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Olympic Games

  • Sunday, 16 June, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Less meat on menus and fewer new venues: how the Olympics is trying to go green

    Paris event organisers pledge to halve greenhouse gas emissions from London and Rio levels

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  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Leo Lewis
    Toyota and the Olympic dilemma

    Top-tier sponsorship of the games comes with financial and reputational risks

    María Hergueta illustration of a workman painting over Toyota billboard sign.
  • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    Volleyball at the Eiffel Tower: Paris begins Olympic makeover

    Preparations have begun to allow breakdancers at the Place de la Concorde and archers at Les Invalides

    Construction site for a temporary site for the Paris Olympic Games on the Champ de Mars
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Doping in sport
    Anti-doping body faces calls for review over Chinese swimmers

    UK agency combating drugs in sport adds to pressure ahead of Paris Olympics over positive 2020 tests

    Swimmers dive into the pool at the 2020 Summer Olympics
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
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    Beijing bets on manufacturing

    Xi Jinping hopes manufacturing can offset the property slump

  • Saturday, 20 April, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Parisians struggle to cash in on Olympic Games rentals

    A glut of apartments available in the French capital this summer is pushing down prices

  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
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    Will Gallic grouchiness snuff out the Olympic flame?

    Planning issues and security risks mean that with less than 100 days to go, excitement levels in Paris are low

    The final dress rehearsal of the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, this week
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    News in-depthParis Olympics
    Paris prize money opens Olympic divide

    Move exposes yawning financial gap between rewards for elite Olympians and other top sports professionals

    Fred Kerley of USA and Marcell Jacobs of Italy compete in the men’s 100m final during day 9 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    Athletics federation to pay gold medal winners $50,000 at Olympics

    Allocation of $2.4mn for Paris Games prompts concern over erosion of event’s spirit of amateurism

    Lamont Marcell Jacobs
  • Monday, 1 April, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    French unions threaten strikes during Olympics

    Public workers are pressing for bonuses and perks to skip holidays and work during Paris games

    A protester holds placards reading “Question of the day, level groups? Yes, No” and “You divide the children, but never the teachers. The reform is a draft for our liberties, fight! No to Level groups!”
  • Sunday, 24 March, 2024
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  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
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    Pas de hotdog: Paris Olympics chefs take veggie gamble

    Paris 2024 organisers aim for local produce and plant-based menus for athletes and spectators

    French chef Alexandre Mazzia
  • Thursday, 4 January, 2024
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    The greatest footballers are masters of space

    The most electrifying footballers are not simply those who have impeccable ball control, but visionary manipulators of space

  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘Magical’ Olympics will be worth the disruption, promises Paris 2024 chief

    Plan to turn centre of French capital into open-air sports arena has prompted security worries and complaints from residents

    Tony Estanguet hopes that Paris 2024 will restore some wonder and enthusiasm for the Olympics.
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    ReviewFilm
    We Dare to Dream film review — stirring documentary follows refugee Olympic athletes

    Waad Al-Kateab’s film is a snapshot of the team that competed in Tokyo in 2021

    Photographed from below, a woman looks to one side while raising her arm
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    News in-depthFrench society
    Paris quayside booksellers dig in for Olympics battle

    Police order traders to temporarily vacate hundreds of historic stalls for opening ceremony on river Seine

  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Mappin & Webb off and running with UK Olympic jewellery tie-up

    The jeweller’s partnership with Team GB will provide official mementoes for athletes and souvenirs for fans

    Declan Brooks on his bike in front of Mappin & Webb
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Paris races to clean up Seine before Olympics

    Pedro Sánchez set to retain power in Spain after amnesty deal with Catalan separatists

  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    Paris Olympics
    Paris bets on giant tank to clean up Seine river in time for Olympics

    Construction workers rush to finish underground pool that will collect the capital’s wastewater

  • Saturday, 14 October, 2023
    Scoreboard
    Cricket set for a Hollywood return Premium content

    Plus, Bernie Ecclestone coughs up a sizeable fine and scheduling headache for English rugby union

  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    International Olympic Committee
    IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee

    Decision follows Moscow’s attempt to absorb Ukrainian sporting bodies from occupied regions

    Kamila Valieva from Russia skates in Beijing, China
  • Friday, 6 October, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    What does a sport ‘timing partner’ actually do?

    The team responsible for tracking the athletes’ performance during the World Athletics Championships shows us how they do it

    8 runners leap over the finish line at men’s 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Paris Olympics
    Paris Olympics promises Seine clean-up after pollution spoils triathlon

    Poor water quality of French river has cast doubt over games next summer

    The starting line of the 2023 World Triathlon Olympic Games test event floating on the Seine in Paris
  • Monday, 24 July, 2023
    LVMH becomes late addition to running order of Paris Olympic sponsors

    Deal with luxury group will help bridge budget gap for organisers of 2024 games

    Logo of the Paris 2024 Olympics on the Organising Committee headquarters
  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Meet the Indian wrestlers taking on Modi’s establishment 

    A group of athletes has launched their own #MeToo movement

    Wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia along with supporters lead the protest march from Jantar Mantar towards New Parliament
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