Solideo (an Olympic works delivery company) lodged a complaint and terminated the contract awarded to a company, after an inspection by the Labor Inspectorate on one of the construction sites for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games which brought to light facts of illegal work, she announced on Monday. – – The facts were noted during … Read more
Final stop of the Arena Games in Singapore Set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Arena Games are launching the indoor triathlon Super League season. Original idea which offers a real spectacle, and which succeeds with the French, winners at Munich et London during the first two stages. That of Singapore, Saturday from 10 a.m. … Read more
Thomas Bach made the trip in person to Sydney to attend the last congress of his friend John Coates as President of the Australian Olympic Committee. In office for 32 years, Coates, 71, had chosen not to seek a new mandate. His vice-president Ian Chesterman, 63, was elected to succeed him. – – Vice-President of … Read more
A few days before the Tour de France presentation, mid-October in Paris, Tadej Pogacar met Eddy Merckx. He apprehended this meeting, as if he was crossing a new stage in his career, that of being dubbed by the ultimate cycling champion. The Belgian, who hates that every four mornings the new Merckx, had not hesitated, … Read more
The Christie’s house and ELA, (European association against leukodystrophies) are joining forces for a large online auction, from this Monday until Tuesday, December 14, on the site of christies.com. The sale is titled “The Heart of the Stars beats for ELA”. The money raised will be used to finance treatment trials for patients with leukodystrophy. … Read more
Concretely, several sources indicate that neither President Joe Biden, nor any senior official of the American government would go there on the occasion of the Games. This diplomatic boycott would be conceived as a response to the failings of the Chinese government in terms of human rights, failures denounced by the American administration. – – … Read more
An interministerial committee dedicated to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held on Monday in Seine-Saint-Denis, chaired by Prime Minister Jean Castex, to take stock of the stage within three years of the Olympics, announced Friday Matignon. – – More than ten ministers will participate in this committee which will take place … Read more
On November 3, the new Jacques Audiard will be released in theaters. The Olympics, shot in black and white, tells the story of four young urbanites in search of ideal love and takes the Chinese quarter of Paris as a backdrop. Audiard, who wanted to film a European city like an Asian metropolis, hit the … Read more
On July 11, Italy was crowned European football champion, for the second time in its history (after the 1968 title). In the end, the National won on penalties against England (1-1, 3 tab 2). This victory revived an Italian selection in great difficulty in previous years, including the non-qualification for the 2018 World Cup. – … Read more
A very old tradition In 525 BC, a silver coin was minted at Elis in Greece to commemorate the victory of an athlete at the sacred site of Olympia. The tradition continued until the end of the Ancient Games in 393, recalls the OCOG in a press release. It was at the Helsinki Olympic Games … Read more