After having a torrential 2020, the world welcomed 2021 with a hope. After the COVID-19 pandemic wrecked havoc on the world, life property, businesses, travel, events, sporting tournaments, none of them were left untouched.
The coronavirus led to postponement and delays of many sporting events. Many of them were totally cancelled for the year, most of them were postponed to 2021 in their similar windows as of 2020, whoch they were supposed to take place.
With Wimbledon, T20 World Cup, Summer Olympics, many of the major sporting events are due to take place throughout the 2021.
Here is the sports calendar for 2021:
Cricket
February 5-March 8: India v England Test series
March 12-20: India v England T20I series
March 23-28: India v England ODI series
April-May: IPL (Tentative)
June: ICC World Test Championship Final
August 4-September 14: India tour of England
October-November: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (India)
Olympics (Japan)
July 23-August 8: Tokyo Olympics
August 24-September 5: Tokyo Paralympics
Football
June 11-July 11: Euro Championship
June 11-July 10: Copa America
English Premier League (season continues)
La Liga (season continues)
Bundesliga (season continues)
Serie A (season continues)
May 15: FA Cup final
Champions League (season continues)
Europa League (season continues)
Tennis
February 8-21: Australian Open
May 23-June 6: French Open
June 28-July 11: Wimbledon
August 30-September 12: US Open
November 22-28: Davis Cup Finals
Badminton
January 12-17: Thailand Open, Bangkok
January 27-31: BWF World Tour Finals, Bangkok
March 17-21: All England, Birmingham
March 31-April 4: Malaysia Open, Kuala Lumpur
April 13-18: Singapore Open, Singapore
April 27-May 2: Badminton Asia Championships
June 8-13: Indonesia Open, Jakarta
August 24-29: Hyderabad Open
September 7-12: Taipei Open, Taipei City
September 21-26: China Open, Changzhou
September 28-October 3: Japan Open, Tokyo
October 12-17: Syed Modi India International, Lucknow
October 19-24: Denmark Open, Odense V
December 15-19: BWF World Tour Finals 2021, Guangzhou
Formula One 2021
March 21 – December 25
(All dates are tentative and subject to change)
