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French Alps and Nice are surprise favourites to host Winter Olympics
The IOC’s decision came at the expense of bids from Switzerland and Sweden, and another leading candidate in Japan withdrew…
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Europe
Seine River events scrapped again, renewing doubts over Paris Olympics plan
High levels of water pollution in the Seine River caused two swimming events to be cancelled over the weekend, after…
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Europe
![Roland-Garros Olympics venue: ‘Everything is pretty much ready’](https://s.france24.com/media/display/4b086e36-2bab-11ee-9631-005056bf30b7/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"PARIS%202024","hash":"19c4f891cec7d4e07e138a0d05d9b9ae26ead77c4780a1aef487093daa355eae","title":"'Everything%20is%20pretty%20much%20ready'%20at%20Roland-Garros","id":"5535ce5c-cd7e-11ed-854c-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20230726_130150_130457_CS.jpg "Roland-Garros Olympics venue: ‘Everything is pretty much ready’")
Roland-Garros Olympics venue: ‘Everything is pretty much ready’
Issued on: 26/07/2023 – 13:55Modified: 26/07/2023 – 16:50 03:07 © France 24 “From what we’ve heard from organisers here everything…
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Europe
![One-year countdown to war-clouded games: Russia and Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics invitees](https://s.france24.com/media/display/844f67c6-2be2-11ee-b662-005056a90284/w:1280/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"EN","program":"","cartouche":"OLYMPIC%20GAMES","hash":"6f3a482ced86041f4f506f8b8936b90aee8a5140cf133cec3074f6663b8a55fb","title":"Russia%20and%20Belarus%20omitted%20from%20invitees","id":"25aba80c-45fb-11ec-90e2-005056bf30b7"}/EN_20230726_200719_201640_CS.jpg "One-year countdown to war-clouded games: Russia and Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics invitees")
One-year countdown to war-clouded games: Russia and Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics invitees
Issued on: 26/07/2023 – 20:30Modified: 26/07/2023 – 20:36 09:20 © france24 The Ancient Olympic Games originates of course from Greece,…
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Europe
Paris 2024 Olympic Village: A welcome makeover of Seine-Saint-Denis?
France – With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games a year away, construction for the Village that will host some 14,000…
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Europe
From Marseille to Martinique: Paris Olympics torch relay to traverse land, sea
The organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics announced the route of the torch relay on Friday, hoping to spark positive…
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Europe
France unveils security plan for Olympics opening ceremony in central Paris
The 2024 summer Olympics in Paris will mark the first time an opening ceremony has not been held inside a stadium – instead, the extravaganza will unfold along…
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Europe
Athletes slam Paris 2024 Olympics over exorbitant ticket prices
Issued on: 22/05/2023 – 19:27 Athletes have joined the clamour of criticism at the high cost of tickets for the…
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News
Olympic ticket sales for Paris Games gets off to rocky start
PARIS — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and “egalitarian” access to events, thanks to an…
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