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France to bring artisanal know-how to 2024 Olympic Games

With just one year to go, France is getting ready for the summer Olympic games that will begin with an extravagant ceremony scheduled for 26 July 2024. While organisers race to finalise security details, French brands and sponsors are also putting their best foot forward to get their share of…

Radio France Internationale

FRANCE 24 talks to the French theatre director organising the 2024 Paris Olympic ceremonies

Just over 100 years ago, painters, sculptors, writers and musicians battled for gold, silver and bronze at the Olympics in the French capital. To mark a year until the Paris Games, we're looking at the artistic side of the world's biggest sporting event. FRANCE 24 brings you an exclusive interview…

France 24

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics

Paris is on track to host millions of visitors and successfully stage 32 sporting events next year when the 2024 Olympics open on July 26

The Independent UK

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Olympic torch comes into play for countdown to Paris 2024 Games

A year before the start of the Olympic Games in Paris, organisers revealed the torch, launching a countdown to Olympics ecstasy full of steely plans in a troubled and divided land.

Radio France Internationale

On this day in 2021: Adam Peaty makes history with defence of Olympic title

Peaty maintained his world dominance in the 100 metre breaststroke as he powered his way to Britain’s first gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

The Independent UK

Canada vs Ireland live stream: How to watch Women’s World Cup 2023 game online

The Canada vs Ireland live stream will see the Olympic champions face an Irish side making their Women's World Cup debut. Here's how to watch it online, wherever you are.

Tom’s Guide

Jade Jones hungry to make ‘sporting history’ and claim third Olympic gold medal

Jones claimed gold medals at London and Rio.

The Independent UK

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5 stars to watch with a year to go until Paris Olympics

Sky Brown will be looking to improve on her Tokyo bronze.

The Independent UK

Helen Glover says balancing family life with Olympic ambitions ‘working well’

Glover’s return has already seen her earn two silvers this year rowing in the women’s four.

The Independent UK

Paris 2024, one year out: radical Olympics reboot amid French unrest

Organisers begin countdown confident France will come together despite recent raft of strikes and civil disobedience

The Guardian - UK

Peace-themed torch unveiled for Paris 2024 Olympics

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch unveiled: Designer Mathieu Lehanneur's creation is a lightweight polished steel with a champagne colour, featuring a relief pattern that mimics the Seine river. Symbolizing peace and equality, it conveys a peaceful energy and will be lit in Greece before a relay in France and…

The Hindu

Vera Pauw ‘a bit concerned’ about Louise Quinn fitness for Republic-Canada game

Ireland, who suffered a 1-0 defeat to co-hosts Australia in their tournament-opener, face Olympic champions Canada in Perth on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

What you need to know about the massive LVMH deal with the Paris Olympics

The luxury goods company has announced a multi-brand partnership with the XXXIII Games.

The Independent UK

Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet Margot, the medical student going for gold

One year ahead of France hosting the Olympic Games, we went to meet athlete Margot Chevrier. At 23, she's a pole vaulter for the French national team. The athlete is also in her fifth year of studying medicine in Nice and is getting ready to sit her exams to become…

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'Greenest in history': How Paris aims to halve the Olympics' carbon footprint

With their stated aim of halving the carbon footprint of previous Olympic Games in Rio and London, the organisers of Paris 2024 have promised "historic" progress on behalf of the climate. But as they work to rise to the challenge, uncertainties remain.

The Independent UK

Extremist attacks wounded Paris. Here's why the city turned to the 2024 Olympics to heal

The first Olympic Games since the ebb of the COVID-19 pandemic open in a year in France’s capital

The Conversation

Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?

Huge sporting events come with substantial public investment in housing. After Melbourne hosted the 1956 Olympics, about 600 houses in the athlete village became public housing in West Heidelberg. After Melbourne hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athlete village in Parkville was largely sold off, with 320 houses going to…

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How to watch the 2024 Olympic games online: stream the Paris Summer games

Here's how you can watch the 2024 Summer Paris Olympics online or on TV, which is currently underway.

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The Times of India

Olympic medallist shooter Vijay Kumar shocked after being ignored for High-Performance Coach's job

NEW DELHI: Olympic Games silver medallist pistol shooter Vijay Kumar is "shocked" that his name has been ignored for the post of High Performance Coach (HPC) by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and that they have not deemed it worthy to even communicate the decision to him.

The Independent UK

Russian athletes can qualify for Olympic spots in an increasing number of sports with a year to go

Officials from many of the sports on the Olympic program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes one year before the Paris Games and nearly a year-and-a-half since the country's invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone all look for Olympic encores in Paris

The city itself will be one of the brightest stars at the Paris Olympics, with ceremonies on the Seine, beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower and a marathon route that passes through Versailles

The Guardian - US

Oscar De La Hoya: ‘I didn’t love boxing. I was just good at it’

The former world and Olympic champion sought escape in sex and drugs as he struggled with fame. A new documentary has helped him find peace

France 24

‘I can’t wait for 2024’: The candidates keen to volunteer at the Paris Olympics

The volunteer recruitment campaign for the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games has been a resounding success. More than 300,000 people have applied to do their bit, according to the organising committee. FRANCE 24 spoke to five aspiring volunteers looking to make their mark at Paris 2024.

The Independent UK

On this day in 2014: Alistair Brownlee beats brother Jonny to Commonwealth gold

The pair led the triathlon virtually from start to finish.

The Independent UK

Next year's Olympics are giving Paris an impetus to confront crack cocaine use on city streets

Neighborhoods in northeast Paris have struggled for years with the scourge of crack cocaine and its use in public

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