Valentina Petrillo fell in love with athletics as a seven-year-old while watching Italian sprinter Pietro Mennea win gold in the 200 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. “I said I wanted …
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal in the women’s welterweight division and was her country’s flag bearer in the Olympics closing ceremony. She’s become a hero in Algeria and is …
Canada won a gold medal. Australia became a meme. At times, even the commentators weren’t sure what to say. Love it or LOL it, it’s safe to say breaking’s debut made …
France will get just a partial Olympic win Wednesday when its bid to host the 2030 Winter Games is presented to IOC members. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach confirmed …
By Sylvie Corbet and Barbara Surk | Associated Press PARIS — Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly …
LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004. This time, he’ll be one of the stars …
The IOC approved 14 athletes from Russia and 11 Belarusians with neutral status to compete at the Paris Olympics in a first list from some sports published Saturday. Five sports …
Water in the Seine River had unsafe elevated levels of E. coli less than two months before swimming competitions are scheduled to take place in it during the Paris Olympics, …
While Salt Lake City is cruising toward being named the 2034 Winter Olympics host next month, the French parliamentary elections suddenly called by President Emmanuel Macron have created a bump …
Track and field announced a new global championships on Monday and promised $150,000 US prizes — three times its recent cash pledge to champions at the Paris Olympics — for …