100 years after Paris 1924 Flame Visits Coubertin’s Childhood home
Exactly 100 years to the day since the 1924 Paris Olympics were officially opened, a large and enthusiastic crowd including local school children watched as double Olympic basketball medallist Sandrine Gruda […]
Hold the Back Page, AIPS celebrates Centenary
July 2nd is World Sports Journalists Day. On that day in 1924, only a few days before the last Paris Olympics, two distinguished Olympians arranged a meeting in a boxing ring at the Sporting Club de France. Organising Committee Secretary Frantz […]
Bach makes plea for Coubertin to be judged fairly in France
At a concert in the great Sorbonne Hall to celebrate Olympic Day, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach pleaded for Baron Pierre de Coubertin to be given greater recognition in France. […]
Germany’s “Fussball Problem”
A single goal in Hamburg at the FIFA World Cup 50 years ago gave East Germany victory over West Germany in what may have been the most politically charged international football match ever staged. It was the only time that East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic […]
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