Police Evict Hundreds of Migrants From Paris in Pre-Olympics Clean-Up
Action part of a push by local authorities to dismantle makeshift camps as the city prepares to host the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11.
Action part of a push by local authorities to dismantle makeshift camps as the city prepares to host the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11.
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be forced to relocate in light of terror threats, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
“What is happening is nothing short of social cleansing of the city” a member of the migrant aid group Utopia 56 said.
Allegations of “social cleansing” have been made against organisers of the Paris Olympic Games as homeless people, sex workers, and illegal migrants are being taken off the city’s streets and sent to regional France ahead of the event.
The athletes competing at the Paris Summer Games will have plenty of condoms, but they will not have air conditioning.
GENEVA (AP) — Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said Tuesday.
The intimacy bans implemented at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus epidemic are officially over. Officials informed Sky News last week that 300,000 will be distributed to athletes visiting France for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympics in a bid to avoid strikes.
The giant opening ceremony to launch the Olympic Games could be moved if France is hit again in the run-up by extremist attacks.
Paris Olympics organizers canceled a swimming test event Saturday in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality.
Heavy rains in Paris have led to the cancellation of a swimming event in the Seine River that was to be a test for next year’s Olympics.
Male devotees of artistic swimming – once more broadly known as synchronized and before that water ballet – have been given the green light to form mixed teams and try to earn a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Australians are famous for liking a beer or three when watching sports and the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games will be no different, organizers said Wednesday.
Alcohol consumption at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be restricted to special VIP areas only, a report Tuesday confirmed, meaning the elites can happily quaff Champagne while those in the cheap seats will be forced to look on and sip water.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia’s path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee indicated on Wednesday it favors officially neutral teams from Russia and
Human rights groups are pleading with international television networks including U.S. giant NBC and the UK’s BBC to ignore next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics which are already being dubbed the “genocide games” by protesters.