Searing heat comes to Paris after rainy start to Olympic Games

Scores of sports enthusiasts battled the heat outside Olympic venues and at fan zones across Paris on Monday, as the French capital experiences rising temperatures and cloud free skies. ADVERTISEMENT Sports fans battled the heat outside Olympic venues and fan zones across Paris on Monday as the French capital experienced scorching temperatures and cloud free […]
‘In our Olympic world, we all belong’: Record number of openly LGBTQ+ athletes competing in Paris

While Parisian officials kept up their push for inclusion during the opening of the Olympic Pride House, LGBTQ+ advocates and athletes say there is a long way to go as reports of the exclusion of transgender athletes emerge. ADVERTISEMENT The Paris Olympics set a record by having 193 openly LGBTQ+ athletes competing, according to Outsports, […]
Olympics: Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocká collapses after women’s 200m individual medley race

The 21-year-old Olympian fell as she got out of the water and was immediately surrounded by medical staff. ADVERTISEMENT Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocká has collapsed poolside after competing at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Potocká, 21, fell on Friday morning just after a qualifying heat of the women’s 200m individual medley and was given first aid […]
Olympic Games: From drones to special shoes, here’s how tech has been used to get ahead

The so-called “Dronegate” scandal plaguing the Canadian women’s football team is the latest use of technology being used to gain an advantage at the Olympic Games. ADVERTISEMENT Before the Paris Olympic Games officially began, the Canadian women’s football team were embroiled in a scandal involving a drone flown over an opponent’s practice. New Zealand reported […]
French museum network, including those hosting Olympic events, hit by ransomware attack

The Olympics are going on without disruption even after a ransomware attack hit several Paris museums that are hosting events. ADVERTISEMENT A ransomware attack targeted Paris’ Grand Palais and other museums in France’s national network, including some venues for the Olympic Games. The attack, detected on Sunday, hit data systems used by around 40 museums […]
Léon Marchand, four-time Olympic champion is still in his bubble, unfazed by new-found global fame

This article was originally published in French The 22-year-old French swimmer won four gold medals and a bronze medal in the team event at the Olympic Games. A record unmatched in France. ADVERTISEMENT When Léon Marchand dives in, France holds its breath. The 22-year-old French swimmer won four gold medals and a bronze medal in the […]
Dual national Kaylia Nemour’s gymnastics gold for Algeria has France feeling left out

Nemour’s success in Paris contrasted sharply with the French gymnastics team’s failure, as none of the women’s competitors managed to qualify for the apparatus finals. ADVERTISEMENT Dual national gymnast Kaylia Nemour won Algeria’s first Olympic gold in gymnastics — leaving France, for whom she competed for until 2021, to wonder what might have been. A 17-year-old […]
Paris Olympics: Australian field hockey player detained after allegedly attempting to buy cocaine

Police say they interrupted a drug transaction outside a building in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. ADVERTISEMENT French prosecutors have detained a member of the Australian field hockey team at the Paris Olympics on allegations of trying to score cocaine. Authorities say police interrupted a drug transaction outside a building in the capital’s 9th arrondissement […]
Table tennis fan arrested as Paris Olympics spark anger on social media in China

The Paris Olympics have triggered major arguments between “ultra fans” in China, leading to the removal of thousands of social media posts and the suspension of hundreds of users. ADVERTISEMENT China has had enough of Paris Olympics-related rows and has begun to crack down on what it considers a “negative culture” of defamation and slander. […]
Paris Olympics: Two Portuguese triathlon athletes fall ill after swimming in the Seine river

Two triathlon athletes from the four-member Portuguese team who swam in the triathlon competition in the River Seine got sick amid concerns about the river’s water quality. ADVERTISEMENT Vasco Vilaça and Melanie Santos developed gastrointestinal infections after swimming in the Seine River on 5 August during their triathlon competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. […]