Dispute with the IOC Selenskyj warns of "terror state Russia" at the Olympics Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is disappointed with the IOC. photo © Ukrainian Presidential Press Off/Zuma Press/dpa The Ukraine does not want to accept the admission of Russian athletes to the Olympics in Paris. President Selenskyj is disappointed with the IOC and announces a campaign. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), headed by Thomas Bach, not to allow Russia to compete....
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Games 2024 in Paris Debate about Russian athletes participating in the Olympics: Representatives of a terrorist regime or simple athletes? IOC President Thomas Bach, previously very close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is now pushing for Russian athletes to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games © Bernd Weisbrod / DPA The IOC wants to enable Russian and Belarusian athletes to take part in the Olympic Games in Paris and has the backing of many associations worldwide. In this...
sports policy According to IOC decision: Ukraine threatens to boycott the Olympics Ukraine threatens to boycott the summer games in Paris Photo © Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone/dpa The IOC decision on a possible admission of Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympics outraged Ukraine. The country's sports minister reiterated a boycott threat. Ukraine is threatening to boycott the Summer Games in Paris if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the umbrella...
Extensive TV package ARD/ZDF and Eurosport secure TV rights for the Olympics The TV rights for the Olympic Games and Winter Games have been awarded until 2032. photo © Peter Kneffel/dpa In 2015 the shock was great: ARD/ZDF did not receive any Olympic rights. A deal only succeeds after renegotiations. The latest IOC tender is different. Sports fans can look forward to extensive TV coverage of the Olympic Games until at least 2032. There will be hundreds of hours of...
The Avignon festival, which is traditionally held in July, will exceptionally begin on June 29 in 2024, so as not to overlap with the Paris Olympics, the Minister of Culture announced on Monday.This international live performance event will be held from June 29 to July 21, 2024, i.e. "the same number of days as in 2022", announced Rima Abdul Malak in Provencespecifying that this calendar had been established "in consultation with the mayor, the In and the Off".Advanced HolidaysAs a...
Demographic giant with 1.3 billion inhabitants, India does not have the same status at all in sporting terms, despite its successes in field hockey and in cricket. However, the country is considering bidding to host the 2036 Olympics and will showcase its strengths at the next session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which is due to take place in Bombay in September-October 2023.For Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, it's a 'right time' to be a candidate to host the world's...
Nikola Karabatic still wants to defend the colors of PSG. The French international handball player thus declared on Tuesday that he wanted to “extend until June 2024” with the capital club.The 38-year-old player is currently "in discussion" with Paris SG Handball. Above all, a one-year extension would allow him to apply for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where the Blues will defend their title won last year in Tokyo. But, he admitted, "even if I extend for a year...
World Cup host The next big prize: Qatar's longing for the Olympics In 2019 the World Championships in Athletics took place in Qatar. photo © Michael Kappeler/dpa World Cup host Qatar could soon reach for the next big prize in international sport. After two unsuccessful attempts, another Olympic bid is expected from Doha. Qatar's sports princes have to abstain from further Olympic lobbying with IOC boss Thomas Bach at the World Cup final. The President of the International Olympic Committee...
It's going to end out of time. The redevelopment of the perspective between the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro, which the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo wanted to carry out before the 2024 Olympic Games, is compromised at this deadline, admitted Tuesday his first deputy. “We now have a blockage in administrative litigation […]. For the implementation before the Olympics, it seems difficult, ”said Emmanuel Grégoire during a meeting with journalists before the city council dedicated to the 2023 budget.Mid-October,...
