Visitors to Paris for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics have been warned to expect a significant increase in the price of accommodation during both Games.

over the Games period in July and August 2024.The Hotel Moderne in St Denis, close to the Stade de France

this week in 2024 ©Trivago"Above all it is our location, only ten minutes on foot from the Stade de France

A wooden footbridge has been installed across the A1 motorway between Dugny and Le Bourget in the Seine-Saint-Denis area of Paris to allow pedestrians and cyclists to reach Olympic venues at Paris 2024.

The bridge is to provide a link between the climbing venue at Le Bourget, the Stade de France, aquatic

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opener against Morocco ©Getty ImagesKenza Dali, second from right, combined with  Diani to give France

a two-goal advantage ©Getty ImagesEugénie Le Sommer, right, finished the game with two goals for France

France and Colombia secured qualification to the quarter-finals of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to call for a national holiday for Australia if the nation reaches the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, but has been warned not to "jinx" the progress of the team, known as "The Matildas."

added.Australia beat Denmark 2-0 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals, where they will go on to face France

successful return of Sam Kerr after injury was a morale boost for Australia ©Getty ImagesAustralia beat France

Australia are set to meet France in the quarter-final in Brisbane on Saturday.

Two events in the past week or so have conspired to remind me of the time when I thought I was on the brink of answering one of sport's great unanswered questions.

and I am living in Paris, working as correspondent for a London-based newspaper.It is a heady time: France

Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) chief executive Yiannis Exarchos has predicted that the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics will "truly shine and set new standards." 

in May.Attendees at the World Broadcasters Meeting visited Paris 2024 venues including the Stade de France

 They also inspected the Stade de France and construction work on the Aquatics Centre at Saint-Denis.Delegates

A French Government anti-fraud application is to be translated into English to help visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

times.Some ten per cent of reports of fraud and other consumer problems are now made in this way across France

help Olympic visitors ©DGCCRF"They will be able to find immediate answers, but also contact links in France

British Triathlon has launched an investigation after competitors at the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) complained of sickness after taking part in the swimming phase at the Roker Pier, Sunderland, days after a Paris 2024 test event on River Seine was cancelled due to pollution.

thresholds at all the survey points," the Paris Mayor's sports assistant Pierre Rabadan told Agence France

China captured four more diving gold medals to complete a clean sweep at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Chengdu.

over Poland.Fencing competition also came to a close with Hong Kong winning men’s foil team gold and France

The Swiss Olympic and Paralympic teams will travel to Paris 2024 with TGV Lyria as part of a new sponsorship deal.

The leading rail provider for sustainable mobility between Switzerland and France has become an official

Abu Dhabi will host the 2028 Cycling Road World Championships and the 2029 Track World Championships, the International Cycling Union has announced.

term - President Marc Cavaliero of Switzerland/Italy and four members - Jean-Christophe Breillat of France

European champions England have scraped into the FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-finals after beating Nigeria on penalties before co-hosts Australia also progressed.

Sydney on August 12.Host nation Australia are also scheduled to play on the same day against one of France

Strictly speaking, the exit of the defending champions United States from the FIFA Women’s World Cup currently fizzing away in Australia and New Zealand was down to a matter of millimetres.

captain Harry Kane reacts after failing to score a second penalty - having netted the first - against France

and obvious parallel is the failure of England’s captain Harry Kane to score a second penalty against France

Top-two ranked open tournament players Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura progressed to the fourth round at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, but world blitz champion Bibisara Assaubayeva is out of the women's event.

both of his third round games against Bulgaria's Ivan Cheparinov.Tenth seed Maxime-Vachier Lagrave of France