The decision by the Olympic organisers not to install air conditioning in the athletes' accommodation has prompted the Finnish team to bring its own additional cooling equipment to the French capital. Like Finland, Mexico, USA and Spain are also bringing their own.
Andy Murray announced his definitive retirement from professional tennis on Tuesday, after previous hints he could hang up his racket for good due to injuries. He has chosen to do so at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and will soon will find out who his opponent is this Thursday.
All over for Mark Cavendish? "Yes, probably." The British rider is resting after becoming the most successful rider in Tour de France history with 35 stage wins. He raced his last Grand Boucle in Nice on Sunday. The Tour is a tribute to his star status. After 19 years as a professional and 165 victories, he is now taking stock of his achievements.
The small union representing ADP, the Paris airports operator, announced on Monday that it's threatened to strike next Friday, the day of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. The formal announcement will take place from 05:00 on Friday until 07:00 on Saturday.
The recent winner of the Giro and Tour double has decided to pull out of the Paris 2024 gold medal race, citing "fatigue", according to his Slovenian team. The young cyclist had been uncertain about his future after finishing the Tour last Sunday. But in the end, "a state of extreme fatigue" accelerated his decision.
Last Thursday, the association held an online meeting to discuss the short, medium and long-term strategic plan. The result of the meeting was a document, the main idea of which is the continuation of the same path. "There is no other organisation like the IBA that works at the highest level," said President Umar Kremlev.
The 140 athletes of the Ukrainian delegation who will compete in Paris 2024 will be symbolically supported by the launch of a postage stamp put into circulation by the Ukrainian Postal Service. The stamp was presented last Friday at the Olympic House in Kyiv.
The American cyclist is preparing for her third Olympic Games after recovering from an Achilles tendon injury. She will arrive in Paris in 2024 with just three days of road racing. However she remains one of the favourites. "I thought I could do it," Chloe Dygert said before leaving for Paris.
Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz is now focused solely on the courts of Paris. A few months ago, he won his first Roland Garros title. Just a month later, he triumphed at Wimbledon. The Spaniard is determined to complete the triple crown in a single year. Alcaraz is stepping up his training in Murcia and will travel to Paris on Monday.
Tadej Pogacar not only won the 2024 Tour de France on Sunday, adding a third overall title to his 2020 and 2021 crowns. He also put on an exhibition for three weeks, leaving his rivals unable to challenge him on any terrain.
Five days before the opening of the Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet, president of the organising committee, said this Sunday Paris was ready, despite the complaints of some residents and shopkeepers. While France President Emmanuel Macron has since spoken ahead of the Games.
World champion in the 400m hurdles, Femke Bol, improved on her mark at the London Stadium during the Diamond League trials on Saturday. It was Bol's last event before the Olympics and she clocked a time of 51.30 seconds. The long-awaited showdown with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is fast approaching.
Asian champion Okazawa Sewon wants to be like his idol, whom he hopes to meet at the Paris 2024. He made his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, but lost to gold medallist Roniel Iglesias of Cuba. Sewon not only wants to be an Olympic champion, he also seeks to gain fame and promote amateur boxing.
Holger Rune's Olympic debut is in jeopardy. The Danish player, currently ranked 17th in the ATP and previously as high as 4th in the world, withdrew from his quarter-final match at the Hamburg Open with a knee injury.
Mathieu Van der Poel is one of the favourites to win the road race at Paris 2024. The Dutch rider has made Olympic gold one of his main goals for the year. He is one of the main threats thanks to his ability to adapt to long and demanding one-day races.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
Reporting to and working closely with the Events Director – Technical Operations, the Head of Technical Officials is responsible for day-to-day management of the Technical Officials programmes within the Events Department, including:
Management of day-to-day technical officials operations including tournament assignments and planning;
Management and development of the professional technical officials workforce including referees, umpires, and tournament doctors;
Technical officials policy development through consultation with key stakeholder groups including commissions, panels, Continental Confederations and working groups;
Innovation initiatives within the technical officials area to enhance officiating accuracy and sport presentation; and
Technical officials pathway development including working with Continental Confederations and Member Associations on recruitment, education, training, and development initiatives.
Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.
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