Olympics

Much has been made of equality of sexes at the Paris Olympics, the first Games with a 50-50 male-female split among athletes, but there is a gender gap in official ...

Cyprus’ Olympic champion Pavlos Kontides was welcomed to his ‘second home’ at the Limassol Nautical Club to a stream of fireworks, thunderous applause and flares on Friday night, as he ...

Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec went viral for his cool, calm demeanour at the Paris Olympics, but said there were “storms” within him as he won silver in the mixed team 10...

When an Egyptian fencer picked up her sabre and an Azerbaijani archer steadied her bow, there was one thing Paris Olympics spectators may not have immediately noticed – they were pregnant. ...

South Korean Olympic silver medallist pistol shooter Kim Ye-ji, whose cool demeanour and appearance when competing at the Paris Games made her a social media sensation, collapsed at a news ...

 In-form Spain believe they can end a 32-year wait for an Olympic gold in men’s soccer when they face hosts France in Friday’s final at the Parc des ...

American Noah Lyles said that his Paris Games are over, hours after he needed medical attention following his shock third-place finish in the 200 metres, when it was revealed he tested ...

The United States kept the dream alive with a stirring fourth quarter rally to tame feisty Serbia 95-91 on Thursday and move into the Paris Olympics men’s basketball gold ...

Vera Tugolukova took 16th place on Thursday in the rhythmic gymnastics competition at the 33rd Olympics, becoming the last Cypriot athlete to feature in the Paris Games. She is the ...

Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres title on Thursday when he powered clear of American duo Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles in 19.46 seconds to claim ...

Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma is recovering the day after a fall that shocked fans at the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase final, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. “We understand ...

Rule number one for winning an Olympic medal in men’s sailing? Don’t shave during the competition, it’s seen as unlucky. When Australia’s Matt Wearn, Pavlos Kontides ...

Australia’s Olympic hockey player Tom Craig was released from police custody and apologised to his family and teammates, after being arrested in Paris for buying cocaine. Craig, 28, a silver ...

The Olympics are in their home stretch with four days left at the Paris Games and more than 30 medals will be up for grabs on Thursday. Medals will be awarded ...

Australians bagged a national record 18 gold medals at the Olympics in Paris as the sports-crazed nation moved into third place in the medals tally behind China and America, sparking celebrations ...

American hot favourite Grant Holloway continued to look a class apart in the 110 metres hurdles on Wednesday as he qualified fastest for the Olympic final, where three Americans will face ...

European champions Poland stormed into the Olympic men’s volleyball final with an extraordinary five-set win over the United States on Wednesday, giving themselves a chance of winning a first ...

‘I shed tears of joy with my coach, my wife, and my child‘ Cypriot dinghy sailor Pavlos Kontides won a silver medal at the Olympic Games on Wednesday, finishing second ...

Australia’s Olympic hockey player Tom Craig was arrested in Paris and is being held in custody for buying cocaine, a police union source said on Wednesday. The Australian Olympic ...

Cypriot fencer Alexander Tofalides wrote a letter to fans who supported him during the Paris Games, where he became the first Cypriot athlete to ever compete in the discipline at ...

Imane Khelif, one of the two boxers at the heart of a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, vowed on Tuesday to put the controversy behind her and make Algeria ...

The French basketball team announced their arrival in Paris with a rip-roaring 82-73 win over Canada on Tuesday, riding a wave of national pride into the Olympic men’s semi-finals ...

Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou leapt 8.48 metres to become only the second man after Carl Lewis to successfully defend the men’s Olympic long jump title on Tuesday, delivering his country’...

Australia’s Matt Wearn and Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus look set for a potential head-to-head ‘match race’ for the Olympic men’s dinghy gold on Wednesday, after a frustrating day ...