Translate the following English sentence to French:
"On the eve of the Sydney Olympics, I would like to recall that the first, and perhaps the best, contribution to peace made by Europe, that is, by ancient Greece, was precisely the Olympic Games."
À la veille des jeux de Sydney, je voudrais rappeler que la première et sans doute la plus belle contribution de l'Europe, la Grèce antique, à la paix fut précisément l'organisation des Jeux olympiques.