Sports calendar 2026: Full month-wise details of all major tournaments with dates and venue

2026 is going to be another busy year for sports fans with a lot to follow. The biggest attraction for global fans is going to be the grandest-ever FIFA World Cup which will have 48 teams participating in it for the first time in history. Cricket fans have a couple of T20 World Cups lined up in an exciting year. 2026 will also be the year when three prestigious multi-nation meets, Winter Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, return with athletes from around the world hoping for medals.

Detailed below is a month-wise calendar of all the big global sporting events with their start dates and venues.

January 2026

• Australian Open (Tennis Grand Slam): Mid-January to early February, Melbourne

• ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup (Cricket): 15 January-6 February, co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Nambia

February 2026

• Winter Olympics: 6–22 February, Milan-Cortina, Italy

• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (Cricket): 7 February–8 March, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka

• Super Bowl LX (NFL Championship): 8 February, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California

March 2026

• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final (Cricket): 8 March, Ahmedabad

• World Baseball Classic (Baseball): 5-17 March, various locations

• MLB Season begins (Baseball): Opening Night 25 March, full Opening Day 26 March

• FIDE Candidates Tournament (Chess): 28 March–16 April, Cyprus

• Indian Premier League (Cricket): Late March to late May

• F1 season begins with Australian Grand Prix (Motorsport): 8 March

April 2026

• The Masters (Golf Major): 9–12 April, Augusta National, Georgia

May 2026

• French Open (Tennis Grand Slam): Late May–early June, Paris

• Indian Premier League Final (Cricket): Late May

• UEFA Champions League final (Football): May 30, Budapest

June 2026

• FIFA World Cup (Football): 11 June–19 July, co-hosted by USA, Canada, and Mexico

• NBA Finals (Basketball): Begin June 4 (possible Game 7 on June 21)

• ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (Cricket): 12 June-5 July, England

• Wimbledon (Tennis Grand Slam): Late June–mid July, London

July 2026

• FIFA World Cup Final (Football): 19 July, New Jersey

• The Open Championship (Golf Major): Mid-July, Royal Liverpool (Hoylake), England

• Tour de France (Cycling): 4-26 July

• Commonwealth Games: 23 July–2 August, Glasgow, Scotland

August 2026

• Major European Football Leagues begin 2026–27 season: Mid-August

• US Open (Tennis Grand Slam): Late August–early September, New York

• BWF World Championships (Badminton): Late August-early September, New Delhi

• FIH World Cup (Hockey): 14-30 August, co-hosted by Netherlands and Belgium

September 2026

• FIBA Women’s World Cup (Basketball): 4–13 September, Berlin

• Diamond League Finals (Athletics): 4-5 September, Brussels

• Asian Games: 19 September–4 October, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan

October 2026

• MLB World Series (Baseball): Begins October 23 (Possible Game 7 on October 31)

November 2026

• WTA Finals (Tennis): 7-14 November, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• ATP Finals (Tennis): 15-22 December, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Davis Cup Finals (Tennis): 24–29 November, Bologna, Italy

December 2026

• BWF World Tour Finals (Badminton): 9–13 December, Hangzhou, China

• F1 Season Finale (Motorsport): 4-6 December, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• World Chess Championship 2026: Dates and venue to be decided