Paris Olympics organisers have unveiled a display of the five Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower as the French capital marks 50 days until the start of the Summer Games. The rings, made of recycled French steel, will be displayed on the south side of the 135-year-old landmark in central Paris, overlooking the Seine. […]
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Dutch Eurovision act stopped from rehearsing by organisers over ‘incident’
The Eurovision Song Contest act for the Netherlands, Joost Klein, has been stopped from rehearsing by organisers over an unexplained “incident”. Entering with the fun song Europapa, a tribute to his late parents, the 26-year-old Dutch rapper and singer qualified for the grand final on Thursday evening at the Malmo Arena venue in Sweden. He […]
Eurovision organisers will not ‘censor’ audience if Israel is booed again
Eurovision Song Contest organisers have said they will not “censor” the audience at the second semi-final in Malmo, Sweden after Israel’s entry Eden Golan was booed during rehearsals. Golan will be one of the last performers at Malmo Arena with her song Hurricane, which was reworked from an earlier track called October Rain, thought to […]
Paris organisers receive Olympic flame at Greek venue of first modern Games
The Paris Olympics flame has been formally handed to French organisers in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. Greek water polo player Ioannis Fountoulis, the last in a long line of torchbearers, used the flame to light a cauldron at the Panathenaic Stadium. From there, it was […]