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Paris 2024

Paris Olympic sites to open for tourist tours

The tours will offer visitors the chance to see key Olympic sites, including the Athletes’ Village

Tickets for Olympic athlete parade in Paris sold out in under two hours

Athletes expected to take part include judo gold medallist Teddy Riner, record-breaking swimmer Léon Marchand and rugby star Antoine Dupont

Traffic forecast for August 30 - September 1: Roads to avoid in France

The end of the summer holiday season and the start of the Paralympic Games are a potent mix for busy roads this weekend

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Paralympic flame to be paraded through Paris this week

The ‘lead’ flame will pass through eight communes over two days ahead of this week’s Opening Ceremony

Global praise as Paris Olympics close with ‘Golden Voyager’ character

The character paid homage to the founding of the modern Olympics, and looked ahead to the future

French biggest buyers of Olympic tickets, followed by UK and US

The Paris 2024 Games have also sold the most tickets for any Olympics, ever - with seats for the Paralympics also selling fast

The French strikes that could threaten the Paris Olympics 2024

Several groups are threatening to strike over what they see as a lack of bonus pay over the busy period

Strikes in France: Binmen begin protest over Paris Olympics pay

Unions are calling for bonuses for all staff and have posted strike notices for action throughout the whole period of the Olympics and Paralympics

MAPS: Who needs Paris Olympics 2024 QR access code, and how to get it

The passes will grant access to certain high-security zones during the Games

Olympic torch now in France: see its route around country

Around 10,500 people will carry torch to all four corners of France before Opening Ceremony

€2 Olympics coin given to Paris children being sold online for €600

The Monnaie de Paris Mint said it was ‘astonished’ at the resale prices

Paris Olympics’ official posters: no French flag but homage to UK town

There is also controversy surrounding removal of cross from Parisian landmark

Olympic mascot contract revives France’s forgotten toymaking industry

The French company who won the manufacturing deal is training a new generation of home-grown soft toy makers

Flights, cars, metro: How Paris 2024 Olympics will affect travel

Restrictions are set to include no-fly zones, traffic bans, and double-price metro tickets

Second sewage leak cancelled another try at Olympic trials in Seine

Investigations are underway into how this occurred - and how to stop it happening again ahead of the 2024 Paris Games

Flying ‘drone taxis’ on track to carry passengers at Paris Olympics

The company behind the aircraft say it can still get certification in time for Paris 2024

‘Swimming in the Seine will be fitting legacy for Paris Olympics’

Paris 2024 money means we will soon be able to swim past the Eiffel Tower, writes columnist Nabila Ramdani

Decision delay on whether to ban Russian athletes from Paris Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has softened its stance on Russian and Belarusian athletes but stopped short of deciding on Paris 2024

Want to be a volunteer at the Paris 2024 Olympics? Here’s how

Paris 2024 wants 45,000 volunteers to help welcome visitors and ensure sporting events run smoothly. Applications are now open

What sports can the public access for free at the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Some disciplines will be visible from the streets or riverbank. We also explain how the ballots for ticket sales work

Paris 2024: Marseille the first city to welcome the Olympic Flame

The city will kick off the Flame’s three-month journey to Paris and has been chosen partly because of its ancient links to Greece

‘Être bien dans tes baskets’: Our French expression of the week

We look at a popular sports-related expression as the 2024 Paris Olympic ticket draw opens

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: ticket sales calendar revealed

Members of the public will be able to enter a ticket draw from this December. There will be one million seats available for €24

Record-breaking electric ‘pod’ railway set for trial at Paris Olympics

The two-person capsules will transport passengers between the velodrome and BMX track

Change Olympic opening plans, warns Paris football final investigator

The head of the investigation into the Stade de France chaos states police do not have the crowd control skills to keep people safe at a River Seine opening

New Olympic Intelligence Centre will coordinate security at Paris 2024

It will be a tough job, with events held at museums or landmarks and a free opening ceremony for 600,000 along the Seine - ‘we can pull it off’ says organiser

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: How to get tickets and what they will cost

More than 13 million tickets will be available with almost half on sale for €50 or less

French police launch recruitment of 30,000 reserve officers

The personnel, recruited over the next few years, will be trained in using a firearm and will aim to improve police services on the ground and boost links with the public

Paris 1900: The record-breaking Olympics that few people knew about

We look back at those little-known first 'Jeux Olympiques'

French gold medal winner ‘sad’ as karate dropped from Paris Olympics

‘I want the chance to defend my title’ said karateka Steven Da Costa, as it was confirmed that the sport would give way to breakdancing at the 2024 Games

Woodkid to perform special song at Olympic handover ceremony in Paris

Yoann Lemoine, who also goes by the name ‘Woodkid’, has previously worked on videos for the Paris 2024 Olympic bid and collaborated with Katy Perry and Taylor Swift

Is River Seine clean enough for Paris Olympics 2024? Public says no

Preparations to clean up the river are underway in a bid to enable athletes to use it, but a new poll shows that public perception of the waterway is still poor

Flying taxi successfully tested in Paris ahead of 2024 Olympics

The electric VoloCity ‘helicopter’ flew at speeds of 30kph at 30 metres altitude and is the latest flying taxi model to be tested

Who is woman in Paris 2024 Olympics logo?

The Paris 2024 Olympics logo is clever as a flame and a woman’s face – but who is it supposed to be? G.S.

New Paris 2024 Olympic Games logo revealed

The new logo for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been revealed, with a design that features the symbol of France the Marianne, the Olympic flame, and a gold medal.

Airport link to Paris postponed to 2025

CDG Express, the direct train line from Roissy Charles de Gaulle to Paris gare de l’Est, will not be ready for the 2024 Olympic Games.

Paris aims to be ‘plastic free’ by 2024 Olympic Games

The city of Paris is aiming to be “plastic free” by the 2024 Olympic Games, as part of a wider ecological pledge, mayor Anne Hidalgo has said, in a bid to “accelerate the ecological transition” of the capital.

Paris to build new ‘largest garden’ by 2024 olympics.

The “largest garden in Paris”, including new pedestrianised and landscaped zones, is expected to open between the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadero by year 2024

Date for Paris airport train

A new train service will be built linking central Paris and Charles de Gaulle airport and it should be ready in time for the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Paris Mayor: 'Swimming' Seine to cost €1bn

City centre rivers are not often known for swimming, but Mayor Anne Hidalgo has promised that the length of the Seine will be clean enough to bathe in by 2024, in a project set to cost €1 billion.

Paris plans new 'working bridges'

Pedestrian bridges will be more than just walkways but will include entertainment or other features

France should aim for 'double' Olympic medals at 2024

The French minister for sport has said that France should aim to win double the number of medals at the Paris Olympics 2024, as it did at the Rio Olympics 2016.

Playing games with sport

The Olympic Games (coming to Paris in 2024) used to be a simple set up consisting, originally, of boxing, chariot racing, fighting ( Pankration ), pentathlon, running and wrestling.

Making Paris 2024 accessible for all

Architectural consultant Edouard Pastor, who specialises in improving access for disabled people, tells Gary Lee Kraut about the challenges in making Paris accessible to all in the run-up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Pétanque could soon be on the French lycée curriculum

The French Pétanque Federation ( La Fédération Française de Pétanque ) is aiming to get pétanque on to the national lycée curriculum.

Metro name change to mark Olympic Games win

Hôtel de Ville station on lines 1 and 11 renamed Ville Hôte for the weekend

Paris 2024 aiming to cut carbon emissions by half

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are aiming to reduce their carbon emissions by half, compared to London 2012 and Rio 2016.