Football and rugby matches on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will start Wednesday forward of Friday’s opening ceremony.
The Argentina vs. Morocco on the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne, and the Uzbekistan vs. Spain at Paris’ Parc des Princes, each to kick-off at 1300GMT, would be the first soccer matches of the summer season video games.
Rugby sevens can even begin with the match between Australia and Samoa at 1330GMT on the Stade de France, Saint-Denis.
The Paris 2024 Olympics will begin on Friday with an distinctive opening ceremony throughout the River Seine.
It would be the first time that a gap ceremony of the Olympics is not going to be held at a stadium.
Israel, after they have been allowed to play on the Paris 2024 Games regardless of the nation’s ongoing struggle on Gaza, will face Mali in a Wednesday soccer match at Parc des Princes.
In earlier months, there have been world calls to ban Israel from the Olympics.
From rights teams to athletes, calls for are rising for a boycott of Israel over the atrocities going down within the Gaza Strip, which have led to the dying of greater than 39,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7 final yr.
Wednesday‘s soccer and rugby fixtures:
– Football:
Argentina vs. Morocco (Geoffroy-Guichard)
Uzbekistan vs. Spain (Parc des Princes)
Guinea vs. New Zealand (Nice)
Egypt vs. Dominican Republic (La Beaujoire)
Iraq vs. Ukraine (Lyon)
Japan vs. Paraguay (Bordeaux)
France vs. US (Marseille)
Mali vs. Israel (Parc des Princes)
– Rugby Sevens
Australia vs. Samoa (Stade de France)
Argentina vs. Kenya (Stade de France)
France vs. US (Stade de France)
Fiji vs. Uruguay (Stade de France)
Ireland vs. South Africa (Stade de France)
New Zealand vs. Japan (Stade de France)
Australia vs. Kenya (Stade de France)
Argentina vs. Samoa (Stade de France)
France vs. Uruguay (Stade de France)
Fiji vs. US (Stade de France)
Ireland vs. Japan (Stade de France)
New Zealand vs. South Africa (Stade de France)
Source: www.anews.com.tr