Sport in 2025
The new year promises to be an exciting one for sports fans with the traditional season climaxes in the NFL, NBA, NHL along with the ending and beginning of major European soccer leagues.
2025 also sees the staging of a Ryder Cup, the new FIFA Club World Cup, the Women’s European Championship and Women’s Rugby World Cup.
Here’s 25 unmissable sporting events to tune into as we move into the new year.
One Team. One Goal. 🏆
It's officially a Ryder Cup Year. #GoUSA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9Ch8VBiPQq
9 February: Super Bowl LIX (Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana)
24-26 April: 2025 NFL Draft: Green Bay (Wisconsin)
4 September: NFL 2025-26 season starts
February 14-19: All Star weekend (San Francisco)
June 5: 2025 NBA Finals commence
October 2025: 2025-26 season starts
22 February: MLS season starts
31 May: Champions League final (Munich)
14 June-13 July: Innaugural expanded FIFA Club World Cup (USA)
2-27 July: 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship
21 December-18 January (2026) – CAF African Cup of Nations (Morocco)
It's a #FIFACWC year! 🎊🏆 pic.twitter.com/8BkRHvHiSb
18 March: 2025 MLB season commences
Wrigley Field on ice ❄️#WinterClassic pic.twitter.com/UUZiikfEWx
17 May: 2025 season starts
14 September: WNBA 2025 season playoffs commence
6-26 January: Australian Open (Melbourne)
19 May-8 June: Roland Garros (Paris)
30 June-13 July: Wimbledon
25 August-7 September: US Open (New York)
Happy Slam energy hits different 🌞 🎾 😎 #AO2025 TICKETS 👉 https://t.co/sJT3vuLy4k pic.twitter.com/3lpV7NCwgH
10-13 April: US Masters (Augusta, Georgia)
12-18: May: PGA Championship, Charlotte, North Carolina
12-15 June: US Open Championship, Oakmont Country Club • Oakmont, Pennsylvania
19 April: Playoffs commence
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28 June-2 August: 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia
22 August-27 September: 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup
Happy New Year! 🥳
It’s 2025… Australia is calling 🔜 🇦🇺#Lions2025 pic.twitter.com/aXfVWIneXH
December-January: 2025-26 World Darts Championship (London)
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About the author
Paul Reidy
Irish native who switched from the music industry to the world of sport moving from Universal Music to AS in 2017. A keen runner, soccer player and now discovering the world's fastest growing sport of padel. A fútbol fanatic covering LaLiga, MLS, Liga MX and other offbeat stories from the global game. Can always be found rooting for the underdog.
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