Asia-Pacific news calendar from Saturday, March 22 to Friday, April 18:

Ongoing:

BANGLADESH: Cricket. World Twenty20 (until April 6)

GEORGETOWN, Malaysia: Squash. Women's World Squash Championship (until March 23)

IPOH, Malaysia: Hockey. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup (until March 23)

Saturday, March 22

VARIOUS DATELINES: Chinese president Xi Jinping sets off on a European tour, taking in the Netherlands, France, Germany and Belgium (until April 1)

MELBOURNE: Athletics. Melbourne World Challenge

SYDNEY: Baseball. Arizona Diamondbacks v Los Angeles Dodgers (until March 23)

TOKYO: Rugby Union. Japan Sevens (until March 23)

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15

Sunday, March 23

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Day

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15

Monday, March 24

HONG KONG: Chinese oil giant Sinopec releases 2013 full year results.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian court to deliver verdict in the trial of a British national accused of sexually abusing three children

SINGAPORE: Global Internet group ICANN holds meeting on the web's future after the US government said it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community" (until March 27)

YANGON: Myanmar Civil Aviation Development Conference

SAITAMA, Japan: Figure skating. World championships (until March 30, day of the gala exhibition)

Tuesday, March 25

HONG KONG: Court proceedings continue against the employer of Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, who was allegedly tortured

MANILA: January imports data

KUALA LUMPUR: Squash. Kuala Lumpur Open (until March 30)

YOKOHAMA, Japan: UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (until March 31)

Wednesday, March 26

KUALA LUMPUR: Laureus World Sports Awards

SYDNEY: Football. 2015 Asian Cup draw

TOKYO: Boxing. Kohei Kono (JPN) v Denkaosan Kaovichit (THA) in a bout to decide the WBA super flyweight champion

Thursday, March 27

MACAU: Movie stars attend the annual Asian Film Awards

MANILA: Central bank monetary board meeting to set interest rates

NAYPYIDAW: Annual Armed Forces Day

TAIPEI: Central Bank board meeting

JAKARTA, Indonesia: Golf. OneAsia. Indonesia PGA Championship (until March 30)

KUALA LUMPUR: Golf. EurAsia Cup (until March 29)

Friday, March 28

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian court to deliver verdict in appeal of French journalist Daniel Lainé, sentenced in absentia to seven years in jail on sex charges that rights groups say are linked to his investigative work

TOKYO: February unemployment, inflation data

HONG KONG: Rugby Union. Hong Kong Sevens (until March 30)

SEPANG, Malaysia: Formula One. Malaysian Grand Prix (until March 30)

MELBOURNE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15

Saturday, March 29

BANGKOK: Deadline for Thai premier to submit a defence over negligence charges that could lead to her removal from office

SINGAPORE: Cast of the movie Spider-Man 2 lead celebration of Earth Hour. Spider-Man has been named ambassador for the Earth Hour global campaign to draw attention to climate change

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15

Sunday, March 30

KATHMANDU: Nepal celebrates Ghode Yatra traditional horse racing festival

BANGKOK: Nationwide election for Thailand's upper house Senate

TOKYO: New terminal opens at Haneda Airport, one of the world's busiest

YANGON: Myanmar holds its first census in over three decades (until April 10)

Monday, March 31

BEIJING: China Index Academy to release property price statistics

ISLAMABAD: A special tribunal hearing a landmark treason case against Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf ordered him to appear in person or face arrest

TOKYO: February preliminary industrial production data

Tuesday, April 1

BEIJING: Official purchasing managers' index

HONG KONG: The Asian Development Bank releases its economic outlook for the year of 2014

JAKARTA: Statistics agency releases March inflation and February trade data

MANILA: The Philippines revives a much-criticised ferry service through Manila's polluted Pasig River

MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India meets to decide on interest rates

TOKYO: Bank of Japan releases quarterly Tankan survey on business confidence

TOKYO: National sales tax rise comes into effect amid fears it will hurt consumer spending

BRISBANE: Swimming. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)

NEW DELHI: Badminton. Superseries. Indian Open (until April 6)

VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until April 2)

Thursday, April 3

HONG KONG: Court hearing on a confiscation order for Carson Yeung's assets after the barber-turned-tycoon was sentenced to six years jail for money laundering

MELBOURNE: Athletics. Commonwealth Games trials (until April 6)

Friday, April 4

MANILA: March inflation data

HONGKONG/MANILA: Asian Development Bank releases latest economic growth forecasts for developing countries in Asia

NAYPYIDAW: ASEAN Central Bank Governors' meeting and Finance Ministers' meeting (April 5)

BUSAN, South Korea: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group 1, second round. South Korea v India Davis Cup (until April 6)

MANILA: Tennis. Philippines face Pakistan or Vietnam in a Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group II 2nd round tie

TIANJIN, China: Tennis. Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Group I, second round. China v Uzbekistan (until April 6)

TOKYO: Tennis. Davis Cup World Group quarter-final. Japan v Czech Republic (until April 6)

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15 (until April 5)

Saturday, April 5

KABUL: Presidential and provincial council elections

MANILA: Former Philippine president Gloria Arroyo marks 67th birthday under detention and on trial for corruption and election fraud

Sunday, April 6

TOKYO: Boxing. WBC flyweight title match Akira Yamaguchi (JPN) vs Odilon Zaleta (MEX)

TOKYO: Boxing. WBC light-flyweight title bout. Adrian Hernandez (MEX) vs Naoya Inoue (JPN)

TOKYO: Football. J-League matches

Monday, April 7

NEW DELHI: Marathon nine-stage elections start in India with voters in the first two states and territories of Assam and Tripura heading to the polls.

TOKYO: Bank of Japan holds two-day policy meeting

WELLINGTON: Royal visit with Prince William, Catherine and baby George (until April 16)

Tuesday, April 8

BOAO, China: Boao Forum, a gathering of current and former political and economic figures (until April 11)

JAKARTA: Indonesian central bank holds interest rate meeting

TOKYO: February balance-of-payments data

TOKYO: Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds news conference

SINGAPORE: Badminton. Superseries. Singapore Open (until April 13)

Wednesday, April 9

JAKARTA: Indonesia holds nationwide legislative elections

Thursday, April 10

BEIJING: Customs release March and first quarter trade data

TOKYO: Swimming. National championships (until April 13)

NEW DELHI: India's nine-stage elections continue with the capital and 13 other states and territories voting

Friday, April 11

BEIJING: Government releases inflation statistics

MANILA: Release of January exports data

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15 (until April 12)

Saturday, April 12

LAS VEGAS, Nevada: Philippine boxing great Manny Pacquiao rematch against World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Timothy Bradley of the United States

TOKYO: Football. J-League matches

Monday, April 14

KUALA LUMPUR: Tennis. BMW Malaysian Open (until April 20)

Tuesday, April 15

VARIOUS DATELINES: Football. AFC Champions League group games (until April 16)

Wednesday, April 16

BEIJING: Government releases Q1 GDP growth figure and other data

WELLINGTON: New Zealand inflation data for Q1 2014

Thursday, April 17

KUALA LUMPUR: Golf. Maybank Malaysian Open (until April 20)

NEW DELHI: The biggest day of voting in India's elections with 122 seats of 543 in the national parliament up for grabs

Friday, April 18

SHANGHAI: Motorsports. Formula One. Chinese Grand Prix (until April 20)

VARIOUS DATELINES: Rugby Union. Super 15 (until April 19)