One of Britain’s most decorated Olympians, Charlotte Dujardin, has pulled out of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after a shocking video emerged showing her repeatedly whipping a horse. Dujardin has won six Olympic medals in dressage, an equestrian event in which horse and rider perform a series of artistic movements. She is tied with retired … Read more
A day before the start of Team Canada’s Olympic bid, two members of the Canadian women’s soccer delegation have been removed from the Paris 2024 squad after accusations of flying a drone over the New Zealand team during practice to record them. Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, was detained by French authorities … Read more
Despite this year’s summer Olympics being held in the City of Love, there isn’t anything romantic about the cardboard beds international athletes are sleeping on. The beds, twin-sized and made from several folded pieces of cardboard topped with a mattress, first debuted at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. In Japan, and now also in France, … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian songstress Céline Dion was spotted leaving a hotel in the French capital on Tuesday, sparking more rumours that she could be returning to the stage at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Rumours have been circulating for days that Dion could perform for the millions of viewers watching … Read more
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics — one of the security challenges that Paris is cracking down on in its goal to keep Games safe for athletes and fans. About … Read more
As sports fans from across the globe get ready for the 2024 Paris Olympics, health officials and experts are urging vigilance while warning about potential disease risks for those attending the Summer Games in person. The Olympics officially get under way on Friday, with more 10,000 athletes taking part and an estimated 15 million spectators … Read more
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic swimming events. Hidalgo took the plunge around 10 a.m. on a glorious summer’s day in Paris, with visitors crowding on nearby bridges to catch a … Read more
With three weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, organizers are making contingency plans as questions remain about the safety of the River Seine that is due to host open-water swimming events during the summer Games. The latest testing results from monitoring group Eau de Paris released on Thursday raised some hopes, showing that water … Read more
Preparations are heating up for the Paris Olympics and some countries, including Canada, are making sure their athletes remain cool during the two-week-long summer sporting event. Team Canada is among several visiting delegations that will be adding air conditioning units because the rooms in the Olympic Village where the athletes will be staying won’t have … Read more
Drumroll, please… Canadian clothing giant Lululemon has unveiled its Team Canada designs for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, giving Canadians a glimpse of what the country’s Olympians and Paralympians will be wearing at the opening and closing ceremonies. Lululemon and the Canadian Olympic team unveiled the official uniforms Tuesday. Team Canada will enter the stadium … Read more
