The controversy over cross-doping accusations has been one of the most prominent news stories before and during the Olympic Games. China came close to winning the medal count for the second time in its history with a smaller team than the USA.

The results are in. World-class performances from the athletes are done and dusted and the world stage has closed its curtain on the Paris Olympic Games that displayed herculean feats, heart-wrenching drama, comedic gold and tearful tragedies. 

The Paris Olympics won mostly rave reviews from western media after they closed on Sunday, while media in Russia, whose team were excluded because of its war in Ukraine, sniffed at France's success.

The president gave Botswanans an afternoon off to celebrate the first Olympic Medal in 200m for the country and thanks to their 21-year-old athlete.

After French police arrested a shirtless man climbing the iconic Paris landmark just hours before Sunday’s Olympic Closing Ceremony, he was freed on Monday, though motives remain unclear as he is still under investigation for trespassing at a historical site, French authorities said.

The next Olympic Games, which will take place in Los Angeles in 2028, will incorporate five new disciplines, some of which are the return of old ones and others brand new.

The climbing federation is eyeing a further separation of the boulder and lead events in Los Angeles 2028 and beyond.

In the next weeks French people will have to face the reality of deadlocked politics created by Macron's calling of snap legislative elections.

The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it. 

The security of a global and crowded event was one of the main demands facing the organisation of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the result has been a "gold medal" for the French police.

Team USA defeated France in the women's basketball final to tie China for the gold medal lead in Paris.

World Athletics president and two-time Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe said he would "consider" running to become the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) next year.

French police arrested a man climbing the Eiffel Tower, closing down and evacuating the area surrounding the Parisian landmark just hours before the Olympic Closing Ceremony on Sunday at the Stade de France.

The 33rd Olympic Games of the modern era ended with a Closing Ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris in front of 80,000 spectators. The event was celebrated enthusiastically across the French capital for those who couldn't see it in person.

Former French minister of Culture Jack Lang used to say that “Paris is always Paris, Berlin is never Berlin” which might sound like a ‘boutade’ of sorts, as the locals like to say, but also serves an apt description for the French capital, who bid ‘adieu’ to a transformative 2024 Games on Sunday.