Sports Calendar 2021
Here is a list of the most important sporting events for 2021. It is not possible to list all sporting events here, although we have tried to include all the major sporting events of the major sports, especially international competitions, known to date.Key events for this calendar year include the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, European Football Championship 2020, Rugby World Cup, Women's Rugby World Cup, World Urban Games, Invictus Games and World Fighting Games, in addition to the regular annual events.
Check out the current calendar of major sporting events in the world.
Date(s) | Sport | Event | Location |
Jan 14–31 | Handball | World Championships (men) | Egypt |
Jan 21-31 (Postponed) | Multi-sports | Winter Universiade | Lucerne, Switzerland |
Jan 28-30 | Extreme Sports | Winter X Games 25 | Aspen, Colorado, USA |
Feb 1-11 | Football (Soccer) | FIFA Club World Cup | Qatar |
Feb 6-12 | Multi-sports | Special Olympics World Winter Games | Jämtland County, Sweden |
Feb 6 - Mar 20 | Rugby | Six Nations | UK, Ireland, France & Italy |
Feb 7 | Gridiron/Football | Super Bowl | Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida |
Feb 8-21 | Tennis | Australia Open | Melbourne, Australia |
Feb 9-21 | Skiing | World Alpine Ski Championships | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy |
Feb 23-Mar 7 | Skiing (Nordic) | Nordic World Ski Championships | Oberstdorf, Germany |
Mar 9-23 | Baseball | World Baseball Classic | Japan, Taiwan, USA |
Mar 19-21 | Athletics | World Athletics Indoor Championship | Nanjing, China |
Mar 23-28 | Multi-sports | Winter Military World Games | Berchtesgaden and Ruhpolding, Germany |
April 2-10 (postponed from 2020) | Multi-sports | Asian Beach Games | Sanya, China |
Apr 8-11 | Golf | Masters | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
Apr 10 | Horse Racing | Grand National | Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool |
Apr? | Table Tennis | World Championship | Houston, United States |
Apr 17 - May 3 | Snooker | World Snooker Championship | Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England |
May 1 | Horse Racing | Kentucky Derby | Louisville, Kentucky, US |
May 3-9 | Multi-sports | World Combat Games | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
May 14-22 | Multi-sports | Arafura Games | Darwin, Australia |
May 14-30 | Multi-sports | World Masters Games (Summer) | Kansai, Japan |
May 17-23 | Golf | US PGA | Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, SC |
May 21 - June 6 | Ice Hockey | IIHF World Championship | co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia |
May 30 | Auto Racing | Indianapolis 500 | Indianapolis, USA |
May 15 | Football (Soccer) | FA Cup final | Wembley Stadium, London |
May 23 - Jun 6 (TBC) | Tennis | French Open | Paris, France |
May 29 | Football (Soccer) | UEFA Champions League Final | ? |
May 29 - Jun 5 (postponed from 2020) | Multi-sports | Invictus Games | The Hague, The Netherlands |
Jun 11 - Jul 11 (postponed from 2020) | Football (Soccer) | Euro 2020 | the tournament played across Europe, the final in London UK. |
Jun 11 - Jul 11 (postponed from 2020) | Football (Soccer) | 47th Copa América | Argentina, Colombia |
Jun 12-13 | Auto Racing | 89th 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France |
Jun | Ice Hockey | Stanley Cup finals | |
Jun | Basketball | NBA Finals | USA/Canada |
Jun 17-20 | Golf | US Open | Torrey Pines Golf Course, La Jolla, California |
June? | Football (Soccer) | FIFA Club World Cup | China |
June-July | Football (Soccer) | African Cup of Nations | Cameroon |
Jun 26 - Jul 18 | Cycling | Tour de France | France |
Jun 28 - July 11 | Tennis | Wimbledon | London, England |
Jul 15–18 | Golf | British Open | Royal St George's Golf Club Sandwich Kent England |
Jul? | Extreme Sports | Summer X Games | Minneapolis, Minnesota? |
Jul 23 - Aug 8 | Multi-sports | Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan |
Jul 30-Aug 8 | Multi-sports | World Police and Fire Games | Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands |
Aug 8-19 | Multi-sports | Summer Universiade | Chengdu, China |
Aug? | Boxing | AIBA World Championships (men) | New Delhi, India |
Aug 24 - Sep 5 | Multi-sports | Paralympic Games | Tokyo, Japan |
Aug 30 - Sep 12 (TBC) | Tennis | US Open | New York, USA |
Aug 31-Sep 6 | Golf | Solheim Cup | Toledo, Ohio, USA |
Sep? | Rowing | World Rowing Championships | ? |
Sep? | Multi-sports | World Urban Games | Budapest, Hungary |
Sep? | Cycling | UCI Road World Championships | Bruges and Leuven, Belgium |
Sept 10-19 | Multi-sports | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey |
Sep 18 – Oct 16 | Rugby | Women's World Cup | New Zealand |
Sept? | AFL | Grand Final | Melbourne, Australia |
Sept? | Rugby League | NRL Grand Final | Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia |
Oct? | Baseball | World Series | ? |
Oct 13-17 | Cycling | World Track Championships | Achgabat, Turkmenistan |
Oct 18 - Nov 15 | Cricket | ICC World T20 (men) | India |
Oct 23 - Nov 27 | Rugby League | World Cup | England |
Nov 2 | Horse Racing | Melbourne Cup | Victoria, Australia |
? | Multi-sports | Lusophony Games | Luanda, Angola |
Nov 21-Dec 2 | Multi-sports | South-East Asian Games | Hanoi, Vietnam |
Dec 2-19 | Handball | World Championships (women) | Spain |
