BBC set to offer international audiences news, features and updates from Paris 2024

The BBC is pulling together a programme of extensive content from Paris 2024 for international audiences, bringing people together so they can watch, listen to and read the latest from the Olympic Summer Games, with comprehensive international coverage across its digital, TV, audio and newsletter platforms.

Throughout the games BBC.com/Sport will have a dedicated Paris 2024 sub-section which will cover the latest news from the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will feature live text commentaries with the latest medal winners, expert analysis and user interaction, as well as in-depth reporting on key athletes, major medal events, the host city and newsworthy events around Paris.

There will also be regular star name columns from some high-profile former Olympians and Paralympians including Michael Johnson and Steve Cram, as well as live medal tables, schedules of events with results and stats, a day-by-day guide, as well as interactive content including a daily Olympic quiz and audience voting.

The BBC News channel’s technology and travel programme TechXplore will be airing three very special episodes before and during the games, exploring how cutting-edge technology and innovations are influencing how athletes train and compete, and also how the games are broadcast and experienced by viewers around the world.

In the first episode, Countdown to the Games, which will air on the weekend of 20 July, BBC tech journalist, Paul Carter goes behind-the-scenes to see how technology underpins so much of the Olympics and Paralympics, from the events themselves to the way ‘digital twins’ of most of the key venues have been created in the virtual world. These simulations allow organisers, broadcasters and athletes to see precisely how these arenas will operate before they are even built, reducing the number of site visits needed to Paris.

TechXplore also gets a sneak peek at the tools developed to streamline the Olympic experience for fans and athletes including the private 5G networks installed to help capture the opening ceremony and sailing events.

Carter, host of TechXplore Paris said: “As a lifelong fan of the Olympics and Paralympics, it’s been a privilege to see up-close how Paris will depend on technology like never before. From athletes to venues to broadcasters, tech will play a key role in making these Games a success and it’s been a real joy discovering what’s happening behind the scenes and I can’t wait for people to see it.”

Alongside a lot of other special content, BBC News channel’s regular sports update Sportsday will have a reporter on location in Paris to capture the Olympic atmosphere and excitement providing updates on the games plus interviews with athletes and commentators. The programme airs at 23:45 (GMT) with overnight repeats.

In podcasts from BBC World Service English, Comedian Eliza Skinner and BBC Athletics Commentator Ed Harry interview remarkable athletes about the journeys they took to the Olympics and Paralympics in On the Podium. Presenter Rana Rahimpour takes a deep dive into the complicated relationship between Iran and its heroes with the deeply personal Amazing Sports Stories: Legend of Takhti which tells the story of the extraordinary Gholamreza Takhti, the multiple gold Olympic medal-winner, who in January 1968, was found dead in a Tehran hotel room.

BBC World Service English, will also host Olympics news and updates from Paris in special editions of Sportsworld and Sport Today, presented by Lee James, with on-site reporters, Ed Harry and Ade Adedoyin. Isaac Fanin will have reports and interviews on Newsday, while Sportshour, presented by Caroline Barker, will provide the human-interest stories behind the medals.

The BBC Sport team will also be delivering a daily newsletter called BBC Medal Moments offering readers a global picture from the greatest sporting show on earth. BBC Sport has every angle covered from the Paris Olympics – the medal haul, the athletes to watch, the stories behind the remarkable journeys many have taken to earn their place at the Games, recaps of the can’t-miss highlights from the previous day’s action – and looks ahead to what to watch out for, and is available for sign-ups now.

Cassian Harrison, SVP content creation and acquisition at BBC Studios said: “As always, the BBC is marking the world’s oldest sporting festival with all the richness, depth and authority that only the BBC can bring. Across our digital, television and audio platforms, we will be offering a definitive but also singular and surprising overview of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games for our audiences worldwide.”