When I said that 2024 has been a busy year for sport, I really wasn’t lying. It has been rammed with action from start to finish.
With so much happening, I reckon a few of you may need a refresh. I’m here to help.
For football fans in England, it has been a bonkers year. Not because of what has happened in domestic football, though.
The Three Lions managed to make it to a second consecutive Euros final in July and this time there was real hope that the men’s team would finally bring it home, after so many decades of hurt.
Once again, though, they were bridesmaids. Gareth Southgate’s men were beaten narrowly by Spain in July’s final in Berlin and just days later the manager resigned from his position after eight years.
If the summer wasn’t chaotic enough, we were then treated to the Olympics and Paralympics where nominees Keely Hodgkinson, Alex Yee, and Sarah Storey all struck gold in Paris.
And while the Games will not be looked upon as a highly successful one in years to come, there were still a catalogue of magical moments that fans and athletes will hold with them for a lifetime.
Elsewhere, Carlos Alcaraz defended his Wimbledon title in Tennis, beating Novak Djokovic for the second year running just two months after winning his first French Open title.
Both England men’s and women’s cricket teams suffered humiliating exits from the T20 World Cup in what was not the best of years for the sport.
As I said, it was a busy, busy year…
