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2026 in sports
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2026 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
19	American football	2026 College Football Playoff National Championship	Domestic
18–February 1	Tennis	2026 Australian Open	Domestic

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
6−22	Winter Olympic Games	2026 Winter Olympics	International
8	American football	Super Bowl LX	Domestic
15	Basketball	2026 NBA All-Star Game	Domestic

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
6−15	Winter Paralympic Games	2026 Winter Paralympics	International
17–6 April	Basketball	2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament	Domestic
20–5 April	Basketball	2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament	Domestic
24–29 April	Figure Skating	2026 World Figure Skating Championships	International

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
8-12	Equestrian	2026 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)	International
23–25	American football	2026 NFL draft	Domestic

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
24–7 June	Tennis	2026 French Open	Domestic World Cup

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
24–25	Ice hockey	2026 NHL entry draft	Domestic
25	Basketball	2026 NBA draft	Domestic
11–July 19	Association Football	2026 FIFA World Cup	International

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s

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• February 1: 2026 Pro Bowl Games in TBD
• February 8: Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California
• April 23–25: 2026 NFL draft in TBD

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• 11 June–19 July: 2026 FIFA World Cup (co-host United States/ Canada/ Mexico)
• 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland
• 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco
• 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar
• 2026 FIFA Series in TBA
• 2026 Finalissima
• 2026 FIFA Women's Club World Cup in TBA

• 2026 Superclásico de las Américas in Tokyo, Japan

Club competitions

• 2026 Copa Libertadores TBA
• 2026 Copa Sudamericana TBA
• 2026 Recopa Sudamericana in Doha, Qatar

• 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in Australia
• 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup in Indonesia
• 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia

• 2026 UEFA Europa League final in TBA
• 30 May: 2026 UEFA Champions League final in Budapest, Hungary
• 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League final in TBA
• 2026 UEFA Conference League final in TBA

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• If the Los Angeles Dodgers are still playing in their current city, they will have been playing in Los Angeles longer than in their original home in Brooklyn.
• 2026 World Baseball Classic ( Japan/ Puerto Rico/ United States)
• 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[1]

• TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey
• TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Czech Republic

• February 15: 2026 NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California
• June 25: 2026 NBA draft
• October 21st, 2025 – April 12th, 2026: 2025–26 NBA season

• March 17–April 5: 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• March 20–April 4: 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

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• ICC Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka
• ICC Women's T20 World Cup in England and Wales

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• TBD: UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 in Latvia and Lithuania

• 15 January – 1 February 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in  Denmark,  Norway and  Sweden
• 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in  Czech Republic,  Poland,  Romania,  Slovakia and  Turkey
• 2026 Handball World Club Challenge in  Croatia

• October 2025 – April 2026: 2025–26 NHL season
• March 2026: 2026 National Hockey League All-Star Game

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• 6–22 February: 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
• 6–15 March: 2026 Winter Paralympics in Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
• 19 September–4 October: 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan
• 23 July-2 August: 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland
• 27 June–5 July: 2026 Gay Games in Valencia, Spain
• 13–22 June: 2026 Mediterranean Games in Taranto
• 31 October–13 November: 2026 Summer Youth Olympics, in Dakar, Senegal

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