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Judo Grand Slam Antalya Day 3: France - three gold medals on final day

  • Judo

France had one silver and two bronze medals on the first two days of the 2024 Judo Grand Slam in Antalya

Japan top the medals table with two golds ahead of France.

 Madeleine Malonga (France) celebrating her victory in the women's 78 kg category.

Madeleine Malonga (France).2. Alina Boehm (Germany).3. Zhenzhao Ma (China).3.

Julia Tolofua (France).2. Xin Su (China).3. Kayra Ozdemir (Turkey).3.

Teddy Riner (France).2. Tatsuru Saito (Japan).3. Erik Abramov (Germany).3.


Judo Grand Slam Antalya Day 1: Japan with three golds as Abes dominate on tatami

  • Judo

Japan and Canada were the two countries to win gold medals on the first day of the Judo Grand Slam Antalya 2024. Another gold medal was won by an individual neutral athlete.

IJFIn the -60 kg category, Olympic bronze medallist Luka Mkheidze (France) was outclassed by Ayub Bliev

France is close behind with one silver and two bronze medals.Results from Day 1 of the 2024 Judo Grand

Faiza Mokdar (France)Podium of the men's 60 kg category. IJFMen’s 60 kg1.

Luka Mkheidze (France)3. Salih Yildiz (Türkiye)3. Emiel Jaring (Netherlands)Men’s -66 kg1.

Walide Khyar (France)


Hong Kong to host WBSC Baseball5 World Cup 2024

  • Baseball and Softball

The Baseball Association of Hong Kong in China will host the 12-team tournament, the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced. The event will be held at the Central Harbourfront Event Space.

Baseball5 World Cup, two from Africa, Tunisia, and South Africa, and two from Europe, Lithuania and France


IBSA, World Abilitysport and Virtus join forces for the benefit of Para athletes

  • Paralympics

The International Blind Sports Federation, World Abilitysport and Virtus are working on a new collaboration to help Para athletes around the world by sharing resources and knowledge.

drawn for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Football 5-a-side tournament.Group A🇯🇵 Japan🇧🇷 Brazil🇫🇷 France


More than 1,000 athletes at the Ju Jitsu European Youth and Junior Championships

  • Ju-jitsu

The Romanian city of Pitesti is getting ready to host the 2024 Ju Jitsu European Championships U16, U18 and U21, which will take place from 4 to 7 April.

Last year at the European Championships in Verquin, France, there were 870 athletes from 27 federations.As

France will be represented with 117 athletes.These three countries and Israel are the favourites to top

France came third with 12-17-31.  


The Hellenic Olympic Committee's reward for dual status: Olympian and student

  • Olympics

Athletes who have already qualified for Paris 2024 and have also completed their university studies received their awards last week. The project is funded by the European Union.

in Athens on 26 April 2024, where the journey through Greece will end and the rest of the journey to France

Greece and France are united by close ties of cooperation and solidarity.


Paris 2024 Organising Committee payroll dispute

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024's payroll has increased by more than a hundred million euros since the bid was submitted, reaching 584 million euros, the Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (COJOP) announced on Wednesday.

imbalance".In its documentary "Complément d'enquête" ("Supplementary Inquiry") broadcast on Thursday, France

 Speaking to France Inter on Tuesday, he suggested that the cost could rise to four or five billion


Foreign military to boost security for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Several countries will send military personnel to France to bolster security for the Olympic Games in

by the French Ministry of Defence.Some countries, including Poland, will send military personnel to France

March 28, 2024Germany announced in March that it would send an unspecified number of police officers to France

In early January, France asked "46 foreign partners" for "around 2,185 reinforcements for its internal

security forces", the French interior ministry told AFP.During the last Rugby World Cup in France, 160

plots had been foiled this year.Security personnel keep watch from the catwalk at the Rugby World Cup France


Multiple falls increase cyclists' anxiety

  • Cycling

Cycling has become so demanding and fast these days that accidents are on the increase. Last month eight riders broke their bones in different races. Van Aert's hard fall last Wednesday, which left him with a broken collarbone, ribs and sternum, raises doubts about whether cyclists should wear safety gear like skiers.

race, has ruled Wout Van Aert out of Sunday's Tour of Flanders.Last week was a record-breaking one; in France

That says it all".Jan Bakelants, former wearer of the Tour de France yellow jersey and current commentator


Paris 2024 transport will force Parisians to reinvent themselves

  • Paris 2024

A saturated public transport system, such as is expected during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will affect the habits of Parisians. They will have to change their routines and travel in different ways. Telecommuting will be an alternative for those who can afford it.

This statement by Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, which includes Paris, caused

Running from the city centre to the working-class districts of Seine-Saint-Denis and the Stade de France


Paris 2024: French cyber security chief braces for all kinds of attacks

  • Paris 2024

The head of France's cyber defence, Vincent Strubel, has warned that the Paris Olympics are a 'target' and that they are preparing for all kinds of attacks.

the French National Agency for Cyber Security (ANSSI), comes amid tense diplomatic relations between France


Beach Handball is coming to Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Beach handball will make its debut at the Paris Summer Games, showcasing the sport's global stars in an exhibition event. The discipline has been growing steadily and was officially included in the Youth Olympic Games in 2018.

handball players (32 men, 32 women) from 18 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, France

be of mixed nationality, while the fourth team in each competition will represent the host nation, France

Handball Showcase" is part of a wider series of celebrations in Créteil, in the Val-de-Marne region of France


Outrage outside Paris over relocation of migrants

  • Paris 2024

Mayors from rural France and small towns are increasingly angry about the transfer of migrants from the

The relocation of migrants from Paris has outraged mayors from rural France, especially from small towns

 Serge Grouard, the right-wing mayor of Orleans in central France, complained on Monday that up

deputy mayor of Strasbourg, told AFP when asked about a regional facility near her city in eastern France

GETTY IMAGESIn January, the mayor of Lavaur, a small town near Toulouse in south-west France, issued

He also argued that refugees could help achieve a 'demographic transition' in rural and small-town France


The Seine-Saint-Denis legacy after Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Paris' Olympic bid aimed to rejuvenate an area characterised by diverse immigration and the youngest population in the country, with a significant proportion - 1.6 million of inhabitants - living below the poverty line. Paris 2024 also wants to leave a legacy in Seine-Saint-Denis.

France wants to use the Olympics to revitalise Seine-Saint-Denis and change its image from a crime-ridden

2022 Champions League final, when football fans were attacked and robbed on their way to the Stade de France

new pedestrian and cycle bridge is being built over the Saint-Denis canal to connect to the Stade de France