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Athletes and visitors to the 2024 Paris Olympics are in for a treat above and beyond the sporting action. That's because the food on offer is also gold medal-standard with fresh bread and select cheeses, plus gourmet dishes prepared by some of France’s best chefs. About 40,000 meals are expected to be served each day during the Games to the more than 15,000 athletes from 200 different countries housed at the Olympic village. Visitors will also be able to enjoy some specially created snacks at the different venues. And of particular pride is the broad selection of vegetarian dishes. "It is a ri...
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Foie gras. Steak tartare. Beef bourguignon. Blanquette de veau. Frogs' legs. Snails. Let's be real, France isn't particularly renowned for its vegan-friendly cuisine. In fact, the French consume twice as much meat as the global average, boasting the highest beef and veal consumption per inhabitant. But the organisers of the Paris Olympics are looking to flip the script. They're introducing an unprecedented offering of vegetarian cuisine, surpassing anything seen in previous Games. The aim is to show that France is now more about 'leaf' than 'beef'. It's been announced that 60% of the food serv...
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The father of Norwegian athletics stars Jakob, Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing a family member, police announced on Monday, according to the NTB news agency. Gjert Ingebrigtsen's lawyer said his client rejects the allegations. He "does not agree with the account of the events on which the charges are based." Henrik (33), Filip (31) and Jakob (23) accused their father, who was their long-time coach, of being violent in their childhood in an opinion piece in the newspaper Verdens Gang last year. "We grew up with a father who was very aggressive and controlling and use...
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Football Olympic champion Leonie Maier of Germany will end her professional career in summer, her club Hoffenheim said on Tuesday. Maier won gold with Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics and also the women's Euro 2013. "Everyone who knows me know what football means to me. The decision was anything but easy. However, the amount of injuries have slowed me down repeatedly and, unfortunately, they no longer make playing football at the top level possible," she said. The 31-year-old moved to Hoffenheim last summer from the English Women's Super League. Maier previously played in the Bundesliga for Ba...
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Football Olympic champion Leonie Maier of Germany will end her professional career in summer, her club Hoffenheim said on Tuesday. Maier won gold with Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics and also the women's Euro 2013. "Everyone who knows me know what football means to me. The decision was anything but easy. However, the amount of injuries have slowed me down repeatedly and, unfortunately, they no longer make playing football at the top level possible," she said. The 31-year-old moved to Hoffenheim last summer from the English Women's Super League. Maier previously played in the Bundesliga for Ba...
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Football Olympic champion Leonie Maier of Germany will end her professional career in summer, her club Hoffenheim said on Tuesday. Maier won gold with Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics and also the women's Euro 2013. "Everyone who knows me know what football means to me. The decision was anything but easy. However, the amount of injuries have slowed me down repeatedly and, unfortunately, they no longer make playing football at the top level possible," she said. The 31-year-old moved to Hoffenheim last summer from the English Women's Super League. Maier previously played in the Bundesliga for Ba...
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Joining the global rush to capitalise on artificial intelligence (AI), Olympic organisers unveiled their plans on Friday to use the rapidly advancing technology in sports. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) outlined its agenda for taking advantage of AI. Officials said it could be used to help identify promising athletes, personalise training methods and make the games fairer by improving judging. "Today we are making another step to ensure the uniqueness of the Olympic Games and the relevance of sport. To do this, we have to be leaders of change," IOC President Thomas Bach said at a pr...
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We’re just a few months away from the 2024 Olympics and host city Paris is gearing up for an influx of visitors. The French capital has put a special transport pass on sale which will allow sports fans to benefit from unlimited travel to all Olympic and Paralympic venues across the city throughout the Games. The regional transport operator, Île de France Mobilités, says the 'Paris 2024' travel pass is aimed at visitors, to make their journeys around the city more straightforward. How will the Paris Olympics transport pass work?The pass is now available to buy only as a physical card, but will ...
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By Jamie Spencer Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has expressed disappointment at the club's decision to stop its senior players from going to the Olympics this summer. Tchouameni had his eye on representing France at the men's football tournament on home soil as an over-age player, with club-mate Eduardo Camavinga also eligible. Kylian Mbappe, who is expected to become a Madrid player in July, is another for whom the Olympics is an ambition. "Obviously, playing in the Olympic Games, in your own country, is something extraordinary. It is not something that perhaps we can repeat in ou...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine more than two years ago, has said that he is open to a ceasefire during the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in an interview with Ukrainian television that Paris would ask Moscow to agree to a truce for the duration of the Games, set for July 26 to August 11. In a press conference following his projected re-election on Sunday evening in a vote that was considered neither free nor fair, Putin said he so far not heard of such a proposal by Macron. "In any case, w...
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