Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping welcomed the country’s delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympics to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, haranguing them about their duty to the Communist Party and greeting them during an extended standing ovation to himself.
One of China’s most successful and popular Olympians, two-time gold medalist swimmer Pan Zhanle, shut down his official fan page on the regime-controlled Weibo social media site this week, prompting loud applause from state media for taking a stand against “toxic fan culture.”
French police evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark before the Olympic closing ceremony.
Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races in the Seine River at the Paris Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued a scathing statement condemning America’s top sports substance testing authority on Wednesday, blasting it as “ironic and hypocritical” for demanding more testing after Chinese athletes were found to have ingested banned substances prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics.
World Health Organization (W.H.O.) director for pandemic prevention Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove said on Tuesday that the Wuhan coronavirus “is still very much with us,” and warned governments around the world are unprepared for the surge of infections that is now under way.
History’s most decorated Olympian, swimmer Michael Phelps, told reporters competitive sports should have a “one and done” rule for athletes who test positive for banned substances – anyone testing positive should “never be allowed to come back.”
Chinese state television broadcaster CCTV on Sunday pulled the plug on its Olympic coverage to avoid showing Taiwan’s badminton team winning the gold medal by defeating the top-rated Chinese team.
The Chinese state-run propaganda magazine Global Times accused international athletes and staff at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday of “racial determinism” for expressing concern in public regarding the fact that Chinese athletes who tested positive for banned substances were allowed to compete.
Algerian Olympic boxer Imane Khelif, who has been at the center of controversy after the International Boxing Association (IBA) chief claimed Khelif had male chromosomes, refused to answer any questions on Sunday about biological sex or fairness concerns at the Paris Games.
Belgium said it would withdraw from the mixed relay triathlon at the Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine River fell ill.
The leftist-populist Slovak government announced it will not attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics over the “insult” to Christianity.
The artistic director of the LBGT-themed Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony has claimed he did not intend to portray the Last Supper.
Following the Olympic Opening Ceremony, which appeared to mock the Last Supper, major areas of Paris experienced a blackout on Saturday.
MEP Marion Maréchal urged the world to not blame France for the “left-wing minority” behind the anti-Christian insults during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
The woke opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics have been branded as a national “suicide” by a former French government cabinet member.
A French lawmaker declared that Israeli athletes are “not welcome” at the Paris Olympics and called for protests against Israeli participation.
France deployed 45,000 police and gendarmes, as well as 10,000 soldiers, to Paris for the largest military camp in Paris since World War II.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the Seine River to supposedly show that the water is safe ahead of the Olympic Games.
Paris hosted an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday – the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s Bastille Day military parade.
Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions during the Paris Olympics.
French authorities on Friday arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on suspicion of plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack on the Olympics.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected calls from French leader Emmanuel Macron for a truce with Russia during the Paris Olympics and criticised the West for seeking a swift end to the war.
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics could be forced to relocate in light of terror threats, French President Emmanuel Macron said.
The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympics in a bid to avoid strikes.
Migrants living in camps along the Seine River in Paris were removed on Tuesday amid a cleanup effort for next year’s Summer Olympics.
Paris Olympics organizers canceled a swimming test event Saturday in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued an impassioned condemnation on Monday of remarks by a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who accused the institution of being a “promoter of war, murder, and destruction” for ruling in favor of allowing Russian and Belarusian people to compete in its events.
The woke, low-ratings Tokyo Olympics may be followed by an even woker games in 2024, with organisers already emphasising inclusivity and gender politics.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Breakdancing moved a step closer to the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday, and now organizers can look to book a street venue in Paris.
Paris (AFP) – American Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad and representatives of her sponsors, Nike, criticised French attitudes to the hijab on a promotional visit to the country.
PARIS (AP) — From the streets of New York to the Olympic podium: Breakdancing’s conquest of the globe seemingly knows no bounds.
