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In the run-up to the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, hotels drastically increased their room prices and many residents hoped to make a killing by renting out their private flats. Two and a half months before the start of the Games, however, many hotels and private landlords are still waiting for bookings and prices are beginning to fall noticeably. While the average price for an overnight stay in a hotel was €699 ($755) several months ago, it has now fallen to €411, the Paris Tourist Office said on Monday. By comparison, the average price in July 2023 was €202 and €161 in August. According...
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New body World Boxing hopes the sport will be represented at the 2028 Olympic Games after all following a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Last year, the IOC withdrew its recognition of the IBA amateur boxing federation due to governance, finance and ethical issues and an IBA appeal was recently rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Qualification for July and August's Paris Games is in the hands of a task force appointed by the IOC, as was the case at the last Olympics in Tokyo. Boxing is not currently on the programme for Los Angeles 2028 but World Boxin...
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The father of Norwegian athletics stars Jakob, Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen has been charged with abusing a family member, police announced on Monday, according to the NTB news agency. Gjert Ingebrigtsen's lawyer said his client rejects the allegations. He "does not agree with the account of the events on which the charges are based." Henrik (33), Filip (31) and Jakob (23) accused their father, who was their long-time coach, of being violent in their childhood in an opinion piece in the newspaper Verdens Gang last year. "We grew up with a father who was very aggressive and controlling and use...
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Football Olympic champion Leonie Maier of Germany will end her professional career in summer, her club Hoffenheim said on Tuesday. Maier won gold with Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics and also the women's Euro 2013. "Everyone who knows me know what football means to me. The decision was anything but easy. However, the amount of injuries have slowed me down repeatedly and, unfortunately, they no longer make playing football at the top level possible," she said. The 31-year-old moved to Hoffenheim last summer from the English Women's Super League. Maier previously played in the Bundesliga for Ba...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, who ordered a full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine more than two years ago, has said that he is open to a ceasefire during the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in an interview with Ukrainian television that Paris would ask Moscow to agree to a truce for the duration of the Games, set for July 26 to August 11. In a press conference following his projected re-election on Sunday evening in a vote that was considered neither free nor fair, Putin said he so far not heard of such a proposal by Macron. "In any case, w...
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Germany's men's handball players have secured their ticket to the Paris Olympic Games. Alfred Gislason's team won the decisive game against Austria 34-31 and finished the qualifying tournament in Hanover in second place behind Croatia. In front of 10,099 spectators, Julian Köster and Renars Uscins were the best scorers with eight goals each for Germany, who last won an Olympic medal in 2016 with bronze. Gislason's future has also been clarified thanks to the qualification for the July and August Games. The 64-year-old Icelander will continue to coach the German team until the 2027 home World C...
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Tokyo Olympic champion Alexander Zverev sees this year's Summer Games in Paris as the highlight of the tennis season. "It's the biggest event of the year. I think it is for many players," the 26-year-old German told reporters in Indian Wells. "Carlos Alcaraz also said that he would rather win the Olympic Games than a grand slam tournament this year. I believe him straight away." Zverev won men's singles gold in Tokyo in 2021 for his biggest success to date. Following a serious injury at the 2022 French Open, he is now back on form and reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open in January. ...
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