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Sports Calendar
April

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1-3: Diving, FINA Grand Prix, Zhuhai, China.
1-6: Swimming, U.S. World Championship trials, Indianapolis.
2: Race walking, IAAF, Grand Prix, Rio Major, Portugal.
2: Horse racing, Grand National, Liverpool, England.
2: Men's college basketball, NCAA Division I semifinals, St. Louis.
2: Auto racing, Grand-Am Cup, California 200, Fontana.
2: Auto Racing, NASCAR Busch, Sharpie Professional 250, Bristol, Tenn.
2-10: Curling, World Championships, Victoria, B.C.
3: Auto Racing, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn.
3: Auto racing, Grand Am Rolex, Grand American 400, Fontana, Calif.
3: Auto Racing, Formula One, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakhir.
3: Motorcycle racing, World Superbike, Phillip Island, Australia.
3: Women's college basketball, NCAA Division I championship semifinals, Indianapolis.
3-10: Women's ice hockey, World Championship, Linkoping and Norrkoping, Sweden.
4: Men's college basketball, NCAA Division I championship game, St. Louis.
4: Major League Baseball, opening day, active rosters reduced to 25 players.
4-10: Men's tennis, ATP Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain.
4-10: Men's tennis, ATP Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco.
4-10: Women's tennis, WTA Tour Bausch & Lomb Championships, Amelia Island, Fla.
5: Women's college basketball, NCAA Division I championship game, Indianapolis.
6-10: Men's bowling, PBA Dexter Tournament of Champions, Uncasville, Conn.
7: Men's college ice hockey, NCAA Division I championship semifinals, Columbus, Ohio.
7-10: Men's golf, PGA Tour, The Masters, Augusta, Ga.
8-9: Men's college gymnastics, NCAA championship, West Point, N.Y.
8-10: Auto racing, NHRA, O'Reilly Spring Nationals, Houston.
8-10: Auto rally, New Zealand Rally.
8-17: Shooting, ISSF World Cup, all events, Changwon, South Korea.
9: Men's college ice hockey, NCAA Division I championship game, Columbus, Ohio.
9: Auto racing, NASCAR Trucks, TBA, Martinsville, Va.
10: Auto Racing, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Advance Auto Parts 500, Martinsville, Va.
10: Running, Paris Marathon.
10: Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
10: Auto racing, Champ Car, Toyota GP of Long Beach (Calif.)
10: Motorcycle racing, FIM, Spanish Grand Prix, Jerez de la Frontera.
11-17: Men's tennis, ATP Masters Series Monte-Carlo, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
11-17: Women's tennis, WTA Tour The Family Circle Cup, Charleston, S.C.
13-14: Track and field, Mt. Sac Relays, Walnut, Calif.
14-16: Women's college bowling, NCAA championship, Orlando, Fla.
14-16: Women's golf, LPGA, LPGA Takefugi Classic, Las Vegas.
14-17: Men's golf, PGA Tour, MCI Heritage, Hilton Head Island, S.C.
14-17: Men's golf, Asian Tour, Visa Dynasty Cup, Shenzhen, China.
14-17: Men's golf, European PGA, Spanish Open, TBA.
14-17: Auto racing, NHRA, SummitRacing.com Nationals, Las Vegas.
16: Horse racing, Scottish Grand National, Ayr, Scotland.
16: Auto Racing, NASCAR Busch, O'Reilly 300, Fort Worth, Texas.
17: Auto Racing, NASCAR Nextel Cup, Samsung/RadioShack 500, Fort Worth, Texas.
17: Running, London Marathon.
17: Motorcycle racing, FIM, Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix, Jacarepagua, Brazil.
17: Running, Turin (Italy) Marathon.
18: Running, Boston Marathon.
18-24: Men's tennis, ATP Open SEAT Godo, Barcelona, Spain.
18-24: Men's tennis, ATP U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston.
18-24: Women's tennis, ITF Fed Cup I, various sites.
20: Pro Basketball, NBA regular season ends.
21-23: Women's college gymnastics, NCAA championship, Auburn, Ala.
21-24: Men's golf, PGA Tour, Shell Houston Open.
21-24: Women's golf, LPGA, Corona Morelia Championship, Morelia, Mexico.
21-24: Men's golf, PGA Nationwide Tour, Virginia Beach (Va.) Open.
21-24: Men's golf, European PGA, Johnnie Walker Classic, Beijing, China.
22: Auto Racing, NASCAR Busch, Bashas' 250, Avondale, Ariz.
22-23: Figure skating, World Synchronized Championships, Goteborg, Sweden.
22-24: Men's golf, PGA Champions, Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, Savannah, Ga.
23: Auto Racing, NASCAR Nextel Cup, TBA, Avondale, Ariz.
23: Race walking, IAAF, Grand Prix, Cixi City, China.
23: Pro Basketball, NBA playoffs begin.
24: Auto Racing, Formula One, San Marino Grand Prix, Imola.
24: Running, Madrid Marathon, Spain.
24: Motorcycle racing, World Superbike, Valencia, Spain.
24-25: Pro football, NFL draft, New York.
25-May 1: Men's and women's tennis, ATP-WTA Tour Estoril (Portugal) Open.
25-May 1: Men's tennis, ATP BMW Open, Munich, Germany.
25-May 1: Women's tennis, WTA Tour J&S Cup, Warsaw, Poland.
25-May 1: Men's tennis, Davis Cup Asia/Oceania zone, Group IV and Europe/Africa zone, Group III, various sites.
28-30: Track and field, Penn Relays, Philadelphia.
28-30: Wrestling, U.S. Championships, Las Vegas.
28-30: Synchronized Swimming, U.S. Championships, Federal Way, Wash.
28-30: Track and field, Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa.
28-May 1: Men's golf, PGA Nationwide Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs, Greenville, S.C.
28-May 1: Men's golf, European PGA, Asian Open, Shanghai, China.
28-May 1: Women's golf, LPGA, Franklin American Mortgage Championship, Franklin, Tenn.
28-May 1: Men's golf, PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Avondale, La.
29-May 1: Auto rally, Italy-Sardinia Rally, various sites, Sardinia.
29-May 1: Men's golf, PGA Champions, FedEx Kinko's Classic of Austin (Texas).
29-May 2: Diving, FINA Grand Prix, Montreal.
29-May 6: Table tennis, Individual World Championships, Shanghai, China.
30: Track and field, IAAF Grand Prix II, Meeting du Conseil General, Fort de France, France.
30: Auto racing, IRL event, Suzuka, Japan
30: Auto racing, NASCAR Trucks, TBA, Madison, Ill.
30: Auto Racing, NASCAR Busch, Aaron's 312, Talladega, Ala.
30: Horse racing, English 2,000 Guineas, Newmarket, England.
30-May 2: Auto racing, NHRA, Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, Tenn.
30-May 6: Table Tennis, World Championships, Beijing, China.
30-May 15: Men's ice hockey, World Championships, Innsbruck and Vienna, Austria.