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Football and Rugby Sevens kick off the sport at the Paris Olympics Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony, featuring a top French star and a huge police presence for Israel's first appearance.
Nine days of Olympic swimming, in a temporary pool at the Paris La Defense Arena, begins on Saturday with 35 gold medals at stake.
Katie Ledecky and Caeleb Dressel spearhead the United States' bid to retain supremacy in the Olympic pool from Saturday against a formidable and confident Australia, amid simmering tensions over a Chinese doping scandal.
One of the most iconic images of the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics was the sight of Karsten Warholm ripping open his running top after shattering the world record in winning the men's 400m hurdles gold.
A rejuvenated United States team under new coach Emma Hayes are targeting a record-extending fifth women's football gold medal at the Paris Olympics but face stiff competition, not least in the shape of World Cup holders Spain and their all-star line-up.
Nicolas Kuhn scored twice and Luis Palma netted the decider in the 68th minute to give Celtic a 4-3 victory over Manchester City in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.
Should world champion Josh Kerr make it to the final of the men’s 1500m at the Paris Olympics, he will likely line up against Jakob Ingebrigtsen in what is shaping to be one of the tastiest track rivalries of the Summer Games.
There will be no flags or fanfare for Daniil Medvedev at the Paris Olympics but Russia's highest-profile athlete in the French capital is unlikely to be far from the headlines.
Rarely has an Olympic 100 metres champion been so belittled or so maligned as Italy's Marcell Jacobs.
The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Tuesday a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza.
British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged allegedly showing her mistreating a horse.
Cuba's Olympic Committee on Tuesday demanded the expulsion of citizen Fernando Jorge, a champion sprint canoeist, from the refugee team taking part in the Paris Olympics.
President Thomas Bach on Tuesday stressed the neutrality of the International Olympic Committee after a Palestinian call for Israel to be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza.
Charlotte Dujardin could have become Britain's most decorated female Olympian in Paris. Instead, the dressage star has pulled out due to an "error of judgement".
Ollie Pope believes England could yet score 600 runs in a single day of Test cricket in the right circumstances for Ben Stokes' men.
Former Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has been named as the new leader of the Audi Formula One project, the German constructor announced Tuesday.
United States gymnastics chiefs said Tuesday they want to keep the pressure off Simone Biles as she bids for six gold medals at the Paris Olympics.
British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged showing her making "an error of judgement" during a coaching session.
The International Olympic Committee was Tuesday weighing a Palestinian call for Israeli athletes to be barred from the Games over the war in Gaza, three days before the Opening Ceremony in Paris.
World Aquatics has carried out its most rigorous drug testing programme ever in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics, with Chinese swimmers targeted.
British dressage star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged showing her making "an error of judgement" during a coaching session.
Kenya's vaunted distance runners head to the Olympics struggling to emerge from beneath the shadow of a lengthy list of doping scandals that have tarnished the African nation's proud reputation as a track and field powerhouse.
Recalled Siya Kolisi will captain a 33-man South Africa squad for two Rugby Championship matches in Australia next month, SA Rugby announced on Tuesday.
French star Antoine Dupont has the capability of drawing in a new generation of fans while also putting rugby sevens firmly in the spotlight, according to ex-France winger Vincent Clerc.
Speeding to the airport to welcome the Prince of Monaco to Paris, French civil servant Veronique Yatera Sylla was delighted to have temporarily ditched spreadsheets to become an Olympics "visit official".
The Paris Olympics will be a "coming of age" moment for Rugby Sevens, World Rugby's chief executive said Tuesday, on the eve of a tournament starring global legend Antoine Dupont.
Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday that he will retire after the Paris Olympics, closing another chapter in tennis's golden age.
China were second behind the United States in the medals table at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago and will be expecting to strike plenty more gold in Paris.
Pep Guardiola insists Kevin De Bruyne will not leave Manchester City this season after reports the Belgium star could move to Saudi Arabia.
Former world number one and three-time Grand Slam title winner Andy Murray announced his retirement from tennis on Tuesday.
Andy Murray escaped the horrors of a primary school shooting massacre when he was just eight years old to become one of the world's standout tennis champions in a modern era dominated by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Former world number one and three-time Grand Slam title winner Andy Murray confrmed on Tuesday that he will retire after the Paris Olympics.