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With a packed calendar of continental championships and international events that will be hosted on the continent, 2025 is shaping up to be an electrifying year for sports across the continent of Africa. The following is a list of the top ten most significant sporting events that are expected to captivate fans in Africa. These events range from the roar of football stadiums to the swish of basketball nets and the thrill of beach football.
List Of Top 10 Biggest Sport Events In Africa 2025
1. FIFA Club World Cup
The first expanded FIFA Club World Cup with 32 clubs from six confederations will be held in 2025. This month-long event in multiple US cities will redefine club football worldwide. Manchester City, the old format champions, were eliminated early. The tournament is meant to simulate the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s organisation and atmosphere. It features world-class teams from every continent, including Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Al Ahly, and Inter Miami (host representative), in a group stage and knockout format. The expansion aims to boost global interest and club competition.
2. World Games
The World Games, which many people think are a way for sports to get into the Olympics, include a lot of sports that aren’t in the Olympics. This multi-sport event will take place in Chengdu, China, in 2025. The Games usually include sports like sumo, sport climbing, artistic roller skating, and different types of martial arts, but the exact dates are still being worked out. It’s a celebration of sports beyond the Olympics, giving top athletes in their fields a chance to compete for worldwide fame.
3. Women’s Rugby World Cup
The tenth Women’s Rugby World Cup will be the biggest yet, with 16 teams and eight venues in England. The first game of the tournament will be between England and the USA at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light. The final will be at Twickenham Stadium in London. This event shows how quickly women’s rugby is growing and how popular it is becoming around the world. New Zealand, the reigning champion, will try to keep their title against tough teams like England, France, and Canada. This will make for a month of exciting, high-impact rugby.
4. Ryder Cup
Farmingdale, New York, United States of America: Bethpage Black Course
At the illustrious Bethpage Black Course in Farmingdale, New York, the Ryder Cup, the most prestigious team competition in the history of golf, will be held once again in the United States in the year 2025. Twelve of the best male golfers from Europe compete against their counterparts from the United States in a match-play format that is packed with intense competition. This competition takes place every two years. Due to the fact that Europe has already won the 2023 edition, they will be attempting to keep the cup on American soil, which will set the stage for a three-day tournament that is both intense and unpredictable, featuring world-class golf.
5. ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup
With India and Sri Lanka serving as co-hosts for the 13th edition of the 50-over tournament, the International Cricket Council Women’s Cricket World Cup has made its way back to the subcontinent. Over the course of five cities, eight teams will compete against one another. Among these cities are Bengaluru (India) and Colombo (Sri Lanka), and the final match will also take place in either Bengaluru or Colombo. Australia, the reigning champions, will attempt to defend their title against formidable competitors such as India, England, and New Zealand, who are hosting in this tournament. This tournament is a highlight in the calendar of events for women’s cricket, as it demonstrates the growing popularity of the sport all over the world and the rising level of expertise among its athletes.
6. British & Irish Lions Tour
The famous British and Irish Lions will go on their quadrennial tour in 2025. They will go to Australia to play a series of highly anticipated matches. The tour has nine games, three of which are tough Test matches against the Australian Wallabies in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. Before the main tour, the Lions will play a historic match against Argentina in Dublin. The Lions tours are a long-standing tradition that brings together the best rugby players from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland to take on the biggest teams in the Southern Hemisphere. Fans from all over the world follow them, creating a “sea of red” as they play.
7. World Athletics Championships
For the second time (after 1991), the World Athletics Championships, the biggest track and field event in the world, will be held in Tokyo. More than 2,000 athletes from about 200 countries will come to the Japanese capital to compete for medals in a wide range of running, jumping, throwing, and walking events. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in 2021) went well, so the city is ready to host this prestigious event, which always features amazing performances and the fastest, strongest, and most agile athletes in the world.
8. World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Indonesia will make history when it hosts the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta. This is the first time the event has ever been held in Southeast Asia. Elite gymnasts from all over the world will show off their amazing strength, flexibility, and precision on a variety of equipment, including the floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar for men, and the vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor for women. This championship is very important for finding out who the best gymnasts in the world are, and it is also a major qualifier for the Olympics.
9. Summer and Winter World University Games
The International University Sports Federation (FISU) puts on these multi-sport events so that student-athletes can compete at a high level.
Around 8,500 student-athletes from more than 100 countries will compete in 18 sports at the Summer World University Games in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany. These sports include traditional Olympic events like athletics, swimming, and basketball.
The Winter World University Games are coming back to Turin, Italy, a city with a long history of winter sports (it hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics). Over 3,000 athletes will compete in 11 sports, including alpine skiing, biathlon, ice hockey, and ski mountaineering, which is making its debut. Some para-sports will also be included in the main program for the first time.
10. African Cup of Nations (Football)
The 35th Africa Cup of Nations, which many people are looking forward to, will start in Morocco at the end of 2025. This top continental football tournament will have 24 national teams competing for the title, which will draw millions of fans from Africa and beyond. Morocco will also co-host the FIFA World Cup in 2030. AFCON 2025 will be a very important chance for the country to show off its sports facilities and ability to organise events. The tournament will have exciting games, passionate fans, and the rise of new African football stars.
