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2025–26 Toronto Maple Leafs season
2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs season: NHL club that fell from 108 points and first in the Atlantic to 32-36-14, last place, missing the playoffs after the Mitch Marner sign-and-trade, triggering the firings of GM Brad Treliving and coach Craig Berube.
2025–26 Toronto Raptors season
2025-26 Toronto Raptors season: NBA campaign in which Toronto went 46-36, finished fifth in the Eastern Conference under Darko Rajakovic, and lost a seven-game first-round playoff series to Cleveland.
2025–26 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
2025-26 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team, coached by Cori Close, went 37-1 (18-0 Big Ten), won the Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles, and claimed UCLA's first NCAA women's basketball championship, beating South Carolina 79-51 on April 5, 2026.
2025–26 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
2025–26 UConn Huskies women's basketball team, defending NCAA champion under Geno Auriemma (41st season), preseason AP No. 1; finished 38–1 (20–0 Big East), lost national semifinal 62–48 to South Carolina; Strong 18.4 PPG, Fudd 17.3.
2025–26 United Rugby Championship
2025–26 United Rugby Championship (BKT URC): fifth season of the 16-team Irish-Welsh-South African-Italian-Scottish club rugby league, 26 September 2025 to 20 June 2026, won by Leinster.
2025–26 Utah Jazz season
2025-26 Utah Jazz season: NBA season in which Utah went 22-60, last in the Western Conference, amid a rebuild around Lauri Markkanen, Keyonte George, and Ace Bailey, with trades sending Collins, Sexton, and Clarkson out and Kessler and Jaren Jackson Jr. injured.
2025–26 Vegas Golden Knights season
2025-26 Vegas Golden Knights season: ninth NHL season; 39-26-17, 95 points, first in Pacific Division; swept Colorado, lost 2026 Stanley Cup Final to Carolina in six; Tortorella replaced Cassidy, Ryan Craig hired after.
2025–26 Washington Wizards season
The 2025–26 Washington Wizards season was the franchise's 65th NBA season, in which Washington finished last in the Eastern Conference at 17–65 and missed the playoffs under head coach Brian Keefe.
2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League
2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League, top European women's handball club competition; 16 teams, two groups of eight, Györ defending; FINAL4 in Budapest 6-7 June 2026, semi-finals won by CSM Bucuresti and Metz Handball.
2026 AFL season
The 2026 AFL season was the 130th season of the Australian Football League, won by the Brisbane Lions, who beat Fremantle in the Grand Final for a third straight premiership.
2026 AFL Women's season
2026 AFL Women's season (2026 NAB AFLW season), 11th AFLW season: 18 clubs, 12 rounds from 9 August, Grand Final Friday 27 November; North Melbourne two-time reigning premier, highest-scoring season on record.
2026 Air Force Falcons football team
2026 Air Force Falcons football team, Air Force Academy's FBS team in the expanded Mountain West; Troy Calhoun's 20th season. Started 4-1 (2-1 MW) behind a run-heavy offense; QB Liam Szarka lost to a season-ending leg injury.
2026 Akron Zips football team
2026 Akron Zips football team, University of Akron's MAC FBS squad, coached by Joe Moorhead in year four, 1-5 (0-2 MAC) through October 10, 2026, home games at InfoCision Stadium.
2026 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
2026 Alabama Crimson Tide football team: Alabama's SEC college football squad in its third season under head coach Kalen DeBoer, 5-1 after a 20-17 loss to Georgia, quarterbacked by Keelon Russell.
2026 All-Australian team
2026 All-Australian team: AFL team of the year, 23 players named 25 August 2026 at the AFL Awards from a 46-player squad. Max Gawn captain with a record ninth blazer; Fremantle five selections; nine debutants.
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup), GAA knockout for 16 counties. Mayo beat Kerry 1-20 to 1-17 in the 26 July 2026 final at Croke Park, Mayo's first title since 1951; Kerry were defending champions.
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final: Kerry v Mayo at Croke Park, 26 July 2026. Mayo won 1-20 to 1-17, their first Sam Maguire since 1951, captained by Jack Coyne under manager Andy Moran, in the 137th final refereed by Martin McNally.
2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the GAA's top inter-county hurling competition. Limerick beat Galway 1-29 to 1-18 in the 138th final at Croke Park on 19 July 2026 for a 13th title.
2026 Americas Rugby Championship
2026 Americas Rugby Championship: relaunch ARC held in Chile, August 29 to September 6, 2026, with Argentina XV, Chile XV, Paraguay, and Uruguay XV; Chile XV won its first title, beating Argentina XV 28-27 in Valparaíso.
2026 Antalya Challenger 4
2026 Antalya Challenger 4, a WTA 125 women's clay tennis tournament in Antalya, Turkey, September 2026; Rositsa Dencheva won singles, Laboutkova/Kladivova won doubles.
2026 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
2026 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team: Sun Belt East FBS squad in Boone, N.C., under second-year coach Dowell Loggains; opened 3-2 (0-1 Sun Belt) with wins over Maine, East Carolina, and Charlotte, losses to NC State and Old Dominion.
2026 Arizona Cardinals season
2026 Arizona Cardinals season: first year under head coach Mike LaFleur, hired after Jonathan Gannon was fired post-3-14. Cardinals are 1-4 through Week 5, traded Marvin Harrison Jr. to Houston, and have no primetime games.
2026 Arizona Diamondbacks season
2026 Arizona Diamondbacks season: MLB season in which the D-backs went 86-76, third in the NL West, and were eliminated from the final wild card on the last day; Gabriel Moreno won the franchise's first NL batting title.
2026 Arizona Wildcats football team
2026 Arizona Wildcats football team, University of Arizona FBS squad in the Big 12 under coach Brent Brennan; 5-1 start, only loss at BYU, led by quarterback Noah Fifita, home games at Casino Del Sol Stadium, Tucson.
2026 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
2026 Arkansas Razorbacks football team: first season under head coach Ryan Silverfield, hired from Memphis after Arkansas went 2-10 in 2025. Razorbacks are 2-4 through six games, facing an ESPN FPI-rated toughest 2026 schedule with seven AP Top 25 opponents.
2026 Army Black Knights football team
2026 Army Black Knights football team, United States Military Academy's American Conference squad under 13th-year coach Jeff Monken; 3-2 start, 59-3 opener over Bryant in renovated Michie Stadium, Army-Navy Game December 12 at MetLife Stadium.
2026 Aryna Sabalenka tennis season
2026 Aryna Sabalenka tennis season: Belarusian star won Brisbane and Indian Wells, lost Australian Open and US Open finals to Elena Rybakina, lost Miami final to Gauff per one record, and dropped the No. 1 ranking after 99 weeks.
2026 Asian Men's Handball Championship
22nd Asian Men's Handball Championship, held in Kuwait 15–29 January 2026; also called Kuwait 2026. Bahrain won its first title, beating Qatar 29–26 after extra time; Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Japan qualified for the 2027 World Championship.
2026 Athletics season
2026 Athletics season: the Oakland-to-Las Vegas MLB franchise's second year at Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento; opened March 27 at Toronto, led the AL West by mid-May, final Las Vegas move planned for 2028.
2026 Atlanta Braves season
2026 Atlanta Braves season: Walt Weiss's first year as manager; Braves went 94-68 to win the NL East, beat Philadelphia in the Wild Card Series, then lost the NLDS to the Dodgers in four games.