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British anti-drone tech and sniffer dogs boost Olympic security

  • Paris 2024

UK Royal Air Force anti-drone technology and sniffer dogs have been handpicked by French authorities to support security operations at the Paris Olympic Games. The “unprecedented” operation is three times as big as the London Olympics in 2012. 

security forces and soldiers during the Games.British anti-drone tech and sniffer dogs picked by France

de parer à diverses situations, notamment sur la Seine.▶️ #JT20H pic.twitter.com/1GDmpab0Ar— Info France


LeBron James will be US flag bearer for Paris Games

  • Paris 2024

LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar and all-time NBA leading scorer, is set to chase his third Olympic gold medal. Having previously secured titles in 2008 and 2012, James aims to add another Olympic triumph to his illustrious career.

porte-drapeau des USA pour la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO 2024 à Paris 🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/gkM6z9NUpL— LeBron France


Paris 2024: Key tools and tips for spectators

  • Paris 2024

Less than a week remains until the opening ceremony of the Games kicks off, and there are a series of essential tools and key information for all spectators attending the Olympic hub from July 26 onwards.

including the Spectator Guide, emails, and the official Paris 2024 website.External view from the Stade de France


Enhanced Games: James Magnussen's fear- his sperm count

  • Non-Olympic Sports

For a fit athlete such as Australian swimmer James Magnussen, the idea of subjecting his body to the physical strain and doping allowed by the new Enhanced Games initiative is not something that worries him.

necromechanimal)But researchers who have studied the effects of performance-enhancing drugs told Agence France-Presse


French MP's comments on Israel cause controversy

  • Paris 2024

Thomas Portes, of La France Insoumise, said that Israeli athletes "are not welcome" at the Paris Olympics

all over the world and the Olympics are no exception, a French parliamentarian, Thomas Portes of La France

special security arrangements.Yonathan Arfi, head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France

His party, La France Insoumise, was one of the left-wing parties that united in the recent legislative


Tadej Pogacar wins third Tour with historic display

  • Cycling

Tadej Pogacar not only won the 2024 Tour de France on Sunday, adding a third overall title to his 2020

The 25-year-old won the final day's time trial in Nice, where this unique Tour de France ended with different

overall in his first Grand Boucle.Pogacar dominated, winning six stages in this edition of the Tour de France

This feat has not been achieved since Marco Pantani in 1998.2024 Tour de France Podium: Pogacar, Vingegaard

He took the overall lead on a descent on the fourth day as the race crossed the Alps from Italy to France

 Tadej Pogačar wins his third Tour de France 🏆🏆🏆After his 2020 and 2021 victories, the Slovenian


Basketball: Australia narrowly edge France in pre-Games win

  • Basketball

Les Bleus were able to avoid an early Australian run by taking a lead before the break, but once again, the Boomers achieved a dramatic last-second win (82-83), leaving the home side with four straight losses before the competition starts.

France, a silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Games, does not appear to be in very good shape heading into

Colo on an inbound pass, easily breaking free to score a comfortable layup.Giddey and Mills against France


"Paris and France are ready," say Tony Estanguet and Emmanuel Macron

  • Paris 2024

While France President Emmanuel Macron has since spoken ahead of the Games.

GETTY IMAGESEmmanuel Macron also believes France is ready to host the Games.

We have always tried to keep the level of ambition as high as possible so that these Games will make France

Yonathan Arfi, head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (Crif), told X that

France Unbowed (LFI) MP Thomas Portes was "putting a target on Israeli athletes' backs".The exchange


Olympic hockey: A legacy of excellence

  • Paris 2024

With one of the largest fan bases and most active player bases in the world, hockey has been an integral part of the Olympic Games for more than a century, and Paris 2024 will mark the 25th Olympic Games with hockey, informed the International Hockey Federation (FIH).

Belgium, France, South Africa and Chile have continued to thrive, while the likes of India and Great


Torch Relay Stage 63: A great experience in the Val-de-Marne

  • Paris 2024

This particularly exciting week for the Olympic Torch Relay came to am end in the Val-de-Marne. In this region, which combines urban areas and natural sites, it was taken from Orly airport to Créteil, via Vincennes and Vitry-sur-Seine.

covers over 234 hectares and brings together 1,400 companies supplying professionals from all over France

collective relay to highlight all those involved in making handball a dynamic discipline throughout France


Tayyab Ikram: “Hockey stars ready to shine in Paris!”

  • Hockey

With just a few days to go before the start of the hockey tournaments at the Olympic Games, the International Federation interviewed its president, Tayyab Ikram, about the exciting atmosphere surrounding the sport. Ikram assured that everything is in place for a spectacular and well organised event.

With the Summer Games returning to Paris 100 years after the last edition in France, and with the FIH's


Sports and politics don't mix: Raz Hershko ready for Paris

  • Judo

Israeli judoka Raz Hershko is hoping for another podium finish at the Paris Olympics. The Israeli not only captured the bronze at the Tokyo Olympics but headlines as well, when she and Saudi fighter Tahani Al-Qahtani shook hands after their match. 

Paris, Israel has qualified an athlete in every single women’s weight category in judo, something only France


The World Muaythai Demonstration Team to perform in Paris

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The Muaythai World Demonstration Team is back in full swing for the Olympic Games. International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) has promoted the Art of 8 Limbs at the Rio 2016 Olympics and continued this promotion at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. Although the Tokyo 2020 Olympics saw a pause due to the pandemic, the Demonstration Team will be back in Paris.

Muaythai, featuring athletes from Thailand, the motherland, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics, France

These athletes will perform at tvarious prestigious venues from the Olympic House to Club France, Baan


Neo-Nazi suspected of targeting Olympic torch sentenced

  • Latest

A French alleged neo-Nazi sympathiser was sentenced to two years in prison after making threats online and was suspected of targeting the Olympic torch relay, authorities said Saturday.

a stage, evidently, of the torch relay.”The relay is nearing the end of its months-long trip around France