2024 IN SPORT

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From left: Johnson-Thompson, Stokes, Kane and Fury are chasing glory in 2024
From left: Johnson-Thompson, Stokes, Kane and Fury are chasing glory in 2024
The Sunday Times

Be it a spectacular Olympics, a European Championship with high British hopes or a heavyweight bout for the ages, there will be no shortage of gripping sport in 2024. Our writers David Walsh, Jonathan Northcroft, Stephen Jones and Simon Wilde explain the contests they’re most looking forward to in an action-packed year.

Test cricket in India is one of the biggest challenges in the game for any visiting side. India have lost only one home series in 19 years, to Alastair Cook’s England in 2012, which means they are even harder to beat on home soil than Australia (who have suffered six home series defeats since 2004).

But that is only one reason why England’s five Tests there offer such a mouth-watering prospect. The most