'NO PLAN B' FOR PARIS OPENING CEREMONY AFTER KNIFE ATTACK- SPORTS MINISTER

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There is no "plan B" for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the French sports minister said on Monday, after a man armed with a knife and hammer killed a German tourist and left two people wounded near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.

"We have no plan B, we have a plan in which there are several sub-plans with a certain number of adjustment variables," Amelie Oudea-Castera told France Inter radio.

The 26-year-old suspect, a French national arrested after the attack, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State in a video recorded beforehand, anti-terrorism Prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard said on Sunday.

NO RESTRICTION ON HIJAB IN PARIS 2024 GAMES' ATHLETE VILLAGE - IOC

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Athletes can wear a hijab in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games athletes' village without any restriction, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, days after France's sports minister banned it for the host country's athletes.

The Olympic body also said it needed to better understand the situation in France and had been in contact with the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF).

French Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera said on Sunday French athletes would be barred from wearing a hijab during the Paris Games to respect principles of secularism.

"For the Olympic Village, the IOC rules apply," an IOC spokesperson said. "There are no restrictions on wearing the hijab or any other religious or cultural attire."

NOVAK DJOKOVIC COVID-19 SAGA | FRENCH TO ALLOW DJOKOVIC PLAY FRENCH OPEN REGARDLESS

 

French Minister of Sports said that Novak Djokovic is welcome to play the French Open regardless of his Covid-19 vaccination status.