2021 Summer Sport Events

o you love playing and watching sports? Well if you want to watch some sports over the summer, this article is for you. Euro 2020, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, a Lions tour of South Africa, a Rugby League World Cup in England, and cricket’s inaugural Hundred tournaments are just some of the events happening this summer. The Euros start on June 11 and have 51 matches in 12 cities across Europe, with the highlight of the group stage happening on Friday, June 18 when England hosts Scotland at Wembley. Wales, semi-finalists in 2016, have also qualified and are in the same group as former winners Italy.

 The Wimbledon Championships make a welcome return on June 28 after being cancelled this year, with the men’s final being played on July 11, the same day as the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. The following Sunday, Lewis Hamilton will try to win a record-extending eighth British Formula 1 Grand Prix, golf’s 149th Open reaches its end at Royal St George’s and Britain’s new cycling star Tao Geoghegan Hart will hope to be crowned Tour de France champion.

Do you love playing and watching sports? Well if you want to watch some sports over the summer, this article is for you. Euro 2020, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, a Lions tour of South Africa, a Rugby League World Cup in England, and cricket’s inaugural Hundred tournaments are just some of the events happening this summer. The Euros start on June 11 and have 51 matches in 12 cities across Europe, with the highlight of the group stage happening on Friday, June 18 when England hosts Scotland at Wembley. Wales, semi-finalists in 2016, have also qualified and are in the same group as former winners Italy.

 The Wimbledon Championships make a welcome return on June 28 after being cancelled this year, with the men’s final being played on July 11, the same day as the Euro 2020 final at Wembley. The following Sunday, Lewis Hamilton will try to win a record-extending eighth British Formula 1 Grand Prix, golf’s 149th Open reaches its end at Royal St George’s and Britain’s new cycling star Tao Geoghegan Hart will hope to be crowned Tour de France champion.

Just five days later, Tokyo will stage the opening ceremony of the 32nd Olympic Games, where Great Britain’s athletes will seek to improve on the 67 medals – and 27 golds – they won at Rio 2016. While the Olympics are in full swing, rugby union’s British and Irish Lions will try their best to beat world champions, South Africa, in a three-test series for the first time since 1997. 

The Paralympic Games get underway in Japan on August 12 with the British team seeking to build on their incredible success in Rio four years ago when they went home with 64 golds and 147 medals in total, as well as second place. And if that’s not enough sports for you, cricket fans are also in for a year of outstanding drama and some interesting firsts. After England’s return from a four-test series in India, there are the spills and thrills of the inaugural Hundred tournament. The first World Test Championship final at Lord’s, one-day and T20 matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and finally a five-test home series against India. 

Here’s the list of all the summer sports in order.

11 June-11 July: Football – Euro 2020 in various countries (final at Wembley)

26 Jun-18 July: Cycling – Tour de France

28 June-11 July: Tennis – Wimbledon

29 June, 1 & 4 July: Cricket – England v Sri Lanka ODIs

8, 10 & 13 July: Cricket – England v Pakistan ODIs

13: Athletics – Diamond League: Anniversary Games at London Stadium

15-18 July: Golf – The Open at Royal St George’s

16, 18 & 20 July: Cricket – England v Pakistan T20s

17 July: Rugby League – Challenge Cup final at Wembley

18 July: Formula 1 – British Grand Prix at Silverstone

21 Jul-21Aug: Cricket – The Hundred

23 July-8 Aug: Olympic Games in Tokyo

24, 31 July & 7 Aug: Rugby Union – South Africa v British and Irish Lions Test series 

4 Aug-14 Sept: Cricket – England v India five-test series

19-22 August: Golf – Women’s British Open at Carnoustie

24 Aug-5 Sept: Paralympic Games in Tokyo

30 Aug-12 Sept: Tennis – US Open in New York