Organizers of the Paris Olympics said they have sold 6.8 million tickets out of 10 million available with 14 months left before the opening ceremony and on Tuesday brushed off criticism that prices are too high.
PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics, who gave rainbow colors to their logo Wednesday to mark the international day against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia, aren't limiting themselves to promises of inclusive Games next year.
PARIS (AP) — The second round of ticket sales for next year's Paris Olympics started Thursday with only the lucky winners of a lottery being able to buy about 1.5 million seats for the most prestigious competitions, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies.
4 million apply for tickets for Paris Olympics in lottery
April 21, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — Four million applications were received for an online lottery where winners get to buy tickets for next year’s Paris Olympics, the local organizing committee said Friday.
They hope to sell 1.3 million tickets for the 2024 Games as a result of the latest draw.
UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics
March 27, 2023 GMTGENEVA (AP) — Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crimes, according to a United Nations expert advising the International Olympic Committee.
Ukraine pushes for continued Russian Olympic exclusion
March 24, 2023 GMTKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine renewed its push to keep Russian athletes out of the Olympics on Friday ahead of an International Olympic Committee board meeting next week which is expected to set the framework for their return to international sports events.
Paris Olympics organizers looking for 45,000 volunteers
March 21, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics is putting out a call for 45,000 helpers.
Organizers of the 2024 Games are launching a drive this week to recruit tens of thousands of volunteers willing to work without pay at the world’s biggest sports event.
Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
March 20, 2023 GMTThe Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
New ticket lottery launches for Paris 2024 Olympics
March 15, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — Paris Olympics organizers kicked off the individual ticketing program Wednesday for next year’s Games, after an initial round of package sales left many buyers feeling frustrated at high costs.
Macron launches 500-day countdown to Paris Olympics
March 14, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron launched the 500-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics on Tuesday, bringing the public up to date with his government’s hopes for the Games, including the ambitious use of the Seine.
USA Swimming offers cash for Olympic relay sweep
March 14, 2023 GMTCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming will reward its athletes financially if the Americans sweep all seven relays at this summer’s world championships and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The program announced Tuesday by the sport's national governing body involves the men's and women's 4x100-meter medley relays, 4x100 freestyle relays, 4x200 free relays and mixed 4x100 medley relay.
Olympic ticket sales for Paris Games get off to rocky start
March 4, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and egalitarian access to events, thanks to an online system meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to stadiums and arenas for as little as $26.
War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes’ path to Paris Olympics
Paul Cayard resigns as boss of US Olympic Sailing Team
February 26, 2023 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Paul Cayard has resigned as executive director of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, the latest upheaval for a once-dominant squad that has become an afterthought on the world stage.
Cayard, one of America’s most successful sailors, said Saturday that he couldn’t work under a restructuring of the Olympic team’s management.
USA Basketball picks roster for last 2 World Cup qualifiers
February 16, 2023 GMTCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Basketball has picked the 12 players for the final two games of World Cup qualifying later this month, tasked with giving the Americans a berth in this summer’s tournament and moving them one step closer to the Paris Olympics.
Lue replaces Williams on USA Basketball men’s coaching staff
February 8, 2023 GMTLos Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue will replace Phoenix’s Monty Williams on the USA Basketball men’s national team coaching staff for this year’s World Cup and next year’s Paris Olympics.
Lue joins head coach Steve Kerr of Golden State and fellow assistants Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat and Mark Few of Gonzaga on the staff.
Diana Taurasi has sights set on playing at Paris Olympics
February 7, 2023 GMTDiana Taurasi said immediately after winning her fifth Olympic gold medal in Tokyo that she might try for a record sixth in Paris.
It's still on her mind 17 months out of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Paris mayor: No Russian team at 2024 Games if war continues
February 7, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says there should be no Russian delegation allowed at the Paris Olympics next year if Moscow continues its war against Ukraine.
Hidalgo previously said Russian competitors could take part under a neutral flag but she backpedaled on Tuesday in an interview with French media France Info.
Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games
February 3, 2023 GMTMARSEILLE, France (AP) — The Olympic flame is going for a sail.
Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-mast tall ship in the French port of Marseille.
Sagan to stop road races, target 2024 Olympic mountain bike
January 27, 2023 GMTSAN JUAN, Argentina (AP) — Three-time world champion Peter Sagan will ride a farewell season of World Tour road races and then target the mountain bike event at the 2024 Paris Olympics before retiring.
IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics
January 25, 2023 GMTGENEVA (AP) — The IOC made clear Wednesday it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes, in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to exclude them entirely.
Scandal hits another Olympic sport in France -- handball
January 25, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — The head of France's professional handball league resigned Wednesday after pleading guilty to child corruption and child pornography charges — the country's latest sports scandal before it hosts next year's Paris Olympics.