2024 will be a year of major sporting events. The main and most anticipated one is certainly the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris, which together with London will become the second city to host the Summer Olympics three times.
For football there is the European Championship in Germany with Spalletti's Italy called to defend the title, but also the Asian, African and American Cups. Formula 1 and MotoGP offer a rich calendar, made up of 24 and 22 Grands Prix respectively, while among the many sports that will focus on Paris, athletics also includes the European Championships in Rome and swimming the World Championships in Qatar. The tennis and cycling calendar is as busy as ever.
Here is the calendar of the main sporting events of the coming months.
JANUARY - 1 January: Alpine Skiing - Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) restarts the Women's World Cup - 5-19 January: Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia - 6-7 January: Alpine Skiing - restarts the Men's World Cup - Adelboden - 12 January- 10 February: Football Asian Cup in Qatar - 13 January-11 February: African Football Cup in Ivory Coast - 14-28 January 2024: Australian Open tennis in Melbourne - 19-22 January: Final Four Italian football super cup in Riyadh - 26 January: sailing world championships in Lanzarote (Spain) - 26- 8 January: luge world championships in Altenberg (Germany)
FEBRUARY - 2-18 February: World Swimming Championships in Qatar - 2 February-16 March: Six Nations rugby - 11 February: USA football Super Bowl, in Nevada - 13 February-5 March: UEFA Champions League, round of 16 - 15-22 February: UEFA Europe and Conference
MARCH - 1-3 March Glasgow (Great Britain) Athletics - World Indoor Championships - 3 March: Tokyo Marathon 2024 - (Japan) 3-5 March: Formula 1 2024 starts with the Bahrain GP - 8-10 March : the 2024 MotoGP World Championship starts in Qatar - 8-10 March: Men's Speed Skating World Championships in Inzell (Germany) - 18-24 March: World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal (Canada)
APRIL - 3 April: Italian Football Cup, semi-finals first leg - 9-17 April: UEFA Champions League, quarter-finals - 11-18 April: UEFA Europa and Conference League, quarter-finals - 11-14 April: Masters 2024 (Golf ) - Augusta National Golf Club (Augusta, USA) - 13 April: Grand National horse racing in Aintree - 15 April: Boston Marathon - 20 April-6 May: Snooker World Championship in Sheffield (GB) - 24 April: Italian Cup football, semi-finals second leg - 21 April: London Marathon - 30 April-8 May: UEFA Champions League, semi-finals
MAY - 2-9 May: UEFA Europa and Conference League, semi-finals - 3-5 May: European Rowing Championships in Sabaudia - 4 May 2024: Kentucky Derby in Louisville (USA) - 4-26 May: Giro d'Italia cycling - 6-19 May: Tennis internationals in Rome - 16-19 May: PGA Golf Championship in the USA - 17-19 May: Formula 1 GP in Imola - 22 May: UEFA Europa League final Aviva Stadium (Dublin, Republic of Ireland ) - 25 May: European Rugby Champions Cup Final, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) - 25 May: FA Cup Final Wembley Stadium (London, England) - 26 May: 2024 Monaco Grand Prix (F1) - 26 May: Indy 500 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Indiana, USA) - 26 May-9 June: tennis, Roland Garros in Paris - 31 May-2 June: MotoGp Italian Grand Prix at Mugello
JUNE - 1 June: UEFA Champions League Final, Wembley Stadium (London) - 4-30 June: 2024 T20 World Cup (Cricket) - USA and West Indies - 6 June - NBA Final - 7-12 June, Athletics - European Championships in Rome - 13-16 June: US Golf Open - Pinehurst Resort (Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA) - 14 June-14 July: European Football Championships in Germany - 15-16 June: 24 Hours of Le Mans - Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans, France) - 20 June-14 July: Copa América 2024 football, USA - 27-30 June: Italian Open golf - 29 June-21 July: Tour de France, Italy and France
JULY - 1-14 July: Wimbledon Championships All England Lawn Tennis Club (London) - 25-28 July: The Open golf - Royal Troon Golf Club (Troon, Scotland) - 26 July-11 August: Summer Olympic Games in Paris
AUGUST - August 17-September 8: Cycling Vuelta - Spain - - August 26-September 8: Summer Paralympic Games in Paris - August 26-September 8, 2024: US Open tennis, in Flushing Meadows (New York City)
SEPTEMBER - 1 September: Formula 1 GP in Monza - 6-8 September: MotoGP: San Marino Grand Prix in Misano - 10-15 September: Solheim Cup golf - Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, Virginia, USA) - 14 September-6 October: FIFA Futsal World Cup - Uzbekistan - 20-22 September: Laver Cup tennis in Berlin. - 21-29 September: World Road Cycling Championships in Zurich (Switzerland) - 27-29 September: Presidents Cup Golf - Royal Montreal Golf Club (Montreal, Canada)
OCTOBER - 12-20 October: America's Cup sailing in Barcelona
NOVEMBER - 3 November: New York City Marathon - 5 November: Melbourne Cup horse racing - 10-17 November: AtpFinals tennis in Turin - 15-17 November, Valencia, last 2024 MotoGP
DECEMBER - 6-8 December: Abu Dhabi, last Formula 1 GP of 2024.
(Unioneonline)
