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Susan Egelstaff: The Olympic movement needs Paris 2024 to be a success

The Olympic movement needs Paris 2024 to be a success and while this summer's Games has faced no shortage of challenges in the lead-up, the…

The National (Scotland)

Paris 2024: The Scots, Brits and international athletes to watch

This Olympic Games will showcase some of the very biggest names in world sport so here's a look at the Scots, Brits and international athletes to…

The National (Scotland)

Susan Egelstaff: The imminent end of Andy Murray's career is truly the end of an era

Andy Murray will end his tennis-playing career in Paris at the 2024 Olympic Games and, as one of Scotland's greatest-ever sportspeople, his final…

The National (Scotland)

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Paris 2024 Olympics day one: Titmus claims 400m gold, France win rugby sevens – as it happened

Antoine Dupont and Ariarne Titmus were the golden turns on the opening Saturday in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Paris 2024: Today at the Olympics schedule, highlights, Team GB events and how to watch

Two Team GB stars are looking to retain their gold medals

Evening Standard

From the archive: Throwback Olympic snapshots from the 1980s and 90s

House librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers dives into The Independent’s photography archive and explores the Olympic Games through the lens

The Independent UK

Why I love these 4 big Paris 2024 Olympic design controversies

From the logo to the mascots and the opening ceremony, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have some wild design.

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Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu is there, but Satwik-Chirag best bet

PARIS: Badminton has been one of the bright spots for India over the last three Olympics. Saina Nehwal’s bronze in London showed the way and PV Sindhu took it up from there, winning a silver and bronze in Rio and Tokyo, respectively. Sindhu is one of India’s flagbearers in the…

The Times of India

Paris Olympics 2024: All eyes on Manu Bhaker as shooters take aim

PARIS: When shooter Abhinav Bindra broke India’s 28-year-old gold jinx in the Olympics in 2008, it became a moment to savour for every sports fan in the country. It was followed up by two more medals in London, but since then Indian shooters have drawn a blank. The disappointment of…

The Times of India

South Korea mistakenly introduced as North Korea at Paris Olympics opening ceremony

South Korea's sports ministry expressed regret on Saturday over a mistake during the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony where its athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean.

The Times of India

Chase Budinger made $18m in the NBA. But Olympic beach volleyball called him

The Californian made enough money from his basketball career to retire in comfort. But he was called back to the sport he loved as a high schooler

The Guardian - US

Why Australia has two men’s basketball teams to cheer at the Paris Olympics

South Sudan’s story of resilience, unity and hope has a strong Australian flavour thanks to the five players with connections to the country

The Guardian - AU

Olympics Opening Ceremony a Fitting Tribute to Paris and Its People

After fans were unable to attend the displays in Tokyo and Beijing, crowds roared back Friday, flocking to the Seine to watch a powerful show befitting the host nation.

Sports Illustrated

Magnificent and humbling: the Paris opening ceremony was a tribute to witnessing superhuman feats of the extraordinary

There has never been an opening ceremony quite like it.

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Watch Gojira in fiery performance at Olympics opening ceremony in Paris

Gojira blast out metal version of French revolutionary song Ah! Ça Ira at Olympic Games opening ceremony

The Guardian - AU

Olympic dream lives on for hockey player who amputated finger to reach Paris

Australia’s Matthew Dawson thought his Games were over after a freak accident but a bold decision ensured he will still be part of a team chasing a medal

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The Olympics Condoms Are So Cute, I Finally Understand Why They Need 200,000 Of Them

The internet is obsessed with the official Olympics condoms for Paris 2024, which features the Phyrges mascots and cute messages.

The Independent UK

Olympics day one: Spotlight on sport after rain dampens unique opening ceremony

A look at the first full day of action at Paris 2024.

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'Massive Attack' On French Rail Threatens More Chaos

French rail officials warned of travel chaos for hundreds of thousands of people throughout the weekend after saboteurs following a meticulous plan paralysed much of the train network Friday as the Olympic Games started.

Salon

Celine Dion's stunning Olympics return

The singer closed out an Opening Ceremony that included Lady Gaga, a mystery figure, Marie Antoinette and more

Radio France Internationale

'We did it!': France breathes sigh of relief after Olympics ceremony

The concept had been derided as overly ambitious and the location criticised as a prime security risk. But after years of preparation, France could Saturday breathe a sigh of relief – it had pulled off the Olympic opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Games.

The Independent UK

Sir Keir Starmer hails ‘excellent’ Team GB athletes ahead of Paris Olympics

The Prime Minister backed the athletes to ‘inspire a new generation to take up sport’.

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Take off: Mathieu Lehanneur's Olympic Cauldron rises into the Parisian night sky

The Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony was closed with a soaring cauldron spectacle that will go down in history

Salon

Headless Marie Antoinette opens Olympics

Olympic opening ceremony director, Thomas Jolly, wanted to “challenge” French cliché in the opening and he sure did

The Independent UK

Singing, ceremonies and straw hats: Olympics opening ceremony in Tahiti centers Polynesian culture

Tahitian dancers in palm leaf skirts mingled with surfers, locals and tourists as the opening ceremony for the Games commenced in French Polynesia on Friday morning, some 10,000 miles away from Paris

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