Paris Olympics closes with Hollywood ending

Hollywood will help script a glittering ending to the Paris Olympics on Sunday with 14 gold medals to be decided before the French capital hands over the reins to 2028…

LeBron’s USA look to silence Serbia again for Olympic final berth

LeBron James and the United States look to continue their relentless march toward a fifth straight Olympic basketball gold on Thursday, taking on Nikola Jokic’s Serbia for a place in…

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise — WHO

More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The WHO said…

The Biles show: Five talking points from gymnastics at the Paris Olympics

Simone Biles made a triumphant return to Olympic competition after her troubles in Tokyo and Shinnosuke Oka emerged as Japan’s latest gymnastics star at the Paris Games. AFP Sport picks…

Novak Djokovic: Golden day for the greatest

Novak Djokovic’s Olympic triumph against Carlos Alcaraz completes his collection of the game’s biggest honours and enhances his status as the greatest men’s player of all time. The Serbian top…

Algerian teen Nemour makes history with uneven bars Olympic gold

Algerian teenager Kaylia Nemour conjured up “the performance of her life” to become the first African to win an Olympic gymnastics medal with gold on the uneven bars on Sunday.…

The gloves are off: Explaining the Olympic boxing gender scandal

A scandal has engulfed the boxing at the Paris Olympics after an Algerian woman boxer who previously failed a gender eligibility test stopped her opponent after 46 seconds. AFP takes…

China’s world no.1 loses at Olympics after table tennis bat broken

China’s table tennis world number one Wang Chuqin suffered a shock defeat in the men’s Olympic singles on Wednesday, a day after having his bat broken. Wang won mixed doubles…

Trump says Olympic opening ceremony was ‘a disgrace’

Donald Trump on Monday called the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris a “disgrace,” after its creators came under fire for what some said was a show gone too far. “I’m…

Nadal v Djokovic lights up Olympics as Titmus eyes more pool gold

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will do battle once more when they meet at the Paris Olympics on Monday while Australia’s Ariarne Titmus is hotly tipped to win her second…