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Sporting Highlights for 2024

Major events for this 2024 calendar is the Paris Olympic Games, Euro 2024, America's Cup Sailing, African Cup of Nations, Copa América, ICC World T20 (men), African Games, as well as the usual annual events.



Now the darts world has a new star: Luke Littler. Littler, 16, became the youngest ever player to advance to the World Darts Championship final

The Accra 2023 African Games in Ghana came to a successful close. Egypt, who won 102 gold medals (191 total), twice as many as their nearest rivals, Nigeria, who settled for second place with 47 gold medals (121 total). South Africa secured third place with 106 medals, 32 of which were gold.

Tiger Woods made a record 24th consecutive cut at Augusta National.

The twentieth of July will go down in history as Mike Tyson's return to the ring as a professional boxer, confirmed by the Texas Boxing Commission, which approved the fight against Jake Paul at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

but Ghana's performance in the team sports was also very impressive.

tour de france: Mark Cavendish broke Eddy Merckx's Tour de France stage victory record by winning his 35th stage. It was a record that stood for 48 years.

There were dramatic scenes in the last Formula One raceHighlight

Awards: The 2024 Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards went to ??. ?? was the Laureus World Team of the Year. The highest paid sports person in 2024 according to Forbes Magazine was ??

Novak Djokovic and Aitana Bonmati were being saluted as world sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the Laureus Awards, 

Significant sports-related deaths:

Below is a timeline of some significant results in the world of sport for the year 2024.

Date(s) Sport Event Location
Jan 13-11 Feb Football (Soccer) African Cup of Nations Ivory Coast
Jan 14-28 Tennis Australian Open Melbourne, Australia
Jan 19 - Feb 2 Multi-sports Winter Youth Olympics Gangwon, South Korea
Jan 26-28 Extreme Sports Winter X Games Aspen, Colorado, USA
Feb 2-18 Swimming World Aquatics Championships Doha, Qatar
Feb 2 - Mar 16 Rugby Six Nations UK, Ireland, France & Italy
Feb 11 Football (American) Super Bowl Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada
Feb 16-25 Table Tennis World Championship Busan, South Korea
Mar 8-23 Multi-sports African Games Ghana (Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast)
Mar 19 - Apr 8 Basketball NCAA finals (March Madness) USA
Apr 8-14 Golf Masters Augusta, Georgia, USA
Apr 10 - May 6 Snooker World Snooker Championship Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England
Apr 13 Horse Racing Grand National Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool
May 4 Horse Racing Kentucky Derby Louisville, Kentucky, US
May 10-26 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship Czechia
May ? Auto Racing Monaco Grand Prix Monte Carlo, Monaco
May 16–19 Golf US PGA Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Kentucky
May 20 - Jun 9 Tennis French Open Paris, France
May 25 Football (Soccer) FA Cup final Wembley Stadium, London
May 26 Auto Racing Indy 500 Indianapolis, USA
June 1 Football (Soccer) UEFA Champions League Final Wembley Stadium, London
Jun 4-30 Cricket ICC World T20 (men) USA & West Indies
Jun 13-16 Golf US Open Pinehurst Resort, Course No. 2 Pinehurst, North Carolina
Jun 14 - Jul 13 Football (Soccer) 48th Copa América USA
Jun 14 – Jul 14 Football (Soccer) Euro 2024 Germany
Jun 15-16 Auto Racing 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Jun Basketball NBA Finals USA/Canada
Jun Ice Hockey Stanley Cup finals  
Jun 29 - Jul 21 Cycling Tour de France Italy start, France
Jul 1-14 Tennis Wimbledon London, England
Jul 18-21 Golf The Open Championship Royal Troon Golf Club Troon South Ayrshire Scotland
Jul 26 - Aug 11 Multi-sports Summer Olympics Paris, France
Jul? Extreme Sports Summer X Games California?
Aug 12-18 Cycling Tour de France Femmes France
Aug 18-25 Rowing World Rowing Championships Henley Island/Martindale Pond, St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada
Aug/Sep? Tennis US Open New York, USA
Aug 28 - Sept 8 Multi-sports Paralympic Games Paris, France
Sep 10-15 Golf Solheim Cup Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia USA
Sep 24–29 Golf Presidents Cup Royal Montreal Golf Club, Quebec, Canada
Sep ? Australian Football Grand Final Melbourne, Australia
Sep? Rugby League Grand Final Sydney
Sep? Rowing World Rowing Championships St. Catharines, Canada
Sep 21-29 Cycling UCI Road World Championships Zurich, Switzerland
Sept-Oct? Cricket ICC World T20 (women) Bangladesh
Oct ? Baseball World Series  
Oct 12-20 Sailing America's Cup Barcelona, Spain
Oct 16-20 Cycling World Track Championships Ballerup, Denmark
Nov-Dec? Weightlifting IWF World Championships Manama, Bahrain 
Nov 5 Horse Racing Melbourne Cup Victoria, Australia
Dec? Swimming FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Budapest, Hungary

 

If you have a correction or know of events that should be included here, please let me know.



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