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...
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,...
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...
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...
