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It’s been more than a decade since the last Summer Paralympics went off without major controversy. You’d have to go back to London 2012 for the last time the Paralympics could proceed unbothered. And what a Paralympics it was, according to those who attended. Now Paris readies to take centre stage. CBC | Sports News
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Paris Olympics organizers say swimming events still set for cleaned-up Seine River
Despite the complication of recent heavy rain, swimming in the River Seine is still the plan at the Paris Olympics after a $ 1.5 billion US investment to improve the water quality. CBC | World News
Read More »Green Games: Paris 2024 organizers promise more sustainable Olympics
Paris 2024’s organizing committee, with the support of the International Olympic Committee, is promising to deliver a more sustainable Olympic and Paralympic Games by halving previous Games’ carbon footprint and controlling the events’ climate impact. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Dutch singer ejected from Eurovision after complaint from crew member, organizers say
Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been booted from Eurovision, hours before the final of the music competition in Sweden. Organizers say his expulsion comes after a complaint by a member of the production crew. CBC | World News
Read More »Paris organizers take delivery of Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games
The flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Tokyo Olympic organizers lean away from spring, eyeing summer dates
Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. CBC | World News
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