SPORTS

Paris, FRANCE | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have officially begun with a groundbreaking opening ceremony held in the heart of the French capital. The games will run from July 26 to August 11, 2024. For the first time in Olympic Summer Games history, the opening ceremony took …

PARIS, GERMANY | TASS | The cost of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, which kicked off in Paris on Friday, is estimated at 11 billion euros (almost $12 billion), about twice as much as originally planned, French daily Ouest-France reported on Friday. According to the daily, when Paris put in its bid …

PARIS, FRANCE | Xinhua | The Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony has begun on the city’s River Seine. For the first time, an Olympic Games opening ceremony is moving out of a stadium and into the heart of the host city, Paris, with the river as the main backdrop. …

PARIS | Xinhua | The fact that names of Chinese swimmers involved in a contamination case were leaked by certain media organizations has caused concerns of athletes, said Olivier Niggli, director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday. His comments followed a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers, in …

PARIS, FRANCE | Xinhua | The year 2024 marks the third time that Paris has hosted the Olympic Games. The first was in 1900 and the last was a century ago in 1924. Since then, the world has changed dramatically. Over the past century, some sports have ceased to be …

The Paris 2024 Olympics will feature veteran athletes like Andy Murray, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and 70-year-old Mary Hanna, marking a significant farewell for some. PARIS | Xinhua |  British tennis star and two-time Olympic champion, Andy Murray, is to retire after Paris 2024, which highlights that the forthcoming festival of sport …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Zimbabwe Sables defeated hosts Uganda Rugby Cranes 22-20 in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Rugby Africa Cup 2024. Uganda had hoped to utilize the home advantage but failed to tame the visitors, as Zimbabwe started with an early try by Edward Sigauke, and Ian …

VATICAN CITY | TASS | Pope Francis has called for all conflicts to be put on pause during the Olympic Games. “The Olympic Games are, by their very nature, about peace, not war. It was in this spirit that Antiquity wisely instituted a truce during the Games, and that modern …

BERLIN,GERMANY | Xinhua | The Euro 2024 champions players’ children turning the Berlin Olympic stadium pitch into a playground seemed to be in an enchanting way to symbolize a bright future for Spanish football. Winning Euro 2024 has also created a connection to their national team predecessors, with Spain having …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Athletics Olympic team has been cautioned against the use of banned substances ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics slated from July 26th to August 11th in Paris France. Beatrice Ayikoru, the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) Secretary-General during an exclusive interview with Uganda Radio Network (URN), warned …