2025 in sports


2025 in sports describes the year's events in world sports.
As an odd-numbered year, 2025 is both a non-Olympic Games and non-FIFA World Cup year. Women's sport takes centre stage in the 2025 sporting calendar with major tournaments in rugby union and cricket. The most prominent quadrennial events for this year are the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England and the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup in India.
In men's association football, the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will have its first edition in its new quadrennial format, mirroring other FIFA World Cups, with the former annual format being rebranded as the FIFA Intercontinental Cup. In women's association football, the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 will be held in Switzerland in July. In women's futsal, the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will be hosted by the Philippines in November and this will be the first time that the FIFA will host the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. In men's rugby, the British & Irish Lions will tour Australia while in men's cricket, Lord's Cricket Ground in London will host the 2025 ICC World Test Championship final. Other major events for the year include the Ashes test series between Australia and England for both men and women, the 2025 Ryder Cup in men's golf, the biennial world championships in athletics and aquatics and annual major events in tennis and golf, and annual world championship events in a range of sports including gymnastics, cycling, triathlon, weightlifting and badminton. Winter sports will also hold their annual events, but will also gear up qualification processes for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
As a consequence of the pandemic, an extra edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships originally planned for 2020 will also be held in 2025 in Nanjing, China. It will be the first time since 2003 that the indoor and outdoor events will occur in the same year, before the indoor championships revert to an even-numbered year schedule in 2026.
In multi-sports, the 2025 World Games for non-Olympic disciplines and events took place in Chengdu, China while the 2025 Deaflympics, the premier event for the non-Paralympic disability sport classification of hearing impairment took place in Tokyo, Japan. For student athletes, the 2025 FISA World University Summer Games took place in July in Germany.

Calendar by month

August

[Multi-sport event]s

[Air sports]

DateSportEventChampions / Winners
Sep 13ParaglidingUnited States Paragliding National ChampionshipMen's National Champion: Mitch Riley
Sep 13ParaglidingUnited States Paragliding National ChampionshipWomen's National Champion: Galen Kirkpatrick

United States Paragliding National Championship

The 2025 United States Paragliding National Championship title was determined by the cumulative point totals achieved by pilots across the USHPA National Series events.

[American football]

[International Federation of American Football]

[National Football League]

[European League of Football]

United Football League">United Football League (2024)">United Football League

[Indoor American football]

;Arena Football One
;Indoor Football League
;National Arena League
;The Arena League

[Aquatics]

[Association football]

FIFA
CAF
UEFA

[Beach soccer]

[Futsal]

Athletics

Europe

[Badminton]

There happened several major badminton events in 2025. These events typically take place on an annual basis, and some of the most notable tournaments include:BWF World Championships 2025
  • * Date: August 2025
  • * Location: TBC
  • * The BWF World Championships is one of the sport's most prestigious events, featuring top players from around the world competing for the title of World Champion in multiple categories.BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2025
  • * Date: May 2025
  • * Location: TBC
  • * The Thomas Cup and Uber Cup are the equivalent of the world team championships. National teams compete against each other for the prestigious title.All England Open Badminton Championships 2025
  • * Date: 11–16 March 2025
  • * Location: Birmingham, England
  • * One of the oldest and most prestigious tournaments, this event attracts the best players from around the world. It is part of the BWF World Tour Super 1000 series.BWF World Tour Events
  • * Dates: Throughout 2025
  • * These tournaments take place at various locations globally throughout the year and provide players the opportunity to earn points for their world rankings. Key events include:
  • ** Indonesia Open
  • ** China Open
  • ** Malaysia Open
  • ** Singapore Open
  • ** Hong Kong Open
  • ** Thailand Open Asian Badminton Championships 2025
  • * Date: April 2025
  • * Location: TBC
  • * This prestigious continental event features the top players from across Asia competing for the title.

[Baseball]

[Major League Baseball]

2025 [Little League World Series]

[Basketball]

[FIBA Africa]

[FIBA Americas]

[FIBA Asia]

[FIBA Europe]

[National Basketball Association]

[National Collegiate Athletic Association]

[Canadian football]

;Canadian Football League
;U Sports

[Combat sport]s

[Mixed Martial Arts]

[Cricket]

[Cycling]

Road">Road bicycle racing">Road

2025 UCI World Tour (men)

The race calendar for the 2025 season was announced in June 2024, with thirty-six races scheduled. The calendar was similar to [2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup|UCI World Tour|2024], with a new one-day race in Denmark, the Copenhagen Sprint. In October 2024, the final calendar was confirmed.
DateRaceWinner
21–26 January

2025 UCI Women's World Tour

DateRaceWinner
17–19 January

Track">Track cycling">Track

The UCI and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD+) announced the early end of their partnership to produce the UCI Track Champions League with immediate effect, with the 2024 season being the last. The UCI Track Nations cup consisted of a single event, with the UCI announcing that they and WBD+ intended to refresh the Nations Cup format, reintroducing the event as a track cycling World Cup in advance of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

2025 World and continental track championships

The following is a list of all the World and continental champions in each track discipline for 2025. The continental events are all held in the first half of the year between February and May, effectively at the end of the 2024-25 winter season, while the 2025 UCI World Track Championships are held in the autumn, effectively at the beginning of the 2025-26 winter season.

[Equestrianism]

[Horse racing]

[Gaelic football]

County football

Club football

Universities football

Schools and Colleges football

[Golf]

[Men's major golf championships] ([PGA Tour])

[Women's major golf championships] ([LPGA Tour])

[Senior major golf championships] ([PGA Tour Champions])

[Handball]

[Hockey]

[Floorball]

[Ice hockey]

[National Hockey League]

[Hurling]

County hurling

Club hurling

Universities hurling

Schools and Colleges hurling

[Modern pentathlon]

[Netball]

;International tournaments
DateTournamentWinnersRunners up
1–9 February2025 Netball Nations Cup
19–28 September2025 Netball World Youth Cup
21–28 September2025 Taini Jamison Trophy Series
4–12 October2025 Australia South Africa netball series
17–29 October2025 Constellation Cup
9–11 November2025 Scotland New Zealand netball series
15–19 November2025 England New Zealand netball series
26–30 November2025 Celtic Cup

;Major national leagues
HostLeagueWinnersRunners up
AustraliaSuncorp Super NetballMelbourne VixensWest Coast Fever
New ZealandANZ PremiershipMainland TactixNorthern Mystics
United KingdomNetball Super LeagueLondon PulseLoughborough Lightning

[Parasports]

; Winter sports:
; Summer sports:

Rowing">Rowing (sport)">Rowing

Rugby">Rugby football">Rugby

[Rugby league]

[Rugby union]

[Sepak takraw]

International tournaments

Sailing">Sailing (sport)">Sailing

Swimming">Swimming (sport)">Swimming

[Tennis]

Grand Slam">Grand Slam (Tennis)">Grand Slam

[Triathlon]

World Championship Series

2025 [World Triathlon Cup]

  • February 23: WTC #1 in Napier
  • * Elite winners: David Castro Fajardo / Desirae Ridenour

2025 Africa Triathlon Junior Cup

  • March 8: AfTJC #1 in Troutbeck
  • Winners: Nicholas Horne / Kadence Ribbink

2025 Americas Triathlon Cup

  • February 16: AmTC #1 in La Habana
  • * Elite winners: Braxton Legg / María López Faraudo

2025 Asia Triathlon Cup

World Para Cup

Continental Championships

  • February 22: 2025 Asia Triathlon Duathlon Championships in Manama
  • * Elite winners: Moussa Karich / Lu Ziqing

T100 World Tour

Ironman (WTC">World Triathlon Corporation">WTC)

World Championships

  • February 21–23: 2025 World Triathlon Winter Duathlon Championships in Cogne
  • * Elite winners: Oleg Chetsikov / Daria Rogozina
  • * U23 winners: Casper Rønning / Zuzana Michalíková
  • * Mixed Relay winners:
  • * Juniors winners: Jacopo Fanton / Alina Liagaeva
  • * Juniors Mixed Relay winners: II
  • * Sprint Elite winners: Jørgen Baklid / Daria Rogozina
  • * Sprint U23 winners: Guglielmo Giuliano / Zuzana Michalíková
  • * Sprint Juniors winners: Savelii Anisimov / Alina Liagaeva

[Volleyball]