October 2008 calendar

Key events this month:

RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 4 Old Trafford: Super League final
SQUASH: Oct 11-19 World Championships, Manchester
R/LEAGUE: Oct 25 World Cup, Townsville: England v PNG
R/LEAGUE: Oct 26 World Cup, Canberra: Scotland v France
R/LEAGUE: Oct 27 World Cup, Parramatta: Tonga v Ireland

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The month in detail:

RACING: Oct 1 Kempton, Newcastle, Nottingham, Salisbury
RACING: Oct 2 Ayr, Goodwood, Great Leighs (tbc), Newmarket
GOLF: Oct 2-5 Scotland: Dunhill Links Championship
GOLF: Oct 2-5 New York: Turning Stone Resort Championship
MOTOR RACING: Oct 2-5 Spanish Rally
RACING: Oct 3 Hexham, Lingfield, Newmarket, Wolverhampton
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 4 Old Trafford: engage Super League final
RACING: Oct 4 Fontwell, Kempton, Newmarket, Redcar, Wolverhampton
MOTOR RACING: Oct 5 Italy: World Touring Car Championship
MOTOR CYCLING: Oct 5 Australia: MotoGP
MOTOR CYCLING: Oct 5 France: World Superbikes
ATHLETICS: Oct 5 Tyneside: BUPA Great North Run
ATHLETICS: Oct 5 Zagreb: Zagreb Marathon
RACING: Oct 5 Huntingdon, Kelso, Uttoxeter
RACING: Oct 6 Pontefract, Warwick, Windsor
TENNIS: Oct 6-12 Vienna: BA-CA Trophy
TENNIS: Oct 6-12 Stockholm Open
TENNIS: Oct 6-12 Moscow: Kremlin Cup
TENNIS: Oct 6-12 Kolkata: Sunfeast Open
RACING: Oct 7 Catterick, Folkestone, Leicester
RACING: Oct 8 Exeter, Kempton, Nottingham, Towcester
RACING: Oct 9 Great Leighs, Newbury, Wincanton, Worcester
GOLF: Oct 9-12 Valero Texas Open
RACING: Oct 10 Ayr, Carlisle, Lingfield, Wolverhampton
RACING: Oct 11 Ascot, Bangor, Chepstow, Hexham, Musselburgh, Wolverhampton
SQUASH: Oct 11-19 World Championships, Manchester
MOTOR RACING: Oct 12 Japanese Grand Prix
MOTOR CYCLING: Oct 12 Indonesia: World Superbikes
ATHLETICS: Oct 12 Rio de Janeiro: IAAF World Road Running Championships
RACING: Oct 12 Bath, Goodwood, Great Leighs (tbc)
RACING: Oct 13 Kempton, Windsor, Wolverhampton
TENNIS: Oct 13-19 Madrid Masters
TENNIS: Oct 13-19 Zurich Open
RACING: Oct 14 Huntingdon, Leicester, Newcastle
RACING: Oct 15 Kempton, Lingfield, Uttoxeter, Wetherby
RACING: Oct 16 Brighton, Great Leighs (tbc), Ludlow, Nottingham
GOLF: Oct 16-19 Vilamoura: Portugal Masters
GOLF: Oct 16-19 Nevada: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
RACING: Oct 17 Cheltenham, Kempton, Newmarket, Redcar
RACING: Oct 18 Catterick, Cheltenham, Kelso, Newmarket, Wolverhampton
MOTOR RACING: Oct 19 Chinese Grand Prix
MOTOR CYCLING: Oct 19 Malaysia: MotoGP
ATHLETICS: Oct 19 Amsterdam: ING Marathon
RACING: Oct 19 Fontwell, Kempton, Southwell
RACING: Oct 20 Plumpton, Pontefract, Windsor
TENNIS: Oct 20-26 Basle: Davidoff Swiss Indoors
TENNIS: Oct 20-26 St Petersburg Open
TENNIS: Oct 20-26 Lyon: Grand Prix
TENNIS: Oct 20-26 Linz: Generali Ladies
TENNIS: Oct 20-26 Luxembourg: Fortis Championships
RACING: Oct 21 Exeter, Lingfield, Yarmouth
ATHLETICS: Oct 22 Belgrade: Race Through History
RACING: Oct 22 Bath, Great Leighs (tbc), Kempton, Windsor
RACING: Oct 23 Brighton, Carlisle, Great Leighs (tbc), Ludlow
GOLF: Oct 23-26 Majorca: Mallorca Masters
GOLF: Oct 23-26 Arizona: Frys.com Open
MOTOR RACING: Oct 24-26 Japanese Rally
RACING: Oct 24 Ayr, Doncaster, Fakenham, Wolverhampton
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 25 World Cup, Townsville: England v Papua New Guinea
RACING: Oct 25 Aintree, Chepstow, Doncaster, Newbury, Stratford, Wolverhampton
MOTOR RACING: Oct 26 Japan: World Touring Car Championship
MOTOR CYCLING: Oct 26 Valencia: MotoGP
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 26 World Cup, Sydney: Opening ceremony, followed by Australia v New Zealand; Canberra: Scotland v France
ATHLETICS: Oct 26 Portsmouth: BUPA Great South Run
RACING: Oct 26 Aintree, Towcester, Wincanton
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 27 World Cup, Parramatta: Tonga v Ireland
ATHLETICS: Oct 27 Dublin National Marathon
RACING: Oct 27 Kempton, Leicester, Lingfield
TENNIS: Oct 27-Nov 2 Paris: BNP Masters
TENNIS: Oct 27-Nov 2 Quebec: Bell Challenge
RACING: Oct 28 Catterick, Southwell, Yarmouth
RACING: Oct 29 Great Leighs, Huntingdon, Kempton, Nottingham
RACING: Oct 30 Great Leighs, Lingfield, Newcastle, Stratford
GOLF: Oct 30-Nov 2 Valderrama: Volvo Masters
GOLF: Oct 30-Nov 2 Florida: Ginn sur Mer Classic
RUGBY LEAGUE: Oct 31 World Cup, Penrith: Repechage winner v Tonga
RACING: Oct 31 Newmarket, Uttoxeter, Wetherby, Wolverhampton