CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — It was a couple of weeks before Christmas. Elana Meyers Taylor was in Norway, prepping for a World Cup bobsled weekend. Things were going horribly. Her body was hurting, she wondered if she was doing…
MILAN (AP) — Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture — plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in “Nel Blu Dipinto Di…
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) - Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair suffering with what The Associated Press learned was…
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and the U.S. women took the gold the gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, completing their ‘redemption tour’ after taking second in the 2021 Tokyo games. Italy came in second and Brazil in third. Team USA soaks it in The…
PARIS (AP) — Lena Von Schōnlaub used Eiffel Tower Stadium as a backdrop for her own personal photo shoot. Von Schōnlaub shifted her head from side to side, smiling big while she held her phone in front of her face…
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — LeBron James was feeling some nervousness, some butterflies, maybe even a bit of angst as he listened to the national anthem play before his first Olympic game in 12 years. It all went away quickly. James…
PARIS (AP) — Brody Malone has spent the last 16 months defying the odds, improbably coming back from a catastrophic right knee injury in the spring of 2023 to reach the Olympics for a second time. When the 24-year-old won…
(CNN)- Noah Lyles, renowned as the fastest man on the planet, recently sat down with CNN's Coy Wire to discuss his extraordinary career and the mindset that drives him. Known for his incredible speed and charismatic personality, Lyles opened up…
(NBC NEWS)- French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, hosted a reception today at the Élysée Presidential Palace. The event welcomed First Lady Jill Biden, along with over a hundred distinguished guests, including royalty, heads of state, and government…
(CNN)- Celine Dion is set to make a stunning return to the stage at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This marks the French-Canadian singer's first live performance since concluding her tour in 2022. Dion took a break from the spotlight…
***CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS. *** PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are getting off to a rough start in Paris, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network and cloudy skies and forecast rains ahead…
(CNN)- Coco Gauff, the world number 2 in women's tennis, has been named Team USA’s female flag bearer for the upcoming Olympics, a role she described as an incredible honor. In an interview with CNN’s Coy Wire, Gauff shared her…
(CNN)- American shot-put star Ryan Crouser, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is poised to make history at the Paris 2024 Games. The 31-year-old athlete, who won gold in the shot put at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the…
Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg carried the Olympic torch on Friday morning as part of the final leg of the relay, just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Games. The renowned Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Calvin…
(NBC)- American diver Brandon Loschiavo has been named as a last-minute addition to Team USA for the Paris Olympics after a spot unexpectedly opened up. Back in June, Loschiavo, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics, narrowly missed securing a guaranteed…
There are big races, and then there are the Olympics. When Sha'Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles and all the other fastest runners and best jumpers and throwers of 2024 line up for the Olympic track and field meet, little of what they've done on…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 3-pointer over Anthony Davis, swish. A baseline turnaround over Jrue Holiday, easy. An acrobatic putback after crashing the boards and getting fouled by Bam Adebayo, no problem. Those are three of the best defenders in…
CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) — When Oleksandra Paskal first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — He first played on the U.S. Olympic team as a 19-year-old. He did it again in his 20s, twice. And now, a few months from turning 40, he's back for one more run. LeBron James didn't…
(NBC Sports)- Rai Benjamin, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, coasted to victory in the men's 400m hurdles final with a U.S. Trials record time of 46.46 seconds. The time is also the fastest in the world this year. Two first-time…
(NBC Sports)- Katie Moon placed second in the women's pole vault final to secure her second Olympic berth, where she will defend her Olympic gold medal. Moon won gold in Tokyo, then won gold at 2022 and 2023 Worlds, the…
(NBC Sports)- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Asher Hong, Paul Juda, and Stephen Nedoroscik were selected to represent the mens gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics coming out of the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials. The teams goal is to bring…
(NBC Sports)- Masai Russell smashed a 24-year-old U.S. Trials record, winning the women's 100m hurdles final in 12.25 seconds to earn her first Olympic berth. Russell's dash is also the fastest time in the world this year. Alaysha Johnson finished…
(CNN)- 400 meter hurdler Victoriia Tkachuk is one of over 100 athletes Ukraine will send to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris amidst a full-scale invasion of her home country by Russia.
The Olympics have come a long way in the 12 years since golf first returned to the program, mostly measured by attendance. Hardly anyone is staying home this year. Bernd Wiesberger was one of two eligible players who pulled out, and even…
It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. Devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They all had a reason to come back. Every single one of them. Simone Biles to move past those wrenching two weeks in Japan three years ago, when the gymnastics superstar prioritized her mental health and safety…
Noah Lyles stormed to a U.S. Olympic Trials record in the men's 200m final and into his second Olympic 200m. Lyles posted a scorching time of 19.53 seconds, edging in front of Kenny Bednarek in the final 50 meters. "I'm…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Fred Richard envisioned this long ago. All of it. The confetti. The flashing lights. The adrenaline rush of hearing his name called as an Olympian. The charismatic 20-year-old who has made it his life's mission to make…
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Two steps before she reached the finish line, Sha’Carri Richardson started pounding her chest. She knew she had it won. Anyone who doesn’t see her as the sprinter to beat later this summer at the Paris…
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