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Performance of a lifetime: Creating the Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremonies

Director of choreography Maud le Pladec and artist Lucky Love join us on Arts 24 to talk about creating and executing the performance of a lifetime, as they reflect on the Paralympic…

1 day ago

by Abiodun Ogundairo

Tennis player Ibrahima Diaw on his Olympic journey for Senegal

Ibrahima Diaw is representing Senegal at the 2024 Olympics in table tennis. He easily beat Nepal's Santoo Shrestha (4-0) in the first round, but fell to Hong Kong's Chun Ting Wong (4-3)…

1 month ago

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Olympic events kick off ahead of opening ceremony

Olympic events kick off amid some controversy, with Canada's women's football team accused of spying a British rider.…

2 months ago

Sport

Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch ahead of opening ceremony

American rapper Snoop Dogg will be one of the final torchbearers before the Olympics opening ceremony this Friday. There are rumours about who will be performing after sightings of Céline Dion and…

2 months ago

Sport

This is breaking, the new Olympic sport that moves to the beat

This is breaking, the new Olympic sport that moves to the beat. The urban dance where B-Boys and B-Girls face-off in solo battles, will make its Olympic debut in Paris on August…

2 months ago

Sport

Paris 2024: Mathieu Forget makes photography an Olympic art

For the Paris 2024 Olympics, dancer, choreographer and photographer Mathieu Forget invited athletes to dance with him for a series of jaw-dropping photographs in iconic cultural spots around France. Through these gravity-defying…

2 months ago

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Athens 2004: The bitter legacy of the Olympic Games

Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and…

2 months ago

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Revisiting host cities: Munich, a model Olympic village

Since the creation of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, the competition to be selected as the host city has been fierce. Cities vie with innovation and resources to stand out and…

2 months ago

Sport

France’s Olympic champions: What it takes to win gold

Only a few dozen French nationals have gone down in history as Olympic champions. Pole vaulter Jean Galfione, judoka Emilie Andéol and swimmer Alain Bernard tell FRANCE 24 about the day that…

3 months ago

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Olympic torch arrives in France ahead of Paris Games

The Olympic torch has arrived in France ahead of the Paris Olympics. It was brought ashore with much fanfare in Marseille, after completing its sea crossing from Greece. Over the next six…

3 months ago

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No, French pilots did not ‘accidentally’ paint Russian flag during Marseille Olympic parade flyover

Social media users are sharing a viral video that purports to show French pilots painting a Russian flag in the sky, instead of a French one, during Marseille's Olympic flyover event.…

4 months ago

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Olympic

Performance of a lifetime: Creating the Olympic and Paralympic opening ceremonies

Tennis player Ibrahima Diaw on his Olympic journey for Senegal

Olympic events kick off ahead of opening ceremony

Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch ahead of opening ceremony

This is breaking, the new Olympic sport that moves to the beat

Paris 2024: Mathieu Forget makes photography an Olympic art

Athens 2004: The bitter legacy of the Olympic Games

Revisiting host cities: Munich, a model Olympic village

France’s Olympic champions: What it takes to win gold

Olympic torch arrives in France ahead of Paris Games

No, French pilots did not ‘accidentally’ paint Russian flag during Marseille Olympic parade flyover

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