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Let the Games begin! There’s a rush of excitement for Team GB at Paris 2024 July 25, 2024 The bookies appear to have keyed their odds off the Gracenote forecasts, with a few tweaks. The over/under odds on France golds is currently struck at 24.5; Team GB are at 16.5.
Majority of Brits back idea of Labour extending £77m per year package for Team GB to have shot at Olympic Games success July 25, 2024 Two thirds of Brits back government funding being used to propel Team GB athletes to gold medals at Paris 2024. Exclusive polling shared with City A.M. shows that 67 per cent of Brits support continued state funding for athletes. That’s lower than the likes of Indonesia (91 per cent), Ireland (75 per cent) and Australia [...]
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 [...]
Canal+: Meet the Paddington and Back to Black producer set to give the City a boost July 24, 2024 Vincent Bolloré, the French media tycoon, has decided that Canal+, the television business of his Paris-based conglomerate Vivendi would be best off listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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 [...]