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Olympic chief confident for LA Games despite World Cup ‘challenges
Olympic chief Kirsty Coventry said on Wednesday she was confident for the successful hosting of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles despite what she described...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoMacron will swim in Seine but ‘not necessarily’ before Olympics
Emmanuel Macron still plans to swim in the River Seine as promised but “not necessarily” before the Paris Olympic Games which...
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/ 2 years agoFirst competitors enter Paris Olympics athletes’ village
The athletes’ village for the Paris Olympics and Paralympics officially opened and welcomed its first inhabitants on Thursday. The village to...
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/ 2 years ago1.2 million tickets left for Paris Olympics: organisers
Organisers of the Paris Olympics said Wednesday that there were still 1.2 million tickets left for the Games, mostly for football,...
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Olympic Games
/ 2 years agoGianluca Chetcuti, Sasha Gatt to carry Maltese flag at Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony
Shooter Gianluca Chetcuti and swimmer Sasha Gatt have been selected as Malta’s flag bearers during the Opening Ceremony of the Paris...
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/ 2 years agoSeine fit for swimming most of past 12 days, Paris says ahead of Olympics
The Seine has been clean enough to swim for most of the past 12 days, Paris city hall said Friday, just...
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/ 2 years agoRecord 8.6 million tickets sold for Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics already has one gold medal in the bag before it begins with 8.6 million tickets sold — a...
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Athletics
/ 2 years agoInjured Kenyan marathon star Kosgei pulls out of Olympics
Kenya’s former marathon world record holder and Olympic silver medallist Brigid Kosgei has pulled out of the Paris Olympics because of...
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Football
/ 2 years agoLacazette, Olise headline French men’s Olympic football squad
Thierry Henry included veteran Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette and new Bayern Munich signing Michael Olise in his 18-man squad announced on...
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/ 2 years agoOnly 16 Russians take up Paris Olympic places
Only 16 Russians and 17 Belarusians have accepted invitations to compete under a neutral banner at the Paris Olympics, according to...
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/ 2 years agoTaliban don’t recognise women on Afghan Olympic team: sport official
Afghanistan’s Taliban government does not recognise the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this...
