Workers have blocked activity at the construction site of a Paris 2024 venue as part of calls for their

Reuters.The arena is also scheduled to host Para badminton and Para powerlifting competition during the Paris

against French President Emmanuel Macron's plan to raise the retirement age halted construction at Paris

have claimed they will stay on the site until their demands are met.insidethegames has contacted Paris

2024 for a comment.It is not the first time that strikes by workers have disrupted work at Paris 2024

September 2022, work was also halted on the Olympic Village by a day of strikes across the country in protest

Extinction Rebellion group have spread oil across the entrance of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) to protest

the stadiums".The pathway outside FFR headquarters at Marcoussis (Essonne), some 25 kilometres from Paris

protesters shouted.They waved flares and chanted "Total coupable" (Totally guilty) as they made their protest

highlight the amount of oil produced.Last month, Extinction Rebellion claimed responsibility for a protest

which delayed Coco Gauff's victory over Karolína Muchová by 50 minutes.The group also joined a march to protest

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed the country's interest in staging the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session Opening Ceremony here tonight.

ImagesThe addition of cricket to the Olympic programme at Los Angeles 2028 for the first time since Paris

Tatchell today suggested "if India hosted the 2036 Olympics it would have a zero-tolerance to any form of protest

colleague Pliny Soocoormanee are under "house arrest" in a hotel in Mumbai because they had planned a protest

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has expressed sympathies to the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas on the first day of its meeting here, but was non-committal on the attendance of member-elect Yael Arad.

the Olympics since Helsinki 1952, apart from Moscow 1980 when it joined the United States-boycott in protest

although this could be postponed until the next gathering due to take place before the Olympics in Paris

Airbnb chief executive Brian Chesky has claimed "prices will stay within reason" if more residents in Paris

More than 500,000 visitors to the French capital for Paris 2024 are expected to use Airbnb to find places

French cities and towns including Olympic football and sailing host Marseille have formed a coalition to protest

Mayor Anne Hidalgo ©Getty ImagesChesky claimed that prices on Airbnb for visitors to Paris were subject

We've done surveys that suggest as many as 20 per cent of people in Paris are interested in hosting,"

However, some opposition remains in Paris, including from the residents collective ParisVSBnB.Union of

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been forced to cut its staff by 25 per cent as the results of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine last year by Vladimir Putin, its President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has revealed.

The fact that we have not received an invitation to Paris 2024 does not add joy."

staff are struggling for motivation ©ROCThe country’s participation at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris

Guatemala, currently suspended by the IOC due to governance issues, were the only countries not invited to Paris

Olympic synchronised swimming champion Anastasia Davydova quit her job as secretary general at the ROC in protest

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has launched a campaign to protest against predicted Government

cuts to funding sport before Paris 2024.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has approved an appeal to foreign Governments proposing a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes entering their territory.

prevent Russians and Belarusians from participating in international sports competitions.This comes in protest

Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by the IOC if

Ukrainian Fencing Federation (UFF) President Mikhail Ilyashev has called for the technical delegate at the centre of the handshake controversy to resign over claims that he was influenced by Russia to disqualify Olha Kharlan at the Fencing World Championships.

Kharlan was "in keeping with the Olympic spirit".Although Kharlan has also been assured of a place at Paris

case he acted in his capacity as head of DT of the competitions, during making his decision on the protest

ImagesAfter Kharlan held out her sabre instead of shaking Smirnova’s hand, the Russian fencer launched a protest

My reply was that I just need the protocol as we would like to file the protest and challenge the decision

I also asked to suspend the decision for the period of consideration of our protest and he denied."

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has eased its rules on a post-match greeting between athletes removing the requirement for a handshake after the controversy surrounding the disqualification of Ukraine's Olha Kharlan.

between fencers from the two countries since the Ukrainian Government allowed its athletes to compete in Paris

2024 Olympics qualifiers against Russian and Belarusian neutral athletes.Smirnova launched a protest

an outcry, and the IOC yesterday took the unprecedented step of assuring Kharlan of a place at the Paris

Ukraine's Olha Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympics by the

Championships in Milan, and came after Ukraine's Government lifted a ban on its athletes competing in Paris

International Olympic Committee will allocate an additional quota place to you for the Olympic Games Paris

official Katsiadakis a touch of the sabre would suffice instead of a handshake, but Smirnova launched a protest

yesterday welcomed the Ukrainian Government's decision to allow athletes to compete in qualifiers for Paris

There was anger at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where Ukraine's four-time Olympic medallist Olha Kharlan was removed from the women's sabre competition after refusing a handshake with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova.

and a Russian individual neutral athlete at the FIE Fencing World Championships.Smirnova launched a protest

Government had decreed its athletes could not compete against Russian and Belarusian participants in Paris

A week from now the International University Sport Federation (FISU) World University Summer Games are set to begin in Chinese city Chengdu.

take part.The first officially recognised International University Sports Championships were held in Paris

sport.Although attempts had been made before the First World War, the 1923 University Championships in Paris

International Olympic Committee (IOC) rejection of a bid by Rome to stage the Olympics and partly in protest

problem.Nonetheless France had a burgeoning student sports movement with Jean Petitjean of the Paris

nbsp;Le Monde Illustre.In March 1923, an International University Sports championship to be held in Paris

German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) President Alfons Hölzl has called for the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to retain their ban on competitors from Russia and Belarus when the FIG Executive Committee meets in Lausanne tomorrow. 

postpone a decision on any re-admission until this week, which could determine their participation at the Paris

Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Ukraine boycotted the FIG Congress in Istanbul in protest

The first test event for next year's Olympic Games has begun with an international sailing competition in the southern French city of Marseille.

event which began yesterday, just 18 more participants than the 330 set to feature in sailing during Paris

2024.The test not event is not a complete carbon copy of what is expected during Paris 2024 as there

Paris 2024 is 95 per cent ready on the water and over 80 per cent complete on land, surpassing previous

perimeter exclusion zone to be established, and members of the Nageurs du Prado Collective group staged a protest

2024 is "an excessive undertaking".The protest included banners which read "no to the closure of beaches