Luk wants the government to establish a system in which it works together with private firms and sports bodies such as Hong Kong Sports Institute (HKSI) and the city’s Sports Federation and Olympic Committee (SF&OC). “My suggestion is for a well-organised sponsorship programme … to encourage our athletes to win a medal at the Olympic …
Organisers of the Paris Olympics are to distribute 220,000 condoms to athletes who want to get romantic during this year’s Games in the City of Love. Issued on: 20/03/2024 – 13:55Modified: 20/03/2024 – 13:53 2 min Although they might be focused on sport, competitors will be free to indulge in sex if they wish – unlike during …
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. Issued on: 19/03/2024 – 18:57Modified: 19/03/2024 – 19:06 1 min The opening ceremony on July 26 will see thousands of athletes travel on boats down the River Seine …
Vibrant colors and striking landmarks illuminate posters for the Paris Olympic Games in an art deco style inspired by the city’s flamboyant past. The posters were unveiled on Monday at the Musée d’Orsay — a former railway station transformed into an imposing museum stretching along the Seine River — in the presence of Paris 2024 …
French President Emmanuel Macron has intervened in a row over the removal of booksellers from the banks of the river Seine for the Paris Olympics, ruling that they should stay at their historic locations, his office said February 13. Issued on: 13/02/2024 – 20:00 2 min Hundreds of booksellers, who operate from little dark …
Adding to that is the challenge of finding available and reasonably priced accommodation in the capital. Even renting a flat via Airbnb, an official Olympic partner, is likely to come at a steep cost, as prices in the Greater Paris region have already grown by 300 per cent. Paris’s public transport network is set to …
Fireworks illuminated skies over Paris, Rio and Sydney to celebrate the entry to 2024, while in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, rockets and strikes marked the year’s earliest hours. Much of the world’s population — now more than eight billion — is hoping to shake off high living costs and global tumult in 2024, which will …
The new year is all set to be an unprecedented one in sports. With the Men’s and Women’s T20 World Cups, Euros, the Olympics and Paralympics, it is probably one of the busiest sports years in a long time. Boria Majumdar brings you a month-by-month low-down on what’s in store for the sports lovers January …
The Paris police bomb disposal team expect the Olympics to present them with a “considerable challenge” next year. Issued on: 05/12/2023 – 17:13 2 min They have been working with Paris 2024 organisers to define the right level of bomb clearing intervention during the Olympics and Paralympics in the French capital next summer, the director …
The French government on Monday insisted it would keep a plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified security concerns. Issued on: 04/12/2023 – 12:31 2 min Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera told French radio that the plan …