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Tour de France
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Wimbledon
World's Figure Skating Championship
New York City Marathon
Criteria
Major criteria include degree of international participation, television viewership, and media coverage.
Brief descriptions
Summer Olympics
It's
the world's most international and prestigious sporting event
Next
host city: Rio de Janeiro (2016).
FIFA World Cup
About
10% of the world's population watch the final football (soccer) match on TV.
Next
host nations: Russia (2018), Qatar (2022).
Winter Olympics
Several
thousand athletes from over 80 countries compete in nearly 100 medal events.
Next
host venue: PyeongChang, South Korea (2014).
UEFA
European Football Championship
Europe's
prestigious football (soccer) teams compete.
Final
game draws over 100 million TV viewers.
Super
Bowl
It's
the NFL championship game (American-style football).
TV
audience exceeds 100 million.
Tour de France
This
bicycle race dates back to 1903.
The
modern-day route is usually about 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) long and takes
several weeks to complete.
Masters Golf
Tournament
This
USA event is the most esteemed of the world's four Grand Slam golf tournaments.
It's
played on an exceptionally beautiful course.
Wimbledon
Of
the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, this London venue is the oldest and has
the most cachet.
Unlike
the other four, it's played on grass.
World Figure
Skating Championship
Only
the Olympic skating competition outshines it.
There
are short and freestyle programs in the men's, ladies', pairs', and ice dancing
medal categories.
New York City
Marathon
It
is the largest annual marathon in terms of participants (40,000+) and curbside
spectators (2,000,000+).
Runners
hail from more than 100 countries.
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