PARIS (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron called for unity in the country in his New Year's Eve address on Sunday, Dec. 31, as it prepares for the 2024 Olympic Games, after a difficult year for his government. French President Emmanuel Macron (AFP) Speaking from the gardens of the Elysee...
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) -- Russian swimming star Kliment Kolesnikov is all about winning Olympic medals -- but not at all costs. Russia's Kliment Kolesnikovv (AFP) The world record holder in the men's 50m backstroke has vowed to sit out the Paris Games over the "unacceptable" conditions imposed on...
PARIS (AFP) -- The controversial building of a tower to judge the surfing event at the Paris Olympics will go ahead despite the sport's federation saying it is not required, chief organizer Tony Estanguet said on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Paris Olympics chief organizer Tony Estanguet (AFP) A proposal...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jake Paul, a YouTube sensation turned pro boxer, will partner with USA Boxing to provide an inside look at preparations for the Paris Olympics on his social media accounts. YouTube sensation turned pro boxer Jake Paul of USA (AFP) The US sport governing body announced the plan...
PARIS (AFP) -- Russian competitors remain banned from track and field events at next year's Paris Olympics but Sebastian Coe on Monday, Dec. 18, conceded that "the world changes" and said the situation was being monitored. World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe (AFP) The International Olympic...
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...
