Sporting calendar 2024: Euro 2024, Usyk vs Fury, and the Olympics

2023 has just ended, and we're already on the brink of new continental and global-level sporting battles set to kick off very soon. With the start of the new year, Dailysports presents its readers with a calendar of the major sporting events taking place this year.

January

• January 12 - February 10: 2023 AFC Asian Cup (Football) - Qatar
• January 13-19: Qualifying matches for the 2024 Olympic Hockey Games (Hockey) - various locations
• January 13 - February 11: African Cup of Nations (Football) - Ivory Coast
• January 13 - February 4: ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup - South Africa
• January 14-28: Australian Open (Tennis) - Melbourne, Australia
• January 19 - February 2: Winter Youth Olympic Games (Multi-sport) - Gangwon, South Korea

February

• February 2-18: FINA World Aquatics Championships (Swimming) - Doha, Qatar
• February 2 - March 16: Six Nations Championship (Rugby) - various locations
• February 11: Super Bowl LVIII (American football) - Las Vegas, USA
• February 16-25: World Table Tennis Championships (Table Tennis) - Busan, South Korea
• February 17: Tyson Fury vs. Alexander Usyk, heavyweight title fight (Boxing) - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• February 29 - December 8: World Championship (Formula 1) - various locations

March

• March 1-3: World Indoor Athletics Championships (Athletics) - Glasgow, Scotland
• March 8 - November 17: MotoGP World Championship (Motorcyling) - various locations
• March-May (likely): Indian Premier League (Cricket) - India

April

• April 2-25: 2024 Candidates Tournament (Chess) - Toronto, Canada
• April 8-14: Masters Tournament (Golf) - Columbia, USA
• April 20 - September 14: Diamond League (Athletics) - various locations
• April 20 - May 6: World Championship Crucible Theatre (Snooker) - Sheffield, UK

May

• May 10-26: IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship - Ostrava and Prague, Czech Republic
• May 16-19: PGA Championship (Golf) - Louisville, USA
• May 20 - June 9: French Open (Tennis) - Paris, France
• May 22: UEFA Europa League final (Football) - Dublin, Republic of Ireland
• May 25: FA Cup Final 2023/24 (Football) - London, UK
• May 29: UEFA Europa Conference League final (Football) - Athens, Greece

June

• early June (tentatively): NHL finals (Hockey) - USA
• June 1: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Final (Football) - London, England
• June 4-30: ICC Men's T20 World Cup (Cricket) - USA and West Indies
• June 6-14: NBA Finals (Basketball) - USA
• June 13-16: US Open (Golf)
• June 14 - July 14: UEFA Euro 2024 (Football) - Germany
• June 20 - July 14: Copa America 2024 (Football) - USA

July

• July 1-14: Wimbledon (Tennis) - England
• July 14-21: The Open Championship (Golf) - Scotland
• July 26 - August 11: 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris (Multi-sport) - France

August

• August 17 - May 25, 2025: Premier League (Football) - England
• August 23 - May 17, 2025: Bundesliga (Football) - Germany
• August 26-31: IAAF World Athletics Championships U20 (Athletics) - Lima, Peru
• August 26 - September 8: US Open (Tennis) - New York, USA
• August 26 - September 8: 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris - France
• August to May 2025: La Liga (football) - Spain
• August to May 2025: Serie A (football) - Italy

September

• September 17 - May 31, 2025: UEFA Champions League 2024-25 (Football) - various locations
• September 20-22: Laver Cup (Tennis) - Berlin, Germany
• September 22: Berlin Marathon (Athletics) - Berlin, Germany
• September-October: ICC Women's T20 World Cup (Cricket) - Bangladesh

November

• November 3-10: WTA Finals (Tennis) - Cancun, Mexico
• November 10-17: ATP Finals (Tennis) - Turin, Italy
• November 12-17: Billie Jean King Cup Finals (Tennis) - Seville, Spain
• November 19-24: Davis Cup Finals (Tennis) - Malaga, Spain