Sport
Baseball
- Northern League (baseball, 1902–71), the name of the five 'northern' baseball leagues
- Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), an independent baseball league in the United States
Cricket
- Northern Premier Cricket League, a cricket league in England
Football
- Northern Football League, also known as Ebac Northern League, an association football league in North East England
- Northern Football League (Scotland) A now defunct Scottish football competition, in existence between 1891 and 1920
- Northern League (New Zealand), an association football league covering the northern part of the North Island, New Zealand
- Northern Premier League, also known as EvoStik League and previously UniBond League, an association football league covering the whole of the north of England
Ice hockey
- Northern League (ice hockey, 1966–1982), existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United Kingdom
- Northern League (ice hockey, 2005–), a current minor ice hockey league in the United Kingdom
Motorcycle speedway
- Northern League (speedway), one of two British speedway leagues between 1929 and 1931
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