The Paris Olympics organisers have pledged a "great national party," yet with just 100 days remaining, France's divisive politics and sombre atmosphere are casting a shadow over the anticipation.

Paris' Olympic bid aimed to rejuvenate an area characterised by diverse immigration and the youngest population in the country, with a significant proportion - 1.6 million of inhabitants - living below the poverty line. Paris 2024 also wants to leave a legacy in Seine-Saint-Denis.

France is racing to stop virus-carrying tiger mosquitoes from disrupting the Paris Olympics, where millions of visitors are expected.

Five months before the start of the thirty-third Olympic Games of the modern era and after seven years of construction, French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis.

Former Belarusian Olympic head coach, Yury Moisevich, has been banned for five years by a Disciplinary Tribunal, after being found to have breached the World Athletics' Integrity Code of Conduct in the wake of Krystina Tsimanouskaya's withdrawal from Tokyo 2020.

As athletes around the world turn their attention to qualifying, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games met in the Veneto region to discuss the preparations for hosting the event in less than two years' time.

The construction of part of the Athletes' Village, the renovation of the Grand Palais monument and the Colombes swimming pool are the only three sports facilities currently slightly behind schedule according to the work plan.

Chefs preparing menus for the Paris 2024 Olympic Village have promised that food will be "fun, gourmet and healthy" but no wine or other alcohol will be on offer during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Paris 2024 Organising Committee director general Étienne Thobois has insisted the Olympic and Paralympic Village will be completed "on time and on budget".

French movie studio EuropaCorp is seeking "eviction compensation" from the owners of the Cité du Cinéma, with the facility in Paris set to be unavailable from November this year for its usage as an athletes' canteen during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Striking electricians and gas workers have cut off electricity to the construction site of the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis during protest against the French Government's plans to raise the retirement age.

The three Olympic Villages - two in Beijing and one in Zhangjiakou - are now welcoming athletes for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 12 days before the Opening Ceremony.

Women who have been victims of domestic abuse are set to be offered housing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Village after the conclusion of the Games, according to France's Equality Minister.

Paris 2024 organisers have revealed here at the Smart Cities & Sport Summit that they will be launching an "emblematic programme" involving those working on the construction of the Olympic Village.

Up to 200 food dishes will be available daily to athletes during the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, Chinese organisers have promised.