PARIS (AFP) -- The chief organizer of the 2024 Paris Olympics insisted on Wednesday, Jan. 10, there were no plans to move the opening ceremony of the Games from the river Seine amid ongoing speculation about the hugely ambitious water-based show. 2024 Paris Olympics organizing committee chief Tony...
The Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) gears up for its Olympic campaign for Paris this year by sending 12 athletes to an extensive training camp in Australia this month. Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam lead the PH team training in Australia this month. (File Photo/AFP) Tokyo...
PARIS (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, Jan. 8, urged French people to start exercising daily as Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. France president Emmanuel Macron (AFP) Posting a video clip of himself on X, formerly Twitter, in a T-shirt,...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- Acclaimed rapper Snoop Dogg will be a special reporter for US broadcaster NBC at the Paris Olympics this year, the network has announced, reprising his star turn at the Tokyo Games that delighted viewers. American rapper Snoop Dogg (AFP) "I grew up watching the Olympics and am...
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...
