Category: Paris Olympics and Paralympics
Paris (AFP) – France bid a final and reluctant farewell to the Paris Olympics on Saturday with a parade on the Champs-Elysees followed by a concert featuring artists from the opening and closing ceremonies. The parade started with fireworks in the…
Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi of Morocco set a new world record in the women’s marathon for runners with visual impairments as the Paris Paralympics wrapped up on Sunday with China topping the medals table, ahead of Britain and the United…
From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – Japan won its first-ever gold medal in wheelchair rugby at Paris’s Champs-de-Mars Arena Monday night, surging ahead of the US team at half-time. It was an infuriating night for the US, who has failed…
On the first day of the Paris Paralympic Games, the French delegation won three medals, including a gold for Ugo Didier in para-swimming. France are hoping to improve on the 11 golds they won in Japan in 2021, which placed…
An hours-long opening ceremony for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games lit up the French capital on Wednesday as athletes paraded along the iconic Champs-Elysées to Place de la Concorde. The first of 11 days of sporting action begins on Thursday.…
Paris (AFP) – Medals are up for grabs in track cycling, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo when the action begins on Thursday at the Paris Paralympics, which opened in a colourful and hope-filled ceremony ahead of 11 days of competition. The…
Paris (AFP) – The Paris Olympics won mostly rave reviews from western media after they closed on Sunday, while media in Russia, whose team were excluded because of its war in Ukraine, sniffed at France’s success. Au revoir: The Olympic rings…
Paris bid a triumphant “au revoir” to the Olympics on Sunday as the curtain came down on its widely praised staging of the global sporting spectacular. A star-studded closing ceremony got under way in front of around 71,500 spectators at…
Paris (AFP) – Brittney Griner didn’t try to hold back the tears as she stood with her USA teammates and the “Star Spangled Banner” played, celebrating their Olympic women’s basketball triumph over France Brittney Griner celebrates after helping the USA win…
From our Olympics correspondent in Paris – Paris passed the Olympic torch to Los Angeles in a cryptic and sometimes chaotic Closing Ceremony in the Stade de France Sunday night, with hundreds of athletes unexpectedly mobbing the stage during a performance…
