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Basketball: Favourite USA can't slip up in quarter-finals

  • Basketball

The US men's team face Brazil on Tuesday while the women's team faces Nigeria on Wednesday. They will be the closing games of each day's competition. Much attention will also be focused on whether France can qualify for the semi-finals.

The basketball tournaments move to Paris' Bercy Arena for the medal play-offs this week.


Gymnastics: Brazil's Andrade brings Biles back to earth

  • Gymnastics

After leaving Tokyo due to mental health problems Simone Biles' return to the Olympic arena had raised great expectations. The American, who bounced back from her problems and publicly denounced the treatment of her former coach, has had a brilliant Games that has confirmed the expectation.

the floor final and another in the balance beam in the finals that were disputed this Monday in the Bercy

The two finish Paris with four medals, although Andrade's is the first gold and Bile's the first silver

China's Zou Jingyuan retained his parallel bars title in emphatic fashion, adding his first gold in Paris

16,200 points, he became the second consecutive Olympic champion on this apparatus, having started Paris


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Nine

  • Paris 2024

With just a week from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, Novak Djokovic sealed the deal to

Here are five takeaways from Day Nine at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.A golden treasure chestEver the

but to bow down to the all-time leader in Majors wins after the Serb outduelled Spanish wonderboy and Paris

forefront in the 1,500 freestyle and the men's and women's 4x100 relays.Bobby Finke set a new WR in Paris

Nemour offered landmark Olympic gymnastics win for Africa on the second day of the apparatus finals at Bercy

But Nemour shined at the Bercy Arena, much to the delight of Africans everywhere.


Basketball: Nigeria, first African team to advance to the quarter-finals

  • Basketball

The women's tournament ends on Sunday. In the quarter-finals, the pairings will be: USA-Nigeria, Spain-Belgium, France-Germany and Serbia-Australia. They will be played next Wednesday. The draw for the semi-finals is yet to be made. The United States and Spain cannot meet until the final.

Basketball moves to Paris-Bercy for the medal play-offs.

In Paris she is a leader, but off the court.


Gymnastics: Kaylia Nemour gets first medal for Africa

  • Gymnastics

The young gymnast Kailya Nemour has achieved her lifelong dream of winning gold in rhythmic gymnastics, which is more than a medal for her: it is the first medal in that discipline to be won by someone representing an African country.

points in an incontestable and complex exercise, Nemour, 17, made the Algerian anthem ring out in the Bercy

competing under the Algerian flag, Kaylia Nemour was born in France but is competing for Algeria at the Paris

Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.Men's ringsChina's Yang Liu won gold in the men's rings final at the Bercy


Gymnastics: Biles, synonym of perfection

  • Gymnastics

her abilities, Simone Biles, has won a new gold medal for the United States, a third triumph of the Paris

Olympic champion in Tokyo and current world champion on the vaul, this is her second medal in Paris after

Carlos Edriel of the Philippines won gold in the artistic gymnastics floor exercise final at the Bercy

Arena in Paris on Saturday.With a score of 15,000 points, Edriel won a historic medal for his country

IMAGESIreland's Rhys McGlenaghan was crowned Olympic gold medallist in Saturday's horse archery final in Paris


Suni Lee proud to make podium after health woes

  • Gymnastics

her she might never compete again, defending Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee took bronze in Paris

balance beam and sealed a medal with her elegant floor routine that brought the crowd to their feet in Bercy


Golf: Scottie Scheffler draws inspiration from Simone Biles

  • Golf

He is using his presence in Paris to draw inspiration from other American athletes as he tries to win

Before that, Scheffler has found a way to entertain himself in Paris.

On Tuesday he was at the Bercy Arena watching the women's artistic gymnastics team final.

Scheffler arrives at Le Golf National, the course where the Ryder Cup was held in 2018 and where the Paris


Hashimoto loses throne after fall, looks to Los Angeles

  • Gymnastics

gymnast Daiki Hashimoto is already looking ahead to the next Olympics after a fall in the final in Paris

Hashimoto, visibly emotional, collapsed on the floor of the Bercy Arena, overwhelmed by the weight of

Team Japan celebrates after winning gold in Paris.

competitions.Despite the personal setback, Hashimoto, whose Olympic preparation was marred by a finger injury, left Paris

Championships in Stuttgart, where he made his letter of introduction, he had won, before arriving in Paris


Artistic Gymnastics: Biles becomes two-time all-round Olympic champion

  • Paris 2024

Oka Shinnosuke (JPN)  became yesterday the new Olympic All-Around champion in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics, winning his second gold in three days and extending the Japanese winning streak in this event to a record four Olympic Games.

gymnast has ever done in the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-Around final this Thursday 1 of August at Bercy

30 July) to a gold medal win during the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games Paris

gymnastics team final Japan returned to the first place podium, and today, in the individuals Over at the Bercy

pressures of an Olympic final, Oka was as steady as he was spectacular through six routines inside Bercy

The Japanese are now two for two in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at Paris 2024, having stunned the People


Men's Artistic Gymnastics: Japan's domination continues

  • Paris 2024

30 July) to a gold medal win during the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games Paris

yesterday was the moment to shine for women, with Simon Biles following up on success during Day Two of the Paris

gymnastics team final Japan returned to the first place podium, and today, in the individuals Over at the Bercy

his second attempt, and dropped out of the top three.Zhang had some issues during his performance in Paris

had won the Olympic crown three times and were coming off top scores in the all-around qualifying for Paris

30 July) to a gold medal win during the women’s artistic gymnastics team final at the Olympic Games Paris


The queen of gymnastics Biles shines as USA gets team gold in Paris 2024

  • Gymnastics

The 23-time world champion has once again ascended to the Olympic throne, leading the United States in a personal mission of redemption in the women's team final held this Tuesday, July 30. Brazil writes its name in history, and Italy shines as the best among the mortals.

Gymnastics.Despite the expectations, the value of yet another display of excellence by the Americans at the Bercy

Arena in Paris was immeasurable, providing a delightful spectacle for viewers, also thanks to the admirable

undermine the strong mentality of the legendary athlete, she decided to confront her fears and head to Paris

American athlete of Belizean origin, who captivated both television viewers and the audience at Paris's Bercy

pic.twitter.com/o19yPbSLpb— MARCA (@marca) July 30, 2024Biles now prepares for a marathon of competitions at the Paris


Japan snatch gold from China in men's gymnastics final

  • Gymnastics

Daiki Hashimoto and his magic helped Japan win gold in the men's team event at the Bercy Arena on Monday

In a nail-biting finish at the Bercy Arena, Hashimoto, the all-around and horizontal bar champion at

performance at the last Olympics.This was the first of 14 artistic gymnastics titles up for grabs at Paris


A trip to the sewers leaves Paris’ outlook unclear

  • Paris 2024

Strolling around the French capital’s singular sewer museum, hidden just a few steps from the Eiffel Tower, one might expect a few chills, be it from underground temperatures or the sight of rodents, as well as some answers regarding the possibility of upcoming Olympic swimming events taking place.

But the famed Paris rats that spread diseases and even served as nourishment during times

We are precisely in that situation”, Guillou, who himself took a dip in the Paris waters last week, told

But it’s about way more than the Games for Guillou and current Paris residents.

And hopefully, the Seine can become that.”View of the Paris Sewers Museum.

pressing concern, indoor sweat became apparent over the weekend in many arenas like the gymnastics’ Bercy


Simone Biles marks comeback with dazzling gymnastics routine

  • Paris 2024

Gymnastics icon Simone Biles dazzled on Sunday in her long-awaited return to the Olympic stage as Paris

singer Ariana Grande and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour were also among the apt crowd in the packed Bercy

coach, told reporters after the competition that Biles suffered calf pain a couple of weeks before Paris

France crashed out of the women's gymnastics at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with Melanie de Jesus dos

after her image was flashed up on a giant scoreboard.Biles, a 23-time world champion, is competing in Paris