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The year 2024 had it all when it came to major sporting events. From the 33rd Summer Olympics in Paris, the city that hosted the world’s biggest mega event for an unprecedented third time to the European Championship and the Copa America in football. It was also a fairly busy year for cricket with the men’s and women’s T20 World Cup taking place within a couple of months of each other.
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The Indian men’s cricket team, additionally faced both England and Australia in marquee five-Test series’ this year at home and away respectively – although in case of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, the final match of the series in Sydney will be getting underway on 3 January.
Though not an Olympic year, 2025 will have its fair share of sporting events. Cricket will witness the return of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy after an eight-year absence. The tournament finally got the green signal from the world governing body after months of drama following a dispute between BCCI and PCB, as a result of which the tournament that was scheduled to be hosted entirely by Pakistan will have India playing its matches in Dubai, UAE.
Also taking place next year is the ICC Women’s World Cup which will be taking place in the months of August and September, in which the hosts will be eyeing their first major global title after years of heartbreak. Then there’s the World Test Championship Final at Lord’s, the ‘Home of Cricket’, in June for which India and Australia currently are fighting it out with South Africa having already qualified for the summit clash. And lest we forget, India and England are set to face each other in a five-match Test series for the second time in as many years, this time in the latter’s home turf.
There will be special attention on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September, in which Neeraj Chopra will be hoping to defend his title after suffering multiple heartbreaks in 2024 – including missing out on gold in the Paris Olympics, where rival and friend Arshad Nadeem threw further than him. Focus will also be on the Para Athletics World Championships in New Delhi after India’s record haul of 29 medals in the Paralympics in Paris in September.
Football will witness the Women’s Euro take place in the month of July in Switzerland in which England will have the rare honour of entering a tournament – either in men’s or women’s football – as the defending champions. Also taking place next year is the 21st FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
Last, but not the least, there will be plenty of attention on chess star Magnus Carlsen and the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour that he is a co-founder of which will be getting underway in February in Germany. There has been some controversy in the build-up to the tournament that will have a unique format of its own and is even aiming for its own World Championship, which has not gone down well with FIDE – the Lausanne-based body that governs chess at a global level.
December 28, 2024 – February 1, 2025 — Men’s Hockey India League 2024-25 (HIL).
January 12-26, 2025 — Women’s Hockey India League (WHIL) 2024-25.
January 13-19, 2025 — Kho Kho World Cup
January 14-19, 2025 — Badminton India Open 2025, New Delhi.
February 7-14, 2025 — Asian Winter Games
February 7-December 12, 2025: Freestyle Grand Slam Chess Tour
February 15 – June 29 — FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Women).
February 25 – June 22 — FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Men).
March 1-12 — Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025.
March 11-16 — All England Open, Badminton.
March 14 – December 7 — 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship.
April 4-15 — Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2025.
April 7-13 — 2025 Masters Tournament, Golf.
April 19 – May 5 — World Snooker Championship 2025.
April 27 — London Marathon.
May 10-11 — 2025 World Athletics Relays.
May 17-25 — World Table Tennis Championships, 2025.
May 25 – June 7 — 2025 French Open, Tennis.
May 27-31 — 2025 Asian Athletics Championship.
June 14 – July 13 — FIFA Club World Cup, 2025.
June 30 – July 13 — Wimbledon 2025.
July 2-27 — UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
July 5-26 — CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Football.
July 5-29 — FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025, Chess.
July 11 – August 3 — 2025 World Aquatics Championship.
July 12 – August 2 — Copa América Femenina, Football.
August 7-17 — 2025 World Games.
August 25 – September 7 — US Open, Tennis.
August 25-31 — World Badminton Championships, Paris.
August 27-28 — Diamond League Final, Athletics.
September 5-12 — 2025 World Archery Championships.
September 13-21 — 2025 World Athletics Championships.
September 13-21 — 2025 World Wrestling Championships.
September 27 – October 19 — 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
October 1-10 — World Weightlifting Championships.
October 13-19 — 2025 BWF World Junior Championships, Badminton.
October 19-25 — 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
November, dates TBD — World Boxing Cup Final, New Delhi (Boxing)
November 16-29 — World Rifle and Pistol Championships, Cairo (Shooting)
December, dates TBD — Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, India.
December 10-14 — BWF World Tour Finals, China.
December 21, 2025 – January 18, 2026 — 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Football.
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