Sports Calendar: All you need to know about what's happening in September 2026

Co Clare will be en fete in September with the Walker Cup coming to Lahinch and a week later the Irish Open at Doonbeg. Also it's the start of the Nations League fixture schedule 

ATHLETICS 

4-5: Brussels Diamond League 

11-13: World Athletics Ultimate Championships, Budapest 

19-20: World Road Running Championships, Kobenhaven, Denmark

27: Berlin Marathon.

CRICKET 

1: Women's ODI, Leicester: England v Ireland.

3: Women's ODI, Derby: England v Ireland.

6: Women's ODI, Worcester: England v Ireland.

GOLF 

3-6: Omega European Masters, Crans Montana.

5-6: 51st Walker Cup matches, GB&I v USA, Lahinch, Co Clare.

5-6: Dun Laoghaire Scratch Cup (54 hole, men's and women's)

7-8:  Solheim Cup, Cromvoirt, Netherlands.

10-13: Amgen Irish Open, Doonbeg, Co Clare.

12: Ballybunion Scratch Cup (Women's)

17-20: BMW PGA Championship, Wentworth.

24-27: FedEx French Open, Paris.

24-27: Presidents Cup, Illinois.

MOTOR SPORT

4-6: Formula One: Italian Grand Prix 

5: Lakeland Forest Rally, Enniskillen 

11-13: Formula One: Grand Prix de Espana.

12-13: Wexford Rally 

18-19: Bushwhacker Forest Rally 

25-27: Formula One: Azerbaijan Grand Prix 

26-27: Cork '20' Rally (TROA). 

RACING

1: Gowran Park; 2: Clonmel; 3-4: Kilbeggan;  4: Down Royal; 5: Navan; 7-8: Galway; 9: Cork; 10: Laytown; 11: Ballinrobe; 12: Leopardstown;  13: Curragh; 15: Punchestown; 17: Naas; 18: Downpatrick, Dundalk; 19: Gowran Park, Navan; 19-26: Listowel Harvest Festival; 19: Navan; 21: Fairyhouse; 25: Dundalk; 26: Curragh; 27: Curragh; 28: Down Royal, Roscommon; 29: Cork; 30: Bellewstown; 30: Sligo.

ROAD BOWLING

18-20: King & Queen of the Roads, Ballincurrig, Co. Cork.

SNOOKER 

7-13: English Open, Brentwood.

SOCCER 

25: Euro U21 qualifier: Slovakia v Republic of Ireland (tbc)

26: Euro U21 qualifier: Malta v Northern Ireland.

28: Euro U21 qualifier: Belgium v Wales.

29: Euro U21 qualifier: Republic of Ireland v Kazakhstan.