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Edgar Grospiron's skis propelled him to Winter Olympic gold over the bumps of snow in the moguls event in 31.23 seconds in Albertville, south-eastern France, in 1992. More than three decades later, the Frenchman faces a more sustained demand: a five-year mission to oversee the organisation of the 2030 Winter…

Former Olympic skiing champion Edgar Grospiron was on Tuesday formally anointed head of the committee organising the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps.

The end of the widely hailed Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this weekend will be greeted with pride and relief, as well as trepidation in a country in the throes of a deep political crisis.

The 17th Paralympic Games was launched on Wednesday night with a four-hour sight and sound spectacular in central Paris involving the 4,000 competitors who will take part in the 11-day festival of 22 para sports as well as hundreds of dancers and musicians with and without disabilities.

Paris has been urged to host a Paralympic Games typified by revolution, after the French capital put on an enthralling opening ceremony.

Exhilarating sport is guaranteed even if scepticism remains about scheduling the Games at the end of Les vacances

Four days before the Paris Paralympics begin, the torch was lit on Saturday next to the English hospital where the idea for the competition was born. The flame arrives in France on Sunday via the Channel tunnel.

France’s interior minister says that about 25,000 police officers will be deployed every day in Paris and beyond to watch over the Paralympic Games, in line with the security implemented during the Olympics

As the Paris Olympics ends with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look at some of the key moments.