Sport in 2025

25 for 2025: essential sporting events for the new year: Super Bowl, Club World Cup, NBA All Star, Ryder Cup...

2025 promises to be an exciting year for sports fans with a myriad of major events on the horizon.

Irish native who switched from the music industry to the world of sport moving from Universal Music to AS in 2017. A keen runner, soccer player and now discovering the world's fastest growing sport of padel. A fútbol fanatic covering LaLiga, MLS, Liga MX and other offbeat stories from the global game. Can always be found rooting for the underdog.

Update: Jan 1st, 2025 13:58 EST

The new year promises to be an exciting one for sports fans with the traditional season climaxes in the NFL, NBA, NHL along with the ending and beginning of major European soccer leagues.

2025 also sees the staging of a Ryder Cup, the new FIFA Club World Cup, the Women’s European Championship and Women’s Rugby World Cup.

NFL

9 February: Super Bowl LIX (Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana)

24-26 April: 2025 NFL Draft: Green Bay (Wisconsin)

4 September: NFL 2025-26 season starts

25 for 2025: essential sporting events for the new year: Super Bowl, Club World Cup, NBA All Star, Ryder Cup... — Dec 30, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta (87) spikes the ball after a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium. Sergio Estrada

NBA

February 14-19: All Star weekend (San Francisco)

June 5: 2025 NBA Finals commence

October 2025: 2025-26 season starts

Soccer

22 February: MLS season starts

31 May: Champions League final (Munich)

14 June-13 July: Innaugural expanded FIFA Club World Cup (USA)

2-27 July: 2025 UEFA Women's European Championship

21 December-18 January (2026) - CAF African Cup of Nations (Morocco)

It's a #FIFACWC year! 🎊🏆 pic.twitter.com/8BkRHvHiSb
— FIFA Club World Cup (@FIFACWC) January 1, 2025

MLB

18 March: 2025 MLB season commences

Wrigley Field on ice ❄️#WinterClassic pic.twitter.com/UUZiikfEWx
— MLB (@MLB) December 31, 2024

WNBA

17 May: 2025 season starts

14 September: WNBA 2025 season playoffs commence

Tennis

6-26 January: Australian Open (Melbourne)

19 May-8 June: Roland Garros (Paris)

30 June-13 July: Wimbledon

25 August-7 September: US Open (New York)

Happy Slam energy hits different 🌞 🎾 😎 #AO2025 TICKETS 👉 https://t.co/sJT3vuLy4k pic.twitter.com/3lpV7NCwgH
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) October 10, 2024

Golf

10-13 April: US Masters (Augusta, Georgia)

12-18: May: PGA Championship, Charlotte, North Carolina

12-15 June: US Open Championship, Oakmont Country Club • Oakmont, Pennsylvania

NHL

19 April: Playoffs commence

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Rugby

28 June-2 August: 2025 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia

22 August-27 September: 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup

Happy New Year! 🥳

It’s 2025... Australia is calling 🔜 🇦🇺#Lions2025 pic.twitter.com/aXfVWIneXH
— British & Irish Lions (@lionsofficial) January 1, 2025

Darts

December-January: 2025-26 World Darts Championship (London)

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