France, Olympic Games
Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games
ATHENS, Greece -- The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896.
Securing The Paris Olympic Games
As the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics fast approaches, organisers are immersed in intense preparations on the cyber front.
How ready is Paris to hold the 2024 Olympic Games?
It’s Paris, ready to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in less than 100 days in the French capital. The games begin on July 26, with the men’s and women’s football and rugby games kicking off two days before, with the Paralympic Games to follow from August 28 until September 8.
This Paris suburb gets a facelift amid controversy ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games
Paris won the bid to host this summer’s Olympics, in part, on a promise to rejuvenate one of the country’s most notorious suburbs: Seine-Saint-Denis. But not all residents are sure the transformation will work.
20 Movies Set in Paris to Get You Ready for the 2024 Olympic Games
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Lantern carrying 2024 Olympic flame sets sail from Greece for France
A lantern carrying the 2024 Olympic flame set sail from Greece for France on a 19th century sailing ship on Saturday.
Greece hands over Olympic Flame to Paris 2024 Games organizers
Greece handed over the Olympic flame to Paris 2024 Summer Games organizers following a ceremony in Athens on Friday, which will then depart the Greek capital by water and arrive in Marseille on May 8 to begin a weeks-long torch relay across France.
Paris 2024 Olympic flame begins journey to France
The three-masted ship set sail from Greece's largest port 90 days before the opening ceremony of the Games on July 26.In addition, French organizers are eager that the Olympics will inspire and help "engage more youth in sport,
Olympic flame sets sail for France
The flame that will symbolically preside over the 2024 Olympics in Paris is underway to France— by sea. It was handed to the Paris Games organizers on Friday in a ceremony at Athens' Panathenaic stadium,
Paris Games could save Olympic movement, if it can overcome looming threats
The Paris Games promise to reinvigorate an Olympic movement that has long languished, but external dangers and controversies ...
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Paris, Ahead of Olympic Games, Reels After Jewish Woman Reports a Rape by a Man Seeking To ‘Avenge Palestine’
French authorities arrest a man suspected of having kidnapped, raped, and threatened to kill a Jewish woman at Gennevilliers, ...
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Official Paris 2024 branded products now available for Chinese fans on Tmall’s Olympic Store
Worldwide Olympic Partner Alibaba has announced that Olympic fans in China can now access official Paris 2024 branded ...
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Beatriz Ferreira Moves To 5-0 As A Pro, Guarantees Olympic Gold in Paris
Beatriz Ferreira is used to winning. Ferreira spent years traveling the world and fighting the very best during a long, hard ...
Greece Hands Olympic Flame To 2024 Paris Games Hosts
Greece on Friday handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers in a ceremony at the Athens marble ...
Paris will face major disruption ahead of Olympic Games opening ceremony, says police chief
Paris will face major disruption ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony along the Seine on July 26, as organisers ramp up ...
Basketball Hall of Fame: Enshrinement ceremony moved to October because of 2024 Paris Olympic Games
T he Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday that the enshrinement ceremony will be moved to Oct. 12-13 to ...