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By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold. The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — An American is once again the world’s fastest man. Noah Lyles earned that title and the…

By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — On his fifth time trying, after a match of extraordinary quality, Novak Djokovic has a late…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of…

By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland has…

By Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 summer sports — including long-discontinued ones like motorboating and tug-of-war — have made…

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler produced a remarkable final round to clinch gold in the men’s golf competition at the Paris…

By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to…

By Rosanne Roobeek, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel made history on Saturday, becoming the first male cyclist to claim gold in…

By Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Many high-profile Ukrainians had called for all Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from this…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — When you’re the most decorated women’s swimmer in history, it’s a little difficult to…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Carlos Edriel Yulo might have only been an inch or two taller than his rivals when he stood in the center…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Zheng Qinwen arrived at the Paris Olympics as a top-10 player but an unlikely candidate to win the title.…

By Mark Esplin, Kara Fox and Issy Ronald, CNN Villepinte, France (CNN) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won her women’s 66kg welterweight…

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s team booked its spot in the semifinals of the women’s soccer competition with a hard-fought 1-0…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The last few years of therapy and mental health work have turned Simone Biles into one of the most…

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — When an elite group of athletes crouch into starting blocks at Paris’ Stade de France this weekend, their…

By Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Security at the Paris Olympics ejected a fan brandishing a green banner that read “Go Taiwan” at a…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — In Léon Marchand, France has found one of hopefully many homegrown heroes at these Olympics. The…

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — There are occasions at the Olympics Games where you can sense a moment that will live long in the memory. Friday…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Chase Budinger is used to playing in packed stadiums, but never like this. The former basketball player,…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The first week of the 2024 Summer Olympics is very nearly in the books and business is about to pick up.…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Olympic glory is thrilling, but it doesn’t always pay the bills. Veronica Fraley, a discus thrower on Team…

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — NFL kickoffs are now dramatically different. At the NFL’s Annual League Meeting on March 26, team owners…

By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Italian boxer Angela Carini has apologized after quitting her bout at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds, a viral moment…

By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its…

By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — When Andy Murray announced he would retire from professional tennis after the Paris Olympics, the script seemed to…

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For David Smith, playing the sport he loves has come with adaptations. Smith was born with severe hearing loss in…

By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — By day, it’s among the most spectacular historical sites in the Caribbean, a pilgrimage destination for fans of…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles is once again the Olympic gold medalist in individual all-around gymnastics after winning…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Paris Olympics are not yet one week old but 17-year-old Summer McIntosh already has two gold medals.…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Most Olympians will spend the night before their event getting as much sleep as they can, fueling up,…

By David Close, CNN Paris (CNN) — American superstar swimmer Katie Ledecky on Thursday etched her name into the US history books – again. By…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles is once again the Olympic gold medalist in individual all-around gymnastics after winning one…

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Team USA and Olympic basketball have become synonymous with each other over the years. The women’s and men’s…

By Ben Church and Victoria Barauna, CNN (CNN) — Eleven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles is unquestionably hard to beat, but doing so is not…

By Jill Martin and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Iga Świątek, the Polish world No. 1 and top seed in the Olympic tennis tournament, lost…

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Major League Baseball (MLB) players often have long journeys to link up with their new squads when they are traded.…

By Amy Woodyatt, Patrick Sung and Gul Tuysuz, CNN (CNN) — In an Olympic competition where participants generally use all the available…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — With the first chapter of Simone Biles’ comeback at the Olympics already complete, the next is ready to…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — There are moments in sports when you can feel an athlete becoming a legend before your very…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterres, France (CNN) — One of the most exciting swimming nights of these Olympics is in the books after Wednesday…

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s soccer team qualified for the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with an unbeaten record…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — We met Simone Biles on the mat, Sha’Carri Richardson on the track and Katie Ledecky in the pool. Their…

By George Ramsay, CNN Place de la Concorde, Paris (CNN) — Triumph and tragedy are everywhere you look at the Olympics, and the men’s BMX park…

CNN By Amanda Davies and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — It was a dream debut on the Olympic basketball stage for the world’s youngest country. South…

By Kyle Feldscher and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The head coach and players of Team USA’s women’s basketball emphasized their endorsement of…

By Amanda Davies and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — It was a dream debut on the Olympic basketball stage for the world’s youngest country. South…

CNN By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has seemingly clapped back at criticism from former teammate MyKayla Skinner following the US…

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has seemingly clapped back at criticism from former teammate MyKayla Skinner following the US gymnastics…

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Photos of North and South Korean table tennis players posing for a selfie on the medal podium have gotten people…

By Don Riddell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Sixty-three days. That’s all it took for Xander Schauffele’s life and legacy to change…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The triathlon competitions went ahead in Paris on Wednesday after concerns over water quality in the River…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — You could tell from their reactions just how much the silver medal meant to the Italian gymnasts: Tears,…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Bercy Arena, Paris (CNN) — It was the moment everyone’s been waiting for, and it lived up to the hype. A little…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was everything she could have ever hoped it would be. Three years after pulling out of the team…

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Before it was his turn to take center stage at the Paris Olympic Games, Stephen Nedoroscik leaned back and…

By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff looked to be cruising against Donna Vekić in her third-round singles match at…

By Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — French authorities have launched an investigation into possible antisemitism at an Israel-Paraguay soccer…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Bercy Arena, Paris (CNN) — It was the moment everyone’s been waiting for, and it lived up to the hype. A little more…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — They share a coach, a training pool and a friendly rivalry that’s pushed them both to new heights. On…

By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — It was a celebration worthy of the ages — or at least viral fame. Surfer Gabriel Medina was taking on Kanoa…

By Andrew McNicol, Yumi Asada, Karrie Lam and Rinka Tonsho, CNN (CNN) — With the oldest average population in the world, squeaky clean city…

By Homero De la Fuente, Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has…

CNN By Saskya Vandoorne and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was one of the more memorable moments of arguably the most unique opening ceremony in…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — It’s a love affair that began almost 20 years ago and the passion clearly hasn’t…

By Saskya Vandoorne and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was one of the more memorable moments of arguably the most unique opening ceremony in…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Days before taking part in the Paris Olympics, Tom Daley already felt like he had won a gold medal, such…

By Thomas Schlachter and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Many athletes have to deal with an increased weight of expectation when coming into an Olympic…

By Matias Grez and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized for what some critics described as a parody of…

By Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — The rain that drenched Friday’s opening ceremony may have moved out of Paris, but its…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — It may have been a bronze medal, but it was celebrated in the stands like it was a gold. When Brazilian…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — LeBron James made his emphatic return to Olympic basketball on Sunday, turning in a dominant performance…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — They say in sports to expect the unexpected. But really, who could have expected a lifeguard in a bright,…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive…

By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive all-around…

By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Situated in North London, England sits an ordinary college sports center. Usually, this gym would be full of…

By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — The most diverse US women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Olympic Games,…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The first week of the Olympics and with it comes one of the Games’ signature events: Swimming. The pool…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — The race that everyone turned out to see never really got going. The women’s 400-meter…

By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal is still finding new ways to win matches on his favorite…

By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Back in 2021, Simone Biles got a new tattoo inked across her collarbone: “And still I rise,” it reads,…

By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — There is a notable absence among Novak Djokovic’s 98 career singles titles, but the…

By Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the highs and lows of professional sport, Bermuda’s first ever Olympic champion has…

By Carly Breland, CNN (CNN) — The first round of Olympic tennis gets underway Saturday, but the red clay of Roland Garros will be missing some…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — As competition gets well and truly underway in Paris, all eyes will turn shortly to one of the Olympic…

By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The USA is the preeminent force in men’s Olympic basketball. It has won the gold medal on 14 occasions and…

By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Michael Ledecky remembers the day he was first beaten by his younger sister Katie in the pool, wrenching his…

By Aditi Sangal and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian rowing athletes Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Marius Cozmiuc set a historic first at…

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was wet, parts of it were weird, much of it was beautiful and all of it was very, very memorable. An…

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Three years before the Olympics last visited Paris in 1924, a small gathering of female athletes led by Alice…

CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the…

By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Zhiying Zeng’s eyes begin to sparkle and her gestures become more animated as she recounts the day her lifelong…

By Zeena Saifi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Omar Ismail was 14 years old when he knew, one day, he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. For years, he had…

By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been found guilty in an Alabama court of animal…