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CHATEAUROUX: It was a mad scramble on Saturday morning. Having returned way past midnight from the opening ceremony, it was a challenge to catch the 5.30 am train to this small, sleepy town 300km south of Paris.

PARIS: The boats from Friday’s opening ceremony all stowed away, the Olympics have well and truly begun. The constant drizzle over the city, its gloomy skies, raincoats and umbrellas — parapluies, in these parts — and the mawkish expressions of the Parisians, is just a distraction. Don’t fall for it.

One is an imposing, athletic 6-footer, the other is a double-jointed sprinter with “uncanny flexibility.” Their personalities differ. But both are ready for the spotlight in Paris.

As Paris hosts the 2024 Olympics, undocumented Chinese sex worker Hua says increased police patrols are threatening her livelihood.

Talk about a lucky charm. Monique de Kerangal's first rugby match and first trip to Stade de France ended with France romping to a 28-7 victory over defending champions Fiji to claim their first Olympic men's rugby sevens title and the country's first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games.

The 2024 Olympic Ceremony in Paris faced controversy over a depiction of the Last Supper, sparking backlash and sponsor withdrawal.

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The France national rugby sevens team knows how to party.

Update: 'Plapp slid under a barrier fence shortly after passing the first checkpoint ... his parents and an Australian team doctor were at the hospital with him' says national team

The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics drew 28.6 million viewers in the United States on Friday night, according to preliminary data released by Comcast's NBCUniversal. This is the highest viewership for a Summer Games kickoff since the London Olympics in 2012, and a significant leap from the Tokyo Olympics…

It was a full circle moment for the veteran and now eight-time gold medalist, as the Americans won the 4X100 freestyle relay for the third straight Games.