Paris says goodbye to the Olympics with golden closing ceremony | Paris Olympic Games 2024
It was a dreamlike, sci-fi-inspired light show extravaganza that culminated with Tom Cruise flying from the stadium roof and carrying the Olympic flag back to Los Angeles. Paris brought the record-breaking, hugely successful Olympics to a close on Sunday night with a stunt-packed final ceremony that began with a mysterious, golden intergalactic traveller wandering a […]
Serbia revel in win over bitter rivals Croatia for third successive water polo gold | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Serbia knew it the moment Miloš Ciuk smashed the final ball into the Croatian net. Their opponents knew it too, as they saw a red-and-white checked cap sink to his knees on the bench at the other end of the pool. With a three-point lead in the dying seconds of the game, Serbia were on […]
Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony: updates from star-studded finale – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature This is a lovely yarn from Ben Bloom. Share Final day report: If you think our intrepid reporters on the ground in Paris spent the final day of the Games running along cobblestone streets and sipping on Châteauneuf-du-Pape like it was past […]
Democrat L.A. Mayor Decrees 2028 Olympics Will Be ‘No-car Games’
The 2028 Summer Olympics planned for Los Angeles will be car-free, with spectators forced to leave their cars behind and rely only on public transportation to get to the venues, Democratic Mayor Karen Bass declared Saturday. In his opening remarks at a press conference in Paris to mark the closing of the Olympics, Bass referred […]
France v USA: women’s Olympic basketball final – live updates | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature preamble Will the Games end with a streak of some of the most impressive records in Olympic history? Or will there be a major upset? Is the frustration over Caitlin Clark not being on the U.S. national team over yet? Let’s take […]
Sifan Hassan caps remarkable Olympics with gold in women’s marathon | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands used her famous closing kick to win the gold medal in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Hassan battled Ethiopia’s Tigest Assefa before outlasting her in the final straight to cross the line in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Hassan’s […]
Paris 2024 final day of Olympics: women’s marathon, cycling finals and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Carr’s compatriot, Lydia Ko, also showed an iron will, winning the women’s golf tournament by two strokes and going on to win every Olympic medal. Lydia Ko was overcome with emotion after winning the gold medal and the Olympic Slam. Since golf […]
Boxer Lin Yu-ting sobs after winning Olympic gold amid gender row | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Of the two boxers competing for the men’s and women’s spots at the Paris Olympics, the second won the gold medal 24 hours after the first. Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting won the gold medal in a crushing victory over Polish youngster Julia Szeremeta in the women’s 57 kg final. Lin won every round by unanimous […]
Los Angeles mayor says 2028 Olympic games will be car-free
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she is working to make the Summer Olympics car-free when the city hosts them in 2028. “We’re already working to expand public transportation and create jobs to host a car-free Olympics,” she said in a statement Saturday. “This is a great achievement for Los Angeles. We’ve always loved the […]
USA v France: Olympic men’s basketball final – live updates | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Statistics Reader (per game) France pointWembanyama 13.8Yabusele 12.8Cordinier 10.6Fournier 10.2 reboundWembanyama 10.2 (2nd out of all teams)Gobert 4.2 assistWembanyama 3.6Batum 2.4 blockWenbayama 2.0 (first)Gobert 1.6 (6th)Batum 1.0 stealWenbanyama 2.2 (first)Cordinier 1.4 united states of america pointJames 14.2Edwards 13.8Durant 13.6Curry 13.0Embiid 13.0 assistJames […]