BLOGGING THE VIEW: A feast of sport for July

If you’re a fan of sporting events, but prefer to enjoy them from the comfort of your couch rather than actively partaking in them yourself, July 2024 is your month!

There’s a wide variety of sport competitions in a range of disciplines taking place across the globe, with something to captivate every audience.

UEFA EURO 2024

Sport: Football
Venue: Germany
Dates: 14 June to 14 July 2024

Europe’s best footballers are competing for their countries’ pride in the Euros. There are 24 teams that have qualified to play at 10 venues across Germany, all looking to become the European Champions.

Summer Olympics 2024

Sport: Mixed disciplines
Venue: France
Dates: 26 July to 11 August

The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympic Games will include 329 medal events across 32 sports played in legendary locations across Paris, France and Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia.

Wimbledon 2024

Sport: Tennis
Venue: England
Dates: 1 to 14 July

The oldest tennis championship will get under way in Wimbledon, London with singles champions looking to take home some £2.7-million (around R62-million) each for the win.

Tour de France 2024

Sport: Cycling
Venue: France
Dates: 29 June to 21 July

The Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of 9 riders each covering around 3 600km of ground in France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and Spain.

The Open Championship 2024

Sport: Golf
Venue: Scotland
Dates: 14 to 21 July

There will be 156 golfers vying for the championship title in one of the four golf majors. This is the oldest golf major and one of the most coveted titles.

Ireland Summer Tour 2024

Sport: Rugby
Venue: South Africa
Dates: 6 and 13 July

The Springboks won that 2016 series 2-1. The opening test marked Ireland’s first victory over the Springboks on South African soil.

Since then, Ireland has won all three meetings between the teams and five of the last seven – most recently the 13-8 success in France in the pool stages of the Rugby World Cup.

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