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Sports Calendar 2024: From Euros To The Paris Olympics, T20 World Cup And Paralympics - Here Are The Events To Look Forward To

2024 promises to bring in a sporting carnival as Paris Olympics, the European football Championships, the Copa America, the 2024 T20 World Cup, and a lot more events that one can look forward to in the New Year are lined up.

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The year 2023 was a roller-coaster for sporting fans not just in India but also worldwide as they saw the highs of highs and the lows of lows. Emotional moments, retirements, player obituaries and also registering records. For India, cricket fans who saw Rohit Sharma-led team reach the final of the ODI World Cup, ended in a heartache as they lost to lift the trophy. (More Sports News)

However, athletes at the Asian Games brought smiles and cheers to the country with gold medals and honours including Neeraj Chopra. Out and out, it was a sweet year for Indian diaspora in sports but it also saw some shock retirements (e.g. Quinton de Kock from Tests/ODIs) and sporting disasters.

Nonetheless, the year 2024 promises to be a fun-filled affair for sports fans. Next year, cricket action will hit the roof with England cricket team bringing their Bazball to India followed by the IPL and WPL. The European Championships will take centrestage as do the Paris Olympics.

Here are the major sporting events to look forward to in the year 2024

January
Cricket
India vs Afghanistan T20 series (Jan 11-17)
India vs England Test series (Jan 25-Mar 11)

Badminton
Malaysia Open (Jan 9-14)

Tennis
Australian Open (Jan 15-28)

February
Tennis
Pakistan vs India Davis Cup (Feb 3-4)

Boxing
Tyson Fury Vs Oleksandr Usyk, Undisputed Heavyweight World Title Fight (Feb 17)

Formula One
F1 Bahrain GP (Feb 29)

March
Athletics
World Indoor Championships (Mar 1-3)

Badminton
All England Open (Mar 12-17)

Cricket
IPL 2024 (Schedule TBA)

April
Chess
World Chess Championship (Apr 2-25)

Badminton
Thomas Cup (Apr 27-May 5)

Golf
The Masters, Augusta National (Apr 11-14)

May
Tennis
French Open (May 20-June 9)

Football
FA Cup Final (May 25)
Europa League final (May 22)

June
Football
UEFA Champions League final (June 1)
Copa America (June 20-July 14)
European Championship (June 14-July 14)

Cricket
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup (June 4-30)

Cycling 
Tour de France (June 29-21 July)

July
Tennis
Wimbledon (July 1-14)

Olympics
Paris Olympics (July 26-August 11)

Cricket
India vs Sri Lanka ODI and T20I series (Dates TBD)

England v West Indies Test series (July 10-30)

Athletics
London Diamond League (July 20)

August
Football
English Premier League 2024-25 season kicks off (Aug 17)

Tennis
US Open (Aug 26 to Sep 8)

Paralympics (Aug 28 to Sept 8)

September
Cricket
India vs Bangladesh Test series
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (Sept & Oct)

October
Cricket
India Vs New Zealand Test Matches

November
Tennis
ATP Finals (Nov 10-17)

WTA Finals (Nov 3-10)

December
Badminton
BWF World Tour Finals (Dec 11-15)

Cricket
India's Tour To Australia