PARIS (AFP) -- The International Surf Association (ISA) said on Wednesday, Dec. 6, it welcomed the decision by authorities to suspend work on the venue in Tahiti for the Paris Olympics events. Work has been put on hold after damage was done to coral during tests last week, raising the prospect of...
PARIS (AFP) -- France will not cap hotel prices during the Olympics this summer but instead increase checks to make sure visitors get their money's worth, a minister said on Wednesday, Dec. 6. Some 15 million visitors are expected for the Olympics in July and August, and the Paralympics in August...
PARIS (AFP) -- Paris' metro and suburban train system are suffering "a worrying new deterioration", the French capital region's transport authority said on Tuesday, Dec. 5, with just eight months to go before the city hosts the Olympic Games. IOC's Executive Director Christophe Dubi (AFP) Publicly...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Representatives of international sports federations and national Olympic committees on Tuesday, Dec. 5, called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted under a neutral flag for the 2024 Games in Paris "as soon as possible." During the Olympic summit in Lausanne, athlete...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel's push for the Paris Olympics gained steam on Friday, Dec. 1, with his 100m butterfly victory at the US Open in Greensboro, North Carolina. Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel (AFP) Dressel, sixth at the turn, powered...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Olympic chief Thomas Bach said he was "very satisfied" with the state of preparations for the Olympic Village of the Paris 2024 Summer Games after a visit to the new build north of the French capital on Friday, Dec. 1. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally approved the application of swimmer Kayla Sanchez to represent the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In a letter addressed to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino dated Nov. 29, the IOC Executive Board “decided...
PARIS (AFP) -- The Paris police chief has outlined drastic security measures for next year's summer Olympics, sparking an outcry from politicians on Wednesday, Nov. 29, who said they were an attack on civic freedoms. Laurent Nunez told Le Parisien newspaper in an interview for Wednesday's issue...
A forbidding ‘moment of truth’ will confront the oil and gas industry at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) Climate Change Summit in Dubai, as this is the main sector being pressed for radical reduction in carbon emissions so it can keep pace with the 1.5 °C global temperature rise...
PARIS (AFP) -- International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach on Tuesday, Nov. 28, said that peace between Israel and the Palestinians was possible because they have lived in sporting "co-existence for decades." International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach (AFP) Bach said that the...
PARIS (AFP) -- Metro tickets will almost double in price during the Paris Olympics next year to help cover the cost of running urban transport with millions more visitors in the capital during the Games, the regional transport authority said this week. Single tickets will be sold for four euros...
PARIS (AFP) -- French judo stars Teddy Riner and Clarisse Agbegnenou were both officially selected on Friday, Nov. 24, to compete for France at the 2024 Paris Olympics. France's Teddy Riner (AFP) For Riner, 34, who competes in the +100 kg category, it will be a fifth Olympics. A bronze medalist in...
