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The Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and also known as Paris 2024, are scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11, with the French capital as the main host city. Games will also be staged in 16 cities across the country, and one in the French overseas territory of Tahiti.
By stepping in to buy broadcast rights, the government has ensured a Paris summer spectacular for sports fans.
It is inevitable that big sports events will be used to make political points, but sport offers an opportunity to bring nations together, instead of driving them further apart.
- Breakthroughs at Asian Cup and Olympic qualifiers, plus new ground at the World Cup, have woken up a football-mad country
- The men most responsible are the ‘Asian Mourinho’, who has sparked a new generation of players, and progressive FA president
Cost overruns, corruption and Covid tarnished the Japanese public’s memory of their Games, with a lot of their anger directed towards organisers.
Comic-book has sold 60 million copies and spawned hit film, triggered a boom in interest, and seen era of superstars such as Ran Takahashi.
Olympic champion Cheung Ka-long seals gold in Grand Prix event in Shanghai, while Vivian Kong takes third title of season with World Cup victory in Fujairah
Hong Kong has only won medals at every other Olympics since its first success in Atlanta 25 years ago, but Sports Institute CEO Tony Choi hopes this year could be different.
Kazakhstan’s Ayan Beisenbayev needs a podium place in final event in his home country next weekend to deny Jason Ng a place in Paris.
The Hmong-American gymnast will be representing Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games – so what do we know about the 21-year-old St Paul native?
From London in 2012 to Rio de Janeiro in 2016, US gymnast Douglas has been winning medals left, right and centre – so is she really making a comeback at Paris Olympics this summer?
Craig Chan is aiming to referee the women’s final this summer, only eight years after first picking up a whistle reluctantly.
Simpson found fame as a pop star and counts Kylie Jenner and Gigi Hadid as exes; he paused his music career to revive his childhood swimming dreams and aims to compete at Paris 2024
Officials hope incentive will spark push for glory, with athletes able to win HK$1.25 million for gold in singles event, with success in doubles earning pair HK$1.875 million.
Schmidt, who’s been dubbed the ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ for her model good looks, already has 5 million followers on Instagram – so what else do we know about the rising star?
The 100m and 200m Tokyo Olympics silver-medallist said swimming the 800m allowed her to ‘get to be nervous’ before racing.
Four-time Olympian Stephanie Au will be 32 by the time the world’s biggest sporting event gets under way in France in July, and is confident of qualifying for her ‘last big one’.
Zhu Ting has not played for the national team for more than two years after the bitter disappointment of the side’s ninth-place finish at Tokyo Games.
Jason Ng still ahead of Ayan Beisenbayev for Paris place, but the Kazakhs may boast the personnel to help their star man overtake, Hong Kong coach Andrew Wright says.
Weeks before Olympics, the Hongkonger breaks 800 metres freestyle record in her first crack at the distance, chosen because ‘I want to go for dinner with my mum’.
Cheung Ka-long, Siobhan Haughey and the rest of Hong Kong’s Paris athlete delegation will be joined by Lo Wai-fung.
British Cycling is pushing the boundaries of what is possible with two wheels, with 3D-printed parts among the modifications since the 2021 Tokyo Games.
There are concerns that trust was ‘a little broken’ because policies and procedures appeared not to have been followed as in the past.
The transfer of the flame in the southern port will mark the start of the relay across France and its territories, 79 days from the start of the Games.
With three races of the 2024 Asia Triathlon Cup to go, Ng and Kazakhstan’s Ayan Beisenbayev are separated by just 70 points in the standings.
The 21-year-old had declined to resume training in the United States where he was previously based but neither he nor Tunisian Olympic Committee provided details.
Head coach Andrew Wright says Jason Ng will have the best team possible to support him as he tackles final stage of qualification for Summer Olympics.
The 29-year-old Tokyo Olympic champion will team up with Noah Williams, who he won silver with at the Doha world championships, in 10m synchronised platform event.
Top China athlete Wu Yanni lost an important race and faced fan criticism over the makeup she wore on the day, but the outspoken glamour girl remains defiant.
Estonian Kregor Zirk fears he will compete against rivals exploiting Therapeutic Use Exemptions this summer and says his faith in global anti-doping body Wada has diminished.
Vera Lui says she has worked on her technique since last year’s Asian Games and is heading ‘in the right direction’.
The 2024 Paris Olympics is going all out in its food offerings for athletes, with hundreds of new recipes created that focus on sustainability, diversity and showing what ‘French cuisine is about’.
Kregor Zirk had to pay €100 an hour to use pool in Estonia, so switched to Hong Kong, and believes he is giving Siobhan Haughey ‘a little spark’ in her Paris medal hunt.
