Luxembourg,officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north,Germany to the east,and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city,Luxembourg City,is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and the seat of several EU institutions,notably the Court of Justice of the European Union,the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture,people,and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany;for example,Luxembourgish,a Germanic language,is the only national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,French is the only language for legislation,and all three –Luxembourgish,German and French –are used for administrative matters in the country.
2024 (MMXXIV) is the current year,and is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
The French Open,also known as Roland-Garros,is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris,France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events every year,held after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open.
The Grand Slam in tennis is the achievement of winning all four major championships in one discipline in a calendar year. In doubles,a Grand Slam may be achieved as a team or as an individual with different partners. Winning all four major championships consecutively but not within the same calendar year is referred to as a "non-calendar-year Grand Slam",while winning the four majors at any point during the course of a career is known as a "Career Grand Slam".
The France national football team represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation,the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours and imagery reference two national symbols:the French blue-white-red tricolour and Gallic rooster. The team is colloquially known as Les Bleus. They play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and train at Centre National du Football in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci is an Italian actress and model who began her career as a fashion model before working in Italian,American and French films. She has an eclectic filmography in a range of genres and languages,and her accolades include the David di Donatello,Globo d'oro and Nastro d'Argento awards. In 2018,Forbes Italy included her in their list of the 100 most successful Italian women.
Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon was a French actor,film producer,screenwriter,and singer. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century,Delon emerged as one of the foremost European actors of the 1960s,1970s,and 1980s,and became an international sex symbol. His style,looks,and roles made him an icon of cinema worldwide and earned him enduring popularity. Delon achieved critical acclaim for his roles in films such as Women Are Weak (1959),Purple Noon (1960),Rocco and His Brothers (1960),L'Eclisse (1962),The Leopard (1963),The Black Tulip (1964),The Last Adventure (1967),Le Samouraï (1967),The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968),La Piscine (1969),Le Cercle Rouge (1970),Un flic (1972),and Monsieur Klein (1976). Over the course of his career,Delon worked with many directors,including Luchino Visconti,Jean-Luc Godard,Jean-Pierre Melville,Michelangelo Antonioni,and Louis Malle.
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE,commonly known as LVMH,is a French multinational holding company and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods,headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy,which was established following the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët &Chandon and the cognac producer Hennessy. In April 2023,LVMH became the first European company to surpass a valuation of $500 billion. In 2023,the company was ranked 47th in the Forbes Global 2000.
Lille Olympique Sporting Club,commonly referred to as LOSC,LOSC Lille or simply Lille,is a French professional football club based in Lille,Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1,the top division of French football. Lille has played its home matches since 2012 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy. The 50,186-capacity retractable roof venue is the fourth-largest football stadium in France.
Ligue 1,officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's for sponsorship reasons,is the top-level association football league in France located at the top of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel,Ligue 1 is contested by 18 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Ligue 2.
The Michelin Guides are a series of guide books that have been published by the French tyre company Michelin since 1900. The Guide awards up to three Michelin stars for excellence to a select few restaurants in certain geographic areas. Michelin also publishes the Green Guides,a series of general guides to cities,regions,and countries.
Stade Brestois 29,commonly known as Stade Brestois or simply Brest,is a French professional football club based in Brest. It was founded in 1950 following the merger of five local patronages,including Armoricaine de Brest,founded in 1903. The club has competed in Ligue 1,the top division of French football,ever since being promoted to the top flight during the 2018–19 season.
France,officially the French Republic,is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America,Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic,the French West Indies,and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean,giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north,Germany to the northeast,Switzerland to the east,Italy and Monaco to the southeast,Andorra and Spain to the south,and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and have a total population of 68.4 million as of January 2024. France is a semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris,the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
The 2024 Summer Olympics,officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024,were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France,with several events started from 24 July. Paris was the host city,with events held in 16 additional cities spread across metropolitan France,including the sailing centre in the second-largest city of France,Marseille,on the Mediterranean Sea,as well as one subsite for surfing in Tahiti,French Polynesia.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics,also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games,and branded as Paris 2024,is the 17th Summer Paralympic Games,an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee,being held in Paris,France,from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris is hosting the Summer Paralympics and the second time that France is hosting the Paralympic Games,as Tignes and Albertville jointly hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. France also hosted the Summer 2024 Olympics.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron is a French politician who has been serving as the 25th president of France since 2017 and ex officio one of the two co-princes of Andorra. He previously was Minister of Economics,Industry and Digital Affairs under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016 and Deputy Secretary-General to the President from 2012 to 2014. He has been a member of Renaissance since he founded it in 2016.
Kylian MbappéLottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captains the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the best players in the world,he is known for his dribbling,finishing and speed.
Iga Natalia Świątek is a Polish professional tennis player. She is currently ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA),having held the position for a total of 119 weeks and placing her 8th on the all-time list for weeks spent as No. 1. Świątek has won five Grand Slam singles titles and is the only player representing Poland to win a major singles title. She has won the French Open four times and the US Open once. Świątek has won 22 singles titles,including the 2023 WTA Finals and ten WTA 1000 titles. In 2024,she became the first Polish tennis player to win an Olympic medal,earning bronze in singles at the Paris Summer Olympics.
