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Olympics-Sailing-Ice vests offer cool couture in the heat of the Med
MARSEILLE, France - Searing temperatures are posing an extra challenge for Olympic sailors, with some donning ice vests to beat the...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Dancers, sports greats to welcome Games medallists at free Paris fanzone
PARIS - Dance performances, DJ sets and sports greats including Serena Williams are set to entertain visitors at a free, unticketed Paris...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Sailing-Windsurfers get races under their harnesses after delays
MARSEILLE, France - Briton Emma Wilson made a strong start to the Olympic windsurfing on Monday with a first and a second in the...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Cycling-No apologies from Pidcock as he breaks French hearts
ELANCOURT - Tom Pidcock made no apology for spoiling another French party at the Olympic mountain bike course after shattering the hopes...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Skateboarding-Japan's Horigome retains gold in men's street nail-biter
PARIS - Japan's Yuto Horigome retained his Olympic title in men's street skateboarding in Paris on Monday, clinching the top of the...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics superfan spends $10,000 on Paris tickets
PARIS - Vivianne Robinson was first bitten by the Olympics bug at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. Four decades on, the Santa Monica native is...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Judo-Canada's Deguchi and Heydarov of Azerbaijan win gold
PARIS - Christa Deguchi won the women's under 57kg gold to hand Canada its first ever Olympic judo title on Monday before Hidayat...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-American artist Feuerman aims to inspire with her 'Diver' sculpture
PARIS - American artist Carole Feuerman, renowned for her super-realist sculptures of swimmers and divers, has a larger-than-life work on...
Jul 30, 20242 min read


Olympics-Swimming-Popovici takes men's 200 metres freestyle gold
PARIS - Romania's David Popovici beat Britain's Matt Richards by a knife-edge 0.02 of a second to win the men's 200 metres freestyle gold...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Djokovic survives wobble to ease past error-prone Nadal, Swiatek cruises
PARIS - Serbia's top-seeded Novak Djokovic overcame a brief bout of nerves in the second set before beating 14-times French Open champion...
Jul 30, 20243 min read


Olympics-Skateboarding-Men's street medallists feel next generation closing in
PARIS - The 20-something medallists at the Paris Olympic men's street skateboarding said they were hanging onto their sport for dear...
Jul 30, 20241 min read


Olympics-Skateboarding-Men's street medallists want 'more tricks' in Los Angeles Games
PARIS - Skateboarding has underlined its status as a big draw for the Olympics in Paris this week, but medallists from the men's street...
Jul 30, 20241 min read
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