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Climate group criticises Paris claim that 2024 Olympics will reduce emissions

Environment experts slam as misleading the claim by organisers of the 2024 Olympics that the Paris Games will be the world's first climate positive sporting event.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 13, 2023

Canadian Olympians push for opposition to Russians in Paris

A group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians are urging their country’s Olympic leaders to take a stand against Russians participating in next year’s Paris Games

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Olympics head rejects Zelenskiy call to ban Russian athletes from Paris Games

Thomas Bach defends possible ‘white flag’ invite and says governments should not decide sports participation

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

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Moscow Says Calls to Ban Russian Athletes from Olympics ‘Unacceptable’

Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said on Saturday that calls from ministers of more than 30 countries to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics were unacceptable, TASS news agency reported. A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 11, 2023

Zelenskyy Tells Summit ‘No Place’ for Russia at Olympics

Russian athletes have "no place" at next year's Paris Olympics while their country’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a summit of sports officials from about 30 countries Friday. The International Olympic Committee argues it would be discriminatory to exclude Russia and ally Belarus from sports ahead…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2023

Svitolina calls for Russians to be banned from Olympics

Ukrainian tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina has pushed for a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games in an interview with The Associated Press

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023

Paris 2024 Olympic torch relay to begin in Marseille after arriving from Greece by sea

The Paris Olympics torch relay will start in France's southern port city of Marseille in April 2024, organizers announced Friday, after arriving by ship from Greece.

France 24 · Feb 3, 2023

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Baltic PMs: Olympic boycott possible if Russians compete

The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries have urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine and say a boycott is a possibility

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Olympic Flame to Take Seaborne Journey to 2024 Paris Games

The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille. Paris organizers announced the flame’s journey on Friday…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 3, 2023

Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games

The Olympic flame is going for a sail

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Ukraine's Zelenskiy presses drive to keep Russia out of Paris Olympics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Paris Games was tantamount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable".

Reuters · Jan 29, 2023

Ukraine warns it may boycott 2024 Olympics if Russians take part

The IOC has said it will ‘explore a pathway’ for Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Paris Games.

Al Jazeera · Jan 27, 2023

Paris Rushing to Finish 2024 Olympics Construction Work

Paris is rushing to finish construction work in time for the 2024 Olympics with just 18 months to go. Delays are being experienced in part because of the impact of Russia's war in Ukraine on the steel industry. A venue, which was due to be finished this summer, won't be…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2023

Hope we end this 90m talk once and for all: Neeraj Chopra

NEW DELHI: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra held his first press conference of the New Year with Indian journalists on Saturday afternoon and found himself peppered with familiar queries about his impending 90m-mark, rivalries with Johannes Vetter, Anderson Peters and Thomas Rohler and targets leading up to the 2024 Paris Games.

The Times of India · Jan 8, 2023

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Reuters · Dec 6, 2022

Olympics-IOC warns Afghanistan over women's access to sport

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country's representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

The Times of India · Dec 2, 2022

I want to emulate Lin Dan's World Badminton Championship feat: Pramod Bhagat

NEW DELHI: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat wants to emulate legendary Lin Dan by winning an unprecedented five World Championship titles and also stand atop the podium at the 2024 Paris Games.

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Adam Peaty ‘completely focused’ on adding to gold medal haul at Paris Games

The sportsman became the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title.

The Times of India · Oct 6, 2022

Learnt to enjoy the sport from Virat Kohli: Bhowneesh Mendiratta

GANDHINAGAR: Bhowneesh Mendiratta, 23, is jet-lagged after flying from Osijek (Croatia) to Delhi to Ahmedabad. Fellow shooter Shreyashi Singh tells him he has dark circles under his eyes. The heat at the Crowne shooting range in Ahmedabad is only making things difficult. But the young trap shooter is not complaining,…

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The Times of India · Sep 29, 2022

UWW gives 18 World Championship quotas for Paris Olympics to World Qualifiers

NEW DELHI: The top-five and not top-six wrestlers at the World Championships will earn quota places for the 2024 Paris Games in each of the 18 weight categories, as the world governing body UWW has announced changes to the qualification process for the Olympics.

The Times of India · Sep 28, 2022

World Wrestling Championship to offer fewer quotas for Paris Games, World Qualifier gets more: UWW

NEW DELHI: The 2023 World Wrestling Championship will offer five quota places for the 2024 Olympics in each of the 18 weight categories instead of six as UWW on Wednesday announced changes to the qualification process for the Paris Games.

The Times of India · Aug 13, 2022

2022 CWG medal count a downer for Mirabai Chanu-led weightlifting contingent

NEW DELHI: Indian weightlifters have all the reasons to be proud of their Birmingham show as they managed to win 10 -- three gold, three silver and four bronze -- marginally better than that in Gold Coast in 2018 when India had won only nine medals. The rich medal haul…

Reuters · Aug 1, 2022

A year after Olympic defection, Belarusian sprinter dreams of 2024 Paris Games

One year ago, sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya's life was upended when she refused to board a plane back to her native Belarus after being kicked out of the Tokyo Olympics by her team.

The Hindu · Apr 30, 2022

My focus will be to make our shooters mentally strong: Joydeep Karmakar

New National rifle coach wants to prepare a good team for Paris Games

AAP · Mar 25, 2022

Webb to guide Australia's Olympic golfers

Australian golfing great Karrie Webb has been named coach of the Olympic team ahead of the Paris Games in 2024, replacing Ian Baker-Finch who is stepping down.

The Times of India · Jan 21, 2022

Mirabai Chanu can deliver in Paris Games but has to compete in selective events: Weightlifting HPD Aveenash

NEW DELHI: Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu can deliver again at the 2024 Paris Games but she will have to be selective in her competitions while preparing for the global showpiece, India's newly-appointed weightlifting High Performance Director Aveenash Pandoo said on Friday.

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