The Olympic flame set sail on Saturday on its voyage to France on board the Belem, the Torch Relay reaching its climax at the revolutionary Paris Games opening ceremony along the river Seine on July 26.
Traditional labor rights marches melded with pro-Palestinian protests and anti-Olympics demonstrations. Paris 2024 organizers fear disruptions to the Games.
With the Olympics just a few weeks away, waiters in Paris are apparently encouraging tips on top of the required 15% service charge. Sacré bleu!Name: French tips.Appearance: All over Paris, allegedly. Continue reading
Some of the events could be perfect bookends to a trip to see the Games.
ATHENS, April 27 (Reuters) – The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of preparations ahead of the Olympic Games
Cameroon native Joel Embiid’s 2023 announcement that he would play for his adopted country, the United States, in the Paris Olympics this summer instead of France left some French fans frustrated.
Why you should get on your bike in May, the Olympic Games’ effect on getting around Paris, the EU’s proposed new youth mobility scheme, workplace romance, how to save money living and working in the French capital, and croissant myths - here are your essential articles for life in France.
David Kenwright oversaw team medal at Tokyo in 2021Coach hails ‘lasting positive impact for our sport’David Kenwright has left his role as the head coach of Great Britain’s women’s gymnastics team less than 100 days before the start of the Paris Olympics.Kenwright’s departure, after seven years in the post, also comes on the eve of the start of the women’s European artistic gymnastics championships in Rimini, Italy. Continue reading
Frédéric Weis’ adverse association with Team USA Basketball took another dive Sunday when the former French national team player said he wants to be banned from France for choosing to play for the U.S. rather than France in the upcoming , which will be hosted in Paris. Weis — who has been immortalized for being on the wrong side of Vince Carter’s “dunk of death” in the 2000 Olympics — said on his radio show at the French station RMC that he has “hate” for Embiid for spurning the French team and...
Weis - a 2000 Olympic silver medalist and the victim of the notorious 'dunk of death' by Vince Carter - didn't hold back while talking about Embiid- the reigning NBA MVP - on French radio on Saturday.
In France, Olympic Games face safety concerns French president Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that the opening ceremony for this summer’s Olympic Games may be relocated from the River Seine due to security concerns. The Games are set to be held in Paris in just under a hundred days, from July 26-Aug. 11. The security This story The Soapbox: Olympic concerns in France, Indigenous festival in Australia, soccer federation scandal in Spain appeared first on Washington Square News.
The U.S. Rowing federation on Tuesday released a 154-page report on the former Olympic medalist and coach, who died in 2021.