French security forces began locking down central Paris on Thursday in preparation for the complex Olympics opening ceremony next week on the River Seine.

GETTY IMAGESThis marks the first time a Summer Olympics has opened outside the main athletics stadium

After two days of celebrations in Paris, the Olympic Torch Relay set off for the Aisne. From Château-Thierry to Saint-Quentin, more than 110 torchbearers took turns carrying the Torch, highlighting the region's remarkable and well-preserved heritage and nature.

The schoolteacher, athletics enthusiast, pole vaulter and 100m hurdler for the local club, set off before

In the heart of Paris, residents are dealing with the preparations for the opening ceremony of the Games, feeling a mix of annoyance and resignation at the resulting difficulties. 

even though they are hurting his business.General view of Stade de France that will host Rugby and Athletics

not acknowledged by the Taliban government, will compete at the Paris Olympics this month in cycling, athletics

Eight Scottish athletes have received a financial boost after being selected for a sportscotland Athlete Personal Award (SAPA). The athletes, some of whom will compete at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, will share £33,000 (€39,275) of National Lottery funding to cover additional expenses.

or increase their chances of winning a medal.List of athletes receiving a SAPA: -Carys McAulay (Athletics

 -Neil Gourley (Athletics). -Alyson Bell (Athletics). -Zoey Clark (Athletics).

 -Megan Keith (Athletics). -Kirsty Gilmour (Badminton). -Kirsten Taylor (Para-Judo).

In just 365 days, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will commence, starting on 16 July, 2025. This grand celebration of international student-athlete talent will unfold across the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, marking it as the world’s largest multi-sport event of 2025.

be an exceptional Games.”Bochum will host sports like 3x3 basketball, 3x3 wheelchair basketball, and athletics

With the Paris Olympics opening ceremony fast approaching, Hugh Robertson, who led the London 2012 Games, emphasises its importance, after telling AFP it "sets the tone" for the entire event.

The Games will be hosted across various stunning venues, including the Stade de France for athletics

A five-man Para cycling team with an exciting mix of youth and experience has been named for the New Zealand Paralympic Team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The selection brings the total number of NZ Paralympic Team athletes selected to date to 23, with record-breaking shooter Michael Johnson leading the way.

With athletics coach Raylene Bates as Chef de Mission, the team will also include Para cycling world

After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

2024, and flagbearers who have inspired France in the past, such as Marie-José Pérec, Christine Arron (athletics

The Puerto Rican urban artist Eladio Carrión has offered a substantial prize of $50,000 for his compatriots who win a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, matching a similar reward offered by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR).

hurdles Olympic champ @JCamachoQuinn in Hengelo 👀#ContinentalTourGold pic.twitter.com/AVoJQaoiRw— World Athletics

Eight Palestinian athletes taking part in the Paris Olympics will be symbols of "resistance" during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a Palestinian minister said Sunday as the official delegation left the occupied West Bank. This will be the eighth time Palestinian athletes have taken part in the Olympics since 1996, but Olympic committee head Jibril Rajoub said the athletes had never felt so much attention.

The eight will compete in athletics, swimming, archery, taekwondo, judo and boxing.

The Olympic spirit often clashes with political tensions. The Games have long harnessed patriotic sentiment to boost their global appeal, showcasing athletes who represent their countries and celebrating victories with national anthems. However, political issues frequently disrupt this ideal.

Additionally, World Athletics has entirely excluded Russian athletes from track and field events.The

last," is the response from Dominican athlete Marileidy Paulino when asked about her beginnings in athletics

Paulino of Team Dominican Republic celebrates winning the Women's 400m Final during day five of the World Athletics

, and in Oslo on May 30.Paulino reached her peak when she was crowned in that distance at the World Athletics

At first, I didn't pay much attention to athletics.

16 wrestlers have qualified for the US out of the 290 athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games. It has six places in the freestyle event, six in the women's event and four in the Greco-Roman event. Japan follows with 13 wrestlers, and there will be two neutral individual wrestlers and two refugee athletes.

Games and the Dominican Republic will send its first freestyle wrestler to the Olympic Games.Along with athletics

A send-off ceremony for the Kenya's delegation to the Paris Olympic Games was held at the State House in Nairobi, presided over by Head of State, William Ruto. He handed over the national flag to Team Kenya, led by rugby 7s player Vincent Onyala and para-rower Asiya Mohammed Sururu.

won 34 of its 35 gold medals, 41 of its 42 silver medals and 31 of its 35 Olympic bronze medals in athletics

GETTY IMAGESKipchoge, a living marathon legend who won gold over 5,000m at the 2003 World Athletics Championships

from boxing, with welter Robert Wangila at Seoul 1988 the only champion from a discipline other than athletics