Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as French President which will cover the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the capital Paris, defeating Marine Le Pen by a significant margin in the two-candidate run-off.

The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) has called on the public to vote for Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the country's Presidential election, saying his programme is "the most favourable for developing sport in our country."

Thomas Bach must have been looking forward to Paris 2024 - not least because at long last he might get to preside over an Olympic Games where sport reigned front and centre.

Incumbent Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are set for a repeat of 2017 following the first round of the French Presidential election, with the pair through to a run-off to determine who will lead France into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Fifteen years ago this week, London 2012 was declared victorious after a five-way bid battle that amounted to the most ostentatious demonstration of Olympic power and glory since the dedication of the Temple of Zeus in 457 BC.

Emmanuel Macron has been congratulated by Paris' 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid after defeating Marine Le Pen in today's French Presidential election runoff.

Since he is now red-hot favourite to become the first French President to celebrate his 40th birthday in office, and since the inspectors of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s Evaluation Commission are likely to meet him - at least briefly - between May 13 and 16, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at Emmanuel Macron's sporting credentials. 

Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a leading candidate in the campaign to become the new President of France, has revealed he is not in favour of Paris' bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and would hold a referendum if he is elected.

Paris 2024 has again defended their English slogan after it was critiscised by National Front leader and French Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.

Paris 2024 claim to have already built relations with all the parties vying for power in next year's French Presidential election, including the National Front led by Marine Le Pen.