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Argentina and Morocco's Olympics opener saw the teams return to the pitch two hours after fans thought it had finished

In the early 20th century, the father of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, wrote that the competition ought to be “free from political interference”. Yet it’s often hard for champions to escape world affairs. Take the example of Algerian judoka, Fethi Nourine, who withdrew in from the Tokyo…

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Football and Rugby Sevens matches kicked off the Summer Olympics in Paris on Wednesday, two days ahead of the much-anticipated opening ceremony that will see hundreds of thousands of spectators line the banks of the River Seine. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

Everything about the event is yet to be decided, including the games, but it's happening.

AOC president Ian Chesterman has been voted onto the IOC at a meeting before the Paris Games opening ceremony.

Inaugural competition will take place in Saudi Arabia.

The four-time Olympic champion enters the Paris Games with a new bag of tricks and a more balanced life away from the arena

The 2024 Paris Olympics aim to be the greenest edition on record, and the first compatible with the Paris climate agreement. Talk of “green games” goes back to April 2021. At the time, the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG) had even aspired to carbon neutrality by removing more…

Yes, they're made from cardboard, and plenty of athletes have tested them out in various rigorous ways

Britain’s three-time gold medallist pulled out of the Paris Games after a video emerged of ‘an error of judgement’ in a coaching session.