5 takeaways from an extremely memorable Olympics closing ceremony
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — It was a party in the Stade de France as an electric two-and-a-half weeks of the Summer…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — It was a party in the Stade de France as an electric two-and-a-half weeks of the Summer…
Continue ReadingBy Emily Blumenthal, CNN (CNN) — With big blocks, last-minute goals and shocking upsets, netball is making a big impression on the world stage,…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Team USA’s women’s basketball team only just held off France to win the gold medal on Sunday, escaping…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s the final day of the Summer Olympics and the USA and China have tied in the overall gold medal…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Sunday that the bronze medal given to American gymnast Jordan…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Stephen Curry’s career highlight reel is filled with dagger three-pointers in huge moments. In just…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The USA men’s basketball team on Saturday won its fifth straight Olympic gold medal, defeating a…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, Jacob Lev and Dan Moriarty, CNN (CNN) — The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Saturday that the initial inquiry…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — New era, new head coach, but a familiar result for the US Women’s National Team. The most decorated team in…
Continue ReadingCNN By Joseph Ataman and Christina Macfarlane, CNN Paris (CNN) — For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s…
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Christina Macfarlane, CNN Paris (CNN) — For two-time Olympic track and field champion Caster Semenya, Paris 2024’s…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Team USA’s narrow escape over Serbia in the semifinals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament…
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Davies, George Ramsay and Aleks Klosok, CNN (CNN) — Not even three months into her time as head coach of the US women’s soccer…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kevin Dotson, CNN (CNN) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Chinese opponent Yang Liu in the 66kg gold medal bout at the Paris Summer…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis (CNN) — The night began with a team of American women charging down the stretch for a thrilling comeback win…
Continue ReadingBy Kevin Dotson and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Chinese opponent Yang Liu in the 66kg gold medal bout at the…
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Spain was crowned the men’s Olympic soccer champion for the first time since 1992 after beating host France 5-3…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — Tara Davis-Woodhall overcame more than most people could ever fathom just to make the…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Village is mystical place for us non-Olympians. But apparently, there are some perks that even some…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Hellen Obiri has won almost everything in her running career. Everything, that is, except an Olympic gold medal.…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Turkey’s understated Olympian Yusuf Dikeç went viral for his nonchalant stance while competing in the air pistol…
Continue ReadingBy Samra Zulfaqar and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem…
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — World Golf Hall of Famer Juan “Chi Chi” Rodriguez has died at the age of 88, the PGA Tour announced on Thursday.…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Matias Grez, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — Team USA superstar and defending 400m hurdles champion Sydney…
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Team USA on Thursday had to produce a breathtaking comeback to defeat Serbia 95-91 and advance to the men’s…
Continue ReadingBy David Close, Kyle Feldscher and Amanda Davies, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — American sprinter Noah Lyles has confirmed that he tested…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — For almost two weeks, the world has watched transfixed as athletes have pushed themselves to the limit at these…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Raven Saunders has never been shy about standing out and that’s exactly what they did in…
Continue ReadingBy Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — Olympic athletes are rarely lacking in motivation, but Israel’s newest gold medalist – windsurfer Tom Reuveny…
Continue ReadingBy Aditi Sangal, CNN Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, appeared to announce her retirement from the…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher and Ben Church, CNN Paris (CNN) — Noah Lyles is a charismatic, boisterous athlete who is not afraid to say what’s on his…
Continue ReadingCNN By Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — Breaking’s rising star Dominika Banevič knows all too well about believing in yourself and success…
Continue ReadingBy Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — Breaking’s rising star Dominika Banevič knows all too well about believing in yourself and success from a…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Hillcox, CNN (CNN) — By now, you’ve probably heard that breakdancing, or “breaking,” is one of the newest competitive Olympic…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — It was a night full of drama at the Stade de France, with four gold medals up for grabs, top…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — Three years ago, they became bonded for life and in Olympic history by deciding to share the…
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — They say good things come to those that wait – and the wait has certainly been worth it for the…
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — They say good things come to those that wait – and the wait has certainly been worth it for the…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Le Bourget, Paris (CNN) — Aleksandra Mirosław was stood poised at the base of a 15-meter climbing wall, waiting for…
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky is still only 27 and has many more years of racing ahead of her. But,…
Continue ReadingCNN By Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February…
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN (CNN) — When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered tanks and troops into Ukraine in February 2022, it…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher and Emmanuel Miculita, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is refusing to attend the Olympics closing…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Swimming superstar Katie Ledecky is still only 27 and has many more years of racing ahead of her. But, inevitably,…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Amit Elor runs around the wrestling ring holding aloft a US flag, jumping with joy every so often. She may only be 20…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Belgian triathlete who fell ill after swimming in the women’s race says that she…
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN (CNN) — An Olympic story of hope and perseverance quickly turned to one of heartbreak after an Indian…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Tuesday finally made its way to Paris after touring through…
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s soccer team and Brazil will face off in what will likely be an epic showdown in the gold medal…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — The men’s 1,500-meter final always promised to deliver drama, but perhaps not quite like this. This was…
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Sports are everything. A ball entering a net, a perfect floor routine or a car crossing a line first cause the…
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, Matias Grez, George Ramsay, Patrick Sung and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Paris (CNN) — Truly, what an incredible Olympics it was…
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals…
Continue ReadingCNN By Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals…
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles put on a show at the Paris Olympics and walked away with another three gold medals and a…
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Chicago White Sox made the wrong kind of history on Monday, falling to the Oakland Athletics 5-1 to tie…
Continue ReadingBy Aleks Klosok and Amanda Davies, CNN Paris (CNN) — What have you been up to so far in the summer? Exploring the world? Learning a new…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The greatest American gymnast to ever live – and one with a strong case to call herself the greatest of…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Lau and Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — A heartwarming display of sportsmanship by two American gymnasts has won praise from fans in a…
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — As a DJ spins music, the athletes twist, whirl and leap — each move a dizzying mix of fancy footwork and…
Continue ReadingBy Andrew McNicol and Mayumi Maruyama, CNN (CNN) — She only recently turned 25, but Yui Susaki is already a reigning Olympic gold medalist and…
Continue ReadingBy Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has agreed to a four-year deal that makes him the highest-paid…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It’s a rare moment that a crowd can feel an athlete becoming a major player on the Olympic stage. It’s…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — No one needs more proof that Mondo Duplantis is among the greatest athletes of this generation, but we get…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — The artistic swimming competition begins today at the Paris 2024 Olympics, with one major change compared with…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles slipped off the balance beam and incurred costly penalties on the floor as she failed to win…
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — Scoring a spectacular strike that earns goal of the year consideration is one thing, but to do it to win the game…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, Thomas Schlachter and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Despite two athletes falling ill and an ongoing controversy around water quality in…
Continue ReadingBy Rosanne Roobeek, CNN Paris (CNN) — In the heart of Paris, the 2024 Summer Olympic Games are in full swing. The Games are unique in bringing…
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, CNN (CNN) — For Kimia Yousofi, it was never about winning the gold. The Afghan sprinter may have finished last in her…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of…
Continue ReadingCNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Saint-Denis, France (CNN) — An American is once again the world’s fastest man. Noah Lyles earned that title and the…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — On his fifth time trying, after a match of extraordinary quality, Novak Djokovic has a late…
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium has withdrawn from the mixed relay triathlon race on Monday and Switzerland has…
Continue ReadingBy Annette Choi, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 summer sports — including long-discontinued ones like motorboating and tug-of-war — have made…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Scottie Scheffler produced a remarkable final round to clinch gold in the men’s golf competition at the Paris…
Continue ReadingBy Martynas Ruseckas, CNN (CNN) — Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to…
Continue ReadingBy Rosanne Roobeek, CNN Paris (CNN) — Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel made history on Saturday, becoming the first male cyclist to claim gold in…
Continue ReadingBy Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Kyiv (CNN) — Many high-profile Ukrainians had called for all Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from this…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — When you’re the most decorated women’s swimmer in history, it’s a little difficult to…
Continue ReadingBy 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…
Continue ReadingBy 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.…
Continue ReadingBy Mark Esplin, Kara Fox and Issy Ronald, CNN Villepinte, France (CNN) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won her women’s 66kg welterweight…
Continue ReadingBy 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…
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The last few years of therapy and mental health work have turned Simone Biles into one of the most…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — When an elite group of athletes crouch into starting blocks at Paris’ Stade de France this weekend, their…
Continue ReadingBy Joshua Berlinger, CNN Paris (CNN) — Security at the Paris Olympics ejected a fan brandishing a green banner that read “Go Taiwan” at a…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — In Léon Marchand, France has found one of hopefully many homegrown heroes at these Olympics. The…
Continue ReadingBy 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…
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Chase Budinger is used to playing in packed stadiums, but never like this. The former basketball player,…
Continue ReadingBy 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.…
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Olympic glory is thrilling, but it doesn’t always pay the bills. Veronica Fraley, a discus thrower on Team…
Continue ReadingBy Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — NFL kickoffs are now dramatically different. At the NFL’s Annual League Meeting on March 26, team owners…
Continue ReadingBy Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) — Italian boxer Angela Carini has apologized after quitting her bout at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds, a viral moment…
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — When Andy Murray announced he would retire from professional tennis after the Paris Olympics, the script seemed to…
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — For David Smith, playing the sport he loves has come with adaptations. Smith was born with severe hearing loss in…
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — By day, it’s among the most spectacular historical sites in the Caribbean, a pilgrimage destination for fans of…
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