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/ 1 month agoEx-world athletics champion Barber attacked on Paris train
Former world heptathlon champion Eunice Barber suffered minor injuries after being punched in the face by a passenger on a Paris...
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/ 1 month agoOlympic flame to burn near Louvre during Paris Games: source
The Olympic flame is set to burn in the Tuileries Garden in front of the Louvre museum for the duration of...
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Olympic Games
/ 1 month agoWorst-case scenario: France rehearses Games anti-terror response
Hiding behind a “Black Wolf”, a state-of-the-art nine-tonne armoured vehicle, a group of armed men in black slowly make their way...
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/ 1 month agoFrance mounts security drill ahead of Olympic torch relay
French police tested their security plans for the Olympic torch relay on Friday, with a multi-layered ring of 100 officers set...
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/ 1 month agoGoggia eyes ski return in July after double leg fracture
Italy’s 2018 Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia, whose season was cut short by a double right leg fracture, said Thursday she...
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Football
/ 1 month agoHosts France get kind Olympic draw as Mbappe uncertainty lingers
Thierry Henry’s France side are firm favourites to progress following a kind group draw for men’s football at the 2024 Olympic...
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/ 1 month agoExtended outdoor bar hours for Paris Olympics anger residents
Several associations representing residents in Paris on Tuesday denounced plans to allow bars and restaurants to keep their outdoor summer terraces...
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/ 1 month agoRussia rages against Olympic chiefs, accuses them of ‘neo-Nazism’
Russia launched a furious tirade at the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday, arguing the IOC’s restrictions on Russian athletes and its criticism...
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Football
/ 2 months agoMbappe presence at Olympics ‘very difficult’, says France coach Deschamps
France coach Didier Deschamps has cast doubt on Kylian Mbappe’s chances of representing his country at this year’s Paris Olympics, saying...
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/ 2 months agoRussia rules out Paris Olympic Games boycott
Russia’s sports minister on Wednesday said Moscow should not boycott the upcoming Paris Olympics despite the severe restrictions on its athletes...