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Paris Olympics: Controversy set to rage at Games of 'peace and harmony'

Conflict is easy to find at an Olympics that have been billed as a global unifying force

Evening Standard

DNS, DNF and more Olympics codes: What do the most common acronyms and abbreviations mean?

With codes used for results, classifications, countries and even athletes, watching the Olympics can be confusing if you aren’t up-to-date on their meanings

The Independent UK

Sports quiz of the week: Olympics, sturdy beds, cheating and money

Have you been following the news in cycling, athletics, basketball, F1, football, golf, tennis, surfing and cricket?

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Paris welcomes world leaders and royalty, but no Russia, to the Games

France is preparing to welcome over a hundred heads of state and government for the Summer Olympics which begin with a dazzling ceremony on the river Seine this Friday, with one notable absence – Russia.

Radio France Internationale

Paris Olympics embraces modern life with age-old burdens

Just a few weeks before the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the American former athlete Tommie Smith was in the French capital and inter alia recounting how he and fellow sprinters John Carlos and Peter Norman essentially winged their way into what would become one of the most…

Radio France Internationale

Tensions Rise Over US Anti-Doping Law At Paris Olympics

Global tensions escalate over U.S. sports doping law, risking sanctions and jeopardizing international events. Athletes express doubts as Salt Lake City fa...

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The 15 best Olympic Games poster designs, from 1912 to Paris 2024

These Olympics posters from the past 100 years deserve gold medals for design.

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Politics, security and the Seine: where the Paris Olympics’ flashpoints will be

Two high-profile assaults on Australians in Paris have raised concerns about security ahead of the Olympic Games.

The Conversation

Two weeks to save the Games – can Paris 2024 restore the dream factory?

On Friday the Olympics swing into full action, but can the spectacle still drown the detail, cost, greed and waste?

The Guardian - UK

What is WADA, why is the FBI investigating it and why is it feuding with US anti-doping officials?

The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new

The Independent UK

Workers go on strike at five-star Paris hotel where IOC members are staying for Olympics

Workers have gone on strike at the five-star hotel in Paris where members of the International Olympic Committee are staying

The Independent UK

"Everyone wants pictures in the blink of an eye," laments Getty sports photographer Laurence Griffiths

With so much sporting action this summer, Laurence Griffiths of Getty Images talks about capturing every goal at the Euros, Getty Images’ 24/7 Olympics coverage, and why he always has a wide-angle ready…

Digital Camera World

AI goes to the Olympics

Some uses of AI—such as providing automated, personalized summaries of event results—may enhance enjoyment. Others, such as mass surveillance, may be an unwelcome legacy of the Paris Games.

Fortune

Salt Lake City wins 2034 Winter Olympics – at the cost of a major FBI investigation

The FBI is investigating 23 Chinese swimmers who competed in the 2021 Tokyo Games after failing doping tests

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Olympic breakfast off the menu? Staff at IOC’s luxury Paris hotel go on strike

The IOC was embarrassed on Thursday morning when workers from the luxury hotel occupied by its delegation at Paris 2024 went on strike

The Guardian - UK

IOC faces calls for investigation into inclusion of child rapist at Olympics

The IOC is facing calls for an investigation into how a convicted child rapist has been allowed to compete at Paris 2024

The Conversation

Are the Olympic Games politically neutral?

In the early 20th century, the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, wrote that the competition ought to be “free from political interference”. Yet it’s often hard for champions to escape world affairs. Take the example of Algerian judoka, Fethi Nourine, who withdrew in from the Tokyo…

Cycling Weekly

'We see war everywhere, people are losing their dreams': Olympic cyclist who fled Afghanistan aims to inspire hope

Aged just 16, Amir Ansari fled his home and embarked on a 3,000-mile journey in search of safety. Eight years on, he’s about to become an Olympian. Dan Challis hears his story

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Marie Claire

This year marks the first ever gender-equal Olympics – 14 milestones that highlight how far the Games have come

Inspiration at its finest.

Marie Claire

France has banned its athletes from wearing Hijabs at the Paris Olympics

Amnesty International has called it “racist gender discrimination”

International Business Times

Emerging Talents Primed For Paris But Olympic Boxing On The Ropes

Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis are among the boxing greats who have cut their teeth at the Olympics, with a new generation of fighters eager to follow in their footsteps in Paris.

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Salt Lake City Announced As The Official Host Of The 2034 Winter Olympic Games

RECEIPTS! PROOF! TIMELINE! GOLD MEDALS!

TV Tech

S&P: Olympic Organizers, Media Partners Look for Revenue Growth with Paris Games

Since 2004, revenue from global broadcasting rights to the Summer Olympics has increased 108%, with NBCU paying $1.48B for the 2024 games

The Conversation

Paris 2024 reaches gender parity among athletes, but sport has always policed women’s bodies

The 2024 Paris Olympics will be the first to achieve total gender parity. From 26 July to 11 August, 5,250 male and 5,250 female athletes will compete in the 33rd edition of the modern Games.

The Independent UK

Princess Anne visits Paris on 12-day Olympic trip as she returns to the spotlight after horse accident

Anne has slowly been returning to royal duties after she was rushed to hospital following a horse accident in June

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