At six o’clock yesterday afternoon Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, leaves the Sala Verde of Palazzo Chigi where the control room of the 2026 Winter Olympics has just concluded, and crossing journalists he explains: «As a Milanese, of course I would like the my city also hosted the skating competitions ma … Read more
CTK Updated 15. 3. 2023 18:40 Three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecká returned to racing after an injury with second place in the parallel giant slalom on a snowboard in Rogle. At the World Cup in the Slovenian center today, she first won the qualification and then also three elimination races, but in the final duel … Read more
a contract French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday, meetings to assess the challenges of the Olympic Games in Paris, from security to transportation through the budget, 500 days before the opening date of the largest sporting event in the world. After these meetings, he delivered a speech confirming that France is determined to organize an “extraordinary” … Read more
Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said the South Korean capital will bid to host the 2036 Olympics without reviving efforts to jointly organize the games with Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. Amid hopes of improving relations between the two neighbors, Seoul sent a proposal to the International Olympic Committee in 2021 to co-host the 2032 Olympics … Read more
As a young girl, Chantal Van Winden had to spend a lot of time in the kitchen to feed the men of the clan who worked in the fields of the family farm in Sherrington, in southern Quebec. She had only one desire: to get out of the kitchen. That it now produces an oil … Read more
FRANCK FIFE / AFP French President of the Paris Organising Committee of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Tony Estanguet poses at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on April 13, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) FRANCK FIFE / AFP Tony … Read more
SAT visits Paris Prepare for the Thai army before the Olympics and Paralympics Dr. Kongsak Yodmanee, Governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), together with Khunying Padma IOC member led the SAT executives to a meeting to discuss the overall preparation guidelines for the Thai national team with representatives of the organizing committee of … Read more
Training at the Olympique Lyonnais women’s football academy, in Meyzieu, in the northeast of Lyon, on January 12, 2023. RICHARD MOUILLAUD / PHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/MAXPPP There is this absolute parity. As historic as it is late. And there is this imbalance. Persistent. If France is proud to organise, in the summer of 2024, the Olympic and … Read more
Rewrite history, we are Olympic champions. One refuses to believe how much time has passed since the 1998 Winter Olympics. Now for sale is a veteran who remembers the historic event – a Honda four-wheel drive vehicle. But it’s no sports car – it’s a 1996 Honda Acty in a crawler version. The red color … Read more
Russia and its ally Belarus have been absent from most Olympic sports since Russian forces invaded Ukraine last February. But in January, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was working to allow Russians to participate in the Games. Following this announcement, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has offered athletes from both countries the … Read more