[ad_1] PARIS: The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics, to be lit Tuesday in Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, will journey to the four corners of Greece before heading to France on April 27. The stopovers will feature some of the country’s top travel destinations. The first two days of the Olympic torch…
[ad_1] LONDON: World Athletics’ (WA) decision to give prize money to Olympic gold medallists is unfair to other sports that cannot afford to do the same, Britain’s five-times Olympic rowing champion Steve Redgrave said. Athletics became the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions when WA President Sebastian Coe announced on Wednesday that…
[ad_1] A French water charity sounded the alarm on Monday about pollution in the Seine just over 100 days before the start of the Olympics when the river is set to be used for swimming events. Surfrider Foundation said it had analysed six months of tests over winter undertaken by a laboratory and had concluded…
[ad_1] LONDON: Russia’s government is becoming increasingly aggressive towards the International Olympic Committee as the Paris Games draw near, IOC President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday. Russia sports minister Oleg Matytsin said last week Russia should not boycott the July 26 to Aug. 11 Games despite restrictions on its athletes imposed by the IOC over…
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: US Olympic chiefs said Thursday they were confident in security arrangements for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a deadly attack in the French capital last weekend. Officials in the United States and Europe have recently warned of an elevated threat of attacks since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October. The…
[ad_1] Es Devlin says not accepting that things are impossible helps her create famous set designs – CBS News Watch CBS News London-based artist Es Devlin has designed sets for Beyoncé, Adele, Dua Lipa, U2 and The Weeknd. CBS News’ Anthony Mason talks to Devlin about her creative process and her projects, which range from…
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first and only-ever Olympic champion Joseph Schooling will not be competing at the Asian Games in Hangzhou next month, the swimmer said on Saturday. “While I will not be participating, I wish the contingent the best at Asian Games and to do Singapore proud,” the 28-year-old said in a statement. “The status…
[ad_1] CNN — The Kosovan Olympic Committee (KOC) has called for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Tennis Federation (ITF) to take disciplinary action against Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic. On Monday, Djokovic left a political message on a TV camera lens at the French Open in response to violent clashes in Kosovo, writing:…
[ad_1] TOKYO: The former chairman of a Tokyo 2020 Olympics sponsor was handed a suspended prison sentence Friday along with two others, in the first convictions in a spiralling bribery scandal surrounding the event. Corruption allegations have mushroomed in the aftermath of the pandemic-delayed Games, implicating major companies and damaging Japan’s bid to host the…
