Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on China’s findings they had ingested it unknowingly. The New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported Saturday that the athletes included nearly half of the […]
Start the countdown clock. In exactly 100 days, more than 10,000 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators will converge on Paris for the start of the 33rd Summer Olympic Games, a 16-day extravaganza that marks the first time the City of Lights has hosted the world’s pre-eminent sports festival in a century. In keeping with the slogan for this year’s Olympics, “Games Wide Open,” the opening ceremony will take place outside a stadium setting for the first time. The plans are ambitious: a...
Mass security measures are being put in place ahead of the Olympic Games. Paris is expecting hundreds of thousands of fans to attend the competition. Security concerns have been heightened after threats to football matches
Chinese swimmers recorded 23 positive drug tests but were let off with no bans. Among them was Wang Shun, who beat Duncan Scott to the 200m medley title. The United States Anti-Doping Agency issued a scathing attack on the WADA
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
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Officials from the Southern Nevada Health District Friday confirmed a measles case on the Las Vegas Strip just days after government officials warned of an increase in cases of the virus across the country and around the world.
World Athletics' decision to award prize money at the Paris Olympics goes against the Olympic spirit, says the head of cycling's governing body.
It has been eight years since a "normal," non-COVID Olympic Games. Paris
A golden opportunity! More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games have gone on sale on Wednesday 17 April, from 10am CEST. One of the last opportunities to see the stars of the[]
Japan's official apparel for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics was unveiled Wednesday, with 100 days to go until the Olympic opening ceremony. The bright red tops are inspired by the French capital's sunrises, while the use of recycled materials contributed to a 34 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in
The French capital is preparing to pull out all the stops.