The meet to determine which wrestlers will represent the United States at
World Athletics' decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling's governing body.
This year's Olympic games will be held in France from July 26 to August 11. Several personalities will carry the Olympic flame this summer including ex-footballer Jean-Pierre Papin and actor Jamel Debbouze. The first French torchbearer for the 2024 Olympics will be a former Olympian who won Gold at the games at just 17-years-old
Shafaqna English- Moscow reacted coolly on Tuesday to French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for suspension of hostilities during the 2024 Olympic, saying Ukraine might use it as an opportunity to regroup. On Monday, the French president called for a global suspension of hostilities during the 2024 Olympic Games, set to
French President Emmanuel Macron says the Paris Olympics opening ceremony could move from the River Seine if the security risk is too high, the BBC reports. Mr Macron said it could be “limited to the Trocadéro”, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, instead of covering the planned stretch of the river. He added that …
Adidas have understandably played it safe after recent flag furores but the socks could prove a surprise hit
The French government, in the run-up to the Paris Olympic Games, has
With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France's biggest squat in the south of the capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday. The camp had become home to about 450 migrants, with images of the eviction spreading rapidly across social media.
With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France’s biggest squat in the south of the capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out
PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympic Games 100 days away, police carried out a large-scale eviction at France's biggest squat in the south of the capital. Authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, cleared out the makeshift camp at an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine on Wednesday.
Faster. Higher. Stronger. Floatier? As times have changed, so, too, has the Olympic program. When Paris first hosted in 1900, croquet and tug-of-war were featured (that was croquet’s only Olympics appearance, while tug-of-war was featured five more times until the Games in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1920). Contests of all kinds have come and gone and sometimes returned over the years — a trend that will continue thanks to the International Olympic Committee’s allowing host countries to nominate...
French president says location of spectacle, due to take place on Seine, could change if there is serious risk of terror attackFrance has backup plans to move the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Seine if there is a serious risk of a terrorist attack, Emmanuel Macron has said.Speaking in a television interview on Monday, the French president said organisers “could and would” continue to plan for a “world first” opening ceremony for 26 July, when more than 300,000 people are...