2025 in sports
2025 in sports describes the year's events in world sports. The main events for this year are the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England and the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup in India.
Calendar by month
January
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 December – 5 January | Ice hockey |  2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
|
Domestic | |
| 1 | Ice hockey |  2025 NHL Winter Classic
|
Domestic | |
| 10–12 | Speed skating |  2025 European Speed Skating Championships
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Continental | |
| 12–26 | Tennis |  2025 Australian Open
|
International | |
| 13–23 | Multi-sport |  2025 Winter World University Games
|
International | |
| 14–2 February | Handball |  / / 2025 World Men's Handball Championship
|
International | |
| 17–19 | Speed skating |  2025 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships
|
Continental | |
| 18–19 | Luge | 2025 FIL European Luge Championships
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Continental | |
| 20 | American football | 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship
|
Domestic | |
| 22–26 | Biathlon | 2025 IBU Junior Open European Championships
|
Continental | |
| 29–2 February | Biathlon | 2025 IBU Open European Championships
|
Continental | |
| 31–2 February | Cyclo-cross |  2025 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
|
International |
February
March
April
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–15 | Fencing |  2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships
|
International | |
| 2-6 | Equestrian |  2025 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)
|
International | |
| 7-13 | Golf | 2025 Masters Tournament
|
International | |
| 7–13 | Wrestling |  2025 European Wrestling Championships
|
Continental | |
| 12–21 | Curling | 2025 World Junior Curling Championships
|
International | |
| 21 | Marathon | 2025 Boston Marathon
|
International | |
| 24-26 | American football | 2025 NFL draft
|
Domestic |
May
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrestling |  2025 European Karate Championships
|
Continental | |
| 1–11 | Beach soccer |  2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
|
International | |
| 3 | Horse Racing | 2025 Kentucky Derby
|
Domestic | |
| 9–25 | Ice hockey | / 2025 IIHF World Championship
|
International | |
| 12–18 | Golf | 2025 PGA Championship
|
Domestic | |
| 17 | Horse Racing | 2025 Preakness Stakes
|
Domestic | |
| 25-7 June | Tennis | 2025 French Open
|
International | |
| 26–31 | Artistic gymnastics | 2025 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
|
Continental | |
| 29–1 June | Rowing |  2025 European Rowing Championships
|
Continental |
June
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Horse Racing | 2025 Belmont Stakes
|
Domestic | |
| 25-26 | Ice hockey | 2025 NHL Entry Draft
|
Domestic | |
| 26 | Basketball | 2025 NBA draft
|
Domestic | |
| 30-13 July | Tennis |  2025 Wimbledon Championships
|
International |
July
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–12 | Multi-sport |  2025 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
|
Continental | |
| 2–27 July | Association football | UEFA Women's Euro 2025
|
Continental | |
| 15 | Baseball | 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
|
Domestic | |
| 17–20 | Golf | 2025 British Open
|
International |
August
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14–24 | Baseball | 2025 Little League World Series
|
Domestic | |
| 22–September 27 | Rugby union |  2025 Rugby World Cup
|
International | |
| 25–September 7 | Tennis | 2025 US Open
|
International | |
| 30–December 13 | American football | 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season
|
Domestic |
September
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–4 January | American football | 2025 NFL season
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Domestic | |
| 13–21 | Athletics |  2025 World Athletics Championships
|
International |
October
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Marathon | 2025 Chicago Marathon
|
Domestic | |
| 21 | Baseball | 2025 World Series
|
Domestic |
November
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct–1 | Horse Racing | 2025 Breeders Cup
|
Domestic | |
| 2 | Marathon | 2025 New York City Marathon
|
Domestic |
December
| Date | Sport | Venue/Event | Status | Winner/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-14 | Equestrian |  2025 FEI Asian Equestrian Championships
|
Continental | |
| 9–20 | Multi-sport | 2025 SEA Games
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Regional |
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- TBA: 2025 IFAF World Championship (location TBA)
- February 2: 2025 Pro Bowl Games in TBD
- February 9: Super Bowl LIX in
New Orleans, Louisiana - April 24–26: 2025 NFL draft in
Green Bay, Wisconsin - September 4, 2025 – January 4, 2026: 2025 NFL season
TBD: 2025 World Aquatics Championships in 
Singapore
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FIFA
- 15 June – 13 July: 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in United States
- TBD: 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in
Morocco - TBD: 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
Qatar - TBD: 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in
Chile
CAF
- 21 December – 18 January 2026: 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco
UEFA
- July 2–27: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 in Switzerland
13–21 September: 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan
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- March 27 – September 28: 2025 Major League Baseball season
- TBD: 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in
Georgia (U.S. state) Cumberland, Georgia - TBD: 2025 Major League Baseball draft
- TBD: 2025 World Series
- August 14–24: Little League World Series at both Little League Volunteer Stadium and Howard J. Lamade Stadium in
South Willamsport
- June 28–July 6: 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland
- July 12–20: 2025 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in
Czech Republic
- 25 July–3 August: 2025 Women's Afrobasket in
Ivory Coast - 12–24 August: AfroBasket 2025 in
Angola
- 28 June–6 July: 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Chile
- 23–31 August: 2025 FIBA AmeriCup in
Nicaragua
- 13–20 July: 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in China
- 5–17 August: 2025 FIBA Asia Cup
in Saudi Arabia
- 18–29 June: EuroBasket Women 2025 in Czech Republic, Germany,
Greece and Italy - August 27–September 14: EuroBasket 2025 in
Cyprus, 
Finland, 
Latvia and 
Poland
- October 22, 2024 – April 13: 2024–25 NBA season
- February 16: 2025 NBA All-Star Game at the Chase Center in
San Francisco, California - April 19: 2025 NBA playoffs
- June 26: 2025 NBA draft
- March 18 – April 7: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- March 21 – April 6: 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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- 1–11 May: 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Seychelles
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- 2025 ICC Champions Trophy
- 2023-25 ICC World Test Championship Final
- September 2025–TBD 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup in
India
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Dance sport
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Football (soccer)
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- April 7 – 13: Masters Tournament at Augusta National
- May 12 – 18: PGA Championship at
Quail Hollow - June 12 – 15: US Open at Oakmont
- July 17 – 20: British Open at
Royal Portrush - September 25 – 28: Ryder Cup at
Bethpage Black
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- 14 January – 2 February: 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway
- 27 November – 14 December: 2025 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany and Netherlands
- May 3: Kentucky Derby in
Churchill Downs - May 17: Preakness Stakes in
Pimlico - June 7: Belmont Stakes in Belmont Park
- Oct 31–Nov 1: Breeders Cup in Santa Ana Park
- October 8 – April 2025: 2024–25 NHL season
- February 1: 2025 National Hockey League All-Star Game
- April 20, 2025: 2025 NHL playoffs
- June 26–27: 2025 NHL Entry Draft
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Multi-sport events
- 13–23 January: 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin, Italy
- 8–17 March: 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy
- 7–14 February: 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China
- 16–27 July: 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany
- 7–17 August: 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China
- 9–20 December: 2025 SEA Games in Thailand
- TBD: 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- TBD: 2025 Asian Youth Games in Tashkent,
Uzbekistan - TBD: 2025 Caribbean Games in Nassau,
Bahamas
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- 2025 Rugby League World Cup in France (Cancelled)
- 28 June - 2 August: 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia Australia
Swimming
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- January 12 – 26: 2025 Australian Open
- May 25 – June 7: 2025 French Open
- June 30 – July 13: 2025 Wimbledon Championships
- August 25 – September 7: 2025 US Open
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