PARIS: Hong Kong-born martial arts actor Jackie Chan was named on Sunday as one of the torchbearers in the lead-up to the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris.

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron had set the bar high by calling for 50-60 French medals at the Paris Olympics and Les Bleus duly delivered, reeling in the country’s biggest medal haul since 1900, as the Games came to an end today.

PARIS: The Paris Olympics are set to open in a spectacular and unprecedented ceremony on the river Seine on Friday but hours before the show France’s rail network was paralysed by what officials said were acts of sabotage.

PARIS: French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country’s secularism laws, they said on Wednesday.

PARIS: French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the country’s secularism laws, they said yesterday (July 24).

PARIS: The sporting action at the Paris Olympics kicked off with two soccer matches today, two days before thousands of athletes and artists are set to take part in an ambitious opening ceremony at the heart of the French capital.

PARIS: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took the plunge today when she jumped into the River Seine in Paris to show the water was clean enough to host Olympic swimming events starting later this month.

PARIS: The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a complaint with Fifa and take legal action after racist chants from members of Argentina’s Copa America winning team.

PARIS: The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a complaint with FIFA and take legal action after racist chants from members of Argentina’s Copa America winning team.

PARIS: French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera swam in the Seine on Saturday, raising hopes the river will be clean enough for competitors at the Paris Olympics which start in less than a fortnight.

PARIS: French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera swam in the Seine on Saturday, raising hopes the river will be clean enough for competitors at the Paris Olympics which start in less than a fortnight.

The tremors from Macron calling snap elections after his centrist party suffered a drubbing in European polls remain strong, with even figures close to the president acknowledging many French people are uneasy over the political turmoil.

CHAMPIGNY-SUR-MARNE, France: The French Sports Minister on Tuesday unveiled a treatment plant aimed at keeping waste out of the Seine and said “we are ready” for Olympic events in the river.

Olympia, Greece: The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics is to be lit Tuesday in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the ancient Games, for an epic torch relay stretching from the Acropolis to the South Pacific.

PARIS: A French international diver yesterday laughed off an embarrassing mishap in front of President Emmanuel Macron which saw him fall on the diving board and crash into the water at the inauguration of the aquatics centre for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday asked ministers to be "revolutionaries", after a government reshuffle that left many of the same faces in place and raised doubts over gender equity and policy priorities.

BERLIN: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) hopes the 2024 Paris Games will be the “light at the end of the tunnel” after two COVID-hit Olympics but organisers face major security challenges before a unique opening ceremony on July 26.

Paris: The controversial building of a tower to judge the surfing event at the Paris Olympics will go ahead despite the sport’s federation saying it is not required, chief organiser Tony Estanguet said on Wednesday.

PARIS: The International Surfing Association (ISA) said it proposed next year’s Olympic competitions be judged remotely after plans to build a new tower at a famous Tahiti beach sparked fierce local resistance.

PARIS: French football was again marred by violence after Olympique de Marseille’s Ligue 1 match against Olympique Lyonnais was called off on Sunday when the visitors’ bus and some fans were pelted with stones and beer bottles, injuring Lyon coach Fabio Grosso.