Like every start of the month, the selection of FrancsJeux events, sporting or institutional, not to be missed over the next four weeks.
June 9 to 15 – Men’s World Team Squash Championships. In other times, this competition would have attracted little attention. But squash is now, with baseball/softball and wrestling, among the last three sports still in the running to join the Olympic program for the 2020 Games. For the discipline, the world meeting in Mulhouse represents a great opportunity to show and campaign.
June 10 – Deadline for submitting applications for the presidency of the IOC. Six candidates to succeed Jacques Rogge have already declared themselves: the German Thomas Bach, the Singaporean Ng Ser Miang, the Taiwanese CK Wu, the Swiss Denis Oswald, the Puerto Rican Richard Carrion and the Ukrainian Sergei Bubka. Will a seventh come out of the woods before the June 10 deadline? We doubt it.
June 15 to 30 – FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. Beyond the result, which is quite anecdotal, this eight-country tournament will above all serve as a dress rehearsal for a year of the Football World Cup. In recent weeks, the news from Brazil has given little cause for optimism, with the stadiums all experiencing their share of problems.
June 23 – Olympic Day. Many people don't know it, but the modern Olympic Games were born on June 23, 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. For more than sixty years, June 23 has been labeled “Olympic Day. » The opportunity to celebrate the ideal of the Games, all over the world, through races, exhibitions, concerts and educational conferences.
June 24 to July 3 – Mediterranean Games in Mersin (Türkiye). Initially attributed to Greece, the 17rd edition of this event organized every 4 years was finally entrusted to Turkey. A little over two months before the IOC vote for the attribution of the 2020 Games, where Istanbul competes with Madrid and Tokyo, the opportunity was great for the Turks to demonstrate their know-how. But the demonstrations against the government, which have been increasing in the capital and several other cities in the country in recent days, could well envelop these Mediterranean Games in a more political climate.
June 29 to July 21 – Cycling Tour de France. Unmissable, and above all historic. The 100rd Grande Boucle unfolds its route from the roads of Corsica to the cobblestones of the Champs-Elysées, passing through Marseille, Mont-Saint-Michel and the Palace of Versailles. With or without doping cases? Who knows.
