Global Cup 2025
25 countries for 69 sports
In the quest to find the world’s best sporting nation, in 2025 GSN tracked the results of the major international tournaments for 69 sports (out of the 80-plus sports GSN will track over any
USA wins Global Cup ahead of Italy, Japan
The USA has been crowned the world’s best sporting nation of 2025, winning the Global Cup for the 18th consec
Italy surges to second in Global Cup, Australia gains 10 places
August has been one of the year’s highest-scoring months so far in the Global Cup, the ranking of the world’s best sporting nations.
US leads Global Cup, Japan jumps to third in June
Midway through the 2025 sporting year, the USA is still comfortably leading the Global Cup, the ranking of the world&rsq
Norway tops leaderboard thanks to Winter Sports prowess
Snow & Ice sports stole the show in March, awarding 95.3% of the monthly GSN points on offer.
Grand Slam Tennis kicks off year of sport
The new sporting year got off to a relatively slow start in January, with only the Australian Tennis Open, won by the USA
