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Coe is the current president of World Athletics and will hope to succeed Thomas Bach

Despite his record running London 2012 and World Athletics, the Olympian cannot count on winning the popularity contest

The soaring impact of climate change could turn the Olympics into a test of endurance not just for athletes but for organisers of future summer Games, who may find it less and less feasible to host them.

There are few things pettier than two older privileged men behaving increasingly passively aggressively towards each other in the pursuit of…

After a painfully long Olympics closing ceremony, I’ve come to the realisation that everything – from the opera to Meat Loaf to this column – goes on far too long, says Adrian Chiles

Thomas Bach will step down from role in June 2025

France bid a reluctant farewell on Monday to an "enchanted" fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show on earth.

As the Paris Olympics ends with a spectacular closing ceremony, we take a look at some of the key moments.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said the Paris Games had been "sport at its best."

On an unprepossessing street corner in the 10th arrondissement in Paris, the 2024 Olympics came to an end via a giant TV screen for around 30 people inside Le Mondial brasserie and 20 others listening and occasionally looking in from the chairs outside. Some 10 kilometres to the north in…

The US and China ended the games with 40 gold medals each, but the US topped the table because it had more silvers.