Lyon and Lille – Once Olympic Bid Cities
Lyon and Lille will stage Olympic events for the first time this week as part of Paris 2024, but both cities had previously bid for the Games in their own right. On Wednesday Iraq against Ukraine is the first of 11 Olympic football matches at the Stade Lyon. […]
Johnson’s Golden Spike Among Athletic Treasures on Display in Paris
A golden running shoe worn by Michael Johnson when he completed the 200m and 400m double in 1996 is to be put on display in Paris for the duration of the 2024 Olympics. Johnson set a world record when he won the 200m at […]
Kevan Gosper – Tribute from a Friend
On July 19, 2024, just as he was preparing to leave Australia to attend the Olympic Games in Paris. the Olympic Movement lost one of its most devoted supporters with the death of Richard Kevan Gosper. It was typical of Kevan that, even at the age of 90 […]
Paris Opening Ceremony 100 Years Ago
Although shrouded in secrecy it is safe to say that next Friday’s Opening Ceremony on the River Seine will look very different to the last time the Games were held in Paris a century ago. In 1924, the Opening Ceremony took place at the Stade de […]
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