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The Latest Breaking News from the Paris Olympics

How to watch the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony

The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics is set for Friday

The Independent UK

France has banned its athletes from wearing Hijabs at the Paris Olympics

Amnesty International has called it “racist gender discrimination”

Marie Claire

Israel's national anthem jeered at Paris Olympics football match

NEW DELHI: Israel's national anthem faced loud jeers ahead of their football match against Mali at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday night. The match, held at Parc des Princes stadium, was amidst tight security due to international tensions and safety concerns during the Games. Arriving under heavy police escort, the…

The Times of India

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Israel’s national anthem booed at Paris Olympics ahead of football match

ISRAEL'S participation in the Paris Olympics got under way with a chorus of boos at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday night ...

The National (Scotland)

Paula Radcliffe apologises for wishing ‘good luck’ to convicted rapist at Olympics

Paula Radcliffe has apologised for wishing good luck to a convicted rapist when he competes for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics next week

The Guardian - UK

AP PHOTOS: Getting started at the Paris Olympics

Competition at the Paris Olympics officially began with soccer and rugby sevens matches Wednesday. Meanwhile, other athletes got acquainted with venues where their gold-medal dreams may become reality.

The Independent UK

Israel's national anthem loudly jeered before Olympic soccer match against Mali

Israel’s national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali on Wednesday night

The Independent UK

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Katie Ledecky hopes for ‘clean’ swimmers at Olympics after Chinese doping row

Katie Ledecky referenced allegations around Chinese doping in her opening press conference at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday

The Guardian - US

French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she's barred from the Olympic opening ceremony due to her hijab

French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla says she has been barred from Friday’s opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics because she wears a hijab, and the French Olympic Committee said it is working with her to find a solution that adheres to the team’s secular requirements for athletes

The Independent UK

The colourful history of the Olympic opening ceremony

If you’re planning to tune in to the Paris Olympics, you probably aren’t just looking forward to the feats of sporting excellence – you’ll be hoping to catch the cultural spectacle of the opening ceremony, too. These flashy events, which kick off each games, aim to tell fresh stories about…

The Conversation

Jill Biden, Royalty But No Putin: Top Guests At The Paris Olympics

France is preparing to welcome over a hundred heads of state and government, royalty and US First Lady Jill Biden for the Summer Olympics which begin with a dazzling ceremony on the river Seine on Friday.

International Business Times

Swimmers want answers about China doping: Ledecky

American swimming great Katie Ledecky says athletes at the Paris Olympics are still waiting for answers about the Chinese doping cases.

AAP

France foils a plot on the Paris Olympics days before the opening ceremony, authorities say

France's interior minister says the country's security authorities have thwarted a plot against the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

Competition at the Paris Olympics begins with soccer matches involving Spain and Argentina

Competitions at the Paris Olympics officially began with players kicking off at soccer matches involving Spain and Argentina in Paris and Saint-Etienne on Wednesday

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Police arrest Russian over alleged Paris Olympics 'destabilisation' plot

French police have arrested a Russian man suspected of plotting acts of 'destabilisation' during the Paris Olympics.

The Independent UK

US women’s water polo team hoping to follow in Taylor Swift’s footsteps at the Paris Olympics

Maggie Steffens and the U.S. women’s water polo team are hoping to follow in Taylor Swift’s footsteps at the Paris Olympics

AAP

Fox, Ockenden to carry Australian flag at Games opening

Canoeing gold medallist Jessica Fox and hockey great Eddie Ockenden will be the Australian flag bearers at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

The Conversation

83 bottles of wine per person: how experts are calculating the Paris Olympics’ carbon footprint

The 2024 Paris Olympics aim to be the greenest edition on record, and the first compatible with the Paris climate agreement. Talk of “green games” goes back to April 2021. At the time, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) had even aspired to carbon neutrality by removing more…

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International Business Times

Let The Games Begin! Rugby, Football Kick Off Paris 2024

Football and Rugby Sevens kick off the sport at the Paris Olympics Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony, featuring a top French star and a huge police presence for Israel's first appearance.

The Independent UK

Surfers, staff and locals make final preparations in Tahiti before the Paris Olympics begin

From wiping out on waves to building homemade speed bumps on local roads, surfers, residents and workers across Tahiti, French Polynesia, are using the final days before the commencement of the Paris Olympics to brace themselves— and the island— for the upcoming surfing competition

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The Guardian - UK

After Tokyo’s Covid Olympics, Paris has been reframed as the Conflict Games

Any relief at moving back to normality has disappeared but at least there will be fans (and no bears) at the Paris Olympics

International Business Times

World Champions Spain, New-look USA Top Olympic Women's Football Billing

A rejuvenated United States team under new coach Emma Hayes are targeting a record-extending fifth women's football gold medal at the Paris Olympics but face stiff competition, not least in the shape of World Cup holders Spain and their all-star line-up.

International Business Times

UK Dressage Star Dujardin Out Of Olympics Over Alleged Horse Mistreatment

British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged allegedly showing her mistreating a horse.

France 24

Macron says he won't name new French government until after the Olympics

France's President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he would maintain the current centrist caretaker government through the end of the Paris Olympics to avoid “disorder”. His remarks came just after the leftist New Popular Front bloc, which won the most seats in parliament during the snap elections this month, finally…

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