The palace and surrounding gardens were designated as a ... Track & field will return to the Stade de France for the Paris Olympics, and the stadium will also host the Closing Ceremony. The stadium ...

is hosting the Olympics' equestrian events. The palace was built in the 17th century by the "Sun King" Louis XIV, who craved a symbol of France's prominence as a European superpower and his perceived ...

Versailles Palace and Place de la Concorde, as well as in sites across seven more cities in France and in Tahiti. As many as three to four million people are expected to attend the Olympics in Paris.

The Paris Olympics will officially kick off on Friday ... this is an exceptional setting for audiences to admire the beauty of Paris. The Palace of Versailles is one of the most extravagant ...

Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta said he bears no grudge towards Millwall goalkeeper Liam Roberts after needing 25 stitches in a gruesome ear injury suffered in a FA Cup clash between ...

"France submitted a bid to host these Olympics a few months after the 2015 ... by the Eiffel Tower and equestrian jumping at the Palace of Versailles. The opening ceremony will see athletes ...

Anssi's director Vincent Strubel, told France Inter radio that for example, a pro-Russian group "threatened to attack sewage treatment plants, to pollute the Seine during the Olympic Games".