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The two biggest events in world sports are coming to America

LVMH's high profile and highly visible product placement in the Paris Games opening ceremony surprised marketing experts and raises the possibility it could cause problems for the International Olympic Committee with their long-term sponsors.

The Paris Games has the chance to "kickstart a resurgence of the Olympic brand" following the last two Covid-affected editions and the doping-blighted 2014 Sochi Winter Games, former IOC marketing executive Terrence Burns has told AFP. With just six months to go to the opening ceremony in the French capital,…

Negotiations were fraught but the financial figures meant an uneasy peace was brokered between organisers and the IOC

The new £45,000 memorial garden will commemorate the millions of people who lost their lives in the Holocaust and other genocide atrocities

Residents are "at the end of their tether" with the issue

Paris (AFP) - The decision on whether Russian athletes should compete in the Paris Olympics is the biggest headache facing organisers 500 days out from the opening ceremony, former senior IOC officials have told AFP.

A £5 increase has been unanimously agreed at a meeting of councillors, despite acknowledgements of the financial pressures being faced by families.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue had been planning to reduce services at its West Bridgford, London Road and Stockhill stations.