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From the Football Club World Cup to the Kho Kho World Cup, the 2025 calendar is packed with major sports events.
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2024 was an excellent year for Indian sports. From Manu Bhaker’s double at the Paris Olympics, a historic Paralympic tally, Chess Olympiad’s sweeps for both men and women, a men’s T20 World Cup win in the USA and the West Indies to D Gukesh becoming the youngest World Chess Champion, it was thrill-a-minute and gratifying.
There’s a lot more to look forward to in 2025. Below, we have prepared for you a calendar chart of the major events (apart from cricket, which will have a separate piece) where India’s best athletes would be in action and which you just can’t afford to miss. The ones Italicised are where the participation of Indians is either confirmed or likely.
December 28, 2024 – February 1, 2025 — Men’s Hockey India League 2024-25 (HIL).
January 12-26, 2025 — Women’s Hockey India League (WHIL) 2024-25.
January 13-19, 2025 — Kho Kho World Cup 2025. India will host the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup at the Indira Gandhi Indoor (IGI) Stadium in New Delhi in a bid to elevate the indigenous sport’s global appeal.
January 14-19, 2025 — Badminton India Open 2025, New Delhi.
February 7-14, 2025 — Asian Winter Gabes 2025. India is expected to send around 70 athletes to the event.
February 15 – June 29 — FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Women).
February 25 – June 22 — FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Men).
March 1-12 — Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025.
March 11-16 — All England Open, Badminton.
March 14 – December 7 — 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship.
April 4-15 — Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2025.
April 7-13 — 2025 Masters Tournament, Golf.
April 19 – May 5 — World Snooker Championship 2025.
April 27 — London Marathon.
May 10-11 — 2025 World Athletics Relays.
May 17-25 — World Table Tennis Championships, 2025.
May 25 – June 7 — 2025 French Open, Tennis.
May 27-31 — 2025 Asian Athletics Championship.
June 14 – July 13 — FIFA Club World Cup, 2025.
June 30 – July 13 — Wimbledon 2025.
July 2-27 — UEFA Women’s Euro 2025.
July 5-26 — CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, Football.
July 5-29 — FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025, Chess.
July 11 – August 3 — 2025 World Aquatics Championship.
July 12 – August 2 — Copa América Femenina, Football.
August 7-17 — 2025 World Games.
August 25 – September 7 — US Open, Tennis.
August 25-31 — World Badminton Championships, Paris.
August 27-28 — Diamond League Final, Athletics.
September 5-12 — 2025 World Archery Championships.
September 13-21 — 2025 World Athletics Championships.
September 13-21 — 2025 World Wrestling Championships.
September 27 – October 19 — 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
October 1-10 — World Weightlifting Championships.
October 13-19 — 2025 BWF World Junior Championships, Badminton.
October 19-25 — 2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
(Sometime in November, dates TBD) — World Boxing Cup Final, New Delhi (Boxing)
November 16-29 — World Rifle and Pistol Championships, Cairo (Shooting)
(Sometime in December, dates TBD) — Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, India.
December 10-14 — BWF World Tour Finals, China.
December 21, 2025 – January 18, 2026 — 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Football.