Paris 2024 Olympics News

Paris Olympics: Lyles and Hassan grab the spotlight

Noah Lyles caught Kishane Thompson on the line to win by five thousandths of a second to win the 100m race

French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics

The two-week sporting extravaganza which finished on Sunday led to a security operation like no other in recent French history

Sport at its dazzling best: IOC hails Paris Olympics

The final act of the Paris Olympics brought relief that an event foreshadowed by worries about terror attacks, strikes or protests had passed off with barely a hitch

Paris bids farewell to 2024 Summer Olympics; Tom Cruise hands Olympic flag to LA

The glittering closing spectacle marked the beginning of the four-year countdown to the Los Angeles Olympics

Paris bids farewell to 2024 Summer Olympics

The last day of sporting action saw the United States pip China for top spot in the battle for medals

Paris Olympics: LeBron 'super humbled' by third basketball gold

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and six assists as Team USA held off a battling France in the final

Paris Olympics: Climber arrested for trying to scale Eiffel Tower

Videos on social media showed the bare-chested climber skirting the Olympic rings as he made his way up without ropes

Paris Olympics: China's Li takes second gold medal with dominant performance

The 24-year-old hoisted her diminutive coach in the air and carried him around the platform in celebration

Paris Olympics: Sifan Hassan completes her mission impossible

Dutchwoman Hassan had taken on what many considered to be a crazy gamble, competing in the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the marathon — the last two events just two days apart

Arshad Nadeem: From mud brick home to Paris Olympic podium

Nadeem, who was raised in an impoverished corner of rural Pakistan, trained in local wheat fields with homemade javelins