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France tops medal table at Gangwon 2024 after day one

  • Gangwon 2024

Ten gold medals were won on the first day of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, with France

France took two medals with Maja-Li Iafrate Danielsson in second place, 2.77 seconds behind the winner


Pre-Olympic South American tournament kicks off with two places for Paris

  • Summer Olympics

This Saturday sees the start of the Pre-Olympic Football Tournament in Venezuela, which will determine the two spots reserved for CONMEBOL at Paris 2024. Brazil must secure their place if they are to defend their title, while Argentina must qualify if they are to see Messi at the Olympics.

has already been snapped up by Real Madrid, and Colombian striker Oscar Cortés, who plays for Lens in France


France investigates tax breaks in PSG's Neymar transfer

  • Football

France's finance and economy ministries were raided earlier this week as part of an investigation into the 2017 transfer of Brazilian football superstar Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain, according to AFP.

years of messages with him found on Mr Ribes's phone.French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, at the France

in particular.At the time, the minister publicly "welcomed the taxes Neymar would be able to pay in France


Benzema sues French interior minister for defamation

  • Football

After the Ballon d'Or winner posted on his social media that he was "sending all my prayers to the inhabitants of Gaza", French Minister Gérald Darmanin accused the French international of having "notorious links" with the "Muslim Brotherhood".

this view, they point to gestures such as his refusal to sing the national anthem when playing for France


Paris 2024 will mobilise nearly 20,000 military personnel

  • Paris 2024

Almost 20,000 military personnel will be mobilised during the Olympic Games in Paris (26 July - 11 August). This was announced on Tuesday by Pierre Schill, Chief of Staff of the French Army, at a press conference in Metz.

 The level of security is unprecedented in France for the Olympic Games, which run from 26 July

private security guards will be deployed.French soldiers at the Anti-Drone Operations Centre ahead of the France


At least 15 countries in traditional taekwondo training camp

  • Taekwondo

The Mexican city of San Luis Potosí will host one of the largest traditional mass taekwondo events - the CAR La Loma training camp - from 24-31 March.

Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Chile, France


UAE debut at Winter Youth Olympics in South Korea

  • Youth Olympics

Snowboarder Amina AlMehairi, who will compete in snowboard slopestyle, and alpine skier Alex Striedger, who will compete in alpine skiing, complete the delegation representing the UAE at its first Winter Youth Olympic Games.

qualifying and improving their performances at European competitions and camps in Switzerland, Austria, France


Paris 2024 has selected its Torchbearers!

  • Paris 2024

After announcing the first Torchbearers, the Team Relay captains, Paris 2024 has had good news for the majority - 80% - of the 11,000 people who will have the unique experience of carrying the Torch on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay.

board the three-mast ship Belem on 8 May 2024, will mark the start of the Torchbearers' journey across France

selected as part of the Club Paris 2024 campaign: Benjamin, a 43-year-old musician who has cycled across France

By carrying the Olympic Flame and the Paralympic  Flames through the streets of France, the Torchbearers

We look forward to seeing you on the streets of France to share this fabulous adventure together!"



Volleyball changes at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) has announced that national teams participating in Paris 2024 will have the option to include an additional player as a reserve. The total roster will now consist of 13 players, with the reserve only able to play in exceptional circumstances.

Volleyball:France (host), Germany, Brazil, United States, Japan, Poland, and Canada.Women's Volleyball: France


Running a marathon at -55°C!

  • Athletics

Only those who have completed a marathon know how difficult it is to run 42,195 metres, the legendary distance that inspired the Greek messenger Pheidippides when he ran from Marathon to Athens in 480 BC to bring news of a key event in the Battle of Marathon.

 Yakutia is the coldest place in the world, a region six times the size of France or Spain, but


Pre-Olympic hockey tournaments kick off in three different countries

  • Olympics

Hockey's final ticket to Paris 2024 will take place in three different countries from 13 January. Spain will host one men's and one women's group, while Oman and India will host the remaining qualifying matches.

epicentre of this important tournament on European soil, which will determine the teams that will accompany France

Federation (@FIH_Hockey) January 12, 2024The 3 teams per group that qualify will make a total of 12, with France

January 12, 2024Qualification for Paris 2024:The 3 teams per group that qualify make a total of 12, with France


The FIAS International Coaching Seminar to be held in Dalfsen

  • Sambo

The FIAS International Coaching Seminar will be held in the Netherlands on the 3rd of March. The event will take place in Dalfsen the day after the international SAMBO tournament DSI Dutch Open.

Belgium, Great Britain, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, the USA, Ukraine, France


Ukrainian athletes push to exclude neutral Russians from Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

More than two hundred Ukrainian athletes have signed a special petition calling for athletes born in Russia and Belarus to be banned from competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, even if they are not representing their countries and are competing as neutrals.

Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) January 10, 2024However, the French President and all political officials in France


Police officers stage Paris bus parade to press Olympic demands

  • Paris 2024

Up to 45,000 members of the French security forces will be deployed during the Games. They will be joined by tens of thousands of private security guards. 

they will have to work," says Angelo Bruno, national secretary delegate of Unité SGP police in Ile-de-France

Police-FO.Demonstrators wave flags in a bus with the banner 'Police officers suffering, what image of France