From animal cruelty to political inconsistencies
Now that the bronze, silver and gold dust has settled, we can perhaps reflect on the Paris Olympics 2024.
The Olympic games are a gift to us all from the ancient ...
Paris sets new trend as the product placement Olympics
Winning athletes in Paris have received their medals on Louis Vuitton trays before being handed a Samsung flip phone to take a “victory selfie”, heralding a new era of product ...
Los Angeles will urge public transit at ‘no car’ 2028 Olympic Games
Los Angeles, a city famous for its passionate car culture and notorious for its traffic, will strongly emphasise the use of public transportation when it hosts the Olympic Games in 2028, ...
President praises Cypriot Olympians, pledges continued support
President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday congratulated all Cypriot athletes who participated in the Paris Olympic Games.
The best moment for Cyprus at the Olympics took place on Wednesday, when dinghy ...
All eyes on Cyprus Olympics team
All of Cyprus will be watching the Paris Olympics urging our athletes to make the country proud on the biggest sporting stage – the Paris Olympics – as they compete for distinction ...
Palestinians are winners by just being at Paris Games, say athletes
The presence of Palestinian athletes at the Paris Olympic Games is already a major victory for the team amid the conflict in the Middle East, they said on Saturday, less ...
Attacker injures a police officer in central Paris, minister says
A police officer was critically injured in a stabbing attack in Paris’ Champs Elysees shopping district on Thursday after a security guard at a boutique called police after spotting a ...
Cyprus Olympic athletes ‘have ability to win medals’
Track and field athletes Milan Trajkovic and Elena Koulichenko will serve as Cyprus’ flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, it was announced on Tuesday.
Cyprus’ Olympic ...
Poland says it will bid to hold Olympics in 2036
Poland will bid to hold the summer Olympics in 2036, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday, entering the ring with other hopefuls including Indonesia, Mexico and India.
Poland, which hosted ...
Paris 2024 hoping for Olympic flame on Eiffel Tower
Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
The source added that ...
France looks to AI-powered surveillance to secure Olympics
France’s National Assembly on Thursday approved the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a ...
Sunday to be big day for Cyprus at Olympics
Sunday is set to be an important day for Cypriot athletes at the Tokyo Olympic Games, with several involved in their first endeavours.
Cyclist Andri Christoforou, one of the island’...
IOC seeks to reassure Olympics would be safe as pandemic doubts swirl
With just nine weeks until the start of the Olympics in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday sought to calm fears in Japan that the Games would present ...
Games will go ahead regardless of pandemic situation, says Tokyo 2020 president
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said on Tuesday that Japan would hold the Summer Olympics regardless of the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and was working closely with the International Olympic ...