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Conflict is easy to find at an Olympics that have been billed as a global unifying force

Just a few weeks before the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, the American former athlete Tommie Smith was in the French capital and inter alia recounting how he and fellow sprinters John Carlos and Peter Norman essentially winged their way into what would become one of the most…

On Friday the Olympics swing into full action, but can the spectacle still drown the detail, cost, greed and waste?

The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new

In the early 20th century, the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, wrote that the competition ought to be “free from political interference”. Yet it’s often hard for champions to escape world affairs. Take the example of Algerian judoka, Fethi Nourine, who withdrew in from the Tokyo…

France has received conditional approval to host the 2030 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee gave the green light on Wednesday, stipulating that the country's next prime minister must provide a financial "guarantee" to host the Games in the French Alps.

Any relief at moving back to normality has disappeared but at least there will be fans (and no bears) at the Paris Olympics

Campaigners plan to stage a protest from the stands of the Parc des Princes stadium when the Israel men’s football team play Mali in their opening match

“It’s not the job of an IOC president to have an easy life,” said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, adding that his task is to "organise the best possible Olympic Games for the athletes". Bach spoke to FRANCE 24 about the impact that the wars around the…

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the controversial French founder of the modern Olympics, is proving to be a divisive figure for organisers of the Paris Games. Yet while some deplore his sexist and colonialist remarks, others have praised his dedication to using sport to promote peace, viewing him as a visionary…

As Paris gets closer to hosting its third Olympics, Al Jazeera looks at the five biggest talking points.