Tag: Olympic Games
2024 Olympics: Tommie Smith’s raised fist, 56 years later
1968, Olympic Games in Mexico. African-American Tommie Smith wins the gold medal in the 200 meters. And, in front of the cameras of the whole world, lowering his head, he…
From Koumassi to the Paris Games, the fabulous destiny of Cheick Cissé and Ruth Gbagbi
Behind football, which has shone brightly since the CAN won in February, taekwondo is the second most popular sport in Côte d’Ivoire. Nearly 64,000 Ivorians practice it today, and many…
in Egypt, football is king, weightlifting is queen
Queen of Africa of football with a record record at the CAN for its national team, Egypt once enjoyed acclaim in weightlifting. A love which is rooted in the history…
Tunisian Ons Jabeur will not compete in the 2024 Olympics
Present in 2012, 2016 and 2021, Ons Jabeur will not be in Paris this summer for the 2024 Olympic Games. The tenniswoman announced, Monday June 17, that she prefers to…
rehearsal of the opening ceremony on the Seine with around fifty boats
In France, the Paris Olympic Games are approaching. This Monday morning, a new rehearsal for the opening ceremony took place on the Seine, with 55 boats for an almost life-size…
Ethiopia and Kenya impose their supremacy on long-distance races
If the sprint is dominated by the United States and Jamaica, the long-distance races are under the control of two nations from the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia and Kenya monopolize…
“I think I will not participate in the Olympics,” says Kylian Mbappé
The captain of the French team Kylian Mbappé definitively closed the door to participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Sunday June 16, on the eve of the Blues’ debut…
JO and Coubertin: the anti-glory of my father?
This summer, the Olympics are coming home! The “father” of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, was French and Parisian… However, a very controversial figure hides under the baron’s…
the list of candidates and flag bearers of the French delegation
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) revealed, Thursday June 13, the 18 candidates to be flag bearers for the Blues at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic (14…
African sport: couch hell?
An often mocked phenomenon, superstition in sport is very widespread. Spells, washings and voodoo rituals of disenchantment occupy the lives of all African athletes. But why are there so few…