MAJOR EVENTS CALENDAR 2026
2026
SPORTS CALENDAR
* Please note dates and details are subject to change
JANUARY
18 January Tennis- 1 February: Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
31 January:
FEBRUARY
1 February:
Netball SPAR Proteas v England Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
Netball Proteas men v Australia men Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
Netball SPAR Proteas v England Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
Netball Proteas men v Australia men Ellis Park Arena, Johannesburg
Cricket 3 rd T20 Proteas men v West Indies men Wanderers, Johannesburg
6-22 Multi-sport February: Olympic Winter Games
Milan and Cortina d’ Ampezzo, Italy
7 February- Cricket 8 March: ICC Men’ s T20 World Cup
India and Sri Lanka
5-8 Open water swimming February: aQuellé Midmar Mile
Midmar Dam, Howick
10 February Cricket- 1 March: Pakistan women’ s tour to SA
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19-21 Canoeing February: Dusi Canoe Marathon
Pietermaritzburg-Durban
21 Triathlon February: SA Cross Triathlon Championships
Johannesburg
22 Triathlon February: SA Long Distance Triathlon
Championships( Meyerton)
MARCH
1 Road Running March: Tokyo Marathon Japan
6-15 Multi-sport March: Paralympic Winter Games
Milan and Cortina d’ Ampezzo, Italy
8 Cycling
March: Cape Town Cycle Tour Cape Town
Triathlon SA Sprint Triathlon Championships & African Cup Benoni
15-22 Mountain Biking March: Absa Cape Epic
15-25 Cricket March: SA men tour of New Zealand
17 March – Football 3 April: Women’ s Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco
19-22 Golf March: LIV Golf South Africa Johannesburg
20-22 Athletics March: World Athletics Indoor Championships
Torun, Poland
28-29 Triathlon
March: SA Standard Triathlon & SA Aquabike Championships TBC
29 March Cricket – 4 April: SA women tour to New Zealand
APRIL
7 Athletics April: ASA Grand Prix 1
TBC
9 Athletics April: ASA Grand Prix 2
TBC
9-12 Golf April: Masters
Augusta, USA
11 April:
Athletics ASA Grand Prix 3 TBC
11-12 Road Running April: Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon
Cape Town
14-18 Swimming April: SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha
17-18 Athletics
April: ASA Senior Track & Field Championships Stellenbosch
20 Road Running April: Boston Marathon
USA
26 Road Running April: London Marathon
UK
28 Athletics April: Simbine Classic Pretoria