Madrid is not only a European and world capital of leisure and culture. The Spanish capital is also known for all the sport it organises and hosts.

And don’t just think about the League, Cup and Champions League matches in football of the teams of the Community of Madrid or basketball. Madrid is much more, and there are as many sporting events as there are disciplines.

But as we can not stay here for days and days writing, we bring you the most important sporting events of this year and next year, so you have no excuses that you have not had time to book a room at CATS Hostel to stay in Madrid for several days.

 

Sporting events in Madrid in 2026 

Football

Of course, the beautiful game has to come first, which is why it is king. Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid are the two teams that play the most matches in the capital, as they play in European and international competitions as well as domestic ones.

But they are not the only ones, within La Liga and the Copa del Rey, Madrid teams such as Getafe, Rayo Vallecano or Leganés are in the elite, fighting for every point and in every domestic play-off.

 

Basket

In basketball, Real Madrid is the only representative of the Community of Madrid, so its home, the WiZink Center, welcomes the best of national and European basketball.

 

Badminton Madrid Spain Masters

The Gallur Municipal Sports Centre is dressed up to welcome the World Badminton Tour in its 2025 edition. In addition, it has also been confirmed that it will do so in the following year.

The best players in the world will gather in this sporting event considered the second most important badminton circuit.

 

Mutua Madrid Open 2026

From 21 April to 4 May

The Caja Mágica in Madrid will once again host the world’s best tennis. The best players from all over the world come together in this tournament that belongs to both the ATP Masters 1000 and the WTA 1000.

The clay courts test the legs and endurance of these true gladiators of the 21st century. Don’t miss out on your ticket, because it is a very popular event that attracts fans from all corners of the world, as it is considered one of the best tournaments on the circuit.

 

SPORTS SUMMIT Madrid

18 and 19 of June

Although it is not a sporting event per se, we cannot pass up the opportunity to mention it, because it has become an international event on how the sports industry works and how it relates to other sectors such as health, communication and technology, among others.

IFEMA will host this Ibero-American event, the original SPORTS SUMMIT, where companies of all kinds related in one way or another to sport come into contact with each other to build business relationships.

 

Open de España of Golf

Since 2019, the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid has been hosting one of the most important events in golf; the Open de España de Golf. We do not say that it is important just for national pride, it is the third oldest open on the continent after the British Open and the French Open.

The ACCIONA Open de España welcomes the best golf players every year in September, in its 2024 edition it gave us the champion Andrés Hidalgo, who played a heart-stopping final against Jon Rahm, our most international golfer.

 

La Vuelta 2026

The Vuelta Ciclista is one of the major sporting events in our country and a benchmark in the world of cycling. This great event in the cycling calendar always has Madrid as the finishing point in its last stage.

Although rumours suggest that in the 2025 edition the start will be taken either in the Italian Piedmont or from the Principality of Monaco, what remains unchanged is the arrival in the Spanish capital. There are also rumours that this could change for the 2026 edition, but that remains to be seen.

 

World Rugby Sevens Series

Let’s go with a sport a little more different than you might expect. If you like rugby, then you will know that rugby sevens is the sport that competes in the Olympic Games. For Atlético de Madrid’s Cívitas Metropolitano stadium will host its men’s and women’s world series, just as it did in its 2024 edition.

 

Motocross World Championship

Madrid does not fail to keep its appointment with the Motocross World Championship and hosts the Spanish Grand Prix of the calendar. The best international riders come to the capital, specifically to the town of Arroyomolinos, to compete in one of the most exciting forms of motorcycling.

 

NFL in Madrid

Although it may seem like a joke, it is not, Madrid will host a match of the National Football League, that is, the NFL or as we know it, the National Football League.

Madrid will be the first Spanish city to host an official NFL regular league game, specifically, the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. This is a consequence of the NFL’s intention to expand its name beyond the North American territory, and you should be there to take advantage and enjoy one of the biggest sporting events in the world.