Multi-Sport & Global Events 2026 — Tracker

Away from cricket, 2026 has been a landmark year on the sporting calendar with a strong Indian thread running through it. The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics saw Norway stretch its dominance; the FIFA World Cup launched its first 48-team edition across three North American hosts; and tennis crowned fresh Australian Open champions in Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina. For India the biggest news was about hosting and building — Ahmedabad was confirmed to stage the 2030 Commonwealth Games, Bhubaneswar secured the 2028 World Indoor Athletics Championships, Chhattisgarh ran the first Khelo India Tribal Games, and the men's shuttlers took a Thomas Cup bronze. This card tracks the year's major multi-sport and global events.