2025 World Athletics Championships Tokyo saw the National Stadium packed to capacity each night, welcoming nearly 620,000 spectators over nine days. The energy was electric, and the roar from the crowd was deafening. Athletes rose to the occasion, delivering stunning performances that will be remembered for years. As we bid farewell to Tokyo and look forward to Beijing in 2027, setting the stage for what promises to be an exciting LA28, here are the key highlights from the first world championships in Japan in 18 years. At the World Athletics Championships, the conclusion of the men’s marathon turned into an unforgettable sprint as Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu edged out Germany’s Amanal Petros by a mere 0.03 seconds. For perspective, the men’s 100m final held the previous day saw a 0.05-second gap between the winner and the runner-up.

Tokyo 2025 Athletics World Championships Schedule: The 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held in Tokyo from Saturday, 13 September to Sunday, 21 September. All competitions will take place at the Japan National Stadium, with the marathons and race walk events starting and finishing inside the stadium. Top athletes from around the globe will gather in Tokyo to compete for the title of world champion. Prepare for an exciting week of competitions, including spectacular finals and must-see events. Morning sessions kick off at 07:30 JST, while evening sessions begin at 17:30 JST – please note that times may change.

2025 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Jakarta will see the planet’s top gymnasts compete for individual all-around and apparatus titles. The event kicks off on Sunday, 19 October with three days of qualifying rounds, followed by finals from 22–25 October. With no team competition in Jakarta, attention turns entirely to standout athletes, including Olympic gold medallists Kaylia Nemour of Algeria and Angelina Melnikova, both strong contenders for the all-around title. In the men’s division, Japan and China are expected to clash once more in the all-around final, with Olympic all-around champions Oka Shinnosuke and Hashimoto Daiki aiming for further success. They will face rivals such as former world all-around champion Zhang Boheng, American gymnast Asher Hong, and 2025 European all-around champion Adem Asil of Türkiye.

2025 FIFA Club World Cup United States marked the 21st edition of the competition and the first under the new expanded format, an international club soccer tournament organized by FIFA. Hosted from June 14 to July 13, 2025, the event featured 32 participating teams. The revamped structure included continental champions from the previous four years along with other qualifying clubs. Chelsea emerged victorious, beating Paris Saint-Germain 3–0 in the final to become the first champions under the expanded tournament format.

2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 is a motorsport competition that is part of the Formula One World Championship, held in Paradise, Nevada, USA. The race takes place at night on a temporary street circuit that incorporates sections of the iconic Las Vegas Strip. The inaugural event occurred on November 18, 2023. Formula One and the city of Las Vegas have an agreement for the race through 2025, which has since been extended to 2027. The first-ever Las Vegas Grand Prix occurred on November 18, 2023, representing the return of Formula One to Las Vegas since the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix and the city’s first street race since the 2007 Vegas Grand Prix Champ Car. The race was held on a newly constructed street circuit winding around the Las Vegas Strip.

2025 Rugby World Cup calendar: The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup marked the tenth edition of the tournament, the four-yearly championship for national women’s rugby union teams, organized by World Rugby. It took place in England from 22 August to 27 September 2025. The opening match was held at the Stadium of Light, while the final was contested at Twickenham Stadium. This edition returned to the regular four-year schedule after the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. England claimed the title, defeating Canada 33–13 in the final.

2025 Super Bowl LIX, held in February 2025, was the championship game of the NFL for the 2024 season, featuring the NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles against the AFC champion and back-to-back Super Bowl winners, the Kansas City Chiefs. In a rematch of Super Bowl LVII from two years earlier, the Eagles triumphed over the Chiefs with a final score of 40–22. The matchup took place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, marking the eleventh time the city hosted a Super Bowl and the eighth occasion at the Superdome since Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts earned Super Bowl MVP honors after accounting for three touchdowns—two through the air and one on the ground—while setting a Super Bowl record for quarterback rushing yards with 72.

2025 ICC Champions Trophy Pakistan UAE: The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy took place from 19 February to 9 March 2025, organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The competition featured 15 matches, spread across three venues in Pakistan and one in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament included the top eight men’s national teams that qualified through the 2023 World Cup, with Afghanistan making their first-ever appearance. Defending champions Pakistan, who co-hosted the event, were knocked out during the group stage. India claimed the title by beating New Zealand in the final, becoming the first team to secure three Champions Trophy victories.

2025 Tour de France cycling dates ran from 5 July, starting in Lille, to 27 July, concluding with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Tadej Pogačar, riding for UAE Team Emirates XRG, claimed the overall victory, earning his fourth Tour title in six years. His lead began to take shape after winning the fourth stage into Rouen and finishing second in the opening individual time trial. Following his triumph on the seventh stage to Mûr-de-Bretagne, Pogačar strengthened his position in the Pyrenees, excelling on the first mountain stage to Hautacam and the mountain time trial to Peyragudes the next day. He fended off challenges from other general classification contenders during the final week to secure the win by nearly four and a half minutes.

2025 The Masters Augusta National hosted the 89th edition of the tournament, marking the first of the four major men’s golf championships of the year. The event took place from April 10–13 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. Rory McIlroy emerged victorious after defeating Justin Rose on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. With this win, McIlroy became the sixth golfer, and the first from Europe, to achieve the modern career Grand Slam, accomplishing it on his 11th attempt. He also joined Tiger Woods (2001) and Scottie Scheffler (2024) as the third player to capture both the Masters and The Players Championship within the same calendar year.