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Olympics-Flame arrives in Marseille amid tight security
MARSEILLE, France - The Olympic flame landed on French soil amid tight security on Wednesday, firing the starting gun on a summer...
May 9, 20243 min read
Olympics-Elite French tactical unit hopes for peaceful Paris Games
PARIS - Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris...
May 8, 20242 min read
Olympics-Giant reservoir ready for service as Paris 2024 Games loom
PARIS - Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Thursday inaugurated a colossal storage basin that will help reduce the risks of pollution in the...
May 2, 20242 min read
Olympics-No joke as Kid Karam eyes breaking new ground in Paris
PARIS - Weeks before his eighth birthday, Karam Singh joked about becoming a break dancer while watching a Justin Timberlake video and,...
Apr 30, 20242 min read
Olympics-Riverboat captain can't wait for Paris 2024 opening ceremony
PARIS - Khalid Driouech can't wait - the 60-year-old Seine riverboat captain is one of 94 set to transport the 10,500 Olympic athletes...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Olympics-Surfer Moore braced for Teahupo'o swansong
NEW YORK - Olympic champion Carissa Moore hopes Teahupo'o, the infamous Tahitian break where this year's Paris Games will hold its...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
VILLEPINTE, France - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024...
Apr 28, 20245 min read
Tennis-Tunisia's Echargui gets chance to realise Olympic dream
LONDON - As a tennis-mad teenager growing up near Tunis it was always Moez Echargui's dream to play at Roland Garros but having entered...
Apr 28, 20243 min read
Olympics-NZ great Adams hopes other sports follow athletics' prize money plan
BENGALURU - World Athletics' decision to reward Olympic champions with cash prizes is a sign of progress and can spur other global...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Olympics-Canadian Olympic Committee joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) has become the first national Olympic committee to join the Swiss-based Centre for Sport and Human...
Apr 28, 20241 min read
Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics flame sets sail for France in final relay leg
ATHENS - The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of...
Apr 28, 20242 min read
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch...
Apr 27, 20241 min read
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