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'Our mission to unite': Paris Olympic Games draw near

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With just three days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, the head of the IOC says he expects them to be a ‘spectacular event’ in an ever-divided world. Meanwhile, controversy continues over the Dutch team’s selection of a convicted rapist in its beach volleyball squad - Australia’s Chef De Mission declaring she would not have allowed it.
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