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2026 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
2026 NORCECA Men's Continental Championship, held September 11-19, 2026 at the Avenir Centre in Moncton, Canada. Eight teams; USA beat Canada 3-2 in the final to defend the title, Cuba took bronze and the LA28 Olympic berth.
2026 Minnesota Lynx season
2026 Minnesota Lynx season: WNBA team's 28th season, 33-11 regular season, No. 1 overall seed, Olivia Miles Rookie of the Year, eliminated 2-0 by New York Liberty in the first round.
2026 NBA All-Star Game
2026 NBA All-Star Game (75th edition), USA vs. World format at Intuit Dome, Inglewood, Feb 15, 2026. USA Stars beat USA Stripes 47-21; Anthony Edwards MVP; 8.8M viewers, largest since 2011.
2026 NBA Cup
Emirates NBA Cup 2026, the NBA's fourth in-season tournament, runs Oct 30 to Dec 11, 2026, ending at Hinkle Fieldhouse; 67 games, six groups of five, Knicks defend the title.
2026 NBA draft
2026 NBA draft, 80th annual NBA player draft, held June 23-24, 2026 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn. Washington Wizards won the May 10 lottery and drafted AJ Dybantsa No. 1; Darryn Peterson went No. 2 to Utah, Cameron Boozer No. 3 to Memphis.
2026 NBA Finals
2026 NBA Finals: New York Knicks beat San Antonio Spurs 4-1 (June 3-13, 2026) for first title since 1973; Jalen Brunson unanimous Finals MVP, 32.6 ppg; averaged 20.6M viewers.
2026 NBA playoffs
The 2026 NBA playoffs, the NBA postseason for the 2025–26 season: play-in, four rounds, and Finals. The New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 for their first title in 53 years; Jalen Brunson was Finals MVP.
2026 NBA Summer League
2026 NBA Summer League, Las Vegas July 9-19, all 30 teams, 76 games; Warriors beat Grizzlies 94-90 for title, Yaxel Lendeborg MVP; tested one-free-throw rule and connected basketball.
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game: Michigan beat UConn 69-63 on April 6, 2026 at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, for Michigan's first title since 1989; Elliot Cadeau scored 19, Dusty May coached, attendance 70,720.
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the last 68-team March Madness field: Michigan (37-3) beat UConn 69-63 in Indianapolis on April 6, 2026, for its first title since 1989, coached by Dusty May.
2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament: 68-team March Madness won by UCLA (37-1), which beat South Carolina 79-51 on April 5 in Phoenix for its first title; UConn was top overall seed; title game drew 9.9 million viewers.
2026 New York Liberty season
2026 New York Liberty season, the WNBA franchise's 30th, under first-year coach Chris DeMarco. Finished 26-18 (8th seed), became the first No. 8 seed to beat a No. 1 seed by sweeping Minnesota, then lost the semifinals to Atlanta.
2026 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2026 PBA Governors' Cup, known as the PBA Season 50 Governors' Cup, is the concluding third conference of the Philippine Basketball Association's Golden Anniversary 2025–26 season, featuring 13 teams.
2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference
The 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference, an all-Filipino professional volleyball tournament in the Philippines, was won by the Creamline Cool Smashers, who swept Cignal 2-0 in the Finals for their 11th PVL title; Cignal's Vanie Gandler was MVP.
2026 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
2026 PVL Invitational Conference, August 31 to September 8, 2026 at Smart Araneta Coliseum; six-team single round robin. Thailand's EST Cola swept Nxled for the title; Phontham was first guest-team MVP.
2026 Premier Volleyball League on Tour
The 2026 Premier Volleyball League on Tour, staged as the PVL On Tour Showdown, was a Philippine preseason volleyball tournament won by PLDT over Chery Tiggo.
2026 SEA Men's V Cup
2026 SEA Men's V Cup, the sixth edition of the Southeast Asian men's volleyball championship, first held under the SEA V-Cup name after the SEA V-League. Two legs: Cambodia won Leg 1 in Candon, Philippines; Vietnam won Leg 2 in Jakarta, earning a 2027 AVC Cup berth.
2026 SEA Women's V Cup
2026 SEA Women's V Cup (BYD DMI 6th SEA V Cup 2026), sixth edition of the SEA V Cup women's volleyball tournament, formerly ASEAN Grand Prix and SEA V.League. Two legs: Hanoi (Jul 31-Aug 2) and Chiang Mai (Aug 7-9); Thailand won both, Philippines took first silver.
2026 Unrivaled season
2026 Unrivaled season: second season of the 3-on-3 women's basketball league by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, Jan 5 to early March 2026, eight clubs, 56 games; Mist BC beat Phantom BC 80-74 for the title.
2026 V-League Collegiate Challenge
The 2026 V-League Collegiate Challenge, fifth season of the revived Philippine collegiate V-League, was held at Gameville Central Park, Mandaluyong; National University beat FEU in five sets for the men's title, its first since 2022.
2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
The 2026 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour is the fifth season of the international beach volleyball circuit run by Volleyball World, with eight Elite and seven Challenge tournaments from March to August 2026.
2026 William Jones Cup
Held at Xinzhuang Gymnasium, the 2026 William Jones Cup was Taiwan's 45th annual international invitational basketball tournament, defined by a new host-guarantee format.
2026 WNBA All-Star Game
2026 WNBA All-Star Game (AT&T WNBA All-Star Game 2026), 22nd edition, played July 25, 2026 at Chicago's United Center; Team Spoon beat Team Coop 129-122, Jonquel Jones MVP, record 19,783 crowd.
2026 WNBA draft
2026 WNBA Draft, held April 13, 2026 at The Shed, Manhattan; Dallas Wings took Azzi Fudd No. 1. Three rounds, 45 picks, with expansion teams Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire picking sixth and seventh.
2026 WNBA playoffs
2026 WNBA playoffs: top eight teams, best-of-three first round, best-of-five semifinals, best-of-seven Finals. No. 8 New York upset No. 1 Minnesota; Golden State Valkyries face Atlanta Dream in a first-time champion Finals.
2026 WNBA season
2026 WNBA season: the league's 30th, began May 8, 2026, with 44 games, expansion Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, and a new CBA. Playoffs ended with Golden State Valkyries vs Atlanta Dream in the Finals.
2026 Women's African Nations Volleyball Championship
2026 CAVB Women's African Nations Championship, held in Nairobi, Kenya, August-September 2026. Egypt beat Kenya 3-0 in the final for a fourth African title, qualifying for LA28; Kenya and Cameroon took the 2027 World Cup places.
2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship
CEV Trendyol EuroVolley 2026 Women: 24-team European volleyball championship, 21 Aug-6 Sep 2026, hosted by Türkiye, Czechia, Azerbaijan, Sweden; Türkiye beat Italy 3-2 in Istanbul to retain the title and qualify for LA28.
2026 Women's European Volleyball League
2026 CEV Women's European Volleyball League: revamped second-tier CEV national-team competition, first to qualify teams for EuroVolley 2028; 26 federations, Final Six, top four advance; Sweden reached the final.
2026 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
2026 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship (NORCECA Women's Continental Championship 2026), held August 21-29, 2026 in Santo Domingo; Canada won its first title, beating USA 3-2, and qualified for LA28.