Olympic Flame Sails into Marseille
The Olympic Flame for Paris 2024 has been lit on the quayside in Marseille by local rapper “JuL” amid a fusillade of fireworks to set the seal on a day of celebration. In an unusual break with tradition, French President Emanuel Macron joined a crowd estimated at 150,000 to witness its arrival, […]
Largest Refugee Olympic Team For Paris 2024
The Olympic Refugee team (EOR) for Paris 2024 is set to be the largest since the introduction of the EOR at the 2016 Rio Olympics. It will include 36 members competing in 12 sports. The team has been chosen with the approval of the International Olympic Committee […]
The Flame is coming to Marseille
It is always a special moment when the Olympic Flame arrives in the host nation of the Games. A day of celebration has been planned to mark its arrival in Marseille on Wednesday (May 8). It has been carried from the great Athenian port of Piraeus by the three-master sailing ship […]
Reflections of the Flame
The Olympic Flame is now somewhere on the high seas as it continues its journey to Marseille. Its dramatic departure aboard the Belem prompted a dramatic light show in celebration in Marseille where the Flame is scheduled to make landfall. The Flame burst into life on the day before the official […]
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