The world's greatest classical music festival, the BBC Proms have been going for well over a hundred years. The first Proms concert took place on 10 August 1895, organised by impresario Robert Newman, with the avowed intent of reaching a wider audience by offering popular programmes in an informal setting. In 1896 Newman offered Henry Wood conductorship of the first Proms season.
The only major men's golf championship held outside the USA provides a thrilling spectacle over a rota of nine different courses. This year the Championship takes place at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake; it was last played there in 2006 after an absence of 39 years.
The Claret Jug, or to use its proper name, The Golf Champion Trophy, is presented to each year’s winner of The Open Championship.
The opening match of the five-match Investec Series between England and India in 2020 hosted at Trent Bridge.
Trent Bridge is considered to be one of the best grounds in the world to watch cricket. Trent Bridge's serene pavilion, kept within the architectural parameters of its 1889 foundation, is thought of as one of the most renowned trademarks of cricket. Recent developments include the £7.2 million Radcliffe Road Cricket Centre, opened in 1998 and the state of the art £1.9 million Fox Road stand, which has received awards for its architectural excellence.
The second Test of the 2013 Ashes series takes the Australian and English cricketers to Lord's.
Lord's has long been seen as the 'Home of Cricket' and the game's spiritual 'headquarters'. But its importance is not merely historical. In practice it remains, to this day, perhaps the most important single place in world cricket.
Its owner, Marylebone Cricket Club, remains the guardian of both the Laws and the Spirit of Cricket, and MCC sides perform a key role in promoting cricket in Britain and elsewhere.
The second Test of the 2020 series takes the Indian and English cricketers to Lord's.
Lord's has long been seen as the 'Home of Cricket' and the game's spiritual 'headquarters'. But its importance is not merely historical. In practice it remains, to this day, perhaps the most important single place in world cricket.
Its owner, Marylebone Cricket Club, remains the guardian of both the Laws and the Spirit of Cricket, and MCC sides perform a key role in promoting cricket in Britain and elsewhere.
The Hungarian Grand Prix dates back to 1936. The Formula One Grand Prix has been hosted at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród close to Budapest since its birth in 1985, when it was the first F1 race to be run behind the Iron Curtain.
2006 was the first year in which the Hungarian Grand Prix was run in wet conditions - this was the year when Nigel Mansell's 17-year-record of winning from 12th was broken, when Jenson Button took victory from 14th place on the grid.
The Austrian Grand Prix returns to the Formula 1 calendar this year, at the Red Bull Ring - the new name for the A1 ring, the track layout is still the same as before - for the first time since 2003.
Austria was a consistent feature on the F1 calendar in the 1970s and 1980s at the famous Osterreichring but after the original circuit held its last grand prix in 1987, it wasn't until a decade later that the country returned to the sport at the new-look A1 Ring.
Belgium's F1 Grand Prix is hosted by the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps racecourse.
Spa-Francorchamps is popular among both spectators and drivers: it is challenging because of the Spa region's unpredictable weather, and because it is undulating and twisty yet very fast. The skill required and the good opportunities for overtaking have made it the scene of some memorable driving duels.
The Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open takes place in July and is one of the leading events on the European Tour. The event features some of the world's top golfers competing for £2.5m worth of prize money.
This popular tournament has recently moved to the historic Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, the world’s sixth oldest club. With some of Europe’s top professionals making their final preparations before The Open, this event is sure to draw large crowds of golf fans to the north east for four days of first-class golf action.
The world's oldest major tennis championship, fought out for two weeks between late June and early July at south London's All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, is the third Grand Slam tournament of the year and the only one still played on grass.
