Oct 3-7 EQUESTRIAN - Horse of the Year show, Birmingham.

Oct 4-6 RACING - Cambridgeshire Meeting, Newmarket.

Oct 5-7 RALLYING - Rallye de France - Tour de Corse.

Oct 6-7 RUGBY UNION - World Cup quarter-finals.

Oct 7 FORMULA ONE - Japanese GP.

Oct 7 WORLD SUPERBIKES - Magny-Cours.

Oct 7 RUGBY LEAGUE - Super League Final Eliminator.

Oct 8-14 TENNIS - WTA Kremlin Cup, Moscow.

Oct 11-14 GOLF - HSBC World Match Play Championship.

Oct 12-14 RALLYING - Rallye de España.

Oct 13-14 RUGBY UNION - World Cup semi-finals.

Oct 13 RUGBY LEAGUE - engage Super League XII Grand Final

Oct 14 MOTO GP - Australian GP, Phillip Island.

Oct 15-21 TENNIS - ATP Madrid Masters, Madrid.

Oct 15-21 TENNIS - WTA Zurich Open, Zurich.

Oct 19-20 RACING - Champions Meeting, Newmarket.

Oct 19 RUGBY UNION - World Cup third/fourth place play-off, Paris.

Oct 20 RUGBY UNION - World Cup final, St Denis.

Oct 21 FORMULA ONE - Brazilian GP.

Oct 21 MOTO GP - Malaysian GP, Sepang.

Oct 21 WORLD SUPERBIKES - tba.

Oct 22-28 DARTS - Skybet World Grand Prix.

Oct 26-28 RALLYING - Rally Japan.

Oct 29-Nov 4 TENNIS - ATP BNP Paribas Masters, Paris.