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...
PARIS (AFP) -- The transport system in Paris will not be ready in time for the 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital, its mayor said, sparking anger on Thursday, Nov. 23, from political opponents. With less than a year before the event kicks off, the transport infrastructure in Paris is already...
ATHENS (AFP) -- Greek Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos will be the first torchbearer in the relay that will travel from Olympia to Paris for next year's Games, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Greek Olympic rowing champion Stefanos Ntouskos (AFP)...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, trying for a third consecutive 100-200 sprint gold double next year in Paris, will train under coach Reynaldo Walcott, her agent said on Monday, Nov. 20. Five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (AFP) Andi Sports Management,...
PARIS (AFP) -- Paris has linked Azerbaijani figures to a disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing France's reputation as host of the 2024 Olympic Games, according to a report seen by AFP on Monday, Nov. 13. Diplomatic tensions have simmered between France and Azerbaijan, with the ex-Soviet...
AVARUA (AFP) -- The president of the French overseas territory of French Polynesia has suggested an alternative venue for the 2024 Olympics surf competition after plans for a gigantic tower at a planned venue in Tahiti site caused uproar. Surfers are due to catch the first waves of the Paris Games...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino hopes the country’s performance at the 19 th Asian Games would translate to more Filipino qualifiers to the 2024 Paris Olympics. POC President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino poses with Asian Games medalists. “We’re...
PARIS (AFP) -- Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in Sunday's final to win a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title and close in on securing the year-end number one ranking for an eighth time. Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with the trophy after winning the men's singles final...
