Tag: Olympic Games
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…
Talk to the killjoys! – World sports
Anne Hidalgo is fed up! She recently denounced “Olympic bashing”! The Mayor of Paris is not the first high-profile French figure to criticize criticism of the Olympic Games. In a…
police unions fear a deterioration of the social climate
While new calls to demonstrate against the far right have been launched for this weekend, union representatives fear that the police will be faced with a deterioration in the social…
the Paralympic movement told at the Pantheon
“Paralympic Stories”, an exhibition presented as part of the Cultural Olympiad until September 29, highlights the history of the Paralympic movement. 2 mins In the world of parasport, the time…