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The Olympics begin this week and some big names are playing in the football competition

Our beginners guide to the talking points, the hopes, the fears and the biggest names as the Games returns to the City of Light

Three days before the start of the Olympics, France's interior minister has hailed law enforcement for their hard work in making the Paris Games safe for 10,500 athletes and millions of visitors

The horses on the US eventing team began their journey to France for the Paris Olympics from a farm in Pennsylvania

For the Paris 2024 Olympics, dancer, choreographer and photographer Mathieu Forget invited athletes to dance with him for a series of jaw-dropping photographs in iconic cultural spots around France. Through these gravity-defying photos with athletes, the Frenchman has succeeded in making photography an Olympic art. In part two of our…

A closer look at the fourth instalment of the remarkable Pogačar-Vingegaard duel

The 7ft 4in basketball star’s stature, both literal and figurative, says something about France’s ability to project itself beyond Europe

The men’s sevens has been moved forward in the schedules in a bid to give the hosts lift-off. No pressure then …

From the spectacular opening ceremony to the final gold, via the Place de la Concorde, the Grand Palais and even Tahiti, your indispensable guide to the Games

Macabre depictions of hangings carved by soldiers guarding England's biggest medieval castle at a time of looming war with France went on display Monday.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be one of only 50 athletes at the Paris Olympics with access to the same dressing room as France’s 1998 champions