Olympics

Tahiti welcomed the Paris Olympics in low-key fashion on Tuesday, with the idyllic French Polynesian island letting its natural beauty and relaxed vibe set the tone for surfing’s second ...

American rapper Snoop Dogg will be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame in the final stretch before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on Friday. Snoop Dogg, 52, will ...

Cyprus is rallying behind its 15 Olympians, with Minister of Education, Sports, and Youth Athina Michailidou affirming the government’s duty to provide financial support to athletes. “It is the state’...

When Stanislav Hulenkov signed up for Ukraine’s border guard in 2021, he sought a stable job on the quiet northwestern frontier so he could continue his career as a rising ...

Two-times Olympic singles champion Andy Murray said on Tuesday that the tennis competition at the Paris Games will be the final event of his career. “Arrived in Paris for my ...

The Dutch Olympic committee is taking measures to mitigate the impact of including a convicted rapist on their squad, a move that has sparked dismay among some women’s advocacy ...

Cypriot swimming champion Nikolas Antoniou is heading to the Paris Olympic Games with the aim of doing his best and achieving a good individual time. The Cypriot champion, and his ...

Milan Trajkovic, the Cypriot champion of sprint hurdles, will add a third Olympics to his resume at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer. The 32-year-old will also carry the ...

Global advertisers are hiring more female athletes to launch marketing campaigns ahead of the Paris Summer Olympics, a move aimed at capitalizing on recent record ratings for women’s sports ...

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas said the Olympics holds a special significance to him due to its Greek origins, adding that he is hoping to realise his dream of winning an ...

Some 45,000 police will secure the Paris Olympics’ July 26 opening ceremony, with over 100 heads of state and government set to attend, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding no changes were ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo finally swam in the River Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to try to convince doubters that its waters will be clean enough to hold Olympic ...

Track and field athletes Milan Trajkovic and Elena Koulichenko will serve as Cyprus’ flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, it was announced on Tuesday. Cyprus’ Olympic ...

The list of Russian athletes who will head to the Paris Olympics later this month has thinned to just over a dozen, as several sports federation heads have said their ...

Russian wrestlers invited to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutral athletes will not take part after some of the leading wrestlers were left off the invitation list, the Russian ...

Cypriot judoka Sofia Asvesta has officially secured her place in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. On Tuesday the International Judo Federation (IJF) announced that Asvesta’s 28th place in the Olympic ...

The Olympic flame reached Marseille, just outside the Old Port, amid tight security on Wednesday, 79 days before the Paris 2024 Games Opening Ceremony. More than 150,000 people are expected to attend the ...

Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River Seine in June will convince the Parisians that it is safe to bathe in the river. “To the grumpy ...

Parisians warmed up for the coming Olympics with a series of workouts inside the renowned Louvre Museum on Wednesday, part of a programme to meld sports and culture as the ...

Athletes at this year’s Olympics will be eating fresh produce mostly made in France, with a focus on local and organic products and more vegetarian options. French supermarket giant ...

The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games’ start ...

Athletics has become the first sport to offer prize money to Olympic champions, announcing on Wednesday that the 48 gold medallists in Paris this year will earn $50,000 each to end a 128...

The Olympic rings for the Paris Games will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower, the president of the monument’s operating company (SETE) said. Jean-Francois Martins said work to set ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday rejected assertions by French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer, calling them absolutely unfounded. Peskov also denied ...