The year 2024 promises to be a riveting one for sports fans around the world.
Barring the annual headline events like the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, tennis Grand Slams, Badminton World Federation World Tour and the Diamond League athletics series, the Olympic year will also see the Paris 2024 Summer Games being hosted in France in July-August. The Paralympics follow.
Football and cricket lovers, especially, are in for a treat.
While the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in the USA and West Indies this June, the Women’s T20 World Cup is slated to take place in Bangladesh in September-October.
Football enthusiasts, meanwhile, can look forward to major continental championships – AFC Asian Cup and African Cup of Nations in January and the Euros and Copa America 2024 in June-July. The U-20 and U-17 FIFA Women’s World Cups will also be held this year.
Major sporting events in 2024 – detailed calendar
January
- January 12-February 10: AFC Asian Cup 2023 (football) – Qatar
- January 13-February 11: African Cup of Nations (football) – Ivory Coast
- January 13-19: FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 (hockey) – Various
- January 13-February 11: African Cup of Nations (football) – Ivory Coast
- January 13-February 4: U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup – South Africa
- January 14-28: Australian Open (tennis) – Melbourne, Australia
- January 19-February 1: Winter Youth Olympics (multi-sport) – Gangwon, Republic of Korea
February
- February 2-18: World Aquatics Championships (swimming) – Doha, Qatar
- February 16-25: Table Tennis World Championship (table tennis) – Busan, South Korea
March
- March 1-3: World Indoor Athletics Championships (athletics) – Glasgow, Scotland
- March 12-17: All England Open (badminton) – Birmingham, England
- March-May (likely): Indian Premier League (cricket) – India
April
- April 2-25: Candidates Tournament 2024 (chess) – Toronto, Canada
- April 8-14: Masters Tournament (golf) – Columbia, USA
- April 20-September 14: Diamond League (athletics) – various
- April 28 – May 5: Thomas & Uber Cup Finals (badminton) – Chengdu, China
May
- May 16–19: US PGA (golf) – Louisville, USA
- May 20 – June 9: French Open (tennis) – Paris, France
- May 25: FA Cup 2023-24 final (football) – London, Great Britain
- May 31-June 6: ISSF World Championships Rifle/Pistol (shooting) – Munich, Germany
June
- 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 10-19 – ISSF World Championships Shotgun (shooting) – Lonato, Italy
- June 13-16: US Open (golf) –
- June 14-July 14: 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 15-27: Women’s U19 Euro Championship (football) – Lithuania
- July 15-28: U19 Euro Championship (football) – Northern Ireland
- July 26-August 11: Paris 2024 Olympics (multisport) – France
August
- August 11-19: Cincinnati Masters (tennis) – USA
- August 17-May 25, 2025: Premier League (football) – England
- August 23-May 17, 2025: Bundesliga (football) – Germany
- August 26-31: World U-20 Athletics Championships (athletics) – Lima, Peru
- August 26-September 8: US Open (tennis) – New York, USA
- August 26-September 8: Paris 2024 Paralympic Games – France
- Aug 31-Sep 22: Women’s U-20 World Cup (football) – Colombia
September
- September 17-May 31, 2025: UEFA Champions League 2024-25 (football) – various
- September 20-22: Laver Cup (tennis) – Berlin, Germany
- September 22: Berlin Marathon (athletics) – Berlin, Germany
- September 28-October 6: China Open (tennis) – Beijing
- September-October: ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (cricket) – Bangladesh
October
- October 1-13: BWF Badminton World Junior Championships – Nanchang, China
- October 2-13: Shanghai Masters (tennis)
- October 16-November 3: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup – Dominican Republic
- October 28-November3: Paris Masters (tennis)
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) – Sevilla,
- November 19-24: Davis Cup Finals (tennis) – Malaga, Spain
December
- December 11-15: BWF World Tour Finals (badminton) – TBD