Man climbing Eiffel Tower prompts evacuation hours before Olympic closing ceremony
French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday.
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Lin Yu Ting ‘shut myself off’ from outside noise amid gender eligibility row
Newly-crowned Olympic champion Lin Yu Ting, one of the boxers at the centre of a gender eligibility row, insisted she has not paid too much attention to outside noise throughout the Paris Games.
How many medals does Team GB have from Paris Olympics 2024? Final full list of every winner and medal won
Two weeks of sporting action have seemingly whizzed by as people across the world watched athletes from more than 200 countries competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
United States Top Final Medals Table At Paris Olympics 2024, India At...
The United States pipped China for top spot in the battle of medals on Sunday as Paris prepared to bring the curtain down on one of the most successful Olympic Games in history. In a thrilling finale that capped 17 days of spellbinding action, the United States women's basketball team squeezed past France 67-66 to clinch the last gold of the Games. The win -- the eighth consecutive Olympic women's basketball won by the USA -- ensured the Americans finished level with China on 40 golds each as the games drew to a close.
World Athletics boss Coe says he'll consider bid to run IOC
PARIS : World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said he would consider running for Thomas Bach's job after the head of the International Olympic Committee said he will not seek to stay on after his second term ends in 2025.
Paris 2024: US hold off French to complete hoops double
The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women's basketball final on Sunday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown while denying the hosts the golden finish to the Paris Games that had seemed within their grasp.
FIBA aims to give fans and players a top level experience in Los Angeles
PARIS : The head of world basketball's governing body said on Sunday the sport is looking forward to giving fans and players a major experience at the Los Angeles Games in 2028 at the Intuit Dome, the new stadium of the Los Angeles Clippers where the Olympic basketball will be held.
Who's out and who's eyeing L.A. 2028: What Canadian Olympians said about their futures
Canada's sporting future is looking bright after the Paris 2024 Olympics, with a 27-medal haulthat set a record for a non-boycotted Games. The stars for Canada included plenty of young talent like swimmer and four-time medallist Summer McIntosh, who at only 17 years old is expected to lead the team into Los Angeles in 2028.