Sport-themed Holidays For 2010
Of course, the big sporting event of 2010 is the World Cup football in South Africa
, and thousands of people will already have booked their tickets to be in the country any time from June 11 to July 11 this year, or, if they're particularly lucky, for the whole month.
But what other sporting events are likely to bring in the holidaymakers this year? Unusually, the UEFA Champions League final will be played on a Saturday this year, May 22 being the date to remember, and it will take place at the Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid, with the added bonus of course, of the host city being one of the most visited and best-equipped in Europe.
The following day, Sunday May 23, is the day motorsport fans head for the most famous date in the Formula 1 calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix, and many sports fans may combine this with a visit to the French Open tennis tournament, which starts just a day later and runs through to Sunday June 6. Will Andy Murray earn that historic first Grand Slam win on the famous courts of Roland Garros? One thing is for sure, many Britons will be in Paris to witness his progress.
Then there's barely time to pause for breath before what many consider the big event of 2010, the football World Cup, taking place in South Africa between Friday June 11 and Sunday July 11. Ten stadiums will host matches between the 32 competing nations, all bidding to succeed Italy for the right to call themselves world champions.
Just as the football enters its frenzied final phase, the Tour de France once again hits the roads, this year starting in Rotterdam before heading to Belgium and, after three weeks, ending with the customary dash along the Champs Elysees in Paris, where glory awaits one lucky (and tired) rider, on Sunday July 25.
Back on the courts, the US Open tennis dominates early September, regularly drawing 750,000-plus fans to New York's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. As if 2010 wasn't a big enough year already, two massive spectacles round off the year. First, the Commonwealth Games head to New Delhi, representing the largest sporting event the city will have ever held.
The dates for your diary are October 3 to 14. Then, ending on a high, it's off Down Under for the latest episode in the ongoing war which is The Ashes, which begins on November 25, and will straddle the festive celebrations before the little urn symbolically passes to the victors on January 7 2011.
For great worldwide holiday ideas tied in to any of these events, visit The Co-operative Travel soon. Demand is sure to be high, so the best advice is to book early, and then, whatever your sport of choice, sit back and enjoy all the build-up.
by: Stuart Boardman
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