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‘Cash for medals’ call raises storm. The greener games plan. Youth-focused sports earn place. London 2012 set urban regeneration standard. Corporate sponsors join balanced-budget effort. IOC needs Parisian spectacular . . .  (amid memories of 1900)

Low footfall before Games raises doubts among locals over scale of immediate economic boost for France

Ethiopian gallery shuts London space; new fair offers art under £600; optimism in Tokyo

The one-time estate of a textile magnate — and creator of toile de Jouy — is now a bucolic escape just outside the French capital 

What to see, do and taste in the wine and food lover’s paradise that’s just over an hour by train from the capital

With a nod to the upcoming Olympics, some designers were inspired by sport, while others played to their strengths with dramatic shapes and decorative detailing

Medal reallocation events mark Games’ latest attempt to navigate path through drug scandals

Last-minute US spectators blamed for long-haul flights making up almost a third of the Games’ total emissions

Kylián had been missing from the repertoire for a few years so his return is welcome

Transactions between LVMH owner and Nikolai Sarkisov have been added to an investigation opened in 2022