Australian tycoon Aron D’Souza wants to organize the controversial Enhanced Games, a competition that still has no date or location, which sets out to test the limits of the human body by allowing performance-enhancing drugs
Body-shaming against female Olympians and other sportswomen is rife. Water polo player Paula Leitón is the latest to be subjected to intense physical scrutiny
The instrument, reserved for gold medalists to sound at the Stade de France, has become a symbol of victory ahead of its installation in the renovated Notre-Dame cathedral
A number of Caribbean countries achieved extraordinary results, considering their size and GDP, while France has once again proved the ‘host effect’
Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen has gone viral at the Paris Games, not for winning a medal, but rather for his love of a chocolate treat
The planet’s most Parisian lodgings turns 100 years old amid the world’s biggest sporting event and has been sold out for months. Refuge for the powerful, its well-earned fame as a secure place with good hot chocolate has attracted guests such as David Beckham and Woody Allen
The head of the event defends the management of the International Olympic Committee in past years, and speaks of a new approach to designating the host cities of the future
Major sporting events, such as the 1936 Games, served the Reich as loudspeakers for National Socialism, as documented by an exhibition on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
The resurrection of the waitering race after a 13-year hiatus is part of Paris’ efforts to bask in the Olympic spotlight and put its best foot forward for its first Summer Games in 100 years
The limits on athletes from the two countries are stricter than those detailed by the International Olympic Committee for the Paris Games that open one month earlier
Organizers had planned a grandiose opening ceremony July 26 for 600,000 people, most watching free of charge. But security and logistical concerns have led the government to progressively scale back ambitions
A polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each medal. The pieces were cut from girders and other bits that were swapped out of the Eiffel Tower during renovations and stored for safekeeping
More than 54% of the votes cast in the low-turnout election supported the measure to triple parking fees for large SUV drivers from out of town to 18 euros ($19.50) per hour
The giant show on the River Seine on July 26 will mark the first time that an opening ceremony is held outside of a usual stadium setting
Paris is celebrating 10 years under her command, between the dream of sustainability and the very expensive reality of trying to achieve it
The 2024 Olympic Games will hardly change the French capital, but they might transform the outskirts of the city, an area marked by unrest, poverty and exclusion, but also by youth and dynamism
The European championships next year were expected to be key opportunities for Russia to qualify gymnasts for the few remaining places at the Paris Olympics
More than 70 nongovernmental organizations issued a letter Monday to Paris regional authorities warning of a risk of ‘social cleansing’
The finale of cycling’s marquee race will leave Paris for the first time since 1905, with the last stage taking place on the French Riviera because of a clash with next year’s Olympics
French police searched the Paris Olympic organizing committee headquarters in June as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the event
Pioneering mothers are showing that it is possible to breastfeed and be competitive. They include French judo star Clarisse Agbégnénou
‘We are ready,’ says the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo, a year ahead of an event that should portray a united France
Uncertainty dogged the Tokyo Games in 2021 during the COVID-19 outbreak and chaotic organization plagued the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Officials from many of the sports on the Olympic program are still split on how to treat Russian athletes one year before the Paris Games
The acrobatic team event is physical with flips and throws and swimmers diving off the shoulders of teammates below
Tuesday’s search and other related raids were linked to two preliminary investigations related to the Olympics that had not previously been made public, according to an official with the financial prosecutor’s office
The first Olympic mascot that is political, red, sexual and feminist has arrived to represent the Paris 2024 Games
They approved a bill that would legalize the temporary use of so-called intelligent surveillance systems to safeguard the Paris Games and Paralympics
Organizers are planning to install a water-cooling system under the Athletes Village like the one that has helped the Louvre Museum cope with the sweltering heat that broke records last year
The governing body of European soccer said Tuesday that a scheme has been set up to reimburse all 19,618 tickets purchased by Liverpool fans