Sports: The “dates” of sports for 2025

As a full sporting year with Olympic Games and four continental football tournaments over, it’s… reasonable to expect that 2025 will be quieter.

But this is not the nature of a sports industry that is constantly evolving to satisfy the thirst of a demanding audience that can seemingly never get enough of their chosen product.

The first one Club World Cupscheduled (15/6-13/7) in the USA, the World Aquatics Championships (11/7-3/8) and the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo (13-21/9), dominate the 2026 sporting dates , one year before the Olympics in Los Angeles and the World Cup in USA, Mexico and Canada.

In Greece from March 18-21the 144th session of the IOC is scheduled, with the aim of electing Thomas Bach’s successor as president of the International Olympic Committee

Women’s football also takes center stage in July with the European Championships in Switzerland with England aiming to retain the title.

Here are the world’s sporting events for the new year:

January 2025

3-17: WRC- Dakar

12-26: Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park (Melbourne, Australia)

14/1-2/2: Handball – Men’s World Championship in Norway, Denmark and Croatia

21-22: Football- 7th Champions League game

21-26: Alpine skiing – World Cup in Kitzbuhel (Austria)

23: Football- 7th round of the Europa League

23-26: WRC- Monte Carlo Rally

27/1-2/2: Figure Skating – European Championships in Tallinn

29: Football – Champions League 8th round

30: Football – 8th round of the Europa League

30: Olympism – 143rd session of the IOC in Lausanne

31: Football – draw for the playoffs in the round of 16 of the Champions League

31/1-15/3: 2025 Six Nations (Rugby Union) – England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales

February 2025

9: Super Bowl LIX (NFL) – Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)

9-15: Tennis – WTA 1000 in Doha

11-12: Football- first match playoffs for qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League

13: Football- playoffs of the first match for qualification to the round of 16 of the Europa League

13: Football- playoffs of the first match for qualification to the 16 of the Conference League

13-16: WRC- Rally Sweden

16-22: Tennis – WTA 1000 in Dubai

18-19: Football- playoffs second match for qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League

20: Football – repeat playoffs for qualification to the round of 16 of the Europa League

20: Football – repeat playoffs for qualification to the round of 16 of the Conference League

21: Football – draw for the last 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League

March 2025

2: Marathon – Tokyo 2025 – Tokyo (Japan)

2:MotoGP- Thai Grand Prix – Start of the season

4-5:Football- first match of the round of 16 of the Champions League

5-16: Tennis- WTA 1000 from Indian Wells

5-16: Tennis- Indian Wells 1000 ATP Masters

6:Football- first match of the round of 16 of the Europa League

6: Football – first match of the round of 16 of the Conference League

6-9: Athletics – European Indoor Championships, in Apeldoorn (Netherlands)

7-13: Shooting – 10m European Championship in Osijek (Croatia)

11-12: Football – second match of the 16 of the Champions League

13:Football- second match of the 16 of the Europa League

13:Football – second match of the 16 of the Conference League

16: F1- Australian Grand Prix – Start of season

16: MotoGP- GP Argentina

18-21: Olympism – 144th session of the IOC in Greece, with the aim of electing Thomas Bach’s successor as president of the International Olympic Committee

18-30: Tennis- Miami WTA 1000

19-30: Tennis- Miami ATP Masters 1000

20-23: Soccer- Nations League Quarter Finals

20-23: WRC- Rally Kenya

21-23: Athletics – World Indoor Championships in Naqing (China)

21-25: Football – Start of qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in Europe

23:F1- Chinese GP

24-30: Figure Skating – World Championships in Boston (USA)

30: MotoGP- Grand Prix of America

April 2025

6:F1- Japanese GP

6-13: Tennis- Monte-Carlo 1000 ATP Masters

8-9: Football- first Champions League quarter-final match

9-13: Basketball- Final Six of the Women’s Euroleague

10: Football: Europa League quarter-final first leg

10: Football: Conference League quarter-final first leg

13:F1- Bahrain GP

13:MotoGP- GP Qatar

15-16: Football – Champions League quarter-final second leg

17:Football – second quarter-final match of the Europa League

17:Football – Conference League quarter-final second leg

19-20: EWC- Motorcycle 24 Hours (Le Mans)

20:F1- Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia

21: Boston Marathon 2025 – Boston (Massachusetts, USA)

4/22-7/5: Basketball- Men’s Euroleague Quarterfinals

23-27: Judo- European Championship in Podgorica

4/23-4/5: Tennis- WTA 1000 Madrid

4/23-4/5: Tennis- Madrid Masters 1000 ATP

24-27:WRC- Canary Islands Rally

26: Athletics – start of the Diamond League, in Xiamen (China)

27: London Marathon 2025 – London (England)

27:MotoGP: GP of Spain

29-30:Football- first Champions League semi-final match

May 2025

1: Soccer – Europa League semi-finals

1: Football – Conference League semi-finals

3: Athletics – Diamond League, in Shanghai (China)

3-4: Volleyball- Women’s Champions League Final-4

4:F1- Miami Grand Prix

6-7: Football – Rematch in the semi-finals of the Champions League

7-18: Tennis- WTA 1000 in Rome

7-18: Tennis- Masters 1000 ATP in Rome

8: Football- Rematch in the semi-finals of the Europa league

8: Football – Rematch in the semi-finals of the Conference league

9/5-1/6: Cycling-Tour of Italy – Italy

11: MotoGP- French Grand Prix

15-18: WRC- Portugal Rally

16: Athletics – Diamond League, in Doha (Qatar)

17-18: Volleyball- Men’s Champions League Final-4

17-25: Table Tennis – World Championship in Doha (Qatar)

17: soccer-FA Cup Final – Wembley Stadium (London, England)

18:F1- Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

21: Football-Europa League Final – “San Mames” (Bilbao, Spain)

22-25: Basketball- Men’s Euroleague Final-4

23-25: Monaco GP

23-25: Motorsport – Indy 500 – Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana, USA)

25: Athletics – Diamond League, in Rabat (Morocco)

25: MotoGP- British GP

25/5-8/6: Tennis-French Open – Rolland Garros (Paris, France)

26-31: Rhythmic gymnastics – European Championship in Leipzig (Germany)

28:Football- Final Conference League-Wroclaw” (Wroclaw Poland)

29/5-1/6: Rowing – European Championships in Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

29/5-2/6: Barcelona GP

31/5: Football-Champions League Final 2025 – Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany)

31/5-1/6: Handball-Final-4 of the Women’s Champions League, in Budapest (Hungary)

June 2025

1:F1- Spanish GP

4-8: Soccer- Final-4 Nations League

5-8:WRC- Sardinia Rally

6: Athletics – Diamond League, in Rome (Italy)

6-10: Football- qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup Europe

8: MotoGP: Aragon GP

12/-16: Canadian GP

12: Athletics – Diamond League, in Oslo (Norway)

13-20: Judo – World Championship in Budapest (Hungary)

14-15: Handball- Men’s Champions League Final-4, in Cologne (Germany)

14-22: Fencing – European Championship in Genoa (Italy)

14-15: 24 Hours of Le Mans (car) – Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans, France)

6/14-6/7: Soccer-CONCACAF 2025 “Gold Cup” – Canada and USA

15: Athletics – Diamond League in Stockholm (Sweden)

15/6- 13/7: Soccer-World Club Cup- USA

18-29: Basketball- European women’s championship in Greece, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy

20: Athletics – Diamond League in Paris (Charlety Stadium)

22: MotoGP – GP of Italy

26-29:WRC- Rally Greece/Acropolis

29: F1-Austrian Grand Prix

29:MotoGP: Dutch GP

30/6-13/7: Telis -Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis Club (London, England)

July 2025

2-27: Soccer – Women’s Euro 2025 – Switzerland

5: Athletics – Diamond League in Eugene (USA)

5-27 2025: Cycling – Tour de France – France

6:F1- British GP

11: Athletics – Diamond League in Monaco

11/7-3/8: Aquatics-World Championships – Kallang (Singapore)

13: MotoGP- German GP

-: NBA Finals 2025 (Basketball) – USA/Canada

17-20:WRC: Rally Estonia

19: Athletics – Diamond League in London (United Kingdom)

20: MotoGP: Czech GP

20-30: Fencing – World Championship in Tbilisi (Georgia)

25-27: Volleyball – Women’s Nations League final

7/26-7/8: Tennis- Toronto ATP Masters 1000

27:F1- Belgian Grand Prix

31/7-3/8: WRC- Rally Finland

August 2025

– Football – European Super Cup

1-3:Volleyball- final phase of the Men’s Nations League

3:F1- Hungarian GP

6-12: Tennis- ATP Masters 1000 in Montreal (Canada)

7-18: Tennis- Cincinnati WTA 1000

12-19: Tennis – ATP Masters 1000 in Cincinnati (USA)

16: Athletics – Diamond League in Horzów (Poland)

17: MotoGP – Austrian GP

20: Athletics – Diamond League in Lausanne (Switzerland)

20-24: Canoe sprint – World Championships in Milan (Italy)

22: Athletics – Diamond League in Brussels (Belgium)

7/22-7/9: Volleyball- Women’s World Championship in Thailand

23/8-14/9: Tour of Spain (Cycling) – Spain

24:MotoGP- Hungarian GP

25-31: Badminton – World Championship in Paris

25/8- 7/9: Tennis-US Open- Flushing Meadows (New York, USA)

27-28: Athletics – Diamond League Finals in Zurich (Switzerland)

27/8-14/9: Basketball – Men’s European Championship in Latvia, Poland, Finland and Cyprus

28-31:WRC- Rally Paraguay

31:F1-GP Holland

September 2025

4-8: GP Miami

4-9: Football – matches in the European zone for the 2026 World Cup

4-14: Boxing – World Boxing Championships in Liverpool (Great Britain)

5-12: Archery – World Championships in Gwangju (South Korea)

7:F1- Italian Grand Prix

7: MotoGP: Catalunya Grand Prix

11-14:WRC- Chile Rally

12-28:Volleyball- men’s world championship in the Philippines

13-21: 2025 World Athletics Championships (Athletics) – National Stadium (Tokyo, Japan)

14: MotoGP-GP San Marino

16-18: Football – Start of the League Phase of the Champions League

19-21: Tennis-Laver Cup – Chase Center (San Francisco, California, USA)

21:F1- Azerbaijan GP

21-28: Rowing – World Championships in Shanghai (China)

21-28: Climbing – World Championships in Seoul (South Korea)

21-28: Cycling – 2025 UCI Road World Championships – Kigali (Rwanda)

25/9-6/10: Tennis – WTA 1000 in Beijing (China)

28: MotoGP-Japanese Grand Prix

31: Football: 2nd League Phase Champions League

October 2025

1-2:Tennis – Shanghai Masters 1000 ATP (China)

2-6: Singapore GP

5: MotoGP- Indonesian Grand Prix

7-13: Tennis – WTA 1000 in Wuhan (China)

9-14: Football – qualifying matches in Europe for the 2026 World Cup

12: Athletics-Marathon Chicago 2025 – Chicago (USA)

16-19:WRC- Rally Central Europe

19: MotoGP- Australian Grand Prix

17-19: F1-GP Texas (USA)

19-25: Rhythmic Gymnastics – World Championships in Jakarta (Indonesia)

21-22: Football: 3rd League Phase Champions League

-: MLB World Series (Baseball) – USA/Canada

26:F1- Mexican GP

26: MotoGP- Malaysian GP

27/10-4/11: Tennis- Masters 1000 ATP in Paris (France)

November 2025

1-8: Tennis-WTA Finals 2025-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

4-5: Football – 4th League Phase Champions League

6-9:WRC- Japan Rally

9: F1-GP of Brazil

9: MotoGP- Portugal GP

9-16: Tennis – ATP Masters

9-16: Tennis-ATP Finals – Pala Alpitour (Torino, Italy)

-: Athletics-Marathon 2025 New York – New York (USA)

-: Tennis-Davis Cup Finals 2025- TBA

13-18: Football – qualifying matches in Europe for the 2026 World Cup

16: MotoGP- Grand Prix of Valencia

20-22: GP Las Vegas

25-26: Football- 5th League Phase toy Champions League

27-30:WRC- Saudi Arabia Rally

27/11-14/12- Handball- women’s world championship in Germany and the Netherlands

30:F1- GP Cat

December 2025

5-7: season-ending GP, Abu Dhabi

– Football – Intercontinental Cup Final

9-10: Football – 6th matchday of the Champions League

21/12- 18/1/26: Africa Cup of Nations 2025 (Soccer) – Morocco

Source: RES-MPE