The scoreboard forevery sporting eventon Earth.

The 20th Asian Games run 19 September to 4 October 2026 across Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, with more than 460 medal events across 41 sports (68 disciplines) and all 45 Olympic Council of Asia members expected; competition begins 10 September, before the opening ceremony.

The fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games, postponed from 2022, will be the first IOC event ever held in Africa, with roughly 2,700 young athletes from over 170 NOCs contesting 153 events in 25 sports.

After repeated postponements, the 14th South Asian Games are confirmed for 23-31 March 2027, hosted by Pakistan with Lahore and Islamabad as main host cities and Faisalabad as sub-host.

LA becomes the third city to host three Summer Olympics, with a privately funded ~$6.9 billion Games featuring 353 medal events across 36 sports and roughly 10,500 athletes from over 200 nations.

A deliberately scaled-down Games with around 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories competing in 215 medal events across 10 sports (16 disciplines including para events), after Glasgow stepped in as a cost-capped host.

The XXV Olympic Winter Games were spread across Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Alpine cluster venues, with about 2,900 athletes contesting 116 events across 16 disciplines, including the Olympic debut of ski mountaineering.

Bat-and-ball team sport where two sides of eleven trade innings, scoring runs while the bowling side hunts ten wickets.

Two teams of 11 try to kick or head a ball into the opposing goal; most goals after 90 minutes wins.

A contact team sport where a lone raider invades the rival half to tag defenders and escape home in a single breath.

Two players (or pairs) rally a ball over a net, scoring points when the opponent can't return it inside the lines.

Two teams of five score by shooting a ball through a hoop 10 feet up; most points when time runs out wins.

The pinnacle of single-seater motor racing: 20+ drivers, hybrid rocket-ships, and a season-long world championship.

Racers ski down a gated mountain course against the clock — fastest time wins across four core disciplines.

11-a-side gridiron sport where an offense gets four downs to gain 10 yards, aiming for touchdowns and field goals.

Precision shooting at a ringed target, decided by set-based match play (recurve) or cumulative totals (compound).

Track and field: humanity's oldest contests of running fastest, jumping highest and farthest, and throwing longest.

Australia's 18-a-side game on a huge oval: kick goals for 6, behinds for 1, with marks, bounces and no offside.

Players rally a feathered shuttlecock over a high net; every rally scores a point, games race to 21.