2025 in sports describes the year's events in world sports.
As an odd-numbered year, 2025 is both a non-Olympic Games and non-FIFA World Cup year. Women's sport takes centre stage in the 2025 sporting calendar with major tournaments in rugby union and cricket. The most prominent quadrennial events for this year are the2025 Women's Rugby World Cup in England and the2025 Women's Cricket World Cup in India.[1]
In men's association football, the expanded2025 FIFA Club World Cup will have its first edition in its new quadrennial format, mirroring other FIFA World Cups, with the former annual format being rebranded as theFIFA Intercontinental Cup. In women's association football, theUEFA Women's Euro 2025 will be held in Switzerland in July. In women's futsal, the2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will be hosted by the Philippines in November and this will be the first time that the FIFA will host theFIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. In men's rugby, theBritish & Irish Lions will tour Australia while in men's cricket,Lord's Cricket Ground in London will host the2025 ICC World Test Championship final. Other major events for the year include theAshes test series between Australia and England for bothmen andwomen, the2025 Ryder Cup in men's golf, the biennial world championships inathletics andaquatics and annual major events in tennis and golf, and annual world championship events in a range of sports including gymnastics, cycling, triathlon, weightlifting and badminton. Winter sports will also hold their annual events, but will also gear up qualification processes for the2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
As a consequence of thepandemic, an extra edition of theWorld Athletics Indoor Championships originally planned for 2020 will also be held in 2025 inNanjing, China. It will be the first time since 2003 that the indoor and outdoor events will occur in the same year, before the indoor championships revert to an even-numbered year schedule in 2026.
In multi-sports, the2025 World Games for non-Olympic disciplines and events will take place inChengdu, China while the2025 Deaflympics, the premier event for the non-Paralympic disability sport classification of hearing impairment will also take place inTokyo, Japan. For student athletes, the2025 FISA World University Summer Games will take place in July in Germany.
Turin
Harbin
Vancouver-Whistler
Borjomi-BakurianiTurin
Taipei-New Taipei City
Andorra la Vella
Kirkwall–Stromness
Rhine-Ruhr
SkopjeChengdu
Asunción
Manama[5]
Riyadh[6]
Tokyo
Lima andAyacucho[4]
Thailand[7]| Date | Sport | Event | Champions / Winners |
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| Sep 13 | Paragliding | United States Paragliding National Championship | Men's National Champion:Mitch Riley (USA) |
| Sep 13 | Paragliding | United States Paragliding National Championship | Women's National Champion:Galen Kirkpatrick (USA) |
The2025 United States Paragliding National Championship title was determined by the cumulative point totals achieved by pilots across theUSHPA National Series events.[8]
Italy defeated
Austria 27-19
Great Britain defeatedAustria 34-33
Orlando, Florida
New Orleans, Louisiana
Philadelphia Eagles defeated
Kansas City Chiefs, 40–22.
Green Bay, WisconsinStuttgart Surge defeatedVienna Vikings 24-17St. Louis
DC Defenders defeated
Michigan Panthers, 58–34.
AlbanyAlbany Firebirds defeated
Nashville Kats, 60–57
Tucson
Vegas Knight Hawks defeatedGreen Bay Blizzard, 64–61.
BeaumontBeaumont Renegades defeated
Omaha Beef, 37–29.
DuluthDuluth Harbor Monsters defeated
Hot Springs Wiseguys, 56-27.
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United States
Morocco
Qatar
ChileCAF
MoroccoUEFA
Switzerland
Seychelles
PhilippinesNanjingTokyo
Portugal
Apeldoorn
Cyprus
Belgium
Czech Republic
France
Slovenia
Madrid
Norway
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There are several major badminton events happening in 2025. These events typically take place on an annual basis, and some of the most notable tournaments include:
Birmingham,England
Atlanta, GeorgiaCumberland, GeorgiaSouth Williamsport, PennsylvaniaSwitzerlandCzech Republic
Ivory Coast
AngolaChile
NicaraguaChina inSaudi ArabiaCzech Republic,Germany,
Greece andItalyCyprus,Finland,
Latvia and
Poland
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saskatchewan Roughriders defeated
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The race calendar for the 2025 season was announced in June 2024, with thirty-six races scheduled.[9] The calendar was similar to2024, with a new one-day race inDenmark, theCopenhagen Sprint.[10] In October 2024, the final calendar was confirmed.[10]
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TheUCI andWarner Bros Discovery (WBD+) announced the early end of their partnership to produce theUCI Track Champions League with immediate effect, with the2024 season being the last. The UCI Track Nations cup consisted of a single event, with the UCI announcing that they and WBD+ intended to refresh the Nations Cup format, reintroducing the event as atrack cycling World Cup in advance of the2028 Summer Olympics.
The following is a list of all the World and continental champions in each track discipline for 2025. The continental events are all held in the first half of the year between February (Oceania) and May (African), effectively at the end of the 2024-25 winter season, while the2025 UCI World Track Championships are held in the autumn, effectively at the beginning of the 2025-26 winter season.
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Kerry 1-26 (29) btDonegal 0-19 (19) (39th title)Donegal 2-23 (29) beat
Armagh 0-28 (28) (12th title)Kerry 4-20 (32) beat
Clare 0-21 (21) (89th title)
Louth 3-15 (24) beatMeath 1-18 (21) (9th title)
Galway 1-17 (20) beat
Mayo 1-15 (18) (49th title)
Kildare 1-24 (27) beat
Limerick 2-19 (25) (1st title)Kerry (21st title)
Rory McIlroyScottie SchefflerJ. J. SpaunScottie SchefflerMao Saigo
Maja Stark
Minjee LeeGrace KimMiyū Yamashita
Ángel CabreraÁngel CabreraMiguel Ángel Jiménez
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Croatia,
Denmark andNorwayDenmark (4th title)Germany andNetherlands | This section is empty. You can help byadding to it.(December 2022) |
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Switzerland Finland China Czech RepublicMatthew Schaefer byNew York Islanders 1-30 (33)Cork beatLimerick 2-27 (33)3-2 on penalties a.e.t (55th title)
Kilkenny 3-22 (31) beatGalway 1-20 (23) (77th title)Kildare 2-26 (32) beat
Laois 1-19 (22)London 1-27 (30) beatDerry 1-24 (27)
Roscommon 3-16 (25) beatMayo 1-21 (24)
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| Date | Tournament | Winners | Runners up |
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| 1–9 February | 2025 Netball Nations Cup | England |  South Africa |
| 19–28 September | 2025 Netball World Youth Cup | Australia |  New Zealand |
| 21–28 September | 2025 Taini Jamison Trophy Series | New Zealand | South Africa |
| 4–12 October | 2025 Australia South Africa netball series | Australia | South Africa |
| 17–29 October | 2025 Constellation Cup | Australia | New Zealand |
| 9–11 November | 2025 Scotland New Zealand netball series | New Zealand |  Scotland |
| 15–19 November | 2025 England New Zealand netball series | New Zealand | England |
| Host | League | Winners | Runners up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Suncorp Super Netball | Melbourne Vixens | West Coast Fever |
| New Zealand | ANZ Premiership | Mainland Tactix | Northern Mystics |
| United Kingdom | Netball Super League | London Pulse | Loughborough Lightning |
TrondheimMariborBuffalo, New YorkSt. MoritzNew DelhiSingapore
SeoulGwangjuWollongong, New South Wales
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Abu DhabiHayden Wilde (m) /Lisa Tertsch (f) Germany (Selina Klamt, Jan Diener, Tanja Neubert, Henry Graf)Napier David Castro Fajardo (m) / Desirae Ridenour (f)
Troutbeck Nicholas Horne (m) / Kadence Ribbink (f)
La Habana Braxton Legg (m) /
María López Faraudo (f)Chennai Francesco Di Basilico (m) /
Martina Ayu Pratiwi (f)
PutrajayaMax Studer (m) / Isla Britton (f)Abu DhabiThomas Frühwirth
Vasilii Egorov Ryan Taylor (m) / Anna Plotnikova (f) Andrey Tolstikov Aleksandr Konyshev (m) / Andrea Miguelez Ranz (f)Łukasz Wietecki (m) /Chloe MacCombe (f)Manama Moussa Karich (m) / Lu Ziqing (f)Cogne Oleg Chetsikov (m) / Daria Rogozina (f) Casper Rønning (m) /
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