Paris 2024 adverts: The best and worst Olympics commercials July 24, 2024 As the sports advertising world attempts to catch its breath after the highs and lows of the Euros, the Olympics and Paralympics have other ideas, with Paris 2024 welcoming the world’s best athletes and the world’s biggest brands for a month of sporting excellence. Whilst every brand and his dog tried to tap into authentic [...]
Video of Charlotte Dujardin ends Paris 2024 Olympic dressage dream July 23, 2024 A medal at the Paris Games, where she was entered into the solo and team dressage competitions, would have taken into a solo lead for medals held by a female Brit.
Andy Murray confirms worst kept secret in tennis as he arrives at Paris Olympics July 23, 2024 The three-time Grand Slam winner won gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 and had long hinted that this Games would represent his swansong.
Explainer: Why has an iron curtain been erected in central Paris? July 23, 2024 Olympic security has barricaded central Paris off to all but a few residents who must show QR codes to get through armed checkpoints It’s like a crime scene. Metal fences have been erected, paths cleared and restaurants lie empty. The barricades are being likened to an iron curtain and – in a level of security [...]
There’s nothing like the Olympics. Paris 2024 will prove that again July 21, 2024 The Olympics is a bastion of patriotism and memories of a childhood well spent; despite growing up and coming to terms with the politicisation of it, says Deputy Sports Editor Matt Hardy. Being asked about early sporting memories often leaves a sense of complete and utter embarrassment. Now 24, I don’t vividly remember the 2003 [...]
Paris 2024: France, elections, Olympics and a hostile mood July 18, 2024 When the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Paris in 2017 there was a huge sense of anticipation and pride across France. Fast forward to today and the mood appears to be very different. In the lead up to major sporting events there is always a degree of trepidation around operational [...]
Rublev and others should be banned from Paris 2024 Olympics over pro-Russia stances, say Global Rights Compliance July 18, 2024 Olympics chiefs have been urged to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes – including tennis stars Andrey Rublev and Mirra Andreeva – from Paris 2024 after they were accused of violating rules for “neutral” competitors. The International Olympic Committee is allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete under a neutral banner at the Games, which [...]
Zharnel Hughes: Team GB sprinters like me, Azu and Hinchcliffe can win medals at Paris 2024 Olympics July 17, 2024 In just 17 days’ time British sprinter Zharnel Hughes will hope to be one of eight men lining up for the biggest race of all: the Olympic 100m final in the Stade de France, Paris. It is the showpiece of the Games, where legends such as Usain Bolt, Jesse Owens and Linford Christie darted into [...]
Paris 2024: Which events are there still tickets for at the Olympics? July 16, 2024 With the Paris 2024 Olympics just over a week away fans are still, incredibly, able to get their hands on hundreds of tickets. Some are for the biggest events while others are for lesser supported sports. Here at City A.M. we have broken where the value is, and where can you get bang for your [...]
Team GB athletics star out to ease selcction guilt with medal at Paris 2024 Olympics July 16, 2024 The 30-year-old thought his dream of a second Olympic appearance was over when a muscle tear in his calf ruled him out of the UK Athletics Championships.