Article:What do we have to look forward to in 2008?

Here's a list of everything we have to look forward to in 2008 in sport:

2008 Summer Olympic Games

 * Archery
 * Athletics
 * Badminton
 * Baseball
 * Boxing
 * Canoeing
 * Cycling
 * Diving
 * Equestrian
 * Fencing
 * Field Hockey
 * Football (soccer)
 * Gynmastics
 * Handball
 * Judo
 * Modern Pentathlon
 * Rowing
 * Sailing
 * Shooting
 * Softball
 * Synchronised Swimming
 * Table Tennis
 * Taekwondo
 * Tennis
 * Triathlon
 * Volleyball
 * Water Polo
 * Weightlifting
 * Wrestling

American Football

 * 2007 NFL Playoffs - can the Pats go 19-0?
 * 2008 NFL season - can the Pats go 16-0 again?!

Athletics

 * 2008 Indoor Athletics World Championship

Aussie Rules Football

 * Aussie Rules World Cup

Aquatics

 * Swimming World Cup
 * Short-Course World Championship

Auto Racing

 * Formula One World Championship (for Drivers and Constructors). Kimi Raikkonen looks to reclaim his title.
 * World Rally Championship. Sebastien Loeb and Marcus Gronholm look to have another battle.
 * MotoGP World Championship. Can Valentino Rossi stop Casey Stoner? Two races in the US (Indianapolis and Laguna Seca).

Bandy

 * World Cup
 * World Championship

Baseball

 * The 2008 MLB season.

Basketball

 * The 2007/08 NBA season.

Cuesport

 * World Championship events in 8 and 9-ball pool.
 * World Billiards and Snooker Championships. The World Professional Snooker Championship has it's first preliminary round on Thursday.
 * World Cup of Pool.

Cricket

 * India in Australia until February 2008
 * Commenwealth Bank ODI series in Australia (Australia/India/Sri Lanka)
 * England in New Zealand (Feb - Mar 2008)
 * English cricket season in the summer, including full international tours

Cycling

 * Road Cycling World Championship
 * Track Cycling World Championship
 * Mountain Biking World Championship

Darts

 * Two World Finals, the biggest of which is today, between Canadian John Part and Englishman Kirk Shepherd, Part a two-time Champion and Shepherd a youngster that has come from nowhere to make the final.

Golf

 * Four majors:
 * 1) The Masters at Augusta National.
 * 2) US Open Championship at Torrey Pines.
 * 3) The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
 * 4) The PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.
 * World Matchplay Championship at Wentworth.

Horses

 * Grand National
 * Derby
 * US Triple Crown - Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes
 * Melbourne Cup
 * St Leger
 * Prix de l'Arc de Triumph
 * Show Jumping World Cup
 * 2008 Polo World Cup

Ice Hockey

 * 2008 IIHF World Championship.
 * 2007/08 NHL season.

Lawn Tennis

 * Four Grand Slams:
 * 1) Australian Open in Melbourne.
 * 2) French Open at Roland Garros.
 * 3) Wimbledon in Wimbledon, funnily enough...
 * 4) US Open at Flushing Meadows.

Real Tennis

 * 2008 Real Tennis World Championship (The oldest World Championship in sport, dating back to 1740.)

Rowing

 * 2008 World Rowing Championship

Rugby

 * Union
 * 2008 Six Nations between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales
 * 2007/08 English League season
 * League
 * 2007/08 English League season
 * 2008 Rugby League World Cup
 * Sevens
 * 2008 Sevens World Series

Skating

 * 2008 Figure Skating World Championship
 * 2008 Speed Skating World Championship

"Soccer"

 * Euro 2008 in Austria, although no team from the British Isles is in it.
 * One of the closest Premier League battles in some time, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all realistically in with a chance.

Speedway

 * The 2008 Speedway World Championship will be a close battle between defending champion Nicki Pedersen and others such as Leigh Adams, Jason Crump and rookie outsider Kryzstof Kasprzak.
 * The 2008 Speedway World Cup will no doubt see Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Great Britain and Australia all battle for supremacy (USA won't be too far away either).

Table Tennis

 * 2008 Table Tennis World Team Cup

Winter Sports
2007/08 season from sports including:
 * Skiing - Downhill, Slalom, Super G, Giant Slalom
 * Sledding - Luge, Skeleton, Bobsleigh
 * Cross-Country Skiing/Biathlon
 * Ski Jumping