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Africa is anticipating the first-ever Youth Olympic Games to be hosted on the continent in 2026, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Rescheduled to take place between October 31 and November 13, 2026, the proposed event is set to bring…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be moved from the Seine to the national stadium in the event of a security threat. Macron said in an interview that instead of the…

Less than three and a half months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Games, the Olympic flame will be lit on Tuesday in Ancient Olympia, Greece, to begin a journey that will take it from the Acropolis to French Polynesia before arriving…

Taekwondo Canada national team member Josipa Kafadar earned a spot on Canada's Olympic taekwondo team at the Pan American qualifying tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Kafadar competed in the women's -49kg division and…

World Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games. The global governing body said a total prize pot of $2.4m (£1.9m) has been made available for this summer's…

The production of medals for the Paris Olympics is still on schedule, the French national mint has confirmed, despite protests and work stoppages in the French capital. Paris has been the scene of several protests in recent months ahead…

President of the French Republic inaugurated the Seine-Saint-Denis Olympic Aquatics Centre in the city of Saint-Denis, next to the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, which was built specifically for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. …

Carlos Alcaraz says he was made to feel like a "13-year-old" by Grigor Dimitrov after being beaten in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. Bulgarian Dimitrov won 6-2 6-4 to set up a last-four meeting with Germany's fourth seed…

Until recently, the figure quoted for the public cost of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was three billion euros, but Pierre Moscovici, the first president of the Court of Auditors, has admitted that the bill will rise. Speaking on France…

Attack on a Moscow concert hall that left at least 139 people dead and more than 182 injured has raised fresh security fears for the Paris Olympics, prompting France's interior minister to pledge on Monday that police and intelligence…

The French government raised its terror alert to the highest level on Sunday in response to last Friday's attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow that killed 137 people. "In response to the claim of responsibility for the…

Plans for celebration in Paris are in jeopardy after US Olympic officials warned on Thursday that appeals could delay the awarding of medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, following Russia's disqualification for doping. After two…

Bahrain Olympic Committee, with the support of Dallah Company and in partnership with the French Embassy in Bahrain, successfully organised a global relay race. The Bahrain Olympic Committee hosted a global relay race, staged at Doha…

At Tokyo 2020, there was a €24,000 difference between the prize money awarded to Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists in Spain. For Paris 2024, this difference will be eliminated. Both will receive the same prize money for each medal…

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) will not boycott this year's Paris Olympics, its president has said. The move comes despite despite the restrictions imposed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on its athletes as a result of the…

The Olympic Flame will be lit on in ancient Olympia on 16 April, marking the start of a journey that will culminate in Paris on 26 July for the official opening of the thirty-third modern Olympic Games. The Paris 2024 Olympic flame…

Now set for September in Russia. At the Olympics: win a medal. Friendship Games: win, get paid. The number one complaint athletes have about the Olympic movement is that they can't make money. Meet the International Olympic…

Olympic flame will firstly be carried through Greece and will arrive in Athens for the Handover Ceremony with a delegation from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee at the Panathenaic Stadium on Friday 26 April at 17:30 CEST. Following…

Like athletes around the globe who are preparing for the upcoming Olympic Games, Paris 2024 is diligently working towards reaching peak performance this summer. With the Organising Committee refining planning and midway through final…

Twenty-six French lawmakers have called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Israel from competing in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris over the conflict in Gaza. In a letter to the president of the International…