The Champ de Mars park at the foot of the tower will host judo and wrestling. A tourist poses for a photograph with the Eiffel Tower, adorned with the Olympic rings, in the background. Photo: AFP Reviled by Parisians when it was unveiled in 1889 for the Paris Exhibition world’s fair by engineer Gustave Eiffel, … Read more
Preparations are heating up for the Paris Olympics and some countries, including Canada, are making sure their athletes remain cool during the two-week-long summer sporting event. Team Canada is among several visiting delegations that will be adding air conditioning units because the rooms in the Olympic Village where the athletes will be staying won’t have … Read more
There will be no French fries but plenty of lentils offered to athletes attending the Paris Olympics, with organisers this week unveiling a food selection that combines eco-minded recipes with French gastronomy. The giant 3,300-seat restaurant at the Paris Olympic Village, which will welcome athletes next month, was given its first test run by a … Read more
And fewer spectators, they say, requires little new construction – another significant source of emissions. The coral reef visible beneath the water in Teahupo’o. Building a viewing tower on the reef has met with opposition on the grounds that it could damage marine life. Photo: AP “We actually did the maths,” says Georgina Grenon, director … Read more
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she’ll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron. The Seine is the venue for marathon swimming at the Games and the swimming leg of … Read more
Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said Wednesday. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of Aéroports de Paris, said airlines are being warned in advance about the closure and told they … Read more
All games, including the final, which will be held in Berlin on July 14, will be shown on three giant screens. The fan zone will also feature live music, open-air cinema, football coaching sessions, a zip line and food trucks. Bearing in mind that Munich is home to the world’s most famous beer festival, the … Read more
Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay US$50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week’s move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and … Read more
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the country’s national stadium if the security threat is deemed too high. France is on high security alert ahead of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics, which are expected to draw millions … Read more
In a video posted on TikTok, former Paralympian and Motivational Speaker Stef Reid criticised Nike for using mannequins with running blades to advertise its products but simultaneously refusing to sell single shoes. In the video, watched over four million times, Reid said that while thrilled to see photos of mannequins in Nike stores with running … Read more
