LeBron James, the leading scorer in NBA history, and the current most valuable player, Joel Embiid, head the list of stars of the United States men’s basketball team for the Paris Olympic Games, USA Basketball announced this Wednesday. James, winner of two Olympic golds and a bronze, but absent from the last two Games, will … Read more
The French plan to transfer the Olympic Flame from Greece to France sounded really impressive: The transfer is to be carried out by sea on their most emblematic three-masted sailing ship, the “Belem”. Today, however, they are the same ones who see the project as a big risk. The ship will have to cross the … Read more
Caracas. Olympic athletics champion Yulimar Rojas announced this Friday that she will not participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after suffering an injury to her left Achilles tendon. “I want to inform you that I will not be able to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With great pain and sadness I want … Read more
The Olympics with metro. Ecology demands, the application file of Paris, in 2016, was completely dependent on public transport to provide access to the 25 Ile-de-France sites of the Games. The promises were beautiful. Direct and fast connections from airports to the city center thanks to the Charles-de-Gaulle Express train from Roissy and the extension … Read more
Bedridden after surgery on his right knee, Miguel Martínez saw his aspirations of qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games disappear. With a borrowed television, the boxer followed the participation of the Mexican delegation without knowing if one day he would be able to live that dream. I saw the coordinators tired of bringing food … Read more
The national championship of swimmers continued – and the Milák show continued both in water and on land. On Tuesday, the 24-year-old Olympic champion of the Honvéd – a year after he last jumped into the pool in a bet situation – held a real demonstration of strength in the 100 freestyle, defeating the World … Read more
Mexico City. A decade after participating in the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Mexican weightlifter Janeth Gómez consolidated the feat at a senior level with her qualification to Paris 2024, after securing tenth position in the ranking in the 59 kilogram category. “I have many mixed emotions about obtaining the Olympic place, since it is … Read more
Four months before the opening of the Paris Olympic Games, the Minister of the Interior, in charge of the security of the ceremony and the events, takes stock of the terrorist threat which still weighs on France. Gérald Darmanin affirms, in an interview with Sunday Newspaper, dedicate “half a day a day” to preparing for … Read more
© Adobe Capital – The Olympic Games will attract around 15 million tourists this summer to Paris. «Laurent Fabius – Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2016 – used to say that hospitality begins on the sidewalk, with a smile returned to a tourist who asks you for directions“. It is through this anecdote … Read more
Five months before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the news was cause for concern. A bag containing a computer and two USB keys which would have contained the security plans for the Paris Olympic Games by the municipal police was stolen Monday evening from a Gare du Nord train. Le Parisien takes stock of this … Read more