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
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is upbeat on the prospect of the Philippines taking home gold medals in the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Prize money at the Olympic Games is in the spotlight after a move by World Athletics to reward their track and field athletes from Paris 2024 onwards. The move from Sebastian Coe broke with 128 years of tradition by becoming the first sport to give athletes prize money if they are victorious in Paris this summer. Champions will come away with $50,000 (£39,360) if they reach the top of the podium. The decision blindsided the International Olympic Committee, which has never awarded money for...
Dutch athletes can hope for a record number of medals at the summer Olympics in Paris this year, according to sports data bureau Nielsen’s Gracenote. With 100 days to go before the games start, Gracenote is putting the Netherlands in fourth place in its virtual medal’s table, with 38 medals across up to 13 sports, two more than in Tokyo three years ago. Last year, the Dutch Olympics committee and sports federation said it had softened its ambitions for the
Matt Richards has called for financial rewards for athletes across all sports given the vast revenue generated by the Games
An Olympian whose last name is Parris is shooting for success this summer in a city that shares his name.
“Civil War” held onto its spot atop the box office on a slow weekend, taking in $11.1 million in its second week in North American theaters, according to industry estimates released Sunday. Writer/director Alex Garland’s drama about a sectarian conflict in the United States beat out the horror film “Abigail,” which opened with $10.2 million, […]
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Sprint star Letsile Tebogo hails from Botswana, a country famed for its diamonds, but it is gold he is seeking at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this July and August .
The Louvre museum in Paris announced plans to organise yoga and sport sessions in its galleries as part of a city-wide cultural programme ahead of the Olympics.
Ifeanyi Ezeokoli, Managing Director, Incel Tourism Group, is confident that Team Nigeria can win up to 10 gold medals at the Olympic Games when the Sports Performance Fund is fully in place. Ezeokoli, a fitness buff and avid sports fan, made the statement when he hosted representatives of the SPRF in his Ikoyi, Lagos office Read More
They compete for a trophy, a ring, the chance to be called a champion and, sometimes, a place in history. Most of the world's best athletes in all sorts of sports compete for cold, hard cash, too. After more than 100 years of striving to earn Olympic gold — but