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Cash boost for UK Athletics before July Diamond League meeting

  • Athletics

UK Athletics has received up to £150,000 ($188,323/€174,767) to stage the Diamond League next month.

Olympics and Paralympics hosts Paris is set to stage the fourth meeting of the season today, followed

London Stadium cover a "proportion of the projected deficit", with UK Athletics hoping more than 40,000 tickets

great opportunity for the British public to see world class athletics up close just a year out from the Paris


IOC Coordination Commission set to start latest Paris 2024 inspection as more strikes planned

  • Paris 2024

capital of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission to inspect preparations for Paris

what is being thought of as the finishing straight.The IOC Coordination Commission is due to arrive in Paris

to start its inspection tomorrow ©Paris 2024It is understood that the IOC Coordination Commission members

applications.It is expected that the IOC Coordination Commission will be happy with the progress of Paris

2024, with nearly seven million tickets for the Olympics sold so far ©Paris 2024After assembling tomorrow

at the Paris 2024 headquarters, the IOC Coordination Commission members will take part in a plenary


French public show overwhelming support for 2023 Rugby World Cup

  • Rugby Sevens

An independent survey has revealed unprecedented levels of home support for the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC) to be held in France.

A total of 2.5 million tickets have already been sod, making this the best-selling tournament in RWC

history.All publicly-available tickets were sold more than a year ahead of the opening match on September

per cent of all ticketholders will attend matches with family.The Webb Ellis Cup is due to arrive at Paris

member of the defending South African team from 2019.This will be followed by an event at the Monnaie de Paris

design will be unveiled and pressed.There will follow a community event at a school in the northern Paris


IOC never doubted urban sports' Olympic success, says McConnell

  • Latest

International Olympic Committee (IOC) sports director Kit McConnell claims the body was always confident of urban sports' success at the Olympic Games and never thought a "Plan B" would be necessary.

and sport climbing at Tokyo 2020 in its drive to appeal to young people.The inclusion of breaking at Paris

McConnell is expecting a bigger impact for urban sports at Paris 2024, with breaking also due to appear

around Place de la Concorde, with spectators this time and with the huge amount of demand for those tickets


Eurovision winners to perform at Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games Opening Ceremony

  • Kraków 2023

Polish artists Tribbs and Roxy Węgiel are set to perform at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games Opening Ceremony.

Collectors tickets are also available there only until the end of May - for both Ceremonies and all sporting

are on the programme for Kraków-Małopolska 2023, with 19 offering qualification opportunities for the Paris


Paris 2024 official hospitality portal launched by Fortius

  • Paris 2024

A hospitality package with a ticket to watch the men's 100 metres final at the Stade de France has been advertised at €8,500 (£7,500/$9,000) on the official portal launched by Swiss-based company Fortius.

including reception outside the venue.Fortius, which operates from Zurich, has been appointed by Paris

There is a real excitement in our markets about the Olympic Games and the flair and enthusiasm that Paris

priced from €95 (£83/$100) to €150 (£130/$160) depending on the type of ticket.Gold level hospitality tickets

to watch the men's 100 metres final at Paris 2024 are advertised at €8,500 per person ©Getty ImagesPrices


Tickets for Paris 2024 Paralympics to go on sale on October 9

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

Organisers have announced that tickets for the Paris 2024 Paralympics will go on sale on October 9.

More than 500,000 tickets are set to be offered for €15 (£13/$16), with half of all tickets available

Paris 2024 wishes to enable as many people as possible, particularly families, to discover this event

popular elite sports competition," organisers said.Meanwhile, the second phase of ticket sales for the Paris

sessions where Teddy Riner is due to compete sold out during the second phase of ticket sales for the Paris

for the Paris 2024 Olympics have been sold, which organisers say surpasses initial estimates.Ticket



Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony to be policed by over 35,000 with security cordon around free seats

  • Paris 2024

revealed that a force of around 35,000 police is likely to be deployed at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris

Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Olympic Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and Paris

police.A similar number of private security staff are expected to be deployed on the Lower Quays where tickets

).Protection for the dignitaries attending will be undertaken by special forces.Darmanin had joined Paris

2024 President Tony Estanguet, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and Sports and Olympic and Paralympic Minister

The Parade of Nations will cover a distance of six kilometres along the River Seine ©Paris 2024It is


Revised plans set to see 100,000 less spectators have free access to Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony

  • Paris 2024

that she expects around 400,000 spectators to attend the Opening Ceremony of next year’s Olympics in Paris

Oudéa-Castéra revealed the revised figure when questioned over the price of tickets by the Finance Commission

to as high as €2,700 (£2,350/$2,900).Criticism has been levelled at organisers over the high cost of tickets

It is only on the lower platforms that tickets are paid for up to 100,000 people."

be held next week to discuss the Opening Ceremony as the French Government aims to finalise plans ©Paris


Paris 2024 President apologises for ticketing errors on athletics sessions

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has apologised for mistakes in the ticketing process that have angered

A further 1.5 million tickets were made available on May 11 in the second phase of the ballot system,

but criticism has been levelled at Paris 2024 when it emerged that people had been allocated different

Relatives told me that they had bought tickets for a particular discipline, for example the 5,000m, and

©Paris 2024Estanguet dmitted he did not know how many people were affected by the mistake but vowed

Paris 2024 announced earlier this week that one million tickets had been snapped up in the space of 48


Oudéa-Castéra predicting "contagious" impact of breaking at Paris 2024 after FISE effect

  • Breaking

urban sports, and in particular breaking, to spark a sporting revolution among young people at the Paris

Eiffel Tower, highlights the importance placed on the discipline which has already sold all of its tickets

Paris 2024 will like never before honour street sport and for the first time in the Olympics breaking

the sport on its way to Olympic inclusion as it is set to appear at the Games for the first time at Paris

sports while 72 per cent said that these sports gave their city a good image.Urban sports fit in with Paris


Breaking sells out as a million Paris 2024 tickets purchased in 24 hours

  • Paris 2024

Olympic organisers have revealed that over one million tickets have been purchased in the space of 48

hours, leaving 20 sports sold out for Paris 2024, including the new discipline of breaking.

various disciplines of cycling and equestrian sports which are meeting with real popular appeal," a Paris

still remain available in prime events.Tickets for breaking sold out in the second phase of Paris 2024

for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

ticket for the Pont De L’Alma, approximately 1.8 kilometres from the Trocadero is advertised through the Paris

have been put on sale for hospitality areas on the bridges of the Seine during the Opening Ceremony ©Paris


Mike Rowbottom: Slow-breaking news on breaking

  • Inside the Blogs

So I think I understand about breakdancing. That is to say, breaking. Whoops. Showing myself up already.

at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, is coming to the Place de la Concorde next summer at the Paris

They would certainly have spat on us.But I digress.Breaking will make its Olympic debut at the Paris

Olympics.Tony Estanguet, the Paris 2024 President, said at the time that new sports would make the Games

when breaking was trialled at the 2018 Olympic Youth Games in Buenos Aires but will be not do so in Paris

Since the second phase of Paris 2024 sales began on May 11, breakin' tickets have reportedly been flyin


Bahrain, China and young Korean shine at Asian Weightlifting Championships

  • Weightlifting

Gor Minasyan was in record-breaking form to claim the super-heavyweight title and another two continental records on the final day of the Asian Weightlifting Championships here in Jinju.

Minasyan is second in the Paris 2024 rankings behind the Georgian world record holder Lasha Talakhadze

ninth straight victory in the women’s super-heavyweights, and there was significant movement in the Paris

lifts and looked capable of plenty more.The finishing order here will now be the one-two-three in the Paris

They are all welcome and I will provide them free accommodation and $1,000 (£803/€918) for their air tickets