Paris at the center of attention with the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the two French handball teams and French footballers in search of a Euro, the Swimming Worlds, cycling with a Tour de France with a unique route, the Tournament of Six nations… The year 2024 promises to be once again full of emotions.
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Make a note in your diaries! After a year 2023 marked by the Rugby World Cup won by the South Africans, the coronation of the French handball players at the World Cup, the hegemony of Novak Djokovic and Max Verstappen, the first Champions League for Manchester City and Erling Haaland, or once again the rout of French basketball players at the World Cup, the 2024 vintage promises new sensations, with the Olympic Games in Paris in their sights.
Paris, land of the Games
It’s the event of the year. The Olympic Games will take place in France from July 26 to August 11, and the Paralympic Games will be held from August 28 to September 8. With 33 medals obtained – including ten gold – in Tokyo in 2021, will the French delegation manage to do better?
France conquers Europe
The French men’s football team and the two French handball delegations are competing in a European championship this year, in Germany from June 14 to July 14 for Didier Deschamps’ men and from January 10 to 28 for Nikola Karabatic’s teammates. , also in Germany. The reigning French world champions will go to Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from November 28 to December 17.
Note that the dates of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup have still not been made official.
Download the 2024 sporting events calendar here.
The 2024 sports agenda in detail
January
Auto-moto: Dakar rally from 5 to 19
Figure skating: Euro from 8 to 14
Handball: Men’s Euro from 10 to 28
Football: start of the CAN on the 13th
Tennis: Australian Open from 15 to 28
FEBRUARY
Swimming: Worlds from 2 to 18
Rugby: Men’s Six Nations Tournament on 2 (against Ireland), 10 (in Scotland) and 25 (against Italy)
American football: Super Bowl final on the 11th
Football: CAN final on the 11th
March
Auto-moto: first Grand Prix of the F1 season in Bahrain
Cycling: Paris-Nice from 3 to 10
Rugby: Men’s Six Nations Tournament on 10 (in Wales), 16 (against England)
Rugby: Women’s Six Nations Tournament on the 23rd (against Ireland), 30th (in Scotland)
Figure skating: Worlds from 18 to 24
April
Cycling: Paris-Roubaix women on 6
Cycling: Paris-Roubaix men on 7
Athletics: Paris Marathon on 7
Rugby: Women’s Six Nations Tournament on the 14th (against Italy), 21st (in Wales), 27th (against England)
Paris 2024: lighting of the Olympic flame on the 16th in Olympia at 100 days
May
Cycling: Tour of Italy from 4 to 26
Paris 2024: start of the torch relay in Marseille on the 8th
Rugby: Challenge Cup final on the 24th
Football: Women’s Champions League final on 25
Football: Coupe de France final on 25
Rugby: Champions Cup final on the 25th
Auto-moto: Monaco GP on 26
Tennis: start of Roland-Garros on the 26th
June
Football: men’s Champions League final on 1st
Tennis: end of Roland-Garros on the 9th
Athletics: Euro from 7 to 12
Football: start of the men’s Euro on the 14th
Auto-moto: 24 Hours of Le Mans on 15 and 16
Football: start of the Copa America
Rugby: Top 14 final on the 28th
Cycling: start of the men’s Tour de France on the 29th
July
Tennis: Wimbledon from 1st to 14th
Football: men’s Euro final on 14
Football: Copa America final on the 14th
Cycling: end of the men’s Tour de France on the 21st
Paris 2024: first events of the Olympic Games on the 24th
Paris 2024: opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on the 26th
August
Paris 2024: end of the Olympic Games on the 11th
Cycling: Tour de France Women from 12 to 18
Football: resumption of Ligue 1 on the 16th
Cycling: Vuelta from September 17 to 8
Sailing: start of the America’s Cup on the 22nd
Tennis: start of the US Open on the 26th
Paris 2024: opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on the 28th
September
Tennis: end of the US Open on the 8th
Paris 2024: closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games on the 8th
Football: start of the men’s Nations League group stage from 5 to 7
October
Sailing: end of the America’s Cup on the 20th
November
Handball: start of the women’s Euro on the 28th
December
Auto-moto: last Grand Prix of the F1 season in Abu Dhabi on the 8th
Handball: end of the women’s Euro on the 15th
Football: Boxing Day in the Premier League on the 26th