The Paris Oympics flame was formally handed to French organizers on Friday in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. Greek water polo player Ioannis Fountoulis, the last in a long line of torchbearers, used the flame to light a cauldron at the
Greece on Friday handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers in a ceremony at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was revived nearly 130 years ago.
The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers.
The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics has been formally handed over to French organizers.
Great Britain will be aiming to continue their recent Olympic success at the first summer Games in Europe since London 2012
ATHENS, April 27 (Reuters) – The Paris 2024 Olympic flame sailed for France on Saturday on board a three-masted ship to mark the final sprint of preparations ahead of the Olympic Games
The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach promised that the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on the river Seine would be "iconic" and "unforgettable" despite ongoing security worries about the open-air river parade.
School carnivals taking precedence over Olympic athletes training. Sydney Olympic Park is an increasingly popular sporting venue. High jump star Brandon Starc labelled scenario 'quite annoying'. World champion Elanor Patterson equally bemused at situation
The ceremony was previously supposed to be held Aug. 16-17
The 34-year-old striker, who co-captained the US with Megan Rapinoe, from 2018 to 2020, sustained the injury in the 82nd minute of San Diego's 1-0 loss to the Orlando Pride on Friday.
Chinese swimmers recorded 23 positive drug tests but were let off with no bans. Among them was Wang Shun, who beat Duncan Scott to the 200m medley title. The United States Anti-Doping Agency issued a scathing attack on the WADA
Spc. Kamal Bey, Sgt. Ellis Coleman, and Spc. Dalton Roberts fulfilled one part of their Olympic dreams by winning the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials on April 19-20 at Penn State.