Tag: JO 2024
2024 Olympics: it’s (almost) underway!
The competitions are starting in Paris, but not only! A few days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games, footballers and rugby players are taking to the track. We…
Rugby 7s Blues stall against USA before facing Uruguay
The French rugby 7s team kicked off the French Olympics by drawing with the United States (12-12) on Wednesday, July 24 at the Stade de France. They will need to…
Paris now looks like an Olympic city
With two days to go until the Paris 2024 ceremony, the French capital is now the centre of the sporting world for two weeks of competition. After the disappointment of…
Patrick Boucheron, co-author of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games: “an imaginary parade”
Patrick Boucheron, professor at the Collège de France, is RFI’s Grand International Guest. Co-author of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, notably with Leïla Slimani, he looks…
The Seine launches into the water
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the opening ceremony will not be held in a stadium but in the open air. For several years, the…
Guinea, Mali, Egypt and Morocco dream of football gold
After Nigeria in 1996 and Cameroon in 2000, can Africa believe in a new Olympic football title this year in Paris? The representatives, Guinea, Mali, Egypt and Morocco, never medallists,…
2024 Olympics: Noah Lyles, from a difficult childhood to an athletics “showman”
He is one of the announced stars of the Paris Olympic Games, and Noah Lyles intends to take advantage of these Games to fully assume his status as the new…
Olympic Solidarity Athletes Qualify for 2024 Olympics
Initially, there were 12 athletes on Olympic Solidarity scholarships. Five of them, from Niger, Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Tanzania, finally qualified for the Paris Olympic Games. For two years, this unique…
2024 Olympics: Kenya’s rugby 7s team hopes to win a medal to become professional
This Wednesday, July 24, is the opening of the rugby 7s competition at the Paris Olympic Games. One of the African hopes in the men’s category is the Kenyan team,…
2024 Olympics: 3 days before the opening ceremony, the athletes arrive in Paris
With three days to go until the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, it is time for the athletes to arrive in Paris. The approximately 200 participating delegations are currently…