8 year old Nigerian chess prodigy pushes for more young players because ”it can make the world better”

With her second Olympic qualification secured, Khouloud Hlimi aims to make history as the first Tunisian woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.

The Olympic flame arrives in France from Greece this Wednesday. Some 10,000 people will have the honour of carrying the torch for part of its relay around the country, from ordinary citizens to VIPs. One of these torch bearers is a Paris-based, Sri Lankan-born baker who only came to France for the first time in 2006.

A ship bearing the flame has docked in the southern port of Marseille. Athletes, public figures and ordinary citizens will now carry the symbol of Olympic tradition to Paris in a relay across the country.