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Emilie Gomis quits as Paris 2024 ambassador after message on Israel

  • Paris 2024

The former French basketball player resigned this Wednesday after being criticised for her social media posts about Israel. In an act of reconciliation and responsibility, Gomis officially resigned, according to a statement from the Olympic Organising Committee (COJO).

It showed maps of France with references to 1947, 1967 and 2023.


Estanguet insists river Seine will host opening ceremony of the Games

  • Paris 2024

The chief organiser of the 2024 Paris Olympics insisted there were no plans to move the opening ceremony of the Games from the river Seine amid ongoing speculation about the hugely ambitious water-based show.

Our teams are not working on any other location," he told France Inter radio.2023 was a great year...


Swimming at Paris 2024 will not change venue

  • Paris 2024

In the face of growing rumours on social media about a change of venue for the aquatic events, the organisers have firmly denied this and confirmed that the event will go ahead as originally planned.

2024, a controversy arose on social media about the Olympic Aquatic Centre in front of the Stade de France

were sparked by the high cost of the Olympic Aquatic Centre (CAO) project in front of the Stade de France



Hospitality sector calls for "positive discourse" ahead of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Île-de-France Groupement des Hôtelleries & Restaurations (GHR) has sent a letter to the authorities

 For this reason, the main trade association for the hospitality sector in the Île-de-France region

and the Prefecture, the GHR President, Pascal Mousset, asks: "Why are the inhabitants of the Île-de-France


84% of Paris 2024 Olympics construction finished

  • Paris 2024

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are set to begin on 26 July. With less than 200 days to go before the Games begin, organisers are working flat out to complete venues that are behind schedule.

 The official line in France is that preparations are on schedule and that the country will be ready

days later, work will be completed on the Aquatic Centre, an original building opposite the Stade de France


Emilie Gomis to leave the IOC's Athletes' Commission and the CNOSF

  • Paris 2024

According to Le Parisien, the former international basketball player is being sanctioned by the French organisation's ethics commission for posting a controversial message about Israel on her social media. The sanction is not yet official.

start of the conflict in Gaza, the member of the Athletes' Commission posted a message showing maps of France

during one of his last public appearances with 2023.Emilie Gomis won the basketball silver medal with France


A centre of excellence for aquatic sports in Bahrain

  • Olympics

The foundation stone was laid on 4 January for a facility that will be a global benchmark. The project is a collaboration between World Aquatics, GFH Financial Group and the Bahrain Swimming Association. It will incorporate the latest technology and develop into a "prominent global sports centre".

its kind for World Aquatics in the Middle East and joins a network of existing centres in Antibes, France


Macron urges France to do sport "every day" in this Olympic year

  • Paris 2024

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday called on French people to start exercising daily as Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

 The president said he hoped France would win "many medals" at the Games and that more amateurs


Olympic year kicks off with key qualifiers

  • Olympics

January 2024 begins with a flurry of sporting activity in the run-up to Paris 2024. The thirty-third Olympic Games of the modern era, with more than 10,000 athletes, will begin in the Paris region on 26 July.

France, Hungary and Greece will not take part in this tournament.

Championship will be held in Germany from 10-28 January, offering an extra place that already have France

The 12th team will be France.

will be eligible to join the squad heading to Paris.The teams that have already qualified are Europe's France


International Hockey Federation celebrates its centenary

  • Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) celebrates its centenary on 7 January in Lausanne, Switzerland, although the sport has a much longer history, with Olympic participation dating back to London 1908.

The first century of existence is a cause for celebration for a federation that was born in Paris, France

Paul Léautey founded the organisation, with initial members from Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France

held in Spain in 1971, won by Pakistan, and the first women's world hockey championship was held in France


FIVB President excited about volleyball at Paris 2024

  • Volleyball

The President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), Ary S. Graça, expressed his confidence that the Olympic stage will act as a catalyst for both indoor and beach volleyball, further consolidating their position among the world's top sports.

France has secured its place as the host country, while the remaining slots will be determined by the

With France defending its men's title from Tokyo 2020, the competition is expected to be intense and


France vows to enforce IOC neutrality rules for Russian athletes

  • Paris 2024

The French Minister for Sport, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, has said that strict compliance with the neutrality rules laid down by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be monitored for the Russian and Belarusian athletes taking part in this summer's Olympic Games in Paris.

In an interview with France 2, Oudéa-Castéra supported the IOC's decision to allow Russians and Belarusians


Spanish football fan returns home after 15 months in Iranian prison

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Santiago Sánchez Cogedor, released by the Iranian authorities on 31 December after being accused of spying, said in Spain that his imprisonment had been "very hard". His family claim that he was deceived and appreciate the diplomatic efforts between Spain and Iran to secure his release.

He walked halfway around the world, crossing countries such as France, Monaco, Italy, San Marino, Albania


David Castera: "The Dakar is always seeking a balance between difficulty and category"

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Two days before the start of the 46th edition of the Dakar Rally, its director, David Castera, insists that the race will be "more challenging than ever". He acknowledges that Saudi Arabia offers "all the elements to achieve something challenging". The rally will start in Al-Ula on the 5th of January and will finish in Yanbu on the 19th of January after thirteen stages with significant innovations.

First as a private individual in France, then in Europe.