Olympic games

Sophie Becker and Jodie McCann have made the final athlete qualification quota for the Paris Olympics and will now contest the 400m and 5,000m respectively.Five Irish athletes had already sealed a quota qualification spot for Paris after…

A roadmap to follow for the rugby sevens competition at the Paris Olympics:Athletes to Watch—Antoine Dupont, France: The 27-year-old scrumhalf is one of the world’s best rugby players. He has been…

MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Excitement is building in the southern French city of Marseille, where a majestic three-mast ship carrying the Olympic torch arrived from Greece ahead of a welcoming…

French culture chiefs on Friday unveiled their latest blockbuster exhibition aimed at adding a more reflective level to the Olympic and Paralympic fever set to grip France from the middle of July.…

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian newspaper says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo…

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.Cloudy skies…

Quite where all this is going boggles the mind. Just over 24 hours after the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin declared that Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League match against Barcelona at the Parc des…

Trust Arsene Wenger to inject an ethereal element into a live TV draw ceremony for a football tournament. Urged to expand into the…

PARIS (AP) — For the mayor of Paris, the city’s journey to next year’s Olympic Games included an epiphany born of brutality: the slaughter of 17 people by gunmen acting in the names of al-Qaida…