Tag: Olympics
Can the Olympics be green?
In 417 days, the 33rd Olympiad will begin in Paris. Olympic Games announced as “historic for the climate”. The project is, indeed, ambitious: to reduce the carbon footprint by half…
Special Olympics Stratford and Area back in full swing after pandemic breaks
News Local News Following a turbulent few years during the COVID-19 pandemic including a full shutdown of programming before a cautious return to in-person sports in the summer of 2021,…
Dominique Hervieu: “All the arts will be welcomed” for the cultural program of the 2024 Olympics
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will not happen without the artists. The world of culture is already busy to be part of the party. From this summer until July 2024,…
The president of the French Olympic Committee resigns at 14 months from the Paris Olympics
The president of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) Brigitte Henriques, elected in June 2021, resigned Thursday, May 25 from her post, a coup de theater in full general assembly fourteen…
Paris 2024 Olympics: how many spectators will there be for the opening ceremony?
400,000, 500,000 or 600,000? The vagueness persists around the number of spectators at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held on the Seine on July…
These trains from the 1970s will be put back into service without even being renovated for the Paris Olympics
The complete renovation of the old MI84 trains of the RER B will not take place for the 2024 Olympics. A scandal for the users of this dilapidated Ile-de-France line.…
The date of the start of the school year disrupted by the 2024 Olympics?
Next year, the 2024-2025 school year could well be postponed by a week due to the Summer Olympics. The Higher Education Committee must decide on May 17. Back to school…
Increased support for the Olympics in Sweden
Sweden did not receive the Winter Olympics in 2026 due to insufficient support from the Swedish people. Now that the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) is conducting a preliminary investigation to…
The 2024 Paris Olympics are already attracting scammers. Some take advantage of the event to sell real and fake tickets at exorbitant prices on fraudulent sites. Be careful not to get tricked!
The 2024 Paris Olympics are already attracting scammers. Some take advantage of the event to sell real and fake tickets at exorbitant prices on fraudulent sites. Be careful not to…
Paris Olympics: the rebirth of 14Trévise, the cradle of basketball
Paris, December 1894, behind the carriage entrance at 14, rue de Trévise, a dozen young people listen to their American sports teacher suggest a new game, invented two years earlier…