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See also: 1925 in sports, other events of 1926, 1927 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
Baseball (Negro League)
- Rube Foster, founder of the Negro National League (NNL) and owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants, suffers a nervous breakdown and has to be confined to an asylum. His protege Dave Malarcher takes over as manager and leads the team to the NNL pennant.
- The Chicago American Giants (NNL) defeat the Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey (ECL), 5 games to 3, in the Negro League World Series.
- Mule Suttles of the St. Louis Stars hits a Negro League record 27 home runs. His .498 batting average and 21 triples are also records.
Cricket
- May 31 - India, New Zealand and West Indies are elected as Full Members of the Imperial Cricket Conference thus increasing the number of test playing nations to six.
Football (American)
- Frankford Yellow Jackets win the National Football League championship with a league record of 14-1-1.
Football (Australian Rules)
- Victorian Football League
- Melbourne wins the 30th VFL Premiership (Melbourne 17.17 (119) d Collingwood 9.8 (62))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)
Football (soccer)
England
- First Division - Huddersfield Town win the 1925-26 title; it is the first time a club has won the League title three times in a row.
- FA Cup - Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester City 1-0.
Hockey (Ice)
- Stanley Cup: Montreal Maroons defeat the Victoria Cougars
Horse racing
- Jack Horner ridden by Willie Watkinson wins the Grand National at Aintree defeating 29 rivals.
Births
- February 4 — Gyula Grosics, Hungarian football goalkeeper
- March 25 — László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
- March 29 — Mario D'Agata, Italian boxer
- May 5 — Víctor Ugarte, Bolivian football (soccer) player (d. 1995)
- June 30 — Henk Bouwman, Dutch field hockey player (d. 1995)
- July 12 — Tiberio Mitri, Italian boxer (d. 2001)
Deaths
- April 19 — Willie Watkinson Grand National Winning jockey, three weeks after his victory in a fall at Bogside, Scotland
"1926 in sports"