Sustainable Olympic Games: the legacy of the clean Seine and the global inspiration for the mega-events to come
Paris 2024 not only pledged to clean up the iconic river in the French capital, but it also claims to have reduced its carbon footprint to 50 percent with decisions such as not building new stadiums. Georgina Grenón, the Argentinian in charge of the environmental area in the Organizing Committee, told details of how they work on the objective.
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The Beach-Handball in Paris 2024 may have its big chance
Most of the sports that started their Olympic dream in exhibition mode were left alone in that. Others, such as tennis, came back to stay. The reasons why this specialty deserves to have a space similar to that of rugby, in 3x3 and beach volleyball.
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If not the Seine River, where? : the alternatives for the opening ceremony that Macron revealed
For the first time, the President of France mentioned the other plans that the organization has for Paris 2024 in the event that, finally, the parade of delegations across the Seine River cannot take place on July 26. “We prepared them in parallel,” he said.
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The United States confirmed a basketball team that matches the 1992 Dream Team
With LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, the North American national team will try to claim a 2023 World Cup in which they did not reach the podium. They will debut on July 28 against Serbia.
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Paris 2024, now facing the Middle East conflict
The recent episodes with Iran's military aggression against Israel open the door to a scenario whose scope no one dares to determine. Could we have games in such a scenario?
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Handball: the last six women’s Olympic tickets were won by European countries
As among men, 75% of those classified for Paris live in the old continent. Slovenia sealed the first passage in its history; Germany returns after 16 years; 3x3 basketball also decided places.
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Osaka dreams big about Paris 2024: “If they let me play, I hope to win a medal”
The person in charge of lighting the cauldron in Tokyo 2020 returned to represent Japan in the Billie Jean King Cup, but she must appeal to participate in the Olympic tournament because she did not meet the ITF requirement for two calls.
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