Polish sport climber Marcin Dzienski has been unveiled as the latest ambassador for the 2017 World Games in Wrocław.

Dzienski, who won the speed world title in Paris last year, has been nicknamed the "Usain Bolt of sport

the event, which is expected to attract around 4,000 athletes from 100 nations worldwide, comes after tickets

Bernard Giudicelli has been elected to replace Jean Gachassin as the President of the French Tennis Federation (FFT).

another term as FFT President in 2015, remains the subject of an enquiry concerning claims he helped sell tickets

Slams, for five times more than their price.It is claimed the ex-FFT head ceded between 250 and 700 tickets

including overseeing the implementation of redevelopment plans at Roland Garros, which will be used if Paris

work is due to take place between 2018 and 2020, meaning it should comfortably be ready in time for Paris

Never mind the politics; never mind the terrorist threat still hanging over Paris; never mind disconcerting

rate of 85 per cent – says half of tickets will be priced at less than $55 (£44/€51).

It will have more than a million athletics tickets to sell at a projected average of $214 (£171/€200)

Angeles has set itself the demanding target of matching London by selling 97 per cent of available tickets

Ceremony at two venues should see it raise well over $100 million (£80 million/€93.5 million) from tickets

The average price of Opening Ceremony tickets for the LA Stadium is $1,783.02 (£1,423.17/€1,666.20);

Los Angeles 2024 have vowed to ensure 100 per cent of spectators travelling to venues will arrive on public transport or Games-related transport systems should they secure the hosting rights for the Olympics and Paralympics.

volumes of traffic across the city, which is locked in a three-way battle for the 2024 Games alongside Paris

“With 12 million tickets available at a variety of prices, all Angelenos will be able to afford tickets

“Approximately 25 per cent of all Olympic competition tickets are priced below $50 (£40/€46), with the

The Bid Committee also believe they have a ready-made target audience and database for tickets due to

are at dining halls and locate their next shuttle bus.Athletes would also be given two complimentary tickets

Paris have promised that 13 million tickets will cost no more than €15 (£13/$16) if they are awarded

Files.French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is among senior figures expected to attend.Fifty per cent of tickets

animation is due to be lit on the Eiffel Tower in order to coincide with the milestone.The official Paris

strapline” will also be launched.Cazeneuve will be joined by other high-profile politicians including Paris

pic.twitter.com/ZbQuIUloCM— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) February 1, 2017Paris 2024 co bid leader Bernard

of leading French athletes.These include France's two-time Olympic champion judoka and chair of the Paris

his country's hosting of the men's World Handball Championships has highlighted the credentials of Paris

Omeyer, a member of the Paris 2024 Athletes' Commission, was between the posts as France beat Norway

of France’s ability to deliver incredible events and will serve to further unite the country behind Paris

France defended their world title on home soil ©Paris 2024Paris organisers claim that the Championships

cities in France - boasted attendances that beat "the most optimistic expectations".Nearly 540,000 tickets

 Tony Estanguet, the co-chairman of Paris 2024 and a triple canoeing Olympic champion, said

As my colleague David Owen has already made clear, sport has provided many golden moments to light-up a largely bleak 2016. 

"How can 88 per cent of tickets have been sold but only half the seats in the stadium be filled?"

By the end, it was "How can we trust anything you say about tickets?"

year should be the race for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics between Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris

Los Angeles 2024 have today revealed a proposed budget of $5.3 billion (£4.2 billion/€5 billion) should they be successful with their bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which they claim is a "balanced and realistic" figure.

billion (£1.1 billion/€1.3 billion) in income.Should Los Angeles succeed with its bid, 8.4 million tickets

Budapest and Paris are also bidding for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.The IOC will elect its chosen

A further 250 seats for co-hosts Germany’s opening match of the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) men's World Championship have been made available today as organisers enter the next phase of ticket sales for the event.

Latvia, Denmark and Italy in Group A of the event, which is being jointly hosted by French capital Paris

well, organisers have confirmed, with 3,000 remaining for the clash with Russia on May 8.Around 4,500 tickets

two host cities, while the final stages will be in Cologne.The two venues offer a total of 886,000 tickets

to a close on May 16.Bronze and gold medal games take place in the German city on May 21.Group B in Paris

hosting 30 games, including two quarter-finals.The cities of Cologne and Paris are interlinked by the

Is this new age of comparative austerity killing off the signature, knock-‘em-dead, Bird’s Nest-style Olympic stadium?

plenty of places where football fans watch their teams from the far side of a running track.But with tickets

for.The recently-published second installment of the respective candidature files of Los Angeles and Paris

use well-established venues for track and field should they win the right to host the 2024 Games.In Paris

I turned to the expected venue funding and development table, I was surprised to see that - unlike Paris

A temporary ice hockey rink will be installed on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower in Paris to allow

open from mid-December until mid-February of next year, will be located 57 metres above the city of Paris

mid-December 2016 and mid-February 2017 ©Getty ImagesIt has also been revealed that 30 per cent of tickets

available for the event, which is being co-hosted by Paris and Cologne in Germany, have already been

two host cities, while the final stages will be in Cologne.The two venues offer a total of 886,000 tickets

will host 30 games, including two quarter-finals.The cities of Cologne and Paris are interlinked by

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú will once again be the star attraction when the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup continues tomorrow with the opening day of the sixth leg at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha.

2016 Olympic Games, arrives in Qatar’s capital having dominated the first five legs of the series in Paris-Chartres

opportunity to witness this incredible competition taking place on their doorstep and to get their tickets

Odd, isn’t it, how the Olympics are the worst/best thing in the world?

Olympics appeared to have soaked up all the cash from the joint Games budget, and only 12 per cent of tickets

original contenders for the 2024 Summer Games, Hamburg and now Rome have withdrawn, leaving Budapest, Paris

on the 2024 ambitions, the contrast to another dynamic, dark-haired female Mayor - Anne Hidalgo of Paris

Hidalgo has been a massive supporter of the Paris 2024 bid, which fits perfectly into her vision of regenerating

Eiffel Tower in 2024, and preparations were being made for next week’s expected formal confirmation by Paris

Ireland captain Niamh Briggs has helped to launch ticket sales for the semi-finals and final of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2017.

$19/€17) for adults and £45 ($59/€52) for families.Semi-finals day will take place on August 22, with tickets

family ticket including two adults and two children.Ireland are guaranteed to play on both days, with tickets

as the reigning champions, after beating Canada 21-9 in the 2014 final, held at Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris

Sixty years ago, the city of Melbourne was making ready for the Olympics. It was the first time they had been staged in the Southern Hemisphere, but this sporting gathering did not include equestrian events.

These included Rio de Janeiro.Stockholm polled 25 votes ahead of Paris with 10.

It ran for less than two months, but still yielded 183,546 Swedish crowns.By the 1955 session in Paris

the ticket sales so far and the prevailing trend in this respect it is, however, to be feared that tickets