Sports Calendar For December 2025: From Ashes To Hockey India League - Check Events To Look Forward To

Like most other years, 2025 has been a rollercoaster one for sports, with its fair share of highs and lows. Retirements, upset wins and shocking results have not been in short supply and there's yet more to come.

December 2025 is no less and with the curtains set to go down on the year, the month could see some exciting action from cricket, football to hockey and badminton.

Ashes 2025 is keeping all cricket fans on the edge of their seats whereas the South Africa tour of India has entered the white-ball arena. In football, English Premier League will be kept busy with many high-octane fixtures around the Christmas period.

In chess, the Global Chess League will be held that will include the Indian GMs whereas BWF World Tour Finals will have some of the top badminton stars.

Here are the major sporting events to look forward to in this month:

Cricket

Ashes Series 2025 featuring Australia and England

• Dec 4-8 2nd Test, Brisbane (d/n) (Brisbane Cricket Ground)

• Dec 17-21 3rd Test, Adelaide Oval

• Dec 26-30 4th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Sri Lanka Women Tour Of India

• December 21: 1st T20I - Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

• December 23: 2nd T20I - Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam

• December 26: 3rd T20I - Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

• December 28: 4th T20I - Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

• December 30: 5th T20I - Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

November 26 - December 18

Vijay Hazare Trophy

December 24 - January 18

Hockey

1–14 December: FIH Women’s Junior World Cup (Hockey)

• December 1, Monday: India vs Namibia - 7:45 PM

• December 3, Wednesday: India vs Germany - 7:45 PM

• December 5, Friday: India vs Ireland - 5:30 PM

• December 7 to 13: 17-24th classification matches - TBD

• December 7 to 12: 9-16th classification matches - TBD

• December 8, Monday: Quarter-finals - TBD

• December 11 to 13: Fifth-eighth classification matches  - TBD

• December 12, Friday: Semi-finals - 2:30 AM onwards

• December 14, Sunday: Third-fourth classification match - 2:30 AM

• December 14, Sunday: Final - 4:45 AM

28 Nov – 10 Dec: FIH Men’s Junior World Cup

• November 28, Friday: India vs Chile - 8:30 PM

• November 29, Saturday: India vs Oman - 8:00 PM

• December 2, Tuesday: India vs Switzerland - 8:00 PM

• December 4 to 8: 17-24th classification matches - TBD

• December 4 to 9: 9-16th classification matches - TBD

• December 5, Friday: Quarter-finals  - TBD

• December 7 to 10: Fifth-eighth classification matches  - TBD

• December 7, Sunday: Semi-finals  - 5:30 PM onwards

• December 10, Wednesday: Third-fourth classification match  - TBD

• December 10, Wednesday: Final - 8:00 PM

(Football)

Super Cup

• December 4: Semi-final 1 - East Bengal FC vs Punjab FC - JLN Stadium, Fatorda

• December 4: Semifinal 2 - FC Goa vs Mumbai City FC - JLN Stadium, Fatorda

• December 7: Final - JLN Stadium, Fatorda

English Premier League

• December 3: Fulham vs Manchester City

• December 3: Newcastle United vs Tottenham Hotspur

• December 4: Arsenal vs Brentford

• December 4: Leeds United vs Chelsea

• December 4: Liverpool vs Sunderland

• December 5: Manchester United vs West Ham United

• December 6: Aston Villa vs Arsenal

• December 6: Bournemouth vs Chelsea

• December 6: Manchester City vs Sunderland

• December 6: Tottenham Hotspur vs Brentford

• December 6: Leeds United vs Liverpool

• December 9: Wolves vs Manchester United

• December 13: Chelsea vs Everton

• December 13: Liverpool vs Brighton

• December 14: Arsenal vs Wolves

• December 14: Crystal Palace vs Manchester City

• December 14: Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur

• December 16: Manchester United vs Bournemouth

• December 20: Newcastle United vs Chelsea

• December 20: Manchester City vs West Ham United

• December 20: Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool

• December 21: Everton vs Arsenal

• December 21: Aston Villa vs Manchester United

• December 27: Manchester United vs Newcastle United

• December 27: Nottingham Forest vs Manchester United

• December 27: Arsenal vs Brighton

• December 27: Liverpool vs Wolves

• December 27: Chelsea vs Aston Villa

• December 28: Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur

• December 31: Chelsea vs Bournemouth

• December 31: Arsenal vs Aston Villa

• December 31: Manchester United vs Wolves

Spanish La Liga

• December 1: Girona vs Real Madrid

• December 3: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

• December 3: Athletic Bilbao vs Real Madrid

• December 6: Real Betis vs Barcelona

• December 8: Real Madrid vs Celta Vigo

• December 13: Barcelona vs Osasuna

• December 15: Deportivo Alaves vs Real Madrid

• December 21: Real Madrid vs Sevilla

• December 21: Villarreal vs Barcelona

UEFA Champions League - League Stage (select fixtures)

• December 9: Bayern Munich vs Sporting CP

• December 10: Atalanta vs Chelsea

• December 10: Barcelona vs Eintracht Frankfurt

• December 10: Inter Milan vs Liverpool

• December 11: Athletic Bilbao vs PSG

• December 11: Club Brugge vs Arsenal

• December 11: Real Madrid vs Manchester City

Tennis

9–15 Dec: Tennis Premier League – Season 7

17-21 Dec: Next Gen ATP Finals - Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Athletics

December 7: Valencia Marathon

December 14: Pune Marathon

December 21: Tata Steel World 25K - Kolkata

Archery

7-14 Dec: Asian Youth Para Games - Dubai

Shooting

4-9 Dec: ISSF World Cup Final (Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun) - Doha, Qatar

Chess

• December 13-24: Global Chess League - Mumbai

• December 25-31: FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships - Doha, Qatar

• December 25-31: FIDE World Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championships - Doha, Qatar

F1

December 5-7: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Table Tennis

• December 10-13: Asian Youth Para Games - Dubai

• December 10-14: WTT Finals - Hong Kong

We will keep you up to date with all the action with our live blogs and news articles, through the course of the month.