Paris 2024: Is less than 40% of women on the Refugee Olympic Team enough?
Slightly more than a third of the Refugee Olympic Team at the Paris Games are women, as female representation has continued to decline since the team’s creation in 2015.
Paris Games Sport News
America's Gonzalez relishes battle with hostile French crowd on Games debut
PARIS : A vocal French crowd raucously cheering on local hero Estelle Mossely could not dampen the spirit of fiery American Jajaira Gonzalez, who said she had a great time in her opening win over the Rio Olympics gold medallist at the Paris Games.
Fencing-Queen Kong breaks French hearts to take maiden gold in women's epee
PARIS :Hong Kong's fencing queen Vivian Kong claimed her first Olympic gold medal in a nerve-wracking bout against local favourite Auriane Mallo-Breton of France in the women's epee at the Paris Games on Saturday.
Australia's Winnington savours hard-won silver after Tokyo wipeout
PARIS : After crashing out of the 400 metres freestyle final at Tokyo and falling into a mental tail-spin, Australia's Elijah Winnington found peace on Saturday as he secured silver in the event at the Paris Games.
Evenepoel recovers from big night out to win TT gold
PARIS : Remco Evenepoel's proper preparations for the Olympics started last Sunday at 4:30am - when he went to bed after partying all night.
Canada Olympic Women's Football Team Docked Six Points Over Drone Scandal
Canada's Olympic women's football team have been deducted six points and their coach Beverly Priestman suspended for a year after a staff member used a drone to spy on a rival team at the Paris Games, FIFA said on Saturday. Canada's football association was "responsible for failing to respect the applicable FIFA regulations in connection with... the prohibition on flying drones over any training sites", FIFA said. It also handed down a fine of 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000). The ruling is a hammer blow to Canada's hopes of defending the Olympic title they won at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Kevin Durant 'hopefully' will play Team USA's Olympic opener vs. Serbia
There is hope that Kevin Durant plays for the U.S. in its Olympic opener against Serbia on Sunday, which means the men's national team may have 12 players available for the first time this summer.
Paris 2024: Irish in action of Day 2 of Olympic Games
We're very much up and running at the Paris Games, with plenty of Irish interest on Day 2.