Most Popular Betting Events of 2025
We are already into April in 2025 and there has already been a whole host of sporting action that has been consigned to the sporting archives.
However, for passionate sports fans out there, do not worry, there is still plenty of action to come this calendar year.
The men’s and women’s champions of the first tennis Grand Slam were decided in January, the Super Bowl and ICC Champions Trophy champions were crowned in February, Formula One has its winners of the opening handful of races since the season start in March, and blockbuster quarter final ties in the Champions League were decided this month along with the winner of the world renowned Grand National horse race.
Sports fans can bask in the amount of sporting action to come and for the punters out there who like to put their sports knowledge to the test, there are plenty more favourites and outsiders to back over the remainder of 2025.
Football Frenzy
Many of the biggest sporting and betting events in 2025 revolve around football (or soccer) tournaments.
With the men’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S taking place next year, the stage is set for the women to take centre stage this summer with EURO 2025 taking place between 2nd-27th July in Switzerland.
England go into the tournament as reigning champions, but Sarina Wiegman’s charges will have to be at their best to repel the advances of France, Germany, and Spain, who are all looking to steal the trophy away from the Lionesses.
Ahead of EURO 2025, the expanded FIFA Club World Cup takes place in the U.S. The tournament will feature some of the best club teams in the world and between 14th June-13th July, some of the finest players in the world will be attempting to etch their name into history and become the 21st champions in this competition.
Athletics Return to Tokyo
Over the last year, sports betting on athletics has received a significant boost. Not only do online sports betting operators offer a wide range of secure payment methods including credit cards, which is being increasingly used as a payment method, but operators are starting to include more betting coverage on athletics than ever before. And the momentum from the Paris 2024 Olympics has carried through to 2025.
The World Athletics Championships arrives in Tokyo, Japan on 13th September, the first major athletics event to take place in the Japanese capital since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were delayed until 2021 due to the global pandemic. Unlike in 2021, the 2000+ athletes that will compete at the championships will be audibly cheered on by packed stadiums that were sorely missed in 2021.
The biggest names in track and field such as Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Mondo Duplantis, and Letsile Tebogo will delight athletics fans later this year in what promises to be a poignant, and highly competitive championships.
Exciting Esports Energy
One sport that might not feature highly on many people’s radars but is receiving more attention in the online sports betting markets is Esports. The electronic sports, which covers competitive action on many well-known computer game titles such as Call of Duty, Counter-Strike, EA Sports FC, DOTA 2, and League of Legends, has grown rapidly in popularity due to the high level of accessibility granted to Esports action.
The number of live events and the subsequent coverage of them on television and streaming platforms has grown immensely in recent years, with the largest prize pool for an Esports event totalling US $40 million for The International 2021(DOTA 2). Online sports betting platforms have not ignored the rise of Esports and as a result, are including more betting markets covering the full range of titles and events on their websites.
Action-Packed 2025
The energy provided by Esports is just one avenue for betting to take in 2025. With the Formula One season in full swing and more tennis Grand Slam tournaments to come, as well as the Women’s Rugby World Cup and The Ashes, one of the biggest rivalries in cricket, resuming in Australia in November, there is an incredible amount of sporting action to look forward to this year.
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