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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]