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PARIS : Torchbearers in the Paris Olympics relay will pass by the site of the November 2015 Islamist attack on the Bataclan concert hall, organisers said on Monday as they revealed a route designed to showcase the host city's "different…

The Olympic flame for the 2024 Paris Games will pass through 64 departments — including five overseas — and 400 towns over 68 days before the cauldron is lit.Organizers announced the route for the torch relay on Friday at a Paris…

The organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympics announced the route of the torch relay on Friday, hoping to spark positive headlines after a difficult week when police raided their offices. Issued on:…

RUNAWAY JAGUAR A 17-year-old jaguar named Juma was paraded in chains for photos as the torch passed through the Amazon in northern Brazil ahead of the Rio Games in 2016. But Juma escaped its handlers and four tranquilliser darts failed to…

Ann Osgerby, June Croft, Maggie Kelly and Helen Jameson are not household names. But they should be. Were it not for the state-sponsored doping of East Germany, they would all be Olympic champions.Osgerby (now Inge), should have two gold…

David Wiese taking a boundary line catch in England's T20 Blast.© TwitterYorkshire fielders David Wiese and Shan Masood produced a beautiful relay catch to dismiss opponent batter Rishi Patel during T20 Blast match against Leicestershire on…

Four-time Olympic medallist swimmer Taylor Ruck has decided to withdraw from an international event in Santa Clara. Calif.This comes a day after Swimming Canada officials told CBC Sports they were optimistic Ruck was returning to racing…

There will be 10,000 torchbearers to carry the Olympic flame as it passes through some 60 French departments ahead of the 2024 Games, Paris Olympic organisers announced on Tuesday.  Issued on: 30/05/2023…

When the horn blows, the race starts and the adrenaline kicks in for competitors in the sport known as Indian Horse Relay.Joseph Jackson, 16, a Plains Cree rider originally from Goodfish Lake, Alta., was first introduced to it when he was…

The North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) are just two months away and as organizers say: "We are saving you a seat."From July 15-23, Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Dartmouth and Millbrook First Nation will welcome 5,250 athletes from nearly 756…