Traditional labor rights marches melded with pro-Palestinian protests and anti-Olympics demonstrations. Paris 2024 organizers fear disruptions to the Games.
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.
Great Britain will be aiming to continue their recent Olympic success at the first summer Games in Europe since London 2012
Douglas became the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around title when she triumphed in London 2012. She also led the US to a second straight gold medal in the team competition in 2016.
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on China’s findings they had ingested it unknowingly. The New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported Saturday that the athletes included nearly half of the […]
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
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
Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday unveiled a new security baggage system and a dedicated baggage handling area ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Sreeshankar had qualified for the Paris Olympics by going past the qualification standard at the Asian Championships last year.
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