Sports
- January 29: Denmark won the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, detaching from Serbia with only two goals.
- May 9: Athletic Bilbao won the 2012 UEFA Europa League Final, held at the National Arena in Bucharest.
- The Final Four of 2011-12 Euroleague was held at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, on May, 2012
- The final tournament of UEFA Euro 2012 has been hosted by Poland and Ukraine between June 8 and July 1, 2012.
- July 27: The 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place in London (United Kingdom).
- June 30–July 22: 2012 Tour de France
- The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in the Netherlands from 3 to 16 December.
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