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IPC launches promotional film to mark 100 days until Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

One hundred days from today, Monday 20 May, the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released a film addressing the romantic stereotypes of what some people think the Paralympics represent versus the brutal reality of high-performance sport.

GETTY IMAGESFurther slogans from Team France ahead of the Games express its state of mind - "Look the

proud like never before".With tickets priced at 15 euros for Para athletics events in the Stade de France


Tadej Pogacar continues to dominate Giro d'Italia on all terrains

  • Cycling

Tadej Pogacar strengthened his grip on the Maglia Rosa in the second week of his debut Giro d'Italia, taking three minutes out of his rivals on Sunday's Queen stage finishing in Livigno. The Slovenian now has four stage wins and leads Geraint Thomas by well over six minutes.

Aiming to become the first man since Marco Pantani to win the Giro and the Tour de France in the same

#GirodItalia pic.twitter.com/823nw06B5U— Giro d'Italia (@giroditalia) May 19, 2024Two-time Tour de France

The Belgian made his Tour de France debut last year, but one bad day denied him the chance to win.




Alise Willoughby and Joris Daudet regain BMX racing world titles

  • Cycling

USA's Alise Willoughby and France's Joris Daudet both claimed third BMX racing world titles in Rock Hill, South Carolina to earn their country's quota spots at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

The tournament was held mainly in Europe, with visits to Turkey, the Netherlands and France, and only


Torch Relay Stage 10: Flame heats up 'Little Tuscany'

  • Olympics

Now 10 days in the running across France’s roads, the Olympic Torch Relay passed through the Gers department, a rugby hotbed that celebrated the participation of 7-a-side player Paulin Riva, national star Anthony Jelonch and pioneer Odette Desprats, who lit the Cauldron at the Mouzon sports complex.

centre in the region.Antoine Dupont and Grégory Alldritt played for FC Auch, one of the oldest clubs in France

torchbearers.The Torch Relay continues its intense and emotional journey since arriving in mainland France



Paris Olympics organisers deny beds for athletes are 'anti-sex'

  • Olympics

They may be made of cardboard, but the beds at the athletes' village for this year's Paris Olympics have been chosen for their environmental credentials, not to prevent competitors from having sex, organisers said.

Agence France-Presse reported Saturday that the organisers’ clarification came after fresh reports that


Macron's pleas for Olympic truce suffer double rejection

  • Olympics

A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

Xi and Macron also discussed China's continued support for Putin, amid repeated calls from France for


Ukraine's sports minister insists "there are no neutral athletes"

  • Olympics

In an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Matwij Bidny again made clear his country’s stance on Russians being allowed to compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics, with an emphatic “no” and also looked ahead to the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament in Germany.

But we believe in our colleagues in France and Germany.


Paris 2024 Pride House - a legacy for more inclusive sport

  • Paris 2024

Pride House at Paris 2024 will be a place full of life and celebration during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer at the Peniche Rosa Bonheur on the Seine.

and the Seine, Yasmine Camara, Special Delegate for the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the Ile de France