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Paris: when renovated basket playgrounds become genuine masterpieces

As part of Paris 2024 legacy, the city has called in several talented artists to renovate and improve the Parisian playgrounds, the famous outdoor basketball grounds. So, where to go to discover and admire these masterpieces? Keep reading to find out!

Paris 2024 Olympics: equestrian events held at the Château de Versailles

Horses at Versailles. For the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, the majestic setting of the gardens of the Château de Versailles will open its doors to equestrian events that are sure to dazzle spectators.

2024 Paris Olympics: towards free public transit for spectators?

Will public transit be free for 2024 Paris Olympics ticket holders? This is a lead studied by the Olympic Games Organization Committee. “For 2024 Paris Olympics, we plan to provide public transit to go to sites” to the millions of spectators, Tony Estanguet told Le Parisien.

Paris 2024: the Olympics calendar is taking shape

About two years before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games start, the IOC has approved the competition calendar by sessions, for the 329 games scheduled for nineteen days, while we wait for detailed games in June.

Olympic and Paralympic Week returns to school in February 2021

The Olympic and Paralympic Week is back from February 1 to 6, 2021 in France. Goal: promoting sport and gather young people together around citizen and sport-based values in preparation for Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. A website provides key entertainments to school to host this week, and the City of Paris even planned a game box for fifth graders in Paris.

Paris 2024 Olympics: the Minister of Sport alerts to possible budget overrun

With the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, the organization of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics is disturbed. Facility works delayed, uncertainty as for sponsors, the Minister of Sports thinks the budget for the future Olympic Games in Paris will be “undoubtedly” overran.

Coronavirus: Paris 2024 Summer Olympics to be postponed?

As the Covid-19 pandemic keeps on paralyzing the world’s economy and leading to the one-year adjournment of the Tokyo Olympics, Paris 2024 Summer Olympics organizers are worried about the consequences of the health crisis on the calendar of the future Olympic Games. Many questions remain without an answer, as voices are raising to maintain or anticipate a postponement to 2025.

Coronavirus: consequences on Paris Olympics 2024?

As Tokyo Olympics 2020 are officially postponed to 2021, many questions are still without an answer as for the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on Paris 2024. Work sites shut down, sponsoring contracts, new budget: somes voices are getting louder among the IOC to "rethink" the Olympics.

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Team USA settles in Eaubonne

It’s official, the United-States of America Olympic delegation has already chosen where to settle in for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. The Centre départemental de formation et d’animations sportives du Val d’Oise in Eaubonne will accomodate the 1200 American athletes.

Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Île Saint Denis’s fluvial eco-district

Among the upcoming installations of the Olympic village for Paris 2024, the Île Saint Denis’s fluvial eco-district enjoys eco-friendly constructions in harmony with the Seine.

Paris Olympics 2024: the Olympic village built by boats on the Seine

Solideo – the Olympic Delivery Authority – unveils a partnership with Ile-de-France ports and the Voies Navigables de France [Waterways of France] to build the upcoming Olympic Village for Paris 2024. But still sticking to the will of offering the first eco-friendly and sustainable Olympic Games in history.

Paris Olympics 2024: the first pictures of the future Olympic Village

The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled the first pictures of the different premises of the Olympic Village for Paris 2024. Goal: building eco-friendly buildings and favoring green areas.

Hiking around Paris: the Olympic hike with GR®75

Supporting Paris Olympics 2024, GR®75 organizes an Olympic hike at the outskirts of the French capital. Between green areas and new neighborhoods, make the best of it to admire the famous monuments of the beautiful city of Paris and the upcoming sporting installations!