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PS Don't go to bed too early on Saturday - the Aussie Tennis starts on Sunday morning our time.
Sports Predictions 2026
Dates Sport Event Venue(s) Predict What Deadline
January
17 Jan-08 Feb NFL American Football Superbowl Levi's Stadium, San Jose, San Francisco Bay Winning Team 17th Jan - 1st kick-off Conf P/O
The Wild Cards start this weekend, which is a tad short notice, so let those play-out and see who's still left in for next weekend. As they drag those Wild Card games out until next Tuesday you won't have much more notice but, tis wot it tis.
The top teams in each division in this link are not involved in the Wild Cards, those below them are.
https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture
The Wild Card picture looks like this
https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture
In the NFL - the play off games will be between
American Conference -
Buffalo v Dever 17th Jan - 9:30pm UK Time
Houston v New England 18th Jan 8:00pm UK Time
National Condference
San Francisco v Seattle 18th Jan 1:00am UK Time
LA v Chicago 18th Jan 18th 11:30 UK Time
Subtract the relevant time difference for the USA etc. So note the Frisco v Seattle game will take place Saturday evening over there. If nothing else get your prediction in for this one on Saturday, your deadline is 9:30pm UK time on Saturday.
New England
18 Jan-1 Feb Tennis Aussie Womens Open Melbourne Winner 18 Jan - any 1st serve - Swiatek
18 Jan-1 Feb Tennis Aussie Mens Open Melbourne Winner 18 Jan - any 1st serve - Alcaraz
https://ausopen.com/players
February
5 Feb-14 Mar Rugby Union Six Nations (Mens) Europe Winning Team 1st kick-off 5th Feb - Ireland
https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/m6n/fixtures/2026
6 Feb-22 Feb Winter Olympics All of them Milan and Cortina, Italy UK & NI Medals Total 1st snowball thrown, 6th Feb, (it might be sooner) - 15
4 Feb-10 Feb Winter Olympics Curling - Mixed Doubles Milan and Cortina, Italy Winners 1st rock thrown, 4th Feb, (told you it might be sooner) - Italy
https://worldcurling.org/olympic-qualification/
With it being Olympic year, I wasn't sure there would be a World Championship as well. So I thought I'd throw this one in as an extra bit of fun.
7 Feb-8 Mar Cricket T20 Mens World Cup India & Sri Lanka Winning Team 1st ball, 7th Feb - Seth Efrika
https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...26/matches
March
08 Mar- 06 Dec F1 World Championhip Globally Winning Driver Start 1st race, 8th Mar - Piastri
08 Mar-06 Dec F1 World Championhip Globally Winning Team Start 1st race, 8th Mar - McLaren
Teams and drivers - https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers, https://www.formula1.com/en/teams
10 Mar - 13 Mar Horse Racing Cheltenham Festival - 28 races Cheltenham Non-Irish Trainer winners Start 1st race 10th March -
https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenh...-schedule/
As with last year, the Irish Trainers love to win here, so how many of the 28 races won't they win? 14
14 Mar-22 Mar Curling Women's World Championship Calgary, Canada Winners 14th Mar - 1st rock thrown Canada
https://livescores.worldcurling.org/wwcc...?EventID=1
https://worldcurling.org/worldrankings/womens-rankings/
27 Mar - 14 Apr Curling Mens World Championship Ogden, Utah, USA Winners 27th Mar- 1st rock thrown Canada
https://livescores.worldcurling.org/wmcc...?EventID=1
https://worldcurling.org/worldrankings/mens-rankings/
Shock news in the scandalous work of Curling. Sweeping the chimney takes on a whole new meaning. Whistle
https://worldcurling.org/2026/01/sweepin...ue-policy/
Apparent punishment for breaking the rules and not sweeping both ways - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZCZjhjguA
This might all make more sense when you look at it like this.
Sports Predictions 2026
Dates Sport Event Venue(s) Predict What Deadline
January
17 Jan-08 Feb NFL American Football Superbowl Levi's Stadium, San Jose, San Francisco Bay Winning Team 17th Jan - 1st kick-off Conf P/O
The Wild Cards start this weekend, which is a tad short notice, so let those play-out and see who's still left in for next weekend. As they drag those Wild Card games out until next Tuesday you won't have much more notice but, tis wot it tis.
The top teams in each division in this link are not involved in the Wild Cards, those below them are.
https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture
The Wild Card picture looks like this
https://www.nfl.com/standings/playoff-picture
In the NFL - the play off games will be between
American Conference -
Buffalo v Dever 17th Jan - 9:30pm UK Time
Houston v New England 18th Jan 8:00pm UK Time
National Condference
San Francisco v Seattle 18th Jan 1:00am UK Time
LA v Chicago 18th Jan 18th 11:30 UK Time
Subtract the relevant time difference for the USA etc. So note the Frisco v Seattle game will take place Saturday evening over there. If nothing else get your prediction in for this one on Saturday, your deadline is 9:30pm UK time on Saturday.
New England
18 Jan-1 Feb Tennis Aussie Womens Open Melbourne Winner 18 Jan - any 1st serve - Swiatek
18 Jan-1 Feb Tennis Aussie Mens Open Melbourne Winner 18 Jan - any 1st serve - Alcaraz
https://ausopen.com/players
February
5 Feb-14 Mar Rugby Union Six Nations (Mens) Europe Winning Team 1st kick-off 5th Feb - Ireland
https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/m6n/fixtures/2026
6 Feb-22 Feb Winter Olympics All of them Milan and Cortina, Italy UK & NI Medals Total 1st snowball thrown, 6th Feb, (it might be sooner) - 15
4 Feb-10 Feb Winter Olympics Curling - Mixed Doubles Milan and Cortina, Italy Winners 1st rock thrown, 4th Feb, (told you it might be sooner) - Italy
https://worldcurling.org/olympic-qualification/
With it being Olympic year, I wasn't sure there would be a World Championship as well. So I thought I'd throw this one in as an extra bit of fun.
7 Feb-8 Mar Cricket T20 Mens World Cup India & Sri Lanka Winning Team 1st ball, 7th Feb - Seth Efrika
https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/...26/matches
March
08 Mar- 06 Dec F1 World Championhip Globally Winning Driver Start 1st race, 8th Mar - Piastri
08 Mar-06 Dec F1 World Championhip Globally Winning Team Start 1st race, 8th Mar - McLaren
Teams and drivers - https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers, https://www.formula1.com/en/teams
10 Mar - 13 Mar Horse Racing Cheltenham Festival - 28 races Cheltenham Non-Irish Trainer winners Start 1st race 10th March -
https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenh...-schedule/
As with last year, the Irish Trainers love to win here, so how many of the 28 races won't they win? 14
14 Mar-22 Mar Curling Women's World Championship Calgary, Canada Winners 14th Mar - 1st rock thrown Canada
https://livescores.worldcurling.org/wwcc...?EventID=1
https://worldcurling.org/worldrankings/womens-rankings/
27 Mar - 14 Apr Curling Mens World Championship Ogden, Utah, USA Winners 27th Mar- 1st rock thrown Canada
https://livescores.worldcurling.org/wmcc...?EventID=1
https://worldcurling.org/worldrankings/mens-rankings/
Shock news in the scandalous work of Curling. Sweeping the chimney takes on a whole new meaning. Whistle
https://worldcurling.org/2026/01/sweepin...ue-policy/
Apparent punishment for breaking the rules and not sweeping both ways - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZCZjhjguA
This might all make more sense when you look at it like this.
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