Aya Nakamura thanks fans for support over Olympics racism as she wins awards
French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes ‘to all the blacks’ after backlash over rumoured Paris show The French pop star Aya Nakamura has...
Category : Olympic Games
The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success? | David Goldblatt
Faced with competition from rival sporting events, the future of the Games hung in the balance. A century on, new hurdles are looming Paris 1924...
‘Sport is never just sport’: Olympics exhibition in Paris reflects 20th century’s highs and lows
Les Jeux Olympiques: Miroir des Sociétés opens ahead of Paris Olympics and puts previous games in context of conflicts and injustices From the Nazi stadium...
Aya Nakamura, the pop superstar at the centre of a Paris Olympic racism storm
Outrage from the far right over rumours of a performance at the opening ceremony has exposed deep divisions in France She is the most listened-to...
Bag containing security plans for Paris Olympics stolen from French train
City hall engineer had put bag with sensitive data in overhead luggage rack on train at Gare du Nord A bag containing a computer and...
Champs-Élysées to be given makeover before Paris Olympic Games
‘World’s most beautiful avenue’ in French capital will undergo urgent cosmetic changes after years of decline On paper and in urban legend, the Champs-Élysées is...
Paris booksellers angry at plans to ‘hide’ their stalls during Olympics
About 60% of bouquinistes along the Seine River will be moved on during the Games next year for security reasons Booksellers in Paris have hit...
French court’s approval of Olympics AI surveillance plan fuels privacy concerns
Rights groups including Amnesty and Human Rights Watch call proposals ‘a dangerous precedent’ in open letter France’s top constitutional court has sanctioned the controversial use...
