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Australians seek funding for Olympic qualifier in breaking

  • Breaking

The Australian Breaking Association has warned that unless sponsors can be found for Olympic qualifying event for the Oceania, its breakdancers might miss out on the debut of the sport at Paris 2024.

honour," Lariba said.Breaking at the Paris 2024 Games is set for August 9 and August 10, 2024 at the Place

de la Concorde.


IOC never doubted urban sports' Olympic success, says McConnell

  • Latest

International Olympic Committee (IOC) sports director Kit McConnell claims the body was always confident of urban sports' success at the Olympic Games and never thought a "Plan B" would be necessary.

time.Unlike in Tokyo, fans will be present at the events and with the majority of urban sports located at the Place

de la Concorde.

 Los Angeles 2028 is also predicted to strengthen urban sports place at the Olympics."

Having an even stronger concentration around Place de la Concorde, with spectators this time and with


Paris 2024 official hospitality portal launched by Fortius

  • Paris 2024

A hospitality package with a ticket to watch the men's 100 metres final at the Stade de France has been

716 different offers displayed on the Fortius site with packages for events throughout the Olympics.A place

at the opening day of skateboarding at the Place de la Concorde on July 27 with the "Silver" level of


Exclusive: FISE Montpellier organisers confident that Paris 2024 will be "gamechanger"

  • Paris 2024

FISE Montpellier organisers Hurricane are confident that next year's Olympic Games in Paris will push the urban sports event towards unprecedented levels of growth.

sports will increase because a lot of people will discover urban sports because of the Games and the Place

de la Concorde venue – one of the best and nicest venues in the city."


Oudéa-Castéra predicting "contagious" impact of breaking at Paris 2024 after FISE effect

  • Breaking

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra is expecting urban sports, and in particular breaking, to spark a sporting revolution among young people at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and has credited FISE Montpellier for its role in promoting them.

former tennis player is relishing breaking's Olympic debut next year when it takes to the the capital's Place

de la Concorde.The organiser's placement of the sport in the heart of the city, under the gaze of the

 "It will give youth the desire to participate"When the national anthem is played on the Concorde

while remaining free for fans.This makes it the third biggest free event in France behind the Tour de


Mike Rowbottom: Slow-breaking news on breaking

  • Inside the Blogs

So I think I understand about breakdancing. That is to say, breaking. Whoops. Showing myself up already.

de la Concorde next summer at the Paris 2024 Games ©Getty ImagesI first settled on the fact that it

He details popular styles which vary from place to place - "uprock" in Brooklyn, "locking" in Los Angeles

edition Piotr Nurowski Best European Young Athlete prize.Chilled Moet awaited at the venue in the Bois de

ebullient movement.Somewhere in the ritual was a code which determined how long each individual tour de

de la Concorde, is going to be rockin'…


David Owen: Zizou, chocolate Citroëns and chess - my baptism into the world of mega-events

  • Inside the Blogs

Can it really be 25 years since the France 1998 World Cup, my baptism into the mad, magnificent world of sports mega-events?

I had a top-floor flat near Place de la Concorde at the time, and my first memory of the tournament proper

*But once the Glasgow Rangers striker Gordon Durie had kicked the competition off in the new Stade de

Marie-George Buffet, added for good measure: "Those who do not use public transport to get to the Stade de

la Pâtisserie.

12 per cent of the population.Once the action had started, a highlight of sorts for me was taking my place


Israel awarded first FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Israel has been awarded the first Universality International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Paris 2024 set to be played next year.

Olympic basketball tournaments at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.The winner of each category is set to earn a place

After its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, 3x3 basketball is set to be played on the Place de la Concorde

at Paris 2024 ©Getty ImagesMen's and women's basketball events are set to be played on the Place de

la Concorde from July 30 to August 5, each featuring eight teams.Unlike most sports, hosts France are

not assured of a qualification place in 3x3 basketball for Paris 2024, with only one of its men's or


Energy-saving electrical power terminals to be installed in time for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Electricity company Enedis is installing electrical terminals across Paris prior to the city's hosting of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in what is described as a "true illustration of the legacy" of the events.

event organised by university students in the capital.Another two terminals are being installed at the Place

de la Concorde and the remaining three are planned for the Champ de Mars.View this post on InstagramA

post shared by Enedis (@enedis.officiel)The Place de la Concorde is due to host skateboarding, cycling

CO2, the company states.The terminals are also set to be used at the Rugby World Cup, which is taking place


Paris 2024 reveals flotilla of boats signed up for historic Opening Ceremony along Seine

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 has advanced its proposal for the historic Olympic Games Opening Ceremony along the Seine, with 42 river companies committed to its ambitious plans.

Paris/Navy and Company, Bateaux de Paris et d'Ile-de-France, Bateaux Mouches, Bateaux Parisiens, Batobus

la Seine/Vedettes de la Seine, Compagnie des Bateaux à Roue, Croisieurope, Diamant Bleu, Fleuve Concept

la Seine, Un Bateau à Paris, Vedettes de Paris Ile-de-France, Vedettes du Pont-Neuf, Weboat, and Yachts

the first Olympic Games Opening Ceremony held outside a stadium.The Closing Ceremony is due to take place

August 28 at the Place de la Concorde.


With 500 days to go until Paralympic Games open at Paris 2024, IPC hoping for another event that will leave behind a better country

  • The Big Read

With 500 days to go today until the start of next year's Paralympic Games in Paris, the International Paralympics Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has described the Games Organising Committee as "even more revolutionary than we are."

Olympic counterpart, outdoors and in an iconic setting.While the Olympic Opening Ceremony will take place

free, the Paralympic version is due to involve a parade of athletes down the Champs-Élysées to the Place

de la Concorde, where the main ceremonial action will take place.With 500 days To go until the start

de la Concorde ©Getty ImagesRegarding the collaboration so far, Estanguet echoed Parsons’ sentiments

de la Concorde, the show and the celebration of the opening for the rest of the spectators, is for us


Event village for Rugby World Cup 2023 in Paris to open later this year

  • Rugby Sevens

With the Rugby World Cup 2023 set to take place in Paris later this year, an event village dedicated

to rugby is due to open on the Place de la Concorde.

said Rabadan.The Stade de France will host the Opening Ceremony and the final of the Rugby World Cup

2023 ©Getty Images"It is essential for us to offer Parisians, but also all visitors and fans, a place

International Wheelchair Rugby Cup, which will be organised in France for the first time, and is set to take place

the third time France is hosting the Rugby World Cup 2023, and the first since 2007.It is set to take place

from September 8 to October 28, with the Opening Ceremony and the final taking place at the Stade de


Paris 2024 announces Olympic and Paralympic test event programme

  • Paris 2024

Paris 2024 organisers have announced a programme of Olympic and Paralympic test events between July 2023 and June 2024.

Elancourt Hill on September 24.The final test event, due to be held from May 4 to 5 2024, is set to take place

Getty ImagesFinally twelve operational test events are being organised by Paris 2024, with these taking place

Concorde and Chateau de Versailles, with the latter designed to help with familiarisation of the equestrian

la Chapelle Arena in March, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome in April, Chateau de Versailles

in May and Le Bourget, Paris La Defense Arena and Stade de France in June.


Paris 2024 vows to deliver "celebration" at Paralympics with "strong legacy"

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has reaffirmed its commitment to the Paralympic integration strategy with the goal of making next year's Paralympic Games "a great moment of celebration that leaves a strong legacy for the inclusion of people with disabilities".

fencing and Para taekwondo, plans for an Opening Ceremony from the foot of the Champs-Elysées to the Place

de la Concorde and a record 300 hours of coverage on public broadcaster France Télévisions.To support

the integration strategy with a combined French national team, the inaugural Paralympic Day at the Place

de la Bastille in October last year, and a Paralympic mascot with a running blade.Paris 2024 is working


Estanguet says "fantastic" breaking ticket sales justify its Paris 2024 debut

  • Paris 2024

Tony Estanguet, the Paris 2024 President, has highlighted the early success of ticket sales for breaking, which will make its Olympic debut at the Games.

Breaking will be held at the Place de la Concorde at Paris 2024 ©Getty ImagesBreaking, which is set to

take place at the Place de la Concorde, was one of a number of sports to sell out within a week of the

the ranking event to determine progress to next year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series, has taken place

Japan.Kazakhstan's Amir Zakirov and China's Liu Qingyi were the respective men's and women's winners.Rio de