The hard yards on the road to Milano Cortina will be run in 2025 as Britain’s best bring their Olympic dreams alive, step by step.
The winter sport season is already firmly underway but the ringing in of a new year perfectly represents the starting gun on what is set to be a crucial 12 months.
There will also be plenty of opportunity to cheer on athletes who soared at Paris 2024 as they begin a new summer Olympic cycle.
All in all, 2025 promises blockbuster events on British soil, Milano Cortina quotas and more unforgettable, unscripted drama.
The countdown to Milano Cortina 2026
With Milano Cortina 2026 just around the corner it's time to start counting down the days until another Olympics.
The XXV Winter Olympics will take place from 6-22 February 2026 and promises the most widespread Winter Games ever.
With one year to go marking an exciting milestone in early 2025, British athletes will have their sights set on clinching this coveted quota spots for Team GB throughout the upcoming year.
Every sport has it's own specific qualifying criteria, with some based on world championship performances and others on world rankings.
With all eyes on quota and eventually selection, fans can see British talent sparkle at European and world championships as well as World Cups throughout the season as they look to gain selection.
Young British athletes will also look to stamp their name in the snow and ice at the 2025
Winter European Youth Olympic Festival which will take place in Bakuriani, Georgia from 9-16 February.
International summer excitement
In the world of summer sports, over 15 world championship events will take place in 2025.
A blockbuster World Aquatics Championships will take place from 11 July to 3 August.
Over 2,500 athletes will compete across six aquatics disciplines with swimming, open water swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming and water polo all taking centre stage in Singapore.
From 13-21 September, the World Athletics Championships will descend on Tokyo, Japan.
Paris 2024 Olympic medallists Keely Hodgkinson, Josh Kerr and Matt Hudson-Smith will all have their eyes on gold.
British Olympians won six medals at the 2023 World Rowing Championships but will look to equal their total of eight from Paris 2024 at the upcoming global championships in Canada in September.
Alex Yee will get the chance to defend his world triathlon title in Australia. The championship finale will be the conclusion of the World Triathlon Championship Series which saw Beth Potter finish second in the women's event in 2024.
Elsewhere, there will be an accumulation of cycling world championships, while Joe Clarke, Kimberley Woods and Mallory Franklin look to defend their Canoe Slalom world titles in October.
On domestic shores
Ring the bell, the boxing world championships are coming to Liverpool in 2025.
The M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool will host the global event set to showcase the best Olympic boxers in the world from 4-14 September.
It won't be the only major sporting event taking place in Britain with plenty of annual tournaments returning to the scene.
LEWIS RICHARDSON! 🥊🇬🇧@TeamGB's boxers have their first victory of the Paris 2024 Olympics Games, thanks to the man from Colchester. 🙌#BBCOlympics #Olympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/Z6qHHDaY58
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 31, 2024
The YONEX All England Badminton Championships will take place from 11-16 March 2025 at the Utilita Arena Birmingham.
With 155 matches and over 50 hours of live badminton to enjoy, the Championships will serve up six days of world class action in front of a proud and passionate international audience.
Wimbledon will grace TV screens around the world from 30 June to 13 July, while athletics stars from around the world will descend on the capital for the London Marathon on 27 April and London Athletics Meet on 19 July.
Selected Key Dates
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Badminton: YONEX All England Open, UK, 11-16 March
Judo: European Championships, Podgordica, Montenegro, 23-27 April
Artistic Gymnastics: European Championships, Leipzig, Germany, 26-31 May
Rowing: European Championships, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 28 May -1 June
Judo: World Championships, Budapest, Hungary, 13-19 June
Tennis: Wimbledon, London, 30 June - 13 July
Aquatics: World Aquatics Championships, Singapore, 11 July - 3 August
Equestrian: FEI Jumping European Championships, A Cornua, Spain, 16-20 July
Athletics: London Athletics Meet, London 19 July
Modern Pentathlon: European Championships, Madrid, Spain, 21-17 July
BMX Racing: World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2-3 August
Mountain Bike: World Championships, Valais, Switzerland, 2-14 September
Boxing: World Championships, Liverpool, UK, 4-14 September
Archery: World Championships, Gwangju, Korea, 5-12 September
Athletics: World Championships, Tokyo, Japan, 13-21 September
Road Cycling: World Championships, Kigali, Rwanda, 21-28 September
Rowing: World Championships, Sydney, Australia, 21-18 September
Canoe Slalom: World Championships, Penrith, Australia, 1-6 October
Modern Pentathlon: World Championships, Antalya, Turkey, 8-12 October
Triathlon: World Championship Finals, Wollongong, Australia, 15-19 October
Track Cycling: World Championships, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19-25 October
BMX Freestyle: Urban Cycling World Championships, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 4-8 November