2025, another exciting year for sports, packed with major international competitions across a range of disciplines. Here are some of the key events from the 2025 calendar: World Games, the Invictus Games, Summer & Winter World University Games, Rugby League World Cup, African Cup of Nations, alongside the usual annual highlights. These are featured on our top-10 major events of 2025 you shouldn't miss.

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World number 1 Jannik Sinner was controversally banned taking a banned substance. Jannik Sinner negotiated a deal with WADA to ensure he would be banned for just three months, which caused great controversy.

UK football team Wrexham became history makers, becoming the first side in the top five English divisions to earn three successive promotions.

Golfer Rory McIlroy won his first Masters in a riveting final day at Augusta, to complete a career Grand Slam, joining five other golfing greats who has also achieved this.

Following a wave of protests and growing pressure from players and supporters, the Camogie Association has announced a significant change to its uniform policy. Players will now have the option to choose whether they wear shorts, skorts, or traditional skirts during matches. This move marks a progressive step towards greater personal choice and comfort for athletes, aligning camogie more closely with modern standards in women's sport.

Awards: The 2025 Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards went to pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and gymnast Simone Biles. The highest paid sports person in 2025 according to Forbes Magazine was ??

Significant sports-related deaths:

  • George Foreman - a two-time world heavyweight boxing champion who became an Olympic gold medalist and later a successful entrepreneur.

Below is a timeline of some significant results in the world of sport for the year 2025.

Date(s) Sport Event Location
Jan 12-26 Tennis Australian Open Melbourne, Australia
Jan 13-23 Multi-sports Winter World University Games Torino, Italy
Jan 14 - Feb 2 Handball World Handball Championship (Men) Croatia, Denmark, Norway
Jan 23-25 Extreme Sports Winter X Games Aspen, Colorado, USA
Jan 31 - Mar 15 Rugby Union Six Nations UK, Ireland, France & Italy
Feb 4-16 Alpine Skiing Alpine World Ski Championships Saalbach, Austria
Feb 8-16 Multi-sports Invictus Games Vancouver and Whistler, Canada
Feb 9 Football (American) Super Bowl Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 26 - Mar 9 Nordic Skiing Nordic World Ski Championships Trondheim, Norway
Mar 8-16 Multi-sports Special Olympics World Winter Games Turin, Italy
Mar ? Boxing IBA World Championships (women) Belgrade, Serbia
Mar 18 - Apr 7 Basketball NCAA finals (March Madness) USA
Mar 21-23 Athletics 20th IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championship Nanjing, China
Mar 23-30 Multi-sports Winter Military World Games Bern, Switzerland
Mar 25-30
Ice Skating World Figure Skating Championships Boston, USA
Apr 5 Horse Racing Grand National Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool
Apr 7-13 Golf Masters Augusta, Georgia, USA
Apr-19 - May 5 Snooker World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England
May 3 Horse Racing Kentucky Derby Louisville, Kentucky, US
May 9-25 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship Sweden and Denmark
May 15–18 Golf US PGA Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
May? Ice Hockey Stanley Cup finals USA/Canada
May 17 Football (Soccer) FA Cup final Wembley Stadium, London
May 17-25 Table Tennis World Championship Doha, Qatar
May 17-30 Multi-sports World Masters Games (Summer) Taipei, Taiwan
May Boxing IBA World Championships (men) Astana, Kazakhstan
May 19 - Jun 8 Tennis French Open Paris, France
May 23-25 Auto Racing Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo, Monaco
May 26 Auto Racing Indy 500 Indianapolis, USA
May 31 Football (Soccer) UEFA Champions League Final Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
Jun 4-8 Football (Soccer) UEFA Nations League Germany or Italy
Jun 11-15 Auto Racing 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Jun 12-15 Golf US Open Oakmont Country Club Oakmont, Pennsylvania
Jun 15 - Jul 13 Football (Soccer) FIFA Club World Cup USA
Jun Basketball NBA Finals USA/Canada
Jun 27 - Jul 6 Multi-sports World Police and Fire Games Birmingham, USA
Jun 30 - Jul 13 Tennis Wimbledon London, England
Jul 2-27 Football (Soccer) UEFA Euros 2025 (Women) Switzerland
Jul 5-27 Cycling Tour de France mostly France
Jul 11 - Aug 3 Swimming + World Aquatics Championships Singapore
Jul 16-27 Multi-sports Summer World University Games (Universiade) Rhine-Ruhr, Germany
Jul 17–20 Golf The Open Championship Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Jul 26 - Aug 2 Cycling Tour de France Femmes France
Aug 6-15 Multi-sports Islamic Solidarity Games Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aug 7-17 Multi-sports World Games Chengdu, China
Aug-Sep Cricket ODI World Cup for women India
Aug 22-24 Extreme Sports Summer X Games Sacramento, California, USA
Aug 22 - Sep 27 Rugby Rugby World Cup (women) England
Aug 25 - Sep 6 Tennis US Open New York, USA
Sep 13-21 Athletics IAAF World Athletics Championships Tokyo, Japan
Sep 21-28 Cycling UCI Road World Championships Kigali, Rwanda
Sep 21-28 Rowing World Rowing Championships Shanghai, China
Sept 23-28 Golf Ryder Cup Bethpage State Park, Black Course, Farmingdale, New York
Sep 27 Australian Football Grand Final Melbourne, Australia
Oct ? Baseball World Series  
Oct 5 Rugby League NRL Grand Final Sydney
Oct 15-19 Cycling World Track Championships Santiago, Chile
Oct 19-25 Gymnastics World Championships (Artistic) Jakarta, Indonesia
Nov 4 Horse Racing Melbourne Cup Victoria, Australia
Nov 26 - Dec 14 Handball World Handball Championship (Women) Germany & The Netherlands
Nov? Weightlifting IWF World Championships Forde, Norway
Dec 9-20 Multi-sports South-East Asian Games Bangkok, Chonburi, and Songkhla, Thailand
Dec 21 - Jan 18 Football (Soccer) African Cup of Nations Morocco

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