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United States, France and Japan name taekwondo teams for Chengdu 2021

  • Chengdu 2021

The United States and Japan, respectively fifth and sixth in the taekwondo medals table at the last International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games in Naples four years ago, have named their team for Chengdu 2021.

has released the list of selected athletes for the Baku 2023 Taekwondo World Championships, reported France-Guyane

Among the athletes is Lyve-Stone CÉLIN from French Guiana, who will also represent France in taekwondo


France take six golds at home JJIF Grand Prix in Paris

  • Ju-jitsu

France topped the medals table at their home Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) Grand Prix in Paris

🗼🇫🇷📷France Jujitsu/T.Albisetti & P.Rabouin#FranceJujitsu2023 pic.twitter.com/N9d8YgNKR6— France



Details of Paris 2024 Torch Relay set to be revealed in June on Olympic Day

  • Paris 2024

The detailed route of the Olympic Torch for Paris 2024 is set to be unveiled in June at the Sorbonne in Paris, the very place where the revival of the Olympic Games was agreed in 1894.

Coubertin.The Paris 2024 route is expected to take in communities in more than 60 departments across France

designer Mathieu Lehanneur.The Relay will "offer a unique opportunity to shine spotlight on the regions of France

Olympics of 1948.It had been taken from Greece to Italy and then overland through Europe passing through France

the Amerigo Vespucci carried it from Greece to Italy before the Rome Olympics.When it was brought to France

French soil at Orly Airport in Paris.The French capital was also the starting point for the Relay across France


Timetable

  • Budapest 2023 Sponsored Section

The 19th World Athletics Championships is due to take place in Budapest over nine days of competition, from August 19 to 27, in the 35,000-capacity National Athletics Centre that has been newly built on the banks of the River Danube. 

finished on the podium with him in Tokyo two years ago and Oregon last year - China's Zhu Yaming and France-based

21.25 CETIn between winning the decathlon world title in 2017 and regaining it in 2022, Kevin Mayer of France


Paris Saint-Germain apply to take over key Paris 2024 venue Stade de France

  • Paris 2024

Saint-Germain have reportedly applied to take over Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics main venue the Stade de France

to expire in July 2025.The French Government is seeking applications to buy or manage the Stade de France

 (AFP) reported that PSG's plans should they acquire the Stade de France would include bringing

Parc des Princes home remained the club's "plan number one, two and three, and buying the Stade de France

which would require the club to purchase the stadium.Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo told state-owned Radio France

©Getty ImagesThe Stade de France is reportedly valued at around €600 million (£530 million/$661 million


Macron promises urgent pre-Paris 2024 action on accessibility at national conference on disabilities

  • Paris 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron, hosting a national conference on disabilities at the Elysees Palace, has conceded failures and slow progress and promised action for France’s 12 million people with disabilities, with initiatives set to be put in place before Paris 2024.

timeline, are to be worked out before the summer.Meanwhile people with disabilities have protested in France

and assisted him on the stairs in navigating the gap between platform and train.Sene works for APF France

This month, an arm of the Council of Europe, the continent’s foremost human rights body, found France



SNCF becomes official supporter of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The French Railways Company (SNCF) has become the latest official supporter of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

sponsored the Paris Olympic bid.They will also sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup, scheduled to take place in France

in September and October this year.Previously, they backed the tournament when it was held in France


Russia call for Seoul Sabre Grand Prix to lose Olympic points as Ukraine file lawsuit against FIE

  • Fencing

The Russian Fencing Federation (FFR) has called for Olympic qualification points to be stripped from the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabre Grand Prix in Seoul after claiming that "bureaucratic delays" have led athletes from Russia being denied the chance to compete.

Belarusians has sparked a backlash with Fencing World Cups cancelled by organisers in Poland, Germany and France


Safety fears must take precedence in Russia decision for Paris 2024, insists Ukrainian Minister at PACE hearing

  • Paris 2024

Ukraine’s Deputy Sports Minister Andriy Chesnokov has claimed that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to open the door to Russian and Belarusian athletes based on allegations of human rights violations is "unjustified" and insisted that concerns over public safety should take precedence.

In February a group of 35 nations, including Paris 2024 hosts France, urged the IOC to provide greater

France recognises and respects the autonomy of the sports movement and, where the Olympic and Paralympic


Belgian Serré elected as new President of Badminton Europe

  • Badminton

Belgium’s Sven Serré has been elected as the new President of Badminton Europe (BEC), replacing Joao Matos, who had been Acting President since September 2022.

BWF Council member Étienne Thobois, about preparations for next year’s Olympics.Thobois represented France


Technology chiefs predict cyberattack increase at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 technology director Bruno Marie-Rose has warned that the war in Ukraine has made an increase in cyberattacks on the Olympic networks more likely.

The war in Ukraine is accompanied by a cyberwar," Marie-Rose told Agence France Presse."


David Owen: Can Paris 2024 seal a deal with world’s wealthiest man?

  • Inside the Blogs

Last week brought confirmation that Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), the French luxury goods behemoth, is in talks about a sponsorship contract with Paris 2024.

’s 75 "distinguished Houses" produce so many of the things conventionally thought of as the best of France