Olympic Games

A number of Caribbean countries achieved extraordinary results, considering their size and GDP, while France has once again proved the ‘host effect’

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

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

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