Olympic Games

— 21 October 2022

The Concorde, to open the Games in style

The case is folded. It looks good. And even better than that. At a board meeting on Thursday 20 October, the Paris 2024 OCOG made official the setting and... Read more »

— 20 October 2022

Ten cities set their sights on the Summer Games

Christophe De Kepper, the IOC Director General, confirmed on Thursday 20 October before the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) that the IOC aims to... Read more »

— 29 September 2022

Egypt and Germany, the Games in all their forms

Is this a back-to-school effect? In the space of a few days, two new countries have chosen to come out of the woodwork to announce, in their own way,... Read more »

— 22 September 2022

Thomas Jolly, the master of ceremonies

The name was expected. It surprised everyone. The Paris 2024 OCOG unveiled the identity of the artistic director of the ceremonies of the next Summer Games. One man, one... Read more »

— 6 September 2022

Germany apologises

Thomas Bach was one of the guests of honour, but also a prominent speaker, at the ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Israeli delegation... Read more »

— 5 September 2022

Germany makes a mea culpa

Shameful. Nothing less. The German head of state, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said on Sunday 4 September, on the eve of the commemorations of the 1972 Munich Games terrorist attack, that... Read more »

— 1 September 2022

An agreement fifty years after the fact

It was about time. Almost 50 years to the day after the events, the German government and the families of Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Games terrorist attack... Read more »

— 24 August 2022

A medal for the auction

A piece of history. A medal from the first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens in 1896, will be auctioned off next month in Britain. Made by a French... Read more »

— 22 August 2022

Summer Games, World Cup football: Saudi Arabia wants it all

After Qatar, a new giant of world sport is being born in the Gulf. Saudi Arabia has made no secret of it: it wants to have its turn on... Read more »

— 18 August 2022

Germany shows its ambitions

Germany has made no secret of the fact that it wants the Olympic Games. But it still has to decide on a date, a venue and even a season.... Read more »