July 26, 2024 11:20 PM
The Olympics' opening ceremony began in Paris on Friday by depicting a fictional scenario in which the arrival of the Olympic flame goes awry, ahead of an extravagant show on the river Seine that will kick off the summer Games. French soccer superst...
July 25, 2024 8:03 PM
The French capital is gearing up for a groundbreaking start to the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the opening ceremony set to take place on the Seine River this Friday at 11:00 pm IST. The floating parade will leave from the Austerlitz bridge beside the ...
July 11, 2024 9:24 PM
Firefighters brought a blaze on the spire of Rouen's historic cathedral in northern France under control on Thursday after it had sent a thick plume of smoke into the sky and reminded onlookers of the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. People in...
June 28, 2024 2:54 PM
Two months before the start of the Paralympic Games, Paris 2024 displayed on Friday (June 28) its symbol, the three colored Agitos, on its iconic Arc de Triomphe monument. Millions of visitors will be descending on Paris for the Summer Olympics in a...
June 17, 2024 10:42 AM
Melissa Wu will hope to keep Australia in the diving medals at a seventh successive Olympics after claiming a spot on her fifth Games team for Paris. At 16, Wu became the country's youngest diver to win an Olympic medal with silver in the synchronis...
April 16, 2024 3:37 PM
The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on July 26. Greek actress Mary Mina, playing the role of hi...
April 12, 2024 3:21 PM
Three Indian women air pistol shooters are all set to begin their quest for the lone remaining quota place left to be won in the pistol discipline overall, as the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Final Olympic Qualification Championship...
November 12, 2023 2:51 PM
In archery, Dhiraj Bommadevara won the country's first archery quota for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Dhiraj Bommadevara obtained the quota in the men’s recurve event by winning a silver medal at the Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament 2023 in B...
August 9, 2023 11:55 AM
The US first lady Jill Biden attended a flag-raising ceremony at UNESCO in Paris yesterday. With this, Washington has officially re-entered the UN agency after a controversial five-year hiatus. Before the flag-raising, Biden made remarks about the im...
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