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2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 Commonwealth Games (XX Commonwealth Games), Glasgow, Scotland, 23 July–3 August 2014: 71 nations, 4,929 athletes, 17 sports, 261 medal events; won bid 47–24 over Abuja; cost £543m, under budget.
2014 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics (XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014), held in Sochi, Russia, February 7–23, 2014; record 88 countries, 98 medal events, ~$50 billion cost, corruption, rights abuses, and doping scandal.
2015 Pan American Games
2015 Pan American Games (XVII, TORONTO 2015): July 10–26, 2015 in Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe; 6,123 athletes from 41 nations, 36 sports; largest multi-sport event in Canada; US led the medal table.
2015 Summer Universiade (2015년 하계 유니버시아드)
2015 Summer Universiade (2015년 하계 유니버시아드), 28th FISU World University Games, held in Gwangju, South Korea, 3–14 July 2015; 21 sports, 272 events, South Korea led with 47 golds, flag passed to Taipei 2017.
2016 Summer Olympics
Rio 2016, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, held August 5–21, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the first South American Olympics; 306 events, 11,303 athletes, golf's return and rugby sevens debut, USA leading with 121 medals.
2018 Asian Games
2018 Asian Games (Jakarta-Palembang 2018, Indonesia 2018), 18th Asian Games, held 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang; about 11,300 athletes from 45 NOCs, esports demonstration debut, China topped the medal table.
2018 Commonwealth Games
2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018), Gold Coast, Australia, 4–15 April 2018: 21st Commonwealth Games, 71 nations, 6,500 athletes, 275 events in 18 sports; first equal men's and women's events, largest integrated para-sport program.
2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games and styled PyeongChang 2018, were held in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.
2019 European Games (II Европейские игры)
2019 European Games (II Европейские игры), or Minsk 2019: second edition of the European Games, held 21–30 June 2019 in Minsk, Belarus; 3,666 athletes from 50 NOCs, 15 sports, 200 medal events, Russia led the medal table.
2019 Pan American Games
2019 Pan American Games (Lima 2019), XVIII Pan American Games, held July 26 to August 11, 2019 in Lima, Peru, Peru's first hosting; United States led the medal table with 293 medals, and the Parapan American Games followed in August.
2022 Asian Games
2022 Asian Games (19th Asian Games, Hangzhou 2022): multi-sport event in Hangzhou, China, postponed from 2022 to 23 September–8 October 2023; 17,541 participants from 45 nations, 40 sports, breaking and esports debut, China topped with 201 golds.
2022 Commonwealth Games
2022 Commonwealth Games (Birmingham 2022), multi-sport event in Birmingham, England, 28 July to 8 August 2022. 72 nations, 4,500+ athletes, 19 sports, 15 venues; first Games awarding more medals to women than men; £778 million budget, £870 million economic impact.
2022 Winter Olympics
2022 Winter Olympics (XXIV, Beijing 2022, 北京冬奥会): winter multi-sport Games held 4–20 February 2022 in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, China; first city to host both Summer and Winter Games; 2,786 athletes, 91 nations, 109 events; Norway topped the medal table.
2023 Pan American Games
Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, 19th Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile, October 20 to November 5, 2023; first Chilean edition, 41 nations, about 7,000 athletes, 39 sports, Parapan Games followed November 17-26.
2023 SEA Games
The 2023 SEA Games were held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 5 to 17 May 2023, with more than 12,000 athletes competing in 36 sports.
2024 Summer Olympics
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris 2024), held 26 July–11 August 2024 in Paris, France: 329 events, 32 sports, 10,813 athletes; breaking debuted; COJOP budget about €4.5 billion with a €75.7 million surplus.
2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
The 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, held July 26, 2024 on the Seine in Paris, was the first Olympic opening ceremony outside a stadium: a six-kilometer boat parade with 316,000 spectators, Thomas Jolly's 12 artistic tableaux, and a Trocadéro cauldron lit by Pérec and Riner.
2025 Islamic Solidarity Games
The 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games (Riyadh 2025) were the sixth edition of the OIC multi-sport event, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7–21 November 2025, with 57 countries, 3,000+ athletes, Türkiye topping the medal table, and Selangor, Malaysia, named 2029 host.
2025 Khelo India Youth Games
2025 Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG 2025), 7th edition, held May 4-15, 2025 in Bihar and New Delhi; 27 sports plus esports demonstration, mascot Gajasimha; Maharashtra topped the medal tally.
2025 National Games of India
2025 National Games of India (38th National Games), held in Uttarakhand 28 January to 14 February 2025; over 10,000 athletes, 35 sports; Services Sports Control Board won the overall title; mascot Mauli; Meghalaya hosts the 39th edition in 2026.
2026 Asian Games
2026 Asian Games (20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026), multi-sport event in Aichi and Nagoya, Japan, 19 September to 4 October 2026; 43 sports, 45 countries, no athletes' village, Costa Serena cruise ship housing.
2026 Commonwealth Games
2026 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2026: multi-sport event held 23 July to 2 August 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, after Victoria, Australia withdrew; 10 sports, four venues, 74 nations, record 47 Para medal events.
2026 Enhanced Games
2026 Enhanced Games: inaugural doping-permitted sports competition held May 24, 2026 in Las Vegas by Enhanced (NYSE: ENHA), founded by Aron D'Souza; swimming, track, weightlifting; one world record, WADA and IOC condemnation.
2026 Palarong Pambansa
2026 Palarong Pambansa (Palaro Tu Agsur), 66th edition of the Philippine national student-athlete games, held May 24-31, 2026 in Agusan del Sur; 13,247 delegates, NCR won its 19th straight title, Quezon City named 2027 host.
2026 South American Games
XIII South American Games (Juegos Suramericanos Santa Fe 2026), ODESUR's continental games held 12–26 September 2026 in Santa Fe, Rosario, and Rafaela, Argentina; over 4,000 athletes from 15 nations, Brazil topped the medal table with 122 golds.
2026 Winter Olympics
Milano Cortina 2026, the XXV Winter Olympics, held February 6–22, 2026, jointly hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; first two-city Winter Games, 116 medal events, ski mountaineering debut, elected 2019 over Stockholm-Åre 47–34.
2026 Winter Olympics medal table
2026 Winter Olympics medal table, Milano Cortina 2026: Norway topped it with 18 gold, 41 total (records); USA second (12 gold, 33), Netherlands third, host Italy fourth with 30 medals.
2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, 6 February 2026 at San Siro, Milan; first multi-site Olympic opening ceremony (Milan, Cortina, Livigno, Predazzo), theme Armonia, dual cauldrons lit by Tomba, Compagnoni, Goggia; 61,000+ tickets, 21.4m US viewers.
2027 European Games
2027 European Games (Istanbul 2027), the 4th European Games, a multi-sport event in Istanbul, Türkiye, 16–27 June 2027, with 26 sports, 49 countries, and over 100 direct LA28 Olympic qualification places.
2029 World Games
The World Games 2029 Karlsruhe (TWG2029), 13th World Games, 19–29 July 2029; first city to host twice after 1989; ~4,000 athletes, 36 sports, 62 disciplines; awarded 1 May 2024.