2026 in sports

2026 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

National Football League

 * 🇺🇸 February 1: 2026 Pro Bowl in TBD
 * 🇺🇸 February 8: Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California
 * 🇺🇸 April 23–25: 2026 NFL draft in TBD

FIFA World Cups

 * 2026 FIFA World Cup (co-host 🇺🇸 United States/🇨🇦 Canada/🇲🇽 Mexico)
 * 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 🇵🇱 Poland
 * 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 🇲🇦 Morocco
 * 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in 🇶🇦 Qatar
 * 2026 FIFA World Series in TBA

CONMEBOL

 * 2026 Superclásico de las Américas in 🇯🇵 Yokohama, Japan
 * 2026 Copa América Femenina in 🇧🇷 Brazil


 * Club competitions
 * 2026 Copa Libertadores TBA
 * 2026 Copa Sudamericana TBA
 * 2026 Recopa Sudamericana in 🇶🇦 Doha, Qatar

AFC

 * 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup in 🇦🇺 Australia
 * 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup TBD
 * 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia

UEFA

 * 2026 UEFA Europa League Final in TBA
 * 2026 UEFA Women's Champions League Final in TBA
 * 2026 UEFA Europa Conference League Final in TBA
 * 2026 UEFA Champions League Final in TBA

Baseball

 * If the Los Angeles Dodgers are still playing in their current city, they will have been playing in Los Angeles longer than in their original home in Brooklyn.
 * 2026 World Baseball Classic (🇯🇵 Japan/🇵🇷 Puerto Rico/🇺🇸 United States)
 * 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Basketball

 * TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * TBD: 2026 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

National Basketball Association

 * February 15: 2026 NBA All-Star Game at the Intuit Dome in 🇺🇸 Inglewood, California
 * June 25: 2026 NBA draft

National Collegiate Athletic Association

 * March 17–April 5: 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
 * March 20–April 4: 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Cricket

 * ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 🇮🇳 India and Sri Lanka
 * ICC Women's T20 World Cup in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales

Futsal

 * TBD: UEFA Futsal Euro 2026 in Latvia and 🇱🇹 Lithuania

Handball

 * 15 January – 1 February 2026 European Men's Handball Championship in 🇩🇰 Denmark, 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇸🇪 Sweden
 * 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇸🇰 Slovakia and 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * 2026 Handball World Club Challenge in 🇭🇷 Croatia

Multi-sport events

 * 6–22 February: 2026 Winter Olympics in 🇮🇹 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
 * 6–15 March: 2026 Winter Paralympics in 🇮🇹 Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
 * 19 September–4 October: 2026 Asian Games in 🇯🇵 Nagoya, Japan
 * TBD: 2026 Commonwealth Games
 * TBD: 2026 Gay Games in 🇪🇸 Valencia, Spain
 * 13–22 June: 2026 Mediterranean Games in 🇮🇹 Taranto
 * 31 October–13 November: 2026 Summer Youth Olympics, in 🇸🇳 Dakar, Senegal