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Duncan Mackay: Make mine a treble. Paris 2024 athletics timetable offers up chance of historic possibilities

  • Inside the Blogs

Publication of the track and field timetable for the Olympics is always a moment when the Games seem to start to become more real as athletes and fans alike begin scrutinising it for the key events to put a circle around.

it is one of the most attractive for several Games.For a start, all the finals inside the Stade de France

first round of the 1500m in the morning on August 2 and then, 10 hours later, return to the Stade de France


NBA plans 2024 regular season match in Paris as ties strengthened with Olympic host city

  • Paris 2024

The National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to hold another regular season match in the French capital Paris in 2024, having strengthened its ties with the Olympic and Paralympic Games host city.

2024 have been relocated to avoid a clash with the Games, including the final stage of the Tour de France

programme and NBA player appearances in the build-up to Paris 2024, initiatives to develop the sport in France

group stage venue has proved controversial ©Getty ImagesMacron hailed the strengthening of ties between France

I am delighted and proud of the NBA’s choice to make France and Paris one of its privileged playgrounds

It reflects the special and long-standing relationship that France has with the NBA."


FIFA says five billion engaged with Qatar 2022 World Cup

  • World Cup

The latest stats released by FIFA has claimed that the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup has set new records in terms of engagement.

Lionel Messi and Argentina lifted the coveted trophy, beating France in the final at the Lusail Stadium

2018 to 3.4 million in 2022 - inside the stadiums was reported by FIFA.The final between Argentina and France

front of 94,194 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.Lionel Messi and Argentina lifted FIFA World Cup, beating France


France show class as main round of IHF Men's World Championship begins

  • Handball

Olympic gold medallists France made a confident start to the main round of the International Handball

– a success rate of 45 per cent.At the other end of the court, Melvin Richardson scored 10 goals as France

France fans celebrate after their team took a big step in their campaign to win the IHF Men's World Championship

for the first time since 2017 ©Getty ImagesGérard revealed that France stepped up their game in the



Cavendish set to be given chance to break Tour de France record after signing for Astana

  • Cycling

Mark Cavendish will this year target setting a record for the number of stage wins in the Tour de France

winner of 34 stages from 1969 to 1975.After winning four stages at the 2021 edition of the Tour de France

Cavendish, in green, equalled the record of Belgium's Eddie Merckx when he won a 34th stage of the Tour de France

ImagesCavendish had won the green jersey, awarded to the first rider in the points classification, at the Tour de France


War in Ukraine affecting Paris 2024 building work, reveals Solideo chief executive

  • Paris 2024

Most of the works required for next year's Olympics and Paralympic Games in Paris will be completed by the end of the year, the head of the company responsible for building the infrastructure has promised, but warned costs will raise due to a series of issues, including the war in Ukraine. 

It's a question for society," he was quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP)."





Superb Spain do Alpine combined double at Lake Placid 2023

  • Lake Placid 2023

Spain starred in today's Alpine skiing combined contests at the Lake Placid 2023 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games as Albert Ortega and Celia Abad snatched victory late on at Whiteface Mountain.

Games with a time of 37:25.3 in the single mixed relay biathlon race.Pauline Machut and Axel Garnier of France


Iceland and Poland bag main round spots at IHF World Championship

  • Handball

Iceland and Poland were the latest teams to qualify for the main round of the International Handball Federation (IHF) World Championship with wins over South Korea and Saudi Arabia, respectively.

points.France won all three games, beating Slovenia 35-31.Nedim Remili in outstanding form for 🇫🇷 France