All eyes will be on Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Belgium’s Nafi Thiam in the heptathlon contest at Paris 2024, as world champion takes on the Olympic champion this summer. But ther
Thirty-six athletes from 11 different countries, hosted by 15 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and competing across 12 sports were named today as members of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team for Paris 2024. The announcement was made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Thomas Bach, during a live-streamed ceremony from Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. Appearing at the Olympic Games for the third time, the IOC Refugee Olympic Team will represent the many millions of...
Spc. Kamal Bey, Sgt. Ellis Coleman, and Spc. Dalton Roberts fulfilled one part of their Olympic dreams by winning the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials on April 19-20 at Penn State.
Between six and eight Palestinians are expected to participate in July’s Summer Olympics in Paris, even if they fail to qualify, International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach told AFP. Bach told the news outlet that since Hamas terrorists massacred 1,200 Jewish civilians and took 253 hostages in October, the IOC's policy towards the Palestinian team
The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers.
The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers.
For sports fans, Paris will be the center of the universe this summer — and with 15 million Olympic and Paralympic visitors expected, it will feel like it, with crowds and high prices. But Paris isn’t the only Olympic site in France: Nine destinations outside the metro region are also hosting events, giving travelers a way to catch some action without getting caught up in the crush.
Having long battled the creeping use of English in advertising, music and film, French MPs have declared a new struggle: keeping their home Olympics this year free from anglicisms. In a resolution adopted on Thursday, the lower house of parliament urged organizers of the 2024 Paris Games, as well as
Breakdancing will debut as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Stacker examines the new sports and events to look for.
Contact with ‘representatives of the aggressor states’ discouragedRecommendations serve to avoid possible ‘provocations’Ukraine’s athletes have been urged by their Olympic chiefs not to have any contact with their Russian and Belarusian counterparts at the Paris Games in July and August.Ukraine had threatened to boycott the Games after the International Olympic Committee decided Russians and Belarusians who do not openly support the invasion of Ukraine and have no army connections can compete as...
Did you just remember you need to book a hotel for the Paris Olympics? If so, now might be a good time to settle your lodging. Most of the places you can book now with points or cash require you to make a nonrefundable reservation. But the good news is there’s still some award availability …
Artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronized swimming, is considered one of the hardest Olympic sports.