| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
| 2–5 | Golf |  2017 WGC-Mexico Championship | International |  Dustin Johnson |
| 3–4 | Triathlon |  2017 ITU World Triathlon Series #1 | International | Men:  Javier Gómez
Women:  Andrea Hewitt |
| 3–5 | Athletics |  2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships | Continental |  Poland |
| 3–5 | Rugby sevens | 2017 USA Sevens (WRSS #5)
2017 USA Women's Sevens (WRWSS #3) | International | Men:  South Africa
Women: New Zealand |
| 4–5 | Speed skating |  2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships | International | Men:  Sven Kramer
Women: Ireen Wüst |
| 4–11 | Beach soccer |  2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship | Continental |  Iran |
| 4–11 | Curling |  2017 World Wheelchair Curling Championship | International | Norway (Skip: Rune Lorentsen) |
| 4–26 November | Motorsport |  / 2017 Supercars Championship | Regional | Jamie Whincup ( Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
| 6–12 | Shooting |  2017 10m European Shooting Championships | Continental |  Russia |
| 6–12 | Ski orienteering | 2017 World Ski Orienteering Championships | International |  Sweden |
| 6–12 | Snooker |  2017 Players Championship | International |  Judd Trump |
| 6–19 | Tennis | 2017 Indian Wells Masters | International | Men:  Roger Federer
Women: Elena Vesnina |
| 6–22 | Baseball | / // 2017 World Baseball Classic | International | United States |
| 7–12 | Fencing |  2017 African Junior Fencing Championships | Continental |  Tunisia |
| 7–19 | Freestyle skiing & Snowboarding | FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 | International |  United States |
| 9–12 | Rallying | 2017 Rally Mexico (WRC #3) | International |  Kris Meeke &  Paul Nagle ( Citroën) |
| 9–25 November | Rallying | / / / 2017 NACAM Rally Championship | Continental | Ricardo Triviño |
| 10–12 | Short track speed skating | 2017 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships | International | Men: Seo Yi-ra
Women: Elise Christie |
| 10–19 | Ski jumping | Raw Air 2017 | International |  Stefan Kraft |
| 11 | Triathlon | 2017 ITU Triathlon World Cup #2 | International | Men: Luke Willian
Women: Emma Jackson |
| 11–12 | Rugby sevens | 2017 Canada Sevens (WRSS #6) | International | England |
| 12–17 September | Indy Car racing | / 2017 IndyCar Series | International | Josef Newgarden ( Team Penske) |
| 13–19 | Ice hockey | 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II – Group B | International | Australia was promoted to Division II – Group A
 Belgium was relegated to Division III – Group A |
| 13–22 | Handball | 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship | Continental | South Korea |
| 14–3 April | Basketball | 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament | Domestic |  North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 15–19 | Figure skating |  2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships | International | Men: Vincent Zhou
Ladies: Alina Zagitova
Pairs: Australia (Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya & Harley Windsor)
Ice dance: United States (Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons) |
| 17–2 April | Basketball | 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament | Domestic |  South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 18 | Road bicycle racing |  2017 Milan–San Remo ('Monument' #1) | International | Michał Kwiatkowski ( Team Sky) |
| 18 | Sports car racing | 2017 12 Hours of Sebring (WTSCC #2) | International | Jordan Taylor, Ricky Taylor, & Alex Lynn ( Wayne Taylor Racing) |
| 18–20 | Ice hockey | 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group B | International | Mexico was promoted to Division III – Group A |
| 18–26 | Curling |  2017 World Women's Curling Championship | International | Canada (Skip: Rachel Homan) |
| 20–2 April | Tennis | 2017 Miami Open | International | Men: Roger Federer
Women: Johanna Konta |
| 21–27 | Ice hockey | 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III – Group A | International | China was promoted to Division II – Group B
New Zealand was relegated to Division III – Group B |
| 22–26 | Golf | 2017 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | International | Dustin Johnson |
| 25 | Horse racing | 2017 Dubai World Cup | International | Arrogate (Jockey: Mike E. Smith) |
| 26 | Athletics |  2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships | International | Men:  Geoffrey Kamworor
Women: Irene Cheptai |
| 26 | Formula One | 2017 Australian Grand Prix | International |  Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari) |
| 26 | Motorcycle racing |  2017 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | International | MotoGP: Maverick Viñales ( Movistar Yamaha MotoGP)
Moto2: Franco Morbidelli ( EG 0,0 Marc VDS)
Moto3: Jorge Martín ( Del Conca Gresini Moto3) |
| 27–2 April | Equestrianism | 2017 FEI World Cup Jumping & Dressage Finals | International | Jumping: McLain Ward with horse HH Azur
Dressage: Isabell Werth with horse Weihegold |
| 29–2 April | Figure skating |  2017 World Figure Skating Championships | International | Men: Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies: Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs: China (Sui Wenjing & Han Cong)
Ice dance: Canada (Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir) |
| 30–2 April | Golf | 2017 ANA Inspiration | International | Ryu So-yeon |
| 30–8 October | Rallying |  2017 European Rally Championship | Continental | ERC: Kajetan Kajetanowicz ( Lotos Rally Team)
ERC-2:  Tibor Érdi ( Érdi Rally Team)
ERC-3: Chris Ingram ( Opel Rallye Junior Team) |
| 31–7 April | Ice hockey | 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship | International | United States |
| 31–26 November | Rallying |  / / / / 2017 Codasur South American Rally Championship | Continental | Gustavo Saba |
