The Latest Breaking News from Paris

Paris's eco-friendly Olympic Village gets mixed reviews from athletes

Athletes have mixed reviews for the veggie-heavy cafeteria, limited air conditioning and cardboard beds on offer at the Olympic Village north of Paris, which organisers designed to be the most sustainable yet.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 3, 2024

'Heavens open' as Hockeyroos set up China quarter-final

The unbeaten Hockeyroos will collide with some familiar faces when they face China in an Olympics quarter-final in Paris.

AAP · Aug 3, 2024

The best and worse of the national team kits at the Paris Olympics - Gallery

Biniam Girmay stands out in the 90-rider men's road race peloton

Cycling News · Aug 3, 2024

Australia's Chalmers and China's Pan in peace talks

Australian swim star Kyle Chalmers has been offered to be shown around Shanghai by his Chinese rival Pan Zhanle during peace talks at the Paris Olympics.

AAP · Aug 3, 2024

Olympics chief slams ‘unacceptable’ hate speech against boxers in gender row

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach condemned the "hate speech" targeting Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Taiwan's Lin Yu-Ting, saying that a wider, Russia-led "defamation campaign" against the IOC and the Paris Games was fueling the controversy.

France 24 · Aug 3, 2024

IOC president weighs in on Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘This is the definition of a woman’

Thomas Bach defended boxers Lin Yu-ting and Imane Khelif and their place at Paris 2024 after failing gender eligibility tests run by the International Boxing Association

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Afghan sister cyclists fly the flag of a fallen country at the Paris Olympics

Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi fled Kabul after the city once again fell to the Taliban in 2021. Three years later, the sister cyclists are riding alongside one another in the 2024 Paris Olympics women’s road race on Sunday, proudly bearing the black, red and green Afghan tricolour torn down by…

France 24 · Aug 3, 2024

'There was no pressure of winning a third medal, but...': Manu Bhaker now eyes 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

NEW DELHI: Manu Bhaker, who won two medals at the Olympics in Paris, claimed on Saturday that she was not under any pressure to win a third medal as she came just short of winning a bronze in the women's 25-meter pistol event.

The Times of India · Aug 3, 2024

Lyles Labours Through 100m Heat As Olympic Boxing Row Simmers

US sprint king Noah Lyles launched his campaign for 100m glory Saturday, recovering from a slow start to come through his heat at the Paris Olympics, where a gender row in boxing rumbled on.

International Business Times · Aug 3, 2024

Browning eliminated in first round of 100m heats

Rohan Browning was unable to match his Tokyo heroics as he bowed out in the opening round of the 100m at the Paris Olympics.

AAP · Aug 3, 2024