Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The 21st World Athletics Championships are held at the Beijing National Stadium, the second time the city has hosted after 2015. Ten days of track and field in the stadium built for the 2008 Olympics.

The women's singles final fills Arthur Ashe Stadium on the tournament's second Saturday, closing the American hard-court season. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the US Open running 29 August to 12 September.

Oasis play Knebworth Park for the first time since their two historic nights there in August 1996, opening a run of six shows at the 125,000-capacity Hertfordshire site that closes the Live '27 tour.

The season's last major ends under the lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium, the largest tennis arena in the world at roughly 23,000 seats. The ATP's 2027 calendar has the tournament running 29 August to 12 September, with the men's singles final on the closing Sunday.

The Spanish Grand Prix runs at Madrid's Madring, the part-street, part-permanent circuit around IFEMA that took the race off Barcelona.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its September 14-15 2027 meeting. The meeting is one of the four in 2027 that comes with a Summary of Economic Projections - the "dot plot" - and a press conference. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 59%, Hike 25bps 20%, Cut 25bps 6%.

The 46th Ryder Cup is played at Adare Manor in County Limerick, the first held in Ireland since the K Club in 2006. The Irish government is expected to spend €58 million on the event, €22.5 million of it an event licence fee to the European Tour.

The 192nd Oktoberfest is due to run on Munich's Theresienwiese from Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October 2027, following the festival's rule of starting on the first Saturday after 15 September and ending on the first Sunday in October.

Salesforce has set Dreamforce 2027 for 21-23 September 2027 at San Francisco's Moscone Center and on Salesforce+, with registration opening in spring 2027.

Baku pairs a two-kilometre straight along the Caspian with a climb through the medieval old city barely wide enough for one car.

The first section of Line 15, the 76km ring at the heart of the Grand Paris Express, has slipped repeatedly and is now expected to open between Pont de Sevres and Noisy-Champs in autumn 2027.

The United States federal fiscal year 2028 starts on 1 October 2027 - the date by which Congress must have funded the government or shut it down.

Monumental Sports & Entertainment's rebuild of the Capitals' and Wizards' downtown arena reaches the end of six construction phases that began in December 2024 and were staged around live events, including a new 'Visibowl' seating bowl, new premium clubs and a new cardholder entrance opening in autumn 2027.

Pfizer's phase 3 trial of Ibuzatrelvir in covid-19 sars-cov-2 infection reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 2,330 participants. The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether ibuzatrelvir is effective and safe in adults and adolescents with COVID-19 who do not need to be in the hospital but who are at high risk for progression to severe disease. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned (by chance) to receive ibuzatrelvir or matching placebo orally for 5 days. Co-administration of locally available standard of care is allowed. The total duration of the study is around 6 months.

Turkiye returns to the calendar for the first time since 2021, bringing back Turn 8 - a four-apex left taken at close to 300 km/h.

The 14th Cricket World Cup is played across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, the second time South Africa and Zimbabwe have co-hosted after 2003 and the first time Namibia has hosted. Cricket South Africa confirmed eight grounds including the Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands.

Formula 1's original night race runs under floodlights around Marina Bay, in humidity that costs drivers several kilos a race.

Microsoft's consumer Extended Security Updates programme for Windows 10 22H2 delivers its last security patches. A home Windows 10 PC keeps working after this date but gets no more security fixes, and 12 October 2027 is also the last day anyone can enrol.

Merck & Co.'s phase 3 trial of MK-8527 in human immunodeficiency virus reaches primary completion, the point at which the last participant's primary outcome is measured. The trial enrolled 4,580 participants. Researchers are looking for new medicines to prevent HIV-1 (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1) infection.

Argentines choose a president and renew Congress on 24 October 2027, the first presidential election since Javier Milei's 2023 win.

Austin's purpose-built circuit opens with a blind 40-metre climb into a hairpin, and borrows corners from Silverstone, Istanbul and Hockenheim.

The FOMC announces its rate decision on the second day of its October 26-27 2027 meeting. On 21 September 2026 Kalshi last traded Fed maintains rate 54%, Hike 25bps 46%, Cut 25bps 7%.

A five-kilometre SkyTrain extension meant to unlock a taller, denser Broadway Corridor in Vancouver has slipped from its original early-2026 target to autumn 2027.

At 2,200 metres above sea level the air is thin enough to change how the cars cool, brake and make power, and the lap ends through a baseball stadium.