The Latest Breaking News from the Olympic Games

More than 250,000 new tickets have gone on sale to mark 100 days to go until the Paris Games

In exactly 200 days from now, the Olympic Games will be taking over Paris. There are promises of sporting glory, but security and logistical challenges are already raising a number of concerns, especially over the ambitious opening ceremony on the River Seine. FRANCE 24's James Vasina spoke to Christophe Dubi,…

'Why not get back to road racing next year, or the year after?' says reigning MTB world champion focused on 2024 Olympics

In 1972, at the height of the Cold War, the Federal Republic of Germany hosted the 20th Olympic Games in Munich. While the West German government wanted to use the "Games of Peace and Joy" to forget the memory of the Olympic Games organised by Adolf Hitler in Berlin in…

Kathy Williams was the black gymnast to represent Britain at the Olympic Games.

The race will begin in Italy for the first time and end in Nice rather than Paris as the capital turns its attention to the Olympic Games

The proposal was approved at the IOC Session in Mumbai on Monday.

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that India would be “very excited” to organise an edition of the Olympic Games in 2036 has set the ball rolling for the country to showcase its ability to organise global sporting events.

India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra expressed the hope that India will get to host the Olympic Games in the near future. Speaking on the sidelines of the IOC’s 141st Session, Bindra said, “I hope we get to host the Olympic Games in the near future.”