Underdog Thomas scales Olympic summit with 200m gold
Whether it is excelling as an Ivy League student or vying for success on the running track, Gabby Thomas says she has always been driven by a ferocious underdog spirit...
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India to appeal wrestler Phogat's disqualification
India's wrestling federation was on Wednesday appealing the disqualification of star athlete Vinesh Phogat at the Paris Olympics after she failed to make weight for the women's 50kg final.
Hayes and new stars point USA women back towards summit
It felt highly symbolic that the United States' win over Germany in their Olympic women's football semi-final on Tuesday should come a year to the day after their humbling early exit from the World Cup.
History-maker Harrington retires after retaining crown
Two health experts on Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to cut ties with Coca-Cola, saying the current big money sponsorship deal allows the US company to 鈥榮portswash鈥� unhealthy sugary drinks.
Health experts urge Olympics to cut ties with Coca-Cola
Two health experts on Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to cut ties with Coca-Cola, saying the current big money sponsorship deal allows the US company to 鈥榮portswash鈥� unhealthy sugary drinks.
In Cuba, wrestler Lopez's hometown cheers historic gold
In the rural Cuban town of Herradura, scores of family members and friends took the day off work Tuesday to watch wrestler Mijain Lopez make Olympic history with a fifth successive gold medal.
Serbia announces plans to build Djokovic museum
Following Novak Djokovic's dramatic gold medal victory at the Paris Olympics, Serbia is set to build a museum dedicated to the tennis great, according to the country's president.
Thomas powers to Olympic 200m gold
American Gabby Thomas stormed to a brilliant victory in the women's Olympic 200m in Paris on Tuesday to clinch the first major title of her career.
USA and Brazil to meet in Olympic women's football final
The United States and Brazil will meet in the final of the Olympic women's football after claiming contrasting wins in Tuesday's last-four ties against Germany and World Cup holders Spain respectively.
Cuban wrestler Lopez puts Lewis, Phelps in shade with fifth successive gold
Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez made Olympic history on Tuesday when he became the first athlete to win five consecutive individual gold medals in the same event.
Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise: WHO
More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
France's surfing champion Vaast says 'life force' helped him win
Kauli Vaast says a supernatural force in Polynesian culture helped him win Olympic surfing gold in his native Tahiti.
Hodgkinson in 'life changing' moment with 800m title
Britain's Keely Hodgkinson said becoming women's Olympic 800m champion on Monday after a succession of silver medals in major finals was a 鈥榣ife changer鈥�.
Henry 'living a dream' as France reach men's football final
Thierry Henry won almost everything possible in a glittering career as a player and is now 鈥榣iving a dream鈥� as a coach after leading hosts France to the final of the Olympic men's football.
Duplantis fulfils childhood dream with world record
Armand Duplantis says the defence of his Olympic pole vault crown in world-record style came as no surprise as he had visualised it a 鈥榤illion times鈥� when practising as a child in his own backyard.
'Happy, proud' Biles caps campaign with floor silver
US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver on Monday, shrugging off a balance beam fall to finish runner-up to Brazilian Rebeca Andrade.
Brazilian amputee table tennis star savours Olympic dreamland
Twenty-two years after first picking up a bat, Brazilian amputee table tennis star Bruna Alexandre is finally making her dream come true, warming up for the Paralympics by competing at the Paris Olympic Games.
Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins 5,000m gold
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday to end defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble.
Dominant Britain smash world record on way to team sprint gold
Emma Finucane spearheaded Britain to the first track cycling gold of the Paris Olympics in the women's team sprint on Monday, with the world record shattered five times in the session.
IBA stripped of boxing claims gender-row fighters 鈥榓re male鈥�
The International Boxing Association claimed Monday at a chaotic press conference that tests on two boxers at the centre of a gender controversy at the Paris Olympics show...
Brazil's Andrade beats Biles to Olympic floor gold
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade beat Simone Biles to floor gold on the final day of the Olympic gymnastics competition on Monday, ending the US gymnastic great's bid for a fourth title at the Paris Games.
Sprint king Lyles confident of Olympic treble in Paris
Newly minted Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles has his sights on triple gold at the Paris Games. Lyles came out on top of a thrilling race at the Stade de France Sunday that ended in a photo-finish to open his golden account.
After France split, Nemour wins gymnastics gold for Algeria
Kaylia Nemour claimed an historic gold for Algeria on Sunday after a stunning performance on uneven bars two years after being denied a place on the team of her native France on medical grounds.
Emotional Mahuchikh dedicates gold to slain Ukrainian athletes
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicated her Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday to the nearly 500 athletes and coaches who have been killed since Russia invaded her country in 2022.
Sifan Hassan: from 'shy' refugee to Olympic champion
On a gloriously sunny Tuesday night training session at the Eindhoven athletics club, young hopefuls are put through their paces, dreaming of emulating their most famous member -- double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan.
China shrug off doping controversy to win 12 swimming medals
Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games.
Scheffler basks in national pride after triumph
Scottie Scheffler said he felt 鈥榩roud to be an American鈥� after a dramatic triumph in the final round of the men's golf event to win Olympic gold on Sunday.
Taiwanese boxer in gender row wins to guarantee medal
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting became the second fighter at the centre of a Paris Olympics gender row to guarantee herself a medal after convincingly winning her quarter-final on Sunday.
Ukraine's Mahuchikh wins women's high jump gold
Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh lived up to her pre-Paris Games billing to win the women's Olympic high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday.
Lyles wins Olympic 100m gold in closest finish in modern history
World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79sec to claim the men's Olympic 100m gold in Paris on Sunday.