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The soaring impact of climate change could turn the Olympics into a test of endurance not just for athletes but for organisers of future summer Games, who may find it less and less feasible to host them.

There are few things pettier than two older privileged men behaving increasingly passively aggressively towards each other in the pursuit of…

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said the Paris Games had been "sport at its best."

On an unprepossessing street corner in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, the 2024 Olympics came to an end via a giant TV screen for around 30 people inside Le Mondial brasserie and 20 others listening and occasionally looking in from the chairs outside. Some 10 kilometres to the north in…

The US and China ended the games with 40 gold medals each, but the US topped the table because it had more silvers.

Dr Dre and the Red Hot Chili Peppers also take the stage as attention turns to the Los Angeles Games in 2028

The closing ceremony had the feel of a victory lap from the start in the most beautiful and cloudless of Games

Mixed feelings as Team GB match London 2012 medal haul but end seventh in table, their lowest position since Athens 2004

Speaking at the closing ceremony, Bach declared Paris 2024 a “new era” of Olympic Games.