The Paris Olympics have been designed to showcase the City of Light in all its splendour, with many events set to take place at some of its most iconic locations. AFP looks at five sites set to wow ticket-holders -- and a global TV audience of billions -- during the 17-day
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Philippines Olympics gold winner Diaz to keep lifting as Paris dream ends
Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed Thursday to continue in weightlifting just hours after failing to qualify for a fifth consecutive Games. Diaz, 33, was beaten in the IWF World Cup 59kg class in Thailand late Wednesday by 25-year-old compatriot Elreen Ando, who secured
Mbappe presence at Olympics very difficult: France coach
France coach Didier Deschamps has cast doubt on Kylian Mbappe's chances of representing his country at this year's Paris Olympics, saying that it would be "very difficult" to compete at the Games straight after Euro 2024. "It is very difficult from a psychological and physical viewpoint to take part in two
Paris 2024 hopes to be model for lower-carbon Olympics
This year's Paris Olympics will use renewable energy, serve lots of vegetarian meals and heavily restrict plastic bottles, but can an event involving so much construction and international travel ever be environmentally sustainable? After an extravagant FIFA football World Cup in Qatar in 2022 that featured air-conditioned stadiums, the Paris Games
Nadal aims to play at French Open, Olympics
Sliding events at 2026 Winter Olympics to be held outside Italy
Sliding events at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics will be staged outside Italy following the failure to build a new track in Cortina, it was announced Monday. Milan-Cortina chief Giovanni Malago told the International Olympic Committee Session in Mumbai his organisation had been effectively ordered by the Italian government to move
Gu takes second medal of Beijing Games but settles for silver
Californian-born Chinese sensation Eileen Gu won her second medal of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday but had to settle for silver in a freeski slopestyle competition won by Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud. The 18-year-old Gu, the face of the Games after winning gold for China in Big Air last week, was third
Gu blows away Olympic rivals in freeski halfpipe qualifiers
Californian-born Chines sensation Eileen Gu topped qualification for the women's freeski halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, as she aims for her third medal of the Games. Gu, who has already bagged one gold and one silver in the Chinese capital, set the standard in qualifying with a first-run score of
Japan extends state of emergency just before Olympics
Japan has extended a Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and 9 other regions for another three weeks. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said ''Although infections were falling, They remained high and some hospitals are still under strain. The restriction will continue until 19 June, which is just five weeks before the
Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka
The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will not run through the streets of Osaka prefecture next week because of rising COVID-19 cases. The move is a setback for Tokyo organizers, who began the relay two weeks ago from northeastern Fukushima prefecture with 10,000 runners planning to crisscross Japan over the course of