMNASTICS - World Championships, O2 Arena, London

Oct 14 FOOTBALL - 2010 World Cup Qualifiers, England v Belarus, Rep of Ireland v Montenegro, Liechtenstein v Wales, Czech Republic v Northern Ireland

Oct 17 RACING - Champions Day, Newmarket

Oct 18 FORMULA ONE - Brazilian GP, Interlagos

Oct 18 MOTORCYCLING - Australian MotoGP, Phillip Island

Oct 19 FOOTBALL - World Cup European qualifying play-off draw

Oct 23-25 RALLYING - Rally of Great Britain

Oct 25 MOTORCYCLING - Malaysian MotoGP, Sepang

Oct 25 MOTOR RACING - World Touring Car Championship, Okayama, Japan

Oct 25 MOTORCYCLING - World Superbikes, Portugal

Oct 26-Nov 1 TENNIS - WTA Sony Ericsson Championships, Doha