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Athletics-Gold medallists to earn $50,000 at Paris Olympics
LONDON -Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold...
Apr 10, 20241 min read
Soccer-Champions League host nations tighten security after Islamic State threats
PARIS/MADRID - France and Spain will step up security ahead of the Champions League quarter-finals in Madrid and Paris on Tuesday...
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Paris Olympics on track to hit NBC ad sales record after pandemic
As the July opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics draws closer, U.S. broadcaster NBCUniversal is seeing renewed interest from...
Apr 10, 20244 min read
Puma hones focus on speed in Olympic battle with Adidas and Nike
PARIS - German sportswear brand Puma is using this year's Olympic Games and its partnership with sprint champions Jamaica to focus on...
Apr 10, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Chad opposition figure was likely shot at point-blank range, experts say
NAIROBI - A prominent Chadian opposition leader, who was killed in February by government troops, appears to have been shot in the side...
Apr 8, 20245 min read
Soccer-Mbappe sends PSG into French Cup final
PARIS -Kylian Mbappe's strike propelled Paris St Germain into the French Cup final with a comfortable 1-0 win over Stade Rennais on...
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Olympics-Macron says he has no doubt Russia will target Paris Olympics
PARIS -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this...
Apr 4, 20241 min read
France to propose sanctions at EU level on Russian firms spreading disinformation
PARIS -France will propose EU-wide level sanctions on those behind spreading disinformation amid what Paris sees as growing efforts by...
Apr 2, 20241 min read
France to send old armoured vehicles, new missiles to Ukraine
PARIS - France will deliver hundreds of old armoured vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia,...
Mar 31, 20242 min read
France to boost Olympics security with foreign military, police support
PARIS - France has asked about 45 foreign countries to contribute several thousand extra military, police and civilian personnel to...
Mar 29, 20242 min read
Meloni, Le Pen rift mars far right's prospects of wielding EU power
PARIS/ROME - When a French minister compared Italy's nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last year to the leader of the French...
Mar 29, 20246 min read
Olympics - Louis Vuitton makes custom trunks for Paris Games flames, medals
PARIS - The Olympic and Paralympic flames will each travel in a custom-made Louis Vuitton trunk this summer thanks to a sponsorship deal...
Mar 28, 20241 min read
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