2024 was a huge year for adult sports enthusiasts, with the Summer Olympics, men’s Euros and Paralympic Games happening.
However, we are in 2025, and all that is history!
But now, no one said that this year will be void of major sporting events that you can either watch or attend. This year comes with a whole new list of sports tournaments that could keep you glued to your screen from January to December.
World Series of Poker
If you are a casino enthusiast, then you will surely be following this event. Right now, you don’t just have to play your live casino online, you get to learn a few skills from the casino masters.
In 2025, the WSOP comes back to the Horseshoe and Paris casinos in Las Vegas from 27 May to 16 July. Now, just imagine: this year has up to 100 gold bracelet events to be fought for, making it the biggest ever series in the history of Poker.
Well, what actually makes this year’s event more special is that it is the first poker festival since the NSUS Group acquired the series. Well, again, it’s the 56th edition. Well, the $10,000 main event is expected to run between 2 and 16 July, with organizers hoping that the numbers will top the 10,112 players who participated last year.
Women’s Rugby World Cup
Finally, England will be hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup after around 15 years (the last one was in 2010). This tournament will be starting on 22 August and will be running for a little over a month.
Well, rugby fans will be waiting to see whether New Zealand’s Black Ferns will retain their dominance in the field, having won six out of the last seven World Cups. You see, this team is such a force that in the 2017 season, it was the first women’s team to be named the World Rugby Team of the Year.
Now, the competition this year is even tighter with 16 teams participating in the tournament, up from 12 which participated in 2021. The opening match will be hosted in the Stadium of Lights in Sunderland while the final match will see Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium host.
As we all wait to see whether New Zealand will defend their title, the competition is not going to be easy. Actually, England is the number one team in the world, and all four home nations will be playing in the tournament.
What a contest it shall be!
World Athletics Championships
2025 is ready to have another World Athletic Championships after two years of waiting. This time, the Championships will be held at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium from 13th to 21st September this year.
Well, the Championships are considered the biggest track and field event, just after the Olympics. In this year’s event, organizers are expecting over 2000 athletes from 200 countries from all over the world.
This year, we expect to see new faces in the race walking, super speedy 100m, the high jump, and others, with champions set to compete in different events. In 2025, you can also expect to see Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith and heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson, among other British winners, rank high.
If you are wondering how to get to the event, just hop onto a plane heading to Japan and, as we mentioned earlier, get to the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. If not, then you can be sure that there are many streaming platforms that will be doing the work of the Lord in real time.
Africa Cup of Nations
For lovers of football, Afcon has come to soothe your souls. This is Africa’s biggest sporting event, with top Premier League players like Mo Salah and André Onana gracing the pitch.
In 2025, Afcon will be held in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2025. Now, the most interesting part of this tournament is that it will be the first time that it is being held over the Christmas and New Year period.
This year, you can be sure that football lovers will be having the perfect festive season!
Over the past eight editions, the tournament has been producing different champions, with only Ivory Coast lifting the trophy twice. This just goes on to show you how competitive this tournament is and how worth it is to watch.
On 27 January, the CAF, in collaboration with the RMFF, announced that the tournament would be held in nine different venues in six cities. The venues are:
Adrar Stadium in Agadir
Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca
Fez Stadium in Fez
Marrakesh Stadium in Marrakesh
Ibn Batouta Stadium in Tangier
Prince Moulay Abdellah, Moulay Hassan, Al Barid and Prince Moulay Abdellah Olympic Annex Stadiums in Rabat.
Wrapping up
2025 is turning out to be a great year for adult sports enthusiasts, with major tournaments happening all through the year. Starting from the WSOP, Women’s Rugby World Cup, World Athletics Championship and Afcon, it’s really going to be a worthwhile year.
