2022, great year of sport

Kylian Mbappé scorer for Paris against AS Monaco in the league at the Parc des Princes, December 12, 2021 Anne-Christine POUJOULAT AFP / Archives

Text by: Farid Achache Follow

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Despite the coronavirus pandemic which continues to affect the planet, the year 2022 will be sporty with obviously the Football World Cup in Qatar, straddling November and December, due to the unbearable heat in July in this small state of Gulf.

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The French

, Griezmann or even Lloris will put their title on the line just before the Yule log.

The 2022 World Cup final

is scheduled on 18 December.

Meanwhile, the new year will start on artificial snow in China for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (in February and March).

Outside the

, the Champions League final takes place on May 28 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

For the Europa League, it will be Sevilla in Spain on May 18.

As for the final of the Women's Champions League, it will be played on May 22 in Turin, Italy.

African football fans will have the opportunity to follow the African Cup of Nations from January 9 in Cameroon, a country which has won the trophy five times. Will

go home a sixth star? Or will Algeria keep its title acquired in Cairo in 2019?

For those passionate about

, the number one Olympic sport, the World Championships will be held in Eugene, United States, July 15-24. At the same time, the Tour de France

start from Copenhagen in Denmark (July 1 to 24). The young

, double winner, has already announced his presence for the treble. Since the start of the Big Loop, only three have won it three times. Immediately after, it is the women who will set off for the return of the Women's Tour de France (July 24 to 31). Still in cycling, the Worlds will take place on the other side of the planet, in September, in Australia.

The

will have its European Championship in September in four countries: Germany, Italy, Georgia and the Czech Republic.

The Women's World Cup will take place in Australia from September 22 to October 1.

In

, the French, Teddy Riner will be able to afford yet another gold medal at the Worlds in Tashkent in Uzbekistan (August 7 to 13).

In April, it will be the European Championships in Bulgaria.

fans

, you will enjoy the Six Nations Tournament in February and March, but especially the Women's World Cup which will take place from October 8 to November 12 in New Zealand.

The Rugby Africa Cup 2022, a springboard to the 2023 World Cup, will be played in France.

In July, it will bring together the eight best nations of the continent.

The winner will qualify for the World Cup in France, while the finalist will play a repechage tournament in November 2022.

Algeria hosts the

in Oran.

They will end on July 5, the official date of the declaration of independence 60 years ago.

The Mediterranean Games are held every 4 years, the year following the Summer Olympics.

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