Olympic games

Olympic Games 2024: why aren't all bank cards accepted at Olympic venues?

It's best to know this before you arrive at the Olympic venues: only a Visa card will allow you to make purchases on site! If you don't have one, remember to bring cash, as Visa has been a partner of the Olympic Games since 1986!

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: medal-winning athletes in archery, recap

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will bring together athletes from all over the world! Discover those who have distinguished themselves in archery, this ancestral sport in Olympic and Paralympic versions, with gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as any French success stories.

Paris 2024 Olympics: who are the medal-winning handball teams? Global summary

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will bring together athletes from all over the world! Find out which teams have excelled in handball, with gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as any French success stories.

Paris 2024 Olympics: who are the medal-winning athletes in modern pentathlon? Global summary

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will bring together athletes from all over the world! Discover those who have distinguished themselves in modern pentathlon, the sport that counts 5, with gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as any French success stories.

Paris 2024 Olympics: who are the medal-winning boxing athletes? Summary

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will bring together athletes from all over the world! Discover those who have distinguished themselves in boxing, this "noble sport", with gold, silver and bronze medals, as well as any French success stories.

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: medals won by Ukraine

Ukrainian friends, let's discover together the medal table of the Ukrainian Olympic and Paralympic team for these Paris 2024 Games!

Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: medals won by the Czech Republic

It's off to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games! For our Czech readers, here's a rundown of the gold, silver and bronze medals won by the Czech Republic (Czechia) team.

Olympic and Paralympic Games: which teams won medals in volleyball? Results

With the Paris 2024 Olympics over, and the Paralympics just around the corner, we take a look at the medal-winning teams in volleyball, beach volleyball and sitting volleyball!

Paris 2024 Olympics: Seine-Saint-Denis to get back the Olympic pool and skateboard modules

Seine-Saint-Denis is the département that will benefit most from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, picking up some infrastructure, including the Olympic pool and skateboard modules... and why not the Olympic rings?

Olympic Games 2024: silver medal for France's Dany Dann in breaking

Last night for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! B-boy Dany Dann shines in the breaking events, winning the silver medal. He becomes the first French breakdancer to win a silver medal in this new discipline.

Paris 2024 Olympics: silver medal for France's Élodie Clouvel in modern pentathlon

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Frenchwoman Élodie Clouvel became vice world champion for the second time in the modern pentathlon event, this Sunday, August 11.

All you need to know about carpool lanes in Paris activated this Monday, March 3, 2025!

Announced as part of the Legacy of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games project, car-sharing lanes on the Paris ring road, as well as on the A1 and A13 freeways, will come into service from March 3, 2025. This initiative aims to encourage shared mobility and reduce traffic congestion on the outskirts of the capital. We tell you all about it.

Easter 2025: La Maison du Chocolat celebrates Nature

La Maison du Chocolat reinvents Easter 2025 with a nature-inspired collection by Nicolas Cloiseau. Sculpted eggs and rabbits reveal a faceted design, including the imposing limited-edition Œuf Jardin Secret. Artistic and gourmet creations to be discovered from March 11, 2025 in stores and online.

Fires in Los Angeles: the 2028 Olympic Games in the spotlight?

The 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles are already under pressure. As devastating fires ravage California, killing 24 people, the question remains: will the city be ready in time? Between threatened sites and radical solutions, the future of the Olympics is written in uncertainty ...

Olympics 2024: why are some bronze medals being sent back to the Paris Mint?

A few days after their third-place finish, disgruntled athletes had already pointed out that their bronze medals were "defective". Now, several months after the Paris Olympics, some 100 athletes have returned their medals. But where does the problem come from?

Paris 2024 Olympic Games: the most-watched Olympiad in history, 5 billion spectators

More than half the world's population watched the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. A record audience, making these the most-watched Games in history, ahead of those in London!

Grand braderie des Jeux de Paris 2024 in front of the Hôtel de Ville this Saturday

To mark the third edition of its "Portes Ouvertes" event, the Hôtel de Ville de Paris is hosting a major "braderie des Jeux". Join us this Saturday, October 12, 2024 on the forecourt to stock up on bargains!

Angèle, Kavinsky and Phoenix: the Olympic 2024 version of Nightcall available on all platforms

That's it! The iconic Nightcall sound, remixed during the opening ceremony of the 202 Olympics, is finally available on all platforms. A version signed Angèle, Phœnix and Kavinsky having already caused a stir before its official release.

Paris 2024: the Olympic cauldron will disappear from the Tuileries, dismantling has begun

All good things must come to an end... After the athletes' parade, the Olympic cauldron must say goodbye to the Tuileries and the Parisians, perhaps temporarily. Its dismantling will take five days.

Statues of the 10 golden women of the opening ceremony on display at the National Assembly

During the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, statues of ten famous women such as Olympe de Gouges and Simone Veil were unveiled. Installed near the Alexandre-III bridge, these statues celebrate feminist and activist figures. They will be on temporary display at the National Assembly!