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World Sports Day
One Weekend. Every Community in Ireland. The biggest participatory event our island has ever seen, World Sports Day. It starts with you!
Our Vision & Mission
World Sports Day
A Celebration of Humanity
Saturday, Sept 26th, 2026
Our Vision & Our Mission
Our Vision: A world where every person feels connected, valued and united through the simple, universal act of Sport.
Our Mission: World Sports Day exists to unite the world through the joy of movement. We are creating the most participatory annual sports event on the planet, empowering people of every age, background, and ability to get active, connect with others, and celebrate the power of sport to strengthen community, improve wellbeing, and remind us of our shared humanity.
Ireland leads the world in piloting a new annual World Sports Day, a day where people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities come together to play, connect and celebrate what unites us, our humanity.
Our Values
Fairness & Integrity
Transparent, honest, and equal for all participants.
Respect & Inclusion
Safe, welcoming, and accessible regardless of background or ability.
Community & Connection
Bringing people together through shared experience.
Excellence & Empowerment
Inspiring everyone to be their best selves.
Sustainability
Protecting people and the planet. Future-focused.
Joy & Celebration
At its heart, sport fosters enjoyment and celebration.
Ireland's Gift to the World of Sport
Our Why
We believe in the power of sport. Not just to compete, but to connect. Not just to win, but to simply be the best version of ourselves. Not just to play, but to celebrate what it means to be human.
The most important challenges facing humanity right now cluster into a few big, interconnected arenas. The short version: geopolitical conflict, environmental destabilization, technological risk, humanitarian strain, growing global hunger on one side with obesity on the other and the erosion of global co-operation are the dominant forces shaping our future.
Sport is our common language. It crosses borders, cultures, and generations. It teaches us fairness, courage, teamwork and joy.
We believe in humanity. In the spark that lives in every person. In the joy of moving, playing, laughing, and belonging.
This is World Sports Day. On this day, the world comes together, to play, to cheer, to move, to laugh, to believe in ourselves.
A Celebration of Sport. A Celebration of Humanity.
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