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July 26, 2024 11:18 PM

Olympics-Games’ opening ceremony starts under watchful eye of security forces

The Olympics' opening ceremony began in Paris on Friday by depicting a fictional scenario in which the arrival of theOlympic flame goes awry, ahead of an extravagant show on the river Seine that will kick off the summer Games. French soccer superstar Zinedine Zidane was shown running across Paris t...

July 26, 2024 11:06 PM

Attacks on French railways cause chaos before Olympic ceremony

Saboteurs struck France's TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country, causing travel chaos and exposing security gaps ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony later on Friday. The coordinated sabotage took place as France mounted a massive security operation...

July 26, 2024 2:51 PM

Arsonists attack French railways hours before Olympic ceremony

Vandals targeted France's high-speed train network with a series of coordinated actions that brought major disruption to some of the country's busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The state-owned railway operator said arsonists had targeted installations ...

July 26, 2024 1:08 PM

Why some events started before the Opening Ceremony of Paris 2024 Olympics?

By: Aditya Ahuja The Paris 2024 Olympics are officially scheduled to begin today, July 26, with an elaborate opening ceremony along the Seine River in France. However, the Games 'unofficially' kicked off on July 24 with football and rugby sevens competitions, followed by women's handball and archer...

July 26, 2024 11:01 AM

Paris to kick off 2024 Games under tight security

France aims to wow the world on Friday with an extravagant Olympics opening ceremony through the heart of Paris, officially kicking off a Games fraught with security risks at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions. Some 45,000 police, 10,000 soldiers and 2,000 private security staff will ensure...

July 26, 2024 10:38 AM

Canada edge New Zealand 2-1 amid Olympic spying scandal

Defending champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their Paris Olympics opening game on Thursday (July 25) overshadowed by a spying scandal that has engulfed the women's tournament. Cloe Lacasse and Evelyne Viens scored on a night that might have been a routine group win for Canada before it wa...

July 25, 2024 10:49 PM

Paris Olympics: India qualify for quarter-finals in men’s team archery event

India's men's archery team has made a strong start at the Paris Olympics 2024, securing a direct qualification to the quarter-finals after finishing third in the Ranking Round on Thursday. The team, consisting of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai, and Pravin Jadhav, accumulated 2013 points, placing...

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