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Basketball: USA overcomes Serbia

  • Paris 2024

The team led by LeBron James had a very strong opponent to start the Olympic Games. Serbia started at a very good level, but the USA and their defence made them triumph and take the first step towards gold (110-84).

become champions again.Monday's schedule:Group B11:00 Nigeria-Australia17:15 Canada-FranceGroup C13:30 Germany-Belgium21


Women's football: Australia, Spain and Japan at their best

  • Paris 2024

The Canada women's football team were deducted six points in the Olympic tournament for using drones to spy on other teams.

Record four-time gold medallists the United States take on Germany in Marseille in Group B.Canadian women's


Shooting: Oh Ye Jin strikes gold, Manu Bhaker secures first India medal

  • Shooting

Two South Korean shooters broke an Olympic record, securing gold and silver medals in the women's 10-metre air pistol event on Sunday. Manu Bhaker of India took bronze, earning India's first medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Christian Reitz, Germany, 177.66. Robin Walter, Germany, 158.47. Damir Mikec, Serbia, 136.98.


With Bach’s future uncertain, VPs kick off IOC tenure

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee elected former Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel and Argentine Gerardo Werthein as its new vice-presidents at the 142nd Session held in Paris before the 2024 Games, supposedly the last for the German president.

The head of this group was the current IOC president, Thomas Bach of Germany, who had been a member of


Swimming: Ariarne Titmus wins women's Olympic 400m freestyle gold

  • Swimming

A dominant Ariarne Titmus held off Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky to successfully defend her Olympic 400m freestyle title Saturday, leading from start to finish this Saturday, as German Lukas Maertens surged to the men's gold on day one in the pool in Paris.

Germany 3:12.298. Hungary 3:13.11


Wembanyama lights up France in Games opener

  • Paris 2024

In Group B, France beat Brazil and Germany beat Japan. USA open against Serbia on Sunday.

Germany beat Japan without much trouble. 97-77.

Then, at 21:00, the Brazil-Germany game will be played.This Sunday the competition will start in Group

The other match in that group will be the same day at 13:30, with the Germany-Belgium clash.


Thousands of tickets still available for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Despite the excitement of the Opening Ceremony for athletes, officials and the general public, thousands of tickets are still available for the third Olympic Games to be held in the French capital. High ticket, transport and accommodation prices are proving to be a challenge for Paris.

costs have doubled and accommodation is exorbitant in an already expensive city.Hockey match between Germany


Rudy Fernandez, first basketball star to feature in six Olympics

  • Basketball

The Spanish basketball team made their debut this Saturday at Paris 2024 against Australia, in a match that marked the beginning of a new chapter in Rudy Fernández's legend. The player became the first basketball player in history to participate in six Olympic Games.

Games.Diana Taurasi of The United States during the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase match between USA and Germany


Shooting: Kazakhstan wins first Paris medal as China grab gold

  • Shooting

Sharp-shooting Chinese teenagers Sheng Lihao and Huang Yuting bagged the first gold medal of the Olympic Games on Saturday in the final of the 10-metre mixed team air rifle event.

Germany managed to tie one more round, but the Kazakhs continued their commanding performance, ultimately


Brittney Griner feels 'safe' in Paris as she aims for third gold

  • Basketball

Returning to the Old Continent after the hell she lived through two years ago in Russia, Brittney Griner admits to feeling well in the French capital and is eager to win her third Olympic gold.

medalist team begins its Olympic campaign against Japan in Lille on Sunday, and will also face Belgium and Germany


Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony: Countdown begins ahead of spectacle

  • Paris 2024

The French capital is counting down the hours to its big moment, which begins at 19:30 this Friday, 100 years after the last Olympic Games were held in Paris. The aim is to showcase its splendour to the world and ensure the Games go down in history, while also focusing on safety and leaving a legacy for future generations.

Attacks in Moscow, Germany and terrorist threats in France create a cocktail that demands attention.


Spain's women's football team debuts in Paris with a victory

  • Football

The Spanish women's national team made their debut at the Olympiad this Thursday asserting their status as world champions with a comeback victory against Japan. The efforts from Bonmatí and Caldentey neutralised the initial goal from the Japanese side, a superb free-kick from the edge of the box.

The team now prepares to face Germany on 28 July in what promises to be a decisive match for advancing

In Group B, Germany secured a 3-0 victory over Australia, while Brazil edged Nigeria 1-0 to close the


Alexandra Ndolo, the first Kenya fencer to battle in Paris

  • Fencing

Alexandra Ndolo estimates that it has cost at least $50,000 (£38,700), most of which was provided by her mother, to qualify for Paris 2024.

Few athletes have switched from competing for Germany to Kenya, and Ndolo's unique journey includes trying

she will take it as a serious contender, having won a World Fencing Championships silver medal for Germany

2017 and 2019 European Championships respectively.Having suffered as a mixed-race girl growing up in Germany

In Germany, she is seen as a black woman, but in Kenya, she is often identified as white.


Witold Banka: “US cannot create a parallel anti-doping system”

  • Paris 2024

After the International Olympic Committee attached the decision to award Salt Lake City the 2034 Winter Games to an American alignment with the World Anti-Doping Agency’s policies on Wednesday, president Witold Banka again doubled down on his stance regarding the controversial Rodchenkov Act.

"What if China, Russia, Poland or Germany create a law with the same impact, giving themselves the right


Germany keen to avoid memory of Nazi Games in its Olympic candidacy

  • Olympics

Berlin is setting its sights on hosting the Olympics once again in 2040, with a determined vision to sever any associations with the city's previous stint as the host in 1936. The 1936 Berlin Olympics, held under the Nazi regime, are infamous for being heavily propagandised by Adolf Hitler to promote his agenda of Aryan supremacy. This historical shadow has long marred Berlin's Olympic legacy.

athletes.It is not the first time that a sporting event has been linked to the moment when West and East Germany

YOUR GAMES' to discuss why it would be beneficial to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Germany