March 2016 in sports

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## Events calendar

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Date  | Sport  | Venue/Event  | Status  | Winner/s

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1–6  | Archery |  2016 World Indoor Archery Championships | International  |  Italy
1–12  | Cross-country skiing |  2016 Ski Tour Canada | International  | Men:  Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Women:  Therese Johaug
2–6  | Track cycling |  2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | International  |  Great Britain
3–6  | Golf |  2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship | International  |  Adam Scott
3–13  | Association football |  2016 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship | Continental  |  United States
3–13  | Biathlon |  Biathlon World Championships 2016 | International  |  France
4–5  | Triathlon |  2016 ITU World Triathlon Series #1  | International  | Men:  Mario Mola
Women:  Jodie Stimpson
4–6  | Amateur wrestling |  2016 African Wrestling Championships  | Continental  | Men's Freestyle:  Tunisia
Women's Freestyle:  Nigeria
Greco-Roman:  Egypt
4–6  | Darts |  2016 UK Open | International  |  Michael van Gerwen
4–6  | Rugby sevens |  2016 USA Sevens (WRSS #5)  | International  |  Fiji
5–6  | Speed skating |  2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International  | Men:  Sven Kramer
Women:  Martina Sáblíková
5–13  | Curling |  2016 World Junior Curling Championships | International  | Men:  Scotland (Skip: Bruce Mouat)
Women:  Canada (Skip: Mary Fay)
6–12  | Multi-sport | / 2016 Arctic Winter Games | Regional  |  Alaska
8–13  | Amateur wrestling |  2016 European Wrestling Championships | Continental  | Men's freestyle:  Russia (medals),  Georgia (points)
Women's freestyle:  Azerbaijan (medals),  Ukraine (points)
Greco-Roman:  Russia (medals and points)
Overall:  Russia (medals),  Ukraine (points)
8–13  | Snooker |  2016 World Grand Prix | International  |  Shaun Murphy
8–3 April  | Cricket |  2016 ICC World Twenty20 | International  |  West Indies
9–20  | Tennis |  2016 BNP Paribas Open | International  | Men:  Novak Djokovic
Women:  Victoria Azarenka
11–12  | Amateur wrestling |  2016 Oceania Wrestling Championships  | Continental  | Men's Freestyle:  New Zealand
Women's Freestyle:  Australia
Greco-Roman:  New Zealand
11–13  | Athletics |  2016 World University Cross Country Championships | International  | Men:  Hicham Amghar
Women:  Sevilay Eytemiş
11–13  | Speed skating |  2016 World Junior Speed Skating Championships | International  | Men:  Benjamin Donnelly
Women:  Elizaveta Kazelina
11–13  | Speed skating |  2016 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | International  | Men:  Han Tianyu
Women:  Choi Min-jeong
11–30  | Chess |  Candidates Tournament 2016 | International  |  Sergey Karjakin
12  | Triathlon |  ITU Triathlon World Cup #1  | International  | Men:  Mario Mola
Women:  Jodie Stimpson
12  | Formula E |  2016 Mexico City ePrix | International  |  Jérôme d'Ambrosio ( Dragon Racing)
12–13  | Rugby sevens |  2016 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6)  | International  |  New Zealand
13–18 September  | INDYCAR | / 2016 IndyCar Series | Regional  |  Simon Pagenaud ( Team Penske)
14–20  | Figure skating |  2016 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | International  | Men:  Daniel Samohin
Ladies:  Marin Honda
Pairs:  Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař
Ice Dance:  Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
14–20  | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A  | International  |  Australia was promoted to Division II – Group B
Mexico was relegated to Division III – Group B
15–3 April  | Cricket |  2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 | International  |  West Indies
15–4 April  | Basketball |  2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic  |  Villanova Wildcats
16–20  | Modern pentathlon |  2016 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships  | Continental  | Men:  Nathan Schrimsher
Women:  Leidis Laura Moya
17–20  | Athletics |  2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships | International  |  United States
19–27  | Curling |  2016 Ford World Women's Curling Championship | International  |  Switzerland (Skip: Binia Feltscher)
19–5 April  | Basketball |  2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic  |  Connecticut Huskies
20  | Formula One |  2016 Australian Grand Prix | International  |  Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes)
20  | Motorcycle racing |  2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | International  | MotoGP:  Jorge Lorenzo ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
Moto2:  Thomas Lüthi ( Garage Plus Interwetten)
Moto3:  Niccolò Antonelli ( Ongetta-Rivacold)
20–24  | Table tennis |  2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships  | Continental  | Men:  Chris Yan
Women:  Jian Fang Lay
21–27  | Squash |  2016 Men's British Open (PSA WS #6)
2016 Women's British Open | International  | Men:  Mohamed El Shorbagy
Women:  Nour El Sherbini
21–3 April  | Tennis |  2016 Miami Open | International  | Men:  Novak Djokovic
Women:  Victoria Azarenka
23–27  | Golf |  2016 WGC-Dell Match Play | International  |  Jason Day
25–27  | Rowing |  2016 South American Rowing Championship  | Continental  |  Brazil
26  | Athletics |  2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | International  | Men:  Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor
Women:  Peres Jepchirchir
26  | Horse racing |  2016 Dubai World Cup | International  |  California Chrome
(Jockey:  Victor Espinoza)
26–31  | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I – Group A  | International  |  Germany was promoted to Top Division
Slovakia was relegated to Division I - Group B
26–1 April  | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B  | International  |  Estonia was promoted to Division II - Group A
China was relegated to Division III - Group A
28–3 April  | Figure skating |  2016 World Figure Skating Championships | International  | Men:  Javier Fernández
Ladies:  Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs:  Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford
Ice Dance:  Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron
28–3 April  | Snooker |  2016 China Open | International  |  Judd Trump
28–4 April  | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF Women's World Championship | International  |  United States
31–3 April  | Golf |  2016 ANA Inspiration | International  |  Lydia Ko
31–6 April  | Ice hockey |  2016 IIHF World Championship Division III | International  |  Turkey was promoted to Division II - Group B