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Recreation > Sports > Events > International Games - Olympic Games   June '09 June 4, 2009 start of NBA Finals June 6, 2009 National Trails Day, sponsored by American Hiking Society June 12, 2009 Stanley Cup finals (ice hockey) June 14-28, 2009 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa June 15-21, 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship, Bethpage State Park, Black Course in Farmingdale, NY June 23, 2009 Olympic Day 2009 June 25, 2008 NBA draft June 26 - July 7, 2009 World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany July '09 July 1 to July 12, 2009 XXV Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia July 4-26, 2009 Tour de France (cycling) July 14, 2009 MBA All-star Game (baseball), Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri July 16-26, 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan July 17-26, 2009 Cheyenne Frontier Days (rodeo) July 18-26, 2009 Hurley U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA July 19 - August 2, 2009 Swimming World Championships in Rome, Italy July 27 - August 8, 2009 AAU Junior Olympic Games in Des Moines, Iowa July 29, 2009 Major League Soccer All-Star Game vs. FC Everton in Sandy, Utah July 30 - August 2, 2009 2009 State Games of America, in Colorado Springs, CO August '09 August 1-15, 2009 2009 Summer National Senior Games, San Francisco Bay area August 9, 2009 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Faxcett Stadium, close to Canton, Ohio August 15-23, 2009 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany August 23-30, 2009 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland August 31 - September 13, 2009 U.S. Open in Flushing Meadow, NY (tennis) September '09 September 8-13, 2009 XXIX World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Mie, Japan September 9-27, 2009 Baseball World Cup, hosted in 8 differnet European countries September 10, 2009 NFL season kickoff - 50th anniversay season October '09 United Football League Premiere season begins October 3-11, 2008 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta October 10, 2009 Ford Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii October 12-18, 2009 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London October 28, 2009 World Series begins (football) November '09 November 1, 2009 New York City Marathon November 22, 2009 MLS Cup 2009 (soccer), Qwest Field in Seattle, Washington December '09 December 3-12, 2009 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo February '10 February 6, 2010 Start of Yukon quest in Fairbanks, Alaska (sled dog race) February 7, 2010 Superbowl XLIV, Miami Gardens, Florida (football) February 12-28, 2010 XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada February 14, 2010 59th NBA All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas (basketball) March '10 March is National Athletic Training Month, sponsored by the National Athletic Trainers' Association National Sportsmanship Day March 6, 2009 Start of Iditarod Race in Anchorage, Alaska (sled dog race) March 12-21, 2010 X Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada March 22-28, 2010 World Figure Skating Championships in Turin, Italy April '10 April 8-11, 2010 Master's Tournament (golf), Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA May '10 May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, sponsored by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the League of American Bicyclists May 7-23, 2010 74th IIHF World Championship, Mannheim and Cologne, Germany (ice hockey) May 30, 2010 Indianapolis 500 (car racing) June '10 June 23, 2010 Olympic Day 2010 August '10 August 14-26, 2010 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games, Singapore August 28 - September 12, 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey (Basketball) October '10 October 1-3, 2010 37th Ryder Cup, the Celtic Manor Resort, City of Newport, Wales (golf) February '11 February 22 - March 6, 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Champiopnships, Oslo, Norway

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