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VIDEO. Emmanuel Macron proclaims the 2024 Paris Olympic Games “open”
Published 07/27/2024 00:45 Update 07/27/2024 01:01 Paris 2024: Emmanuel Macron proclaims the Olympic Games “open” Emmanuel Macron’s speech at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, July 26,…
VIDEO. Watch Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner light the cauldron as the last torchbearers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Published 07/26/2024 11:33 PM Update 07/27/2024 00:20 Video length: 1 min Paris 2024: the lighting of the cauldron by Marie-José Pérec and Teddy Riner Paris 2024: the lighting of the…
In South Korea, Mount Gariwang is the most glaring symbol of the environmental impact of the modern Olympic Games.
In South Korea, a mountain preserved for the rarity of its fauna and flora was downgraded in preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympics, in order to build a temporary ski…
Quebec artists to be featured in Paris for the Olympic Games
Canadian athletes aren’t the only ones heading to Paris this summer. On the sidelines of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Seine Canada Festival, created for the occasion, will welcome…
Opening Ceremony | Final lap for the Olympic flame
(Saint-Denis) “Snooooooooop!”: with a five-star cast, including American stars Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams, the Olympic flame ends its two-month relay across France in the suburbs of Paris on Friday,…
We visited the Olympic Village
Located in Seine-Saint-Denis, north of Paris, the Olympic village will house 14,500 athletes and their companions in 82 buildings. Read also The Olympic Village in the Eye of Jean Balthazard…
SNCF TGV trains disrupted by “sabotage” a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games
“Sabotage” a few hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which will affect 800,000 passengers: the French railway company SNCF suffered a “massive attack” on the night of…
What we know about the “massive attack” on the SNCF TGV network which took place on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games
A few hours before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and the big departures for the holidays, the trains remain at the platform. The SNCF suffered, during the night…
Olympic truce disrupted by reality of international relations
While the Olympic truce officially came into effect on July 19, at the time of the opening ceremony of the Games, it is clear that it is not a reality…
Athlete robbed, Celine Dion’s fee, rationed food… This false information targeting the organization of the Olympic Games
Among the fake news that is very persistent on social networks: the idea that Celine Dion will receive two million euros to perform at the opening ceremony on Friday July…
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, India dreams of gold thanks to Quebecer Pierre Beauchamp
India, the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion inhabitants, is struggling to shine at the Summer Olympics. Since 1980, its athletes have won only 19 medals, including 2…
The Paris 2024 Olympic Village through the eyes of Jean Balthazard
An essential part of each edition of the Games, the Olympic Village is the place of residence of most of the athletes. Dining room, gym, medical clinic, family space… In…
American musician Pharrell Williams will carry the Olympic flame in Seine-Saint-Denis
The 51-year-old American star will be among the Olympic flame bearers in Seine-Saint-Denis on Friday. France Télévisions – Culture Editorial Published 07/25/2024 12:49 Reading time: 1 min Pharrell Williams at…
Olympic Games Opening Ceremony | Celine Dion in Paris: “It’s no coincidence”, she who rehearsed La vie en rose with Lady Gaga
The presence of Celine Dion in the French capital a few days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is “not a coincidence”, acknowledged the French Minister of Sports…
Paris 2024 Olympic Games enter the Seine with the opening ceremony
Let the show begin! The 2024 Olympic Games will open with a ceremony lasting nearly four hours, combining a parade that is intended to be grandiose with the delegations’ on-board…
Dating app Grindr blocks athletes’ geolocation in Olympic Village
The LGBTQIA+ dating app thus intends to protect the privacy of certain users, particularly athletes from countries where homosexuality remains criminalized. Published 07/25/2024 3:45 PM Update 07/25/2024 3:48 PM Reading…
Singing the Olympic Games | La Presse
Celine Dion and Lady Gaga are eagerly awaited in Paris this Friday for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. In the past, other artists have shown that there is…
Olympic Games broadcasting a boon for CBC/Radio-Canada
Quebecers’ enthusiasm for the Olympics is unwavering: in a survey conducted in the spring, nearly half of them already said they intended to watch the Paris Games, which begin Friday.…
relive the victorious entry of the Bleues into their Olympic football tournament at the Paris 2024 Games
A narrow but assured victory. The French women’s team made a successful debut in the Olympic football tournament (Group A) by beating Colombia 3-2 on Thursday, July 25 in Lyon.…
Workers walk out at the Hotel du Collectionneur, privatized by the International Olympic Committee
This walkout, the fourth in a month and a half according to the CGT, took place on Thursday morning, the day after a new meeting with management to demand increases…