A man was arrested and handcuffed by police after climbing bare-handed half-way up the Eiffel Tower on Sunday afternoon, scaling over and above the giant rings of the Olympic Games which drew to a close on Sunday evening.
Two people died and about 50 others were rescued on Sunday morning after their dinghy, attempting a clandestine crossing of the Channel to Britain, ran into difficulty off the French coast between Calais and Dunkerque, said France's regional maritime prefecture.
Mohamed 'Kesho' Ibrahim El-Sayed, 26, a Greco-Roman wrestler with the Egyptian delegation at the Olympic Games in Paris, was arrested early on Friday in the 13th arrondissement of the French capital after he was accused of sexually assaulting a client at the Café Oz rooftop bar.
A spectacular show is reported to be ready for this Sunday's closing ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, with what has been described as a 'death-defying' stunt by US actor Tom Cruise, along with contributions from other stars, as a page turns towards its next edition in Los Angeles in 2028.
Tom Craig, 28, has publicly apologised to his family, team-mates and the Australian Olympic team after he was released from police custody with a caution following his arrest in Paris while buying cocaine.
UK gold medallist swimmer Adam Peaty has slammed the food served to hime and athletes at the Paris Olympics as 'not good enough', and claimed 'people are finding worms in the fish'.
Nicknamed the 'tiny lobsters of doom' in the US, crayfish, which are thought to have been imported into France by a fish farm in the 1970s, are thriving after a relatively mild winter, with their spreading colonies, which feed on plants and insects, causing concerns for environmentalists.
Paris prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into death threats targeting three organisers of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which notably included a 'festivity' scene which some critics have denounced as mocking Jesus.
While recent political turmoil has resulted in parliamentary deadlock and a ghost-like caretaker government, and congestion in the capital during preparations for the Olympic games has for months been a source of frustration for inhabitants, the success of French athletes and the positive reception to the scenography of the games has succeeded in lifting the mood of some.
