A Great Year of Sport Ahead

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We love the start of the year with all the possibilities and opportunities that exist for making memories, meeting challenges and enjoying life to the fullest.

There are plenty of great events to look forward to in 2025, so we’ve rounded up just a few of our favourite sporting events to give you some inspiration when planning your year ahead.

It’s going to be an epic year for women’s sport with a number of major tournaments taking place over the next 12 months.

England will host the Women’s Rugby World Cup for the first time since 2010.
The tournament kicks off on 22 August 2025 and ends just over a month later, on 27 September.
Sunderland's Stadium of Light will host the opening game, while the final will take place at Twickenham's Allianz Stadium.

Euro 2025 will see teams from across the continent battling it out to be crowned champions of Europe. It takes place in Switzerland from 2-27 July.

There will be two home nations represented at the tournament - after England and Wales both qualified for the competition.
The Lionesses are defending champions and booked their place at Euro 2025 by finishing runners-up in their qualification group. Wales made history by beating the Republic of Ireland in their play-off final match to reach their first major women’s tournament. Both teams have been drawn alongside France and the Netherlands - who England manager Sarina Wiegman led to victory at Euro 2017.

The Ashes series is one of the biggest cricket competitions in the world and one of the longest-running rivalries in sport between England and Australia. Both the men's and women's Ashes will take place this year in Australia.

The women's tournament is up first, starting on 12 January, with England captain Heather Knight's side hoping to win the trophy for the first time since 2014. They will play three one-day internationals, three T20 internationals as well as a four-day day-night Test match.

The five-match men's Ashes series starts later in the year, on 21 November.

The World Athletics Championships will take place in Tokyo's Olympic Stadium in Japan from 13-21 September 2025. The Championships are seen as one of the biggest sporting events, after the Olympics for track and field stars.

More than 2,000 athletes from around 200 countries are expected to attend. There'll be plenty of action including race walking, the high jump and the super speedy 100m.
Expect to see some of the world's top athletes including 800m Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, sprinter Dina Asher-Smith and Olympic silver heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson hoping to top the podium.

Great Britain won 10 medals at the last World Athletic Championships to equal their best-ever medal haul. Could they do even better this time round?

 
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