Tag: Olympic Games
How did we end up using a table to play ping pong?
My first stage is sport explained to children. Here, we answer all their questions, we decipher the rules, we tell the stories of great athletes, we learn everything about sport.…
The Olympic Games, a glass ceiling for Malagasy athletes?
Home straight for a number of athletes who still hope to reach the minimum requirements to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In Madagascar, judo and weightlifting are on track…
Sarah Daninthe, former fencer on duty for women’s rights
Editor-in-chief of the RFI morning show on the occasion of International Women’s Day this Friday, March 8, Sarah Daninthe flourished in fencing, including an Olympic medal in Athens in 2004.…
the Olympic Paris of Mauritian Julien Paul
Georges Julien Paul, 28, was the only African representative in the men’s singles badminton tournament at the Tokyo Games. Three years later, after a serious injury and serious hesitation, the…
from initial promises to reality on the ground
Since the attribution of the 2024 Olympics to the French capital, the promises presented in the city’s candidacy file have sometimes had to be reviewed, or even completely abandoned. From…
Darmanin particularly attentive to threats coming from the sky
Some 326,000 spectators will be admitted to the banks of the Seine for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. A first in the history of games which also raises…
The mysteries of the Paris 2024 Olympic poster
The poster for the Paris 2024 Olympics is the work of artist Ugo Gattoni. It’s packed with detail, but it’s hard to make sense of it all. The poster is…
Paris and sport in turmoil on official posters
The suspense is over, the official posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have just been revealed. It is a diptych, in other words a poster in two…
Paris and sport in turmoil on official posters
The suspense is over, the official posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have just been revealed. It is a diptych, in other words a poster in two…
Olympic Games and geopolitics! – World sports
Between the war in Ukraine, which began almost two years ago to the day, and the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Paris Games will not take place in a…