2026: Biggest Sports Event Year

2026 will be a year to remember for global sport fans. Here are the major sports event forecast for the year.

 Major football tournaments in 2026

👉 FIFA World Cup: 11 June – 19 July 2026

👉 UEFA Champions League Final: 30 May 2026

👉 UEFA Europa League Final: 20 May 2026

👉 UEFA Conference League Final: 27 May 2026

👉 Copa Libertadores Final: 28 November 2026

Grand Slam and tennis 

👉 Australian Open: 18 January – 1 February 2026

👉 French Open (Roland-Garros): 24 May – 7 June 2026

👉 Wimbledon: 29 June – 12 July 2026

👉 US Open: 31 August – 13 September 2026

Winter Olympics 

👉 Winter Olympics: 6 – 22 February 2026 (Milano Cortina)

Ice Hockey 

👉 The Winter Olympics: 6 – 22 February 2026

👉 IIHF World Championships: 15 – 31 May 2026

👉 Stanley Cup Finals: 9 – 22 June 2026

👉 NHL Season Ends: 30 July 2026

Formula 1

👉 Australian Grand Prix: 6-8 March 2026

👉 Monaco Grand Prix: 5 – 7 June 2026

👉 British Grand Prix: 3 – 5 July 2026

👉 Las Vegas Grand Prix: 21 – 22 November 2026

👉 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: 4 – 6 December 2026

Basketball 

👉 NBA All-Star game: 15 February 2026

👉 Final Four of the 2026 Euro League: 22 – 24 May 2026

👉 NBA Finals: 4 – 22 June 2026

👉 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup: 4 – 13 September 2026

Cricket

👉 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: 7 February – 8 March 2026

👉 Women’s T20 World Cup: 12 June – 5 July 2026

👉 Final Date of The Ashes: 8 January 2026 (Depends on full duration)

👉 Indian Premier League (IPL): 15 March – 31 May 2026

Badminton

👉 YONEX All England Open: 3 – 8 March 2026

👉 BWF World Championships: 17 – 23 August 2026

👉 Victor Denmark Open: 13 – 18 October 2026

👉 HSBC BWF World Tour Finals: 9 – 13 December 2026

Handball

👉 Men’s EHF European Championship: 15 January – 1 February 2026

👉 Men’s African Championship: 21 – 31 January 2026

👉 Men’s Central American Championship: 19 – 25 January 2026

👉 Women’s EHF Euro Cup: 3 – 20 December 2026

Baseball 

👉 World Baseball Classic: 5 – 17 March 2026

👉 Opening Night: 25 March 2026 – San Francisco Giants vs New York Yankees at Oracle Park.

👉 All-Star Game: 14 July 2026

👉 World Series: Starts on 23 October 2026

Golf

👉 Full PGA Tour Season: January – August 2026

👉 The Masters: 9 – 12 April 2026

👉 2026 PGA Championship: 14 – 17 May 2026

👉 The Open Championship: 16 – 19 July 2026

American Football 

👉 NFL Playoffs (Wild Card): 10 – 12 January 2026

👉 Divisional Round: 17 – 18 January 2026

👉 Conference Championship: 25 January 2026

👉 Super Bowl LX: 8 February 2026

👉 NFL Draft: 23 – 25 April 2026

Volleyball 

👉 Volleyball Nations League – Women:  1 – 28 June 2026

👉 Volleyball Nations League – Men: 8 June – 2 July 2026

👉 CCH – Women: 21 July – 6 August 2026

👉 CCH – Men: 11 – 27 August 2026