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Olympic Games: Major international multi-sport event
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. By default, the Games generally substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place. The Olympic Games are held every four years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad.

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Olympic torch relay: Paris route includes stop at Moulin Rouge cabaret [Video]

Olympic torch relay: Paris route includes stop at Moulin Rouge cabaret

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The Olympic torch lights up France's Bastille Day military parade [Video]

The Olympic torch lights up France's Bastille Day military parade

Paris celebrates Bastille day - France's national day - with its annual military parade, and this year it has the Olympic flame to highlight it.

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Foreign police to help patrol Paris streets during Olympics [Video]

Foreign police to help patrol Paris streets during Olympics

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Bastille Day parade: Lieutenant Colonel Thibaut Vallette presents Olympic torch [Video]

Bastille Day parade: Lieutenant Colonel Thibaut Vallette presents Olympic torch

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Bastille Day celebrations: Annual military parade moved due to Olympics [Video]

Bastille Day celebrations: Annual military parade moved due to Olympics

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France taps swimmer Manaudou, discus thrower Robert-Michon as Olympic flagbearers [Video]

France taps swimmer Manaudou, discus thrower Robert-Michon as Olympic flagbearers

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Cuban Olympic champ trains to compete in Parisas a refugee [Video]

Cuban Olympic champ trains to compete in Parisas a refugee

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French river police practice on the Seine ahead of Olympics opening ceremony [Video]

French river police practice on the Seine ahead of Olympics opening ceremony

A large police operation is planned for the event on 26 July which will see more than 90 boats on the Seine for 6 kilometres.

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Paris hotels struggle with low demand as Olympics approach [Video]

Paris hotels struggle with low demand as Olympics approach

Tourism and hotel professionals in Paris are hoping to make up for lost time with the showcase effect that the Olympics will have on their bookings for the coming seasons.

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Alex Morgan Left Off USWNT Roster for Paris Olympics [Video]

Alex Morgan Left Off USWNT Roster for Paris Olympics

Alex Morgan Left Off USWNT Roster , for Paris Olympics. Alex Morgan Left Off USWNT Roster , for Paris Olympics. The 2024 Paris Olympics roster for the U.S. women's soccer team was announced by coach..

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Olympic Games: With one month to go, will Paris be ready? [Video]

Olympic Games: With one month to go, will Paris be ready?

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'A lot of nervousness' over Paris's readiness to host Olympics [Video]

'A lot of nervousness' over Paris's readiness to host Olympics

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Olympic chic and "living sculptures": The best of Paris Haute Couture Week so far [Video]

Olympic chic and "living sculptures": The best of Paris Haute Couture Week so far

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week is in full swing, serving up a dazzling spectacle from Dior’s Olympic-inspired chic to Van Herpen’s mesmerising living sculptures.

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Afghanistan's first female breakdancer ready for Olympic dream [Video]

Afghanistan's first female breakdancer ready for Olympic dream

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Paris 2024: Olympic flame arrives in Tahiti [Video]

Paris 2024: Olympic flame arrives in Tahiti

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Caitlin Clark Reacts to US Olympic Team Snub [Video]

Caitlin Clark Reacts to US Olympic Team Snub

Caitlin Clark Reacts , to US Olympic Team Snub. Clark was not chosen to represent America at the Olympics in Paris this summer. . Clark was not chosen to represent America at the Olympics in Paris..

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'I don't think many people would gamble on the dissolution being before the Olympics' [Video]

'I don't think many people would gamble on the dissolution being before the Olympics'

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Paris under construction ahead of Olympic Games [Video]

Paris under construction ahead of Olympic Games

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Olympic rings mounted on Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until Paris Games [Video]

Olympic rings mounted on Eiffel Tower with 50 days to go until Paris Games

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The Olympic rings go up on the Eiffel Tower [Video]

The Olympic rings go up on the Eiffel Tower

There are just 50 days to go before the summer games begin.

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Olympic ring display unveiled on Eiffel Tower ahead of 2024 Games in Paris [Video]

Olympic ring display unveiled on Eiffel Tower ahead of 2024 Games in Paris

Two cranes were used overnight Friday to lift the 30 tonne steel structure and mount it between the first and second floors of the Eiffel Tower.

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Kremlin slams Russian Olympic disinfo report as 'slander' [Video]

Kremlin slams Russian Olympic disinfo report as 'slander'

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Paris landlords left disappointed as Olympics rental boom falls flat [Video]

Paris landlords left disappointed as Olympics rental boom falls flat

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‘An honour’: 90-year-old Senegalese rifleman to carry Olympic flame [Video]

‘An honour’: 90-year-old Senegalese rifleman to carry Olympic flame

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Paris 2024: Business plans for Olympic boost [Video]

Paris 2024: Business plans for Olympic boost

Paris 2024 is almost here. Billions have been spent trying to create the most sustainable Olympics yet. The Exchange meets the leaders at the forefront of efforts to create a legacy of economic and..

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