A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

This Thursday, the Olympic Torch made a leap back in time to explore the unique medieval heritage of the Aude. Nearly 110 Torchbearers carried the Flame from the fortress of Peyrepertuse to Carcassonne. Dimitri Pavadé, one of the relay captains, was in Carcassonne and Olivia Ruiz, one of France's most popular singers, lit the Olympic cauldron.

In the last few hours, the rubbish collectors of Paris have gone on strike, using the power that comes with being just 70 days away from the third modern Olympic Games to be held on French soil.

The Olympic Torch Relay has been travelling the roads of France for a week now, and on Wednesday the Pyrénées-Orientales département took centre stage. The Catalans, who have kept the tradition of the Canigó Flame alive since time immemorial, waited with bated breath for the arrival of the Olympic torch in their region.

The Olympic Torch first came to Corsica in 1992 for the Winter Olympics in Albertville. Now, 32 years later, it returned on Tuesday to highlight the natural beauty of the French island, 17 days after leaving Greece aboard the Belem.

The X account of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra,the French Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was hacked on Friday 11 May. The profile has since been restored.

Kylian Mbappe received the title of France's player of the year at a awards event in Paris on Monday ahead of the upcoming Paris Olympics, marking the culmination of his seven-season tenure with Paris Saint-Germain.

This year's Cannes Film Festival red carpet will shine even brighter, as the Olympic torch will be among the stars to ascend the famous steps this 21 May, carried by five-time French Paralympic athlete Arnaud Assoumani, Agence France-Presse reported Monday.

Great Britain's Jess Varley got herself back on the podium after securing a silver medal in the Pentathlon World Cup held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The fencer Ysaora Thibus, suspended after a positive anti-doping test, will face perhaps the most important battle of her career to keep dreaming of Paris 2024, defending herself before the Disciplinary Tribunal of the International Fencing Federation.

The fourth leg of the Olympic Torch Relay has made another stop in the Bouches-du-Rhône. After the arrival of the Olympic Torch and the first stage in Marseille, other key sites in the region were highlighted on the way to Arles, the host city of the stage.

The Olympic Flame is set to arrive on the shores of France tomorrow, 8 May, onboard the historic ship Belem. After its arrival in Marseille, four-time Olympic medallist Florent Manaudou will have the honour of being the first torchbearer in France for Paris 2024.

After disembarking in Marseille from Olympia,Greece this Wednesday, 8 May, the Olympic flame will travel throughout France, including overseas territories, for 80 days until arriving in Paris for the opening ceremony of the Games on 26 July.

Former New Zealand and Toulouse halfback Byron Kelleher has been convicted of domestic violence by a Paris court, according to reports on Monday.