2024 Paris Olympics

Olympic champion Jacobs retains European 100m crown

Jacobs timed a season's best of 10.02 seconds to claim gold. Italian teammate Chituru Ali took silver in 10.05sec, with Briton Romel Glave claiming bronze in 10.06sec.

Nobel winner Yunus brings 'social business' mantra to Olympics

His role in Paris as an advisor and ambassador for socially responsible business is a departure from his usual work -- and is all the more surprising given the reputation of the Olympics for embracing mega-projects and corporate sponsors.

Australia's Sam Kerr ruled out of Paris Olympics

The Matildas captain, one of the biggest names in women's football, ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in January and her father declared months ago that she would not be fit for Paris.

Russia, Belarus Olympic volunteers shown the door over 'security' fears

The French security services worry Moscow could be seeking to disrupt the Games.

No to English at the Paris Olympics, say French MPs

The march of English globally has long infuriated French governments.

Paris 2024 Games torch relay launched in Olympics birthplace

"The Olympic flame that we are lighting today symbolises this hope for a better future," said International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

Paris caters for Olympic romance with 220,000 free condoms

Organisers of the Paris Olympics are to distribute 220,000 condoms to athletes who want to get romantic during this year's Games in the City of Love.

Mbappe presence at Olympics 'very difficult': Deschamps

"It is very difficult from a psychological and physical viewpoint to take part in two competitions like that one after the other, in the summer, without having any holiday," Deschamps admitted on Thursday.

Paris 2024: a 'new era' of corruption-free Olympics?

Andy Spalding, an academic and author who studies corruption in sporting "mega-events" such as the Olympics or the football World Cup, believes French authorities are showing they are serious about delivering a clean Games.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

‘Vamos!’: Messi lauds victorious Argentina

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi congratulated the Argentina Under-23 team for their win 1-0 win over rivals Brazil to book a spot in this year's Paris Olympics.

February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024

Argentina knock Olympic champions Brazil out of Paris Games

Champions in Rio 2016 and the Covid-delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, Brazil only needed a draw against their arch continental rivals on the final day of the South American pre-Olympic tournament in Venezuela.

February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024

Paris 2024 podium finishers to take piece of Eiffel Tower home

Podium finishers at the upcoming Paris Olympics will be rewarded with a piece of the Eiffel Tower, organisers said on Thursday, unveiling the event’s medals which are set with hexagon-shaped tokens forged out of scrap metal from the monument.

December 9, 2023
December 9, 2023

IOC clears Russians to compete in Paris as neutrals

The International Olympic Committee added that there were currently only eight athletes from Russia and three from Belarus who had qualified as neutral athletes.

November 23, 2023
November 23, 2023

'One of last chances' to get Paris Olympics tickets as 400,000 go on sale

Organisers said nearly 70,000 of these newly released tickets would cost 24 euros ($26), the lowest price category of any of the tickets sold for the Games.

June 20, 2023
June 20, 2023

Paris Olympics organisers in turmoil after police raid headquarters

Police raided the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Tuesday just over a year before the opening ceremony of the quadrennial sporting showpiece.

May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023

Paris Olympics 'expensive' ticket prices mar image of Games for all

Phase two of sales got underway on May 11, with nearly 1.5 million individual tickets available, after over three million were sold as multi-event packs during phase one

April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023

Mbappe sees future at PSG

Mbappe signed a new contract with PSG at the end of last season to keep him at the Qatar-owned club until 2025, although French media reports have indicated that the last year of that deal is optional and down to the player

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