In 100 days as of Wednesday, the Paris Olympics will kick off with a wildly ambitious waterborne opening ceremony. But the first Games in a century in France’s capital won’t be judged for spectacle alone. Another yardstick will be their impact on disadvantaged Paris suburbs.
By JOHN LEICESTER PARIS — In Paris’ outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end. That’s because the swimming club where 10-year-old Lyla Kebbi trains will inherit an Olympic pool. It will be dismantled after the Games and trucked from the Olympic race venue in Paris’ high-rise business […]
In Paris’ outskirts, a bright-eyed young girl is eager for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to end.
The ceremony was previously supposed to be held Aug. 16-17
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The flame for the Paris Olympics will be kindled at the stunning site of
The flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics has been kindled at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed hope that hostilities in Russia's war against Ukraine and other military conflicts, particularly in the Middle East and Sudan, will cease during the Paris Olympic Games. In an interview with French media on Monday, April 15, Macron stated his commitment to "do everything possible to obtain an Olympic truce" for the upcoming Summer Games. "We want to work on an Olympic truce, and I think this is an opportunity for me to engage with many of our...
Amarillo Parks and Recreation invite all competitors ages 21 and older to “Yard Game Olympics” from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 11 at John Stiff Park.
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...