After tense build-up, Olympic fever has caught on in France
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PARIS - Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding, supporting the home team. And the French also tune in by the...
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Olympics-Dion makes return to live stage in Paris opening ceremony
PARIS - Celine Dion made a comeback to the live stage on Friday singing Edith Piaf's classic "L'Hymne A l'Amour" to close the Paris...
- Jul 30
- 3 min
Factbox-How the world's press rated Paris's Olympics Opening Ceremony
PARIS - Paris broke with tradition on Friday by turning the Olympic Opening Ceremony into a parade down the River Seine rather than a...
- Jul 27
- 2 min
LVMH's luxury wares earn top billing at Olympics opening
PARIS - Bernard Arnault, France's wealthiest man and chief executive of luxury group LVMH, paid some 150 million euros ($163 million) to...
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Olympics-Fourteen gold medals up for grabs on Day One of Paris Games
PARIS - France's capital city is set to rock to a sporting beat on Saturday as the Olympic Games get under way in earnest on the back of...
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Rain pours down on Paris Olympics parade, doesn't dampen cheer
PARIS - Crowds braved queues at security checks and heavy downpours as they lined the banks of the Seine in Paris on Friday to watch an...
- Jul 27
- 4 min
Olympics-Flotilla on Seine, rain and Celine Dion mark start of Paris Olympics
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open on Friday after a soaking wet ceremony in which athletes were...
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Explainer-Olympics-What's the swimming doping scandal about?
PARIS - A doping scandal sparked by 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug has cast a shadow over the...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Olympics-Sailing-British medals machine faces French test with new events
MARSEILLE - Britain's sailing team, which have dominated Olympic medals for decades, face a new challenge in defending their crown with...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Explainer-Olympics-Surfing-How the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti works
TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti - Surfing makes its second Olympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games after a successful debut in Tokyo, with...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Factbox-What do we know about pre-Olympic attacks on France's railways?
PARIS - Unidentified saboteurs struck France's train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country on Friday, causing travel...
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Olympics-Paris to kick off 2024 Games under tight security
PARIS - France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympics opening ceremony through the heart of Paris, officially...
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