French police swoop to thwart attempt to sabotage Paris 2024 Olympics July 24, 2024 French police have detained a Russian man on suspicion of trying to disrupt the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which begin this week. Prosecutors said the 40-year-old was accused of intending to “organise events likely to cause destabilisation” but did not give any further information. It follows warnings that Russia would seek to sabotage the Olympics [...]
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 [...]
Yee: Growth and maturity key to Paris 2024 triathlon gold dream July 23, 2024 “I do feel like I have matured a lot,” Yee said on Tuesday ahead of the men's individual event on 30 July. “I'm really excited to show that.
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.
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 [...]
Paris 2024 firm anti-sex beds leave Olympic athletes stiff July 22, 2024 The so-called anti-sex cardboard beds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Village have left athletes stiff with firm mattresses causing discomfort. Australian water polo player Tilly Kearns said on social media: “This is how night one went on the cardboard beds. “It’s actually rock solid. You can flip them over apparently to a softer side but [...]
Elite athletes transform communities – this Labour government must invest after Paris 2024 July 22, 2024 These are the people you don’t recall when you become an elite athlete. But publicly funding elite athletes, including those at Paris 2024, is good for us all.
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 [...]
UK Athletics chief: London Diamond League will be bigger in 2025 after huge success July 21, 2024 UK Athletics chief Jack Buckner has hailed a successful London Diamond League as Team GB athletes shone ahead of this month’s Olympic Games in Paris. West Ham United’s London Stadium – the central arena of London 2012 – hosted 60,000 fans on Saturday in what was the last major athletics meet before Paris 2024. There [...]
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 [...]