2012 June Sports Preview

Jun 01, 2012

It’s June and everyone is probably glued to the TV watching NHL and NBA playoffs as they get closer to the Championship Final Game, but what about everything else that is going on. Here is Kidzworld’s preview to all the big sports events happening in June!

Junes Sports
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Euro Cup 2012 Poland-Ukraine
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Milos Raonic
Courtesy of the ATP

Summer X Games LAX
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Euro Cup Countdown

Euro Cup starts on June 8^th for all you soccer nuts. The Euro Cup obviously only has the European teams competing so it should be full of great goals and… great dives! Yes, usually the team whose players put on the most spectacular diving show wins the Euro Cup. Here are the groups:

Group A

Czech Republic
Greece
Poland
Russia

Group B

Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Portugal

Euro Cup 2012 Poland-Ukraine
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Group C

Croatia
Ireland
Italy
Spain

Group D

England
France
Sweden
Ukraine

Clay Court Championships

Milos Raonic
Courtesy of the ATP

The French Open is one of tennis’ biggest Grand Slam tournaments and all the Top Seeds are through to the 3^rd round including Canadian’s #19^th seed, Milos Roanic. He is actually the only player from North America left in the tourney since Andy Roddick lost in the first round to Nicolas Mahut, and John Isner lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu. However, the Americans can watch all the tennis they like on the Ladies side of the bracket as they have 4 players approaching the quarter finals.

Xcitement for X games

Summer X Games LAX
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And at the very end of June, all the extreme sports fans have their favorite competition going down in Los Angeles… the X Games. If you are interested on how the athletes prepare for the X Games, you catch watch a new series of webisodes called “Road to X Games” online!