13,239 articles
2026 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team
2026 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa FBS squad, first full Mountain West season under coach Timmy Chang, quarterback Micah Alejado, opened August 29 at Stanford, 1-3 through September 26.
2026 Hilux NPC
2026 Hilux NPC: the 50th season of New Zealand's National Provincial Championship, renamed for naming rights sponsor Toyota Hilux; record attendance and broadcast audiences, NPC50 fan vote, 14 provincial teams, final 24 October 2026.
2026 Houston Astros season
2026 Houston Astros season: 81-81, won AL West on final day (8th title in 10 years), first non-winning division winner in a 162-game season; swept by White Sox in Wild Card Series; GM Dana Brown departed August 24.
2026 Houston Cougars football team
2026 Houston Cougars football team: University of Houston FBS squad in the Big 12 under third-year coach Willie Fritz, ranked No. 23/24 preseason after a 10-win 2025 Texas Bowl season, 5-1 start.
2026 Houston Texans season
2026 Houston Texans season: the NFL franchise's 25th season under head coach DeMeco Ryans. Coming off a 12-5 2025 campaign, Houston opened 1-4 and plays Jacksonville in London in Week 6.
2026 Howard Bison football team
2026 Howard Bison football team: Howard University's MEAC FCS squad under first-year head coach Ted White, 2-4 after wins over Alabama A&M (MEAC/SWAC Challenge) and Hampton, with losses to Richmond, Indiana, Rutgers, and Penn.
2026 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship
The 2026 IFAF Men's Flag Football World Championship, the 12th men's flag football world title event, was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, August 13–16, 2026. The USA won gold, Canada took the women's title, and the event served as the first Olympic qualifier for LA28.
2026 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship
2026 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship (IFAF World Flag 2026), held August 13-16, 2026 in Düsseldorf, Germany; Canada beat the United States on the final play for the women's title, ending a three-title US streak, and Canada and Mexico qualified for LA28.
2026 Iga Świątek tennis season
2026 Iga Świątek tennis season: Polish star's 2026 WTA Tour year, one title at Toronto (WTA 1000, beat Rybakina), no Grand Slam title for the first time since 2021, coach change to Francis Roig, year-end rank No. 9.
2026 IHF Men's Club World Championship
The 2026 IHF Men's Club World Championship was the 19th edition, held in Egypt and won by Hungary's Veszprém HC, who beat defending champions FC Barcelona 42:33.
2026 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
2026 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, Bret Bielema's sixth season, Big Ten. Transfer QB Katin Houser (East Carolina) leads a rebuilt roster; 3-3 (1-2 Big Ten) through Oct 10, including a 38-37 OT win at Michigan State.
2026 Illinois State Redbirds football team
2026 Illinois State Redbirds football team, MVFC FCS program in Normal, Illinois under 18th-year coach Brock Spack; reigning national runner-up, preseason No. 4, started 4-0 before two conference losses.
2026 in baseball
2026 in baseball is marked by the earliest traditional MLB Opening Day on March 26, Venezuela winning the World Baseball Classic, and a likely lockout after the season.
2026 in tennis
2026 professional tennis season: Alcaraz and Sabalenka enter as world No. 1s; Grand Slams run from the Australian Open (18 Jan) to the US Open (31 Aug); ATP cuts ranking events to 18; BJK Cup Finals move to September in Shenzhen.
2026 Indiana Fever season
2026 Indiana Fever season: WNBA team's 44-game campaign, opened May 9 vs Dallas Wings, finished 28-16 as No. 6 seed, lost first round 2-1 to Las Vegas Aces; set scoring records (96.0 ppg), Kelsey Mitchell scoring record 1,086 points.
2026 Indiana Hoosiers football team
2026 Indiana Hoosiers football: defending national champions (16-0 in 2025, first title) under Curt Cignetti, with TCU transfer QB Josh Hoover replacing Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza; 6-0 start, Ohio State rematch Oct 17.
2026 Indianapolis Colts season
2026 Indianapolis Colts season: NFL team's 74th year, fourth under Shane Steichen, tenth under GM Chris Ballard, owned by Carlie Irsay-Gordon; Daniel Jones re-signed after Achilles tear; no 2026 or 2027 first-round picks; 2-3 through Week 5.
2026 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I
2026 Indonesia Masters Super 100 I, officially POLYTRON Pontianak Indonesia Masters 2026, a BWF Super 100 badminton tournament in Pontianak, 1–6 September 2026; USD 120,000 prize, 354 athletes from 16 countries, men's singles champion Wang Po-wei.
2026 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 2026 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, representing the University of Iowa, is led by Kirk Ferentz. The team holds a 5-1 overall record, losing only to Ohio State.
2026 Iowa State Cyclones football team
2026 Iowa State Cyclones football team: Big 12 program in its 135th season and first under coach Jimmy Rogers after Matt Campbell left for Penn State. 3-3 through six games, with wins over SEMO, Bowling Green, and West Virginia.
2026 Italian Open
2026 Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2026), 83rd edition, ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 clay event at Rome's Foro Italico, May 5-17. Sinner beat Ruud for a sixth straight Masters 1000 title and Career Golden Masters; Svitolina won her third women's title over Gauff.
2026 Italian Open – Men's singles
2026 Italian Open men's singles (Internazionali BNL d'Italia), Rome Foro Italico, 6-17 May 2026. Jannik Sinner beat Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4, becoming first Italian champion since 1976 and completing the Career Golden Masters.
2026 Italian Open – Women's singles
2026 Italian Open women's singles (Internazionali BNL d'Italia), WTA 1000 clay event in Rome, May 5-17, 2026. Elina Svitolina (seed 7) beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7(3-7), 6-2 for her third Rome title.
2026 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
2026 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour: entry-level men's professional tennis circuit sanctioned by the ITF (renamed World Tennis in 2026), with about 600 M15 ($15,000) and M25 ($30,000) tournaments in 70 countries feeding ATP Ranking points.
2026 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (July–September)
2026 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (July–September): the M15 ($15,000) and M25 ($30,000) entry-level men's professional tennis circuit run by the ITF/World Tennis, with ATP points (M25 winner 25, M15 winner 15) and tournaments from Hillcrest and Tokyo to Pozzuoli and Kigali.
2026 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour
2026 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (World Tennis Tour W15-W100): ITF's entry- and mid-level women's pro circuit, about 600 tournaments in 65 countries, feeding WTA Rankings; ITF rebranded as World Tennis in 2026.
2026 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (July–September)
2026 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour (July–September): third-quarter segment of the ITF women's professional circuit (W15–W100, $15,000–$100,000), a WTA Ranking pathway; includes W50 Yecla and W50 Berkeley winners of 21–27 Sep 2026.
2026 Jacksonville Jaguars season
2026 Jacksonville Jaguars season: 32nd NFL season, second under Liam Coen and James Gladstone; defending AFC South champs (13-4 in 2025) at 4-1, playing at reduced-capacity EverBank Stadium during the $1.4 billion Stadium of the Future renovation, with two London games.
2026 James Madison Dukes football team
2026 James Madison Dukes football team, Sun Belt East Division FBS squad under first-year coach Billy Napier; defending 2025 Sun Belt champions (12-2, 8-0) and first Sun Belt CFP participant; joining American Conference by 2028.
2026 Jannik Sinner tennis season
2026 Jannik Sinner tennis season: Italian world No. 1's year with six titles including Wimbledon and five straight Masters 1000 wins, an Australian Open semifinal loss to Djokovic, and a knee injury ending his season in October.