PARIS (AFP) -- The stadium that was the main site for the 1924 Paris Olympics was on Monday, Dec. 18, declared ready as a Games venue to welcome field hockey events 100 years later for the Summer Olympic Games in the French capital. This photograph taken on Monday, Dec. 18, shows the Yves-du-Manoir...
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday, Dec. 14, of threatening the Olympic movement by imposing rules on Russian athletes for the Paris 2024 Summer Games. This pool photograph distributed by Russia's state agency Sputnik shows...
The Paris-headquartered International Energy Agency (IEA) indicated that while positive developments were attained at the COP28 Climate Change Summit, the commitments from more than 100 countries might still not be enough to put the world on track to the 1.5°C global warming limit cast in the...
MONACO (AFP) -- World 100m, 200m and 4x100m champion Noah Lyles said on Monday, Dec. 11, he will also target the 4x400m gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. US' Noah Lyles (AFP) The 26-year-old American will travel to the French capital next summer as the man to beat after dazzling performances...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Next year's Olympic surfing competition will be held in French Polynesia as planned, the regional president has said, declaring a blazing row between organizers, authorities and environmental groups to be over. Polynesian leader Moetai Brotherson told AFP on Sunday, Dec. 10, that a...
OTOPENI (AFP) -- Ukrainian swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk on Saturday, Dec. 9, slammed as a "big shame for the world of sport" the IOC's decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in next year's Paris Olympics under a neutral banner. "The Russians attacked Ukrainian cities,...
DUBAI, UAE – Negotiators of various countries and representations are prodded to take bolder actions so the ‘big switch’ on to achieving the 1.5 degrees C warming limit can successfully progress as an upshot of the COP28 Climate Change Summit. In a media stakeout, UN Climate Change Executive...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) -- Olympic chiefs on Friday, Dec. 8, gave the green light to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year's Paris Games as neutrals, outside of team events and as long as they did not actively support the war on Ukraine. (FILE PHOTO) The...
PARIS (AFP) -- The Ukrainian government is "very concerned" by the call from sports federations and National Olympic Committees to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paris Olympics, its acting sports minister has told AFP. Matviy Bidnyi said Kyiv was concerned that the...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- US Olympic chiefs said on Thursday, Dec. 7, they were confident in security arrangements for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a deadly attack in the French capital last weekend. Officials in the United States and Europe have recently warned of an elevated threat of attacks since...
TOKYO (AFP) -- A "nervous" Naomi Osaka has targeted a place at next year's Paris Olympics and more Grand Slam titles after she makes her eagerly anticipated return to tennis. Japan's Naomi Osaka (AFP) The 26-year-old former world number one is set to return to competition at the Brisbane...
DUBAI, UAE – The developed countries of the world are being called upon to double climate adaptation financing to $40 billion a year by 2025, so the goals on emissions reduction set forth at the COP28 can be successfully delivered. As emphasized by United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
