From Champions Trophy 2025 to Wimbledon, save the dates for mega sports events

mid-day presents a handy guide to major sporting events that you simply can’t miss this year

Cricket

Jan 3-7: Australia v India, 5th Test at Sydney
Jan 18-Feb 2: ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup
Jan 22-Feb 2: India v England T20I series
Feb 6-12: India v England ODI series
Feb 19-Mar 9: Champions Trophy
Mar-May: Indian Premier League
June 11-15: World Test Championship final, Lord’s
June 20-August 4: England v India Test series
Sept-Oct: Women’s ODI World Cup, India 
Nov 21-Jan 8, 2026: The Ashes — Australia v England Test series

Tennis

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Jan 12-26: Australian Open, Melbourne
May 25-Jun 8: French Open, Paris
Jun 30-Jul 13: Wimbledon, London
Aug 25-Sept 7: US Open, New York
Sept 19-21: Laver Cup — Team Europe v Team World
November: Davis Cup final

Football

Kylian Mbappe

May 17: FA Cup final — Wembley, London
May 31: UEFA Champions League final — Munich, Germany
Jun 14-Jul 13: FIFA Club World Cup, USA
Dec 21-Jan 18, 2026: African Cup of Nations, Morocco

Formula One

Max Verstappen

Mar 16: Australian GP
mar 23: Chinese GP
April 6: Japanese GP
April 13: Bahrain GP
April 20: Saudi 
Arabian GP
May 4: Miami GP
May 18: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
May 25: Monaco GP
June 1: Spanish GP
June 15: Canadian GP
June 29: Austrian GP
July 6: British GP
July 27: Belgian GP
Aug 3: Hungarian GP
Aug 31: Dutch GP
Sept 7: Italian GP
Sept 21: Azerbaijan GP
Oct 5: Singapore GP
Oct 19: United States GP
Oct 26: Mexico City GP
Nov 9: Brazilian GP
Nov 22: Las Vegas GP
Nov 30: Qatar GP
Dec 7: Abu Dhabi GP

Badminton

Lakshya Sen

Jan 7-12: Malaysia Open
Jan 14-19: India Open
Mar 11-16: All England Open Championships
Mar 18-23: Swiss Open
April 8-13: Badminton Asia Championships
April 8-13: European Championships
May 27-June 1: Singapore Open
June 3-8: Indonesia Open
June 24-29: US Open
July 15-20: Japan Open
July 22-27: China Open
Sept 16-21: China Masters
Oct 14-19: Denmark Open
Oct 21-26: French Open
Nov 25-30: Syed Modi India International
Dec 9-14: Odisha Masters
Dec 10-14: BWF World Tour Finals

Other major events

Feb 9: Super Bowl — Louisiana, USA
May: IBA World Championships (men) — Astana, Kazakhstan
June 12-15: US Open golf — Pennsylvania, USA
June: NBA Finals, USA/Canada
Jul 5-27: Cycling — Tour de France
Jul 11-Aug 3: Swimming — World Aquatics Championships, Singapore

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