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Conservative pressure group petitions against Pride House at Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Paris 2024

CitizenGO France has attracted over 12,000 signatures to a petition saying "No to a 'Pride House' at

In 2022, CitizenGO France asked French presidential candidates whether they would abolish universal marriage

and "fight against the Islamisation of France".In its appeal for signatures, CitizenGO France claims

artist Minima Geste's role in the Olympic torch relay on Bastille Day, saying, "On top of everything, France


Strike over Olympics bonuses disrupts Paris trains

  • Olympics

management over bonuses for the Olympics this July and August, leading to criticism of union tactics, Agence France-Presse

It's intolerable that a few privileged people are able to take France hostage very, very regularly,"


Mental health, increasingly important among athletes

  • Olympics

mental health is increasingly on the table and institutions are trying to make up for lost time, Agence France-Presse

depression or eating disorders.Leboyer's foundation is currently carrying out a study among athletes in France


Thibus says she is clean, “will be able to return home” for Olympics

  • Fencing

With a “liberated heart” the French Olympic fencer announced that she will compete again after having been provisionally suspended, then cleared for doping and is now eyeing Paris 2024 “relieved and happy.”

aux JO-2024, ont annoncé la fleurettiste et son avocate à l'#AFP pic.twitter.com/AQYqax97jb— Agence France-Presse


World fencing Cups held in Fujairah, Madrid, Plovdiv and Saint-Maur before Paris 2024

  • Fencing

The International Fencing Federation has completed its 2023-2024 Senior World Cup competition season. The four events were held last weekend, from 17 to 19 May 2024.

FIE_fencing) May 19, 2024Korea (gold), Italy (silver), Switzerland (bronze), Canada, Estonia, Poland, France

👏👏#Fencing #FIE #FencingWorldCup #Epee #SaintMaur #Paris #France📸 #BizziTeam/ Andrea Alegni

Neri (ITA, bronze).In the men's team sabre final, the USA (gold), Egypt (silver), Hungary (bronze), France

The final standings in the women's team sabre included Ukraine (gold), Spain (silver) and France (bronze

).Finally, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France, was the venue for the men's épée "Challenge Monal".


Olympic flame to light up the Cannes red carpet

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic flame will be one of the stars of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this Tuesday, just over two months before the thirty-third Olympic Games.

Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, which has been a prominent figure for several weeks and arrived in France

La France des Jeux", by Mickaël Gamrasni, tells the story of France's participation in the Olympic Games


French Interior Ministry fails to respond to banned Russian Olympics volunteers

  • Paris 2024

The French Interior Ministry has remained unresponsive since early May regarding a collective letter from Russian volunteers who were barred from working at the Olympic Games in Paris, Russian news agency TASS has been told.

2024 Paris Olympics), each one given a mission," and had already obtained visas, purchased tickets to France


French sports minister calls out Monaco player’s LGBTQ snub

  • Football

The Ligue 1 initiative to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities was widely celebrated this weekend, but a few footballers, like Mohamed Camara, boycotted the league-mandated goodwill action, a decision Amelie Oudea-Catera deemed “unacceptable'.

LGBTQ rights are still under threat worldwide and France is no different.

that effort has paid off," he added, while praising the LFP as the only professional sports body in France


Torch Relay Stage 12: A multi-sport Day in the Pyrénées - Atlantiques

  • Paris 2024

The torch brought together many people to celebrate this symbolic date in the countdown, from Biarritz to Pau. Tony Estanguet, President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, visited his home region to take part in a collective relay in a kayak and also on a surfboard as athletes and para-athletes shared the torch.

This special occasion was also attended by Pascale Ribes, President of APF France Handicap, which promotes


Slovenian teenager conquers Europe in men's canoe

  • Canoeing

Slovenian teenager Žiga Lin Hočevar won the 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championship title in men's canoe, while Germany's Andrea Herzog did the same in women's canoe.

bronze.Athletes from nine countries, including Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Germany, France


Carl Lewis unveils purple track at the Olympics

  • Paris 2024

The athletics track at the Stade de France is now ready for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will

The Stade de France is more than ready for the Athletics event this summer.

ready, this track will be faaaast ⚡.”Who else than Carl Lewis to unveil our purple track 💜The Stade de France

The beautiful track at the 80,000-seat Stade de France and unveiled this week by iconic Olympian @Carl_Lewis


2024 Judo World Championships Day 1: Gold and silver for Italy

  • Judo

Three new world champions were crowned on the first day of the 2024 Judo world championships held in Abu Dhabi on May 19-23.

defeating Japan’s Kiumi Omori, Brazil’s Larissa Pimenta and Tokyo 2020 runner up Amandine Bouchard from France

Amandine Bouchard (France)3. Mascha Ballhaus (Germany)


Zwolińska and De Gennaro European Kayak Champions

  • Canoeing

Klaudia Zwolińska (POL) and Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA) claimed the individual European Championships titles, while host nation Slovenia took gold in the women's team event and the Czech Republic gold in the men's team event.

Eva Tercelj, Eva Alina Hocevar and Ajda Novak finished 7.27 seconds ahead of France with Camille Prigent

France +7.273. Czech Republic +9.22Men's Kayak Team1. Czech Republic 105.172. Austria +4.353.

France +4.69


Last places for Paris 2024 in 3x3 Basketball decided in Hungary

  • 3x3 basketball

The FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournamentcame to an exciting conclusion with France, Lithuania and Poland

each gender securing the last remaining places for Paris 2024.In the men's tournament, Lithuania and France

qualifying for their first Olympic Games in 3x3 basketball after suffering heartbreaking defeats to France

MEN: Serbia (Ranked), United States (Ranked), China (Ranked), Latvia (UOQT 1), Netherlands (UOQT 2), France

(OQT), Lithuania (OQT), Poland (OQT)WOMEN: China (Ranked), USA (Ranked), France (Ranked), Azerbaijan